After the failed assassination of the powerful minister

The next day, Cen Xian and Shuo Wang went to the small village to find someone.

Because both Cen Xian and Shuo Wang were "dead people", they escaped at night with only a few personal guards, and went quietly to that small village.As for the matter of returning to the capital, after some discussions among them, considering that the Turkic disaster has been lifted, but the imperial court has no edict to allow them to return to the capital, they finally decided to return secretly with a few generals. Prepare to seize the title of the "treacherous man who harmed the country" by Qing Jun.

A group of people rode their horses to the small village in silence, Shuo Wang held the rein with one hand, and there was a lingering haze between his brows.

But thinking about the current situation of King Zhao, no one is really happy.

When approaching the village, Shuo Wang turned to look at Cen Xian: "Ah Cen, don't tell him who we are, he will be... sad."

Cen Xian tightened his hands slightly: "Yes."

More than ten years ago, King Zhao might not have imagined that his wife and children would be separated, and he would become a lonely old man in a small border village. Sometimes, he didn't even dare to let him know who it was.

In front of the simple and dilapidated thatched hut, Brother Fei pulled up a bucket of water from the well, and heard the sound of horseshoes kicking and trampling in his ears. Brought a large crowd.

Shuo Wang was also wearing a black cloak with fine lines, which looked like a rich man's decoration. The man beside him on a tall horse was wearing a black curtain and a gray cloak.

Shuowang quickly fell off the horse, because his injuries were not healed, he was a little unstable when he landed, the Jin Yiwei beside him reached out to help him, and another Jin Yiwei raised his hand to help Cen Xian off.

Brother Fei was dumbfounded.The child has lived in the border area for a long time, and has rarely seen anyone traveling with entourage, so he was so frightened that he didn't even dare to call anyone.

"Brother Fei, it's me," Shuo Wang said, "I'll pick up your grandfather to go to Beijing."

Cen Xian's eyes darkened when he heard these words.

Brother Fei: "..."

Luo Erhu stretched out his hand and shook it in front of the child: "Son, don't you be scared stupid?"

Brother Fei was brought back to his senses by this shock, he slapped Luo Erhu's hand off, and cursed: "You are stupid!"

After scolding, he found that everyone was staring at him again, and then retracted his neck silently.

Quaint and eccentric, quite good at winking.

Immediately afterwards, he watched the man in the hat wave his hand, and a carriage slowly approached. Shuo Wang knelt down and looked at Brother Fei: "Bring your grandpa over here, we will be leaving soon."

Fei Ge let out an "oh" and then asked, "Can I go too?"

"Then what else?" Luo Erhu said with raised eyebrows, "Who can rest assured if you are left here alone? What if you starve to death?"

After hearing this, Brother Fei spat on Luo Erhu, and then happily went to the hut to help his grandfather.

Wei Yicheng was still a little surprised when he was helped out, his old face showed surprise, he raised his head, the only remaining eye was cloudy, reflecting the silent figures of a group of people, he recognized Shuo Wang, and danced with Fei Ge From the narration in the book, I know that these people are here to pick him up and go to Beijing.

The one standing at the front was the young man he and some strangers rescued a few days ago.

The young man is tall and slender, with a handsome appearance, always carrying some familiar feeling.

Shuo Wang and Cen Xian saw that someone was being helped out, and they both stepped forward at the same time to help the old man who had lost his life, but unexpectedly, Wei Yicheng broke free from Brother Fei's hand, plopped and knelt down in front of the two of them, and gave them a heavy knock Head up.

Shuowang's hands were hanging in the air, his lips were tightly pressed, and his eyes suddenly turned red. Cen Xian, who was beside him, held his wrist, and stroked his fingers soothingly across the back of his hand.

But soon, Shuowang held Cen Xian's fingers with his backhand. Those fingers were cold and trembling slightly.

Then the two of them helped Wei Yicheng up from the hard loess, the old and weak-legged Wei Yicheng. Wei Yicheng seemed excited, and made a "ho, ho" sound, and then took out a money bag from his pocket and stuffed it into it. Shuo Wang's arms.

Shuo Wang didn't want it, he was still angry, one eye was wide open, Shuo Wang couldn't resist him, so he could only take the money bag, and after sending Wei Yicheng into the carriage, he quietly gave the money to Brother Fei who was excited to ride the horse.

Before Brother Fei could refuse, he and Cen Xian jumped on their horses as if fleeing, and rode to the front.

Brother Tuliufei was tossed in the wind all by himself.

After traveling for more than ten days, they first caught up with the large troops of those generals, and then quickly arrived at the outskirts of Shangjing.

Cen Xian hasn't revealed his identity yet. After all, he still has deals and enmity with the Turkic people. Darhan, who escaped, planned to rebel, to avenge the Turkic king, and to prove himself with powerful trophies; in addition, Cen Xian made too many enemies in Shangjing, and he was called "traitor" and "rebel" on weekdays. At this time, if the news that Cen Xian is not dead is lost in the Great Wei, it is hard to guarantee that Cao Yong and his party and the Turks will not be concerned.So at this time he was just wearing a mask called a military division.

Shuowang actually had a showdown with those generals, and with the evidence of Luo Erhu and Mu Nanzhi, his "resurrection from the dead" is not so strange.

In the name of the Qing emperor's side, they traveled eastward and southward, lobbying most of the local officers and soldiers, and finally stationed in the outskirts of Shangjing, confronting the Shangjing Imperial Army and Cao Yong's Shenji Battalion, and there was a stalemate for a while.

Shuo Wang and Cen Xian quickly ordered the army to encircle Shangjing and prevent food supplies from entering the capital. They even went to the north of the imperial city and cut off the river flowing through the imperial city, cutting off the water source of the imperial city. , Surrounded on all sides, Shangjing is just an isolated city.At the same time, the Eldest Princess Wei Changle sent a statement on the crimes of smuggling grain and grass, collaborating with the enemy and treason to various places, and even sent a copy to the capital—shooting the city wall with an arrow.

Cao Yong watched the purge of soldiers and horses outside the city on the city wall, and gritted his silver teeth for a while.

It has been seven days since the encirclement!

In front of the dark crowd of soldiers, Shuo Wang bent his bow like a full moon, let go of his hand suddenly, and the long arrow that left the string crossed the sky, and shot on the pillar of the tower with a "bang"!

Cao Yong took off the paper on the arrow with a dark face, and wrote a few lines of very arrogant words.

——Greetings to Mr. Cao;

——Give you half a day to think about it;

——If you don’t surrender, you will attack the city;

Cao Yong was so angry that he tore the piece of paper into pieces!

The Shenji Battalion and the Forbidden Army, together with the private soldiers raised by the Eldest Princess, may not be incapable of fighting, but now the city is in a state of depression, people are in panic, Jing Wang Wei Chen is not on their side, and the Jin Yiwei is because of Cen Xian and his relatives. One incident, he almost mutinied on the spot, and now he looks even more depressed. No matter what Cao Yong said, Zhang Jiucheng, the commander of Jinyiwei, had an expression of "humble and incompetent", which made him half dead.

On the other side, it is estimated that they are scruples about the people in the city, and have no intention of doing anything for a long time. They just cut off the water source, food and grass, and force them to either surrender or come out to fight!

The atmosphere here is anxious, but the palace is deserted and solemn, and it is bleak.

Wei Changle knelt on the futon, clasped his hands together, the Buddhist beads slipped from her fingertips, Ling Yun half-kneeled beside her, the youthful face was clear and serene.

"master……"

Before he finished speaking, Wei Changle opened his eyes: "You go, they won't wait too long, they will attack the city soon, Xiao Lingyun, the sky is high for birds to fly, the sea is wide for fish to leap, don't you want to See what this world is like? Why bother to stay by my side and wait to die?"

"A few days ago, they talked about my crimes outside the city, collaborating with the enemy and treason, killing loyal and good people, and raising private soldiers. The evidence is the ledgers sent back by Jingning. Some of those ledgers are already with Wei Chen, even though he is in Shangjing at this time. It was difficult, but Jin Yiwei helped him. The news spread to the imperial city. Although the officials don’t know whether it is true or not, they have already become suspicious, and the people of the world have already decided that I am the traitor. After all, the commander of Jin Yiwei is dead. Under my calculations. If they win, I will die, even if Cao Yong wins, in order to reassure the people, he should kill me and leave no excuses."

"Staying by my side is not good, you'd better go." After a pause, Wei Changle blew into his palm, "But I didn't expect that my little evil is still alive."

"Uh..." Ling Yun didn't say a word, but just stared.

After a while, he stood up and said, "That's Ling Yun's farewell. The mountains are long and the rivers are wide, master, take care."

Wei Changle closed his eyes, kept turning the beads with his fingers, and didn't even look back at the young man.

Outside the city, Shuo Wang was wearing armor and wearing soldiers, and was discussing with several generals how to attack the city. Cen Xian, acting as a military adviser, stood beside them wearing a mask and offering some suggestions from time to time.

"At that time, the cavalry will go in formation behind the forward. The forward will lead 500 people with ladders and siege equipment first. The Chinese army will cover with bows and arrows. After breaking through the city gate, General Su," Shuo Wang said, "enter the city." Afterwards, the front line turns into two wings, you lead the rest of the soldiers to attack, and General Huang leads the two wings to divide the troops to outflank."

"General, order another team of cavalry to attack Suzaku Gate and find His Majesty first." Cen Xian said, "If you encounter obstacles, you will be killed!"

"According to the military advisor," Shuo Wang frowned after speaking, turned to look at Cen Xian, and asked in a low voice, "Does the royal family have a secret way?"

The imperial family of the former dynasty would plan for a rainy day and would dig a secret passage inside the palace so that they could escape in an emergency, but Shuo Wang didn't know if the Great Wei also did this.

If there is, it is better to send someone to guard the exit of the secret passage.

Cen Xian moved his eyes hidden under the mask, and said, "There is one, but don't worry, I will send a letter to Jin Yiwei, asking them to guard the exit in the suburbs, and no one will be allowed to escape."

Several people agreed on the matter of attacking the city, and the generals left with their swords in their arms, and the camp became cold in an instant.

Not long after that, the accompanying military doctor brought in the fried medicine.

The handsome young man couldn't help frowning.

Mu Nanzhi was tied up by Luo Erhu to accompany the army, and he met Jiang Jinyue late, and he made several prescriptions for Shuowang, one of which was more bitter than the other, and he drank it all the time in the past few days. Bitter medicinal taste.

There was no one else in the tent except the two of them, Cen Xian took off his mask and placed it on the table, his elegant appearance was warmed yellow by the firelight.He handed the bowl of dark medicinal soup to Shuo Wang and beckoned him to drink it.

Shuo Wang didn't dare to make trouble with him, after all, even if he was injured, the only one in this battalion who could single out him and hope to beat him to the ground was Cen Xian.

Besides, he didn't want to make Cen Xian angry after reuniting after a long absence.

He raised his head, rolled his Adam's apple and swallowed the medicine, looking very well-behaved.

Just as he swallowed it, a candied fruit was stuffed into his mouth by Cen Xian, which was sweet and diluted the bitterness.

Shuo Wang suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"Is it sweet?" Cen Xian asked.

Shuo Wang nodded subconsciously.

Cen Xian smiled, and looked at Shuowang with slightly bent eyes: "Tomorrow will be a decisive battle, the general will also give me something sweet tonight."