This shadow guard, you are enlightened

At this time, several people in the Zhenbei military camp decided to bring their troops back to Luancheng immediately, but no one expected that when Wei Yan started to reorganize the army, there would be a dispute in the army.

"Master Zhuo is inconvenient to show up, please stay here for now, I will go and see."

"It's still inconvenient. The subordinates will go with the prince." Zhuo Ying closed his eyes, knowing that in Xing Chenmu's plan, his departure from the imperial city might also be an opportunity to attract Ning Yuan to send troops, so no matter what people in the camp Whether they would discover his identity when they saw him, the rebels must have already known it.

Xing Chenxiu's words pulled back his chaotic thoughts and made him calm down a little.

Recalling what Xing Chenmu has done in the past year, he sent Xing Chenxiu to the Zhenbei Army to "monitor" Wei Yan, and sent half of the Jinwei Army to support the Zhenbei Army, so that Yan Qing approached Xiaoying to send messages from time to time, provoking the Empress Dowager, Forcing her to commit suicide in order to stimulate Ning Yuan and the others, all of them are trying to induce Ning Yuan to send troops.

Xing Chenmu handed over the Tiger Talisman to Xing Chenxiu, waiting for the day when Xing Chenxiu would reveal his identity.The provocation to Ning Yuan and others at the banquet that day and pushing himself out of the imperial city were all opportunities he specially created for Ning Yuan and others.

In Xing Chenmu's overall plan, he had already taken all possibilities into account, and he used himself as a bait, and he really wanted to protect only three people.

Xing Chenxiu, who was dispatched in advance to the Zhenbei Army, the Empress Dowager who was escorted by Wei Lin from the palace to pray for blessings at Shangqing Temple, and Zhuo Ying.

Thinking of this, Zhuo Ying's eyes filled with sourness, but he didn't allow himself to lose control at this moment, he kept telling himself that he should trust his sage, that since he had been planning for so long, he must be fully prepared Only then can they act, there are still half of the Jinwei Army and five thousand Shadow Guards guarding the imperial city.

And what he has to do is, together with Xing Chenxiu and Wei Yan, lead his troops back to Luan City as soon as possible...

Zhuo Ying followed Xing Chenxiu out of the main tent, and the shadow guards who were guarding outside followed immediately. Xing Chenxiu thought for a moment, and said to Zhuo Ying: "You make them all ready to return."

There were nearly a hundred shadow guards in the army who were sent to secretly protect Xing Chenxiu before. Now that Zhuo Ying is here, he will naturally take over the command of the shadow guard army.

Zhuo Ying nodded, glanced around, quickly found the leader of these shadow guards, and said directly: "Seventeen, the prince will follow me, you all go back to clean up, gather here after half a stick of incense, and return to Luan City. "

The shadow guard known as Seventeen was stunned, and quickly realized who was talking to him, and immediately clasped his fists: "Yes, my lord."

Seeing that Shi Qi took the order to leave, Xing Chenxiu sighed: "It turns out that he is Shi Qi. He has been with me for so long, and I don't even know what they are called."

"There are a large number of shadow guards, and they are often dispatched directly by the Holy One. In order for the Holy One to distinguish them quickly, the numbering method has been used to name the shadow guards since the previous dynasty." Zhuo Ying explained simply.

The Shadow Guard Army has never been well known to outsiders, even Tianhuang nobles only know that there is such an army in the palace, as for the specific details, they have no way of knowing.

Zhuo Ying remembered the respect the Holy Majesty had for the person in front of him, and the severe situation they had to face together in the future, and finally said a few more words: "When they return to the palace, the collars of their clothes will be embroidered with silver patterns representing their identities. , the prince can identify their identities by the silver streaks."

Xing Chenxiu squinted his eyes and recalled for a while, and asked: "When I saw it back then, Master Zhuo seemed to embroider the collar of the bright moon?"

"Yes, the original shadow guard commander's tattoo was a sword, referring to the emperor's soldiers, but a few years ago, the Holy One ordered someone to change the embroidery tattoo of his subordinates."

"Master Zhuo, do you know what that means?"

Zhuo Ying shook her head: "This subordinate once asked the Holy Majesty, but the Holy Majesty only said that the subordinates should understand it by themselves."

Calculated about three years ago, one day the officials of the Shangyi Bureau suddenly sent a batch of new shadow guard uniforms to the Mingying Palace, saying that it was the order of the Holy Majesty.

The dozens of pieces of clothing were of the same size and were worn throughout the year. They looked no different from those worn by ordinary shadow guards, but when Zhuo Ying put them on, she was surprised to find that the embroidery pattern on the neckline was different. When Dian thanked him, he asked Xing Chenmu about the meaning of the new embroidery pattern, but Xing Chenmu said that some things would lose their meaning when explained, and he had to understand it by himself.

"Ran Ying uses the Ziwei star to symbolize the emperor. 'May I be like a star king like the moon, and the night and night stream be bright and clean.' Master Zhuo, the Holy Majesty's heart, he has already expressed it to you through this pattern." Xing Chenmu really didn't expect that The fourth brother has such a tender side.

Zhuo Ying's footsteps paused, and soon he showed a wry smile, it turned out that the Holy Majesty had made his heart clear so early, but it's a pity that he has an elm head, so he couldn't guess the deep meaning.

But after thinking about it, even if he really knew what the Holy One wanted at that time, he would definitely choose to escape, and maybe it would make the Holy Majesty feel sad instead.

Xing Chenxiu stopped talking and didn't intervene in the affairs between the two of them. After finishing speaking, he walked quickly into the school grounds.

In the school grounds, the spies arranged by Chen Si and Ning Yuan are trying to incite everyone's emotions, threatening that Xing Chenxiu will lead troops to rebel. Fortunately, Xing Chenxiu has already obtained the evidence of those people's correspondence with the enemy army, which stabilizes the morale of the army, and Wei Yan leads [-] soldiers Ma, set off immediately and return to Luangcheng.

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When she came, Zhuo Ying was only on her way, wanting to complete the order given by Xing Chenmu as soon as possible and return to the imperial city as soon as possible, so she didn't have a chance to think too much.

A feasible army is different from one or two people on the road. There are many things to consider, from the amount of food and grass they carry to the route planning, and the lighting of fires and camps at the places where they stay every night. It is necessary to ensure rest, and the time spent is naturally much longer.

For Zhuo Ying, life really felt like years.

It was sunset again, and the army chose to camp on a flat place with a wide view to rest. Zhuo Ying studied the map with Xing Chenxiu and Wei Yan, only to hear Xing Chenxiu ask: "According to the current road, we can reach Luancheng in three days. Bar?"

"Yes, if we can go faster, we can arrive in less than three days." After Zhuo Ying finished speaking, she looked up at Xing Chenxiu, hesitating to speak.

This road was exactly the one he took when he left Luancheng. He knew very well that if he traveled alone, he could arrive there in two days.

Xing Chenxiu seemed to understand what he was thinking, and before he could open his mouth, he took a step forward and said, "I can understand Lord Zhuo's worry about the Holy Majesty, and I wish I could go back to the palace immediately to make sure that the Holy Majesty is safe, but my lord should understand, I don't know yet What is the situation in Luan City, if the rebels have already risen and rush in rashly, if they are captured, they will be a surprise, and even if they can enter smoothly, they will definitely not be able to save anyone."

Zhuo Ying didn't know this truth, but if he was delayed for a day on the road, the danger to the Holy One would be more. Even if he died, he hoped to be able to protect him by his side instead of worrying about tens of miles away.

"The Holy Majesty has a careful plan before acting, not on a whim. In fact, after calming down, I believe that he will not easily put himself in danger. In the letter, he made the worst plan, and it is not that he has no chance of winning. "Seeing his sad expression, Xing Chenxiu said again, "This king and the Holy One are not of the same mother, but they have many similarities in how they handle things. If this king stays in the palace today and Ayan is outside, this king will definitely fight to the end For a moment, waiting for reinforcements, because although this king hopes that he can live a good life, he wants to accompany him to see all the great rivers and mountains in Ran Ying, and he does not want to leave him to live alone."

Zhuo Ying remembered the promise the Holy Majesty made with him, to go to the Lantern Festival together next year, and remembering the Holy Majesty's birthday, he promised to carve another green dragon paperweight for him, and...the Holy Majesty is still waiting Follow his reply.

Born in the emperor's family, there is too much helplessness, and he thinks more about the common people in the world, the common people, but in the end, he is just an ordinary person, and he also has seven emotions and six desires, and will be sad. If he can't even find the most basic truth, then In the huge palace garden, how lonely it is.

Zhuo Ying finally woke up completely, he only wanted the Holy Majesty to live easily, if the Holy Majesty wanted him to stand by his side, then no matter how many criticisms and difficulties there were, he would not shrink back.

As long as the Holy One is safe...

After regaining consciousness, Zhuo Ying bowed her head and said, "Yes, this subordinate understands."

Xing Chenxiu was afraid that he would sneak back to Luan City at night because of impulsiveness, so he persuaded him a few more words. Zhuo Ying understood that he hadn't thought carefully, so after he finished speaking, he stopped disturbing the two of them and bowed out of the tent.

The next day, the whole army continued to set off towards Luancheng, but they didn't go far, and met the Queen Mother and her party who hurried back from Shangqing Temple.

It turned out that on the way to Shangqing Temple, the Buddhist beads that the Queen Mother had been wearing suddenly broke. Combined with Xing Chenmu's recent strange behavior, the more she thought about it, the more disturbed she became, so she ordered Wei Lin to return the same way.

Xing Chenxiu didn't dare to let the Queen Mother take risks. After several people discussed, they decided to escort the Queen Mother to Shangqing Temple with a small group of soldiers, and Wei Lin took his soldiers and horses back to Luan City with them to quell the chaos.

In the last few days, Zhuo Ying had almost no sleep at night, only looking forward to rushing to Xing Chenmu's side as soon as possible.

Finally, when the army arrived outside the city of Luan, they were startled. They found a hidden place a few miles away from the city and stopped temporarily. Zhuo Ying led a few shadow guards in disguise and took a trail to a city gate to inquire about the situation.

Shen Shi just passed, but the gate of Luan City was closed tightly, and there were no guards outside the gate. Seeing this, Zhuo Ying's heart sank to the bottom, and she almost exhausted all her self-control to force herself to maintain her sanity.

He rode forward and saw a notice posted beside the city gate, with few numbers, it only said that bandits had entered the city, the city was temporarily closed and searched, and no one was allowed to enter or leave without permission.

Zhuo Ying clenched the rein tightly, the rope even sank into the flesh, blood oozed from the palm of his hand, but he didn't seem to notice it.

He was surrounded by fear, and there seemed to be sharp ringing in his ears.

A rebellion has begun.He was still late after all...

The author has something to say: I have danced a lot, but I feel that there are still many plots that are repeated with the previous one~~~~(>_<)~~~~

See you in the next chapter~