In the quiet garden path, Mr. Feng stood on the gravel path and looked at the traces with interest: "How did you guess that?"

Chen Ji thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Feng came to Cuiyun Lane earlier and asked who was leading the Tiger Armored Cavalry. It means that this personal guard army is not under your control, and you are very concerned about who their new commander is."

Mr. Feng was happy: "Then why should I kill General Qian?"

Chen Ji looked directly at Mr. Feng: "Because you are such a smart person and don't like to have things beyond your control."

He did not wait for Mr. Feng to speak, and continued to analyze carefully: "The leader of the Tiger Armored Cavalry was originally General Zhou, but now he is General Qian... I guess this is also your handiwork. General Zhou was manipulated by you. Go. You originally thought that by taking away General Zhou, you would be able to control this personal guard army, but you didn’t expect that Mr. Liu Ge did not choose you, but handed it over to General Qian.”

Mr. Feng gradually suppressed his smile and said casually: "Do you know that being too smart is actually not a good thing." Chen Ji said sincerely: "As long as it is useful to Mr. Feng, that's fine."

Mr. Feng patted him on the shoulder: "Young man, remember, the promise I made to you in Longwang Tun will always be valid. Imperial Physician Yao and the others will stay in this palace. If you can help me kill General Qian within one day, They can live. If you can't, just wait to collect their bodies.

Taking several human lives as a huge gamble, Chen Ji was unwilling to take it, but he had to take it. This Mr. Feng did whatever it took to incite civil unrest and kill his own people to seize power. There was nothing he couldn't do.

If he doesn't answer, Zhang Zhuo, Master and others will really die.

Chen Ji took a deep breath and said firmly: "Okay, I'll kill General Qian."

Mr. Feng smiled and said: "This General Qian is a master of the innate realm. He is always surrounded by hundreds of cavalry guards. It is not easy to kill him." Chen Ji frowned and asked: "What kind of official is he?" Way?"

Mr. Feng shook his head: "I don't know either. This is a dead soldier that my master has raised for many years and has been hiding it as a treasure."

Chen Ji thought for a while and said: "The matter of seizing power must be very important to Mr. Feng. Why not let Jiang Yan put on a suit of armor and act with me? This will be more reliable. Mr. Feng laughed and said: "Jiang Yan has his own things to do. I don't have time to help you. If you want Imperial Physician Yao and your fellow apprentices to survive, you have to find a way yourself."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards Jing'an Palace with his hands behind his back: "Follow me, I was delayed for a long time with you and caused me to miss King Jing's chess game."...

Jing'an Hall is brightly lit, and there are many soldiers standing in front of the door.

Mr. Feng came to the front of the hall, crossed the high threshold and walked in. Chen Ji and Zhang Zhuo could only wait silently outside the door. In the hall, Mr. Liu Ge and Prince Jing sat opposite each other in front of the Qianlong Screen Wall.

The chess game had come to an end. Mr. Liu Ge, wearing a simple gray cloth, sat at the chess table and said slowly: "My lord, you lost your mother when you were young. If your sister-in-law hadn't taken you in and raised you patiently in Kunning Palace, I'm afraid you would have lost your mother." You were killed long ago. In those years, she took you by her side to raise you with His Majesty, treating you as her own child, but did she ever treat you unfairly?"

Prince Jing stared at the chess game and said without raising his head: "No. In the winter, she would specially ask the palace maids to prepare charcoal fire for me, and in the summer she would send me ice cubes from the cellar to relieve the heat. Your Majesty has I have everything your Majesty doesn’t have, and I have everything your Majesty doesn’t have. Even my mentor was chosen by her herself.”

Liu Gelao rolled up his sleeves and dropped another son: "After Your Majesty ascended the throne, you two became estranged from her. Now she is dejected in the Cining Palace. She has already been described as withered. She has worked hard to raise two sons. We are all strangers to her. No mother in the world can withstand such a blow."

Prince Jing was thinking about the chess game and said calmly: "My father-in-law is also a sensible person. After Your Majesty ascends the throne, the Queen Mother should let go earlier and should not allow the Liu family to act arrogantly. No one is good for a thousand days, and a hundred flowers are not enough." Sun Hong, the Liu family’s recent troubles were also laid down long ago.”

Mr. Liu Ge smiled: "My lord, when you were crowned king at the age of twenty-one, the first thing you did was to go south to collect grain taxes for your majesty. I remember when you first arrived in Jiangnan, those wealthy families killed their own wives and carried them to the Yamen. , Xiao gathered thousands of people and said that you taxed people and forced them to death. In the end, the Liu family came forward to help you collect the food.

Prince Jing sighed with emotion: "At that time, I was just starting out and didn't know what to do. Fortunately, I had my father-in-law to help me."

Mr. Liu Ge continued: "In the winter of the eleventh year of Jianing, there was a bandit rebellion in Nanguang. During the period when you led the troops to quell the rebellion, you contracted lung disease and fell unconscious. You were besieged by the bandits in Liuzhou. It was also my Liu family who went to Laojunshan Taoist Court to seek help. I got the elixir and sent troops to support you, so I got you out of the siege. At this moment, Liu Mingjing is on her way to the Laojun Mountain Taoist Court, saying that she will ask for the Yudan of the next life for you at all costs."

Prince Jing's movements were stagnant for a moment, and then he sighed, "The Liu family has helped me a lot."

Mr. Liu Ge raised his head and stared at Prince Jing: "Over the years, the prince has been running around for your majesty, but how has your majesty treated the prince? The old members of the Chitose Army were demoted and killed. Let's talk about Zhang four years ago. General, he left his post without permission because of his mother's death. Although it was a serious crime, the crime did not lead to death. But the eunuchs beheaded him first and then executed him on the way to the funeral."

Mr. Liu Ge continued: "Besides, the General Li whom the prince brought under his control was obviously successful in quelling the rebellion but was not rewarded. In the end, the eunuchs found him guilty of making drunken remarks about government affairs and threw him into prison, where he was tortured to death. Again. Thinking about my Liu family, why not do this? Although we are ashamed of His Majesty, we are also meritorious ministers who helped him seize the throne. Why do you want to kill us all?"

Prince Jing sighed: "My father-in-law is too worried. How could your majesty kill them all?"

Mr. Liu Ge said slowly: "The prince should know best who that person is in the Renshou Palace. He won't be able to sleep until the prince and the Liu family are dead!"

At this point, he disturbed the chessboard in front of him: "Your Majesty, if it wasn't for you, why would the Liu family have tolerated it for so many years? At that time, the time was not ripe, so we had to give up. Now my Liu family has strong soldiers and horses, abundant food and grass, and there is still Jing Dynasty in the north. The Shenwu Army is coordinating... Don’t hesitate any longer and take action!”

The traces outside the palace were suddenly startled. Could it be that Prince Jing and the Liu family had already discussed the matter of treason?

He had been wondering before: Where did the Liu family get the confidence to dare to plan a rebellion? Concubine Yun was just a concubine, so where did they get the courage to contact the Jingchao Military Intelligence Department?

This puzzle piece seems to have always been incomplete, and many things cannot be explained. But if Prince Jing is placed at the center of this puzzle, many things will make sense. However, the next moment, Prince Jing whispered: "My father-in-law, once something happens

, I am afraid that the lives of the people in several states will be ruined, so I cannot agree to this matter."

This time, Chen Ji was confused. It didn't look like Prince Jing was planning to rebel. What went wrong?

In the Jing'an Palace, Mr. Liu Ge stood up slowly: "Your Majesty, now the arrow is on the string and has to be fired, so you can't hesitate. You have to sit on this throne, and you have to sit if you don't. If you blame me, blame me alone.

,Don’t blame the Liu family.”

At this moment, a burly general stepped forward from outside the palace, his footsteps making a thumping sound on the bluestone bricks.

I saw him coming to the palace, cupping his fists and saluting Mr. Liu Ge: "Sir, someone discovered the movement of the golden pig in Dongshi. This person is now living in seclusion, hiding in a small garden of a Qingxin man."

Liu Gelao waved his hand: "General Qian will bring a tiger-armored cavalry to capture him."

After that, he said to Mr. Feng: "Wen Zheng, please invite the prince, prince, and princess to the Liu family's mansion. Tomorrow we will open the ancestral hall, beat the drums and gather the crowd, sacrifice the eunuch's head to the flag, and the army will march out!"

Liu Gelao walked out, and a dense crowd of soldiers followed behind him, rushing outward like a black tide. The intense chill was like hot magma, which could melt even pig iron.

Mr. Feng smiled and looked at Prince Jing: "Your Majesty, please? Don't put me in trouble."

Prince Jing stood up calmly, smoothed the wrinkles on his robe, and led Bai Li out of Jing'an Palace. When Mr. Feng came out, he glanced at Chen Ji intentionally or unintentionally, with deep meaning in his eyes.

...

The sound of impatient horse hooves broke the tranquility of Anxi Street.

Chen Ji and Zhang Zhuo were wearing green armor and riding horses at the end of the tiger-armored cavalry. Everyone covered their faces with black armor and rushed towards the east city of Luocheng like a torrent.

Zhang Zhuo tightened his reins and moved closer to Chen Ji. He lowered his voice and said, "There's something fishy going on. Why do I feel like there's something wrong with these people..." Chen Ji raised his head and glanced at the cavalry in front, turned his eyes slightly and responded in a low voice.

: "Master Zhang, do you think so too?"

Zhang Zhuo lowered his body and said, "I think there is something wrong with Prince Jing. The Liu family surrounded Luocheng and refused to send troops northward, obviously waiting for him to make a decision. Over the years, Prince Jing has been running Yuzhou, and Liu's family has cast ironware and raised it.

How could he not know anything about the private army?"

Chen Ji asked: "Master Zhang, you mean that Prince Jing was also involved?"

Zhang Zhuo hesitated for a moment: "That's exactly the problem. As the saying goes, soldiers are valuable and quick. If he really had any objections, he should have raised his flag and headed north. Why are you delaying here? This will not do him any good!"

Zhang Zhuo continued: "And that Mr. Feng, how long have you been fighting among yourself? How much benefit will it bring to him if we seize the power of the Tiger Armored Cavalry? I can't understand it, I can't understand it at all!"

Chen Ji suddenly said: "Master Zhang, if something unexpected happens later, you immediately ride to Tuoluo Temple to bring in reinforcements, and save my master first." Zhang Zhuo was startled: "Misfortunate? What unexpected event?"

Chen Ji said: "The timing of the golden pig's appearance is too coincidental. This is a trap for General Qian... They want to help Mr. Feng get rid of the stumbling block." As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sharp sound of breaking wind suddenly coming from ahead.

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Chen Ji suddenly looked up and saw that the windows of the two-story buildings on both sides of the long street were open, and spears roared in, piercing the tiger-armored cavalry one by one! For a moment, the war horses neighed, and the neat cavalry team became chaotic.

Chen Ji shouted: "Let's go quickly."

Zhang Zhuo turned his horse around in response and ducked into the alley.

Chen Ji sat on the horse and looked at the dark windows from a distance. He suddenly remembered a lot of things: When he met Mr. Feng in Longwang Tun, the other party once said, "It's a pity that the masters around King Jing have been eliminated by the ceremonial supervisor in recent years."

".

The other party said "Si Li Jian", not "Eunuch Party".

At that moment, Chen Ji also noticed that there was something wrong with the wording in this sentence, but he did not think about what was wrong. Now that all the clues came together, he finally realized it. No wonder that after the fight between Mr. Feng and Tianma, both sides escaped unscathed.
Chapter completed!