Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 223 Withering
"We two brothers haven't talked together for a long time, how about we have a good talk today?"

Murong Cheng was stunned on the spot when he heard the words, and it took a long time before he realized it.Slowly looking back at Murong Xiu who was riding on a tall horse, his eyes couldn't hide his shock.

"Murong Xiu?"

Seeing the army behind Murong Xiu, Murong Sheng opened his eyes even more, he couldn't believe it, "Why do you have an army? You obviously don't have a soldier talisman. Moreover, you are not in the Prince Jin's mansion, and you brought an army here. This is obviously the case. ..." Knowing all his plans, so I can come here unimpeded.

Murong Sheng felt that he couldn't continue, so he couldn't help but think deeply.

But whoever told him the plan, no matter how clever Murong Xiu is, he would definitely not be able to guess his intentions.Could it be that he overlooked something?What went wrong?
The commanders of the Western Wei Dynasty and Dong Teng were also shocked and couldn't believe it.This is different from what was planned, shouldn't they take the opportunity to kill Murong Xiu, they withdrew after playing a scene with Murong Sheng.

Why did Murong Xiu also bring the army over?Could it be that something went wrong with Murong Sheng's plan?
At the same time, in the Dongteng Pavilion, Xia Houyan also learned the news.

"What did you say?" The man stopped touching his fingers on the face of the beauty in his arms, and said in amazement: "Murong Xiu already knew about our plan and led the troops to Zhengyangmen."

The servant who was saluting trembled in fright, and said with difficulty: "Yes, this is the news from Commander Lu. Murong Xiu indeed led the soldiers to Zhengyangmen, and it seems that there are quite a few soldiers."

Commander Lu is the commander of Dongteng. Because of his outstanding talent and loyalty, he was appointed by Emperor Dongteng. The rumors are definitely not fake.

"How is this possible?" Xia Houyan still couldn't believe it, and murmured: "Murong Xiu obviously knew our plan, so he was able to respond in time and lead troops. But we did it so covertly, How did Murong Xiu know? How did he know about our strategic deployment?"

After thinking for a while, Xia Houyan asked the man opposite: "Qi Chen, but someone found out some news from you? Otherwise, how would Murong Xiu know that we are going to rebel."

Qi Chen, who was sitting across from him, was surprised when he heard the news. Seeing Xia Houyan questioning him, he raised his head and said, "Wei Chen is the most secretive. Yangmen must have known about our army deployment, so he must have an army deployment map in his hand. Besides His Royal Highness, only Prince Dongteng has this army deployment map in your hand."

Xia Houyan was a little angry when he heard that Qi Chen came to doubt him, but he still maintained a trace of reason.

In fact, what Qi Chen said was correct, Murong Xiu was able to lead troops to Zhengyangmen, he must have mastered the army's defense plan.And this defense map, only he and Murong Sheng have it.

Murong Sheng has been making secret preparations at the local level and is not in the capital, so it must not be him.But it wasn't Murong Sheng who made a mistake, could it be that he made a mistake here?

After pondering for a while, Xia Houyan retorted: "Impossible, the palace uses people brought from the Dongteng Palace, there is no possibility that there will be traitors. Besides, the army's defense map is closely guarded by people from the palace. Someone will steal."

Although Xia Houyan said it with such certainty, it happened like this. Murong Xiu did have an army deployment plan, which made Qi Chen, who has always been cautious in doing things, remind him aloud: "Of course I believe what Prince Dongteng said, but Murong Xiu There is indeed a defense plan in Xiu's hand, either His Highness the Crown Prince's, or Prince Dongteng's, so it's better for Prince Dongteng to confirm it, so as not to make any mistakes."

Xia Houyan also nodded when he heard the words, and sent his servants to bring up the defense map.

I saw the servant carefully carrying a rosewood box, and put it on the table very carefully and quickly backed away.

Xia Houyan took a look at the wooden box, and opened it casually. After looking down, he turned the opening of the wooden box to Qi Chen's direction, and said, "The military deployment map is still there, so it's not my palace's problem."

Seeing the blueprint lying quietly in the wooden box, Qi Chen was also stunned for a moment. It wasn't Xia Houyan's problem, so why would Murong Xiu lead his troops to Zhengyangmen?This move clearly means that he has mastered the defense map. Could it be that he guessed wrong?

While Qi Chen was thinking, he saw Xia Houyan take out the blueprints in the wooden box, frowning, and looked deeply at a corner of it.After a long while, Xia Houyan raised his head, his expression was a little surprised, and his voice was so gloomy and cold that people couldn't help but feel chills in their hearts.

"Someone has moved this defense map."

Although it was a lightly spoken sentence, Qi Chen was stunned in place as if struck by lightning. Both of them lowered their eyes and gritted their teeth tightly at the same time.

It seems that the problem has been found!

Xia Houyan twirled a corner of the drawing for a few times, then looked at his fingers, and said, "In order to prevent anyone from moving around, I put fine powder on the corner of the paper. But now the fine powder is gone, This clearly means that someone moved the army defense plan behind my back." Then he gritted his teeth and continued: "But the people in my palace are all from Dongteng, who else would dare to touch my things."

Qi Chen also calmed down, and reminded: "Not all the people in His Highness's residence were brought from the Dongteng Palace, but some were brought from other places." Then his eyes were slightly cold, and he stared straight at Looking at the beauty in Xia Houyan's arms, "Girl, are you right? No, I shouldn't call you so unfamiliar. After all, we have met once, and it is near Fusheng Pavilion. If I am not mistaken If so, you are Qi Ze's woman."

At this time, Qi Chen finally remembered where he had seen it before.At that time, it was near Fusheng Pavilion, this woman was picking flowers, but was harassed by Qi Zhe, so she fled in the direction of Fusheng Pavilion.And he just looked at the back and guessed that she was Qi Ze's concubine.

Although it was just a back view, with such a slender and graceful waist, one could tell that she was a stunning beauty, so he remembered it.

Now that I see it again, it is not difficult to recognize it.

Hearing this, Zhan Shi couldn't help but stiffen his body, open his eyes wide, and lightly lay on Xia Houyan's shoulder with his back tensed, not as soft and boneless as before.

Feeling the coldness emanating from the man, as if suppressing the nasal cavity, making it hard to breathe, I also feel fear in my heart.

"Oh, it turns out that Bengong's Xiao Zhanshi didn't just serve a man in Bengong. No wonder he is so good at pleasing men. It turned out to be trained by Qi Ze." The man's dangerous aura approached, making the woman tremble, "Is it still true?" Needless to say, what Qi Ze has trained is the taste of Ben Gong, which makes Ben Gong fall in love with her. Come on, little fairy, give me another kiss."

The man squeezed the woman's chin tightly, and his lips slowly approached, but the woman pushed her away in disgust.

"Go away!"

Xia Houyan's eyes turned cold, he tightly grasped Zhan Shi's bright wrist, and said in a cold voice: "You are so good at serving men on the bed, now pretend to be this chaste and strong woman for who to see." As he spoke, he picked up the table The cup of tea on the table poured on Zhan Shi's fingers.

Seeing the white jade-like fingertips gradually turn red, Xia Houyan's eyes turned cold, "It really is you who moved the army deployment map, you bitch."

After all, he slapped Zhan Shi, and the great force knocked him to the ground, his white and tender face instantly turned red, swollen high, and bloodshot eyes were faintly visible at the corner of his mouth.

Because of the sudden and severe beating, the woman didn't get up for a while, and could only lie on the ground to pant a few times, and put her hands on the sore spots on her face.

Looking at the bright red fingertips, Qi Chen knew what it was.This is a fine powder exclusively used by the royal family of Dongteng. It is usually colorless and odorless, but it will turn red once it is stained with water.It was used by Dongteng painter in order to draw more bewitching and colorful paintings to please the royal family, but it was unexpectedly used by Xia Houyan in this place.

The tall man walked towards the weak and helpless woman step by step, and the woman kept shrinking back in fear. This pitiful appearance made people feel compassionate.But the two men in the room were not sympathetic people, Qi Chen just watched this scene and didn't say anything to stop him.

Xia Houyan walked to Zhan Shi's side, stepped on the woman's jade finger and crushed it hard, as if the sweet words before were all a joke.Even though the fingers were connected to the heart, the pain caused the woman to break out in cold sweat, but she bit her lower lip tightly with her white teeth, and didn't make a sound.

"Oh, it's pretty bearable." Xia Houyan sneered, his eyes hardened, "Ben Gong brought Xia Houfei to Southern Chu to seduce Murong Xiu, who knows that Murong Xiu didn't get the trick, but I got the trick instead. It’s true. People found out the news, stole the defense map, and finally returned it back without anyone noticing it, but was pecked by the eagle all day long.” While speaking, the strength on his feet continued to increase. , and squatted down to appreciate the woman's increasingly painful expression, and praised: "Xiao Zhanshi of the palace, you are really good-looking, this face is really a temptation for men, even the appearance of being hurt So beautiful, I can't figure out how Qi Ze would be willing to hand over a beauty like you to others."

Zhan Shi tried hard to suppress the tears that were about to drip from the corners of his eyes, raised his head hoarsely and said, "Young Master didn't ask me to come, I wanted to come here myself."

"Oh, it's already at this time, you still protect him." After Xia Houyan laughed lightly, he reached out and took out a begonia flower hairpin from Zhan Shi's arms, as if he was looking at a very ridiculous gadget As if, he taunted: "He bought this for you. I often see you holding it tightly, but you refuse to wear it. Is it because I don't deserve to see you wearing this flower hairpin? "

Zhan Shi's eyes were wide open, and she reached out her hand to snatch it, but the man easily walked around. After a few rounds, Zhan Shi put down her hand, raised her eyes and said, "You just don't deserve it."

"Oh, I don't deserve it, right?" Xia Houyan chuckled, "But Zhan Shi's good face must be beautiful if she wears this flower hairpin. Qi Ze has really good eyesight. He knows how to pick flower hairpins, and even women. Especially a woman who is worthy of this hairpin. Isn't it because of the pampering he gave you that you protect him so much? Tell me, if your pretty face is gone, will Qi Ze still pamper you?" Then , the man's face approached, and his voice was soft, "I really want to know."

I only heard a woman's shrill scream, and a thick and long bloodstain immediately appeared on the once charming face, extending from the root of the ear to the corner of the mouth, almost occupying most of the face, like an ugly centipede entrenched on the woman's face, Blood was still dripping from the wound.Looking at it suddenly, it is very scary.

But the man was very satisfied. Looking at the blood dripping from the tip of the flower hairpin, he whispered in the woman's ear like a lover: "Xiao Zhanshi, flower hairpins are not necessarily for wearing, but can be used in this way. In this way, it's not just that I don't deserve it." Look, even you don't deserve to wear it, wouldn't it be wonderful to have the best of both worlds?"

The man stood up with a grinning grin, let go of his fingers that had already been trampled bloody, and threw the flower hairpin in his hand on the ground at random, breaking it in two.

"Come on, the woman in this room is rewarded to you, take it away with me, don't let her dirty the floor of my house." The man's indifferent voice made the servants outside the house tremble, and thanked each other : "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward."

As the woman was moved to the courtyard by many servants, the nightmarish feeling in Sihe City came back again. It was dark everywhere, and there was a strong wind, cutting people's faces with pain.The heavy snow is flying, as if to cover people's eyes.

But when she was about to close her eyes, the woman vaguely saw a crabapple tree, the snow was gone, and a bright light was drawn in the dark sky, the full moon was in the sky, and the faint silver light sprinkled on the blooming tree. On the Begonia flower, there seems to be water condensing on the soft and gorgeous petals, but it cannot drip.Under the petals, a crabapple hairpin is particularly dazzling.

Suddenly, an autumn wind came, and the colorful flowers fell from the trees, and the flower hairpin couldn't help blowing and fell to the ground, breaking into two pieces.

Young Master, Zhan Shi hurts so much, his face hurts, his hands hurt, his body hurts too, it really hurts!
It turns out that the crabapple flower will wither, and the crabapple flower that never withers, I am afraid Zhanshi can't keep it!
Qi Chen glanced at the chaos in the courtyard, then turned his head away again, thinking in his mind.

Qi Ze's woman was here and stole the army's defense map, so Murong Xiu took the defense map and went to Zhengyangmen.But where did Murong Xiu's army come from?

Today, if you want to lead an army, you must have a soldier talisman.The Prince took away the fake soldier talisman, so Murong Xiu still got the real soldier talisman?But Qi Ze himself didn't know where the real soldier talisman was. During the siege of Beishuo border, Qi Ze's reaction didn't seem like he was lying. He really didn't know the whereabouts of the real soldier talisman.

But Murong Xiu did indeed lead an army, and according to the words of Commander Dong Teng, the army led by Murong Xiu wore the clothes of Southern Chu soldiers, so these troops were indeed soldiers of Southern Chu.

To be able to lead the real soldiers in Southern Chu, Murong Xiu must have a soldier talisman in his hand. I believe he is not so brave enough to dare to make a fake soldier talisman privately, so... the soldier talisman in Murong Xiu's hand is real?Qi Ze found it later and handed it over to Murong Xiu, right?

But how did Qi Ze find it in such a short period of time?It has only been more than half a year since the last Beishuo border siege.Coupled with Qi Ze's leg injury, it was only a few months before he returned to Nanchu.

How could Qi Ze find the real soldier talisman in just a few months?Even Emperor Zhaozheng has been searching for more than ten years and has not found it. Could it be that Qi Ze's skills can surpass Emperor Zhaozheng?
No, he wants to go back to Qi's house and ask Qi Ze to find out.If the soldier talisman is real, the prince must be informed.

"Prince Dongteng, since the final problem has been found, I will go back first. I will leave."

After Qi Chen came out of the Dongteng Pavilion, he rushed to Qi's house, went to the Fusheng Pavilion, and was going to find Qi Ze to get some news.

But after arriving at the Fusheng Pavilion, he found that there was no one there, not even the servants who usually guard the gate.

Suddenly, Qi Chen felt something was wrong.It's just that Qi Ze is not around, why doesn't he even have a servant.What exactly does Qi Ze want to do?
And did Qi Ze find the real soldier talisman? If he were Qi Yun, what would he do if he encountered the situation back then?
Qi Ze was only three years old back then, if he wanted to keep his own son alive, he needed to rely on the military talisman.If you want to completely control your own life and death, you need to put the soldier talisman in a place where you can see and touch it, so that Qi Ze can better control his own life and death.

Can you see it?It's something left by Qi Yun again, so... isn't it a relic?
It seems that there is only one relic left by Qi Yun to Qi Ze - Mo Yu.

At this time, Qi Chen had figured everything out.

It is Moyu, and there are real soldier symbols in Moyu.Because the military talisman is too important, no one thought that Qi Yun would put it in such a conspicuous place, in the hands of a three-year-old child, and put the lifeblood of a country in the hands of a child.

Qi Yun, I really deserve to be you!How dare you!
Often the most dangerous place is the safest place. He still can't understand such a simple truth.

Qi Chen couldn't help gritting his teeth, and ran towards the gate of the Qi Mansion. He picked up the horse in the stable and planned to step up, wanting to run to Zhengyang Gate immediately and tell Murong Sheng the news.

If Murong Xiu held the Real Soldiers Talisman, Murong Sheng would be notorious if the matter of privately raising the army was exposed, and it would be clear at a glance who was trying to collude with foreign countries to rebel.

There is no need to fight, if Murong Sheng loses popular support, he has already lost.

Just when he was about to go out on horseback, Qi Chen saw Princess Yongning's personal servant girl approaching, Shi Shiran leaned over and said: "My son-in-law, the princess has something to ask for you, please go back to the yard."

Qi Chen paused his hand holding the reins, and politely declined: "Tell the princess, I have something to do, so I won't go back first. In the evening, I will make it up to her."

The close servant girl smiled and stopped her and said, "It's better for the son-in-law to tell the princess himself. After all, the princess's temper is even tolerable to the imperial concubine and the concubine, and the princess is the most beloved daughter of the emperor. rise."

Faced with this half-reminder and half-threat, Qi Chen couldn't help but grit his teeth.

Is it because you are afraid that you will not be able to bear it?It was clearly to remind him that he couldn't afford it.As expected of someone who came out of the palace, the way the fox pretends to be the tiger is really well done.

Although the current government is in chaos, Emperor Zhaozheng is still alive, so he really dare not offend.

"Since the princess is looking for me, this young master must go back and go now." With a forced smile on his face, Qi Chen got off his horse and walked towards the yard of the big house.

(End of this chapter)