Cthulhu

Chapter 187
She was originally his son's woman, but she didn't expect her son to be eunuched, and Helian Wencheng was taken advantage of by this old man.With his arms around Ai Ruolan's waist, Helian Wencheng was distracted again. In the past two days, he was always restless, feeling that something big was about to happen.

"What's the matter with you? Are you frowning?" Ai Ruolan raised her head, looked at the man who was dozens of years older than her, and didn't even call her father.

"Oh, it's nothing." Helian Wencheng said with a smile when he came back to his senses.

"Your Majesty, the Iron Guardian is in a hurry!" The eunuch's voice sounded outside.

Helian Wencheng frowned when he heard the news, why did Guardian Tie come suddenly?After thinking about it, he quickly lifted the quilt and turned over to get up and put on the dragon robe.Seeing Ai Ruolan who was naked on the bed, she said: "You go out later, don't let anyone see you."

"Know!"

After putting on his clothes and going out, Helian Wencheng went straight to the study room where the memorials were approved. As soon as he entered the study room, he saw that there was already a person sitting in it.

"Tie Guardian, what do you want me to do?" Sitting on the chair, Helian Wencheng asked.

"The big thing is not good. The defense line of the Cangjiang River has been breached. Master Ferat was captured by the enemy, and Commander Yuan also killed himself on the spot. A large number of cavalry are rushing towards the imperial city to stop you in the imperial city!" Tie Yan told the whole battle ahead in one breath.

"What?" Helian Wencheng was shocked. The Cangjiang defense line was breached. What does this mean?It means that the imperial city is under threat. : "How is it possible? How could the 50 imperial guards fail to defend the Cangjiang defense line?"

"This is an absolutely true fact. It's not that they didn't defend the defense line of the Cangjiang River, but they completely surrendered to the officials. At this moment, they are holding 70 soldiers. After I got the news, the team sent by the Eighth Prince even went to the imperial capital at night. Come here and report to you in the imperial city as soon as possible." Tie Yan's voice came from the ground, very gloomy and dull.

"Then what should we do now?" Helian Wencheng was completely at a loss. It's only been a few months since he sat on the dragon chair, so is he going to give up again?How can you be willing?
"There is no way to save them now. We have to give up the imperial city and retreat to the north. All forces of the Cheng family and the Yan family are united to resist the army of the Shangguan family. Only in this way can we have a chance to make a comeback."

Helian Wencheng's eyes were dull, and he was wearing a dragon robe, but he didn't have the majesty and decisiveness of the emperor, but hesitation and helplessness.To retreat to the north, to put it bluntly, to escape with his tail between his legs, he, the emperor who stayed overnight, could be regarded as the best.

"Your majesty, make a decision quickly. If you wait for the large cavalry from Shangguan's family to block the imperial city, it will not be so easy to leave." Tie Yan said when he saw his distraught look.

After a long while, Helian Wencheng said: "I have to go, I have to go!"

"Okay, I'll inform the married team that we will meet up in Qiongdu and retreat to the north together." Tie Yan stood up and said goodbye. As long as he sticks to the north, the status of the Eighth Prince of Dongsang Kingdom will not be threatened.In other words, the current Helian Wencheng had to make a wedding dress for the Eighth Prince of Dongsang Kingdom.

No matter what, the Helian family couldn't be defeated by him, cheered up, Helian Wencheng sent Tie Yan away, so he hurriedly asked people to gather the Helian family, and asked everyone to pack up and salute. Leave the imperial city and retreat to the north.

Paper can't hold fire, Helian Wencheng explained clearly to the family members about the Shangguan family's army breaching the Cangjiang defense line, which made everyone change color.Unexpectedly, life in the palace has not been peaceful, and he wants to escape to the north again. It must be that the ancestral tomb has not been buried properly, and it will take less than a year for an emperor to be born.

The news of "It's over, it's over" is undoubtedly a blockbuster to Ai Ruolan, and she tried all kinds of ways to insult her morals, and wanted to stay in Helian's house and in the palace.But at this moment, all her plans are like pork thrown into a meat grinder, and they are smashed to pieces. From now on, she will live a life of desperation, running around with the Helian family, how can she live a life of luxury Woolen cloth?
As for Helian Shaohao, who was eunuched, he had been in closed door cultivation during this period of time, and what supported him to live was the endless hatred that filled his body, the hatred for Cheng Cheng.At this time, someone called him out and told him the unfortunate news that he, as a nominal prince, could not even be named.

The people of Helian's family were terrified and panicked, an invisible oppression pressed down on everyone's heart like a stone.

But this didn't stop them from begging for money, and they moved all the valuable objects, large and small, from the palace.Since you have to leave, don't leave anything to the Shangguan family.

One hundred thousand cavalrymen, dressed in stars and wearing moons, arrived at the imperial capital at a very fast speed, and surrounded the imperial city at the fastest speed.Cheng Cheng sent spies into the city to inquire about the news, but to his surprise, apart from some eunuchs and maids in the palace, no one from the Helian family escaped.

"Mom, we rushed here so desperately, but let this old fox run away first." Niu Ren was so angry that his copper bell eyes widened, and he was so depressed that he could have cut off the old fox's head. , but still let him escape.

"This old fox is cunning and vigilant enough." Zhuge Hua couldn't help admiring.

"Hmph, no matter where he flees to the ends of the earth, I will cut off his head." An Lianqi threw the red-tasseled gun in her long hand into the ground, and let out her breath with anger.

Cheng Cheng also felt angry in his heart, he sighed and said, "Okay, it's useless to run away and then complain. It's better to garrison the army in the imperial city first, to meet the army coming from behind."

Assigning the military stationing to Yuan Shijie, and the Yan family brothers, Cheng Cheng and An Lianqi and a group of people went to the palace again for a stroll, and found that no one from the Helian family had escaped, except for the eunuch and the eunuch. Maid, there is no one else.

It was the first time for Cheng Cheng to come back to this palace, and it felt unusually large, and he really didn't know where he would have wandered without An Lianqi leading the way.Originally, I thought that Yuying Academy would be big, but this imperial palace is even worse, it can be called a small city.

"This is the imperial garden, how about it? Isn't it beautiful?" An Lianqi led Cheng Cheng and his party to stroll into the imperial garden of the palace.Usually only the dignitaries in the imperial concubine's palace can come in, but now no one is stopping them, they can come whenever they want.

"Wow, isn't this garden too big?" Howard couldn't help but exclaimed as he looked at the Royal Garden, which was full of wonderful flowers.Where the hell is the garden?It's a flower market!There are all kinds of flowers, and the varieties are very complete. Due to the different flowering seasons, some are in full bloom, some are just about to bloom, and some are still green branches and leaves, without the appearance of blooming.

"Damn Xipi, it's just that this garden occupies several thousand pings, right?" Niu Ren touched his head honestly, and exclaimed in the same way.

Pang Jie was short and fat, and some of the flower branches were taller than him, which made him very depressed, so he simply stood on the stone steps outside the flower garden to look at it.

"Hey, goblin, come down for me, don't step on the steps dirty." An Qi said quickly.

"Don't call me a goblin. I'm a dwarf, not a goblin!" Pang Jie hated people calling him a goblin. Dwarves and goblins are clearly two races. One is proficient in casting and the other is proficient in invention. How can they be mixed together?
"I'll just call you a goblin, what's the matter?" An Lianqi stared at her wonderfully, and said unwillingly.

Pang Jie was furious, but he had to bow his head and jumped down from the steps.This woman has an ambiguous relationship with Brother Cheng, can he contradict him?Leaving this point aside, it's not a wise move to make such a beautiful woman angry.

An Lianqi took Cheng Cheng and the others to visit the Imperial Garden, and then to the Jinluan Palace. The palace was so quiet at the moment, and it was quite interesting to walk around.It took several hours without visiting one-third of the way. It can be seen that the palace is indeed magnificent.They were hungry after strolling around, and the few people didn't have the mood to go shopping any longer. Instead, they took a carriage and left the palace, and went to a shop to order something to eat.

The food in the capital is also famous, and Cheng Cheng didn't want to miss it, but after the dishes were served, he felt that they were still not as good as sister Zixiang and his aunt Nalan Baihe.Thinking about it, I kind of miss that queen-like sister Zixiang.

A day later, the 20 troops who rushed to march later also arrived outside the imperial city.Afterwards, they stayed in the imperial city, waiting for the return of the army from the rear. An Lianqi acted as a tour guide for them, visiting all kinds of scenic spots.

On a whim, An Lianqi took Cheng Cheng and his party to look at the sea of ​​fog, one of the famous eight scenic spots in the capital, got up early, washed up, and went out.Because if you want to see the sea of ​​fog, you have to watch the weather, and you have to climb the high cliff of Mount Sumeru, so that you can have a glimpse of the sea of ​​fog.

So, a group of people set out on the road when the sky was only pale, until they arrived at the foot of the tall Mount Sumeru, and climbed towards the top of the mountain.This Mount Sumeru is really steep, and it takes a lot of effort to climb up, but fortunately, the group is all fighters, so naturally they are not afraid of the steep slope.

When they climbed to the top of the mountain, the sky was already bright, and a strange landscape appeared in the eyes of the group. They saw a white mist rolling around the mountainside of Mount Sumeru, covering the entire forest around Mount Sumeru, and the vast sea of ​​clouds. Under the eyes, it is definitely a strange landscape.

Mount Sumeru seemed to be separated into two sections, the upper section was clearly visible, the middle was covered with a sea of ​​fog, and the lower section could not be seen at all.Standing at the bottom of the mountain, in addition to giving birth to the pride of seeing all the small mountains, there will also be a kind of fairy-like suddenness, and one's heart can't help being broadened.

(End of this chapter)