Lanting prelude
Chapter 66 Hunting
Chapter 66 Hunting
Li Shimin's eyes were wide open, his eyeballs were protruding, and he suddenly shouted: "Listen to me..." As soon as the words came out, a cold light was drawn by the dragon's head knife, and the round head flew out, and the blood sprayed from the body Xiao Junmo's face was covered.
Lishan Mountain is located in the east of Chang'an. It is a branch of the Qinling Mountains. It is named after the verdant pines and cypresses.From the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty, Lishan Mountain has always been a favorite hunting place for the royal family and nobles, so there are many palaces and other houses.According to legend, in ancient times, Nuwa refined stones to mend the sky here; the story of King Zhou You's "Feng Huo Playing with the Princes" also happened here; and the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang also lay at the foot of Lishan Mountain.
On this day, Li Ke and Xiao Junmo led more than [-] heavily armed Wuhou Guards and Xuanjia Guards, surrounded by Emperor Luanjia, and arrived at the foot of Xixiu Ridge in Lishan Mountain at about [-] o'clock in the morning.Li Ke's deputy is Wei Ting, a shrewd and capable general in the middle of Zuo Wuhou, who is in his thirties, and Xiao Junmo's deputy is Huan Dieyi and Luo Biao.There is another rider beside Li Ke, who is the young Jin Wang Li Zhi.Like everyone else, he was wearing armor, carrying a bow and arrow, and looked vigorous.
The weather is fine, the sky is as blue as washing, the vegetation on the mountain is verdant, and the birds are chirping in the forest. It is a good day for hunting.
Emperor Li Shimin, dressed in military uniform and holding a bow in his hand, stepped off his chariot and mounted a tall white horse. He looked majestic and majestic, with the spirit of conquering the world and looking down upon the heroes.Li Ke, Li Zhi, and Xiao Junmo led the soldiers to stand on both sides of the mountain road with their horses tied together, shouting in unison: "My emperor is mighty! My emperor is mighty! My emperor is mighty..."
The majestic shout resounded through the mountains, startling flocks of birds in the forest.
Li Shimin raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, and then gave Zhao Dequan a wink behind him.Zhao Dequan hurriedly stepped forward, cleared his throat, and said to the crowd: "Soldiers, there is a decree from the sage: as the saying goes, 'Heaven has the virtue of good life', all things recover in spring, it is not suitable to hunt and kill animals, but the sage has been in the palace for a long time, I often think about the joy of riding and shooting, so I have today’s trip. But you should know that today’s galloping and hunting, you can let go of the feeling of galloping, not for the joy of hunting, especially do not shoot young animals, pregnant mothers, etc. Wanwanger, please remember!"
Li Ke, Li Zhi, Xiao Junmo and others said in unison: "I will obey the order."
Since ancient times, emperors have usually hunted in autumn. Because all things grow in spring and summer, killing is an inhumane act. In winter, all things are killed and animals are dormant, which is not suitable. Only autumn is suitable, so it is often called "autumn enclosure".From this point of view, it is only reasonable for the emperor to make such instructions today, but Xiao Junmo was a little puzzled: just a few words, why did the emperor not say it himself, but asked Zhao Dequan to speak for it?
After Zhao Dequan finished speaking, Li Shimin scanned the crowd with majestic eyes, and then galloped up the mountain, followed by Zhao Dequan and a group of eunuchs.
All the soldiers immediately got on their horses and formed a guard formation with the emperor as the core: Xiao Junmo led one as the forward, Li Ke and Li Zhi led one to accompany the emperor, Huan Dieyi led one on the left wing, Wei Ting led One was on the right wing, and Luo Biao led the other to cut off the rear.
Hundreds of horses rode mightily, meandering up the mountain road, rolling up yellow dust all over the sky.
Shortly after riding up to Xixiu Ridge, the team quickly divided into three groups: Huan Dieyi led the left wing to advance along the foothills of Xixiu Ridge; Wei Ting led the right wing to turn to Dongxiu Ridge; Guarding the emperor, he drove down a gentle slope along the middle road and entered a beautiful and deep valley.
This place is called Shiweng Valley, which is sandwiched between the east and west Xiuling Ridges of Lishan Mountain. The valley is long and narrow, with dense vegetation and wild animals. It is a unique natural hunting ground.
The reason why the hunting team was divided into three groups was because the left and right groups had to search the woods along the foothills on both sides to prevent the assassins from ambushing in advance, and at the same time they were responsible for preventing the prey from the middle route from escaping to both sides; It has the responsibility of searching, guarding and hunting.
Li Shimin has been on the battlefield since he was a boy, and he is proficient in bows and horses. As soon as he entered the valley, he saw groups of elk running away, hares and roe deer scurrying back and forth, and he was very excited. With a bow and an arrow, he shot down an elk and two hares in a short while, and the guards cheered immediately.
"Father is really powerful, and his majesty has not diminished at all!" Li Ke followed closely on his horse and praised him.
"Third brother is right, father's sword is not old!" Li Zhi also echoed.
Li Shimin smiled lightly and did not answer.Seeing that a fat elk was about to run into a cypress forest, he immediately put on another arrow, drew his bow full, and shot it with a swish, but he missed the aim, and the feathered arrow rubbed against the elk's belly and hit a tree trunk superior.
The elk narrowly escaped death and rushed into the woods in a hurry.
Li Shimin frowned, showing displeasure.
Li Ke and Li Zhi looked at each other, both a little embarrassed.Li Ke hurriedly said: "Father, please wait here a moment, and the beast will be handed over to your son." After he finished speaking, he clamped the horse's belly and wanted to catch up, but Li Shimin crossed his bow and stopped his horse's head.
Li Ke had no choice but to rein in.But before he could react, Li Shimin had already galloped towards the cypress forest.Zhao Dequan who was next to him was startled, and quickly shouted: "Everyone, please slow down, wait for this old slave!" While shouting, he led a group of eunuchs to chase after him.
Li Ke was quite surprised by his father's performance today.Although father is in a bad mood recently, it seems that it is rare to be so silent like today, without saying a word.But at this moment, the escort was important, so Li Ke had no time to think about it, so he led Li Zhi and his guards into the woods.
As the vanguard of the entire hunting team, Xiao Junmo is currently leading dozens of soldiers to search and advance in the woods in a line-by-line formation.Suddenly, five feet away, a tall cypress tree with dense branches and leaves shook slightly.Xiao Junmo's eyes froze, and he immediately raised his hand to signal to the subordinates on both sides.
Dozens of soldiers took their bows and arrows from their backs one after another, and slowly rode their horses to surround them.
Xiao Junmo walked in the front and slowly approached the cypress tree.Five feet, four feet, three feet... Suddenly, the branches shook violently, and three or four yellow figures jumped out and jumped onto another tree.Immediately afterwards, dozens of yellow figures appeared from nearby trees one after another, jumping up and down, forming a mess.
Xiao Junmo couldn't help but smile at the soldiers on the left and right.
golden monkey.
A large group of golden monkeys jumped up and down on top of them, screaming.
"Dead monkey!" A few soldiers next to him stretched their bows and wanted to shoot, but Xiao Junmo stretched out his hand to stop him: "Didn't you hear the will of the Holy One? You can gallop today, not for the joy of hunting."
At this moment, the sound of horseshoes came from behind, and Li Ke and Li Zhi rushed over with a group of guards.Li Ke shouted eagerly: "Jun Mo, have you seen Emperor Father?"
Xiao Junmo frowned: "Isn't Your Majesty with you?"
"Ah!" Li Ke looked around anxiously, "He went after a deer, and it disappeared in a blink of an eye."
"Look separately!" Xiao Junmo's heart sank, and he ordered loudly to all the soldiers, "All spread out and find the Holy One!"
All the subordinates immediately dispersed and galloped in all directions.
"Let's look for it separately." Xiao Junmo said to Li Ke and Li Zhi, "This valley is steep and full of ravines. It is not easy to find someone, but the Holy One will not go far. If you are patient, you will be able to find someone. Don't worry too much, Your Highness."
Li Ke sighed heavily again, and said to Li Zhi: "Ninth brother, you go to the west, and I will go to the east." Then he said to Xiao Junmo: "You continue to search in the valley."
Xiao Junmo nodded.
Afterwards, Li Ke and Li Zhi turned their horses around, each leading a team of Marquis Guards, and galloped towards the east and west of Xiuling respectively; Xiao Junmo continued to search in the woods.
After searching around in the forest for about a quarter of an hour, the emperor was still nowhere to be seen. Xiao Junmo couldn't help feeling ominous.
Suddenly, he sucked his nostrils.
A fishy smell, the smell of blood!
Xiao Junmo's eyes were like lightning, and when he swept around, he saw a cluster of blood on the ground two feet away from the front left.He immediately rode forward, and soon found more bloodstains, so he followed the bloodstains all the way.After about a cup of tea, the blood trail stopped under a dense cypress tree, and beside the tree trunk lay an elk with three arrows in its body.
The elk is dead, but its eyes are still open.
Xiao Junmo got off the horse and gently helped it close its eyes.
At this moment, there was a sound from the slope on the right side.Xiao Junmo immediately tied the horse to the tree trunk, slowly drew out his saber, and walked over step by step.
On the slope, behind a rock, a foot was exposed.
Those are the black leather boots of Xuanjiawei!Xiao Junmo ran over immediately, and saw a dying soldier lying behind the rock, with an arrow stuck in his chest, and blood gushing from the wound.
"What happened?" Xiao Junmo picked up the soldier and covered his wound with his hands.
"Quick, quick, Your Majesty..." A's morale was like a thread, and he raised a hand, trying to point in a direction, but halfway through the lift, it fell down and stopped breathing at the same time.
Xiao Junmo frowned, looked around, and suddenly found a messy horseshoe print on the soft soil at the edge of the slope, obviously not just left by a horse.
Saint is in danger!
Xiao Junmo immediately ran back, jumped on the horseback, and followed the horse's hoof prints. Along the way, he saw many arrows shot on the tree trunks and the ground.All this clearly means that the emperor is being hunted down by a group of assassins!
He was very anxious, patted the horse and galloped, and he galloped out of the woods after a while, and the horse's hoof prints also disappeared outside the woods.The ground here is covered with gravel and gravel, and the horseshoes leave no trace at all.
Xiao Junmo had to rein in his horse and stop, looking around, but not far ahead, there was an exquisite single-hole stone arch bridge, with a deep ditch under the bridge; past the stone bridge was a grove of saponins, and farther away was a grove of saponins. Ax-cut cliffs; a waterfall rushes down from the mountain, and the torrent is turbulent and loud.
Xiao Junmo rode his horse onto the arch bridge and stood on the highest point of the bridge deck.
Suddenly, the scene in the distance made him gasp.
The mount of the emperor Li Shimin, the pure white horse, was lying in the grass by the woods at the moment, and had been hit by at least a dozen arrows.
Obviously, nine times out of ten, the emperor has already fallen into the hands of the assassins, but his life and death are unknown!
Xiao Junmo suddenly felt the blood rushing up, and before he had time to think more, he rushed into the saponins forest without hesitation.
Just after driving for half a mile, Xiao Junmo suddenly reined in the reins.
The rider under him stood up and let out a long hiss.
The emperor stood three feet away, tightly tied to a tree trunk by a thick rope, shot by an arrow in the shoulder, with his head drooping, obviously unconscious.
Xiao Junmo frowned, and the veins on his forehead popped up.
He hardly had to think about who did it.
"Wang Hongyi, come out!" Xiao Junmo roared loudly, his voice echoing in the silent woods.
When the roar disappeared, dozens of men in black on horseback appeared from all directions, and the leader was still wearing the bronze mask that Xiao Junmo was very familiar with.
"Hahahaha..." Wang Hongyi let out a series of laughs, and took off his mask at the same time, "Xiao Lang—oh no, I should call you Li Lang, I left so many marks for you along the way, I just invited you to meet me, You really didn't disappoint me."
Xiao Junmo smiled bitterly in his heart.
It turned out that the horseshoe prints and arrows I saw along the way were all deliberately left by this guy.
"Wang Hongyi, what exactly do you want to do?"
"Is there even a need to ask?" Wang Hongyi glanced back at the unconscious Li Shimin with a smug expression on his face, "For more than ten years, one thing I have been thinking about day and night, and doing everything I can to do, is to kill this brother-killer with my own hands. Brother, the dog emperor who forced my father to slaughter my nephew! Today, the heavens finally opened my eyes and let me get what I wanted! In the past, I would have cut off his dog's head! But now, I will not kill him with my own hands, I have to Let someone else do that."
After finishing speaking, Wang Hongyi looked at Xiao Junmo with a meaningful look.
"Is the other person you're talking about me?"
"Of course. Otherwise, I would have killed him long ago, so why invite you here?"
"What if I say no?"
"Then you are a coward, and I will look down on you." Wang Hongyi smiled darkly, "This person killed your father, and your five brothers, and took away everything that belonged to your father! Who else in this world, More reason than you to kill him? What reason do you have to say no?"
Yeah, why should I say no?
At this moment, Xiao Junmo couldn't see any expression on his face, but there were waves in his heart.
He had to admit that from the moment he found out that he was the orphan of Prince Yin, he thought about killing Li Shimin more than once to avenge his biological father!But at the same time, he tortured himself more than once: Do you really want to kill the emperor?Would you really kill this emperor who created a peaceful and prosperous world and was deeply loved by the subjects of the world for your own personal revenge?As a Xuanjia Guard, you swore an oath when you joined the job to defend the Emperor and the Tang Sheji with your own blood and life, but now you want to break your oath?Biancai, Chu Lisang, Hua Linger, Xiyan, Yuan Gongwang, Wei Zheng, Xuanguan, Li Anyan, and countless dead and living brothers, they entrusted the Heavenly Punishment Alliance to your hands, and followed you through life and death. Are you taking personal revenge?If so, what is the difference between you and people like Wang Hongyi?If killing Li Shimin led to the disintegration of the country and chaos in the world, then as the leader of the Tianxing League, what face do you have to say that you want to "protect the world"?
Seeing Xiao Junmo groaning silently, Wang Hongyi's expression changed: "Junmo, I gave you this opportunity to kill your enemy for Prince Yin's sake. If you still have the blood of a man, do it quickly. Don't let me I look down on you!"
Xiao Junmo remained silent, as if he had never heard of it.
Wang Hongyi showed an expression of extreme disappointment, and sighed: "Xiao Junmo, it seems that you are only worthy of the surname Xiao, you are not worthy of being the son of Prince Yin at all!"
Xiao Junmo still didn't respond.
Wang Hongyi shook his head and smiled wryly, and gave Wei Laoliu a wink at the side.Wei Laoliu got off his horse, stepped in front of Li Shimin with a few strides, patted his cheek with a smirk, then pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, shouted, and raised the knife high.
The horizontal knife shone coldly in the sunlight.
Just as the knife light was about to fall, Xiao Junmo shouted: "Stop!"
Wei Laoliu's knife stopped in mid-air.
"Let me do it." Xiao Junmo said lightly, and jumped off the horse.
Wang Hongyi turned his anger into joy: "Haha, that's right, how can the prince Yin's flesh and blood be a coward?!"
Xiao Junmo went straight to Wei Laoliu and said, "Please let me go."
Wei Laoliu asked Wang Hongyi with his eyes, and after receiving the signal, he put the knife into its sheath and stood aside.
Xiao Junmo silently looked at the unconscious Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, with mixed feelings for a while.
Who would have thought that this unrivaled hero who was all-powerful and experienced in many battles back then, this generation of hero who once ruled the world and created a prosperous world, would actually end up in this situation today? !Who would have thought that one day his fate would be in my hands, Xiao Junmo? !
"Jun Mo, don't hesitate anymore." Wang Hongyi urged from the side, "Your father is watching you in the sky! When Li Shimin shot and killed your father under the Xuanwu sect, he didn't hesitate at all. The Tao is the way of heaven. , The karma is not good, he should have paid the price for the sins of the past, this is called retribution! Do it, kill him, and let's take back everything that once belonged to your father!"
Xiao Junmo didn't answer, still staring at the emperor in front of him.
Suddenly, his eyes flickered for a moment, then he turned to Wang Hongyi and said, "Wake him up, I want him to understand."
Wang Hongyi laughed loudly: "Good idea! He should know who killed him and why he was killed!" After speaking, he pouted at Wei Laoliu.Wei Laoliu immediately stepped forward, grabbed the feather arrow on Li Shimin's shoulder, and pulled it out suddenly.
Li Shimin let out a scream and woke up suddenly.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Shimin was confused at first, and then understood, his face changed color: "Xiao Junmo, do you want to rebel with these thieves?!"
Xiao Junmo looked into his eyes and said lightly: "Didn't Your Majesty do the same thing in the ninth year of Wude?"
Li Shimin was startled: "Presumptuous! I'm doing justice for the heavens, it's Zhou Gong who punishes Cai..."
"You don't need to say these high-sounding words anymore." Xiao Junmo interrupted him coldly, "You are not Zhou Gong, and my father is not Guan Shu Cai Shu. He is the legitimate prince of the Tang Dynasty, the elder brother of your mother, but you The imperial power killed him cruelly! A rebellious official like you who is unfaithful and unfilial, murdering brothers and forcing fathers, is not worthy of being the emperor of the Tang Dynasty at all!"
Li Shimin was shocked again, and looked at him in disbelief: "What did you say? Your father?!"
"Yes, Crown Prince Yin is my biological father." Xiao Junmo slowly drew out the dragon head knife at his waist, "Today is your day of atonement, and I will use your head to pay homage to the spirit of my deceased father!"
Wang Hongyi was very satisfied, and laughed wantonly from the sidelines: "Li Shimin, I, Wang Hongyi, have been waiting for this day for 17 years. I originally wanted to kill you with my own hands, but let Prince Yin's orphan and your own nephew do the knife , is obviously more moral! Are you right?"
Li Shimin ignored Wang Hongyi, and kept staring at the knife in Xiao Junmo's hand in horror, struggling desperately: "Xiao Junmo, no matter what you say is true or not, you can't kill me. I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and I belong to the world Blessings of the common people, if you kill Zhen, the world will be in chaos and people will die..."
"Not at all." Xiao Junmo said, slowly raised the dragon head knife, and held the handle with both hands, "You are dead, I will be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty! I will let the common people in the world live a better life than they are now. day!"
"Well said!" Wang Hongyi exclaimed loudly, "You are courageous! You are worthy of the flesh and blood of Prince Yin!"
The dragon head knife was raised in the air.
Li Shimin opened his eyes wide, his eyeballs bulged, and suddenly shouted: "Listen to me..."
As soon as the words came out, a cold light was drawn by the dragon head knife, and the round head flew out, and the blood spurted from the body splashed Xiao Junmo's face.
"Jun Mo," Wang Hongyi laughed heartily, "How does it feel to cut off the emperor's head with his own hands?"
"I don't feel anything." Xiao Junmo put the knife back into its sheath, turned around, and wiped the blood from his face, "Isn't the emperor's head also made of meat?"
"Wonderful, wonderful!" Wang Hongyi nodded again and again, "That's a wonderful statement! Just like what Mencius said, what's so great about the emperor? Isn't it because there are so many good women in the palace?!"
At this moment, a sharp arrow suddenly shot, hitting Xiao Junmo's right chest.Xiao Junmo was caught off guard and retreated a few steps while clutching his wound.At the same time, a shout came from not far away: "Xiao Junmo! What did you do?!"
Wang Hongyi and his subordinates were startled suddenly, and when they looked up, they saw Li Ke's eyes were tearing apart, galloping towards them like a mad beast.Immediately behind him were dozens of Wuhou guards.
Just now, Li Ke followed the marks in the woods and happened to witness the scene where Xiao Junmo chopped off his father's head.In an instant, Li Ke felt the blood welling up all over his body, and his eyes turned black—he would never have imagined that Xiao Junmo would conspire with the thieves to kidnap his father, and commit such a heinous crime as "kingkilling" matter!
At this moment, Li Ke was overwhelmed by shock, confusion and anger. He couldn't think at all. He just wanted to rush forward and chop Xiao Junmo into pieces!
"It's just in time!" Wang Hongyi snorted heavily from his nostrils, "Let's kill this kid too, it's over!"
After finishing speaking, Wang Hongyi rushed forward with Wei Laoliu and others.
The two sides fought hand-to-hand, and instantly became a group.
Xiao Junmo clutched his wound, looked at the furious Li Ke from a distance, and couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Li Ke, people are easily deceived by their own eyes. What you see with your own eyes may not be the truth."
When two groups of men and horses were fighting fiercely in the saponins forest in Shiweng Valley, a man in military uniform was standing on a protruding cliff at the highest peak of Lishan Mountain.
This peak is named Jiulongding, towering above the sky, with an extremely wide field of vision.From here, you can not only overlook the whole picture of the mountains and mountains, but also the vast, majestic and magnificent land of Qinchuan.
This person stared at the magnificent mountains and rivers under his feet for a long time, and the corners of his eyes suddenly became moist.
The mountain wind was blowing, blowing dozens of banners and banners behind him.
Under the big banner, the entire top of the mountain was densely packed with imperial infantry, with a total of at least 5000 people.Li Shiji, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who was fully armed, stood at the forefront of the five thousand imperial infantry.From time to time, he poked his head to look down the mountain, and from time to time looked at the person on the edge of the cliff, with a trace of anxiety in his eyes.
At this time, there was a rush of horseshoes on the mountain road behind everyone.
Li Shiji turned his head and saw Zhao Dequan rushing towards him.When passing by his side, Zhao Dequan exchanged glances with him, then rode straight to the edge of the cliff, got off the horse, wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked quickly behind the man, bowed and said: "Report to everyone , as you expected, Ming Zang appeared."
Li Shimin smiled meaningfully, without turning his head, he said, "How is the situation now?"
"Back to everyone, according to the latest information obtained by the old slave, Wang Hongyi caught the substitute in the saponins forest in the north of the valley, and soon Xiao Junmo also entered that forest. Just now, His Royal Highness Wu Wang also led people to rush there. The old man According to the original plan, Nu has already sent people to notify Wei Ting, Huan Dieyi, and Luo Bina, ordering them to lead their troops to reinforce immediately. As for the current situation, we don't know yet, we have to wait for further news."
"Xiao Junmo..." Li Shimin smiled thoughtfully, "He can really join in the fun!"
Zhao Dequan didn't know what to say, so he kept silent.
"If you say he has nothing to do with Wang Hongyi, I won't believe it." Li Shimin said again, "What do you think, Dequan?"
Zhao Dequan didn't dare to keep silent, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's words are true! Judging from this, the old slave also thinks there should be something involved."
"It's not supposed to be, it's definitely!"
"Yes, there must be something to do with it."
Li Shimin showed a satisfied look, and then remembered something: "By the way, where is the pheasant slave? Where is he now?"
"Forgive me, everyone." Zhao Dequan hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness Prince Jin led people to the direction of Xixiu Ridge just now, and the old slave has already sent people to look for it, but...but it has not been found yet."
"Send more people to look for him, and let him meet here immediately." Li Shimin was a little worried, "He is no better than Ke'er. With Ke'er's skills, ten or eight people can't get close to him, but a pheasant slave has no power to bind a chicken." Li, if you run into a thief, wouldn't it be troublesome?"
"Yes, the old slave obeys the order."
Li Shimin glanced at the foot of the mountain, and smiled triumphantly: "I have been fighting with the leader of the Heavenly Punishment Alliance, Wang Hongyi, for so long, and today I can finally catch a turtle in my urn!"
On the surface, this Lishan hunt was proposed by Li Ke, but in fact, it was Li Shimin who followed suit and carefully designed a killing situation. Wang Hongyi!
Late last night, Li Shimin ordered Li Shiji to gather [-] forbidden troops, leave Beijing secretly, and rush here overnight to ambush.In other words, they arrived at least two hours earlier than the double.Except for Li Shimin, Li Shiji, and Zhao Dequan, everyone else was kept in the dark about this plan, including Li Ke and Li Zhi——only by keeping them informed, this scene can be played realistically.
At this moment, among the [-] imperial guards, [-] were stationed on the top of the Nine Dragons, [-] were in ambush in the dense forests of East and West Xiuling, and [-] were in ambush outside Lishan Mountain.
Like a shrewd hunter, Li Shimin laid a net for Wang Hongyi, while Wang Hongyi was like a prey, unable to fly!
Because he missed Xiao Junmo and Huan Dieyi at the foot of the mountain, Li Shiji became more and more anxious at this time, and his brows twisted into a word "Chuan".Suddenly, Zhao Dequan hurried over, shouting as he ran: "Everyone has an order, the whole army will attack!"
"I obey the order!" Li Shiji was overjoyed, immediately turned his horse's head, and swung down with his right hand.
A row of orderlies raised their long horns at the same time, puffed up their cheeks and blew vigorously.
woo-woo-woo-
The deep and majestic sound of the horn instantly resounded through the mountains.
"Brothers, come with me!" Li Shiji ordered loudly, and just as he was about to pat his horse down the mountain, Zhao Dequan grabbed his reins: "Li Shangshu stay behind, everyone still has an order."
"Please tell me, servant."
"Order the three armies to arrest Xiao Junmo. If he resists, he will be killed on the spot!"
"This..." Li Shiji was astonished, "Why?"
"It's the holy will, so Li Shangshu will carry it out." Zhao Dequan seemed to sigh softly, then turned and left.
Li Shiji didn't dare to delay, he could only let out a long sigh, and led his troops to gallop down the mountain.
In the saponins forest at the foot of the mountain, Li Ke had been wanting to rush over to kill Xiao Junmo, but was helplessly entangled by Wang Hongyi.Fortunately, after a while, Wei Ting led his troops to arrive and joined the battle group. Li Ke finally escaped, and immediately rushed towards Xiao Junmo with a knife.
Taking advantage of the spare time just now, Xiao Junmo roughly treated the arrow wound on his chest.Seeing Li Ke attacking wildly, he had to block with a knife.
The blades intersected, and sparks flew everywhere.
Li Ke attacked with all his strength, Xiao Junmo blindly defended, retreating every step of the way, and the two gradually left the core battlefield.Xiao Junmo glanced at Wang Hongyi, and said in a low voice, "Li Ke, calm down and listen to me."
"Listen to me!" Li Ke was like a furious lion, "I had expected you to have something to do with the Tian Xun League, but I didn't expect you to dare to attack my father!"
While blocking, Xiao Junmo smiled wryly: "It is said that you are gentle and martial, but I think you are also brave and foolish. Do you really believe that person is the Holy One?"
Li Ke frowned, but his strength remained undiminished: "What do you mean? If you fart, let it go!"
"Recall carefully, did the Holy One say a word to you today? From the beginning to the end, did you hear him say a word?"
Li Ke was taken aback and slowed down his attack.
In fact, he also had doubts about this, but he didn't investigate it carefully.Now that I think about it, Father is really weird today, why didn't he say a word?
"There are always people with similar looks in the world, but it is difficult to even have the same voice." Xiao Junmo continued, "Although that person has tried his best to imitate the Holy One, his voice is still somewhat different, so he has been afraid to speak. .”
"You mean, that person is the father's substitute?!" Li Ke finally stopped attacking, with a look of astonishment on his face.
Xiao Junmo smiled wryly again, as an answer, and then stroked the wound: "You are so ruthless, don't use your brain to think about it, it's an arrow to come up!"
"There are really such similar people in the world?!" Li Ke was still immersed in astonishment.
"The appearance is indeed very similar, and the behavior is also imitated very much." Xiao Junmo said, "However, there are no two people in the world who can completely match each other, not even twin brothers."
"Aside from the difference in voice, what else do you notice?"
"Temperament, spirit." Xiao Junmo sheathed his knife, pulled Li Ke behind a tree, and avoided the gaze of Wang Hongyi in the distance, "The Holy One is a dragon and phoenix among human beings, and it is difficult for others to imitate both form and spirit. Especially the eyes , His Majesty's eyes are wise and firm, but that man is vain and powerless. Therefore, no matter how similar the facial features are, they are just superficial."
Suddenly, Li Ke looked at Xiao Junmo's wound and showed guilt, but it was fleeting: "Even if you didn't kill the king, you and the thief leader Wang Hongyi are obviously in the same group. How can you explain this? Today Royal father came here to hunt, you must have leaked the word, right?"
"You have wronged me." Xiao Junmo smiled, "In my opinion, [-]% of the leaked information is yours."
"Don't talk to me." Li Ke sneered, "Honestly, are you from the Heavenly Punishment League?"
"I am from Datang." Xiao Junmo looked at him, "No matter what, I am loyal to Datang."
"If you say that, isn't it the default?"
"I will not acquiesce in any baseless accusation." Xiao Junmo smiled silently, "However, take a step back and say, if I am really a member of the Heavenly Punishment Alliance, what would you do? Kill me?"
"Don't think I'm afraid!" Li Ke raised his knife and pointed at Xiao Junmo.
Xiao Junmo looked at the blade that was close at hand: "If you want to kill me, at least you have to wait for me to kill Wang Hongyi first, right?"
Li Ke frowned slightly: "Why did you kill Wang Hongyi?"
"Like I said, I'm from Datang. Wang Hongyi is my enemy if he brings disaster to Datang."
Li Ke became more puzzled and squinted at him.
At this moment, Luo Biao led his troops to arrive. Seeing Li Ke pointing a knife at Xiao Junmo, he was shocked. He hurriedly led his soldiers to surround Li Ke, and a dozen dragon-head knives pointed at Li Ke.
"Luo Biao!" Li Ke said in a deep voice, "Do you want to rebel?"
"Put down the knife." Xiao Junmo said calmly, "Luo Biao, tell the brothers to put down the knife."
"Let everyone be released together!" Luo Biao said, poking his neck.
"You!" Li Ke was furious.
The sound of the horn on the top of Kowloon suddenly sounded at this moment, and everyone was a little surprised.
Hearing the sound, Wang Hongyi's face changed drastically, and he tried his best to cut down the two Marquis Guards, and shouted to Wei Lao Liu: "Lao Liu, retreat quickly!" Then he shouted to Xiao Junmo: "Jun Mo, go away! Hiding the prince's vengeance It has been reported, there is no need for us to love to fight anymore!" After speaking, he led Wei Laoliu and others to quickly retreat towards Xixiu Ridge.
Wei Ting chased after him with some Wuhou guards, and the other guards chased a few steps away. Suddenly seeing Li Ke surrounded by Xuanjia guards, he rushed over and surrounded Luo Biao and others with knives.
The scene suddenly stalemate, even a little awkward.
"Prince Yin?" Li Ke looked at Xiao Junmo with a very surprised expression, "What is that guy talking about? What is your relationship with Prince Yin?!"
At this moment, Xiao Junmo couldn't care less about answering him.
Because of the sudden sound of the horn, he instantly understood his situation - it was obvious that the emperor had already ambushed the army in Lishan, and carefully laid out a heaven and earth net. The purpose was not only to hunt and kill Wang Hongyi, but also Xiao Junmo!
In other words, the emperor arranged this murderous situation not only to attract Wang Hongyi, but also to observe whether he would overlap with Wang Hongyi; once there was an intersection, the emperor had every reason to believe that he was a member of the Tianxingmeng.
What's more, he just killed the emperor's double with his own hands. In the eyes of the emperor, such behavior is definitely worse and more intolerable than having an encounter with Wang Hongyi. Even if Xiao Junmo has a good tongue, he can't explain it reasonably this behavior.
Therefore, the current plan is to kill first and then make plans.
Xiao Junmo's thoughts turned, and the dragon head knife suddenly came out of its sheath, and it parried Li Ke's knife with a clang.
The people on both sides immediately fought, and a scuffle began.
"Boss, go, go!" Luo Biao yelled while attacking Li Ke, "You still have a chance to save the brothers if you go out; if you don't go, everyone will be finished!"
Although Xiao Junmo was very unwilling to escape alone, at this moment he had to admit that what Luo Biao said was right.
"Brothers, take care!" Xiao Junmo dropped these words, and immediately forced back several Wuhou guards who were besieging him, quickly jumped on a horse beside him, and galloped towards the north, disappearing in the woods in a blink of an eye.
Li Ke wanted to chase him, but was entangled by Luo Biao, and he was so angry that he cursed his mother desperately.
After a while, a large group of horseshoes came from the south, and the leader was Li Shiji.
"Luo Biao, put down the knife!" Li Shiji yelled loudly when he saw the situation here from a distance.
Although he is no longer General Xuanjiawei, he has been the boss of Luo Biao and others for many years after all, and his prestige is still there.Hearing this, Luo Biao had no choice but to throw away the knife in his hand.Seeing this, the other subordinates could only abandon their swords one after another.The Marquis Wu guards rushed forward and pushed them down to the ground one by one.
Li Ke kicked Luo Biao over with one foot, and said to the other Marquis Marquis Wei: "Follow me!" Then he led everyone on their horses and chased in the direction where Xiao Junmo disappeared.
Li Shiji rushed over, looked at Luo Biao and others who were kneeling on the ground, and looked at the backs of Li Ke and others galloping away, his brows twisted into the word "Chuan" again.
When the infantry of the imperial army came out of the dense forest all over the mountains and plains, Wang Hongyi finally realized that he had fallen into Li Shimin's trap.
Since so many soldiers were ambushed in advance, it means that today's Lishan hunt is to lure him into the urn, and it is enough to show that the person killed by Xiao Junmo just now is probably not Li Shimin himself, but just his substitute!
Finding that he had become Li Shimin's prey, Wang Hongyi felt extremely frustrated and angry.
But right now, he has nothing to worry about except running for his life.Wang Hongyi couldn't remember how many ambushes he encountered while fleeing from the saponins forest in Shiweng Valley to Xixiu Ridge. He only felt that there were enemies in all directions.He and Wei Laoliu led more than [-] men to fight all the way, desperately broke through, and killed at least ten times as many enemies as himself, but his brothers fell one after another. It was soaked in blood from top to bottom.
Fortunately, Mount Li was big enough. Although there were countless ambushes, it was impossible to set up ambushes everywhere. About half an hour later, Wang Hongyi and the others staggered out of the encirclement and fled to a dense forest northeast of Xixiu Ridge.
At this time, only Wei Laoliu and three of his subordinates were left beside him.
The number of ambushes here is decreasing, but there is still an imperial army of hundreds of soldiers chasing after them.In order to protect Wang Hongyi, the three subordinates pushed him and Wei Laoliu into a bush, and then galloped towards the woods, distracting the pursuers.
When the forbidden army's cavalry roared past, and the sound of hooves gradually faded away, Wang Hongyi's eyes became moist without realizing it.
"I killed my brothers, I was too careless, I killed them..." Wang Hongyi murmured.
"Sir, how can you be blamed for this?" Wei Lao Liu's eyes were also red, "Who would have expected Li Shimin, a thief, to make such a dirty trick!"
"Actually, I should have expected it a long time ago." Wang Hongyi smiled wryly, "How shrewd and cautious is Li Shimin, how could he leave Chang'an to hunt here with only a few hundred guards? Seeing through his tricks, I thought this was a great opportunity to kill him."
Wei Laoliu was thinking about something, and was suddenly startled: "Sir, tell me, could 'Crow' have betrayed us, and then sent us false information to lure us into the game?"
Wang Hongyi pondered for a while, then shook his head: "No, I believe in his loyalty."
Wei Laoliu didn't say anything else, he listened carefully to the movement outside, and said: "Sir, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, we have to leave quickly."
Wang Hongyi wanted to stand up, but there was severe pain from multiple wounds on his body, his feet went limp, and he almost fell down. Wei Laoliu hurriedly supported him: "Sir, be careful!"
"It seems that I may not be able to get out of Lishan Mountain today!" Wang Hongyi smiled sadly.
"Sir, don't say that..."
Before Wei Laoliu could finish his sentence, a cold voice sounded from outside the bushes: "That's right, Wang Hongyi, you don't want to run away again today!"
Wang Hongyi and Wei Laoliu were shocked and looked at each other.
It was a woman's voice, and then said: "Come out, don't hide!"
Wang Hongyi had no choice but to walk out of the bushes with the support of Wei Laoliu, and saw two heroic female soldiers standing in front of him, holding dragon-head knives, they were Huan Dieyi and Hongyu.
Huan Dieyi received an order more than half an hour ago, saying that she had found Wang Hongyi and asked her to lead her troops to the saponin forest in Shiweng Valley, but she had just walked halfway, and then received an order saying that Wang Hongyi had fled westward, so she had to turn back. Xixiuling continued to search.In order to expand the scope of the search, she divided the people into parts, and searched separately in groups of two or three, but the distance between each group was not far away. Once the target was found, they could gather immediately with a shout.
Wang Hongyi met Huan Dieyi at the Zangfeng Mountain Villa in Zhongnan Mountain, recognized her, and said with a faint smile: "Huan Duizheng, as far as I know, you were seriously injured that day in Zhongnan Mountain, and you probably haven't recovered yet. Right? Are you here to work for Li Shimin again in such a hurry?"
Huan Dieyi sneered coldly: "Our team is able to figure it out. I know that today the Holy Majesty will catch turtles in this urn and beat dogs behind closed doors. How can I miss such a fun thing?"
"Sister Dieyi," Hongyu was a little worried about this two-on-two situation, "Why don't you call all the brothers over?"
"No need!" Huan Dieyi looked confident, "Didn't you see it? These are two dying dogs in the water. I can deal with them alone!"
"You ignorant stinky bitch, how dare you utter wild words!" Wei Laoliu was furious, and was about to desperately draw his knife, but Wang Hongyi stretched out his hand to stop him.
"Huan Duizheng," Wang Hongyi smiled again, "Forgive me for what Wang said bluntly, you really can't kill me today."
"Oh?" Huan Dieyi sneered, "Why?"
"I think you know the reason." Wang Hongyi remained calm, "But I can remind you that Xiao Junmo released me that day on Zhongnan Mountain. You should know why?"
Huan Dieyi was slightly shocked, and secretly groaned in his heart, how could he forget this? !
Hongyu frowned, looking at Huan Dieyi puzzled.
"Remember?" Wang Hongyi chuckled, "Xu Wanniang's life is in your hands now. If you don't want to make Xiao Junmo sad, you'd better not embarrass me."
Anger rose in Huan Dieyi's heart, but there was nothing he could do.
"Huan Tuizheng, if there is a destiny, we should see each other again. Wang said goodbye, let's take a step first." After Wang Hongyi finished speaking, he pulled Wei Laoliu straight away.
Hongyu was puzzled and couldn't help shouting: "Stop!"
Wang Hongyi stopped, but without turning his head, he said: "Huan Duizheng, tell her to keep her voice down, don't call everyone, it will make it difficult for you." After speaking, he limped away with Wei Laoliu.
Hongyu was anxious and confused: "Sister Dieyi, what's going on? Why did you let them go?!"
Huan Dieyi bit her lower lip tightly, unable to speak, she could only watch Wang Hongyi and Wei Laoliu's backs disappearing into a corner of a mountain in vain.
At this time, Huan Dieyi didn't know that the scene of her privately abusing Wang Hongyi had been fully seen by a pair of nearby eyes.
Li Zhi rode his horse and stood beside a pine tree not far away, followed by a group of Wuhou guards.
"Catch them and take them to see Father." Li Zhi had no expression on his face, and ordered to a team leader beside him, "Others, follow me!" After speaking, he whipped his whip and rushed over immediately.
Before Huan Dieyi and Hongyu came back to their senses, they were surrounded by a group of Wuhou guard cavalry.Li Zhi glanced at them coldly, and led dozens of horses to gallop past them.
"You two, put down your weapons immediately!" the team leader snapped.
"Sister Dieyi, what... what should I do?" Hongyu held the dragon head knife tightly, but her eyes showed panic.
Huan Dieyi turned his back to the sky, and smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry Hongyu, I killed you." After speaking, he let go of his hand, and the dragon's head knife fell to the ground with a clatter.
Li Zhi led his troops around the foot of the mountain, thinking that he would be able to capture Wang Hongyi and Wei Laoliu, but there was no one around, as if those two people had disappeared out of thin air.
"Where are people?!" Li Zhi was furious, holding the reins and leading the mount around, "Have you seen it?"
The Marquis Wu guards beside him also looked confused and shook their heads one after another.
At this moment, Wei Ting came out from behind a pile of rocks with a few of his men, as if he was about to chase someone, when he saw Li Zhi, he quickly reined in his horse and clasped his fists: "I have seen His Royal Highness King Jin."
"Did you see Wang Hongyi? He was here just now!" Li Zhi asked loudly.
"Returning to Your Highness, I saw two people fleeing down the mountain, I was going to chase them." Wei Ting replied.
"What direction?" Li Zhi's eyes lit up.
"Over there." Wei Ting raised his hand and pointed, "Northwest."
"Chasing!" Li Zhi turned his horse's head and galloped towards the northwest first, Wei Ting and the others followed closely.
At this time, Wang Hongyi and Wei Laoliu were hiding in the crevices of the pile of rocks not far away.
"It's so dangerous!" Wei Laoliu was still in shock, "Fortunately, he bumped into a 'crow' here."
"I said before, he is loyal." Wang Hongyi said lightly.
Suddenly, a muffled thunder rolled across the sky.
Lishan, which was still sunny and sunny just now, is already covered in haze in a blink of an eye.
(End of this chapter)
Li Shimin's eyes were wide open, his eyeballs were protruding, and he suddenly shouted: "Listen to me..." As soon as the words came out, a cold light was drawn by the dragon's head knife, and the round head flew out, and the blood sprayed from the body Xiao Junmo's face was covered.
Lishan Mountain is located in the east of Chang'an. It is a branch of the Qinling Mountains. It is named after the verdant pines and cypresses.From the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty, Lishan Mountain has always been a favorite hunting place for the royal family and nobles, so there are many palaces and other houses.According to legend, in ancient times, Nuwa refined stones to mend the sky here; the story of King Zhou You's "Feng Huo Playing with the Princes" also happened here; and the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang also lay at the foot of Lishan Mountain.
On this day, Li Ke and Xiao Junmo led more than [-] heavily armed Wuhou Guards and Xuanjia Guards, surrounded by Emperor Luanjia, and arrived at the foot of Xixiu Ridge in Lishan Mountain at about [-] o'clock in the morning.Li Ke's deputy is Wei Ting, a shrewd and capable general in the middle of Zuo Wuhou, who is in his thirties, and Xiao Junmo's deputy is Huan Dieyi and Luo Biao.There is another rider beside Li Ke, who is the young Jin Wang Li Zhi.Like everyone else, he was wearing armor, carrying a bow and arrow, and looked vigorous.
The weather is fine, the sky is as blue as washing, the vegetation on the mountain is verdant, and the birds are chirping in the forest. It is a good day for hunting.
Emperor Li Shimin, dressed in military uniform and holding a bow in his hand, stepped off his chariot and mounted a tall white horse. He looked majestic and majestic, with the spirit of conquering the world and looking down upon the heroes.Li Ke, Li Zhi, and Xiao Junmo led the soldiers to stand on both sides of the mountain road with their horses tied together, shouting in unison: "My emperor is mighty! My emperor is mighty! My emperor is mighty..."
The majestic shout resounded through the mountains, startling flocks of birds in the forest.
Li Shimin raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, and then gave Zhao Dequan a wink behind him.Zhao Dequan hurriedly stepped forward, cleared his throat, and said to the crowd: "Soldiers, there is a decree from the sage: as the saying goes, 'Heaven has the virtue of good life', all things recover in spring, it is not suitable to hunt and kill animals, but the sage has been in the palace for a long time, I often think about the joy of riding and shooting, so I have today’s trip. But you should know that today’s galloping and hunting, you can let go of the feeling of galloping, not for the joy of hunting, especially do not shoot young animals, pregnant mothers, etc. Wanwanger, please remember!"
Li Ke, Li Zhi, Xiao Junmo and others said in unison: "I will obey the order."
Since ancient times, emperors have usually hunted in autumn. Because all things grow in spring and summer, killing is an inhumane act. In winter, all things are killed and animals are dormant, which is not suitable. Only autumn is suitable, so it is often called "autumn enclosure".From this point of view, it is only reasonable for the emperor to make such instructions today, but Xiao Junmo was a little puzzled: just a few words, why did the emperor not say it himself, but asked Zhao Dequan to speak for it?
After Zhao Dequan finished speaking, Li Shimin scanned the crowd with majestic eyes, and then galloped up the mountain, followed by Zhao Dequan and a group of eunuchs.
All the soldiers immediately got on their horses and formed a guard formation with the emperor as the core: Xiao Junmo led one as the forward, Li Ke and Li Zhi led one to accompany the emperor, Huan Dieyi led one on the left wing, Wei Ting led One was on the right wing, and Luo Biao led the other to cut off the rear.
Hundreds of horses rode mightily, meandering up the mountain road, rolling up yellow dust all over the sky.
Shortly after riding up to Xixiu Ridge, the team quickly divided into three groups: Huan Dieyi led the left wing to advance along the foothills of Xixiu Ridge; Wei Ting led the right wing to turn to Dongxiu Ridge; Guarding the emperor, he drove down a gentle slope along the middle road and entered a beautiful and deep valley.
This place is called Shiweng Valley, which is sandwiched between the east and west Xiuling Ridges of Lishan Mountain. The valley is long and narrow, with dense vegetation and wild animals. It is a unique natural hunting ground.
The reason why the hunting team was divided into three groups was because the left and right groups had to search the woods along the foothills on both sides to prevent the assassins from ambushing in advance, and at the same time they were responsible for preventing the prey from the middle route from escaping to both sides; It has the responsibility of searching, guarding and hunting.
Li Shimin has been on the battlefield since he was a boy, and he is proficient in bows and horses. As soon as he entered the valley, he saw groups of elk running away, hares and roe deer scurrying back and forth, and he was very excited. With a bow and an arrow, he shot down an elk and two hares in a short while, and the guards cheered immediately.
"Father is really powerful, and his majesty has not diminished at all!" Li Ke followed closely on his horse and praised him.
"Third brother is right, father's sword is not old!" Li Zhi also echoed.
Li Shimin smiled lightly and did not answer.Seeing that a fat elk was about to run into a cypress forest, he immediately put on another arrow, drew his bow full, and shot it with a swish, but he missed the aim, and the feathered arrow rubbed against the elk's belly and hit a tree trunk superior.
The elk narrowly escaped death and rushed into the woods in a hurry.
Li Shimin frowned, showing displeasure.
Li Ke and Li Zhi looked at each other, both a little embarrassed.Li Ke hurriedly said: "Father, please wait here a moment, and the beast will be handed over to your son." After he finished speaking, he clamped the horse's belly and wanted to catch up, but Li Shimin crossed his bow and stopped his horse's head.
Li Ke had no choice but to rein in.But before he could react, Li Shimin had already galloped towards the cypress forest.Zhao Dequan who was next to him was startled, and quickly shouted: "Everyone, please slow down, wait for this old slave!" While shouting, he led a group of eunuchs to chase after him.
Li Ke was quite surprised by his father's performance today.Although father is in a bad mood recently, it seems that it is rare to be so silent like today, without saying a word.But at this moment, the escort was important, so Li Ke had no time to think about it, so he led Li Zhi and his guards into the woods.
As the vanguard of the entire hunting team, Xiao Junmo is currently leading dozens of soldiers to search and advance in the woods in a line-by-line formation.Suddenly, five feet away, a tall cypress tree with dense branches and leaves shook slightly.Xiao Junmo's eyes froze, and he immediately raised his hand to signal to the subordinates on both sides.
Dozens of soldiers took their bows and arrows from their backs one after another, and slowly rode their horses to surround them.
Xiao Junmo walked in the front and slowly approached the cypress tree.Five feet, four feet, three feet... Suddenly, the branches shook violently, and three or four yellow figures jumped out and jumped onto another tree.Immediately afterwards, dozens of yellow figures appeared from nearby trees one after another, jumping up and down, forming a mess.
Xiao Junmo couldn't help but smile at the soldiers on the left and right.
golden monkey.
A large group of golden monkeys jumped up and down on top of them, screaming.
"Dead monkey!" A few soldiers next to him stretched their bows and wanted to shoot, but Xiao Junmo stretched out his hand to stop him: "Didn't you hear the will of the Holy One? You can gallop today, not for the joy of hunting."
At this moment, the sound of horseshoes came from behind, and Li Ke and Li Zhi rushed over with a group of guards.Li Ke shouted eagerly: "Jun Mo, have you seen Emperor Father?"
Xiao Junmo frowned: "Isn't Your Majesty with you?"
"Ah!" Li Ke looked around anxiously, "He went after a deer, and it disappeared in a blink of an eye."
"Look separately!" Xiao Junmo's heart sank, and he ordered loudly to all the soldiers, "All spread out and find the Holy One!"
All the subordinates immediately dispersed and galloped in all directions.
"Let's look for it separately." Xiao Junmo said to Li Ke and Li Zhi, "This valley is steep and full of ravines. It is not easy to find someone, but the Holy One will not go far. If you are patient, you will be able to find someone. Don't worry too much, Your Highness."
Li Ke sighed heavily again, and said to Li Zhi: "Ninth brother, you go to the west, and I will go to the east." Then he said to Xiao Junmo: "You continue to search in the valley."
Xiao Junmo nodded.
Afterwards, Li Ke and Li Zhi turned their horses around, each leading a team of Marquis Guards, and galloped towards the east and west of Xiuling respectively; Xiao Junmo continued to search in the woods.
After searching around in the forest for about a quarter of an hour, the emperor was still nowhere to be seen. Xiao Junmo couldn't help feeling ominous.
Suddenly, he sucked his nostrils.
A fishy smell, the smell of blood!
Xiao Junmo's eyes were like lightning, and when he swept around, he saw a cluster of blood on the ground two feet away from the front left.He immediately rode forward, and soon found more bloodstains, so he followed the bloodstains all the way.After about a cup of tea, the blood trail stopped under a dense cypress tree, and beside the tree trunk lay an elk with three arrows in its body.
The elk is dead, but its eyes are still open.
Xiao Junmo got off the horse and gently helped it close its eyes.
At this moment, there was a sound from the slope on the right side.Xiao Junmo immediately tied the horse to the tree trunk, slowly drew out his saber, and walked over step by step.
On the slope, behind a rock, a foot was exposed.
Those are the black leather boots of Xuanjiawei!Xiao Junmo ran over immediately, and saw a dying soldier lying behind the rock, with an arrow stuck in his chest, and blood gushing from the wound.
"What happened?" Xiao Junmo picked up the soldier and covered his wound with his hands.
"Quick, quick, Your Majesty..." A's morale was like a thread, and he raised a hand, trying to point in a direction, but halfway through the lift, it fell down and stopped breathing at the same time.
Xiao Junmo frowned, looked around, and suddenly found a messy horseshoe print on the soft soil at the edge of the slope, obviously not just left by a horse.
Saint is in danger!
Xiao Junmo immediately ran back, jumped on the horseback, and followed the horse's hoof prints. Along the way, he saw many arrows shot on the tree trunks and the ground.All this clearly means that the emperor is being hunted down by a group of assassins!
He was very anxious, patted the horse and galloped, and he galloped out of the woods after a while, and the horse's hoof prints also disappeared outside the woods.The ground here is covered with gravel and gravel, and the horseshoes leave no trace at all.
Xiao Junmo had to rein in his horse and stop, looking around, but not far ahead, there was an exquisite single-hole stone arch bridge, with a deep ditch under the bridge; past the stone bridge was a grove of saponins, and farther away was a grove of saponins. Ax-cut cliffs; a waterfall rushes down from the mountain, and the torrent is turbulent and loud.
Xiao Junmo rode his horse onto the arch bridge and stood on the highest point of the bridge deck.
Suddenly, the scene in the distance made him gasp.
The mount of the emperor Li Shimin, the pure white horse, was lying in the grass by the woods at the moment, and had been hit by at least a dozen arrows.
Obviously, nine times out of ten, the emperor has already fallen into the hands of the assassins, but his life and death are unknown!
Xiao Junmo suddenly felt the blood rushing up, and before he had time to think more, he rushed into the saponins forest without hesitation.
Just after driving for half a mile, Xiao Junmo suddenly reined in the reins.
The rider under him stood up and let out a long hiss.
The emperor stood three feet away, tightly tied to a tree trunk by a thick rope, shot by an arrow in the shoulder, with his head drooping, obviously unconscious.
Xiao Junmo frowned, and the veins on his forehead popped up.
He hardly had to think about who did it.
"Wang Hongyi, come out!" Xiao Junmo roared loudly, his voice echoing in the silent woods.
When the roar disappeared, dozens of men in black on horseback appeared from all directions, and the leader was still wearing the bronze mask that Xiao Junmo was very familiar with.
"Hahahaha..." Wang Hongyi let out a series of laughs, and took off his mask at the same time, "Xiao Lang—oh no, I should call you Li Lang, I left so many marks for you along the way, I just invited you to meet me, You really didn't disappoint me."
Xiao Junmo smiled bitterly in his heart.
It turned out that the horseshoe prints and arrows I saw along the way were all deliberately left by this guy.
"Wang Hongyi, what exactly do you want to do?"
"Is there even a need to ask?" Wang Hongyi glanced back at the unconscious Li Shimin with a smug expression on his face, "For more than ten years, one thing I have been thinking about day and night, and doing everything I can to do, is to kill this brother-killer with my own hands. Brother, the dog emperor who forced my father to slaughter my nephew! Today, the heavens finally opened my eyes and let me get what I wanted! In the past, I would have cut off his dog's head! But now, I will not kill him with my own hands, I have to Let someone else do that."
After finishing speaking, Wang Hongyi looked at Xiao Junmo with a meaningful look.
"Is the other person you're talking about me?"
"Of course. Otherwise, I would have killed him long ago, so why invite you here?"
"What if I say no?"
"Then you are a coward, and I will look down on you." Wang Hongyi smiled darkly, "This person killed your father, and your five brothers, and took away everything that belonged to your father! Who else in this world, More reason than you to kill him? What reason do you have to say no?"
Yeah, why should I say no?
At this moment, Xiao Junmo couldn't see any expression on his face, but there were waves in his heart.
He had to admit that from the moment he found out that he was the orphan of Prince Yin, he thought about killing Li Shimin more than once to avenge his biological father!But at the same time, he tortured himself more than once: Do you really want to kill the emperor?Would you really kill this emperor who created a peaceful and prosperous world and was deeply loved by the subjects of the world for your own personal revenge?As a Xuanjia Guard, you swore an oath when you joined the job to defend the Emperor and the Tang Sheji with your own blood and life, but now you want to break your oath?Biancai, Chu Lisang, Hua Linger, Xiyan, Yuan Gongwang, Wei Zheng, Xuanguan, Li Anyan, and countless dead and living brothers, they entrusted the Heavenly Punishment Alliance to your hands, and followed you through life and death. Are you taking personal revenge?If so, what is the difference between you and people like Wang Hongyi?If killing Li Shimin led to the disintegration of the country and chaos in the world, then as the leader of the Tianxing League, what face do you have to say that you want to "protect the world"?
Seeing Xiao Junmo groaning silently, Wang Hongyi's expression changed: "Junmo, I gave you this opportunity to kill your enemy for Prince Yin's sake. If you still have the blood of a man, do it quickly. Don't let me I look down on you!"
Xiao Junmo remained silent, as if he had never heard of it.
Wang Hongyi showed an expression of extreme disappointment, and sighed: "Xiao Junmo, it seems that you are only worthy of the surname Xiao, you are not worthy of being the son of Prince Yin at all!"
Xiao Junmo still didn't respond.
Wang Hongyi shook his head and smiled wryly, and gave Wei Laoliu a wink at the side.Wei Laoliu got off his horse, stepped in front of Li Shimin with a few strides, patted his cheek with a smirk, then pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, shouted, and raised the knife high.
The horizontal knife shone coldly in the sunlight.
Just as the knife light was about to fall, Xiao Junmo shouted: "Stop!"
Wei Laoliu's knife stopped in mid-air.
"Let me do it." Xiao Junmo said lightly, and jumped off the horse.
Wang Hongyi turned his anger into joy: "Haha, that's right, how can the prince Yin's flesh and blood be a coward?!"
Xiao Junmo went straight to Wei Laoliu and said, "Please let me go."
Wei Laoliu asked Wang Hongyi with his eyes, and after receiving the signal, he put the knife into its sheath and stood aside.
Xiao Junmo silently looked at the unconscious Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, with mixed feelings for a while.
Who would have thought that this unrivaled hero who was all-powerful and experienced in many battles back then, this generation of hero who once ruled the world and created a prosperous world, would actually end up in this situation today? !Who would have thought that one day his fate would be in my hands, Xiao Junmo? !
"Jun Mo, don't hesitate anymore." Wang Hongyi urged from the side, "Your father is watching you in the sky! When Li Shimin shot and killed your father under the Xuanwu sect, he didn't hesitate at all. The Tao is the way of heaven. , The karma is not good, he should have paid the price for the sins of the past, this is called retribution! Do it, kill him, and let's take back everything that once belonged to your father!"
Xiao Junmo didn't answer, still staring at the emperor in front of him.
Suddenly, his eyes flickered for a moment, then he turned to Wang Hongyi and said, "Wake him up, I want him to understand."
Wang Hongyi laughed loudly: "Good idea! He should know who killed him and why he was killed!" After speaking, he pouted at Wei Laoliu.Wei Laoliu immediately stepped forward, grabbed the feather arrow on Li Shimin's shoulder, and pulled it out suddenly.
Li Shimin let out a scream and woke up suddenly.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Shimin was confused at first, and then understood, his face changed color: "Xiao Junmo, do you want to rebel with these thieves?!"
Xiao Junmo looked into his eyes and said lightly: "Didn't Your Majesty do the same thing in the ninth year of Wude?"
Li Shimin was startled: "Presumptuous! I'm doing justice for the heavens, it's Zhou Gong who punishes Cai..."
"You don't need to say these high-sounding words anymore." Xiao Junmo interrupted him coldly, "You are not Zhou Gong, and my father is not Guan Shu Cai Shu. He is the legitimate prince of the Tang Dynasty, the elder brother of your mother, but you The imperial power killed him cruelly! A rebellious official like you who is unfaithful and unfilial, murdering brothers and forcing fathers, is not worthy of being the emperor of the Tang Dynasty at all!"
Li Shimin was shocked again, and looked at him in disbelief: "What did you say? Your father?!"
"Yes, Crown Prince Yin is my biological father." Xiao Junmo slowly drew out the dragon head knife at his waist, "Today is your day of atonement, and I will use your head to pay homage to the spirit of my deceased father!"
Wang Hongyi was very satisfied, and laughed wantonly from the sidelines: "Li Shimin, I, Wang Hongyi, have been waiting for this day for 17 years. I originally wanted to kill you with my own hands, but let Prince Yin's orphan and your own nephew do the knife , is obviously more moral! Are you right?"
Li Shimin ignored Wang Hongyi, and kept staring at the knife in Xiao Junmo's hand in horror, struggling desperately: "Xiao Junmo, no matter what you say is true or not, you can't kill me. I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and I belong to the world Blessings of the common people, if you kill Zhen, the world will be in chaos and people will die..."
"Not at all." Xiao Junmo said, slowly raised the dragon head knife, and held the handle with both hands, "You are dead, I will be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty! I will let the common people in the world live a better life than they are now. day!"
"Well said!" Wang Hongyi exclaimed loudly, "You are courageous! You are worthy of the flesh and blood of Prince Yin!"
The dragon head knife was raised in the air.
Li Shimin opened his eyes wide, his eyeballs bulged, and suddenly shouted: "Listen to me..."
As soon as the words came out, a cold light was drawn by the dragon head knife, and the round head flew out, and the blood spurted from the body splashed Xiao Junmo's face.
"Jun Mo," Wang Hongyi laughed heartily, "How does it feel to cut off the emperor's head with his own hands?"
"I don't feel anything." Xiao Junmo put the knife back into its sheath, turned around, and wiped the blood from his face, "Isn't the emperor's head also made of meat?"
"Wonderful, wonderful!" Wang Hongyi nodded again and again, "That's a wonderful statement! Just like what Mencius said, what's so great about the emperor? Isn't it because there are so many good women in the palace?!"
At this moment, a sharp arrow suddenly shot, hitting Xiao Junmo's right chest.Xiao Junmo was caught off guard and retreated a few steps while clutching his wound.At the same time, a shout came from not far away: "Xiao Junmo! What did you do?!"
Wang Hongyi and his subordinates were startled suddenly, and when they looked up, they saw Li Ke's eyes were tearing apart, galloping towards them like a mad beast.Immediately behind him were dozens of Wuhou guards.
Just now, Li Ke followed the marks in the woods and happened to witness the scene where Xiao Junmo chopped off his father's head.In an instant, Li Ke felt the blood welling up all over his body, and his eyes turned black—he would never have imagined that Xiao Junmo would conspire with the thieves to kidnap his father, and commit such a heinous crime as "kingkilling" matter!
At this moment, Li Ke was overwhelmed by shock, confusion and anger. He couldn't think at all. He just wanted to rush forward and chop Xiao Junmo into pieces!
"It's just in time!" Wang Hongyi snorted heavily from his nostrils, "Let's kill this kid too, it's over!"
After finishing speaking, Wang Hongyi rushed forward with Wei Laoliu and others.
The two sides fought hand-to-hand, and instantly became a group.
Xiao Junmo clutched his wound, looked at the furious Li Ke from a distance, and couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Li Ke, people are easily deceived by their own eyes. What you see with your own eyes may not be the truth."
When two groups of men and horses were fighting fiercely in the saponins forest in Shiweng Valley, a man in military uniform was standing on a protruding cliff at the highest peak of Lishan Mountain.
This peak is named Jiulongding, towering above the sky, with an extremely wide field of vision.From here, you can not only overlook the whole picture of the mountains and mountains, but also the vast, majestic and magnificent land of Qinchuan.
This person stared at the magnificent mountains and rivers under his feet for a long time, and the corners of his eyes suddenly became moist.
The mountain wind was blowing, blowing dozens of banners and banners behind him.
Under the big banner, the entire top of the mountain was densely packed with imperial infantry, with a total of at least 5000 people.Li Shiji, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who was fully armed, stood at the forefront of the five thousand imperial infantry.From time to time, he poked his head to look down the mountain, and from time to time looked at the person on the edge of the cliff, with a trace of anxiety in his eyes.
At this time, there was a rush of horseshoes on the mountain road behind everyone.
Li Shiji turned his head and saw Zhao Dequan rushing towards him.When passing by his side, Zhao Dequan exchanged glances with him, then rode straight to the edge of the cliff, got off the horse, wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked quickly behind the man, bowed and said: "Report to everyone , as you expected, Ming Zang appeared."
Li Shimin smiled meaningfully, without turning his head, he said, "How is the situation now?"
"Back to everyone, according to the latest information obtained by the old slave, Wang Hongyi caught the substitute in the saponins forest in the north of the valley, and soon Xiao Junmo also entered that forest. Just now, His Royal Highness Wu Wang also led people to rush there. The old man According to the original plan, Nu has already sent people to notify Wei Ting, Huan Dieyi, and Luo Bina, ordering them to lead their troops to reinforce immediately. As for the current situation, we don't know yet, we have to wait for further news."
"Xiao Junmo..." Li Shimin smiled thoughtfully, "He can really join in the fun!"
Zhao Dequan didn't know what to say, so he kept silent.
"If you say he has nothing to do with Wang Hongyi, I won't believe it." Li Shimin said again, "What do you think, Dequan?"
Zhao Dequan didn't dare to keep silent, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's words are true! Judging from this, the old slave also thinks there should be something involved."
"It's not supposed to be, it's definitely!"
"Yes, there must be something to do with it."
Li Shimin showed a satisfied look, and then remembered something: "By the way, where is the pheasant slave? Where is he now?"
"Forgive me, everyone." Zhao Dequan hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness Prince Jin led people to the direction of Xixiu Ridge just now, and the old slave has already sent people to look for it, but...but it has not been found yet."
"Send more people to look for him, and let him meet here immediately." Li Shimin was a little worried, "He is no better than Ke'er. With Ke'er's skills, ten or eight people can't get close to him, but a pheasant slave has no power to bind a chicken." Li, if you run into a thief, wouldn't it be troublesome?"
"Yes, the old slave obeys the order."
Li Shimin glanced at the foot of the mountain, and smiled triumphantly: "I have been fighting with the leader of the Heavenly Punishment Alliance, Wang Hongyi, for so long, and today I can finally catch a turtle in my urn!"
On the surface, this Lishan hunt was proposed by Li Ke, but in fact, it was Li Shimin who followed suit and carefully designed a killing situation. Wang Hongyi!
Late last night, Li Shimin ordered Li Shiji to gather [-] forbidden troops, leave Beijing secretly, and rush here overnight to ambush.In other words, they arrived at least two hours earlier than the double.Except for Li Shimin, Li Shiji, and Zhao Dequan, everyone else was kept in the dark about this plan, including Li Ke and Li Zhi——only by keeping them informed, this scene can be played realistically.
At this moment, among the [-] imperial guards, [-] were stationed on the top of the Nine Dragons, [-] were in ambush in the dense forests of East and West Xiuling, and [-] were in ambush outside Lishan Mountain.
Like a shrewd hunter, Li Shimin laid a net for Wang Hongyi, while Wang Hongyi was like a prey, unable to fly!
Because he missed Xiao Junmo and Huan Dieyi at the foot of the mountain, Li Shiji became more and more anxious at this time, and his brows twisted into a word "Chuan".Suddenly, Zhao Dequan hurried over, shouting as he ran: "Everyone has an order, the whole army will attack!"
"I obey the order!" Li Shiji was overjoyed, immediately turned his horse's head, and swung down with his right hand.
A row of orderlies raised their long horns at the same time, puffed up their cheeks and blew vigorously.
woo-woo-woo-
The deep and majestic sound of the horn instantly resounded through the mountains.
"Brothers, come with me!" Li Shiji ordered loudly, and just as he was about to pat his horse down the mountain, Zhao Dequan grabbed his reins: "Li Shangshu stay behind, everyone still has an order."
"Please tell me, servant."
"Order the three armies to arrest Xiao Junmo. If he resists, he will be killed on the spot!"
"This..." Li Shiji was astonished, "Why?"
"It's the holy will, so Li Shangshu will carry it out." Zhao Dequan seemed to sigh softly, then turned and left.
Li Shiji didn't dare to delay, he could only let out a long sigh, and led his troops to gallop down the mountain.
In the saponins forest at the foot of the mountain, Li Ke had been wanting to rush over to kill Xiao Junmo, but was helplessly entangled by Wang Hongyi.Fortunately, after a while, Wei Ting led his troops to arrive and joined the battle group. Li Ke finally escaped, and immediately rushed towards Xiao Junmo with a knife.
Taking advantage of the spare time just now, Xiao Junmo roughly treated the arrow wound on his chest.Seeing Li Ke attacking wildly, he had to block with a knife.
The blades intersected, and sparks flew everywhere.
Li Ke attacked with all his strength, Xiao Junmo blindly defended, retreating every step of the way, and the two gradually left the core battlefield.Xiao Junmo glanced at Wang Hongyi, and said in a low voice, "Li Ke, calm down and listen to me."
"Listen to me!" Li Ke was like a furious lion, "I had expected you to have something to do with the Tian Xun League, but I didn't expect you to dare to attack my father!"
While blocking, Xiao Junmo smiled wryly: "It is said that you are gentle and martial, but I think you are also brave and foolish. Do you really believe that person is the Holy One?"
Li Ke frowned, but his strength remained undiminished: "What do you mean? If you fart, let it go!"
"Recall carefully, did the Holy One say a word to you today? From the beginning to the end, did you hear him say a word?"
Li Ke was taken aback and slowed down his attack.
In fact, he also had doubts about this, but he didn't investigate it carefully.Now that I think about it, Father is really weird today, why didn't he say a word?
"There are always people with similar looks in the world, but it is difficult to even have the same voice." Xiao Junmo continued, "Although that person has tried his best to imitate the Holy One, his voice is still somewhat different, so he has been afraid to speak. .”
"You mean, that person is the father's substitute?!" Li Ke finally stopped attacking, with a look of astonishment on his face.
Xiao Junmo smiled wryly again, as an answer, and then stroked the wound: "You are so ruthless, don't use your brain to think about it, it's an arrow to come up!"
"There are really such similar people in the world?!" Li Ke was still immersed in astonishment.
"The appearance is indeed very similar, and the behavior is also imitated very much." Xiao Junmo said, "However, there are no two people in the world who can completely match each other, not even twin brothers."
"Aside from the difference in voice, what else do you notice?"
"Temperament, spirit." Xiao Junmo sheathed his knife, pulled Li Ke behind a tree, and avoided the gaze of Wang Hongyi in the distance, "The Holy One is a dragon and phoenix among human beings, and it is difficult for others to imitate both form and spirit. Especially the eyes , His Majesty's eyes are wise and firm, but that man is vain and powerless. Therefore, no matter how similar the facial features are, they are just superficial."
Suddenly, Li Ke looked at Xiao Junmo's wound and showed guilt, but it was fleeting: "Even if you didn't kill the king, you and the thief leader Wang Hongyi are obviously in the same group. How can you explain this? Today Royal father came here to hunt, you must have leaked the word, right?"
"You have wronged me." Xiao Junmo smiled, "In my opinion, [-]% of the leaked information is yours."
"Don't talk to me." Li Ke sneered, "Honestly, are you from the Heavenly Punishment League?"
"I am from Datang." Xiao Junmo looked at him, "No matter what, I am loyal to Datang."
"If you say that, isn't it the default?"
"I will not acquiesce in any baseless accusation." Xiao Junmo smiled silently, "However, take a step back and say, if I am really a member of the Heavenly Punishment Alliance, what would you do? Kill me?"
"Don't think I'm afraid!" Li Ke raised his knife and pointed at Xiao Junmo.
Xiao Junmo looked at the blade that was close at hand: "If you want to kill me, at least you have to wait for me to kill Wang Hongyi first, right?"
Li Ke frowned slightly: "Why did you kill Wang Hongyi?"
"Like I said, I'm from Datang. Wang Hongyi is my enemy if he brings disaster to Datang."
Li Ke became more puzzled and squinted at him.
At this moment, Luo Biao led his troops to arrive. Seeing Li Ke pointing a knife at Xiao Junmo, he was shocked. He hurriedly led his soldiers to surround Li Ke, and a dozen dragon-head knives pointed at Li Ke.
"Luo Biao!" Li Ke said in a deep voice, "Do you want to rebel?"
"Put down the knife." Xiao Junmo said calmly, "Luo Biao, tell the brothers to put down the knife."
"Let everyone be released together!" Luo Biao said, poking his neck.
"You!" Li Ke was furious.
The sound of the horn on the top of Kowloon suddenly sounded at this moment, and everyone was a little surprised.
Hearing the sound, Wang Hongyi's face changed drastically, and he tried his best to cut down the two Marquis Guards, and shouted to Wei Lao Liu: "Lao Liu, retreat quickly!" Then he shouted to Xiao Junmo: "Jun Mo, go away! Hiding the prince's vengeance It has been reported, there is no need for us to love to fight anymore!" After speaking, he led Wei Laoliu and others to quickly retreat towards Xixiu Ridge.
Wei Ting chased after him with some Wuhou guards, and the other guards chased a few steps away. Suddenly seeing Li Ke surrounded by Xuanjia guards, he rushed over and surrounded Luo Biao and others with knives.
The scene suddenly stalemate, even a little awkward.
"Prince Yin?" Li Ke looked at Xiao Junmo with a very surprised expression, "What is that guy talking about? What is your relationship with Prince Yin?!"
At this moment, Xiao Junmo couldn't care less about answering him.
Because of the sudden sound of the horn, he instantly understood his situation - it was obvious that the emperor had already ambushed the army in Lishan, and carefully laid out a heaven and earth net. The purpose was not only to hunt and kill Wang Hongyi, but also Xiao Junmo!
In other words, the emperor arranged this murderous situation not only to attract Wang Hongyi, but also to observe whether he would overlap with Wang Hongyi; once there was an intersection, the emperor had every reason to believe that he was a member of the Tianxingmeng.
What's more, he just killed the emperor's double with his own hands. In the eyes of the emperor, such behavior is definitely worse and more intolerable than having an encounter with Wang Hongyi. Even if Xiao Junmo has a good tongue, he can't explain it reasonably this behavior.
Therefore, the current plan is to kill first and then make plans.
Xiao Junmo's thoughts turned, and the dragon head knife suddenly came out of its sheath, and it parried Li Ke's knife with a clang.
The people on both sides immediately fought, and a scuffle began.
"Boss, go, go!" Luo Biao yelled while attacking Li Ke, "You still have a chance to save the brothers if you go out; if you don't go, everyone will be finished!"
Although Xiao Junmo was very unwilling to escape alone, at this moment he had to admit that what Luo Biao said was right.
"Brothers, take care!" Xiao Junmo dropped these words, and immediately forced back several Wuhou guards who were besieging him, quickly jumped on a horse beside him, and galloped towards the north, disappearing in the woods in a blink of an eye.
Li Ke wanted to chase him, but was entangled by Luo Biao, and he was so angry that he cursed his mother desperately.
After a while, a large group of horseshoes came from the south, and the leader was Li Shiji.
"Luo Biao, put down the knife!" Li Shiji yelled loudly when he saw the situation here from a distance.
Although he is no longer General Xuanjiawei, he has been the boss of Luo Biao and others for many years after all, and his prestige is still there.Hearing this, Luo Biao had no choice but to throw away the knife in his hand.Seeing this, the other subordinates could only abandon their swords one after another.The Marquis Wu guards rushed forward and pushed them down to the ground one by one.
Li Ke kicked Luo Biao over with one foot, and said to the other Marquis Marquis Wei: "Follow me!" Then he led everyone on their horses and chased in the direction where Xiao Junmo disappeared.
Li Shiji rushed over, looked at Luo Biao and others who were kneeling on the ground, and looked at the backs of Li Ke and others galloping away, his brows twisted into the word "Chuan" again.
When the infantry of the imperial army came out of the dense forest all over the mountains and plains, Wang Hongyi finally realized that he had fallen into Li Shimin's trap.
Since so many soldiers were ambushed in advance, it means that today's Lishan hunt is to lure him into the urn, and it is enough to show that the person killed by Xiao Junmo just now is probably not Li Shimin himself, but just his substitute!
Finding that he had become Li Shimin's prey, Wang Hongyi felt extremely frustrated and angry.
But right now, he has nothing to worry about except running for his life.Wang Hongyi couldn't remember how many ambushes he encountered while fleeing from the saponins forest in Shiweng Valley to Xixiu Ridge. He only felt that there were enemies in all directions.He and Wei Laoliu led more than [-] men to fight all the way, desperately broke through, and killed at least ten times as many enemies as himself, but his brothers fell one after another. It was soaked in blood from top to bottom.
Fortunately, Mount Li was big enough. Although there were countless ambushes, it was impossible to set up ambushes everywhere. About half an hour later, Wang Hongyi and the others staggered out of the encirclement and fled to a dense forest northeast of Xixiu Ridge.
At this time, only Wei Laoliu and three of his subordinates were left beside him.
The number of ambushes here is decreasing, but there is still an imperial army of hundreds of soldiers chasing after them.In order to protect Wang Hongyi, the three subordinates pushed him and Wei Laoliu into a bush, and then galloped towards the woods, distracting the pursuers.
When the forbidden army's cavalry roared past, and the sound of hooves gradually faded away, Wang Hongyi's eyes became moist without realizing it.
"I killed my brothers, I was too careless, I killed them..." Wang Hongyi murmured.
"Sir, how can you be blamed for this?" Wei Lao Liu's eyes were also red, "Who would have expected Li Shimin, a thief, to make such a dirty trick!"
"Actually, I should have expected it a long time ago." Wang Hongyi smiled wryly, "How shrewd and cautious is Li Shimin, how could he leave Chang'an to hunt here with only a few hundred guards? Seeing through his tricks, I thought this was a great opportunity to kill him."
Wei Laoliu was thinking about something, and was suddenly startled: "Sir, tell me, could 'Crow' have betrayed us, and then sent us false information to lure us into the game?"
Wang Hongyi pondered for a while, then shook his head: "No, I believe in his loyalty."
Wei Laoliu didn't say anything else, he listened carefully to the movement outside, and said: "Sir, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, we have to leave quickly."
Wang Hongyi wanted to stand up, but there was severe pain from multiple wounds on his body, his feet went limp, and he almost fell down. Wei Laoliu hurriedly supported him: "Sir, be careful!"
"It seems that I may not be able to get out of Lishan Mountain today!" Wang Hongyi smiled sadly.
"Sir, don't say that..."
Before Wei Laoliu could finish his sentence, a cold voice sounded from outside the bushes: "That's right, Wang Hongyi, you don't want to run away again today!"
Wang Hongyi and Wei Laoliu were shocked and looked at each other.
It was a woman's voice, and then said: "Come out, don't hide!"
Wang Hongyi had no choice but to walk out of the bushes with the support of Wei Laoliu, and saw two heroic female soldiers standing in front of him, holding dragon-head knives, they were Huan Dieyi and Hongyu.
Huan Dieyi received an order more than half an hour ago, saying that she had found Wang Hongyi and asked her to lead her troops to the saponin forest in Shiweng Valley, but she had just walked halfway, and then received an order saying that Wang Hongyi had fled westward, so she had to turn back. Xixiuling continued to search.In order to expand the scope of the search, she divided the people into parts, and searched separately in groups of two or three, but the distance between each group was not far away. Once the target was found, they could gather immediately with a shout.
Wang Hongyi met Huan Dieyi at the Zangfeng Mountain Villa in Zhongnan Mountain, recognized her, and said with a faint smile: "Huan Duizheng, as far as I know, you were seriously injured that day in Zhongnan Mountain, and you probably haven't recovered yet. Right? Are you here to work for Li Shimin again in such a hurry?"
Huan Dieyi sneered coldly: "Our team is able to figure it out. I know that today the Holy Majesty will catch turtles in this urn and beat dogs behind closed doors. How can I miss such a fun thing?"
"Sister Dieyi," Hongyu was a little worried about this two-on-two situation, "Why don't you call all the brothers over?"
"No need!" Huan Dieyi looked confident, "Didn't you see it? These are two dying dogs in the water. I can deal with them alone!"
"You ignorant stinky bitch, how dare you utter wild words!" Wei Laoliu was furious, and was about to desperately draw his knife, but Wang Hongyi stretched out his hand to stop him.
"Huan Duizheng," Wang Hongyi smiled again, "Forgive me for what Wang said bluntly, you really can't kill me today."
"Oh?" Huan Dieyi sneered, "Why?"
"I think you know the reason." Wang Hongyi remained calm, "But I can remind you that Xiao Junmo released me that day on Zhongnan Mountain. You should know why?"
Huan Dieyi was slightly shocked, and secretly groaned in his heart, how could he forget this? !
Hongyu frowned, looking at Huan Dieyi puzzled.
"Remember?" Wang Hongyi chuckled, "Xu Wanniang's life is in your hands now. If you don't want to make Xiao Junmo sad, you'd better not embarrass me."
Anger rose in Huan Dieyi's heart, but there was nothing he could do.
"Huan Tuizheng, if there is a destiny, we should see each other again. Wang said goodbye, let's take a step first." After Wang Hongyi finished speaking, he pulled Wei Laoliu straight away.
Hongyu was puzzled and couldn't help shouting: "Stop!"
Wang Hongyi stopped, but without turning his head, he said: "Huan Duizheng, tell her to keep her voice down, don't call everyone, it will make it difficult for you." After speaking, he limped away with Wei Laoliu.
Hongyu was anxious and confused: "Sister Dieyi, what's going on? Why did you let them go?!"
Huan Dieyi bit her lower lip tightly, unable to speak, she could only watch Wang Hongyi and Wei Laoliu's backs disappearing into a corner of a mountain in vain.
At this time, Huan Dieyi didn't know that the scene of her privately abusing Wang Hongyi had been fully seen by a pair of nearby eyes.
Li Zhi rode his horse and stood beside a pine tree not far away, followed by a group of Wuhou guards.
"Catch them and take them to see Father." Li Zhi had no expression on his face, and ordered to a team leader beside him, "Others, follow me!" After speaking, he whipped his whip and rushed over immediately.
Before Huan Dieyi and Hongyu came back to their senses, they were surrounded by a group of Wuhou guard cavalry.Li Zhi glanced at them coldly, and led dozens of horses to gallop past them.
"You two, put down your weapons immediately!" the team leader snapped.
"Sister Dieyi, what... what should I do?" Hongyu held the dragon head knife tightly, but her eyes showed panic.
Huan Dieyi turned his back to the sky, and smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry Hongyu, I killed you." After speaking, he let go of his hand, and the dragon's head knife fell to the ground with a clatter.
Li Zhi led his troops around the foot of the mountain, thinking that he would be able to capture Wang Hongyi and Wei Laoliu, but there was no one around, as if those two people had disappeared out of thin air.
"Where are people?!" Li Zhi was furious, holding the reins and leading the mount around, "Have you seen it?"
The Marquis Wu guards beside him also looked confused and shook their heads one after another.
At this moment, Wei Ting came out from behind a pile of rocks with a few of his men, as if he was about to chase someone, when he saw Li Zhi, he quickly reined in his horse and clasped his fists: "I have seen His Royal Highness King Jin."
"Did you see Wang Hongyi? He was here just now!" Li Zhi asked loudly.
"Returning to Your Highness, I saw two people fleeing down the mountain, I was going to chase them." Wei Ting replied.
"What direction?" Li Zhi's eyes lit up.
"Over there." Wei Ting raised his hand and pointed, "Northwest."
"Chasing!" Li Zhi turned his horse's head and galloped towards the northwest first, Wei Ting and the others followed closely.
At this time, Wang Hongyi and Wei Laoliu were hiding in the crevices of the pile of rocks not far away.
"It's so dangerous!" Wei Laoliu was still in shock, "Fortunately, he bumped into a 'crow' here."
"I said before, he is loyal." Wang Hongyi said lightly.
Suddenly, a muffled thunder rolled across the sky.
Lishan, which was still sunny and sunny just now, is already covered in haze in a blink of an eye.
(End of this chapter)
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