Great Song catcher

Chapter 318 Profound Dragon Guard

"Master, when did you come back?"

Qin Rulong asked very respectfully.

In the prime minister's mansion, the position of this great priest is almost identical to that of Ding Wei. Even Ding Wei's wife and children should treat the great priest with courtesy, and dare not treat him as a subordinate.

"I came back last night, and by the way, I went to the entrance of the imperial city for a walk."

The big priest said softly.

"Did you go to the imperial city last night?"

Ding Wei's heart moved, and he hurriedly said: "Then you and Gu Feixian fought?"

"I did have a face-to-face meeting with him last night, and even touched him." The priest nodded.

"How? Who will win between you and him?"

Duan Liwen heard some impatient words beside him.

"I lost a trick to him."

"What?" Ding Wei was also a little shocked, "Even you are not his opponent?"

The great priest said in a low voice: "I can only exert [-]% of my skills now, so I lost one move to him. If I wait until I am one with the gods and demons and can exert my full strength, he may not be my opponent."

"Although he beat me by one move now, it is extremely difficult to completely suppress me. At least I can make him powerless, so you don't have to worry too much."

"That's fine."

Ding Wei breathed a sigh of relief. Among all the links in his entire plan this time, the link that worries him the most is Gu Feixian. This is also the most important link. A little carelessness will completely reverse the whole situation.

Fortunately, there are great priests who can resist Gu Feixian, so the rest of the people are not considered a big threat.

"When I went to the court today, I also saw something wrong. I'm afraid the prince is really dying."

Ding Wei said with a smile on his face: "Although the hall is full of incense, trying to cover up the prince's smell, but this poison is developed by combining the world's most poisonous, although it can't kill people immediately, but even It is also difficult for a martial artist to resist the erosion of toxicity, and the toxicity will spread along the pores, releasing a stench."

"Today in the Zichen Palace, Bao Zheng and the others kept arguing with me. The crown prince didn't seem to know about these things, but he was hiding behind the curtain. I deliberately added another fire. I guess the crown prince must be in a hurry now. He vomits blood non-stop, maybe he will die within three or two days."

"What if the prince fights back when he is dying and wants to drag us to be buried with him?" Duan Li asked with some concern: "We can't confront him openly, or we will get a reputation for rebellion, even if the prince dies in the end. , Your Majesty may not be able to let us go."

"It's okay!"

Ding Wei sneered and said: "If he is really so ignorant, then the truth can only let him go to see the first emperor earlier, our people are always watching his actions, as long as he just gives an order, we will Got the news."

"Although Ye Chen, the commander of the Forbidden Army, belongs to the Crown Prince, the laws of the Song Dynasty clearly stipulate that if you want to mobilize the Forbidden Army, you must have a handwritten letter from the Holy Majesty. Otherwise, it is a capital offense to mobilize the Forbidden Army without authorization. Only when foreign enemies hit the imperial city, the Forbidden Army will not obey the military orders. "

"Without the imperial army, it would be wishful thinking to rely on the Jiaolong camp under the crown prince to defeat us. I plan to secretly transfer the Xuanlong guards from Xishan back to the capital. The combat power of these Xuanlong guards is no less than that of the Jiaolong camp. Together with the golden python guards under King Yong, we are enough to control the entire imperial court in the shortest possible time."

Xuanlongwei.

Ding Wei is a team secretly cultivated in Xishan.

There were only a hundred or so of them, but all of them were elite leaders, all of them were at the Sea of ​​Qi level, and several deputy commanders were experts at the Gang level, and these people only obeyed Ding Wei's orders, not only the court No one knew about this team, even King Yong Zhao Xin, who was on the same boat as him, didn't know the existence of Xuanlongwei, even in the prime minister's mansion, there were only a handful of people who knew about this team.

And the commander of Xuanlongwei is the second priest of the Xiangfu, Zhan Kongdao Abandoned Tu Sandao.

"Since Xiangye is ready to transfer Xuanlongwei back, then things should be safe."

Hearing Ding Wei's words, Qin Rulong and Duan Li were also relieved.

They have seen with their own eyes how powerful this Black Dragon Guard is. Even if the two of them join hands, under the dragon-slaying battle formation of the Black Dragon Guard, they can't last a cup of tea, which is enough to prove the strength of the Black Dragon Guard. up.

This so-called dragon-slaying battle formation is Xuanlongwei's biggest hole card, and it is also the confidence that Ding Wei is proud of. It is a killing formation created by the great priest himself.

It is conceivable how powerful the battle formation created by a warrior in the realm of destiny is. Ding Wei once wanted to test the power of this battle formation under the drive of curiosity, but in the end he exhausted all his efforts, just now Break free from the battle formation, but also injured.

This was because of his identity, the premise that those Xuanlong guards did not dare to use their full strength.

"Now everything is ready, we only owe the east wind. As for when the east wind will blow, it depends on how long our Crown Prince can last..."

Ding Wei smiled lightly.

…………

in the palace.

Zichen Palace.

In Ding Wei's perception, Zhao Rui, who was supposed to be lying on the couch waiting to die, was spending time there with the Crown Princess Ling Ruodie.

"Your Highness, how did you find out that Fang Xinyan poisoned you?"

Ling Ruodee looked at Zhao Rui and asked.

Zhao Rui smiled and said nothing, just gently held Ling Ruodei's hand, and said: "Fang Xinyan and I have no relationship at all. It was my mother who asked us to get married, and I can't refuse my mother, so I follow fulfilled her old man's wish."

"Besides, since Fang Xinyan entered the mansion, her husband has always treated each other with courtesy. In order not to make her feel left out, all the treatment has been upgraded. Although the rank is lower than that of the Crown Princess, the things she gets are the same as you, the Crown Princess. There is no difference."

"What does this have to do with His Highness being poisoned?"

Ling Ruodei asked in puzzlement.

"Don't worry, just listen to me."

Zhao Rui patted Ling Ruodie's arm lightly, and then said, "Do you still remember the lychee sent from the palace that day?"

"litchi?"

Ling Ruodie was slightly taken aback, and then said: "I remember, it was the tribute presented by the governor of Lingnan, and my father sent some to His Highness, several princes, the princess and the son-in-law's house."

"Yeah, that's the problem."

Zhao Rui smiled wryly, "Fang Xinyan was not in the mansion that day, so I ordered my servants to save some for her."

"Not only that, His Highness also specially asked someone to put it in an ice box to keep it fresh..."

"I just remembered..." Ling Ruodee suddenly covered her mouth.

"That night, in order to thank His Highness for his kindness, Fang Xinyan personally cooked a few dishes for His Highness, because the dishes were made by the Crown Prince and concubine herself, so no one doubted them, but the concubine Cai and her that night also I ate them all, how come only His Highness was poisoned?"

"I think she did some tricks in it. My husband didn't notice it at the time, but my body felt more and more uncomfortable. You must know that my husband is a master of ecstasy. Ordinary poison can be detected when it enters the abdomen, but this poison is very strong. It is secretive, so it will be too late to realize, the poison has already penetrated into the blood marrow, and can only be suppressed by internal force, but on the outside it looks like a lung disease."

"If Nie Feng from Six Doors hadn't found Fang Zhou and obtained the antidote prescription, my husband would have died in Jiuyou by now."

"What will your Highness decide to do now?"

Ling Ruodei asked.

"Let's see how Nie Feng and the others are doing?"

Just as he was talking.

Gao Yue came in from the outside, bowed and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, Ye Taibao and Nie Butou are back."

"please come in."

Zhao Rui stood up, straightened his clothes, and said seriously.

Gao Yue turned and walked out, and not long after, the eunuch Ye Chen, Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming walked in.

The clothes on Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming's bodies have been changed, and the clothes they are wearing now are the uniforms of the prefecture-level headhunters of the Six Doors.

With the cultivation base of Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming, plus their merits, they are enough to take up the positions of prefecture-level headhunters, so Gu Feixian directly ordered them to be promoted to prefecture-level headhunters.

And at critical times, he can also temporarily hold the power of sky arresters, that is to say, he and Xiao Wuming can now be said to be sky arresters in the innate realm, and their status is only lower than that of Gu Feixian and the eight heavenly arresters of the six doors. Even if it is the chief arrester of each branch, they can sit on an equal footing.

"Meet Your Highness!"

"Meet the lady!"

Ye Chen is the elder of the three dynasties and the teacher of the emperor, so he has the right not to worship the saint.

But Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming are not the same, so after they walked in, they bowed their hands to the two sitting there.

"You two gentlemen don't need to be too polite."

Zhao Rui waved his hand and said: "In the future, when you and Xiao Qing see me, there is no need to be so polite. Without you, my life may be irretrievable."

"This……"

The two looked at each other.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

In the end, Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming clasped their fists together and saluted Zhao Rui for his kindness.

"How? Did you find out?"

Zhao Rui signaled the servants to bring the seats, and asked the three of them after they sat down.

"His Royal Highness, most of the attendants in Zichen Palace are Ding Wei's people, and they have secretly contacted Ding Wei, and will report His Highness's situation to him at any time." Nie Feng said in a low voice.

"Ha ha……"

Zhao Rui seemed to have expected this, shook his head and smiled lightly: "This is expected, so what do you decide to do now?"

"The ministers just discussed outside, and decided not to scare the snake for the time being. Since they want to get news from His Highness, then we will give them what they want. This will not only lure the snake out of the hole, but also avoid scaring the snake. Anyway, the initiative is now in our hands. In their hands, they can't turn over any big waves."

Ye Chen expressed his opinion.

"Ye Taibao is right. Now the initiative is in our hands. What kind of news they want to know is up to us. It's okay for His Highness to make them sleepless, but it's easy to let them rest easy. According to His Majesty's will."

Nie Feng said.

Xiao Wuming also said: "However, it's better to let Eunuch Gao pay attention to the chief foreign affairs officer. After observing how cunning and deceitful this person is, all the servants are headed by him, and it is also easy to get in touch with His Highness with his identity."

"The Chief of Foreign Affairs..."

Zhao Rui looked at Gao Yue beside him, "Is it still Guo Kui?"

"Returning to Your Highness, Eunuch Guo died of illness a month ago. The current head of foreign affairs is the former deputy head named Fang Sheng. He used to be a member of the palace, but later entered our mansion." The following things are naturally known very clearly.

"Find an excuse to remove him from the position of manager, but don't let him see it. It's best to find a proper reason. If you don't arouse others' suspicion, don't arouse suspicion."

"Yes."

Gao Yue bowed.

"Today in the court hall, Ding Wei was pressing every step of the way, and the palace even released the ecstasy smoke on purpose. I wonder if we can hide this old fox from Ding Wei?" Zhao Rui said playfully.

Ye Chen said with a smile: "Today, the amount of incense used in the court hall is more than ten times higher than in the past, and the smell is very strong. I saw that Mr. Xu from the Ministry of Officials in the court was choked and coughed, but the smell of incense is strong. Ordinary people are enough, but the stench hidden in it still cannot be hidden from the nose of a martial artist, and Ding Wei will definitely smell it."

"I'm not afraid that he can smell it, but I'm afraid he won't. Since he can smell it, it means the fish has taken the bait."

At this time, someone from outside came to report again.

"Your Highness, Mr. Gu is asking to see you outside."

"Please!"

Not long after, Gu Feixian walked in with Zhu Yan and Gu Ting.

Zhao Rui was still offered a seat.

"Can Gu Qing find anything?"

After Gu Feixian sat down, Zhao Rui asked.

"Ding Wei is ready to mobilize the Xuanlong Guard under his command."

Gu Feixian took out a letter and a wooden token from his bosom, and said, "I found these things on the body of the messenger."

"Xuanlongwei?"

Zhao Rui took the letter, and after reading it, he said: "It seems that the rumors spread between the government and the public are not false. Besides Xuanwuwei, Ding Zhi also raised a pro-army in private. It seems that his conspiracy is not small."

"Where's the messenger?"

Zhao Rui asked.

"This thief has been abolished by the minister, and His Highness can interrogate him at any time." Gu Feixian said.

"In that case, why not call him over and see what Ding Wei explained."

"According to the order."

Gu Feixian winked at Gu Ting.

Gu Ting walked out immediately, and a moment later, he walked in with a young man with limp limbs.

"Your Highness, this thief is the one who delivered the letter for Ding Wei."

Gu Ting threw the person in his hand to the ground.

And when the young man saw Zhao Rui, he was stunned.

"Too...His Royal Highness...you..."

"Why am I fine?"

This person is not a fool. When he saw this scene, he immediately understood what was going on.

"This is a game His Royal Highness the Prince made for the Prime Minister!"

The young man gave a wry smile.

"Do you want to die or live?"

Zhao Rui didn't answer his question directly, but continued to ask.

"Can I still live?"

A gleam flashed in the young man's eyes.

"You're a smart guy, you should know what to do."

Zhao Rui looked at him and asked.

"it is good!"

Normally, the young man would never be so decisive, but now that he sees the prince back to normal, he knows that everything is in other people's calculations. Ding Wei just thinks that he has calculated everything, but in fact he doesn't know The beheading knife was already hanging above his head.

"Ding Wei asked you to go to Xishan for what?"

Zhao Rui put the letter on the table.

"Secretly summoned the Xuanlongwei under his command, and let them break up into pieces and sneak into the capital to wait for the opportunity."

The young man replied bluntly, since he had already decided to become a traitor, he did not hide it, and if he spoke out cleanly, he might be able to gain some benefits for himself.

"who are you?"

"The young one is a supervisor in the prime minister's mansion, who takes orders from Qin Rulong, the head of foreign affairs."

Zhao Rui nodded and gave Gu Feixian a wink.

Gu Feixian walked over knowingly, took the young man to the side and asked, "What proof do you use to mobilize Xuanlongwei in the Western Mountains?"

"It's the token, and Ding Wei's handwritten letter, which is for Commander Xuanlongwei. As long as he sees this handwriting and the token, he can confirm my identity."

As the young man said, he also looked at the token that Zhao Rui was playing with.

"Did you know the leader of the Xuanlongwei before?"

Nie Feng suddenly had an idea, so he asked.

"The commander is the second priest of the Prime Minister's Mansion. I don't have a high position in the Prime Minister's Mansion. I don't know him well, but he is familiar with me. He should know me." The young man didn't understand what Nie Feng meant, but he still replied.

"Feng, you don't want to be alone in danger again, do you?"

When Xiao Wuming heard Nie Feng's words, he immediately understood what he was thinking.

"no!"

Before Nie Feng could speak, Zhu Yan denied his thoughts and said, "That fellow Tu Sandao is no small matter. Back then Xiao Duanqing, the leader of Zhankong Road, didn't even kill him. If he finds out your identity, you Absolutely no chance of survival."

"Actually, I think I can give it a try." Nie Feng rubbed his nose, looked at the young man and said, "As long as he can cooperate with us, I don't think my identity will be a big problem, and I can also inquire about information secretly. At that time, we won’t be able to take the initiative, and after they enter the city, we can also attack secretly and wipe them out first, so as to save unnecessary casualties.”

In fact, there is another idea that Nie Feng didn't say, that is, he wanted to try to see if he could assassinate Tu Sandao secretly.

With his current level of cultivation, ordinary masters in the heavenly realm are no match for him at all. Even masters who have half-stepped into the divine realm may not be able to defeat him. It is not impossible to tyrannize internal force and kill Tu Sandao secretly while Tu Sandao is not paying attention. Taking a step back, even if he cannot be killed, as long as he can cause damage to him and prevent him from exerting [-]% of his strength, he can still be at the crucial point. time plays a decisive role.

"But what if he revealed your identity?"

Xiao Wuming's pretty face turned cold, and said: "If he betrays you, surrounded by so many masters, even if you put on wings, you won't be able to escape."

"will not!"

Hearing this, the young man immediately said: "If you let me go with you, I will never betray this lord. I have betrayed Ding Wei now. Even if I betray this lord, I will not betray you by Ding Wei's means." Will trust me again, sooner or later I will die, if I listen to you and make great contributions, maybe I can get other benefits."

"You are a sensible person."

Gu Feixian walked over, patted him a few times, and said: "I have temporarily unlocked your acupoints, and the power in your body has returned to normal, but I left a sword in your dantian. Qi, you should know my identity, if you don't come back to find me after three days, the sword qi in your body will directly cut you into pieces, even if your great priests attack, they won't be able to save you."

The young man felt the true energy coming back from his body, and he also realized that what Gu Feixian said was true, there was really a sharp energy stored in his dantian, the young man hurriedly shook his head and said: "Don't worry, my lord, this little one will never Betray you."

In order to make people act sincerely, in addition to threats, there must also be sufficient interests.

As the crown prince, Zhao Rui is very familiar with this method, and he also said: "As long as you can help me complete the great cause, all your crimes will be written off at that time, and you will be rewarded with a sum of gold and silver, and you will be promoted to the Ministry of Punishment." The vice president arrests the head, and his position is equivalent to that of a fifth-rank official, but if you go back on your word, then don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!"

The young man knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly. As the little manager in the prime minister's mansion, he said that if he broke the sky, he was Ding Wei's chess piece, which could be discarded at any time, but it would be different if he became the vice president of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. , that is a veritable official status, which is completely different from the previous servant status.

Zhao Rui signaled Gao Yue to take him down, then looked at Nie Feng and said, "Nie Qing, have you really thought about it?"

"I have already thought about it. This matter is just dangerous. If you act carefully, you will be safe."

Xiao Wuming sighed softly, untied the Sui Yuanzhu from his wrist, and said, "There are too many people who know you in the Jianghu, so it is inevitable that there are people in Xuanlongwei who know your identity, so you carry this Sui Yuanzhu close to your body. As long as you inject true energy, you can change your appearance, even your body shape and gender as you wish."

Nie Feng also did not reject Xiao Wuming's kindness, but tied the silver thread around his wrist and said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

"I will arrange people to wait at the gate of the city. You only need to notify them at that time, and we will know that you have returned. Naturally, someone will secretly follow these Xuanlong guards and find their whereabouts."

Zhu Yan also said.

"How about I go with you, and I can take care of you." Gu Ting said at this time.

"No." Gu Feixian shook his head and said, "Xishan is only about fifty miles away from the capital. If you show up, you will definitely reveal your identity."

"Do not worry!"

Nie Feng comforted: "With my cultivation, as long as I act carefully, there shouldn't be any problems."

"But be careful in everything. If you can't do anything, find a way to get out immediately. You must not conflict with them. They are numerous and powerful, and there are masters like Tu Sandao. You are by no means their opponent."

Gu Feixian warned seriously.

"Understandable!"

…………

West Hills.

The two fast horses set off from the city gate, galloped along the official road, and arrived at the foot of the West Mountain in half an hour.

"Director Zhang, where is the Xuanlong Guard stationed?"

Nie Feng used Sui Yuanzhu's power to disguise himself as a seven-foot tall, skinny young man about 30 years old. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard for Zhang Song to believe that such miraculous martial arts existed in the world.

(End of this chapter)