Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 416 Chapter 5.98 Follow me to protect His Highness
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5.98 Follow me and protect His Highness
Just when everyone thought everything was fine, several screams suddenly came from the surrounding green plants, and several guards around the eldest prince were seen falling to the ground with miserable groans. Finally, Guo Kai fell; and then I saw a dozen people rushing out with weapons and fighting with the remaining guards. The most important thing is that these people are all in the uniform of Ouchi guards!

"Follow me and protect His Highness - no firearms allowed, bayonet on!" Zhou Yang failed to react at the first moment. Seeing the mess in front of him, Zhou Yang broke into a cold sweat. He only had time to roar and rushed in with Zhao Yanling. , Fortunately, the guards around Guo Kai were wearing ordinary Guards uniforms, otherwise it would be really fun to be unable to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.

The distance between the two sides was only more than 20 steps, and he sprinted with all his strength. He was so fast that he didn't expect it, let alone the assassin on the opposite side. Even when the first assassin was decapitated with a sword, the other assassins had not yet reacted. ; These people are considered good players, but depending on who they compete with, at least with Zhou Yang's strength, he has not met anyone who can withstand the third sword.

Coupled with Zhao Qiying who rushed over and more than 20 infantrymen with bayonets, they cut all the assassins to the ground in a short period of time. It was not until this time that he saw clearly that the eldest prince Guo Kai was lying on his body. The guard, who had received at least seven knives on his back at this time, was already dead and could not die again.

"Brother-in-law, Your Highness," Zhao Yanling said nervously.

Zhou Yang didn't bother to reply. He pushed away the guard who was blocking the knife. He finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Guo Kai. Although his face was pale and there was a lot of blood on his chest, you could tell by looking at his face and breathing that he should There was no actual injury, otherwise how could it be that he was just short of breath.

"Your Highness, how do you feel?" Zhou Yang quickly helped him up and called more than a dozen infantrymen to form a "human wall" to surround him, and then he inspected him carefully.

"Brother Zhou is determined. I am able to survive this time, thanks to you." Even though his face was pale, Guo Kai still showed a forced smile, and opened his coat to reveal the reflective inner armor under the torch, " I just felt like I was hit by several crossbow arrows and stabbed several times by the guards, but none of them pierced the precious armor."

The so-called "precious armor" by the eldest prince is actually the "golden soft armor" often said in martial arts novels, or "steel wire soft armor" is more appropriate. The principle is similar to the sanitation ball used in modern kitchens. It is woven into armor, but the drawing technology of this era is not so powerful, and the comfort of this type of soft armor is not very good.

Moreover, the processing technology of soft armor is very complicated. So far, Zhou Yang has only received book covers. Naturally, they were sent by Xue Xun. One set was used by himself during the war, and the other was given to the eldest prince. The girls from the "Military Port" also had Distribution, he knew that this person was finished later. As the saying goes, "give leniency to the enemy", this time it was not in vain.

This is also what Zhou Yang guessed was the most likely reason for Wu Xun's defeat. As long as Guo Kai dies and Guo Yu takes over, no matter how strong Wu Xun is now or how they behave, such as the original "Qin Keqing Funeral", There will be no change in the results. Without the support from the top, no matter how strong it is, it can only last a few more years!
"His Royal Highness has his own destiny, and it cannot be changed by a few clowns." Since it was all over, Zhou Yang bowed with a smile and sent a rainbow.

"Master, Master, you scared this slave to death!" Seeing everyone heaving a sigh of relief, Guo Kai's personal eunuch came up to him with a cry, "This slave thought that he would no longer be able to serve me, so he was ready to follow me!"

"Father-in-law, you are serious!" Zhou Yang, who had the highest identity at the scene, was naturally the one comforting him at this time, "Even if you want to serve me, you have to - well, what are you doing?"

Unexpectedly, the eunuch had a smile on his face, but his hands were not soft at all. He pulled out a dagger with a blue light from his arms and stabbed it out. The target was Guo Kai's chest. No one expected that he turned out to be an assassin. In addition, the distance between the two of them was very close. Even if he was kicked away immediately, it was hard to say what the result would be. The smile on the eunuch's face became even brighter, and Guo Kai was already showing despair!
"How dare you, thief!" At this moment, Zhao Yanling, who had been unnoticed next to her, screamed, and the sword that never left her waist flashed past. Most people didn't even see it clearly, and she had already sheathed her sword again. Sheath, leaving only two harsh metal friction sounds; the eunuch's face did not change, and he threw himself at Guo Kai with all his strength, and the two of them fell to the ground together!
So when Guo Kai lifted the eunuch and rolled to the side, no one could react, including the eunuch himself, who stared stupidly at his right hand that was broken at the wrist, and even shook it twice before he could do it. He felt the pain; not far from him, his broken right hand was still holding the dagger tightly!

"Brother-in-law, how was it?" Seeing the crisis pass, Zhao Yanling asked for credit with a smile.

"Good girl, thank you!" In the cold winter, Zhou Yang was soaked with cold sweat and even weak. He turned around and hugged Zhao Yanling in his arms, unwilling to do so for a long time, regardless of the people around him. Let go, there is no doubt that if Guo Kai had not survived this time, no one here would have survived, and he would be the same, even if Princess Yongchang begged for mercy, it would be useless!

"Brother Zhou saved Gu Gu once again!" The successor trained by the royal family is indeed extraordinary. Although his legs were weak at this time and he could only stand firm with the help of the guards, it did not affect his ability to win people's hearts. He even had a forced smile on his face. Squatting down, he picked up the severed hand and short sword together, "A good sword is actually specially prepared for Gu—Xiao Fengzi, why?"

But I saw that this short sword was less than a foot and a half, and the hilt took up one third of it. But the most important thing was that the sword body was very narrow, less than an inch, and the spine of the sword was thick. At first glance, it looked like an enlarged awl. , the double fronts and double blades are extremely sharp, obviously customized for armor-breaking; coupled with the blue reflection on the surface, it should be injecting poison to prevent it from failing to hit the vital point.

"This slave has known that the master is wearing precious armor, so how could he not pay attention to his service." Even though Xiao Fengzi's face was pale due to the pain of his broken hand, he still showed a forced smile, "This slave knows what you mean. I have followed my master since I was a child. Why? Is it today? It’s a pity that this news can only be taken to the grave.” “Are you the one left behind?” No one expected that Zhou Yang sighed softly, but what he said moved everyone present, “Today It's best to succeed, and you can't just feel sick. If anything happens to His Highness, then no matter what the military chooses this time, they will not be able to escape the fate of being liquidated, because without His Highness, we warriors will be dogs with broken spines. Sooner or later Everyone’s going to be put in the pot!”

Therefore, it is not entirely wrong to say that the Jia family was destroyed because they were on the wrong side when it came to Prince Yi Zhong and were eventually liquidated by the royal family. However, the reason was not that they were on the side of Prince Yi Zhong, but quite the opposite; the final house confiscation It's not because of taking sides, but because of "remaining poison".

"Brother Zhou is really lucky to have such a treasure by his side." Seeing black blood flowing from the corner of Xiao Fengzi's mouth and falling to the ground in pain, but his face was full of shock until he died, Guo Kai managed to calm down his panic and turned around Looking at Zhou Yang, he pointed at Zhao Yanling with a forced smile, "That's it for today. Brother Zhou, please rest."

"Farewell, Your Highness!" Zhou Yang sighed and watched Guo Kai enter the Daming Palace. He didn't look at the body on the ground until his back disappeared, and said with a wry smile, "I thought these imperial guards were disguised, but I didn't expect that they were really like this. I don’t know how much power that prince had back then, and what he left to his son is still so powerful now.”

"Brother Zhou, what should we do now?" Zhao Yanling asked anxiously, not because she was really nervous or ignorant.

"Lang Ning - If even a single word of what happened just now is revealed, none of you nine tribes will survive." Zhou Yang breathed a long sigh of relief and glanced at the people around him. Until they all turned pale and knelt on the ground, he waved his hand to get out, and then went to Zhao Yanling said, "What's more, if the eldest prince is in such a disaster today, the other one will be fine?"

"Brother Zhou is saying-" Panic finally appeared on Zhao Yanling's face.

"Don't forget, Dongfang has never shown his face since he greeted us. The three and a half hundred households that the princess arranged for me to train at the beginning have not even been seen." Zhou Yang was helpless. He smiled bitterly, remembering the ambush arranged by Princess Yongchang, "Okay, why do you think so much? It's not our turn to care."

At the same time, in the back hall of Chuxiu Palace, the residence of Concubine Rong Wu.

The originally gorgeous palace had already been filled with blood. The corpses of more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs on the ground were shocking. What was even more frightening was that people kept bringing corpses in. There were people of various identities in the palace, including There were more than a dozen concubines, beauties or female officials who also belonged to the Chuxiu Palace.

"Dongfang Bing, you are like this today. Aren't you afraid of His Majesty's reckoning later?" Emperor Yonghe's real first favorite concubine, Wu Guifei, who was in sync with "Concubine Yuan's marriage", was reprimanding her in panic at this time. Even though she was over thirty years old, she was still The face as beautiful as a [-]-year-old girl was also covered with paleness at this time, "I know your relationship with Yongchang, so what? Once..."

"No one in this palace can talk nonsense anymore." Dongfang Bing glanced at the second prince Guo Yu who was hiding in the corner, his expression was full of sarcasm, and after a moment he pointed to the corpse and the water that had been poured all over the palace. You's subordinate said, "Concubine Rong, please rest assured. Since the general had the courage to use firearms directly, he naturally did not think of leaving any evidence.

Considering that you are also the lord of the same palace, the Tian family should have the dignity of the Tian family. As the saying goes, "the sword and the ax do not attack the body", but this is the case. Does the empress want to end it on her own, or let the general send her away? One ride?You don't need to look at the guy in the corner. I really don't understand. What considerations did the empress have in raising him to be such a waste? "

"Haha, the saint's words and small words are righteous. If I had known today." At this time, Concubine Wu also knew that it was unavoidable. She picked up the small porcelain bottle that Dongfang Bing threw at her with a complicated tone, "It's hard for you to be willing to leave one for me. The whole corpse, that’s all—”

"Go away, empress!" Looking at Concubine Wu who had drunk the red crown in one gulp, Dongfang Bing sighed softly, turned around and went up to hold down the second prince Guo Yu, regardless of his nonsense words such as "No, please help". , and unscrewed a porcelain bottle, opened his mouth and poured it in hard!

On the third day of October in the 50th year of Longwu, King Yi Zhong led a rebellion and once broke through the palace gate. The rebellion caused many damages in the palace, and the resulting fire burned down two palace courtyards in the West Sixth Palace. The palace maids, eunuchs, Nearly a thousand guards and other guards were killed or injured; but the most important thing was the Chuxiu Palace where Concubine Rong Wu lived. The raging fire almost burned the palace to the ground. The concubine herself and her son, the second prince Guo Yu, were all killed!

(End of this chapter)