Concubine

Chapter 459

Liu Ruobing said: "Qiu Chi is negotiating with Ji Gang inside, asking him to hand over brother Ling. He asked me to come out and tell the princess that you must not rush in. This is Ji Gang's conspiracy. He intentionally provokes you so that you can lead troops to rush in. , and then framed you for robbing the Imperial Prison, that is a capital crime for the Zhujiu Clan! We cannot be fooled by Ji Gang!"

If someone else said this, Yun Lu might not be able to listen to it, but Liu Ruobing was Yang Qiuchi's concubine, and what he was conveying was Yang Qiuchi's words, and Liu Ruobing herself was not angry and majestic, and had a convincing majesty. Lu suddenly regained consciousness, and after thinking about it calmly, she realized the serious consequences, and couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

Yun Lu hurriedly asked: "Then what should I do with my brother? Sister Liu, you are a master of martial arts, can you sneak into the imperial prison and rescue my brother, or help take care of him secretly!"

Liu Ruobing was a little hesitant, pondered for a while, and thought, what Ji Gang wants most now is to let our people go to the imperial prison, then the pretext of robbing the prison is solid, they must have been prepared, and it will not be easy to go by themselves at this time If you succeed, secondly, I'm afraid they will fall into their tricks.Quickly said: "Qiuchi is negotiating with them, maybe I have to go to the emperor..."

Yun Lu became anxious again: "By the time we enter the palace and find the emperor, my brother may have already been beaten to death by them!"

"Brother Ling is King Miao's son and your own elder brother, the princess. He, Ji Gang, dare not execute him without authorization. He just wants to use this to attack Qiuchi and lure us into a trap. Execution without authorization is not good for him."

"But……"

Before Yunlu could finish speaking, he heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and several troops rushed over.

Zhang Xiaojiang was startled, and immediately ordered to form a battle formation. Fortunately, the square in front of the Fusi gate in Beizhen was very wide, and Yunlu's guard team was well-trained, and quickly formed a battle formation.

The incoming army was not weak, they surrounded Yunlu and her cavalry troops in a fan-shaped formation of long snakes, and a few horses rushed out of them, leading a young man, tall and burly, with a voice like a bell, and shouted: "The emperor Sister! You are so daring to lead your troops in an attempt to rob the prison! You don’t want to get off the horse, come with me to see the emperor!"

Yun Lu was taken aback, and raised her eyes to see that the person who came was the second prince Zhu Gaoxu.The army led behind him was exactly the personal guard bestowed upon him by Emperor Ming Chengzu Yu.

In principle, the military system of the Ming Dynasty had 600 troops per guard, so the strength of Tiance's guards far exceeded Princess Yunlu's [-] cavalry.

Yun Luce immediately stepped forward and said, "Second Brother, Ji Gang framed my brother for murder, beat him violently, and took him to Beizhen Fusi Prison. I believe my brother will not kill someone. ...!"

Zhu Gaoxu said coldly: "Whether it's a frame-up or not, Commander Ji will naturally find out. Commander Ji is a minister whom the father has always trusted very much. My sister, how can you slander the important officials of the court wantonly with filthy words? Huh! You led your troops to surround the Fusi of Jinyiwei Town without authorization, and attempted to rob the prison, are you too courageous? Why don't you disband your guards, and then go with me to see the emperor to accept the crime!"

Yun Lu was so stupid, the second brother didn't help her family, but helped outsiders, and wantonly framed herself for robbing the prison. Fortunately, Liu Ruobing stopped her just now, and she didn't lead the soldiers to rush in. Otherwise, she really jumped into it. The Yellow River can't wash it clean either.

She didn't know that Zhu Gaoxu and Ji Gang were in the same group. In the battle of Jingnan, Ji Gang was the personal guard of Ming Chengzu. He fought side by side with Zhu Gaoxu many times, and lived and died several times. It can be said that he was a comrade in life and death.In the subsequent battle for the crown prince, Ji Gang always firmly stood by Zhu Gaoxu's side.

It is not unreasonable to make this choice. Ji Gang has super political acumen. As early as in the Battle of Jingnan, the second prince Zhu Gaoxu fought bravely and saved Ming Chengzu's life several times. He was appreciated by Ming Chengzu and praised many times. Zhu Gaoxu is very much like himself back then.

At that time, the prince Zhu Gaochi was sitting in the rear, and he would not flirt to please Ming Chengzu, so Ming Chengzu didn't like him very much, and he wanted to change the prince many times, and let the second prince Zhu Gaoxu be the prince. The prince's heart is very obvious, even his personal bodyguard Tian Cewei was given to Zhu Gaoxu.

This Tian Cewei is not ordinary. Back when Tang Taizong Li Shimin was the King of Qin, he opened the Tiance Mansion, and his soldiers and horses were called Tian Cewei. Ming Chengzu agreed to use his personal guard as the second prince Zhu Gaochi's guard, The intention is already very obvious.

It was precisely when Ji Gang saw this clearly that he stood firmly on the side of the second prince Zhu Gaochi. Although the later facts proved that his choice was wrong and he lost his life because of it, but at that time, this choice was undoubtedly the most suitable for him. logical judgment.

Zhu Gaoxu's appearance at this juncture was not accidental, he had discussed this trap with Ji Gang, and after Yang Qiuchi entered Beizhen Fusi and Yunlu's soldiers and horses also rushed into the imperial prison, Zhu Gaoxu immediately dispatched troops to capture Yunlu, Yang Qiu Chi and others captured them in one fell swoop, and took this opportunity to frame the two of them for robbery.This charge can be confirmed.

However, Zhu Gaoxu's eyeliner found that Yang Qiuchi was not fooled, and Yun Lu was going to rush in but did not. After telling Zhu Gaoxu who was ambushing not far away, Zhu Gaoxu was worried that Yunlu and Yang Qiuchi would withdraw from the Beizhen Fusi , then all the plans were in vain, and then immediately sent troops to surround Yunlu, trying to frame them for trying to rob the prison based on the current facts.

Attempting to rob a prison is not a small crime.If you don't do it well, you will lose your head.

At this time, under the protection of all the guards, Yang Qiuchi rushed out of Beizhen Fusi and came to the square.

Seeing the confrontation between the two armies in front of the square, the battle was about to break out, Yang Qiuchi was shocked, rushed to Yunlu, and shouted: "What's going on?"

Yun Lu was angry and impatient: "Second brother didn't help me, and even framed me and said that I want to rob the prison—where is my brother?"

"Don't worry, this is a trap set by the old thief Ji Gang, we cannot be fooled, now you and I will immediately enter the palace to meet the emperor."

"En!" Yunlu nodded.

A loud laugh came from a distance: "Yang, aren't you going to turn my prison upside down? What? Are you going to run away with your tail between your legs again?" It was Ji Gang who spoke.

Surrounded by the guards, Ji Gang walked out of the gate on crutches, walked up to the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, and bowed to salute: "Please refer to the second prince for your humble position."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, and pointed at Yang Qiuchi with the horsewhip: "The daring thief actually instigated Princess Yunlu to lead the army to rob the prison, what should he do? Why don't you kneel down!"

Regarding the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, Yang Qiuchi had only heard about it before, but had never dealt with him. Now that he saw him, the second prince actually framed him for robbing the imperial court.

If Ji Gang framed himself like this, it would be easy to handle. If you add the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, who is deeply appreciated and trusted by Ming Chengzu, it would be very bad. He couldn't help but sink in his heart, and quickly stepped forward and said: "The humble Yang Qiuchi, bow down!" As the deputy envoy of the Jinyiwei Commander, he was ordered by the Holy Order to be in charge of the Nanzhen Fusi. Ji Gang took my secretary down to Fuyun Leng, and he is a special important person from a lowly position. It is not a robbery prison..."

Zhu Gaoxu whipped his horsewhip in the air, and shouted violently: "Shut up! You surrounded the Fusi in Beizhen, and you even led people into the Si, murdered and injured people, and robbed the prison. Is it still fake?"

Yang Qiuchi was a little angry, neither arrogant nor humble: "The humble official is the commander and deputy envoy of Jinyiwei, and he is ordered to pick up the laws and regulations of the Jinyiwei. He talks about entering the Beizhen Fusi, even if he enters the imperial prison, it is also within the scope of the humble official's authority. What about robbing the prison? Princess Yunlu’s guards are just outside Fusi of Beizhen, asking to see Ji Gang to ask about her brother Yun Leng, this is normal, so how can it be regarded as robbing the prison?”

Zhu Gaoxu was at a loss for words for a while, and shouted: "I don't listen to your sophistry. I only saw you leading troops to surround Beizhen Fusi and attempt to rob the imperial prison. It is a heinous crime. A bold thief will not kneel down!"

Yang Qiuchi's chest puffed up: "What is the crime of acting in accordance with the order of a lowly position? The prince is only a prince, not the emperor, and there is no need to kneel down for a lowly position!"

"It's wrong! It's really wrong!" Zhu Gaoxu yelled, and with a swipe of his horsewhip, "Take this thief down for me!"

The personal guard behind him agreed, and rushed forward to arrest people.

Nan Gongxiong and other guards stepped forward and stopped in front.Song Yun'er waved her short sword and shouted: "Come here if you are not afraid of death!"

During the stalemate, the sound of horseshoes was heard in the distance, and a group of people came galloping, and the leader shouted loudly: "Everyone stop! The imperial decree has arrived!"

Everyone raised their eyes and saw a group of inner guards coming, and it was Eunuch Li who came galloping after him.

Eunuch Li rode his horse up to Yang Qiuchi and Zhu Gaoxu, and said loudly: "The imperial decree has arrived, Commander Ji Gang, Marquis of Zhenyuan Yang Qiuchi, and Princess Qingxi Yunlu knelt down to receive the decree!"

The three of them knelt down and kowtowed with doubts on their faces.

Eunuch Li's sharp voice continued: "The emperor ordered Ji Gang, Yang Qiuchi, and Yunlu to escort the escort to Yun Leng, and immediately enter the palace to see him. I hereby!"

The second prince Zhu Gaoxu said: "Elder-in-law, didn't the emperor ask me to go?"

"Your majesty doesn't know that you are also here, Lord Han." Eunuch Li looked around, and suddenly understood, and said with a smile, "How about...you should go with me, Lord."

"Okay, this king has exactly this intention!" Zhu Gaoxu pointed at Yang Qiuchi with his horsewhip, "This thief tricked Princess Yunlu and led troops to surround Beizhen Fusi in an attempt to rob the imperial prison. He should be arrested and questioned! Someone...!"

Eunuch Li hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor just said that he wanted Mr. Yang to meet him, but he didn't say that he should arrest him."

"Could it be that this king can't take down this traitor?" Zhu Gaoxu said angrily.

The second prince, Zhu Gaoxu, didn't make sense at all. He had to take him down and tie him up to be content. Yang Qiuchi couldn't help but get angry, not caring so much, and said loudly: "My lord, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, only the Jinyiwei and the Sanfasi can do it." To arrest people, or you can only do things according to the holy order." The implication is that although you Zhu Gaoxu is the king of Han, you have no right to arrest people casually.

Zhu Gaoxu had never been confronted like this before. He pointed at Yang Qiuchi with his horsewhip and shouted angrily: "Okay! Okay! When I become the king..., hum! This king will be the first to destroy your nine clans!"

Yang Qiuchi felt a chill in his heart. Before he crossed over, he didn't know about this period of history. After he came, he found out that the three princes were vying for the crown prince. But he didn't understand history, and he didn't know who the emperor behind Ming Chengzu was. This Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, then he will be in trouble.

However, it was Zhu Gaoxu's words that made Yang Qiuchi secretly make up his mind to help his savior prince Zhu Gaochi succeed to the throne with all his strength, and he must not let the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, who will destroy his nine clans when he becomes the emperor, take power.

Now that he has made this determination, Yang Qiuchi doesn't have to be afraid of the second prince anymore, he smiled coldly, turned to Ji Gang and said, "Master Ji, the emperor ordered you to escort Yun Leng to meet us immediately, you won't resist Follow it?"

Ming Chengzu intervened in time, which surprised Ji Gang. However, Yang Qiuchi did not fall into his trap today, which made Ji Gang a little regretful, but for now, he is also confident that Yang Qiuchi and Yun Leng, Yunlu framed him.Then he turned around and ordered his subordinates to escort Yun Leng out.

After a while, Yun Leng was tied up with five flowers, and his face was bloodstained, and he was escorted out of Beizhen Fusi.

Yun Lu exclaimed, got off her horse and rushed towards Yun Leng, hugging Yun Leng: "Brother! How are you?"

Yun Leng was beaten until his nose was blue and his face was swollen, one eye was so swollen that he could not see clearly, his lips were swollen and high, and his whole body was covered with bloodstains from the whip whip, which was covered with blood.He said vaguely: "Brother is fine...don't worry..."

Yun Lu hugged Yun Leng distressedly, turned around and told Zhang Xiaojiang: "Come here quickly! Help me untie my brother!"

Zhang Xiaojiang got off his horse and rushed over with a sword in his hand. The Jinyi guards who were escorting Yun Leng pulled out their embroidered spring knives and stood in front of him.Zhang Xiaojiang swung his long sword, and there were a few clangs. Several Jin Yiwei were hit by the sword in their wrists and retreated screaming. The other Jin Yiwei were about to step forward when they heard Ji Gang cough and shook their heads, and they all backed away.

Zhang Xiaojiang swiped a few swords and cut the rope on Yun Leng's back. Yun Leng's arm had been bound for a long time, it was sore and numb, and he couldn't move for a while, Yun Lu supported him to walk back.

Yang Qiuchi came forward and said, "Yun Leng, how is it? Are you seriously injured?"

Yun Li grinned at his swollen lips, and smiled naively: "I'm fine, it's just some flesh and blood wounds. Thank you Lord Hou for your concern." Then he knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said, "I can't complete the task assigned by Lord Hou. , please forgive me!"

Yang Qiuchi helped him up with both hands: "It's not your fault, it's just our lack of understanding of the habits of these biting dogs! Let me ask you, did you ever kill someone in Mianchunlou in Liuhua Hutong? ?” This is what Yang Qiuchi is most concerned about, what others say is not as clear as the person concerned himself.

Yun Leng said anxiously: "I didn't! They tortured me in the prison to extract a confession, and they also wanted me to admit that I killed that person, but I really didn't. We escorted Lin Yuan out, and rushed to the courtyard as soon as we arrived. A large group of people came in, armed with iron rods, and beat us indiscriminately, I don’t know who they were, I took out a knife to resist, and was beaten unconscious by the random rods!”

"Wave resistance? Did you hurt someone?"

"Definitely not! I would definitely feel it if I hurt someone. I was just resisting their iron rod attack."

Yang Qiuchi said: "I will investigate this matter thoroughly, don't worry. Now the emperor wants to summon some of us, and you follow me into the palace to meet the saint. If you want to explain the matter in detail, the emperor will make his own decision."

Yun Leng had been kept locked inside, beaten severely, and knew nothing about the outside situation. After hearing Yang Qiuchi's words, he realized that such a big thing had happened.Hearing that the emperor was going to summon him, he panicked immediately. Although he had met the emperor before, when he and his father Yun Tianqing sent Yunlu to the capital to marry the third prince, but now he was waiting for a crime. It's different, and I can't help but feel a little uneasy.

Yang Qiuchi patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, with Princess Yunlu and I here, we won't suffer!" Turning to Yunlu, he said, "Let's go!"

Yun Lu nodded, Zhang qingyang had already brought Princess Yunlu's horse over, and another horse for Yun Leng to ride.Yang Qiuchi also got on his horse, and a group of people galloped towards the Meridian Gate of the imperial palace.

Zhu Gaoxu was trembling with anger at Yang Qiuchi's words just now, but now there is an imperial decree to summon Yang Qiuchi and Yunlu, he has no choice but to follow along with Ji Gang to the palace.

Fusi of Jinyiwei Town is in the imperial city outside the palace city, on the left side of the imperial road. Yang Qiuchi and his party crossed the Outer Five Dragon Bridge, Chengtianmen, and Duanmen, and came to the Meridian Gate of the palace city.

Entering the Meridian Gate is the real palace, so here, except for personal guards and followers, the guards cannot enter.

Yang Qiuchi led Song Yun'er, Liu Ruobing and Nan Gongxiong as three personal guards, and Yun Lu led several guards including Zhang Xiaojiang, and entered the palace city through the right door next to the Meridian Gate.The second prince Zhu Gaoxu and Ji Gang also entered the right door with their personal guards.A group of people passed through Fengtian Gate and Qianqing Gate, entered the imperial court, and arrived at Qianqing Palace, the bedroom of Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty.

It was already midnight, but Emperor Ming Chengzu often read the memorials until late at night, so he slept very late.

When the group arrived in the courtyard, Eunuch Li went in first to report, and then came out, saying: "The emperor asked Commander Ji and the second prince to go in first, and escorted the prisoner Yun Leng in. Lord Yang and Princess Yunlu, please wait outside."

When Ji Gang heard this, he and Zhu Gaoxu looked at each other and smiled, with a hint of ferocity showing at the corners of their mouths.

After the two of them entered the room, the Ouchi guards also escorted Yun Leng in.Yang Qiuchi felt even worse, Ming Chengzu asked Ji Gang to go in, obviously, although Ming Chengzu hoped that he could become a force to check and balance Ji Gang, but for now, in Ming Chengzu's heart, his status is still not as good as Ji Gang!

This is not surprising, Yang Qiuchi is only good at solving cases, and solving cases is not very important to Ming Chengzu. If he needs to attack a certain force, Ji Gang's framing out of nothing is already very competent. What he needs is not evidence, not hard evidence to convince the other party. What he needs is an excuse, an excuse that is superficially convincing, such as the other party pleading guilty.And this point, Ji Gang is competent enough.

Compared with consolidating Ming Chengzu's regime, Ji Gang played a greater role than Yang Qiuchi.Yang Qiuchi thought to himself, the emperor let them in first, listened to the nonsense, and had preconceived ideas, the situation is so bad that it can't be worse.

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