Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 157 An Unquiet Night

"Go down to the top to check. If you can defeat the enemy, you should repel these people as soon as possible. It's just that other royal palaces may also suffer disaster today, so you must rush to save people."

After Li Jishan finished speaking, he hurried up to the outer city wall, hid behind the watchtower and looked out.

These cavalry and infantry didn't carry anything to attack the city, and it was impossible for jokes and large equipment to appear in the capital without any impact.

But these people were obviously in a hurry, where did they find some ladders to put on the palace wall, these fierce soldiers actually held sharp knives in their mouths, and quickly climbed up!
Faced with such a situation, those ordinary guards who were just guarding the palace suddenly fought in panic. The aura brought by the opponent was too oppressive, and the fierce flames were surging, making people dare not fight hard. Bloody, these guards, who had never experienced such a cruel scene, were afraid that they could not help but be defeated long ago.

Li Jishan went up to the city wall, and immediately discussed with Commander Hu to pour boiling water and oil upon seeing this situation.

At this moment, someone poured kerosene down, and many people were burned to death immediately when the fire was thrown down. The burning smell in the air was disgusting, and the rebels immediately stopped their offensive and temporarily stopped. But they kept shooting arrows at the city wall, and some people even came up with the idea of ​​deliberately shooting rockets into the city wall.

The rocket ignited some sundries, and Murong Wei was watching from a distance, and couldn't sit still at this moment.

The wall was suddenly engulfed in a sea of ​​flames. Murong Wei was taken aback when she saw this. Seeing that the fire was likely to spread, she immediately called for people to clean up the surrounding area and make a fireproof belt to prevent the fire from spreading and destroy the palace again. burnt.

Under Murong Wei's command, the eunuchs and maids hurriedly opened a firebreak around the surroundings with sickles and shovels, and at the same time sent people to fight fires up and down the city wall.

There were injured guards on the wall from time to time, and people had to get them down to be treated by the imperial physicians of those good doctors. For Murong Wei, all of this was too strenuous.

Regardless of past life or present life, she is a person who has never seen blood. Now she is required to face such an exciting scene. If it is not for protecting her homeland, she thinks she really wants to hand over the command right now. .

But people are forced. Up to now, as the princess of Luo Wangfu, when Xiao Mingrui was not around, the only thing she could do in the face of such a danger was to resist the pressure and fight.

Behind her is her homeland, her children, if she can't change anything by panicking at this moment, she can only think of a solution calmly.

Fortunately, there are capable people in the palace, Hu Tongling and others, and Li Jishan, a wise man, so it is not too bad.

In fact, Murong Wei can't help too much. The biggest role of her existence is to give people confidence and arrange the rear.

Not long after the two sides fought, although there were casualties on each other, the people below were fierce soldiers. After being injured, they became more ferocious. They continued to attack upwards, and some even attacked towards the door.

Murong Wei was terrified, listening to the shouts of killing everywhere in the capital, she thought to herself: Could it be that something happened to the emperor at the front line?
I don't know what happened to Xiao Mingrui at the moment?
It was getting late, and the mighty Jingnan Camp had also finished a day of training. Because Emperor Jianwu went out, many soldiers from the Jingnan Camp had joined the army, but some soldiers still stayed here to defend the capital.

It was obvious that these arrogant soldiers were very dissatisfied with not being able to catch up with the expedition to grab the military merits. At this time, as the moon rose high, in a camp, there was a man eight feet tall who was drinking alcohol. The face was rough, and he was talking to another middle-aged general.

"Grandma, I'm almost fading out. Why should the people from Zuoying stay to defend the capital? Deputy General Zhang, tell me, is this reasonable?"

The middle-aged general looked gloomy, and at this moment he raised his eyes and looked at the big man as if: "Lu San, do you dare to question the order from above? Commander He has already said it, let us stay calm and not be impatient."

"Be safe, don't be an irritable bird." The big man cursed, and suddenly heard a commotion outside, the big man cursed: "What's going on, what's the noise?"

Then a soldier sneaked into the tent, "Your Excellency, Deputy General Zhang, just now, I see that the capital seems to be on fire."

The big man became interested, so he got out of the tent and took a look. Although Jingnan Daying is still more than 20 miles away from the capital, standing on a high place, you can still see the fire more than 20 miles away, and because it is at night, the ancients went to bed early. , the buildings are not densely packed, and there seems to be a lot of movement that can be heard.

Lu San suddenly became interested and shouted loudly that he wanted Shao Qi in the camp to find out what happened.

Vice-General Zhang looked into the distance, frowned and said, "Fires are common in the capital. What are you going to see? We haven't received a transfer order, but we can't transfer troops at will."

"Anyway, the sentinel will be back in a while, what if it burns to Lao Tzu's house?"

When he said this, Vice General Zhang was also a little worried, so he asked the sentry to go to the capital to find out what happened.

Unexpectedly, before anyone was sent out, Master He, the Commander of the Left Battalion, came and scolded: "What are you sending sentries for? Even if there is a fire in the capital, Bingmasi, Shuntian Mansion, and those adults will still be in charge."

Lu San made a bad face, and wanted to explode in anger, but was stopped by Deputy General Zhang, "Your Excellency is right, I was also worried that the fire would affect my family."

Commander He frowned and said, "Don't worry, the fire is in the outer city, and your home is not there."

After that, he ordered the soldiers to be strictly prohibited from leaving the camp, and those who violated the military law would be dealt with.

Lu San was furious, and he was still cursing when he returned to the tent: "If the surname He could climb on top of us because of his nepotism, he would have dragged him up."

The two sat opposite each other, but Deputy General Zhang was a little surprised. Ordinarily, the commander would not be so disrespectful to them. Besides, it is not too much for them to send their own soldiers back to the city to have a look. Is it necessary to tear your face like this?
The two were drinking, when suddenly, soldiers came in and told Lu San that a friend had come to visit.

Lu Sanzheng was impatient: "What friend of mine came here to visit?"

Then a hearty voice sounded: "Lu San, I'm visiting you, you don't welcome me?"

Lu San looked up and saw two people entered the tent, one was standing on the left, in his 20s, with a scar on his face, the other was wearing a bamboo hat, his head was lowered and he couldn't see his face clearly.

"Hey, aren't you Fan Yang?"

When Lu San saw that the man was actually his comrade when he was fighting at the border, he was overjoyed, and he came up to him and gave him a fist: "How did you find this place, kid? Come and drink with me!"

Fan Yang smiled and said, "I didn't come here today to drink with you."

He looked around and said in a low voice, "I have something important to discuss with you."

Lu San's eyes froze, and he quickly waved away the guards, and asked them to guard at a distance.

Vice General Zhang also recognized Fan Yang, and they were surprised to see the man wearing the bamboo hat beside him.

"Tonight I will give you a lot of wealth." Fan Yang's words were sensational, "If you do meritorious deeds tonight, you will have to seal your wife and son in the future."

Lu San was impatient, and asked: "Stop joking with me, tell me, why are you here?"

"Didn't you notice the abnormality in the capital?"

Fan Yang said a few words in a low voice, and the faces of Zhang and Lu suddenly changed drastically.

"It's impossible, how dare he do this? Your Majesty..."

"The emperor was injured in an accident. Some people used the emperor's order to transfer the soldiers from the capital to the border. Now they want to cooperate with the outside and seize the city gate. On the one hand, they are arresting the family members of important officials in the capital to force them to cooperate. But the emperor is wise. He has already known about this matter, and now it is just a plan, as long as you lead troops into the city to defend and defeat the rebels, then in the future, when the emperor returns, think about it, how much credit will it be?"

When the two heard this, Lu San said anxiously: "Okay, let's set off now, and go to the commander to transfer troops, he has the seal of dispatching troops."

Vice General Zhang was dubious: "Fan Yang, you are not from the Emperor's side, and you are not from the Imperial Forest Army. Why did the Emperor entrust this matter to you?"

"Let me prove it, how about it?" The person wearing the hat just took off the hat at this time, it was Xiao Mingrui!
Both Zhang Lu and Zhang Lu were taken aback, they had fought against Xiao Mingrui before, how could they not recognize him, and bowed down immediately.

Xiao Mingrui helped them up, "Now is not the time to talk about it, my father ordered me to return to the capital, I can't delay now, I need to dispatch troops immediately."

After finishing speaking, he took out a golden arrow token: "This is the deployment and reconnaissance given to me by the emperor, now I order you to use all the soldiers in the camp, and follow me to serve as the king now!"

Vice General Zhang stood up and said, "Are you going to find Commander He?"

Xiao Mingrui said coldly: "He is already untrustworthy, now go and take him down with this king, and then transfer troops to Beijing!"

Lu San excitedly said: "No wonder he won't let me send someone to the capital to check, well, with the prince here, I will fight with him!"

This night is destined to be a restless night.

When Xiao Mingrui brazenly seized Commander He's seal in the Jingnan Camp, beheaded Commander He's cronies, leaving only two or 3000 troops for defense, he immediately mobilized all the troops in the camp and left the Jingnan Camp.

Two miles away from Daying, they met the soldiers who had followed Xiao Mingrui to the border to King Qin, but at the moment, half of them were missing.

Xiao Mingrui looked in the direction of the capital, and a raging fire ignited in his heart.

Success or failure, tonight!
He raised his whip and headed north, facing the burning capital, facing the arrangement that might be fate.

The closer you got to the capital, the clearer the sound of killing was, because there was Marquis Yu Nan guarding the city, except for some of the fierce soldiers who sneaked into the city in advance and tried to kidnap the important officials of the court, all those who wanted to attack the city from other directions were encountered without exception. frustration.

Marquis Yunan still has a good idea of ​​guarding the city, but because there are not many troops in the capital, and some of them are going to fight the fire, they are too far apart from each other, and it is too late to deploy troops in a short time, but once there is enough time or the troops around the capital find out situation, they will return immediately, so they only need to procrastinate.

Yu Nanhou also sent troops to rescue the mansion of the important officials, but the strength of the troops was also limited.

Until Xiao Mingrui arrived with his troops, the situation changed immediately.

Some entered the city, and some joined the rebels from outside and inside.

Xiao Mingrui was anxious, and immediately sent his confidant Wu Jing and others to the Luo Palace with soldiers and horses.

Although he had made some arrangements before, in fact, when he left the capital, he himself was not very sure that the other party would take the risk, so he was inevitably a little nervous after the incident happened.

Fortunately, he knew that Li Jishan was a smart person, and Murong Wei was not an ordinary woman, so he should be able to guard the palace now.

It's just that the palace doesn't have any capable people after all, if someone rushed in and hijacked her and her children, it would be his life.

At the moment, the Luo Wang Mansion is also in a tense and busy state. It has been many years since such a thing happened, and everyone is a little terrified.

Fortunately, the princess arranged things very calmly. Although the rebels outside were making a fuss and hit the wall several times, they were still beaten down.

When something like this happened in the Luo Palace, the surrounding households were afraid to go out, fearing that they would suffer a military disaster, but because the Luo Palace could not be taken down for a while, the rebels outside were also very anxious.

The rebel army launched another attack. There are not many bows and arrows in the arsenal of the palace. After all, such a thing happened in the capital. It is also deeply bad.

Just when he felt that he couldn't support the opponent's fierce attack, there were bursts of roaring footsteps and horseshoes from the east street.

Commander Hu was startled. Could it be that the rebels captured the capital?

As the footsteps approached, everyone held their breath and looked around, but they saw more than 100 cavalry in front, followed by a large group of infantry. The raised spear reflected a frightening light under the cold moonlight, and a blood-chilling aura filled the air with the arrival of those people, which immediately surprised people.

The leading knight was wearing a red cloak, and it seemed that he had reached fifty steps in the blink of an eye, and without any nonsense, he immediately shot a bow at the rebel army.

His arrows were also really accurate, and the sharp mace pierced the heart of one of the soldiers through the armor.

Commander Hu shouted loudly from above, overjoyed: "Who is here?"

"By His Majesty's order, come to suppress the rebellion!"

Wu Jing shouted loudly. Seeing the menacing approach and hearing Wu Jing's words, those rebels panicked and paused.

Previously, it was just relying on one breath, but now seeing the arrival of reinforcements, and they are all elite troops, and hearing that it is the order of the emperor, it is even known that the general situation is over.

Without flanking Wu Jing and Hu Tong for a while, these people were about to flee immediately.

Wu Jing shouted: "Catch them, after tonight they will all be promoted!"

The temptation of the title and the bloody stimulation immediately made the chasers crazy. Three or five teams chased after them. After catching up, they fought endlessly. It's a joke, this is all military exploits!

Wu Jing came in from the west gate. He also suffered a little injury in the battle just now, with a cut on his arm. After entering at this time, Li Jishan came over with a smile, "The prince has entered the capital?"

"Yes, we are now working with Yu Nanhou to suppress the rebellion, and now let the subordinates come back to rescue first."

Murong Wei came over in a hurry, was overjoyed to see Wu Jing, and quickly asked him about his situation, and when she learned that Xiao Mingrui had also returned, she immediately felt relieved.

Seeing that Wu Jing was injured, he asked the doctor to bandage him.

At this time, Xiangtao came from the backyard and was surprised to see Wu Jing there.

Murong Wei rolled her eyes, "Xiangtao, quickly bandage Captain Wu, he is a great hero of our palace."

Xiangtao gave Wu Jing a sideways look, and muttered, "Okay, come on, I'll bandage you."

Wu Jing waved his hand: "This subordinate has to go to other places in the capital, and now we have to search for the family of important ministers who have been held hostage."

After all, he didn't wait for Xiangtao to be bandaged, he wrapped himself in a white cloth, hurriedly went out to gather his subordinates, and took them to other palaces in the capital, where the important ministers were.

Xiangtao widened her almond eyes, "Is he looking down on slaves?"

Murong Wei laughed and said: "Then you have to ask him, I'll tell you, this time it's thanks to Wu Jing, you have to respect him."

Xiangtao felt aggrieved in her heart, but at least she knew it was safe at this moment, and the whole Luowang Mansion was also relieved.

However, Li Jishan still didn't dare to relax, and still defended the four gates. Murong Wei was busy with the aftermath, treating the wounded, and had no time for other things.

That night, the entire capital was in dire straits. Although the palace was not breached because of its fortification, some important ministers were captured. It was thanks to Wu Jing who took advantage of the chaos to save them, otherwise it would be a headache.

The whole capital city spent the night in trembling, and it wasn't until the dawn of the five o'clock that the noise gradually stopped.

The people looked out from the cracks in the door and the windows. The sound of horseshoes and roaring footsteps was everywhere this night, which really made them tremble with fear.

Moreover, when the defeated soldiers absconded, some people also robbed and killed people. Although they were hunted down and killed by the pursuers in the end, the people in the capital were definitely frightened.

Therefore, the city, which is usually very lively at this time, is completely silent at this moment, and no one dares to patrol the streets.

It wasn't until the Xuncheng Yushi led the soldiers and horses to beat the gongs and posted safety notices everywhere, announcing that the turmoil in the capital was over, did the citizens go out from their homes.

After such a night, some bloodstains can be seen occasionally on the streets of the capital. Fortunately, the dead have been cleared away, otherwise it would be even more scary.

It was only now that the people were talking about what happened last night.

At the foot of the capital, even Shengdou Xiaomin has some knowledge. This matter is really weird, so they can't make any guesses.

It's just that some people have made trouble, but it is undoubtedly a very certain thing.

Anmin's announcement did not make it clear that ordinary people naturally don't need to know too much about these things.

Murong Wei had been busy for most of the night, and she didn't go back to check on her children until Su De took over to clean up the mess. Chu didn't sleep much that night, so she saw Murong Wei and asked about the situation carefully.

Xi was also attacked in the palace of Prince Qin, but because the concubine was not in the palace, the opponent quickly retreated.

Murong Wei is also very concerned about her natal family's affairs. When she learned that some people went to attack Murong Mansion, Murong Mansion also lost a lot of people. The other party broke into the front yard once and burned down some houses, but they were still repulsed. The loss was huge. Xiao, fortunately the soldiers sent by Yu Nanhou arrived in time, otherwise it would be really dangerous.

As for the Chu family's natal family's Weibeihou Mansion, it is a military family with strict security, and the family's private soldiers are also very powerful, and it is impossible for rebels to invade.

But this time, many people in the capital have suffered. If the emperor doesn't give an account of what to say about this matter, these important ministers will be disappointed.

After all, it is a major crime of treason.

By now, some well-informed people have already known the situation, and they have already secretly contacted their colleagues to prepare to file a letter of impeachment. Some people are also preparing to separate their ties, and some people are thinking about how to use this opportunity to expand their power and attack the enemy.

All in all, it's a mess.

After a night, Murong Wei was also extremely sleepy, so she rested alone.

When the sky was bright and the sun was rising, the capital had slowly returned to its former bustle.

But because of the martial law at the nine gates of the capital, people are not allowed to enter and leave at will, which also caused a lot of trouble.

Xiao Mingrui was busy all night, fighting rebels, chasing down rebels, maintaining order in the capital, rescuing important ministers, and replying to his father, the whole person was very busy.

Chu Wang and He Wang, who were surrounded at home in the middle of the night, also found him, and both of them were a little frightened.

But at any rate, it's Long Zi, so he's not so good-for-nothing that he hides at home. After such a big event, he can't sit still no matter what.

Xiao Mingrui told them some things, but still concealed some things.

The king of Chu then asked, "When will the father return to Beijing?"

If there is such a big disturbance in the capital, Emperor Jianwu must be in charge, and they can't do it here.

"Father will be back soon, third brother, don't worry. We just need to maintain the order in the capital." Xiao Mingrui's bright eyes also had bloodshot eyes, but he was still in good spirits.

He Wang sighed: "I'm so confused, I didn't expect..."

Xiao Mingrui said indifferently: "This will have to wait for the emperor to come back to deal with it. As sons and ministers, we can only do our duty well."

He Wang sighed, thinking of the impact of this matter.

He really didn't expect King Qi to have such courage.

But he still doesn't know the specific situation, what Xiao Mingrui said is not necessarily accurate, I'm afraid there is something hidden in it.

Otherwise, even if Emperor Jianwu really died without a crown prince, so what, the most beneficial would be King Qi.

If there is no incentive for this, he doesn't think King Qi would do this.

But right now there is absolutely no other way.

The matter has come to this, can only sit and wait for death.

Even if he does not die, he cannot escape the fate of being confined.

Xiao Mingrui knew it well in his heart, but now he was not sure what his father would do.

In this matter, he intervened, causing things that might not have become so serious to get out of control.

It is also because of this that the current situation is caused and everything he wants is obtained.

All he did was to make the most of the situation. He knew that his father, as an emperor, would not tolerate such a thing, even if the person who wanted to rob him of power was his son.

The Tian family is ruthless, and the emperor who sits at the highest position usually cares most about their own imperial power.

Xiao Mingrui has no regrets or emotions in his heart, he has chosen this path, and he has long been clear about what to do.

Counting King Qi is nothing. If he hadn't made preparations early today and was killed or plotted against, he would be the one who is now in prison.

Either you die or I live.

Just like what his wife Murong Wei said... kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.

Xiao Mingrui looked at the heavy sky, his face was also gloomy.

He also didn't feel happy or joyful because his brother was arrested. He still handled the matter calmly, supervised the country with the king of Chu and the king, and worked with the ministers to deal with the aftermath.

This busy work lasted until mid-morning, when Xiao Mingrui was free and returned to Luowang Mansion from the cabinet.

In front of the palace, you can see the craftsmen of the Gongzheng Institute gathering at the west gate of the palace, repairing the damage caused by last night.

The originally towering walls are now very messy. Entering from the west gate, there is a large area of ​​scorched earth, making the originally majestic palace look like it was after a military disaster, which makes people feel frightened.

Li Jishan came to meet Xiao Mingrui in person, and the two talked all the way, roughly telling Xiao Mingrui what happened last night.

It was only now that Xiao Mingrui knew that yesterday was so dangerous, those people first thought of cheating to open the palace to come in, if they really let them in, it would be really messed up.

At that time, even if you can drive people away, you will have to pay a big price.

"Wangfei is really a hero among women. Although what happened last night, if you were an ordinary woman, you would have lost her face, but Wangfei is calm and composed, and the arrangements are well-organized. It is thanks to Wangfei that she was able to wait until Captain Wu arrived."

Xiao Mingrui felt a little proud and proud, and his face was a little smug: "Of course, that's my king's concubine."

Seeing his expression, Li Jishan laughed: "Congratulations, my lord."

Xiao Mingrui said in a low voice, "It's too early to say that."

Li Jishan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Your Highness is a genius, as long as you don't get carried away."

Xiao Mingrui knew very well that even if King Qi fell, his father might not necessarily choose him.

Although he got a lot of information from that book, everything is unknown.

(End of this chapter)