Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 169 Action Cancellation
And at the moment they are condescending!
Xiao Mingrui didn't move, nor did he urge Lu Bing. Of course he understood what Lu Bing was planning, and now everything can only be left to Lu Binglai.

He, the emperor, can't intervene, because once he makes a move, everyone will worry about his safety, and it's hard to say whether he can concentrate at that time.

These desperadoes rushed over excitedly. Yes, they also saw the officers and soldiers present, but they obviously didn't pay attention to them.

As these people approached, the situation on the scene became more and more tense. Fortunately, the soldiers were elite and had been on the battlefield. The desire to make contributions arose in my heart.

The merit of escorting, what a credit this is, it's done, it's really done!
Hutou was a little nervous, and hugged Xiao Mingrui's arm tightly. Xiao Mingrui could feel the little man's body trembling, and his palms were full of sweat. It wasn't that he was strong enough, at this time, I'm afraid he would have been so scared that he would have burst into tears.

Xiao Mingrui hugged his son's small body, looking straight ahead like a sharp sword: "Wen Zhi, let me watch carefully!"

Lu Bing yelled: "Protect the emperor and kill the thieves! Archers, go!"

After entering the range, Lu Bing finally gave the order.

There were two hundred archers, two teams front and back. The front team had just shot, and the rear team immediately made up. The rain of arrows rushed into the sky like a thunderstorm. It seemed that the sky darkened in an instant, and then there was a scream.

These desperadoes have no armor, and some of them wear soft armor at most. However, compared with the spiked arrows used by the prairie wolf soldiers in these military and battlefields, these arrows are not only well-made, but also have three-edged arrows. Tufts are easy to bleed, arrow tails have tail feathers to maintain balance, and the rate of fire and power are more powerful.

Two waves of arrows were shot out, immediately one or two hundred people were injured, hundreds of people died at the beginning, and more than 200 people were injured and unable to move forward.

At this moment, the cavalry composed of Lu Bing's personal soldiers also started to attack the mob from the left and right sides. While riding horses and shooting arrows, some of them carried sabers and killed people when they approached. The already chaotic formation of the people charged in a mess, some people stopped, and some people rushed forward, but at this time the people in front, back, left and right had blocked their speed.

It sounds fast, but in fact it took only a blink of an eye, because it stopped and the speed slowed down, and the third wave of arrow rain attacked again.

Some brave people rushed over under the leadership of some people. There were about a hundred of them. Everyone was fierce and full of blood. They were obviously desperadoes who had killed people.

The third wave of arrow rain shot some people to death, but this group of people hid. When they got close, the bows and arrows could no longer play a role, because they might hurt their own people.

Seeing the line of shield soldiers in front of them, these desperadoes screamed. They are all murderers and robbers. Although they were embarrassed by the arrow rain just now and their hearts were terrified, they quickly became bloody and their eyes were scarlet. For them, if they could kill the emperor today, they would be famous all over the world, and it was worth it!

Those people who dared to pull the emperor off his horse didn't care about their lives.

However, just as they approached, with ferocious smiles on their faces, they raised their butcher knives to slaughter these seemingly defenseless shield soldiers, the pikemen shot.

From a tricky angle, these pikemen stabbed the invading enemy fiercely under the protection of their shields.

There was a sound of puff puff puff, that was the sound of weapons entering the body. Most of the desperadoes had their legs cut off by the spears, stabbed in the chest, and fell to the ground wailing. The lives of the Reapers who fell.

A line of about 50 soldiers formed a formation and rushed out of the formation, quickly confronting the rest of the intruders.

Those at the far end used spears, and those at close range used knives. They cooperated tacitly, sometimes attacking together, sometimes separating, and soon beat these desperadoes to death.

Of course, these brave men also caused a lot of casualties to the soldiers, but obviously they still couldn't shake the big formation. They could clearly see the obstacles on the emperor's height, but they just couldn't rush through.

At this time, the soldiers in the city had already come out of the city. As a great city, Dezhou was not bad in strength. There was a guard nearby, and they were already coming here.

As time went by, the chaotic crowd had gradually dispersed towards the periphery, and a large number of reinforcements hurriedly gathered here to protect Shengjia.

It's frightening to have such a thing happen. Anyway, the officials in Texas are already crying, and this time they doubt whether they can save their lives.

Not long after, the tragic scene will soon come to an end.

The arrival of a large number of soldiers reversed the situation on the scene. These arenas and lakes could not reach the big formation, and now they are completely surrounded.

Half of the soldiers protecting Xiao Mingrui went out to counterattack, and reunited with the soldiers who came to rescue them, and they were bound to strangle and capture these thieves alive.

"Royal Father." Hutou blushed with excitement, and waved his fists: "We won, we won!"

"Do you understand what the emperor told you to see?" Xiao Mingrui asked with a serious expression.

Hutou was stunned, looking at those people who were struggling desperately, like a flock of sheep at the end of the road. Although they seemed to be numerous and mighty, they were no match for officers and soldiers at all.

He seemed to understand something, and seemed to be thinking.

"Crowds are useless. Just like what my father said before, the number of soldiers is not enough."

Xiao Mingrui nodded: "One more thing, at this time you need to think, even in a dangerous situation, you must not forget to calm down, just like at this moment, if I choose to take you to escape into the city, you may be entangled by gangsters on the road instead of Be as calm as you are now. At any time, you must remember to analyze the situation and choose the most favorable method."

Hu Tou looked into the distance with half understanding, the smell of blood was still rising to the sky, but a sense of restlessness and excitement surged in his heart.

Such a world of killing Wushuang made him, a child of the royal family with a violent gene flowing in his blood, not feel scared, but excited.

Murong Wei saw it, and thought with a wry smile, I am afraid this is the difference between boys and girls. After all, Hutou is a son, and boys long for blood. They long for this feeling.

"ended."

Hutou looked at the stern and calm father in admiration. He felt that the father was too powerful. When he was most afraid, the father was still calm. Looking at the situation in front of him, he arranged all this. Hutou felt that the father The emperor is omnipotent, so he couldn't help but look up at him.

"Father, was it like this when you were fighting before?"

Xiao Mingrui smiled slightly, and patted his little head: "You will know later, if one day you can go to the battlefield and try."

"Well, my son must go to the battlefield to see, and also want to be a great general like the father." Hutou said seriously.

Lele raised his head at this time, the fighting outside had ended, the crowd had been evacuated, and the officers and soldiers had already arrested all the culprits.

It can be seen clearly from the bamboo curtain, Lele said in fear: "Mother, mother, just so scary."

Murong Wei comforted softly: "Lele is not afraid, it's all right now."

Hutou waved his small fist and said proudly: "Sister, brother will protect you from now on, don't be afraid, brother will beat the bad guys away!"

Xiao Mingrui and Murong Wei both laughed.

Lele looked suspiciously at the small body of Hutou, pouted her rosy mouth, "I don't want your protection, I want my father and queen."

Hutou said unconvinced: "My brother will grow up too, and one day he will be as tall as my father."

Xiao Mingrui said with a smile: "Then when you grow up, you can protect your younger sister and younger brother. Remember to treat them well and not bully them."

Hu Tou's eyes lit up, "Well, I will definitely protect them well."

Murong Wei secretly sighed in her heart, this boy liked being with his father more when he was older, although Hutou was attached to her, he also liked being with his father more, his feeling of admiration for Xiao Mingrui was not for nothing.

The impact on him today was even greater. Obviously, he might become a decisive emperor in the future, but it's too early to tell.

Xiao Mingrui looked outside, all civil and military officials came to plead guilty.

Xiao Mingrui ordered Murong Wei to take the child back to the palace first, he will deal with the matter here first, and let people investigate, who is involved in this assassination, who is so courageous, dare to assassinate the emperor, who provided the crossbow .

Murong Wei was a little worried about him, and said in a gentle voice, "My husband, please be careful, it's too dangerous outside."

"It's okay, I will go to the magistrate's yamen to deal with some matters, you go back to the palace first, today is really a disappointment."

It was supposed to be a good Dragon Boat Festival, but it turned out to be so bloody.

The family originally wanted to have fun watching the dragon boat race, but they didn't expect to be assassinated. The anger in Xiao Mingrui's heart had obviously piled up like a mountain.

Murong Wei had no choice but to go back to the palace under the escort of the guards.

Under the protection of officers and soldiers, Xiao Mingrui marched into Dezhou city in a mighty manner, and directly occupied the Yamen of the prefect of Dezhou.

In the past, there was no time to get angry when confronting the enemy, and everything was to kill the enemy first, but now he doesn't need to do this anymore.

After preliminary interrogation, it can be learned that these people are the bandits of the White Lotus Cult.

Xiao Mingrui was furious. People below the prefect of Dezhou were all pale. In their jurisdiction, under their noses, these religious bandits actually arranged for the assassination of the emperor, and he didn't know anything about it.

With Xiao Mingrui's order, the magistrate of Dezhou was stripped of his black hat, and all the officials below the magistrate were also in danger.

The officials on the ground in Shandong were all shuddering with fright, and the officials from the court who followed Xiao Mingrui to the south were already preparing inspectors at this time, so they must find out the matter as soon as possible.

The whole of Texas is now under martial law.

And the boundaries of Shandong are also completely messed up.

This time, Shandong's chief envoy is severely training the remaining officials in Dezhou, dispatching yamen servants everywhere, and the local local snakes have also been interrogated to find problems everywhere.

It's not just Shandong, the emperor's assassination happened, Xiao Mingrui immediately made a decree to wipe out the White Lotus Sect across the country.

They have provoked Xiao Mingrui's real anger.

These people usually hide in the crowd and it is difficult to detect them, but Xiao Mingrui doesn't believe that some local snakes don't know the clues.

If these people dared to assassinate him, they would have to bear the price.

And he has just arrived in Dezhou, why are these White Lotus Sect gangsters so courageous, planning to assassinate so many people the next day?

And judging from this situation, it was definitely not a temporary idea, it was clearly premeditated.

That being the case, it was strange, and he wouldn't believe that they dared to do this without any willingness.

If so, they would have perished long ago.

This kind of thing has never happened before, why is it like this today?
Xiao Mingrui thinks that someone behind this scene clearly conspired to inform the White Lotus Sect. Similarly, the origin of the crossbow bolt is also quite strange.

It is impossible to say that craftsmen can imitate it, because the production of this thing is very delicate and troublesome, and it is impossible for such a thing to be brought in from other places, otherwise, how could it pass the road guide and pass the inspection?

Xiao Mingrui asked people to check the treasury of Dezhou to see if there was any shortage of military funds.

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long to get news that the military resources were short of a crossbow.

However, the staff guarding the treasury had committed suicide, and there was a lack of circumstances here.

Xiao Mingrui was angry in his heart, and the governor of Shandong was so frightened that he mobilized the famous arresters and old government servants on the ground in Shandong. These are very experienced criminals, and they will investigate, and the results may be obtained soon.

And Xiao Mingrui didn't count on them all, he had already sent people from the General Administration Department to investigate.

Who was the participant, who recommended it, and how did he get in? All of this must be investigated.

By the time Xiao Mingrui returned to the palace from the government office in Dezhou, it was already late.

Hutou was talking to Pei Geer about the day's affairs, thinking excitedly about his future as a general.

Murong Wei was reading the book at the side, but she didn't read it very much. Hearing the noise of the children playing, she looked out.

Murong Wei led the child over to meet him, seeing that he was sullen and not looking well, and didn't ask questions, so she asked someone to prepare dinner.

Xiao Mingrui half-lyed on the bamboo chair, took the handkerchief and wiped his face, angrily said: "These bastards, I am really going to be mad at them, the government doesn't even know that there are so many desperadoes in Texas, Those bastards should be dismissed from office and go to prison to eat!"

Murong Wei persuaded: "Husband, don't be angry with them, we can't punish ourselves for other people's mistakes, can't we? Let's eat first and then talk about it. I don't think it's that simple. These people should be locals, otherwise how could the locals Can't you notice the arrival of so many outsiders?"

Xiao Mingrui nodded: "You are right, they are indeed local White Lotus followers."

Thinking of this, I felt hatred in my heart, "These Bailian believers are no different from ordinary people on weekdays, but some people do some evil things secretly. This time the person responsible for the assassination is the leader of a branch named Zhang Tianwang in Dezhou Prefecture. This person On weekdays, in the city of Dezhou, many people have been attracted by the deceitful practice of treating people. Some local gentry were tricked in, threatened, and had to continue to provide them with money and goods, so their power is considered very large. .It is perfectly possible to gather some desperadoes in the city."

Murong Wei suddenly felt terrible, frowned and said: "So, it's really hard to detect, if there are local gentry covering up, it's really hard to find out where they are."

Xiao Mingrui sneered: "In my dynasty, these cults are not allowed to exist. If you want to oppose me and the Great Qin Dynasty, I will destroy them first!"

This incident obviously made him very angry.

Murong Wei persuaded him, and after dinner, Xiao Mingrui discussed something with others and came back very late.

If something like this happens, there is no way to leave Texas in a short time.

On the second day, Xiao Mingrui got a piece of news. After reading the news, he called someone from the General Administration Department to investigate the matter.

The thing is about a pigeon.

Because of the martial law in the whole city, the people of the General Administration Department caught the birds flying outside the city, and finally caught a carrier pigeon.

There is only one sentence on the carrier pigeon: the matter is defeated, withdraw quickly, and the operation of the capital is cancelled.

This sentence made Xiao Mingrui's hair stand on end, and he only turned his attention to the capital now.

Could it be that this matter was designed by someone in the capital?

He hadn't connected this matter with the capital before, but at this moment, he remembered that if someone hadn't used it, who would have gotten the crossbow and arranged such an assassination?
Xiao Mingrui immediately made conspiracy theories about this matter.

But in reality, this one could be huge.

If Xiao Mingrui disappeared with his son, and the country has no Changjun, it is really hard to say what the outcome will be.

With a heavy heart, Xiao Mingrui sent people to continue investigating the matter.

After staying in Dezhou for a few days, whether to continue to Jinling or not, there are still rumors outside.

But after receiving a piece of news one day, Xiao Mingrui was silent for a long time, and said with a sneer: "Continue to go south, I want to see what kind of moth he can make!"

On the second day, he set off southward.

Murong Wei didn't know what happened, and Xiao Mingrui stopped discussing the assassination, as if he had a well-thought-out plan.

He didn't say anything, and Murong Wei didn't know how to ask. He just taught his children every day, and occasionally went to a place to enjoy the local scenery, stop and go, and it took another half a month to arrive at Qingjiangpu, which is Huai'an.

This is the place where water transportation from the north to the south is concentrated. The streets alone stretch for dozens of miles and are densely populated. If you take a boat and turn into the Yangtze River, you will soon arrive at Jinling.

It was dusk when the boat arrived at Qingjiangpu, so it temporarily stopped at Qingjiangpu.

Lele slept for a while in the afternoon, and woke up at this time, leaning against the window and looking out, but saw the sunset glow like smoke, the sky was getting dark, Qingjiangpu was very lively in the evening, because the holy car went south, many people stopped Onlookers, officers and soldiers are maintaining order, and there are also boats passing by in the river at this moment.

When it was getting late, the lights were brilliant and stretched for dozens of miles. Such a long street is really rare, and there is also a large granary not far from here, which is indeed an important place in the world.

"Queen, it's so lively here." Lele said with a smile, "Can we go down and play?"

Murong Wei shook her head: "It's not convenient here, it's dark now, wait until Jinling, and then go to Qixia Mountain and other places to play."

Lele snorted, and suddenly her eyes widened, "Ah, what is that?"

Before Murong Wei saw it, she first heard the sound of a heavy object falling into the water. She was taken aback. She looked up and saw a heavy object floating and sinking in the sparkling river water. Desperately swim far away.

At this moment, there was a commotion on the boat, and then some people jumped down. Murong Wei saw clearly that they were some officers, soldiers and guards, and the flag on the boat began to wave, giving orders to the surrounding small boats.

Soon some boats around started to jump on the boat in the middle, chasing after those who wanted to escape.

There are so many boats in Qingjiangpu at this moment, it is impossible to go fast, and it didn't take long for the people on the boat to be surrounded.

Lele looked in surprise, "Queen, who is that man, why did you arrest him?"

Murong Wei was also at a loss, wondering how someone on the boat would jump off the boat and escape. Could it be that he didn't know that the guards here are so heavily guarded that there is no chance of escaping?

Just as Murong Wei was wondering, she saw the man in the distance being captured and brought back into the boat again from the diving board on the shore.

It wasn't until they got close that Murong Wei saw the face of that person clearly, and she couldn't help but turn pale with shock.

"Xie Mingyan? Why is she here?"

Murong Wei didn't know about Xie Mingyan's disappearance yet, and thought she was still locked up, so she never expected her to appear here.

"Strange, did your husband bring her here? What is this for?"

Murong Wei looked suspiciously at Xie Mingyan, who was drenched all over and escorted onto the boat. Her face was haggard and pale, and now her face was ashen. She looked around coldly, with a crazy light occasionally flashing in her eyes.

Murong Wei looked at her in a daze, and after a long while, she heard her daughter's call before she came back to her senses.

"Mother, what's the matter with you?"

Murong Wei shook her head, "Lele, you stay here, I have something to do with your father."

She needed to ask Xiao Mingrui what was going on.

Turning around and letting the nanny stay to take care of Lele, Murong Wei immediately went to find Xiao Mingrui.

Xiao Mingrui was sitting in the study on the ship at the moment, and he was completely aware of what happened just now, he really didn't expect this woman to be so courageous, taking advantage of the gap before seeing him, she tried to escape.

Xie Mingyan was still caught and brought back, so he took him away to change into clean clothes for the time being, so as not to rush Sheng Jia when he met Sheng Jia.

When Murong Wei came, Xiao Mingrui half-closed his eyes and leaned against the window, as if outside the window, the sun was setting and the people were peaceful and happy.

Xiao Mingrui looked back, nodded and said, "You saw it just now?"

Murong Wei took a few steps forward and said strangely: "Husband, why is Xie Mingyan here? Isn't she locked up by you?"

Xiao Mingrui smiled wryly: "You don't know what happened before, but she disappeared before leaving Beijing."

"Ah? What's the matter? Then why did you catch her here in Qingjiangpu again? Could it be that she escaped here?"

Xiao Mingrui said in a deep voice: "Actually, she has been near the capital, and she did not escape outside. It was I who ordered her to be escorted to Jinling, and it happened to be sent to the ship here."

Murong Wei was taken aback, she didn't know what the story was, otherwise Xiao Mingrui wouldn't have done this.

Even if Xie Mingyan was caught, it would be fine to lock her up at most, but why did he take so much trouble to send her to Qingjiangpu?

At this time, Xiao Luzi came to answer and asked Xiao Mingrui if he wanted to see Xie Mingyan now.

"Let her come in, Wei'er, I'll tell you about this later, it's actually related to what happened last time in Texas."

Murong Wei frowned, and still couldn't figure out how Xie Mingyan had anything to do with the Dezhou incident, did she still have the ability to plan the assassination?

After she escaped, it was too late to hide. She didn't believe that she had the ability to do such a thing.

But Xiao Mingrui seemed to want to interrogate Xie Mingyan alone, so Murong Wei followed suit and stopped asking about it, so as not to make it difficult for him.

"Okay then, my husband, I'll ask her clearly later, and then you tell me the ins and outs of this matter. Speaking of which, I'm also curious as to who dared to assassinate us."

Murong Wei got up and went back to her room first.

Xiao Mingrui's eyes moved slightly, looking at his wife's leaving back, he sighed.

If it wasn't because some things involved Xie Mingyan, he was afraid that Xie Mingyan would talk nonsense, and then...it would be bad.

That's why I asked myself to interrogate, I didn't want some things to be known by Murong Wei.

Xiao Luzi brought Xie Mingyan in, she was covered, and after entering, Xiao Luzi took off the hood on her head.

It was only at this moment that Xie Mingyan opened his eyes, adjusted to the light in the study, and began to look around.

The gurgling sound of the river flows in the ears, and in the night of Qingjiangpu, the misty lights on the boat reflect the bright moon, with a dreamy color.

Xiao Mingrui sat on the huanghuali armchair behind the desk, wearing a tuanlong cross-collar Taoist robe, like a entrenched black dragon, which seemed to be able to rise up and soar over Kyushu at any time.

On that handsome and majestic face, a pair of eagle-like eyes looked at her at this moment, with a flash of sharpness.

"Hehe, I didn't expect to see you again." It was Xie Mingyan who spoke first.

Xiao Luzi frowned and was about to tell her to kneel down, Xiao Mingrui waved his hands, Xie Mingyan's hands were tied up, unable to move, he could only be controlled by others.

Xiao Mingrui didn't seem to want some things to be known, so he asked Xiao Luzi to go out as well.

Xiao Luzi was a little worried, but Xiao Mingrui didn't mind, Xie Mingyan, a weak woman, would be a joke if she could hurt him, not to mention there were hidden guards behind the scenes.

(End of this chapter)