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Chapter 51 - The Dilemma of the Palace

Chapter 51－The Dilemma of the Palace
Zidian Jianjun was running very fast in the forest, after a while, Xiao Po had already arrived at the platform of Huwang Mountain.This place used to be the garrison of the [-] Tiger Wing Army in the ancient city of Galash, and it was also the place where Xiao Po competed in martial arts when he left that day. It has been five years since he returned to his old place, and Xiao Po felt a little excited.

The horse froze, and finally looked away.

In plain view, the Tiger Wing Army's central tent stood majestically there, and a group of soldiers outside the gate walked back and forth, conducting daily inspections.

Seeing a man coming on horseback with a gun in the distance, the centurion in charge shouted: "Who is it, stop the horse!" The soldiers behind them quickly raised their bows and arrows, forming a formation of shovels facing this side.

Xiao Po surrounded Zi Dian, sat on his horse and stood facing the sky, his neighing sounded throughout the flat field.The horses in the army were all noisy, and they couldn't be safe. They just wanted to get rid of the stiffness of the horses and rush out of the gate.

The centurion looked at the handsome black horse on the other side, and secretly praised him. When he saw the boy on the horse, his eyebrows showed a little familiarity.

Xiao Po stopped a hundred paces away, and shouted: "Please don't shoot arrows, I am Xiao Po, a disciple of the Tubo Imperial Teacher, I have no malicious intentions, I just passed by here and came here to pay a visit, I don't know that General Li Mu is in the army. But it can be reported."

The centurion listened to his words, although he relaxed a little, but he did not let go of his vigilance, and said, "You are really Xiao Po? I remember that Xiao Po disappeared five years ago. It's really unbelievable, and now that the country is in chaos, don't even think about coming here unless you have other proofs."

Xiao Po remembered the waist badge that his master gave him when he was accepting apprentices, immediately took it out from his pocket, and looked at the centurion to throw it over.

The centurion picked it up in the air, looked in his hand, and saw a jade tablet about two fingers wide, green in color, engraved with the word "Xiao Po" on the front, and the mark of Guo Shifu on the back.

"Could it be that he is that Xiao Po, is it possible that he is not dead?" The centurion murmured in his heart, raised his hand and threw back the jade tablet, saying: "You wait, I will report to the Major General."

The centurion ordered the soldiers to keep an eye on Xiao Po, turned around and entered the gate, and after a while, he saw two people walking out of the gate, the centurion leading the way, and a handsome young general in bright armor behind him, walking like a dragon and walking like a tiger. come out.

Seeing the person coming, Xiao Po jumped off the horse, cupped his fists and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Li Kong."

Li Kong heard this sound, took a closer look, and recognized Xiao Po. Although he had been at odds with Xiao Po since he was a child, he was even more happy after Xiao Po disappeared for a long time, thinking that Xie Yuer would definitely trust him, but Ultimately no.For this reason, he hated Xiao Po for a long time, but after five years passed, he also grew up, and the jealousy and resentment in his heart finally decreased.Seeing Xiao Po today, there is still a lot of kindness in his heart, Li Kong broke away from the crowd of soldiers, rushed to the front, hugged Xiao Po, and smiled brightly: "You really are not dead, you broken wine jar!"

Xiao Po smiled and said: "If I die, who will fight with you, General Li?"

Li Kong smiled and patted Xiao Po on the back again, then turned his hand and pulled him into the gate, saying: "Don't talk about this, go to the tent with me quickly, something happened in the palace, you need to let go of these first."

Hearing this, his heart froze, "What can happen to the palace?" Xiao Po let Li Kong lead him to the big tent of the Chinese army, and someone took his weapons and horses to put away.

After entering the big tent of the Chinese army, I saw a few people inside, all staring at the sand table in the center. The mountains in the sand table are clear, the houses and streets are clearly defined, and the grand model of the palace is lifelike even on the sand table. Xiao Po is right. This sand table city is familiar, it is the model of the ancient city of Galash.

Li Kong walked into the crowd, and then introduced Xiao Po and said: "Commanders, this is my junior brother Xiao Po, the palace is in trouble today, but he can be included." Everyone looked at Xiao Po, nodded, He turned to look at the sand table again, and continued to line up troops.Among the eight governors, each of them is in charge of [-] Tiger Wing Army, and they are very prestigious in the army. Although there are some people who know Xiao Po's name, but now that the palace is trapped, they are not in the mood to gossip with Xiao Po , It is natural to concentrate on solving difficulties.

After Li Kong finished talking, he turned to Xiao Po: "Broken wine jar, the matter is urgent now, and I don't have time to serve you wine to wash away the dust, so I have to drag you to rescue the palace from the crisis."

Xiao Po naturally understood, but he didn't know why, so he asked, "What danger is there in the palace?"

Li Kong raised his eyes to look outside the tent, feeling extremely melancholy, and said: "Yesterday night, the king was killed by thieves, but the news did not come out until this morning. Following the news of the king's death, the second prince's mother Rong The news of the concubine's usurpation of the throne also spread. The ministers of the country did not know that the king had passed away. They went to the early court as usual. Inherited the throne. However, the eldest prince Nalankang was established as the crown prince three years ago. Concubine Rong's mother and son's rebellion is really treasonous. But all the ministers were restrained, and Concubine Rong threatened the lives of all the ministers The eight governors of the Tiger Wing Army handed over their military talismans."

Xiao Po really didn't want this to happen, so he hurriedly asked: "Is Master in court?"

Li Kong said: "Master went after the thief who assassinated the king. If the master was in the court, how could such a thing happen."

"Then what shall we do now?"

Li Kong said: "They hijacked all the ministers and threatened not to see the Tiger Wing Army outside the palace. If they dare to lead troops to besiege the palace, they will kill the police."

"Young General Li, we have already discussed it, so let's act like this!" A governor shouted to Li Kong, and Li Kong turned his head and said, "Teacher Yan, tell me how you discussed it."

Everyone looked at Yan Chao together, only to hear him open his mouth and say: "In such a situation, you can't lead troops there, so you have to call in all the centurions, disguise yourself and lurk near the palace. Concubine Rong wants us to hand over the talisman, so naturally we have to let us go." After entering the palace, we acted in camera. When the time comes, we will use the sound of arrows as a sign, and the eight hundred officers from outside will rush in together. General Li will sit here and watch the battle in the palace. He will immediately lead the army down and surround the palace. Then The time will naturally determine the overall situation.”

Li Kong thought about it for a while, and had to nod. There was really no other way. Thinking of the important links in it, he ordered: "Dutong Yan, you have to remember that everything is to protect the ministers, and my father, Qian Qiang." Don't let him do something stupid."

After speaking, he turned to Xiao Po: "Junior Brother Xiao Po, you are considered a stranger now, no one in the palace will recognize you, so you go into the palace with Yan Dutong and the others. Then help them do things."

Xiao Po nodded in agreement, and everyone immediately went to prepare, and after a cup of tea, they had already descended to Tiger King Mountain.

Going down the mountain and entering the city, the gates and houses are closed everywhere, and all the guards in the city have been transferred outside the palace. Now the soldiers guarding the city have not been controlled. Chao asked, "What's going on in the palace now?"

The city guard replied: "There is another corpse outside the gate of the palace. It is Mr. Annan, the old minister of the king."

Yan Chao asked again: "Has there been any changes in the defenders of Tiger Wing Valley?"

The city guard replied: "The guards have received orders from General Li Shao, but they did not come."

"That's good. There is turmoil in the city at this time. If other cities rebel, I'm afraid they will attack. So no matter what, they have to guard the Tiger Wing Valley." Yan Chao stopped talking and walked from the leading palace.

The city guard wanted to bring someone to follow him, Yan Chao turned his head and said: "Don't come, just stay outside and tell the prince that the fast horse has been gone for more than three hours, and he will be able to come over soon. You wait here, if you see the eldest prince coming, take him to Tiger King Mountain, let him act together with General Li, don't be rash."

The city guard nodded in agreement, and retreated with his men.Yan Chao looked at the gate of the palace in the distance. Four ministers' corpses had already been hung on the side of the gate wall.

When he got close to the gate of the palace, someone on the gate wall yelled: "Dutong Yan, have you brought the soldier talisman?"

Yan Chao's eight people raised the military talisman in their hands, the man laughed, and then ordered the palace gate to be opened, and he also turned down the gate wall to greet him at the gate.

Xiao Po followed.

The palace gate opened, hundreds of soldiers stood heavily by the gate, a middle-aged man in armor was about to come out, Xiao Po only felt that this man's face was familiar, he recalled from left to right, and finally remembered that it was Wu Tong, the tiger wing guard of the palace, Xiao Po Po remembered that when Xie Yuer's mother passed away, he had seen this person once.At that time, he was the commander of the tiger wing guards of the royal palace guards, the king treated him very well, and now somehow he accompanied him to make trouble.

When Yan Chao saw Wu Tong, his face turned angry, and he scolded first: "You thief, the king has treated you well. Now that his bones are not cold, you will help that thief woman make trouble."

Wu Tong smiled freely and said: "The Yan Dutong's words are exaggerated. When the king passed away, he told me that he wanted to put the second prince on the throne. Unexpectedly, when he went to the court this morning, all the officials suspected that my partner and Rong Rong The concubine rebelled, and falsely passed on the king's royal family. All the ministers talked nonsense, so I had to resort to some tricks, so as to be worthy of the late king." When he said it, he spoke righteously and powerfully, and he still did not forget to be courteous to the sky.

(End of this chapter)