This year is a leap October, so there are two October 15th. The Xiayuan Festival in the leap month is the same as the previous month, with candles and paper money dancing on the ground, and people setting up incense tables in every household to wait for the deceased to go home for reunion.
The king was entrusted to the Kingdom of Shu. No important person in the royal family has died, so the palace of the King of Shu is quite peaceful. The prince has sent a letter, and the queen and queen mother have read it, and they feel a little more comfortable.
As the third watch approached, a dark wind suddenly rose, and the patrolling soldiers couldn't help but shudder. There was a unique small courtyard in the Prince of Shu's palace. There were only three large rooms in the courtyard, and the inner study room was located here. The Prince of Shu was reading a book under the lamp.
, suddenly heard a "pop" sound in the courtyard, and the guard shouted: "Who!" No one answered.
Another guard said: "Throwing stones to ask for directions, a thief has come in, search quickly."
Before he finished speaking, someone burst out laughing. Everyone exclaimed, "Protect the prince," and the leader of the guard rushed out. I saw a full moon in the sky, as white as frost and snow, illuminating the courtyard. Dozens of tall trees and low walls were erected.
A man in black clothes wearing sackcloth and mourning. In the middle of the courtyard is an old woman in red clothes, standing with her hands behind her back. The woman is tall and fat, and although she doesn't have many wrinkles, she is at least fifty or sixty years old.
The leader of the guard shouted: "Who broke into the prince's study without permission!"
The old woman glanced at him and said, "Is the King of Shu here? I want to tell him something."
The leader said: "It's not your turn to talk to the prince."
The old woman nodded and said, "That's alright. Please tell him that there is always someone to blame. We can get people's money to help them eliminate disasters. If he goes to Yama Hall to complain in the future, don't sue us."
The leader sneered and said: "How many abilities do you have to dare to say such big words?"
The old woman said: "My old lady has lived overseas for a long time, and probably no one in the country remembers her. Even if I told you, you wouldn't know."
"Since you have a good reputation, why don't you report it?" I saw the King of Shu coming out in his clothes and standing in the corridor.
The old woman cupped her hands and said, "This must be the King of Shu, old lady, you must be polite."
The King of Shu looked at her and said: "The silver crown that the old lady is wearing seems to have been seen somewhere." He thought for a moment, "The King of Shu visited Taiwan at the beginning of the year, and there are photos of foreign leaders in the APEC Memorial Hall.
.One of them shows Zhou Xiaolan, the leader of the Kingdom of Java, sitting in a conference room, with a crown that is quite similar to the old lady’s.”
The old woman was surprised and said: "The King of Shu has a good memory." She smiled and said, "A majestic king actually pays attention to these clothes, how much thought he spends on state affairs." She paused and said, "My name is Zhou Damei."
The King of Shu's face remained motionless, and he cupped his hands and said, "It turns out to be Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess. I wonder what your Highness has to do with coming to our Kingdom of Shu."
Zhou Damei said: "There is no need to mention the eldest princess, Java belongs to my sister, not to me. I just make a few spare dollars."
King Shu frowned: "Mrs. Zhou, what is this?"
Zhou Damei said: "Twenty years ago, your father and Jiannan Jiedushi Fang Xiong jointly occupied the capital. Fang Xiong plundered all the warehouses of the big families in the capital. However, the two of them later had a dog-eat-dog quarrel. You
I killed all the strong men of the Fang family. I thought that leaving the old, weak, women and children alone would be able to find out the whereabouts of the money sooner or later, and I didn't want them to escape again. Those things are still in the hands of the Fang family." She chuckled.
, "The Fang family has finally figured it out. If we don't avenge a big enemy, what are we going to do with the money?"
The King of Shu sneered: "Mrs. Zhou actually associates with rats? It's not worth it for a lonely king to replace the Lord of Zhou."
Zhou Damei said: "I know whether it's worth it or not." Then she gave him two high-fives.
Four men in black held a net and dropped it from the sky towards the door of the study. The guards of the Shu Prince's Mansion raised their guns and aimed at Zhou Damei, but she disappeared! The Prince of Shu hurriedly withdrew back to the house. As soon as he sat down in front of the case, his legs suddenly fell.
He was grabbed from below and pulled. Before the guards could see clearly what was going on, they heard two "squeeze" and "plop" sounds. King Shu was dragged to the ground and his chair fell down. It turned out that Zhou Damei didn't know when.
Hidden under the case.
The old woman stood up holding the collar of King Shu with one hand. Veins popped out on King Shu's forehead and he was choked so hard that he couldn't speak. The guards were afraid to step forward rashly. Zhou Damei said loudly: "The big fish has been obtained.
Send a signal to Fang Yifei and ask her to come in and take over the palace."
Someone outside said "I know," and immediately the sound of fireworks went up. Soon, people everywhere exclaimed, "There is a ghost," "The ghost soldiers are coming," and "Wow, run!" Dogs barked and cats shouted, and people jumped on their backs. It was very lively.
Didn't hear the gunshot.
Suddenly someone broke into the courtyard and shouted: "Your Majesty! It's not good! Ghost soldiers are surrounding the house!"
One of the guards shouted: "Where did the ghost soldiers come from! Don't you have muskets?"
The man trembled: "All the muskets are mute and can't fire bullets!" He then realized that there were many people in mourning clothes standing on the wall of the courtyard. He was so frightened that he turned around and ran away with an "ouch". "There are ghosts, there are ghosts.
ah--"
Zhou Damei drank inside and said: "Don't use the muskets, otherwise your prince will suffer." Then he carried the King of Shu and strode to the courtyard and said with a smile, "You guys are good at martial arts. I don't want to alarm you, so I will use your muskets."
Not moving."
The leader of the guard cupped his fists and said, "Mrs. Zhou, may I ask how much the Fang family will give you?"
Zhou Damei laughed and said, "I want you Shu, can you give it to me?" The guards were shocked.
The king of Shu was out of breath at this time and shouted: "Zhou Xiaolan wants to plot against our country of Shu? Isn't she afraid that other countries will attack her?"
Zhou Damei casually took out a piece of handkerchief and stuffed it into King Shu's mouth, saying: "Of course I'll give it to the Fang family first, and then we'll take it from their family." He then took a rope from his sleeve and tied up King Shu.
solid.
The fire broke out from nowhere, and suddenly several more fires started, with thick smoke billowing. From time to time, blue will-o'-wisps flashed out from the red fire, and ghosts howled and howled everywhere. The entire palace of the Prince of Shu was in panic and crying, and the eunuchs and maids held their heads.
Fleeing. Zhou Damei blew a whistle and heard dozens of "swish-pop-dang-rang-rang-rang-rang" sounds. The guards holding muskets in the Shu Palace were hit by locust stones at the same time, and more than a dozen muskets fell to the ground at the same time. Black
The men in black pounced on them like ghosts. The guards were all highly skilled in martial arts, but they were instantly defeated in front of these men in black.
Zhou Damei nodded and said: "The foundation is not bad. King Shu, give them to them and take these back to Yecheng." The men in black responded "Yes" in unison.
They escorted the captives out of the hospital and left. Several eunuchs and maids who served the King of Shu were hiding in the house fearfully, and no one paid any attention to them.
At the same time, another group of men in black also captured the guards around the Supreme King with frequent beatings. The leader was another middle-aged woman in red. She claimed that her surname was Hao and that she was the junior sister of Zhou Damei, the eldest princess of Java.
Because I was not in a good mood, I came to help my senior sister to fight and vent my anger.
The Supreme King was not frightened, and sat on the kang to try to trick her. Suddenly, a man in black came into the room and clasped his fists, saying: "Uncle Hao, my master said that she wants these good martial arts people to take back to the country." The Supreme King of Shu Kingdom
Sold to Fang Yifei."
"I understand." Uncle Hao ordered, "Send these people to your uncle."
"Master, please ask your uncle to go over and meet you. Just leave the two brothers to wait until the Fang family comes to inspect the goods."
"That's alright." Uncle Hao turned around and ordered two people, "You keep it. The rest come with me."
The group of people left in an instant. The Supreme King was left with only eunuchs and other helpless masters. The two people they left behind were enough to kill them instantly, so they looked at each other and did not dare to act rashly. The Supreme King laughed again.
Hehehe wanted to trick the two of them, but these two gourds with saw-like mouths remained silent.
After about two sticks of incense, a group of ghost soldiers came in from the door, their bodies flashing with will-o'-the-wisps. The leader cupped his fists and said, "Isn't he one of Master Zhou's men?"
The two men came forward and said, "Exactly."
The leader of the ghost soldiers said: "We are here to receive the goods under the order of the king."
The two men checked his belt, pointed at the Supreme King and said: "This is it. Leave it to you, let's go."
"Thank you, heroes."
After the two parties completed the transaction, Uncle Hao's men left quickly. The leader of the ghost soldiers of the Fang family was quite polite. He cupped his fists towards the Supreme King and ordered his men to kick out all the idle people in the house and lock the old man inside.
When the door was about to close, the Supreme King said leisurely: "How did you get the will-o'-the-wisp on you?"
The leader of the ghost soldiers replied casually: "It's just phosphorite powder."
The Supreme King listened to the noise outside the house for about an hour, and it gradually became quiet. At the fourth watch, suddenly the artillery roared, and the Supreme King was overjoyed! There were shouts of killing in the distance, and the Supreme King knew that this must be a counterattack by the Shu army.
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Sure enough, there were footsteps in the courtyard, followed immediately by gunshots and screams, one of which was right at the door. The Supreme King's heart suddenly rose to his throat. Then there was the sound of fighting. A man shouted: "Your Majesty
Where is the king?"
A eunuch's voice seemed to come from next door: "The traitor has locked the Supreme King in the room."
"Nonsense, which room!"
"This room!"
The Supreme King pricked up his ears. There were still people fighting in the courtyard. A man strode to the front of his house and clicked as if the door lock had been cut off. The door of the house opened, and a man wearing a steel helmet and armor had splashes on his face.
The young general covered in blood walked into the room, clasped his fists and said, "Are you the Supreme King?"
The Supreme King smiled and said: "It is the lonely king."
The young general knelt down on one knee and said, "General Wang Wei arrived too late to save me. I beg the Supreme King to forgive me."
"Hahahaha..." The Supreme King stood up, looked at him and nodded, "King Gu has long heard that you are good at fighting, but you are really not..."
Before the word "virtual" was uttered, Wang Wei exclaimed: "The Supreme King, be careful!" He jumped up and opened his hands to catch the Supreme King. As soon as he said it, there were two "bang bang" gunshots in his ears.
, Wang Wei said a short "ah".
The Supreme King exclaimed: "General Wang, how are you doing?"
Wang Wei struggled to get up from the Supreme King and rolled to the side. He smiled bitterly and said: "General Mo, this is his first time fighting, so he made a slight oversight... It's not a shame, right. If General Mo is dead later, you won't be able to do anything."
Don't tell others that Wang Wei died... underestimating the enemy."
The Supreme King unconsciously shed tears in his eyes, nodded and said: "Okay."
At this time, two soldiers ran in from the door and shouted "General Wang." The Supreme King hurriedly checked the wounds on Wang Wei's back. Both bullets penetrated the armor and blood seeped out. However, they did not hit any vital points.
He will be cured within a few months. He ordered, "Go and call the doctor quickly." He looked at Wang Wei and pretended to be angry and said, "Don't worry, he won't die."
Wang Wei chuckled and said, "What a bad luck."
It took the Fang family's ghost soldiers more than an hour to capture the Shu Prince's Mansion, but it only took the young general Wang Wei less than half an hour to lead his 5,000 troops to recapture the Shu Prince's Mansion. After the ghost soldiers escaped, other Shu troops arrived to support them. , let the Supreme King scold him.
The palace was so chaotic that it was not until five o'clock that they discovered that the King of Shu had been captured by them. The Supreme King immediately ordered three generals to pursue the remnants of the Fang family along the way and rescue the King of Shu. Wang Wei blocked the gun for the Supreme King and returned. The family is injured.
The Fang family's soldiers and horses were originally guerrillas and were best at evading. The Shu army pursued them from Shu to Yunnan, and from Yunnan to Dacheng. The Shu army was too conspicuous and alerted the Dacheng defenders, who blocked them from passing. The pursuing Shu generals had to temporarily stay in Yunnan and ordered people to return to the court quickly to report the news.
This matter soon spread to the capital. Situ Cen had heard a while ago that Java had colluded with the Fang family to kidnap his brother, and he was so anxious that he ran away. Now that he heard that Dacheng Kingdom was harboring those thieves, he couldn't bear it anymore and started filing a case. He shouted to send troops to attack Dacheng.
After Jia Cong heard about it, he hurried to his office and said, "Shui Rong is not stupid. Why do I offend you? I'm afraid that I won't be able to protect myself from being deceived. Send someone from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over to negotiate."
Situ Cen said: "I don't trust my brother in the hands of the Fang family. I will go by myself."
Jia Cong thought for a while: "That's okay, bring a special force."
It was already the twelfth lunar month, and Situ Cen could not care about celebrating the New Year and hurriedly led his people to Dacheng.
One month after the King of Shu left the palace, the Supreme King sent people to summon his son back to the country. The Shu Kingdom had to pass through Yunnan to colonize. Yunnan had always allowed them to come and go freely, but this time the person who sent the order was stopped by Yunnan officers and soldiers. The messenger was anxious He said: "Sir, this is an urgent message. Our Supreme King wants his son to return to his country." The Yunnan officer smiled and said, "I know. That's why I won't let you pass." The messenger was stunned.
As the New Year approached, rumors emerged from nowhere that there was a rebellion in the colonies, and that the prince had gone to lead the troops to fight and would not be able to come back for a year or so. When the news came to the queen's ears, the queen was so anxious that she couldn't even eat.
A eunuch went outside the palace to inquire about the news, and when he came back he quietly reported: "My Queen, those soldiers and generals are starting to get restless."
The queen said angrily: "No matter what they do, the Supreme King is here."
The eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty is so old, if anything happens... the prince is not here, and the prince is not here, won't it be an advantage for them?"
"Bah!" the queen snapped, "How dare they! Wait until the prince comes back to see how they die one by one!"
The eunuch said: "Nowadays, almost all the generals have people to win over, except General Wang Wei."
The queen's expression changed slightly: "He is extremely capable and has the ability to rescue others. Why not win over him?"
The eunuch chuckled and said: "General Wang posted a piece of paper on the door of his house. It said: He only recognizes the Supreme King, the Prince, and the Crown Prince."
The queen breathed a sigh of relief: "There is still a loyal person in the court." She thought for a moment and ordered Wang Wei to be rewarded with a generous new year's gift.
Suddenly the eunuch who had given the gift came back, smiled and replied to the queen: "Mother, General Wang accepted everything." The queen nodded with a smile. The eunuch said, "General Wang also said that a female official who was the prince's confidant was imprisoned in the cell. , Mr. Zhan Shiding. I heard that this person is a prodigy in the world, and the prince is reluctant to kill him, so he keeps it for the prince to use in the future. She still needs to study in prison. If she can be released, she can guard the literary class for the prince. "