"PS: Those book friends who bet 50 cents on their own yesterday that Xiao Luan will definitely escape, please be more conscious and send your chips over.~"
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"Damn bastard..."
When Xiao Luan cursed these words in his heart, he was on the way to escape.
He was defeated by the guard general Xia Yu.
He, Xiao Luan, the prince of the Marquis of Nanyan, had been surrounded by Zhao Yuancai, Zhao Yuanzuo, Zhao Yuanji and others all his life. He devoted half his life to the overthrow of the Wei State, and had stirred up troubles in the Wei State for more than twenty years. But now, he was actually killed by a guard.
Xia Yu, a guard general who was born as a ranger in Guocao Mang, defeated Xia Yu. Although Xiao Luan was sure that there must be an expert behind Xia Yu to advise him, he was unable to vent his anger and humiliation.
He was supposed to be an eagle soaring in the sky, but unexpectedly his wings were injured by a child's slingshot.
"General, just ahead is Maling."
Among the close followers following him, someone pointed ahead and reminded.
Xiao Luan reined in the reins and stood still, looking in the direction of Maling.
He knew very well that Maling was garrisoned by the army under the general Xia Yu of Prince Wei Yu, but he chose to go here.
In fact, after the fall of Fan County, Xiao Luan also thought about escaping to Dunqiu, but his intuition told him that a group of people was secretly targeting him, which forced him to change his original plan. After all, he only has four men now.
More than a thousand
Unfortunately, after he lost more than 2,000 soldiers in a sneak attack last time, he was no longer able to fight against Xia Yu's army. Even if he led the remaining defeated soldiers to escape to Dunqiu, it would be nothing more than a defeat.
Just sit back and wait for death.
The reason is very simple. Since the experts around Xia Yu are powerful enough to scheme against him, it is obviously impossible for the other party to forget to send people to ambush on the road from Fan County to Dunqiu in advance, preparing to intercept and kill him halfway.
His head, Xiao Luan, is still extremely valuable in the eyes of some people.
In this case, it is better to do the opposite, since the other party would not guess that he would flee to the place now controlled by the Eastern Army.
As for his destination, he planned to go to Puyang to seek refuge with Gongzi Jie.
There are more than 10,000 Puyang troops stationed in Puyang. With Gongzi Jie's trust in him, he may have a chance to make a comeback with the Puyang army.
Of course, the premise is that he can break through Xia Yujun's blockade and successfully escape to Puyang.
As dusk approached, Xiao Luan and his party finally entered the area of Maling.
Even Xiao Luan breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
Although before fleeing, he and his followers put on ordinary people's clothes and pretended to be businessmen, but this did not guarantee that he would be able to pass through Maling under the eyes of Xia Yujun.
But now, they have finally entered the territory of Maling, which has complex terrain and dense mountains and forests, which means that Xiao Luan's possibility of escaping has increased.
However, just as he was relaxing, he heard a whoosh, and a crossbow bolt barely grazed his face and hit a tree beside the mountain road.
"Lulu"
Xiao Luan, whose expression changed drastically, immediately reined in the reins and glanced around with an uncertain expression.
At this moment, he suddenly saw dozens of figures slowly appearing in the forest on both sides of the mountain road.
"Xiao Luan, long time no see. How are you?"
The leader, a sturdy man, greeted Xiao Luan expressionlessly.
Xiao Luan squinted his eyes and looked at the person with the help of the afterglow of the setting sun. After a while, he called out the person's name with a complicated expression: "Are you... Wang Jian?"
It turned out that the sturdy man was Wang Jian, the chief of the clan guard of King Yi Zhao Yuanli.
Wang Yan looks much older now than before, but his eyes staring at Xiao Luan are still sharp.
"Xia Yu, the general of the guard, led his troops to encircle and exterminate your lair in Dunqiu, but he doesn't know you very well." Staring at Xiao Luan intently, Wang Juan said expressionlessly: "Xiao Luan, the prince of Nan Yanhou, has always been a handsome man.
Even though King Yu once praised him for his bravery, how could he be like an ordinary bereaved dog and flee to his lair in a panic after being defeated?"
"..."
Xiao Luan gritted his teeth secretly.
He was so familiar with Wang Juan. He remembered that in Daliang, he, Xiao Luan, had the best relationship with Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli. During this back and forth, he also developed a good friendship with Wang Juan. In terms of understanding of him at that time, after the death of Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli
, I’m afraid it’s just Wang Jian.
"You are really haunted, Wang Jian." Xiao Luan said through gritted teeth.
Perhaps to the world, including the current King of Wei Zhao Run, since King Yi Zhao Yuanli took medicine to apologize for his sins, his clan's chief guard Wang Juan has lost his whereabouts, but for Xiao Luan, Wang Juan has since become his unforgettable memory.
Compared with all the nightmares Wang Juan had done secretly over the years, Zhao Ying and her subordinate Nightingale assassinating Xiao Luan in the street were nothing at all.
Xiao Luan only needed to be on guard against the assassinations of Zhao Ying and his men Nightingale, but what Wang Jun had done over the years made him feel helpless even though he hated him so much that he could do nothing about it.
The army set up secret strongholds in various countries, destroyed Xiao Luan's business in various countries, and almost completely cut off Xiao Luan's source of money.
For example, in the salt fields of Qi State, Fu Weijun originally had a business of smuggling salt in Qi State. Although Bei Gongyu knew about this matter in general but not in detail, Wang Jian found it through the contacts of King Yi Zhao Yuanli during his lifetime.
, peeled off the cocoon to investigate the matter, and destroyed several strongholds of Fu Weijun in Qi State, which made Xiao Luan's life very difficult in recent years.
"The ghost still lingers?" Wang Juan snorted, and then said expressionlessly: "Yes, I am the evil ghost who came to claim my life on behalf of the prince!" After that, he looked at Xiao Luan and said coldly: "When
It's getting late, it's time to send you off. The prince in Jiuquan has been waiting for you for six years, and he must be impatient..."
After hearing this, the close followers of Fu Weijun around Xiao Luan immediately protected their young master and looked at the people who appeared from the mountains and forests on both sides of the mountain road as if they were facing an enemy.
However, there was no fear or panic on Xiao Luan's face. After looking around, he said with a smile: "Just these people?"
It turned out that the people Wang Juan brought to ambush Xiao Luan were mostly elderly people over forty years old, and some even had gray hair on their temples. However, from their expressions and behavior, we could still see a bit of a team.
The shadow of the Chinese army comes to mind. These old soldiers are probably the guards of Prince Yi's Mansion, or the confidants of Prince Yi Zhao Yuanli who originally arranged to take care of business for him.
In terms of loyalty, these people are certainly impeccable. Even though King Yi Zhao Yuanli has passed away six years ago, these people are still obsessed with avenging the prince. However, it may be difficult to guarantee that nearly half a hundred of the old soldiers still have some strength over the years.
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In comparison, most of Fu Weijun's cronies around Xiao Luan were young men in their thirties. Even if their numbers were slightly smaller than Wang Juan's, they would not necessarily be at a disadvantage.
Therefore, Xiao Luan laughed and joked: "Wang Jian, Wang Jian, you really haven't made any progress in so many years, you are still so stubborn... If you contact Zhao Run in advance and call in the green crow, the black crow,
Xiao will still be a little afraid, as for these old soldiers who are half buried in the ground, hahaha..."
Wang Juan looked at Xiao Luan and said calmly: "The grievances of the older generation can be settled by ourselves, the half-buried old men, so there is no need to trouble the new king... As for whether we old men are capable of killing you?"
Stay, hum, Xiao Luan, don’t underestimate the soldiers of my Prince Yi’s Mansion!”
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at Xiao Luan, and said in a hateful voice: "My brothers from Prince Yi's Mansion, today is the day when we will avenge the prince's murder and kill the enemy with our own hands!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the old soldiers on both sides of the mountain road showed cruel expressions on their faces and stared at Xiao Luan with fierce eyes.
"Kill them!"
Following Xiao Luan's order, both sides took action almost at the same time.
Although the veterans of Prince Yi's Mansion are all old, their fighting spirit is no less than that of the soldiers who accompanied Xiao Luan. Even if they die, they still have to support an enemy.
As for Wang Juan himself, he held a sword and rushed straight towards Xiao Luan.
"ding-ding-ding-ding-ding"
Following a burst of chaos, Wang Juan and Xiao Luan fought fiercely for more than ten rounds. Although Xiao Luan was superb in martial arts, Wang Juan was not inferior. The two of them fought back and forth for a while, but neither could do anything to the other.
But even so, Xiao Luan's heart still sank: because it was obvious that the sound of fighting here would alarm the guards near Maling.
"Sir, you can't stay here for long!"
A Fuwei sergeant took advantage of the opportunity to come to Xiao Luan's side and said urgently: "Young master, please retreat quickly. We will delay for your sake."
Seeing this, Xiao Luan didn't hesitate, waved the horse's reins and said, "Okay!"
Having said that, he would take the opportunity to escape.
Seeing this scene, Wang Jun's eyes widened, and his face showed a bit of ferocity: The matter has come to this, how can we allow you to escape?!
In a rage, Wang Juan risked being hit in the shoulder by an ambushed sergeant and pushed the soldier away with his body. Then, he slashed Xiao Luan's side with the sword in his hand.
In an emergency, Xiao Luan dismounted sideways and managed to avoid the attack, but his mount was hit by Wang Juan's attack.
I saw the horse scream sadly after being hit by the knife and run forward with all its might.
It has to be said that Xiao Luan's riding skills are also superb. Even if he lost his balance in a hurry, he still quickly balanced his body by tapping the ground with his feet several times and jumped onto the horse's back.
"Ha! Xiao takes the first step!"
When he was proud, Xiao Luan glanced at the frightened and angry Wang Juan with a playful look, but he never thought that Wang Juan's reaction was also quick. Seeing that Xiao Luan was not knocked off his horse, he flew towards him without any regard for his own safety.
, the huge momentum directly knocked Xiao Luan off the horse.
"This bastard..."
Quickly getting up from the ground, Xiao Luan looked at Wang Juan who was not far away in shock and anger, and said through gritted teeth: "Wang Juan, Xiao wanted to spare your life, but you are seeking death yourself. No wonder Xiao!"
After that, he took out his sword from his waist.
However, at this moment, a whistle suddenly sounded in the forest, from far to near.
Immediately, several men wearing black uniforms appeared one after another in front of Wang Yan, Xiao Luan and others.
"The new king (Zhao Run)'s black crow..."
Seeing these people, Wang Juan and Xiao Luan had a guess in their hearts almost at the same time.
Compared to Wang Juan's calmness, Xiao Luan's face finally showed a serious expression this time, and he frowned and glanced around.
At this moment, a scribe slowly walked out of the forest. After looking at Wang Juan and Xiao Luan for a while, he finally cast his eyes on Xiao Luan and asked coldly: "Is he Xiao Luan?"
As soon as he finished speaking, another scribe walked out of the forest. When he saw this scribe, Xiao Luan's originally only somewhat solemn gaze suddenly flashed with a hint of complexity, and he murmured in an undetectable voice: "Bei
palace……"
Yes, these two scribes are Zhang Qigong, the right captain of Tiance Mansion, and his deputy Beigong Yu.
After hearing Zhang Qigong's inquiry, Bei Gongyu looked at Xiao Luan for a long time. After sighing inaudibly, he turned to Zhang Qigong and said: "Master Duwei, the person holding the sword, is
The important criminal wanted by the imperial court is Xiao Luan!"
"very good!"
Zhang Qigong nodded, and seeing Xiao Luan holding a sharp sword with a guarded look on his face, he said coldly: "Xiao Luan, don't be wishful thinking about escaping. In this area, I have arranged for more than two hundred black crows to be captured...
Bar."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Luan's eyes dimmed slightly.
He didn't care about the old pawns brought by Wang Juan, but the Black Crows were more powerful assassins than the Green Crows. Even Xiao Luan had no confidence that he could defeat these two hundred or so Black Crows.
Escape from everyone's hands.
Suddenly, Xiao Luan seemed to have thought of something. He squinted his eyes and stared at Zhang Qigong and said, "It's you. It's you who made the plan for Xia Yu and plotted against Xiao!"
"Hehehehe." Zhang Qigong smiled faintly and said with a bit of ridicule: "Zhang is not familiar with the art of war, and his use of troops is far inferior to that of the prince. His shoddy tactics make the prince laugh."
"..."
Xiao Luan stared at Zhang Qigong with a gloomy expression.
To be fair, Xiao Luan was unjustly defeated at the hands of Zhang Qigong. After all, he had never thought that Zhang Qigong, a poisonous man, had actually sneaked into the Wei Kingdom and secretly gave advice to the Wei general Xia Yu, which was why he was defeated; otherwise, if Xiao Luan had
Having known about Zhang Qigong's existence a long time ago, he definitely wouldn't have suffered such a tragic defeat.
"Your Majesty, please put down the sharp sword in your hand and let us capture you. If you obey obediently, Zhang can spare you some physical pain." Zhang Qigong said calmly.
Beside, Beigong Yuyi persuaded with a complicated expression: "Xiao... Xiao Luan, let's stop, you have no way out."
Xiao Luan glanced at Bei Gongyu indifferently.
Regarding Bei Gongyu's betrayal, he felt extremely angry in his heart, not only because Bei Gongyu was one of his most trusted cronies, but also because Bei Gongyu was very talented. His betrayal made Xiao
Luan suffered heavy losses. If Bei Gongyu lacked talents, how could he be selected as deputy by Zhang Qigong?
Xiao Luan once thought that if one day he caught Bei Gongyu, a traitor, he would never care about his old relationship and would definitely let Bei Gongyu bear the consequences of betraying him personally.
But he didn't expect that before he could catch Bei Gongyu, the traitor, the traitor would lead Zhang Qigong and the Black Crows to force him to a dead end.
"So is this what 'bad omen' refers to?"
For a moment, Xiao Luan couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
I remember that in the past two days, his eyelids had been twitching, but he often felt heart palpitations without warning. He originally thought that this was God's warning to Mo to flee to Dunqiu, so he decided to do the opposite and join the Guards.
He fled to Puyang before his eyes.
But I never thought that it would be intercepted by someone in the end.
"Heaven will kill me!"
After secretly letting out a long sigh, Xiao Luan glanced at the surrounding black crows with disdain, and secretly sneered in his heart: Xiao Luan, the dignified Crown Prince of Nan Yanhou, how can I be humiliated by you and others?!
He knew very well that if he fell into the hands of King Zhao Run of Wei, it would definitely be more painful than death. Although he could not escape death anyway, he simply took it upon himself to prevent Zhao Run from seeing the moment of his death with his own eyes!
Thinking of this, he turned the sword in his hand without hesitation and pretended to kill himself.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Qigong, who had always looked calm just now, suddenly changed his expression and said urgently: "Stop him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw an ax flying from nowhere and flew towards Xiao Luan. The ax hit Xiao Luan's arm. The latter was caught off guard and accidentally dropped the sharp sword in his hand because of the pain.
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At this moment, the black crows swarmed up and subdued Xiao Luan.
Looking at this scene, Zhang Qigong only came back to his senses after a while, and glanced at the black crows he had brought with him with a palpitating expression.
You know, it only makes sense to bring Xiao Luan alive to the new king. Who is so bold as to throw such a big ax directly?
By the way, this ax looks so familiar...
"Ghost!" Zhang Qigong suddenly turned his head, looked at a tall and thick black crow member, gritted his teeth and cursed: "It's you again!"
Ghost touched his head inexplicably and looked at Zhang Qigong with a confused expression, as if he didn't understand why Zhang Qigong suddenly scolded him.
Seeing You Gui's confused face, Zhang Qigong became even more angry. He gritted his teeth and cursed: "I told you to stop him from committing suicide, but I didn't tell you..."
"Didn't this stop it?" Ghost asked in confusion.
Zhang Qigong was so angry that he almost fainted: I asked you to stop him from committing suicide. Is this how you stopped him? What if the ax you threw missed the target and hit this guy on the forehead, wouldn't we have failed?
"You...you...do you know that if you just deviated a little bit, you would have split his head..."
"But it didn't hit his head."
"I said in case I miss it!"
"I never fail!"
"you"
Seeing the nonchalant look on Yougui's face, Zhang Qigong was so angry that his face turned livid.
"Okay, okay." Bei Gongyu persuaded Zhang Qigong from the side: "Yougui is a fool, why should the captain know him? Anyway, the result is not bad, right? If it weren't for Yougui's quick reaction, Xiao Luan would probably
He took the opportunity to kill himself..."
After listening to Bei Gongyu's persuasion, Zhang Qigong's face brightened slightly, but he still did not forget to glare at the ghost, although he didn't care at all.
At this time, Wang Yan had also gotten up from the ground, walked over to this side, and saluted Zhang Qigong with clasped fists: "Your Excellency, you must be Captain You, Captain Zhang Qigong of Tiance Mansion, right?... I am Wang Juan."
Hearing this, Zhang Qigong raised his eyebrows and asked with a hint of surprise: "Could it be Wang Jian, the chief of the imperial clan during King Yi's lifetime?"
"It's Wang." Wang Jian said with a bitter look on his face.
Immediately, he glanced at Xiao Luan, who had been knocked unconscious by the black crows, and begged: "Thank you Captain Zhang for coming forward to subdue Xiao Luan in time, but can you hand this person over to Wang?"
"I'm afraid this won't work." Zhang Qigong flatly refused, but he also gave an explanation: "It's not that I can't trust the Chief of Guard Wang Zong, it's just that this Xiao Luan is the enemy that your Majesty hates in his life. As a minister, Zhang should share the monarch's worries and will
This Xiao Luan was captured before His Majesty's royal rank. I asked Your Majesty to deal with it, but he could not be handed over to the Chief of Guard Wang Zong."
"Your Majesty?" Wang Jun was stunned for a moment and said with some nostalgia: "Your Majesty, Prince Su?"
He felt a little melancholy.
Wang Jian, the former King Su and now the King of Wei, is naturally very familiar with him. After all, the relationship between Zhao Run and King Yi Zhao Li is as close as father and son.
It's just that Yi Wang Zhao Yan had told him before his death that he did not want the grudges of the older generation to continue to the younger generation. Therefore, Wang Yan relied on Yi Wang Zhao Yan's connections during his lifetime to trace Xiao Luan's traces over the years, and tried to eradicate him again and again.
Fu Weijun had a secret stronghold in the Central Plains, but he never relied on the imperial court or Zhao Run. He just followed the instructions of King Yi Zhao Ren during his lifetime and did not intend to involve Zhao Run.
But what I didn't expect was that Zhao Run had also been hunting Xiao Luan over the years, and in the end, it was Zhao Run's people who captured Xiao Luan.
Robbery is naturally impossible.
Firstly, the old pawns he brought this time were definitely no match for murderers like the Black Crows; secondly, with the relationship between Zhao Run and Yi Wang Zhao Yan, Zhao Run was once as good as Wang Yan in Wang Yan's eyes.
As the eldest son of Prince Yi's palace, it was naturally impossible for him to disobey Zhao Run's will.
Not to mention, Zhao Run has now become the monarch of his Wei state.
"Forget it, the prince's spirit in heaven will definitely forgive me... Who dares to resist the Eighth Highness?"
Shaking his head, Wang Jun said to Zhang Qigong: "Please allow Wang to accompany him to Daliang to meet His Majesty."
Of course there was no problem, Zhang Qigong agreed immediately.
A few days later, when Zhang Qigong, Bei Gongyu, Wang Juan and others were escorting Xiao Luan across the border of Wei and Wei, several Black Crows who took a step forward sent the news of "capturing Xiao Luan alive" back to Daliang and reported it to
Zhao Run, King of Wei.
After learning about this, Zhao Run was so surprised that he lost his composure in the Chui Gong Hall. In front of the ministers of the inner court, he slapped the dragon case with all his strength and shouted "Well done", which frightened the ministers of the inner court.
, looked at the young monarch in disbelief.
You know, whether in the past or recently, Zhao Run has never been so out of control.
In addition to being surprised, the ministers in the inner court also noticed Zhao Run's eyes. They saw that the new king, who had always been gentle and approachable since he succeeded to the throne, had murderous intent in his eyes at this moment, as if he had returned to his murderous nature.
The decisive, arrogant and domineering "Wei Gongzi Run" is feared by the entire Central Plains.
"In the past few days, I want to move to Tiance Mansion and serve as regent in the inner court." After leaving a calm word, Zhao Run left Chui Gong Hall seemingly calmly.
Watching the departure of the new king, the ministers in the inner court, especially the old ministers such as Du You, Xu Guan, Li Liang, Lin Yuyang, etc., felt more and more that the new king looked more and more like the late king Zhao Si.
He hides his face and always has a smile on his face. Only under certain circumstances will he reveal his fangs, showing a side that is not easily shown to others.
Five days later, Zhao Run finally met Xiao Luan, the enemy who had been thinking about him day and night, in the lobby of the front yard of Tiance Mansion. He watched his hands and wrists tied with ropes, and he was pushed around by the black crows with an indifferent expression on his face.
Go inside.
Suddenly, Xiao Luan noticed Zhao Run sitting on the main seat in the center of the room. Seeing that he was dressed like an emperor of Wei, he immediately guessed the identity of the other person.
"Zhao Run..."
Xiao Luan, who had always looked indifferent, finally showed a complicated look.
I think back then, he pretended to send someone to assassinate Zhao Run in order to force King Yi Zhao Yuanli to take action as soon as possible.
At that time, he was dismissive of Zhao Run, who was only a teenager at that time, thinking that this childish person would not hinder the overall situation. However, it turned out that it was this childish boy in his teens who later turned the tide several times and collapsed again and again.
He discovered Xiao Luan's vicious plan to overthrow the Wei State.