The next moment, the inner guard wearing armor rushed over quickly!
"Your Highness, something happened in Yuncheng!" His eyes were red and he knelt on the ground. He wanted to say something, but he was choked by the surge of tears. After choking for a moment, he said: "There is a great epidemic in Yuncheng. Countless people have died of the disease. The county Lord Yasong and the soldiers in the city were all massacred, and General Shen and the three thousand battalions also fell into the hands of the enemy..."
Xiao Lin's eyes flickered, and the two hands hanging by his sides closed unconsciously, his mandible clenched, a vein bulged on his forehead, and his eyes instantly filled with scarlet color.
Li Rufeng and others also had their eyes cracked and their fists clenched tightly!
Yuncheng is not only the ancestral home of Xiao Lin’s mother’s family, but also their ancestral home! Chinese website
There are their roots and their relatives!
And the Three Thousand Battalion and General Shen are their comrades and brothers!
Su Li was already on the verge of collapse, but when he heard the inner guard's report, his eyes began to darken again.
But she gritted her teeth and held on, fearing that she would make any sound!
"Can you find out who attacked the Three Thousand Battalion?" Xiao Lin suppressed the grief in his heart and asked hoarsely.
"They have changed into the military uniforms of the Three Thousand Battalion, and I can't tell where they came from!" the inner guard replied, "I know that the matter is serious, and seeing that there are many of them, I didn't dare to stay long for fear of being captured. I'm going back to Beijing to report the news!" The inner guard replied, "But my subordinate rescued a person outside Yuncheng. He said that he knew His Highness and also knew the inside story of Yuncheng..."
After saying that, he waved outside and said, "Bring that uncle over here!"
The guards outside received orders and quickly brought in a middle-aged man with unkempt hair and blood all over his body.
"Zhao Ben?" Xiao Lin recognized him at a glance, stepped forward and held his hand.
"Your Highness..." Zhao Ben's hands trembled slightly, his eyes filled with tears. He tried hard to suppress the sobs in his throat and briefly told the whole story, "Master Song and the government officials were all killed. The thieves pretended to be General Shen and took over the city defense. Blockade Yuncheng in the name of the prince! Now rumors are spreading in the city, saying that the prince rebelled, suffered divine punishment, practiced witchcraft, and sacrificed the lives of tens of thousands of people to prevent disasters. The people were trapped in the city and were extremely panicked, fearing that something big was going to happen. ah!"
"Damn! The same routine!" Li Rufeng was furious, "These people are so shameless! They took the lives of ordinary people to seize the imperial power! But who did it?"
He looked at Xiao Lin, "The internal guards have been keeping an eye on the major camps on the outskirts of the city, but no movement has been detected! Lao Shen's three thousand battalions are all elite soldiers and strong generals. It is extremely difficult to break through their defenses! Yuncheng's defense is also very tight. ! If you want to capture these two places at the same time, you need to gather a large number of troops to do it! You can't hide this kind of thing even if you want! But our spies didn't find any movement. What is going on? ?」
"There is only one possibility, poisoning!" Su Li said firmly, "They should have entered Yuncheng scattered among the merchants and people coming and going! They poisoned a large amount of poison in the military camp and various wells in Yuncheng. Poisoning is not How many people are needed! And once they are poisoned, they will suffer from abdominal pain and vomiting like the people in the capital, and they will quickly lose their fighting ability! In that case, even a small team can kill them all!"
"So, what broke out in the capital and Yuncheng this time was not a plague, but a large-scale poisoning?" Li Rufeng was stunned.
"It's basically certain!" Su Li replied firmly, "With such a rapid and tragic course, if it is really a contagious plague, it will definitely not spread so fast! It will not bloom everywhere in a short time!"
"These beasts!" Zhao Ben gritted his teeth, "In order to deal with His Highness the Crown Prince, they actually came up with such a vicious plan! They also used the name of the Crown Prince to say that all the people will prevent disasters! Now everyone's life and death hangs on a thread, and many people are being killed by them Incite and join their ranks! Your Highness, what should we do now?"
Xiao Lin was about to answer when suddenly there was another rush of footsteps outside.
The visitor is King Jing.
He has always had a calm temperament and is always leisurely, but now he looked panicked and called "Your Highness" as soon as he entered the door.
Seeing a room full of people, he swallowed his words again.
"Ahem..." He coughed lightly, "I have something to tell you!"
he whispered.
Xiao Lin's expression changed slightly.
Su Li's heart had been hanging in the air, but when she saw his expression, her heart sank a little bit!
I always feel like something bad is going to happen again.
But Xiao Lin quickly regained his composure and began to arrange the matters that needed to be resolved immediately. He ordered Li Rufeng to personally lead the troops to relieve the danger of Yuncheng and the Three Thousand Battalion, and also ordered the internal guards to pay attention to the movements of the people outside the city at all times.
After explaining everything, he looked at Su Li.
Su Li understood and followed him quietly.
A group of three people walked out of the East Palace.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people behind him, King Jing couldn't bear it any longer, and in a low voice, he told everything he was worried about.
"Your Highness, that guy might really want to blow up his body..." He rubbed his hands, "Should we just chop off his head now?"
Su Li was shocked and asked, "What's wrong with the emperor?"
"I don't know what to say!" Prince Jing sighed, "You'll know it when you see it!"
Su Li subconsciously quickened his pace and headed straight for Emperor Xiao's mourning hall.
At this time, all the clan members who were keeping vigil in front of the funeral had been dismissed. Dozens of internal guards were guarding the mourning hall, and all of them looked tense.
Such a posture made Su Li feel even heavier!
Although I haven’t seen the person who killed the emperor yet, judging from King Jing’s words, it must be Concubine Shu who is acting evil again!
Xiao Lin took her into the mourning hall, walked directly behind the coffin, and reached out to open the coffin lid.
Su Li was also surprised when he saw Emperor Xiao inside!
Emperor Xiao has been dead for three days now.
But his condition was not at all like a person who had been dead for three days. He looked fresh and moist, lying there with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep!
What's even weirder is that there is a wound on his face, and bright red blood is oozing out!
"I have been guarding here. Suddenly I heard movement in the coffin. When I opened it, he actually opened his eyes and smiled at me!" King Jing covered his chest with lingering fear. Although he was a veteran in the battlefield when he was young, he has passed The days of licking blood with the tip of a knife, but this was the first time for him to see the resurrection of the dead!
"I was so frightened that I gave him a knife directly!" He pointed at the wound on Xiao Di's face. "The knife made him close his eyes, but the blood was so oozing! He..."
Halfway through his words, he was suddenly interrupted by a chuckle.
It's Xiao Lin.
"Are you still laughing?" King Jing stretched out his hand and pushed him, "You kid, are you not afraid at all?"
"I'm not afraid!" Xiao Lin shook his head, "I think it's quite interesting! My father died unjustly, and he was defeated by his own hands. He is unwilling to do so. It is reasonable for him to want to be resurrected!"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, pinched Emperor Xiao's face lightly, and smiled: "Look, the skin is warm! Ah Li, do you know what's going on?"
He turned to look at Su Li.
