Northern Territory, Anyang
Li Wei is the confidant of the Marquis Qin Yue. A few days ago, the Marquis received a letter from the crown prince Qin Heng, and asked his second son Qin Yan to lead a team of elite soldiers south to meet the crown prince.
After this elite group left Anyang City, it was divided into three. Because there are three roads from Chang'an to the north. The second young master took them directly to the westernmost and most dangerous road.
Three kilometers away from Baihe Town, a scout smelled the smell of blood. They were running fast, and on a high snowfield one kilometer away from Baihe Town, everyone stopped running. All because the scene in front of me was so shocking.
In the snowy world, the Sixth Young Master was covered in blood, holding a red tassel gun in his hand, standing there blankly. At his feet lay countless Qiang and Hu soldiers wearing Han costumes.
The snow-white world was stained with fishy red, making the heaven and earth look stunning.
They realized they were still late.
Their arrival alarmed the Sixth Young Master, who glanced at them, then kicked his foot, and a head flew up from the snow, and he held the hair on it with one hand.
They carefully identified it and found that the head was none other than that of the Qiang and Hu general Bujier!
This is unbelievable. Their soldiers in the northern border are desperately resisting the powerful enemy on the front line. Where did this Qiang Hu come from, and how did they cross their front and appear behind them?
Regardless of the blood-stained shirt, the Sixth Young Master came to a corpse with a red tassel gun in one hand and Bujier's head in the other.
"Fourth!" Qin Yan recognized the corpse and his eyes turned red. He staggered towards them.
Qin Sheng placed Bu Jier's head next to his fourth brother, squatted down, and slowly closed his angry eyes.
"Second brother, I'm late. If I-" Qin Sheng blamed himself.
Qin Yan interrupted him, "No, we are all late!"
"Second brother, fourth brother died to save the prince..."
Li Wei followed them to the front and felt very heavy when he heard their conversation. They were late. Not only the Sixth Young Master was late, they were also late.
The prince was kidnapped by the Qiang and Hu people and transferred away.
The Fourth Young Master risked his life to save the prince, but he only brought six or seven steps with him and was unable to defeat even one of the enemy's troops. He was eventually shot to death by the enemy's arrows. He was hit by several arrows, one of which pierced his chest...
At that time, in order to catch up with the Fourth Young Master, the Sixth Young Master set out from Chang'an City and traveled eight hundred miles a day. If the Fourth Young Master had not changed his route, he would have been overtaken long ago.
He chased the Fourth Young Master to Baihe Town, where he fought fiercely for a day and killed countless enemies. What he just saw was that his right hand holding the red tassel gun was shaking unconsciously.
Qin Sheng closed his fourth brother's eyes, straightened his clothes, and then went to track down the Qiang and Hu people. The prince was still in their hands.
It was Qin Yan who stopped him, looked into his eyes, and said word by word, "It is my business to track the Qiang and Hu people and rescue the prince. And what you have to do now is to rush back to Chang'an City and get married!" Don't give the Queen Mother a chance to attack them!
In addition, "You also need to take your fourth brother back for burial and let him rest in peace."
Qin Sheng's hand holding the red tassel gun slowly lowered, his eyes red.
Qin Yan stood there and ordered without looking back, "Li Wei, pick up the four or five parts and follow the sixth son back to Chang'an!"
"yes!"
"Be obedient and return to Chang'an!"
Qin Sheng didn't say anything. He carried the red tassel gun to a large blue stone and fired a set of marksmanship skills smoothly, causing foam to fly.
When he stopped, he saw written on the big bluestone, the place where Qin Ming, the son of Ping Xihou, died!
"Let's go!" Qin Yan urged him.
When Qin Sheng galloped out at the lead with Qin Ming's body on his back, Li Wei quickly followed with the four or five selected parts.
Qin Yan got on his horse and led his elite troops in the direction where the prince was captured.
Chang'an City, Lu Family
Lu Songli read the letter in her hand and stared at the window without saying a word for a long time.
"Ah Li, what do you want from dad?" Lu Desheng had just returned from the palace when he heard his wife say that his daughter was waiting for him in the study. He took a drink of water and came over.
Lu Songli handed him the letter in her hand.
"What's this?"
"This is the letter sent by the Qin family just now."
Lu Desheng opened it and saw that the prince had been kidnapped by the Qiang and Hu people? Looking again, all the elite troops accompanying him were wiped out.
Seeing this, Lu Desheng took a deep breath and felt a toothache!
When he saw the letter saying that Qin Silang Qin Ming was killed by Qiang Hu people in Baihe Town to rescue the prince, he was silent for a while, then sighed and continued reading. The letter also said that General Qin was sending an elite team to track the Qiang and Hu people and rescue the prince.
All this was going in the direction they had speculated before.
"The prince must be in danger." Lu Songli felt that with the cruelty of the fourth prince, the prince might have been killed. Only if the prince dies can he succeed to the throne. Therefore, if it was his arrangement, he would definitely be killed as soon as he was captured.
To be honest, there was nothing she could do about matters in the north. This is really a fight between gods and mortals suffering.
Not only her, but also the Qin family who was involved were equally powerless. So what if the Qin family knows that this is a conspiracy or a trap? Can we still start a rebellion immediately? Disaster. As the saying goes, build a high wall and store up food before becoming king. If you raise an army, you must be prepared. Does the Qin family have it? Moreover, Emperor Kangcheng was on the throne and had many people supporting him. Dali was elsewhere with three to four hundred thousand soldiers and horses. The Qin family has no advantage in rebelling now.
Besides, if the Qin family rebels and the guns are turned, what will happen to the foreigners in the north? No more resistance? Allowing foreigners to invade the Central Plains is a sinner of the nation and will lose the support of the people.
This kind of rebellion is like water without roots and is destined to fail.
Wrong timing and all in vain.
"Dad, tell me about our emperor's situation." The news she received was immediately sent by Qin Yan using a flying pigeon from Baihe Town. Qin Heng delivered it to her after receiving it. She now needs information from the emperor and a basis to evaluate their next actions again.
"The Emperor has been very difficult to take care of recently..." Lu Desheng began to describe in detail the information he learned in the palace. He now understood the words that accompany the emperor like a tiger.
After Lu Songli listened carefully, she had only one thought, that something was wrong with the emperor! There may not be anyone from the emperor among the entourage of the prince-in-waiting. In other words, it is very likely that the emperor already knew the news of the prince's abduction, or even updated news.
No more moves!
If the latest news is that the prince is dead, then the current Emperor Kang Cheng will be too dangerous.
At the end of his life, he was like a wounded tiger. The death of the prince would only irritate him even more, not to mention what he thought about the people behind the scenes, but those who wanted to take advantage of this matter , he will definitely not let it go.
At this time, the louder the movement, the more his attention will be attracted.
Fortunately, she had arranged the marriage as an excuse, and fortunately her operation was very secretive.
After she arranged everything, Lu Songli couldn't help but sigh, the emperor is still the emperor.
Lu Songli was right. Emperor Kang Cheng glanced at the Qin and Lu families, and then stared at the Xie and Zhao families. The Qin and Lu families were forced by the Queen Mother to get married within two months after the marriage was granted. The wedding was arranged on the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month, so there was nothing wrong with it. It’s understandable to make a big fanfare and want to be lively. After all, those two children were forced to get together by the Queen Mother after they were disliked. They want to save face and make the show bigger, I understand.
But the Xie family and Zhao family have some problems. Why are they so anxious to hold a wedding? Is there some conspiracy? Does the prince's matter have anything to do with them?
Perhaps it was due to suspicion. No matter how he looked at it, Emperor Kang Cheng felt that there was something wrong with the Xie and Zhao families. If someone took a closer look, there was really something wrong!
In the Qin family, after Qin Heng received Lu Songli's letter, he convinced her judgment and immediately stopped all operations.
At this time, Xie Zhan was secretly led by Shangfeng, who was originally at the Zhongshu Provincial Office, to meet the fourth prince. He was originally from Zhongshushe, and his top supervisor was Xue Huaimin. Under Xue Huaimin's introduction, the two parties had a good conversation.
