Chapter 130: Thousands of miles away
Xiao Mohe once followed Hou Andu. The two of them followed Emperor Chen Wu and Chen Ba first to pacify the Hou Jing Rebellion and then fought against the Northern Qi Dynasty. When he was nine years old, he once fought alone and was unbeatable.
The queen could actually persuade Xiao Maha to attack him?
Chen Shuling was both horrified and terrified.
He turned around and asked Wei Liang: "Who do you think can challenge?"
Wei Liang lowered his head and replied: "Your Majesty, my subordinates think that it is better to surrender than to fight with him!"
Chen Shuling's eyes lit up and he asked:
"How to recruit someone to surrender?"
He actually wanted to recruit him to surrender. If Xiao Mohe was willing to surrender, he would have one more powerful general under his command. Now the entire capital was under his control. If there was no such powerful general as Xiao Mohe in Jiankang City, it would be impossible to rely on those feeble-minded generals. Civil servants, who can be his opponent?
"Xiao Mohe has repeatedly made military exploits, but now he is still a third-rank right-guard general, guarding the imperial city. The prince promised Sangong the position of prime minister and assistant. When he succeeded, he followed the merits of the dragon, and then used marriage to lure his daughter, the queen. If you take the position, this will definitely happen!" Wei Liang replied.
Chen Shuling felt that this plan worked, so he said to Wei Liang: "Well, you go and be the lobbyist and go to the west gate to negotiate with Xiao Maha!"
Wei Liang suddenly felt a chill in his heart, but he did not dare to disobey King Shixing's order, so he nodded and said yes.
With the honor guard given by King Shixing, Wei Liang came to the west gate of Dongfu City and explained his purpose to the gatekeepers. After that, he saw Xiao Mohe himself, but he only glanced at this person from a distance, and he knew this person. He is by no means an easy person to surrender.
So Wei Liang, the lobbyist, simply surrendered and in turn gave Xiao Mohe advice, hoping that Xiao Mohe could intercede for him in front of the Queen and spare him from the death penalty!
After Wei Liang returned to Dongfu City, he told Chen Shuling that Xiao Maha did not trust the prince's promise of the position of the Three Dukes unless there was written proof and he asked his close advisors to pay him a visit to show his sincerity.
Chen Shuling was anxious, so he wrote a note and sent it to Wei Liang, and also sent Dai Wen and Tan Wu to visit and negotiate.
But what Chen Shuling didn't expect was that these three people went to the West City Gate and never came back. An hour later, he received the news that Dai Wen and Tan Wu had been beheaded and hung in the Dongcheng Market for public display.
Wei Liang never appeared again.
Chen Shuling suddenly felt that his situation was over, and all his cronies around him had been scattered, and no one dared to call for support. In the end, he only took his uncle Peng Hao to escape at night. After Xiao Mohe received the news, he immediately He sent hundreds of cavalry to pursue his team.
Before dawn the next day, King Lanling received a secret letter. When he opened it and read it, it actually read: When the time comes to fulfill the promise of the county king, please help me break out of the encirclement. Meiling will see you!
After seeing this letter, Lu Yu was a little dumbfounded.
"Is this King Shiheung out of his mind? He believes so much that the prince is willing to rebel with him in order to fulfill his promise?"
"Maybe you are really desperate and want to defect to our country, Qi!"
Prince Lanling also smiled and handed the letter in his hand to Xiao Jinyu.
"It's just as you expected, it's not even noon yet, and you've already been defeated and fled!"
Xiao Jinyu smiled slightly: Chen Shuling's rebellion lasted only three hours in his previous life, but he had been struggling for a long time in this life!
However, Empress Liu finally understood the meaning of her words and sent Xiao Maha to surrender. The outcome was not much different, except that Chen Shuling was not dead yet and actually escaped to Meiling.
Now that death is imminent, why don't you forget your hobby of robbing tombs?
"What do you want to do now?" Gao Changgong asked again.
"Since he wants to seek refuge with the king, then I will go with the king to see him off in person!"
"By the way, take Yueying with you!"
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When the sky was about to get dark, the world suddenly fell into a dead silence, and there seemed to be crows crows all around, which was very depressing to hear.
When Chen Shuling fled to Meiling Hill, there was not a single soldier around him. On the way to escape, his uncle Peng Hao had been killed by Xiao Maha's horse. The rest of the soldiers had fled one after another when they saw that the situation was over. Some soldiers were still alive. I wanted to kill him for meritorious service, but luckily he reacted quickly and killed him instead.
Meiling Hill was not originally a tomb site. In the early Eastern Jin Dynasty, when the barbarians invaded the territory and the Yiguan people migrated south, Yuzhang Prefect Mei Zuo stationed troops here to resist the enemy. Later generations built the Meiling Gang here to commemorate General Mei Zuo's noble integrity. Temple, and widely planted plum blossoms, so it is called Meiling Hill.
Since then, this place has become a geomantic treasure, and many celebrities and nobles are buried here.
The trees are full of shadows at night. April is approaching the Qingming Festival, when the plum blossoms are in full bloom. The cold wind brings the fragrance of plum blossoms, and the rustling petals fall off, making it even more serene.
But Chen Shuling has been accustomed to robbing tombs since he was a child, and he is not afraid of ghosts and gods. Walking aimlessly like this, in a winding path leading to a secluded place, I unexpectedly found the resting place of Xie An, the Grand Prime Minister of the Jin Dynasty.
Although forced to this point, Chen Shuling was still overjoyed when he saw Xie An's tomb.
When they were about to dig the cemetery, there was a sound of horse hooves in the forest, and the light of fire came from far to near, illuminating the plum ridge.
Soon, the sound of horse hoofbeats approached, and Chen Shuling hid first. From a distance, he saw that the leader was King Lanling.
Chen Shuling couldn't help but be overjoyed and hurriedly came out. When King Lanling reined in his horse and stopped, he clasped his fists from a distance and said: "Chang Gong is indeed trustworthy. A gentleman's promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Zisong is not very grateful."
King Lanling led several guards up the winding and deep corridor until he came to Chen Shuling.
"There are no soldiers around the prince? How can he be in such a mess?"
"Forget it, a group of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death actually betrayed me and fled when they saw Xiao Mahama's fierce appearance!"
Lu Yu, who was hiding behind King Lanling, really wanted to laugh, so he quickly covered his mouth in order not to make a sound.
"Then the prince invites Chang Gong here because he wants Chang Gong to do something for the prince?"
"I still have soldiers and horses in Xinlin, but I have to cross the river at Xiaohang Ferry. Now Xiao Mohe is chasing me. I really don't dare to show up, so I need Chang Gong to cover me to Xiaohang Ferry and wait for me. I have gathered soldiers and horses and want to defect to the Northern Qi Dynasty. I hope Chang Gong will introduce you to the Lord of Qi!"
really……
"Okay, Chang Gong can write a letter to the Emperor of Qi to introduce the prince, but..." he changed the topic, "Chang Gong can't guarantee whether the prince can reach the land of Northern Qi."
"What do you mean?"
Chen Shuling's expression changed, and he suddenly felt bad. At this moment, a person came out from behind Gao Changgong.
This man was dressed in black clothes, with a slender body and a slightly shabby figure. He also wore a silk hat on his head. Under the light of the fire, his aura exuded an awe-inspiring and solemn feeling.
"Xie Zhen?"
Although he had no appearance, Chen Shuling could not forget his temperament. When he saw him, he took a few steps back and stared angrily.
"Gao Changgong, what do you mean? Do you want to kill this king because of your betrayal and betrayal of his staff?"
"Your Highness, there is no trust between you and me! However, Chang Gong really wants to thank Your Highness for trusting me so much that he can still think of me before he dies!"
This sentence was already a great irony. Chen Shuling felt chills running down his spine. He thought that according to Dai Wen's report, Gao Changgong had acquired a stunning beauty, and he had already forgotten about Xie Zhen, and Xie Zhen had provoked him so much. Trouble, how could he still favor this staff member.
He's just a sidekick. If he causes trouble, he'll be killed!
Why...Xie Zhen still appears here?
"It's all you. Because of you, this king is in this situation. Even if I die, I will kill you first!"
Chen Shuling pulled out his sword and stabbed Xiao Jinyu. At the same time, another cold light suddenly appeared and cut off his wrist in his shocked eyes.
In the flash of lightning, he didn't even see who had drawn the knife. He let out a shrill scream and rolled to the ground holding his wrist.
"No one is allowed to touch her!" Gao Changgong said angrily.
Only then did Chen Shuling realize that King Lanling had always been an enemy rather than a friend!
"My lord, do you know why you ended up in this situation? It's not because of me, it's because of yourself!"
At this time, Xie Zhen stepped forward, looked at the man rolling on the ground and roaring like a bereaved dog, and said: "Have you never read the words of Mencius: The more help you have, the world will obey you. The less help you have, the better. , those who are close to relatives. If the world obeys, attack those close to relatives. Therefore, if a gentleman does not fight, he will win."
"So, when the prince raised the flag of rebellion and summoned all the kings and generals, no one dared to respond. Isn't it a good feeling for the unjust people to have few helpers?"
Chen Shuling felt that he had never been in such pain before and sobbed, but had no words to refute.
Xiao Jinyu paused for a moment, then smiled and said: "My lord, if you want to rebel, you will rebel. Why are you using the banner of clearing your side to clear me?"
"Do you believe this yourself? I am not even a minister, so how can I say that I am a traitor?"
(End of chapter)