The Grandmaster Strategist

At this time, the hunting palace was gradually calming down. King Yong broke out. Although it caused a lot of trouble to Fengyimen, it also weakened the resistance in the hunting palace. Wei Ying relied on the power of the imperial army. The token quickly brought the situation under control. Among the remaining Forbidden Army, except for the three thousand Forbidden Army that controlled Xiaoshuang Palace, which were completely controlled by Fengyi Sect, the Forbidden Army that protected Yulin Palace had been replaced by Xiahou Yuanfeng's thousand. The rest of the Forbidden Army were organized into random groups and sent to various places to control the hunting palace. All the accompanying ministers were placed under house arrest, even those who were inclined to the Fengyi Sect were no exception. Of course, these ministers did not want to if they did not need it. Really getting involved in the rebellion would harm your reputation.

Wei Ying led the imperial troops around to make sure there was no remaining resistance. The originally elegant and handsome face had a hint of murderous intent, and the calm demeanor of the past was completely gone.

At this moment, he was very anxious, but strangely, he remembered the past in his mind. The relationship between the Wei family and the Fengyi Sect was never known to the public. Who would have thought that Mrs. Wei and the head of the Fengyi Sect were actually Jin Lan sisters? Shortly after Wei Ying was born, he was favored by the master of the Fengyi Sect and secretly taught him martial arts. Wei Ying lived up to the expectations of the master of the Fengyi Sect and became a talented man with both civil and military skills. Because the Wei family has always been neutral. Because of his promise, no one knew that Wei Ying was the only male registered disciple of Master Fengyi.

As Wei Ying grew up, he gradually became estranged from the Fengyi Clan. After all, as the son of the prime minister and a young talent praised by everyone, his future was limitless. If he had a close relationship with the Fengyi Clan, it would cause suspicion among the royal family. He almost never showed off his martial arts skills and focused on being a prime minister. But just when he was feeling proud, an unexpected blow came.

Whether it was the prince's plan or the Fengyi Sect's self-interest, he became the emperor's chosen consort and the fiancé of Princess Changle. Frankly speaking, he had no affection for Princess Changle. After all, for him who was humble on the outside and arrogant on the inside. , Princess Changle was not the wife of his dreams, but he knew very well what marrying the princess meant to him, so he readily accepted the emperor's arrangement. However, a blow followed. Princess Changle would rather become a monk than leave the family. Marrying, this made Wei Ying, who had always had a smooth life, feel unprecedented anger in his heart. It was also in this year that he began to get close to the Fengyi Sect. However, during this process, he always walked with his face covered. Except for the master of the Fengyi Sect, no one knew that Master Wei, who was deeply favored by the emperor, He actually became the protector bestowed upon him personally by the master of Fengyi Sect.

At first, Wei Ying did not want to rebel, and even deliberately delayed the decision of Fengyi Sect Master several times. For him, it would be easy to take charge of the phase after ten years, and there was no need to risk his wealth like this. However, when the master of the Fengyi Sect proposed the plan, he still had no way to refuse. Obtaining Princess Changle was the only way for him to join the royal family, so he allowed the master of the Fengyi Sect to dominate the farce. Even beforehand, he relied on the With his gentle appearance and gentle and sweet words, he secretly won Lu'e's heart. Because every time Princess Changle deliberately avoided him, Lu'e was inevitably ordered to refuse, and Wei Ying took the opportunity to deceive the girl's sincerity. On that day, Lu'e, who fully expected to accompany the princess to marry into the Wei family, pretended to be confused at all times. If Princess Changle's biological mother hadn't arrived, Princess Changle must have been forced to marry him. But that day, Wei Ying Knowing that I will never have any chance again. Seeing that Qingyun's road was cut off, he finally made up his mind. As long as he helped Prince Bao ascend the throne, then with his own merits, he would have no problem marrying the princess.

But things always go unsatisfactory. King Yong didn't know how to expose his perfect scam, and even took the risk to break through successfully, which filled his heart with panic. Although Li Hanyou had already gone to force the military talisman to mobilize the Qin army to hunt down King Yong, but what if After the failure, Wei Ying had never felt more distressed and worried than he did now, so when he eliminated the resistance forces, he was more ruthless than ever. Along the way, more than a dozen officials had been killed by him because of their resistance.

Blood stained the hunting palace and the forbidden garden.

What made Wei Ying angry was that after Li Hanyou, Xiao Lan and others discussed it, without knowing Wei Ying, they put the young prince Lu Jingzhong under house arrest in the Yulin Hall. The reason was that all the women in the Fengyi Sect felt that Lu Jingzhong would be their rival in the future. Rather than letting Lu Jingzhong disrupt the situation and harm the interests of Fengyi Sect, it is better to take the opportunity to kill him. Fortunately, Wei Ying arrived in time, but the deal was already done. Since Lu Jingzhong had been offended, he could not offend Li Hanyou and Xiao Lan again. In desperation, Wei Ying had to agree to temporarily place Lu Jingzhong under house arrest. However, Wei Ying hated the behavior of the Fengyi Clan girls who ignored the overall situation and cut off their arms before the big thing was accomplished.

While patrolling, he was thinking about how to control the overall situation. When Wei Ying walked to Hanxiang Garden, he suddenly felt something in his heart. For him, no matter what benefits he got from the successful rebellion, it was not as important as Princess Changle's marriage. When he came here, he Suddenly he thought that Princess Changle must be worried about what happened outside. If he took the opportunity to go to comfort him, he might be able to reassure the princess. Thinking of this, he walked towards Hanxiang Garden. The imperial guard guarding the gate was not Fengyi. However, when they saw Wei Ying, they did not dare to stop them. After all, they were not fools. They knew about the accident in the hunting palace. However, the emperor and General Qin were nowhere to be seen, and these forbidden troops did not dare to act recklessly. Action, after all, this is a civil strife in the royal family. If they stand in the wrong position, they will die. In their eyes, Wei Ying is the emperor's messenger. After all, the gold medal for controlling the imperial army is in his hands. Walking into Hanxiang Garden, Wei Ying felt a sense of desolation, and the chrysanthemums in the garden exuded the aura of desolation. He walked up to the steps of the princess's bedroom and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Wei Ying, would like to see Her Royal Highness."

There was silence in the palace for a long time. A palace maid in her thirties with a dignified and beautiful appearance came out and said: "Shangyi Zhou of Cuiluan Palace has met Mr. Wei. Her Royal Highness the Princess has gone to Xiaoshuang Palace and is not here."

Wei Ying was stunned and said: "The hunting palace is in chaos now. Why did Zhou Shangyi let the princess go to Xiaoshuang Palace?"

Zhou Shangyi said: "How dare I stop the princess's actions? The princess was worried about the safety of the emperor and the noble concubine, so she went to Xiaoshuang Palace."

Wei Ying had a look of disappointment on his face. Suddenly, he noticed that Zhou Shangyi looked a little flustered and had thousands of thoughts in his mind. King Yong broke out, but Jiang Zhe did not accompany him. At least no one saw him. He searched the residence of King Yong. There were no corpses in the ruins after the fire, so Jiang Zhe might still be in the palace. He was patrolling around and had plans to search for this person. However, he was not sure whether this person really stayed, so he did not conduct a large-scale search. After all, now The advantage of Fengyi Sect is actually just a mirror. As long as someone rises up and shouts, the forbidden army will be unable to control it. Thinking of the rumors, Princess Changle and Jiang Zhe have an affair. If this is true, then Jiang Zhe may In Hanxiang Garden, thinking of this, Wei Ying sneered and said: "In this case, let me search Hanxiang Garden. The rebellion in the palace has not been eradicated yet. If the princess is frightened, I cannot afford it." .”

Zhou Shangyi was shocked. She knew that Hanxiang Garden could not be searched. Just when the fire first started to light up in the night, an uninvited guest suddenly came to Princess Changle's bedroom. Although Zhou Shangyi had never seen it, she knew this person, Jiang Zhejiang. Sima, a talented man from Southern Chu, a confidant of King Yong, and the favorite of Princess Changle. The one who supported him was a young man with a handsome appearance and a cold temperament. Zhou Shangyi had heard that Jiang Zhe had a servant who was a eunuch of Southern Chu, but this man didn't look like him. The two men came secretly and broke into the princess's bedroom directly. At that time, only Zhou Shangyi was with them. Then the frail and haggard young man asked himself and his servants to guard outside. He and the princess talked secretly for a long time. Then Princess Changle took several palace maids and the little eunuch Xiao Liuzi to Xiaoshuang Palace, and gave instructions to Zhou Shangyi before leaving. Take good care of Jiang Sima and don't let others find out. But now Wei Ying wants to search Hanxiang Garden, what to do? The princess has said that Wei Ying is a rebel. Wei Ying saw all the changes in her expression, and he was both happy and jealous. If he caught Jiang Zhe, he would have all the secrets of King Yong in his hands. He was about to enter the palace to search, but he remembered "Evil Shadow" Li Shunlai. If the evil shadow was by Jiang Zhe's side, then he would have thrown himself into a trap. Wei Ying did not get Wen Ziyan's reward, and he didn't know that Xiao Shunzi had broken through. Going out, Xie Ying is loyal to Jiang Zhe. This is something everyone knows. I don’t know how many people are upset about this. Wei Ying does not have the courage to face such a master. He is so cruel. Wei Ying ordered: "Go and summon the forbidden army to guard this place." Surround them, and then go to Concubine Lan to recruit some swordsmen." Originally, in order to avoid suspicion, he did not keep the Fengyi Sect swordsmen around, but now, if there are not those fierce swordsmen, he will not worry. Breaking in like this.

Hanxiang Garden, the princess's palace, I was sitting on a soft couch, calculating the possibility of victory or defeat in my mind. However, the situation was so complicated that it was really difficult to calculate. Although I don't know why the imperial army turned against me, I guess the most likely possibility is The Fengyi Sect mobilized its power in the harem, stole the talisman, and then isolated the emperor from the outside world. In this way, the Fengyi Sect had a local advantage, and then they could use Jiao Zhao to mobilize all the power of the emperor to encircle and suppress King Yong. Who I would have thought that something like this would happen in the place where the emperor has the greatest power. This is also the result of me underestimating the power of Fengyi Sect in the harem after winning several times. However, this is not the time to consider this. Princess Changle is the only one I can reverse. The path of Qiankun, otherwise even if I try my best, at best it will be a lose-lose ending, which Dayong cannot afford.

And after getting the emperor's secret decree and General Qin's token, the most important thing is how to send these out safely. Although I have chosen this candidate, I am not sure. If it fails, it will be doomed. No way. , a ruthless light flashed in my eyes. If there is something wrong with this person, I must kill him immediately. I will never give him a chance to tell him. At that time, I will have to let Dong Que go, but Dong Que is not safe. He was probably intercepted by people from Fengyi Sect on the way.

While I was thinking hard, there was a sound on the window lattice, and Dong Que floated in, saying in a low voice: "Master, the matter has been settled, he will be here in a moment."

I said in a deep voice: "Is he reliable?"

Dong Que said: "Young master, don't worry. After the East Palace Incident, my senior brother was put under house arrest by Li Hanyou. He was only released by the prince a few days ago. Senior brother is already frustrated with Fengyi Sect and the prince, so I will repay him with righteousness." , and he agreed.”

I felt relieved and asked, "Did he recognize you?"

Dong Que smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that I have really changed a lot. Although my senior brother was a little confused, he didn't recognize me. If I hadn't won the Yongwang gold medal, he wouldn't have believed me."

I smiled slightly and said: "That's good, and don't mind, I will put a ban on your senior brother later. This is also a last resort. This is the only possibility for His Highness King Yong to reverse the situation. I cannot take it lightly."

Dong Duo nodded and said: "Senior brother will understand, and I know very well that as long as King Yong escapes, he will be temporarily weak, but he will be able to turn the tide later, but the loss will be greater. For the sake of our sect, senior brother will also agree. Young Master’s arrangement.”

I was about to continue, when suddenly the sound of footsteps and Zhou Shangyi's anxious voice came to my ears: "Master Wei, you can't search the princess's palace, it's too rude."

I wailed in my heart, why did Wei Ying end up here? Could it be that I have really run out of energy? I quickly looked around the palace. I kept thinking about how to deal with Fengyi Gate, but I forgot to find a place to hide. Dong Que smiled bitterly, stepped forward and grabbed me, gently pointed at the bed, and I looked at him with incomprehensible eyes. He stepped forward gently and clapped his hands several times on the bed. Then the bed board slid open silently, revealing the hidden compartment underneath, which could barely accommodate one person. My eyes widened. How could there be darkness here? grid. Dong Que ignored my doubts, lifted me up, and tapped me a few times. I felt my mind gradually blurring, as if I was being stuffed into a dark compartment, and then my eyes fell into darkness.

Wei Ying ordered all the maids and eunuchs of Hanxiang Garden to be driven into a side hall, and he led the people to search. After receiving his order, Xiao Lan sent Feng Feifei over. The prince's place was peaceful, so naturally he used With less than that many people, the two searched the rest of the rooms. But they didn't notice it. In the end, both of their eyes were focused on the princess's palace. Wei Ying hesitated for a moment. If he really searched the princess's palace, regardless of whether the person could be found, Princess Changle would be resentful of him. But then he thought about it, if he could find the person, he might be able to force the princess to surrender. Therefore, Wei Ying said to Feng Feifei: "This is the princess's palace. It is inconvenient for me to search, so I ask the three girls to do it for me."

Feng Feifei smiled slightly, with an elegant and gentle smile on her beautiful face. She gently trimmed her temples and said softly, "Master will be very happy if we can catch Jiang Zhe." She only said Wei Fearing the evil shadow, Li Shun felt a little contemptuous, so he walked into the palace with his sword.

Hanxiang Garden was originally a palace for noble concubines or princesses. Lower-status concubines and clan members were not eligible to live in it. As soon as they walked into the palace, they felt it was beautifully decorated, elegant and noble. Feng Feifei smiled lightly, even though it was in name only. Princess, the place where Junior Sister Hanyou lives is far worse than here. She searched carefully, but found nothing. Although she is not very proficient in hidden weapons, she can be sure that there is no secret room in this palace. , and finally her eyes focused on the bed. This bed is made of agarwood. It is very exquisite and has an elegant fragrance. Feng Feifei approached the bed and inspected it carefully for a long time. The whole bed was integrated and there could be no mechanism. However, Feng Feifei looked at it with some envy. He glanced at the bed before walking out of the palace.

Seeing Wei Ying, she shook her head slightly, and Wei Ying frowned in annoyance. Offending Princess Changle again for no reason was really not worth the gain. At this moment, Xie Xiaotong and two female Fengyimen swordsmen came over with a young eunuch. As soon as he saw Feng Feifei, Xie Xiaotong said excitedly: "Third sister, we are almost successful there." He said quickly She told what happened at Xiaoshuang Palace. Her words were clever and she spoke clearly.

Feng Feifei's eyes flashed with joy and said: "I didn't expect Princess Changle to be so knowledgeable, but we searched Hanxiang Garden here. I don't know if things will change because of this." She looked at it with some worry and annoyance. Wei Ying glanced at him. Wei Ying smiled slightly, Feng Feifei and these people were women anyway. Although they were vicious enough, they were not decisive enough. It was no wonder that Fengyi Sect Master did not let them take charge of this matter. But he didn't want to offend them, so he said calmly: "Just a warning, you are still afraid that these servants dare to say anything. As long as these few days have passed, it doesn't matter even if they say it, Princess Changle will not come back." When we get to Hanxiang Garden, she won’t know about this for the time being.”

Xie Xiaotong nodded and said, "Go and do the work." She said this to Xiao Liuzi. Xiao Liuzi nodded with panic on his face and ran quickly to see Zhou Shangyi. These palace ladies and eunuchs quickly packed their things. , the imperial concubine and Princess Changle both had a lot of belongings, and they would not be able to finish packing them for a while. Wei Ying and Feng Feifei were too lazy to read any more, and left after explaining to Xie Xiaotong. After Wei Ying and others left, , the Forbidden Army also withdrew. At this time, a figure quietly stood up among the chrysanthemums. He was wearing a thin silk cloak. The color on it was very similar to the color of the flowers. Neither the Forbidden Army nor Wei Ying paid attention. After all, Their purpose is to find a weak scholar who has no strength.

He gently entered the princess's bedroom. At this time, Xiao Liuzi and Zhou Shangyi were already waiting there. When Xiao Liuzi saw him, he whispered: "Where is the young master?"

Dong Que pointed at the bed, and Zhou Shangyi felt relieved. This bed was secretly made in the palace and had hidden compartments inside. However, not everyone knew about this. Hanxiang Garden could only be used a few times a year, so No one knew about it anymore, and Concubine Changsun was the one who knew about it. She told it to Princess Changle as a joke. Jiang Zhe took refuge here last night. He didn't expect that Princess Changle thought about what to do if someone searched, so she told this to Princess Changle. After telling Dong Que where he was, Jiang Zhe was so focused on how to reverse the situation that he didn't pay attention to it.

Zhou Shangyi nodded with relief. Now was not the time to release Jiang Zhe. Xiao Liuzi handed the silk handkerchief and jade pendant that the princess had given him to Dong Que. He briefly explained the situation, and then he and Zhou Shangyi packed up the princess's belongings. Clothing and jewelry, they hurriedly left the palace. Not long after, they followed Xie Xiaotong and left Hanxiang Garden. The gate of Hanxiang Garden was also locked by them, making this place unnoticed.

Then Dong Que took out Jiang Zhe, whose acupuncture points were tapped and whose breath was weak, from the secret compartment. He saw that his face was pale. Dong Que quickly opened his acupuncture points and thought to himself: "There is nothing wrong with him. This technique It’s the lightest.”

When I woke up from the coma, I saw Dong Que's anxious face. I shook my heavy head and whispered, "Is he gone already?"

Dong Que said: "Don't worry, young master, Wei Ying has left. This is a gift from the princess." He handed me the silk handkerchief and jade pendant.

I unfolded the silk handkerchief, saw the seal on it, smiled slightly, and asked Dong Que to get pen and ink, and quickly wrote a few lines: "The prince is rebellious, and Qin Yong obeys the orders of King Yong, and the hunting palace rescues him. There is no need to follow the rest of the military edicts." .”

Putting down the pen, I smiled and said: "As long as these two things are delivered to Qin Yong, there is no need to worry. By the way, can your senior brother be the envoy to deliver the message?"

Dong Que was about to answer when he heard footsteps coming from outside again. Both of them were shocked. Could Wei Ying be back again?