Chapter 166 The Queen's Concubine Qi was not found in the other courtyard
"Why did you kill King Beirong?"
Sun Guogong looked at Qu Lechang with a shocked look on his face, and asked again:
"How did you do it?"
"Beirong is no longer in power. As long as I want to, it's easy to take the head of the King of Beirong."
At any rate, Qu Lechang had been in charge of Beirong's troops for a period of time. Although he was defeated repeatedly in the battle against Li Yunqing, he turned his gun around and unexpectedly captured the head of the Beirong King, which was still easy.
"Now that Beirong is defeated, the Duke of Guo has an army of hundreds of thousands. He can take the head of the King of Beirong, take all the credit for Li Yunqing, and make a name for himself in front of the heroes of the world."
Chief Qu Le came up with a plan for Duke Sun. He originally planned to use this head to claim credit from the imperial capital after taking back the city defense army. However, the current city defense army was completely different from the city defense army that Chief Qu Le knew.
He could only change his plan temporarily and give the head of King Beirong to Sun Guogong as his certificate of surrender.
You know, Sun Guogong has amassed hundreds of thousands of troops. Even if Sun Guogong didn't say anything, his ambitions were clearly exposed.
Tianjing Kingdom has been harassed by the Beirong all year round, and dealing with the Beirong people has long been Tianjing's political correctness.
As long as Sun Guogong holds the head of King Beirong, he can earn a wave of favor among the people.
When the time comes, everyone will only look for Sun Guogong to surrender to the army, instead of trying to join the Shence Army.
Sun Guogong stared at the heads on the table in silence. Of course he knew the King of Beirong. When he followed King Lao Li to conquer Beirong, he had many interactions with the King of Beirong.
Time is really not forgiving. The King of Beirong, who was so high-spirited back then, has now become an old man with gray hair on his temples.
His head was also presented to him.
Sun Guogong's eyes rolled in his sockets, and he asked someone to collect the head of King Beirong, and then looked at Qu Lechang,
"Since you are so sincere and have given me such a valuable meeting gift, it would seem heartless of me to shut you out again."
"Let's do this. My scout camp here is short of people. You should go back to your former position as captain and lead my scout camp to meet King Qi in another courtyard."
Qu Lechang, who was sitting opposite him, had a confident smile on his face. He dissipated little by little. He looked at Sun Guogong with dissatisfaction.
"You want me to be a captain?"
He knew that Sun Guogong had an army of hundreds of thousands. He had led an army of 300,000 in Beirong, but now Sun Guogong only gave him a scout camp.
Is this looking down on him, or is he trying to burn bridges?
Sun Guogong is smiling but not smiling.
"Qu Xiaowei took the head of the Beirong King to show his loyalty, wasn't it just to put things in order for what he had done before? Now is the time to show your ability. As long as you can find the King of Qi and the concubine for me, I will
I will make you a general immediately."
Therefore, this old fox just wanted to take the head of King Beirong and send Qu Lechang away.
He thought that Qu Lechang would not be able to bear the excitement and would either walk away or commit murder.
Who knows, Qu Lechang just sat there, with a complicated and uncertain expression on his face.
After a while, Qu Le smiled gloomily and said,
"The Duke of Guo is right. I just need to go to the other courtyard to find Prince Qi and his concubine. This matter will definitely be taken care of by the Duke of Guo."
Sun Guogong also smiled, but his smile did not reach his eyes.
"Remember, King Qi doesn't care whether he lives or dies, but the concubine and the child in her belly must remain unscathed."
The meaning of this is very simple. If Sun Guogong wants to do great things, he must have a famous teacher.
Qu Le lowered his eyes, hiding all the calculations in his eyes, and took the order to go out.
In addition to the scout camp, outside the inn there was also a group of military attachés from the city defense army that he had previously incited to rebel.
When the military attachés saw him coming out, they stepped forward to ask questions.
The city guards could not take them away, and now they have left Beirong again. Now they are like bereaved dogs. If they cannot regain control of the army and regain the feeling of being able to respond to a hundred calls, their lives will probably never be more glorious.
So Qu Lechang said that he would come to see Sun Guogong, and everyone was full of hope.
But Qu Lechang just shook his head with a stern face and said:
"First go to the other courtyard to find Prince Qi's concubine."
A group of people led a scout battalion and headed to Qiwang's Courtyard full of frustration. They set out at night and at dawn, they finally arrived at the foot of the mountain at Qiwang's Courtyard.
In another courtyard, King Qi was playing with a group of beauties in thin clothes.
Tianxiang stood in the distance with his belly full, watching this scene with cold eyes.
Behind her, Zhuer came forward and put a cloak on her.
Tian Xiang looked back with some emotion on her face and looked at Zhu Er who looked concerned about her. Sometimes she actually felt that in this long life, only Zhu Er cared about her.
People's hearts are made of flesh. Although Tianxiang knew that Zhuer was Hua Jin's person, she still couldn't help feeling a sense of dependence on each other during these difficult years.
"Concubine, our empress is waiting for you. Chief Qu Le has led two thousand scouts to surround the other courtyard."
Tian Xiang's face was a little panicked for a moment, but she quickly calmed down and asked:
"Is the queen already here?"
Zhu Er made a gesture to the side, indicating Tian Xiang to follow her, and took Tian Xiang to a side hall of the other courtyard.
Hua Jin, wearing a light blue embroidered dress, was sitting by the round window drinking tea.
"Empress."
Tianxiang knelt down with her belly held out, performing the courtesy of a court lady.
"Chief Qu Le is here to arrest you. The King of Qi will not care whether you live or die with the news that I have learned, but you and the child in your belly must be unharmed."
Hua Jin by the window put down her tea cup, put her arm on the window again, and looked out the window.
"But your life can only last until the child in your belly is born. Of course, your child may not be able to survive, unless you give birth to a young prince."
The meaning of these words is very obvious. Sun Guogong's plan is to leave the mother and keep the son. If Tian Xiang gives birth to a daughter, he will kill her immediately and replace her with a boy who will serve as the youngest son of King Qi.
Tianxiang knelt on the ground trembling all over, tears falling down.
"Please help me, please save my life and that of my child."
"You are a smart person. You can choose what to do in your own interests. My concubine's coming here means that you and the child in your belly can live well. You can pack your things now and go wherever you want.
When I leave, as for King Qi..."
Hua Jin paused for a moment, then smiled to herself and said nothing.
She will not care about King Qi's life or death, but Sun Guogong is obviously going to be aggressive. If King Qi can survive this upcoming big scene, she will not take his life.
Of course, Tianxiang can also choose to stay and live and die with King Qi. If Huajin can be saved, she will be saved. If not, she will not die.
Tianxiang just thought about it briefly, gritted his teeth,
"I'll go with you."
With Zhu Er's help, Tian Xiang stood up from the ground. She wiped her tears and went back to her room to tidy up her belongings.
As soon as he went out, several cute girls ran over, followed by a blushing and impatient Prince Qi.
"Beauty, beauty, don't run away!"
King Qi ran over drunkenly and saw Tian Xiang with a big belly at a glance. He smiled ungrately and said:
"Hey, concubine, why don't you rest in the room? What are you doing out here? It's so tiring."
Tianxiang didn't make a sound, just looked at the absurd King Qi quietly with a pair of tearful eyes, and squatted down solemnly.
Duke Sun is about to rebel. Hundreds of thousands of troops are rushing towards him. It cannot be solved by manpower at all. There are still intact eggs under the nest.
Today, Tianxiang can only take care of himself first.
King Qi waved his hand, gave Tian Xiang a few casual and perfunctory words, and went to chase his beauty again.
As soon as he jumped into the courtyard, he looked up and saw Hua Jin's sideways appearance in the round window.
King Qi's eyes suddenly straightened. He laughed full of obscenity and rushed towards him.
"Where did this goddess descend from the earth? She looks like little Princess Li, the goddess sister, the goddess sister..."
Hua Jin in the window turned around with disgust, closed the window, and when King Qi stumbled into the door, Hua Jin's figure had disappeared.
He was like crazy, searching the entire other courtyard, and kept holding it in his mouth with hunger and thirst.
"Beauty, beauty, goddess sister, come out quickly, come out quickly..."
When Chief Qu Le led a group of scouts into the other courtyard, King Qi was beating a naked maid in disheveled clothes.
The reason is that this maid blocked his way to find Hua Jin.
"Who are you?"
King Qi stood up unsteadily, looked at Qu Lechang with squinted eyes, and suddenly regained some intelligence and asked:
"What do you do? If you dare to break into this king's courtyard, come here, come here, capture him!"
There was deep mockery in Qu Lechang's eyes. He waved, and the scouts behind him quickly stepped forward and launched a massacre mode on the other courtyard.
Miserable howls rang out, and King Qi finally sobered up a little. When he came to his senses, his face was splashed with hot blood, but he turned around and ran away with his clothes in hand.
Suddenly, a long sword stabbed out of his chest. King Qi looked down and it took him a while to react. Qu Lechang stabbed him through with his sword from behind.
"You, you want to rebel...!"
King Qi turned around, his mouth bleeding, he looked at Qu Lechang and said hoarsely:
"Li Yunqing, I won't let you go."
During the period of King Lao Li, Tianjing Kingdom was not very peaceful. At that time, King Lao Li led the Shence Army to defend against powerful enemies externally and suppress the rebellion of the kings internally.
No defeat.
Judging from the performance of the young King Li in the battle against the Northern Rong army with fewer enemies and more enemies, the current Li Yunqing can only do better than the old King Li back then.
Therefore, whether it is Qu Lechang or the people behind Qu Lechang, as long as they dare to take action, Li Yunqing will be provoked to take action.
Qu Lechang's face was full of blood, and his expression was distorted. He gradually pulled out the sword from King Qi's chest.
"Then we'll see."
He and Li Yunqing had long had a score to settle.
King Qi fell into a pile of corpses of beautiful maidservants. Looking around, there was no one alive in the courtyard except Qu Lechang's people.
A scout came over in a hurry and reported in a low voice:
"Qu Xiaowei, Prince Qi's concubine was not found in the other courtyard."
Qu Le turned around sharply, his eyes gloomy,
"Look for useless things quickly. If you don't find them, you can't find them and deal with them according to military law."
The scouts around him quickly dispersed and turned the entire courtyard upside down, but no one could find Prince Qi's concubine.
Another scout came to report that a group of people had been spotted at the back gate of the other courtyard and were moving down the mountain.
Qu Lechang immediately waved and chased after him with his scouts.
The sky was dark and the moon hung high in the sky.
The guards of Prince Li's Mansion led a group of city guards to move quickly in the woods. Prince Qi's army used a rattan sedan to carry Princess Qi, who had limited mobility, in the middle of the group.
Hua Jin walked in the front.
When we reached the halfway point of the mountain, there were eagles and owls circling in the sky. Wu Tian followed Hua Jin closely and said:
"No, Qu Lechang and his men are catching up."
Hua Jin turned around and told Wu Tian and Zhu Er,
"You go forward with Prince Qi's concubine, and I'll take care of Qu Lechang."
Wu Tian immediately stopped Hua Jin and said anxiously:
"My dear, no, Qu Le has always been a cunning man. He was a traitor in the past, and now he is colluding with Sun Guogong. I don't know what methods he will use, so I'd better let my subordinates go."
"You can't beat him."
It's not that Hua Jin underestimated Wu Tian, but that Qu Lechang brought so many soldiers to chase a pregnant woman. Hua Jin was not sure that he could take Tian Xiang away safely and unharmed.
Wu Tian disagreed. He knelt on the ground, cupped his hands and said:
"Your Majesty is so valuable that you cannot go alone to deal with Qu Lechang. If your Majesty insists on going, then take Wu Tian with you. Otherwise, your Majesty will have both advantages and disadvantages. Your Majesty will also punish your subordinates. It is better to let your subordinates take this piece of paper."
I'm going to kill you with my life."
All the city guards also knelt down and said in unison:
"In the end, I am willing to go to pieces for my empress."
In the moonlight-dappled forest, Hua Jin was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses. She nodded.
"Okay, Zhu'er, you lead King Qi's army down the mountain and all the way to the southern city. The rest of the people will follow my concubine to fight."
"yes!!!"
A small team was divided into two groups. They went all the way down the mountain and stopped in place, waiting to block Qu Lechang.
Tian Xiang, who was sitting on the rattan sedan, looked back with tears on his face. In the woods where the moonlight swayed, he could only see the light blue figure of Hua Jin.
She shines brightly in the darkness.
Qu Lechang led the scouts all the way down the mountain. When they reached the mountainside, the morning light showed slightly. In the woods, the golden sunlight passed through the layers of leaves and fell on Hua Jin's sword.
The Shang Fang sword, which had been dug into precious stones, emitted bursts of cold light.
The scouts came forward and surrounded Hua Jin. Qu Le stood on a high place, looked down at Hua Jin, and asked in a deep voice:
"Jin'er, did you take away King Qi's concubine?"
"Yes, so what? No, so what?"
She held the sword and raised her face slightly. The golden morning light fell on her smooth and white face, making her look solemn.
Qu Lechang shook the sword in his hand,
"Leave her to me, I have important things to do."
"What's the important thing? Are you going to hand over the concubine of King Qi to Sun Guogong so that he can support a puppet King of Qi? Or are you holding the mother and son in your hands and holding the emperor hostage to order the princes?"
She looked up and sneered, as if she didn't see Qu Lechang's extremely ugly face, and said again:
"Then I'm sorry, I happen to have the same idea as you and Sun Guogong, no one of King Qi's concubines can steal it!!!"
"Jin'er, you are forcing me to become your enemy."
Qu Lechang's face completely collapsed. He flew down from a high place and faced Hua Jin with murderous intent.
He was eager to get King Qi's concubine just to sweeten the child in his belly. In other words, Hua Jin was right, he wanted King Qi's younger heir.