Chapter 89 His Royal Highness King Chun was trapped in the mountain temple
On a hilltop fifty miles away from Youzhou Prefecture, heavy rain fell for a long time. His Royal Highness King Chun looked up at the gradually darkening sky: "It seems that we can't enter the city today."
His Royal Highness Prince Chun and his party traveled day and night, and were about to arrive at Youzhou Mansion, but they were delayed by a rain in a mountain temple.
Yang Xiao cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Lu, it's not peaceful here. Once the rain stops, we'd better go into the city overnight."
Ever since His Highness Prince Chun and his party set out on the road, the further north they went, the less peaceful they became. When they entered the territory of Youzhou Prefecture, they had already encountered two groups of bandits.
I have encountered mountain bandits before, but after a few peeks, I found out they were government soldiers and then retreated. However, these two groups of bandits, knowing they were government soldiers, still dared to attack. Fortunately, the Yulin Guards were elite, and they
It took a lot of fighting to escape.
According to the analysis of Xu Biao, a member of the Yulin Guards who accompanied them, these bandits should have broken down and were quite organized when they fought. However, for some unknown reason, they attacked the officers and soldiers brazenly.
The mountain temple where they are now is just a dilapidated temple. Although the place is not small enough to accommodate them, it is in the mountains and forests after all.
Although the mountain temple is in the forest, the surrounding area is empty and there are many bandits. If the mountain temple is surrounded, it will be troublesome.
His Highness King Chun sighed and said: "When I was in Yingtian Mansion, I only felt that the world was peaceful. Only when I went north did I realize that the people were still living in dire straits."
Xu Biao, a member of the Hundred Household, frowned: "Mr. Lu, from my humble position, I can see that these two groups of bandits are quite strange. Generally bandits will not take the initiative to attack the officers and soldiers, but we have made it clear, and we don't have much luck.
Why are they so brave and not afraid of death?"
Yang Xiao also echoed: "Master Xu is right, this is called risk and return being inconsistent, unless someone promises other benefits."
Originally, Xu Biao was a member of a hundred households. When he expressed his opinions, Yang Xiao had no right to speak. However, His Highness King Chun had ordered that his identity should not be revealed. Seeing that His Highness Chun King was so polite to Yang Xiao, the commander-in-chief, how could he feel in his heart?
I still don’t understand my position.
So Xu Biao followed Yang Xiao's words and suddenly took a breath of cold air: "What Mr. Yang means is that these two groups of bandits were ordered by others?"
Speaking of this, Xu Biao was suddenly startled. If someone was instigating this, things would be complicated. The person they were protecting along the way was His Highness Prince Chun, who was the third prince.
Who dares to plot against him?
It's just those few people.
It would be bad for anyone to get involved in this kind of thing.
But after His Highness Prince Chun heard the analysis of the two men, he had other doubts in his heart. He was traveling this time in the name of Salt Division, and he had interests related to those people. Even if he wanted to deal with himself, he couldn't do it here.
Time to take action.
The only one without shares is the fourth prince.
The more King Chun thought about it, the more frightened he became. However, looking at the Yulin Guards officers and soldiers who were fast asleep due to fatigue, he could not be cruel and let them rush on the road in the rain in such a tired situation.
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At the same time, there is a natural cave in the mountain forest. The entrance of this cave is not big, but the inside is extremely wide. Thousands of bandits are inside, and it does not seem crowded at all.
Near the cave, a bonfire was lit, and several leaders-looking people were surrounding a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar.
"Mr. Ding, the spies have found out. The idea is in the mountain temple on the mountain. We, the more than a thousand people, can just kill them and be done. There is no need to be so cautious."
The speaker was a lame man. As he spoke, he rolled up his trouser legs, took out a small jar of ointment from his pocket, and carefully rubbed it on his legs.
The middle-aged scholar, known as Mr. Ding, said with a serious face: "We must ensure that nothing goes wrong in this matter. It is better to be cautious. Anyone who escapes may be exposed."
Another bandit leader said: "Tiejiao Li, what are you in a hurry? Let's just follow Mr. Ding's instructions. If you hadn't done it first because you were greedy for credit, this would have happened long ago."
"Cao Tietou, please pull me down. I was wrong to take action first. Didn't you take action in the second round without waiting for me to come?"
"Fuck you, if I hadn't held them back, they might have entered the city by now. If you hadn't alerted the enemy, would I have let my brothers die?"
"There are more than 600 people, but you still didn't stop the 100 people, and you still have the nerve to say so." Tiejiao Li spat on the ground bitterly and said, "If I were you, I would have killed you head-on."
"You mean I can't do it? Otherwise, let's just stand here and see who can't do it."
"Just fight, who's afraid of you?" Tiejiao Li shook his lame leg, whirring in the wind.
Cao Tietou patted his bald head and said, "Come on, let me show you Grandpa's Tietou Kung Fu."
"enough."
Mr. Ding shouted angrily: "Just stay quiet and wait until later, otherwise we will break up."
When they saw Mr. Ding getting angry, the two of them immediately stopped talking.
"Mr. Ding, don't be angry. We are just bored and bored."
"Yes, yes, just teasing me."
The two bandits instantly hugged each other with smiles on their backs. After all, they couldn't afford the consequences of falling out.
Mr. Ding had promised them that they would be given the status of a thousand households after the event was completed.
How could you miss such a good opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune?
Besides, plotting to kill the third prince is a serious crime of beheading. If they break up, the court will definitely send a large army to encircle and suppress them. Without Mr. Ding's escape route, they will have no way to survive.
Mr. Ding waved his hand: "Let your people keep an eye on you, don't let them escape in the middle of the night."
"Don't worry, Mr. Ding, my men are keeping a close eye on you and will report any slightest sign of trouble."
"That's good, let's go and rest first."
After the two of them walked away, Mr. Ding sighed, a mob is a mob, and when the time comes, the people he brought will have to do it themselves.
He turned his eyes to a corner of the cave. There were fifty elites there. They were all soldiers trained by Ji Guogong since they were young. Since entering the cave, they had been recharging their energy. Except for eating, there was no movement at all.
Issued to.
That's right, the two groups of bandits that His Royal Highness Prince Chun encountered were both bribed by Mr. Ding sent by the Fourth Prince.
All the princes had a share in the salt mine, but not the fourth prince. How could he bear this tone?
If the third prince can be killed quietly in Youzhou, and the blame can be thrown on Prince Yan's head, the Jizhou army will have a chance to become stronger. This plan of killing two birds with one stone was the idea of Mr. Ding.
Mr. Ding's original plan was for the two groups of bandits to join forces and kill the Third Prince's more than 100 people in one go.
But that iron-legged Li actually made a move first in order to grab the credit, causing the plan to go awry.
However, God finally helped. A heavy rain trapped the Third Prince and others in the mountain temple. To be on the safe side, he decided to wait until late at night and the other party was asleep before taking action to avoid further mishaps.