As soon as they arrived outside the Lishan Palace, they saw Gao Yang and Princess Changle being stopped and arguing by a military commander wearing a helmet and carrying armor.
Princess Gaoyang seemed to be scolding someone, while Princess Changle looked cold and expressionless.
When Yang Fan got closer, he realized that the general was none other than Hou Junji.
Just listen to Hou Junji say: "Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty once said that the harem is not allowed to interfere with politics. Is there something wrong with your ordering the general to withdraw his troops and return to the city?"
"Besides, I have come to Lishan to protect His Majesty's safety. You have no right to interfere. There are many people here and it is not a place where the women of the harem should stay. Just in case, I would like to send you back to the palace by General Mo.
"
Princess Changle protected Xiao Sizi and took a few steps back, staring at Hou Junji, completely ignoring his "kindness".
Princess Gaoyang raised her eyebrows and scolded: "Hou Junji, I'm here to ask you to stop these people from going up the mountain. I don't need you to show your courtesy. Are you pretending to be kind?"
"If you are truly loyal to my father, you should withdraw your troops or stop these people from going up the mountain and not let them disturb my father's recovery."
"Now you actually dare to preach to me, and even want to force your way into the palace. I never saw your arrogant ambition before, Hou Junji!"
Princess Gaoyang was very articulate and had a crackling mouth, so she scolded Hou Junji all over her face without saving him any face.
Yang Fan was originally dissatisfied with Hou Junji's suspicion, and because Hou Junji allowed officials and people to go up the mountain, he had a bad look towards him.
Hou Junji suppressed his anger and said coldly: "If Her Royal Highness the Princess said that, then don't blame me for being rude. Someone, please escort the Princess to the camp to prevent them from being harmed by unruly people!"
Originally, Hou Junji was waiting for the opportunity in the camp, but he did not expect that Changle and Princess Gaoyang came up and asked him to withdraw his troops.
Hou Junji was also surprised. He thought his plan was exposed, but he didn't expect Gao Yang and Princess Changle to question him because he didn't stop officials and people from going up the mountain.
How could Princess Gaoyang be afraid of him? She immediately retorted, but Princess Changle beside her gently pulled her sleeves and shook her head slightly.
Princess Changle has concluded that there must be something wrong with this Hou Junji.
If you want to take them to the barracks now, it's like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.
Now the situation is stronger than others, and she does not want to conflict with Hou Junji now.
Princess Gao Yang also knew that if the trouble continued, she would be at a disadvantage. She glared at Hou Junji angrily and scolded Lieutenant General Baiqi who was following behind her:
"What are you doing stupidly? Why don't you tell these people to get out of here? I'm going back to the palace. You guys should clear the way in front of me. If there are those bastards who can't wait to stop me, I'll chop off their heads!"
Lieutenant General Baiqi was originally ordered to protect the princesses. Seeing that the princess was about to be taken away by Hou Junji, he said to Hou Junji with a cold face: "General Hou, it is not your turn to arrange where the princess wants to go.
Please get out of the way!"
Hou Junji was very angry with Princess Gaoyang. How could he, Hou Junji, come to the camp whenever he wanted?
However, thinking that the signal has not yet been sent, it is not the time to fall out, so I can only suppress the anger in my heart.
But if he just surrendered like this, wouldn't these soldiers look down upon him?
Thinking of this, Hou Junji's face darkened, and he said without giving in: "Her Royal Highness the Princess wants to go back, and the general will certainly not dare to stop her, but if Her Royal Highness the Princess does not give me an explanation, then I will have no choice but to break into the palace and ask Your Majesty to come back."
It’s up to someone to make the decision!”
In fact, Hou Junji said this for two purposes.
On the one hand, it was to express some dissatisfaction with Princess Gaoyang and others for coming to dictate to him.
On the other hand, it was once again testing whether His Majesty Li Er was really terminally ill.
In his opinion, these princesses are the favorites of His Majesty Li Er.
If there is a conflict with them, or if they are left behind, if His Majesty Li Er is in good health, he will definitely intervene.
Hearing this, Gao Yang and Princess Changle were dumbfounded!
They really didn't expect Hou Jun's rally to be so bold.
When they came this time, they originally wanted Hou Junji to withdraw his troops and return to Chang'an City.
But I didn't expect that this old fox would directly use the excuse that the harem could not interfere with politics to rebel against the general.
But the two of them also knew that it was impossible for their father to show up at this time.
For a moment, Gao Yang and Princess Changle didn't know what to do.
Speaking of which, they are just girls under the age of twenty.
Seeing that his woman was in trouble, Yang Fan shouted: "General Hou is so majestic. No wonder he dared to set up troops to burn, kill, loot, and oppress women and children in Tubo. It turns out that this is a skill developed in the Tang Dynasty."
"Your Majesty's dragon body is not in good condition now and it is not appropriate for anyone to disturb you. Since General Hou wants to ask for an explanation, there is no need to go to your Majesty. I, the Governor, can talk to you."
Cheng Yaojin, who was following Yang Fan, also echoed: "What my nephew said is right, Hou Junji has no respect and inferiority. The following offense is wrong, and the villain complained first. Since Hou Junji wants to ask for an explanation, then I
Carry it."
Seeing Yang Fan and Cheng Yaojin suddenly appear, Hou Junji looked cold and glared at the two men fiercely. If looks could kill, they might have been riddled with holes!
However, Hou Junji also knew that a little impatience would ruin a big plan.
There was something important going on today, and life and death were at stake, so I suppressed the anger in my heart and did not dare to refute it.
He could only wave his hands angrily, ask the soldiers to step aside, and let Princess Gaoyang and her party return to Yang Fan.
When several girls came to Yang Fan, Princess Gao Yang said happily: "Lang Jun, you are here. This Hou Junji is so bullying. You have to make the decision for us!"
If Yang Fan hadn't come, Hou Junji would have really wanted to put them under house arrest.
Nodding to the girls, Yang Fan said: "You go back first, don't run around, my husband will handle this matter."
Seeing Chang Le and Gao Yang walking away under the escort of Baiqi, Yang Fan turned around and asked: "General Hou, I don't know what you want to say, I will continue."
Seeing that Yang Fan and Cheng Yaojin actually dared to look down on themselves like this, Hou Junji almost became angry, but he still held back his anger and shouted: "Don't bully others too much, I am not a vegetarian."
As he spoke, he held the handle of the Hengdao tightly in his hand, and then looked at the soldiers beside him.
Cheng Yaojin was wary, always feeling that Hou Junji's behavior was a bit unreasonable, so he moved forward without leaving a trace and came to Yang Fan's side.
Before he could speak, a confidant shouted in panic from a distance: "General Cheng, something bad has happened. The officials and people who went up the mountain clashed with Zuo Wuwei. Some people armed with knives forced their way into the Lishan Palace to see His Majesty.
, now it’s all a mess!”
"What?" Cheng Yaojin's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he didn't dare to stay any longer: "Take me quickly to check, these people dare to use the knife, they are so tired of living?"
After saying that, he glanced at Yang Fan and prepared to turn around and leave.
Yang Fan was surprised in his heart.
Are these guys ready to take action?
Without thinking so much, he said to Cheng Yaojin: "Let me go too."
Before he finished speaking, a rumbling sound came from the location of Lishan Palace.
Yang Fan knew very well that this was not thunder, but the sound of gunpowder explosion, which made Yang Fan's expression change.
Hou Junji raised his head and looked up at the sky, and heard a huge explosion again. A flash of joy flashed in his eyes and said, "General Cheng, wait a moment. I will also go to see if I can help."
With that said, he quietly approached Cheng Yaojin.
I thought Hou Junji had good intentions, but Cheng Yaojin didn't care and said: "A few clowns don't need you..."
Just when he was halfway through speaking, he suddenly felt a chill coming from his back, followed by a sharp pain, as Hou Junji slashed his armor with a knife.
Cheng Yaojin has been in the killing field for a long time, and his reaction to danger is extremely sensitive. Just as the horizontal knife cut into the armor, in the flash of lightning, Cheng Yaojin rolled forward suddenly, grinned and roared: "Hou Junji,...
What do you want to do?"
At the same time, there was a burning pain in my back, which was obviously an injury.
Hou Junji did not expect Cheng Yaojin to react so quickly. He not only dodged his sneak attack in time, but only injured his back.
However, Cheng Yaojin must not be allowed to live at this time, otherwise this guy will return to the Lishan Palace, with Zuo Wuwei under his leadership, and those people will be suppressed quickly, and his purpose of taking advantage of the chaos will be impossible to carry out.
He immediately rushed over with a lunge, struck Cheng Yaojin again who had not yet stood up, and shouted: "Young men, success or failure depends on one fell swoop, kill me!"
At the same time, the personal soldiers brought by Hou Junji took action boldly and instantly cut down more than a dozen of the bewildered Zuowu guards.
The Zuowu guards who followed Cheng Yaojin did not understand until their death what Hou Junji's personal soldiers were doing?
It wasn't until they saw Cheng Yaojin rolling and crawling away from Hou Junji's attack, as well as the Zuowu guards who had their heads chopped off, that everyone suddenly realized what he was doing.
This Hou Junji is rebelling, and the noise he just made is a signal.
When the remaining Zuowu guards reacted and swarmed forward to stop Hou Junji's soldiers, they were cut down several more in a hurry.
Just now, Yang Fan was also attracted by the rumbling explosion. He did not expect that Hou Junji would suddenly attack. He hurriedly drew his sword to block Hou Junji's second blow, and then he was able to save Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Yaojin was stabbed by Hou Junji. Although his internal organs were not injured, the pain was excruciating and he almost couldn't breathe.
At this time, his whole body was covered in blood, and when he saw that the dozen Zuowu guardsmen he had brought with him were chopped down, he suddenly took a breath of shock.
Looking up towards the Lishan Palace, I saw several huge plumes of black smoke floating in the air, and screams could not be heard.
Some officials and people even ran frantically down the mountain, making the whole scene a mess.
Cheng Yaojin turned pale with fright, managed to stand up, and shouted: "Jun Hou conspired to rebel, let me kill these rebellious officials and traitors on the spot!"
Yang Fan had just reminded him that Cheng Yaojin would never have thought that Hou Jun would rebel in a gathering.
This guy is not only the confidant of His Highness the Crown Prince, but also the General Zuowei, which can be said to hold a high position.
As long as he waits quietly for His Royal Highness to ascend the throne, then Hou Junji can become a minister inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
But now, how can a high-ranking member of the imperial court and the Duke of the current government play such a trick as treason?
Is this guy crazy?
Cheng Yaojin was frightened for a while. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and Yang Fan blocked another knife for him.
If Hou Junji were to chop off his head with a sword, Zuo Wuwei would be in chaos without a leader.
There are only Hou Junji's left guard soldiers on Lishan Mountain.
Although there are more than 100 Baiqi, they will definitely not be able to deal with the wolf-like and tiger-like left guard soldiers.
Once the emperor falls into the hands of this rebellious minister and traitor, the world will be in chaos!
Although the wound on his back was bleeding profusely, Cheng Yaojin couldn't care less.
Gritting his teeth, he commanded the remaining soldiers of Zuo Wuwei to meet Hou Junji's soldiers.
But this was where Hou Junji's camp was stationed, and the conflict quickly attracted the attention of the left guard soldiers.
These left-guard soldiers came from behind with a roar to cover them up.
Originally, Cheng Yaojin didn't have many soldiers around him, but Hou Junji had just killed a few of them by surprise, and the situation was suddenly full of danger.
Seeing this scene, Yang Fan could only leave Hou Junji behind and rush to rescue Cheng Yaojin.
Although these left guard soldiers were very strong, they were temporarily stopped under Yang Fan's full counterattack.
Seeing that Yang Fan was unstoppable, Hou Junji shouted: "Cheng Yaojin, Yang Fan imprisoned your majesty and conspired to rebel. I will save your majesty. My sons and daughters will help me to kill them quickly!"
Hearing this, the soldiers from the left guard who came over rushed towards Yang Fan like a tide. They all had red eyes and launched an attack without fear of death.
If you can kill this rebellious official and traitor, the reward will be extremely generous!
These soldiers only obeyed the orders of the general. If Hou Junji said that Yang Fan and Cheng Yaojin were rebelling, then they must be!
Moreover, in the few days they have been here, His Majesty Li Er has indeed never shown his face.
These Zuowei soldiers wanted to enter the Lishan Palace, but were blocked by Cheng Yaojin's Zuowuwei.
Now that Hou Junji said this, these soldiers certainly believed it.
What's more, in addition to the left guard soldiers, the soldiers brought by Hou Junji also had hundreds of dead soldiers.
These people almost obeyed Hou Junji's orders, and of course they besieged Yang Fan and Cheng Yaojin risklessly.
Seeing more and more people besieging them, Cheng Yaojin flew into a rage and cursed: "Hou Junji, you are a turtle bastard. You are a villain who only knows how to sneak attack. If you have the ability, let's challenge you. I have to kill you today!"
"
In fact, it is not surprising that Cheng Yaojin was so angry.
More and more Zuowu guards gathered around him, but all the Zuowu guards who came with him were killed.
If Yang Fan hadn't blocked most of the soldiers, Cheng Yaojin might have been chopped into pieces long ago.
Looking at the left guard soldiers arriving in a steady stream, there are at least nearly a thousand of them!
It was obvious that Hou Junji had premeditated this, and the force he brought to Lishan this time completely exceeded the 500 forbidden troops usually used to protect Li Er.
Yang Fan was covered in blood, like a demon from hell. The sword in his hand flew up and down, knocking over several left guard soldiers in succession.
At this time, there was no room for Yang Fan to be merciful. If he showed mercy, he might become the victim of these soldiers.
Seeing more and more left guard soldiers forming a battle formation, Yang Fan had no choice but to protect Cheng Yaojin and fight his way out of the encirclement.
Once surrounded by these people, both of them may die here.
At this time, Yang Fan realized that no matter how high one's personal strength was, as long as he was still human, no one could do it against hundreds or even thousands of people.
Seeing that the soldiers around him were chopped to the ground one by one, Cheng Yaojin shouted angrily: "Hou Junji, you son of a bitch, I have long seen that you are not a good bird, just wait, I
If we are able to kill you today, we must kill your whole family so that you can have no descendants!"
Cheng Yaojin endured the severe pain and was about to find Hou Junji to fight for his life, but he was pulled tightly by Yang Fan beside him and shouted: "Uncle Cheng, calm down, the Zuowu guards above only listen to you,
Don’t take risks easily.”
"As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood. Your Majesty is still in the palace. Let's rush out and protect His Majesty. That's the right way!"
Cheng Yaojin was certainly not a foolhardy person.
But when he saw his own soldiers being killed one by one, he became so angry that he wanted to find Hou Junji to fight for his life.
Now that Yang Fan was reminded, he immediately understood that this was not the time to risk his life, and he had to organize the Zuowu guards to protect His Majesty.
So Cheng Yaojin and Yang Fan fought side by side, fought and retreated, broke out of the encirclement, and ran towards the Lishan Palace.
Hou Junji did not pursue them, but instead asked his soldiers to guard the main roads going down the mountain.
In his opinion, Cheng Yaojin and Yang Fan were just turtles in a jar when they ran to Lishan Mountain.