Strange Tale of Qingluan

Knowing the general whereabouts of Li Xuan, Su Zhongming secretly relieved, and walked towards his military tent.

Ye Shuangshuang followed behind and followed him back to the military tent.

On this day, after deciding on a new combat strategy, Su Zhongming led the army to leave Eucalyptus Mountain early in the morning of the next day and continue westward. On the way, he decided to bypass the west and march towards Jinghongdu from the southwest.

After the army left Eucalyptus Mountain, they ran towards Huailing City, passing through the wild mud and sand.If it happened to be dusk when they arrived at the outskirts of the city, after a short rest, they could attack the unsuspecting Huailing City in the dead of night.

At noon, the sun was extremely warm, and the colored but invisible light wanted to penetrate the bodies of the soldiers, but they were all resisted by the solid armor, making the armor gleaming like gold.

Su Zhongming was riding on horseback, enjoying the incomparably beautiful sunshine, and the battle was hanging in his heart every day, so it was rare to be able to relax leisurely this time.

However, suddenly, a fast horse came from the front, aiming at this army.

The forward pace was forced to stop. When General Hai of Taoxia Kingdom saw the person on horseback, he immediately turned the horse's head and rushed to Su Zhongming's side.

Su Zhongming opened his lips and asked, "What happened to General Hai, why did everyone stop?"

General Hai of Taoxia Kingdom replied: "Someone came on horseback and blocked the way, as if they were here to cause trouble."

Su Zhongming couldn't help being curious: "What kind of person is it?"

General Hai of Taoxia Kingdom replied: "That person's attire does not seem to have anything to do with his status, and his low position is really hard to guess."

Hearing this, Su Zhongming became even more curious, and followed General Hai to the front of the army on horseback to find out.

After a while, he rushed to the front, reined in his horse, and before he could say anything, the man on horseback standing about five feet ahead opened his lips first, and asked, "Your Excellency's surname is Su, and his full name is Su Zhongming?"

Su Zhongming replied without fear: "Exactly! Who are you, dare to stop our army?"

The man in front replied: "If you get closer, you will know who I am."

Su Zhongming held the reins tightly, wanting to step forward to meet the comer.

Yan Ying, who was following behind, arrived just in time, and advised: "My lord, it's better not to go, I'm afraid there will be fraud."

Su Zhongming turned around: "He is alone, and he only brought an ordinary saber, so he should be fine."

Yan Ying was still a little wary, and blurted out: "But my lord..."

Su Zhongming interrupted her: "Order the soldiers to take up their weapons and be on guard. If anything happens after I pass by, let them go."

There was no other way, so Yi Yeqing had no choice but to accept the order with a nod.

Su Zhongming rode forward, and when he looked at the face, he suddenly felt a little familiar, and couldn't help opening his lips: "Your Excellency seems to be familiar, dare to ask the origin."

The man laughed heartily when he heard the words, and replied: "Don't remember me? Back then, we met in Jialing Kingdom, and you also helped Mrs. Fengxi find her daughter."

Su Zhongming gradually recalled it, looked at the man carefully again, and blurted out slowly: "You, you are, you are Qian Qin, right?"

Qian Qin replied with a smile: "Yes! You have a good memory!" The two mustaches on her lips were dazzling.But as soon as his words fell, he drew out the long sword from his waist and stabbed at Su Zhongming.

Suddenly feeling bad, Su Zhongming also immediately drew out the Qiuxue sword, blocking the falling sharp blade: "Qianqin, you!"

Qian Qin Qi wanted to speak, but unexpectedly tens of thousands of pieces of arrows pierced the air and came straight towards him. His eyes widened and he was taken aback. While blurting out: "This is your order? Tell them to stop! I have no hostility towards you, I just tried your martial arts just now!"

When Su Zhongming heard the words, he raised his right hand holding the sword high, and in an instant, the rain stopped.

Qianqin breathed a sigh of relief, and put the long sword back into its sheath.Su Zhongming also took Qiu Xuejian back into its sheath, and asked casually: "You are not in the country to be the king, what are you doing here alone?"

Qian Qin replied: "I heard that you led the army to attack the Wen Kingdom and want to regain the throne. I want to help you!"

Su Zhongming was stunned for a moment: "I heard? Who said it?"

Qian Qin told the truth: "I heard the news from King Huang Yuan."

Su Zhongming blurted out: "Pingxuan told you?" Then he persuaded, "Qianqin, listen to me, go back to Jialing country! The affairs of Wen country have nothing to do with Jialing country, if you help, it will bring trouble to Wen country of."

Qian Qin was not happy, and shouted: "But in your army, there are also troops from Taoxia Kingdom! Why do you reject me alone?"

Su Zhongming said helplessly: "Taoxia is a powerful country. If it brings any troubles, it can be restrained, but Jialing is not. Judging from the situation of Jialing Kingdom, it is not suitable for war at all. For the sake of the people of Jialing Kingdom , you go back."

Qianqin was very disappointed, and said: "Since you think so, then I am self-willed." After saying that, he grabbed the reins, turned the horse's head, and galloped away along the way it came, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Among the golden light.

Su Zhongming watched the figure disappear, sighed helplessly, then raised his voice, and ordered: "Go ahead! We must reach our destination before dusk!"

The soldiers started to run again, and Su Zhongming waited for a while until Yan Ying, Li Xuan and others caught up, before continuing to ride forward.At dusk, they arrived at the outskirts of Huailing City smoothly. At night, Yan Ying led [-] troops to Huailing City first, surrounded the city gate, and was about to attack, but the city gate opened. The prefect of Huailing City went out to greet her personally. It was beyond Su Zhongming's expectation.

Ten days in the army are like an hour, and October is like a day's dream. In the blink of an eye, it was the end of summer in August. The three armies met at Tanhuapo, the nearest place in Jinghongdu, and then invaded Jinghongdu in one fell swoop. It took half a year more than enough.

In the middle of the night, the big waves subsided, and the blood stained the royal city, like a field of flowers after a storm, but the majesty of the royal palace still could not be erased.Su Zhongming took the lead and opened a lattice door of the main hall, and stepped into the hall.

The spacious hall is so silent, the breath is slightly cool, as if there is a faint frost, the golden incense burner and the gold-plated dragon-patterned columns are faintly shining, and the red palace lantern hanging on the yellow beam is also blowing from outside the door. The wind that came in swayed slightly, and only one person was dressed in court clothes, sitting calmly on the throne.

Su Zhongming approached, stopped, opened his lips and said, "Fourth Uncle, it's been a long time since I've seen you, are you here all right?"

Chao Sheng stroked the armrest of the chair, and replied without changing his face: "You should call me 'Your Majesty'."

Su Zhongming sneered lightly: "Yes, Fourth Uncle formed an alliance with Ge Yun, Tao Xia, and people from the Wushuang Three Kingdoms, and drove me out of the palace and out of Wen Kingdom to be crowned the lord of the country. , to announce to my subjects that I suddenly became insane, and that the arrest warrant was just a trap set by you to prevent me from running back to the queen mother of a country. Believe it, and support you as king."

Hearing such words, logically speaking, Chao Sheng should be angry. However, his army has been wiped out, and now he has no strength to support this anger. With fighting spirit eyes, he and Su Zhongming looked at each other for a moment.

The palace attendant looked at it for a long time, sighed helplessly, and held the surrender letter to Chao Sheng's side, persuading him: "My lord, should you sign the surrender document?"

Chao Sheng only glanced at the letter of surrender, and the corner of his eyes suddenly sharpened, and he waved the letter of surrender and the ink brush away together!In an instant, the palace attendant fell to the ground together with the surrender letter and pen.

Seeing this, Su Zhongming couldn't help blurting out: "Fourth Uncle, you!"

Suddenly, Chao Sheng laughed wildly on his back, making people extremely suspicious.After a while, after the laughter stopped, Chao Sheng stood up, drew a sharp sword from his waist, and rushed towards Su Zhongming.

Seeing this, Yi Yeqing quickly yelled "Be careful, my lord", and immediately drew out his long sword, stepped forward quickly, raised the sharp blade to block Chao Sheng's sharp edge, Su Zhongming regained consciousness, and quickly stepped back .

At this moment, several figures suddenly fell from the yellow beams, both male and female, all with delicate features and sharp long swords, and after landing on the ground, they slashed desperately at Su Zhongming without saying a word, Su Zhongming dodged the first move, Thinking that these people must be Chao Sheng's personal experts, he rushed to Li Xuan's back.

Li Xuan and Yan Ying rushed to deal with those masters, Ye Shuangshuang also drew out his sword, and stood in front of Su Zhongming, the same hall was actually divided into two killing formations.

Su Zhongming looked at Chao Sheng who was fighting with Yi Yeqing, and couldn't help muttering: "It seems that during the days when he was dispatched to the frontier, he must have secretly learned swordsmanship."

Although it was a noble hall, Li Xuan showed no mercy at all. He cut the master's throat with one knife, and pierced the master's abdomen with one knife.Chao Sheng turned his head and saw that the master was defeated, so he ran away in a hurry, evacuating towards the back door while fighting against Yi Yeqing.

Yan Ying turned her head and found out, so she didn't give him a chance, and rushed to Chao Sheng's back, blocked Chao Sheng's escape route, and quickly pierced Chao Sheng's knees, so that Chao Sheng could not escape like a rabbit.

Blood flowed from both knees, Chao groaned in pain, and fell to his knees on the ground, Yan Ying immediately put a horizontal sword in front of him to prevent him from crawling away quietly.

Pinching the edge of the wound on his knee with his hands, he frowned and gritted his teeth, then raised his head and looked at the other people in the hall. Chao Sheng was not sad at all, but laughed maniacally.

Su Zhongming opened his lips: "Fourth Uncle, you have already been defeated, why do you have to be brave again?"

Chao Sheng sneered and said: "So what if I lose? I have pity on you, a man of seven feet, who fell like a woman in the arms of a man, without heirs. Your country will still change hands after a hundred years!"

Su Zhongming didn't change his face, and said calmly: "Who says I have no children, my children have already been born."

Hearing this, Chao Sheng's expression changed drastically, and he was in astonishment: "Impossible! Impossible! How could you have an heir?!" Then he pointed at Su Zhongming with his right index finger, and said in disbelief, "How could you possibly have an affair with a woman?" child?!"

Su Zhongming only understated: "I have my own method."

Chao Sheng sneered coldly again, and said nonsense: "You are just like Su Ruitian, cheating a woman's feelings and giving birth to a child with a woman's belly, just as ruthless and selfish!"

Su Zhongming took a look at Yan Ying, fearing that this sentence would humiliate Yan Ying, he ordered the palace attendant: "Let him sign the surrender form quickly, and then put him in the dungeon! Before he speaks out to slander others!"

The palace attendant immediately complied, hurried to Chao Sheng, knelt down, forcibly grabbed Chao Sheng's hand, pressed hard on the wound on his knee, stained his five fingers with his own blood, and then forcibly placed it on the surrender document. Press the thumbprint.

Chao Sheng yelled out in pain, and cursed fiercely: "You dog slave!"

After completing the task, the palace attendant rolled up the surrender letter and stood up, snorted haughtily, and quickly walked to Su Zhongming's side.

Yan Ying forcibly pulled Chao Sheng up, and escorted him out of the hall with Yi Yeqing, and handed him over to the general waiting outside the hall.

The continuous battle that lasted for half a year finally came to an end like a stage at this moment. Su Zhongming looked at the throne that was still standing in front of him, and couldn't help but sighed softly.

Li Xuan returned to his side and asked, "Why didn't you just kill him?"

Su Zhongming replied: "Although he has a previous conviction, and this is the second time, I believe this time is just a conspiracy by Mufeng Society, so he should be spared."

After leaving the main hall, all that remains is to hold a farewell banquet for the generals and soldiers of Taoxia Kingdom, reward them, then rectify the imperial court, restore the laws abolished by Chao Sheng, and dispose of all the remaining Chao sects in the court as confiscated homes and dismissed from office. Those who have committed serious crimes will be dispatched to the frontiers to serve as soldiers, re-establish the common people's petition system, and revise education strategies.

On the way, just as he was about to return to the former bedroom, a guard came over suddenly and reported to Su Zhongming: "My lord! There is a woman who claims to be the queen mother and wants to enter the palace to meet the lord!"

Shi Chaojing took a fake death drug when the tide forced the palace, and then followed Murong Qinxue to Yangui Island to live incognito.Su Zhongming knew about this very well. Hearing what the guard said, he couldn't help being curious, and hurriedly asked, "What kind of woman is she?"

The guard couldn't say anything, so he said: "It should be a commoner's woman who lives in the City God. She wears the coarse linen clothes of ordinary people, but her appearance is radiant, with a little beauty, and she also has the elegance of a graceful woman."

Most of the ordinary middle-aged women in the market are pale, wrinkled, full of wealth, staggering, and have a fierce temperament, like a bear in the mountains. It is absolutely impossible for them to look like such a noble lady...

Thinking about it, Su Zhongming couldn't help becoming suspicious, and immediately said: "Where is this woman now, lead the way immediately!"

The guards immediately led him to the permeable pavilion in the imperial garden.

When the two guards guarding the gate of the pavilion saw Su Zhongming, they knelt down on one knee and greeted him respectfully.

When Su Zhongming stepped into the pavilion, he saw the woman sitting in front of the table, protected by two quack men.With just one glance, he quickly ran forward and blurted out with great joy, "Mother's queen? Mother's queen! Why did you come back from Yangui Island by yourself?"

Shi Chaojing smiled and responded: "The Ai family received the news that you were leading the army to attack your fourth uncle. After thinking about it, I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I ventured back, but just after I arrived in Wangcheng, I heard that you had won the battle. "

Su Zhongming sat down across from her table, and said caringly: "Mother! After I won the battle, captured the fourth uncle, and reorganized the palace and government, I will naturally send someone to pick you up. Why do you come back alone? What if It’s okay if something happened on the road.”

Shi Chaojing smiled and replied: "It's not alone, the Murong family sent a master to send the Ai family back."

Su Zhongming was helpless, unable to refute her, but seeing that she had entered the palace safely and was sitting in front of his eyes, he didn't care about the danger of being alone this time, and just put the matter aside, and chatted happily with her.

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