Chapter 15 The Change of Renshou Palace (7)
Yang Guang and Yang Yuanqing ran out quickly from the Dabao Hall. Yang Yuanqing tightly protected Yang Guang. Twelve shì guards were clearing the way forward, and all the talisman seals and orders were obtained. Yang Guang was anxious and wanted to go down the mountain immediately.
But as soon as they rushed to the palace gate, they heard the sound of breaking through the air, and a row of arrows rushed towards them. Suddenly, the shìwei who was rushing in front was caught off guard. The two were shot by arrows and fell to the ground screaming.
An arrow roared towards Yang Guang and took his throat. Yang Yuanqing quickly looked at his eyes and pulled Yang Guang away with a hand. The arrow rubbed Yang Guang's neck and passed by. With a "dot!", he nailed the door, and the tail of the arrow trembled continuously.
Yang Yuanqing was secretly surprised. The other party had a master of archery skills, which was a bit troublesome. He had already seen the situation outside clearly. The square and corridor outside were densely filled with left guard soldiers. Standing next to a pillar was an officer in his thirties. He was burly and quick in his movements. He held a bow and arrow in his hand. The arrow just now was shot by him.
Just now, a single arrow scared Yang Guang so much that he was exhausted. At this time, he also saw this person clearly. He couldn't help but be shocked and angry, shouting: "He Shaokang, how dare you assassinate the orphan!"
He Shaokang sneered, "Your Highness, you kill the king and your father, and everyone in the world will be punished!"
Yang Guang suddenly realized that it was this person. He gritted his teeth with hatred, pointed at him and scolded: "I want to destroy your nine clans!"
He Shaokang narrowed his eyes, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes, "So you must die!"
He Shaokang waved his hand and shouted to his soldiers: "The prince attempted to kill the throne. The emperor issued an order. Those who killed him would be rewarded with tens of taels of gold and promoted to general!"
"Kill!"
Under the heavy reward, more than a thousand left guard soldiers rushed towards the Grand Treasure Hall shouting. Yang Guang was furious. He was the prince. Are these soldiers blind?
"Your Highness, you can walk from behind!"
A shì guard shouted, and Yang Yuanqing also knew that it was not the time to make sense. "Your Highness, go quickly!" He pulled Yang Guang and rushed back, and a shì guard led the way in front.
The Grand Treasure Hall has two entrances and exits. In addition to the main entrance, there is also a dedicated passage for concubines. You don’t need to enter the bedroom. You can go around from the corridor next to it. Yang Jian’s close-fitting guards are all familiar with the road. They guard Yang Guang from front and back and forth, and the palace maids and eunuchs hiding on both sides are so scared that they scream and flee around.
At the end of the corridor was a row of screens. A shìguard kicked one of them down. A small door came out behind the screen. The screams of the palace maids and eunuchs behind them rang out. There were dark shadows on the walls, and the sound of footsteps was rapid. The squadrons had already caught up. The arrows were like rain. The last two shìguards screamed and fell to the ground. Yang Yuanqing waved his long halberd, dancing so hard that the wind and rain were not clear. He called the arrows and quickly retreated.
At this time, he glanced at him and found a thick iron-wood round table next to him, weighing dozens of pounds. He grabbed the table and used the table as a shield. He flew over the rain of arrows and shot on the table. Yang Yuanqing protected Yang Guang and rushed out of the small door in one fell swoop.
Behind the Grand Treasure Hall is a large garden, with fish in the rockery, birds singing and flowers blooming, and lush trees. The exquisite small buildings where the concubines live are hidden among the red flowers and green leaves.
Yang Yuanqing glanced at him and saw a white jade pagoda at the highest point on the top of the mountain to the east, five or six meters high, with a lot of auspiciousness. He asked the guard with his long halberd with his finger: "Is there a way to go to the pagoda?"
“You can walk from the small door of the back garden!”
At this time, Yang Guang's ankle was hit by a screen, and he felt pain and uncomfortable. He hurriedly said, "My feet are broken!"
Seeing that Yang Guang's ankles were red and swollen, Yang Yuanqing ordered a shì guard to take his back. He held a halberd in one hand and an iron wooden table in the other. He rushed to open the way and bypassed a long covered bridge. He saw the small door of the back garden.
"let me!"
Yang Yuanqing drank and kicked open the small door with a sudden experience. He had already had experience and poked the iron wooden table out first. Sure enough, dozens of arrows roared and were all nailed to the table. There were also ambushers here first, but the number was not large, with only more than thirty people hiding on both sides of the stone steps dozens of steps away.
The shouts of the pursuers behind him had already come. Seeing that the situation was urgent, Yang Yuanqing threw the wooden table to a guard, roared, swung the halberd on it, waving like snow in the sky, and plucking the arrows, instantly rushing into the crowd. His hand shook, and the long halberd pierced a man's chamber and lifted him away. He heard the sound of the wind behind him, and he turned sideways, drew his sword and slashed it, "Crack!" A head flew up.
Yang Yuanqing was as powerful as a tiger, with a halberd and a knife slashing, and it was like he returned to the battlefield among the Ten Thousand Horse Army. He killed the ambushers and corpses everywhere. In an instant, more than 30 soldiers were killed, and more than 20 were killed. The remaining seven or eight were scared out of fear. He shouted, turned around and rushed into the woods, and escaped without a trace.
Yang Guang was amazed from behind. He thought that Yuwen Chengdu's martial arts were superb. Unexpectedly, Yang Yuanqing was no less than him, and even more bloody killing. Yuwen Chengdu was not as good as that of a powerful killing in all directions. He couldn't help but feel relieved, "I have another powerful general!"
Yang Guang looked up at the white jade pagoda on the top of the mountain. It was the spiritual pagoda that the father worshipped the Zhixian Acharya. He knew that it was indeed the best place to defend, so he also ordered: "Go to the spiritual pagoda quickly!"
Everyone ran up the stone steps up the mountain toward the spiritual tower. Yang Yuanqing and three shì guards quickly collected bows and arrows and followed them up the mountain.
At this time, countless soldiers flocked out from the small gate and chased towards the top of the mountain.
The spiritual tower is called Acharya Tower. It was built by Yang Jian to commemorate the Zhixian nun who raised him. It has built a total of seven floors. It uses white jade from the East China Sea as a material, which is fire-proof and shock-proof, and is extremely strong. The bronze statue of Acharya is enshrined in the tower, and there is also a portrait of her, which is hung in Yang Jian’s study.
In order to keep quiet, there were only two elderly old nuns in the spirit tower to take care of them. There were walls around the tower. Yang Yuanqing rushed into the yard with eight shì guards. The two old nuns had seen Yang Guang and were so scared that they hurriedly clasped their hands and saluted, "I don't know that the prince's prince is coming, he is guilty!"
Yang Guang waved his hand and said, "So quickly lock the courtyard door and block the tower door!"
After a moment, the copper door of the Baiyu Tower was closed. The copper door was strong and the door was inserted with iron bolts inside, which was extremely difficult to open. They quickly went up to the top floor and then breathed a sigh of relief.
The thrilling escape made Yang Guang exhausted, but he still held the Zi Yu Box firmly and refused to let go.
Yang Guang took a few breaths, stabilized his emotions, and smiled at Yang Yuanqing who treated his feet, saying, "Yuanqing, thanks to you today, otherwise Gu would die in Renshou Palace today. You will remember your achievements in protecting the emperor."
Yang Yuanqing soaked the pills with the lamp oil on the altar and applied them to Yang Guang's ankle. He pointed to the shìwei next to him and smiled: "Thank you, your highness, this is a matter of humble position. In fact, they are the heroes. Please reward them heavily."
The eight guards all looked at Yang Yuanqing with great emotion. Yang Guang knew in his heart that it was Yang Yuanqing who asked him to win over these eight guards, so that they would work harder. Yang Guang smiled at them and said, "Today you all have great achievements, and I will reward you very much."
The eight guards knelt down together, "I am willing to serve His Highness the Crown Prince!"
At this time, Yang Yuanqing walked to a pile of bows and arrows and sorted out the bows and arrows. There were eighteen bows and more than twenty pots of arrows, most of which were step bows, and only three cavalry bows. Since Yang Yuanqing's martial arts breakthrough, his strength has increased greatly. He has been able to draw three-stone strong bows, which has surpassed his master Zhang Xutuo. The three cavalry bows in front of him were only one stone. It was not very easy to use, but he could only barely use them. He picked up four more cavalry bows and arrows.
"You all come and choose bows and arrows!"
The eight shì guards were encouraged by Yang Guang's personal reward, and they all went forward to pick bows and arrows. After a moment, everyone was equipped. Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said to Yang Guang: "Your Highness, I am going to make arrangements."
Yang Guang nodded, "Gu has already said that Gu's safety will be left to you, and everything will be responsible."
Yang Yuanqing immediately began to deploy, the tower was five floors high, and the bottom floor was locked without any care. Four people were arranged on the second floor, two people on the third floor, and two people on the third floor. He also guarded Yang Guang on the fifth floor. Everyone took the orders one by one, and they all took the bow and arrow downstairs.
Yang Yuanqing walked to the window and looked at the situation outside the tower. The view here was very wide, and he could clearly see the situation of the Bei Palace and Renshou Palace at the foot of the mountain. He saw that a large group of left guard soldiers appeared from the forest in the mountains, and were quickly surrounding the White Jade Spirit Tower. There was a civil servant wearing a purple robe, which was particularly conspicuous.
"That person is Liu Shu!" Yang Guang said gritting his teeth.
[The first morning of June 1st is actually the last June ticket to book you a guaranteed June ticket at 12 o'clock tomorrow night]
Chapter completed!