Fu Shifeng

Chapter 322 The shady scene is like a prison

"Prime Minister Lu! Oh no! Something big has happened!"

At five o'clock, it was still dark, and Lu Yan struggled to open his eyelids. His mind, which was dizzy due to the cold wind, made him extremely uncomfortable, as if he was drunk. He wanted to get up and sit up, but his body was extremely inflexible.

The eldest lady asked her maid to hold the lamp and chattered outside, scolding the servants who came in a hurry.

Lu Yan pressed his temples and felt a tingling in his ears, but he still forced himself up and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"

The eldest lady arrived wearing thick clothes and quickly helped Lu Yan to get out of bed: "I heard that something happened in Tai Chi Palace."

Lu Yan's expression changed, then he lowered his head and murmured: "It's finally here."

"Coming? What's coming?" The eldest lady responded quickly and asked uneasily: "Is it going to change? I heard that the prince has made friends with the commanders of Bianzhen in recent years..."

"It's not these." Lu Yan shook his head, quickly stood up and changed his clothes, quickly getting rid of the old and sick look on the bed.

Going out in a hurry, although the curfew is still on Chang'an Street, Prime Minister Lu has permission to walk at night. But before he arrived at Tai Chi Palace, he could vaguely hear noises and commotions everywhere in the car. When it was time to go to bed, the lights in the homes of many wealthy officials were also lit up, apparently because they had heard about it.

To the south of Taiji Palace is the Imperial City, which was originally the location of the government offices of the three provinces and six ministries, where the ministers and officials usually took care of matters. However, since the current saint has lived in Xingqing Palace in the east of the city, Prime Minister Lu's family residence has become the center of the city, and many official offices in the imperial city are sparse.

When Lu Yan arrived at the imperial city by car, he saw many officials and soldiers stationed here at night in a panic. Some wanted to go in to find out what was going on, while others wanted to flee out of nowhere.

There were guards around Lu Yan's car, and they dispersed the panic. They arrived outside the Chengtian Gate, but they couldn't see the city tower or the palace wall. There was only an unfathomable huge black curtain, which extended along the wall of the Taiji Palace. It was difficult to see it upwards. top.

"What happened?!"

Lu Yan ordered someone to call General You Xiaowei who was on duty in the imperial city. He was in disheveled clothes and smelled of alcohol. He looked like he was on duty in the imperial city and guarding the palace. Even if he was placed in an ordinary wealthy family to serve as a house guard, he would look like a guard. Extremely derelict of duty.

"It's a humble duty, it's a humble duty, I don't know..." General You Xiaowei just bowed and saluted, and then the bag on his head fell to the ground. This ugly behavior was unbearable for people to look at.

Lu Yan sighed in his heart, although he had long heard that the Nanya Forbidden Army was declining day by day. Many nobles and nobles had inserted their own unworthy children into it. Firstly, they could earn a decent living without having to compete with others for the family property. Secondly, it was also convenient. Inquire about news from North Korea and China.

He originally thought that the Nanya Forbidden Army was just some dudes occupying some positions, but now that he saw that the generals on duty were all such useless and unsightly people, Lu Yan was no longer disappointed, but found it ridiculous.

Although Lu Yan presided over the New Deal, it was not his turn to take charge of the Northern and Southern Yamen Imperial Guards. But he couldn't help but wonder, if something happened to Bian Zhen someday in the future, could the Forbidden Army like Chang'an really be able to deal with the crisis with its weak and lax weapons and equipment?

"Is there anyone coming out of it?" Lu Yan looked at the black screen. He didn't need to go around to both sides. He could roughly guess that the entire Tai Chi Palace was covered.

"It seems... not?" General You Xiaowei burped in the middle of his words. Knowing that he was losing his composure, he quickly covered his mouth.

Lu Yan didn't bother to look further and said coldly: "General, please call the soldiers immediately and inquire carefully about the situation. The saint held a banquet in Taiji Palace yesterday, and it is still there. If something unexpected happens, you may not be able to save your head. "

"Yes, yes!" General You Xiaowei was startled and hurried to call back the scattered and panicked soldiers.

Lu Yan used the light of the lantern to observe the dark scene carefully. With his eyesight, he couldn't see anything strange, so he took the horizontal knife from the guard's hand and struck it. The result was like cutting on gold and iron, without moving at all.

What's even more strange is that there is almost no sound when the horizontal knife hits the black screen.

While he was thinking about it, there was an exclamation from the guards behind him. Lu Yan turned around and was about to ask, but he saw them all looking up, and a group of flames could be seen swirling and accumulating in the sky with the naked eye.

Then a loud sound came from the sky.

……

The dense Gangfeng was split into pieces by the Longya sword, and countless wind blades scattered in all directions, making Yan Fengjun change his face in shock.

"Get away!" Chi Yang raised his sword with all his strength, and a large blade of light swept out like a wave.

Yan Fengjun flew against the wind, his movements were extremely agile, as if he was flying in the sky, avoiding the light of the sword, but he still shouted anxiously: "Cheng Sanwu! What on earth did you do?!"

Cheng Sanwu raised his hand and held the fire, condensing it into a ball of blazing flames. He made no move and let Chi Yang swing his sword to block the wind blades that were attacking from all sides.

"I just want to see how big this city of Chang'an is." Cheng Sanwu said: "I wonder how powerful the flames are to burn this place to ashes?"

Yan Fengjun looked at Cheng Sanwu who said this calmly in front of him, and he was extremely shocked.

He had learned about the earthquake in Lishan Mountain before and was sent by Eunuch Feng to investigate the specific situation. However, when he arrived, he did not find anything strange, and there was no damage to the palace in Lishan Mountain.

At that time, Yan Fengjun vaguely felt that this move might be a plan to attack the east and attack the west. When he came to Lishan, he was lured away.

With this thought, Yan Fengjun didn't care about anything else, and immediately flew into the sky with the wind and rushed back to Chang'an.

However, when he returned to Chang'an, he saw that the Taiji Palace was shrouded in darkness, with Cheng Sanwu sitting on top, who seemed to have another move. Without enough time to consider the gap between them, Yan Fengjun immediately took action to try to stop the other party.

But Cheng Sanwu didn't need to take action, the red-haired woman of unknown origin next to him was enough to stop him.

"I'll give you a chance." Cheng Sanwu looked at the huge fireball condensed in his hand, ready to explode at any time, and showed a meaningful smile: "If you can stop this move, I will turn around and leave Chang'an City. how?"

When Yan Fengjun heard this, he felt a twinge of pain on his shoulders. The lack of his own state of mind has become the biggest flaw. If he retreats again now, I am afraid that the gap in his state of mind will get bigger and bigger, making it difficult to make up for it.

"Come on!" Gritting his teeth and suppressing his fear, Yan Fengjun fiercely raised his Xuan Gong. In an instant, eight winds gathered around him and his blue shirt danced wildly.

Cheng Sanwu didn't make any big moves, he just threw it gently, and the fireball in his hand fell towards Chang'an City below.

But the fireball, which was originally only the size of a fist, suddenly expanded in the breath, as big as a mountain peak, with a diameter of dozens of feet, like a sun falling from the sky, with unparalleled power, it was going to completely burn the city of Chang'an.

Yan Fengjun's figure flashed and flew directly under the fire ball, with his arms spread wide, the majestic true energy was vented from all the orifices around his body, turning into a mighty mysterious wind, as if using the heaven and earth as a chariot, instigating water and fire, transporting yin and yang !

Raising his voice and shouting loudly, the flames like the sun were blown by the mysterious wind, and the flames rushed into the sky, turning into clouds of fire all over the sky, almost lighting up the entire city of Chang'an red.

Xuan Gong Zhenyuan exceeded the limit and saved Chang'an City from destruction. However, Yan Fengjun was exhausted and fell straight to the ground from mid-air, hitting an official office in the imperial city.

Lu Yan saw this and hurried over to take a look, and saw a collapsed palace, with Lord Yan Feng lying in it, surrounded by mysterious winds, like a barrier, preventing others from getting close. There were many incomplete scorch marks on his green shirt, which showed that he had to endure the burning even when facing the flames.

After Xuan Feng calmed down for a while, Yan Fengjun came to his senses. His first reaction was to stand up and look up to make sure Cheng Sanwu was still there. "Gone? Really gone?" Yan Fengjun seemed to be waking up from a dream, still a little confused.

He lowered his head and looked around. When he saw Lu Yan being guarded by a group of soldiers, he immediately cupped his hands and said, "Greetings to Prime Minister Lu."

"Who are you?" Lu Yan and Yan Fengjun had never met each other before.

"I am the chief of the Gongchen Guards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs..." Yan Fengjun thought about it and said: "...Ren Fengxing."

"I've heard a little bit about it." Lu Yan continued to ask, "Who did you fight just now?"

Ren Fengxing originally wanted to answer Cheng Sanwu directly, but if he wanted to get to the bottom of it, he was also a member of the Gongchen Guard. If the incident spread, he himself would not be able to escape the blame, so he said:

"I just came back from another place. I noticed a sudden change in Chang'an City and saw a monster acting recklessly, so I took action to stop him."

Lu Yan was so shrewd that he saw at a glance that Ren Fengxing was unwilling to speak clearly, so he pointed in the direction of Tai Chi Palace: "Since you are from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, come and take a look."

The group of people came to the Tai Chi Palace again. At this time, the sky was getting brighter. Without torches and lanterns, they could see the huge towering black screen, which was like a tent, covering the entire Tai Chi Palace.

Ren Fengxing's scalp was numb and he couldn't help but ask: "The saint... is still inside?"

"That's right." Lu Yan's face was livid: "The saint held a banquet last night. As usual, almost everyone from the harem, concubines, princes and grandsons, as well as officials and ministers participated."

Ren Fengxing couldn't believe his ears. He now fully understood that he and Eunuch Feng had completely fallen into Cheng Sanwu's plan. From the very beginning, he was here to catch all the saint's officials!

"Why is Prime Minister Lu outside?" Ren Fengxing suddenly noticed something.

Lu Yan replied: "I caught wind and cold yesterday, had a splitting headache, and my limbs were tired, so I couldn't go to the banquet."

Ren Fengxing did hear a clue from Lu Yan's breathing, and he didn't know whether it was luck or misfortune.

"The first priority now is to break this shady curtain as soon as possible." Lu Yan said: "No one knows what the situation is inside. If the saint is ill..."

Lu Yan didn't say any more, and Ren Fengxing also understood that the situation was urgent, so he asked the others to step back, and he used Xuan Gong himself, sending out sharp wind knives, trying to tear apart the shady curtain.

However, the wind knife, which can penetrate the copper wall and iron wall, did not cause any change at the moment it fell into the black curtain. It was even calmer than raindrops dripping on the water, and completely disappeared into nothing.

Ren Fengxing couldn't believe it, so he immediately changed his Xuan Gong and launched several attacks in succession. The strong wind roared in waves, making the nearby onlookers feel that the strong wind was blowing like a knife blade cutting their faces, so they all covered their faces and retreated.

Seeing this situation, Lu Yan thought to himself, "It's a pity that Yingjun is not in Chang'an right now. Otherwise, we could ask her to take action."

After a series of strong attacks, there was still no change in the black screen, not even the slightest scratch. On the contrary, Ren Fengxing felt the pain in the meridians in his body, causing the injuries caused by breaking through the limit, so he had to stop and adjust his breath.

"How is it?" Lu Yan stepped forward and asked.

"This, this is the barrier." Ren Fengxing felt a faint fear in his heart. He saw that this shady curtain could neutralize all external attacks: "I'm afraid it won't be broken for a while, and we need to find another expert."

Lu Yan took a deep breath, turned around and summoned a group of clergy: "You all split up, draft a notice to calm the people, copy 100 copies, and then call Jing Zhaoyin and the magistrates of Chang'an and Wannian counties. There are also the abbots of Xuanduguan and Xingshan Temple. , as long as they are capable of magic, they will all be brought to the imperial city."

A civil servant reminded: "Wei Fuyin is also attending the banquet."

"Then call Shaoyin and the six Cao Cao!" Lu Yan said with a flick of his sleeves: "Where is General Jinwuwei?!"

An armored general pushed aside the panicked crowd and shouted, "Here it is!"

"Additional manpower must be deployed on the streets of Chang'an. If there is any noise or disorder, the Jinwu Guards will take down it on the spot!"

"As ordered!"

Lu Yan looked around at the officials present. Most of them were deputies or commanders responsible for guarding various government offices in the imperial city. They all had a look of fear and uneasiness on their faces.

"Everyone, there is a sudden drastic change at the moment. All government agencies must strictly abide by their duties. If anyone neglects their duties, the truth will be severely punished!" Lu Yan's tone and demeanor were full of majesty, which made everyone feel refreshed: "You are now Then go find the chief officer of each government office and order him to come to the imperial city immediately to take care of the matter. If the chief officer is not available, then the adjutant will act on his behalf."

Many officials present sang "Oi" with their hands in hand, and then left each other. It can be seen that Prime Minister Lu not only has a high position and power, but also has high means, which can quickly restore stability to the situation.

"Chief Ren." Lu Yan turned back to look at Ren Fengxing: "Now most of the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be trapped in Tai Chi Palace. What are your plans?"

Ren Fengxing felt extremely helpless and had no choice but to reply: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs also has a group of embroidery envoys in Yishanfang, and there are also some people who are proficient in magic among them. I will bring them immediately."

Seeing that he didn't seem to understand, Lu Yan said in a serious tone: "Eunuch Feng is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Now he is accompanying the saint in the Taiji Palace. Can you mobilize the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Only then did Ren Fengxing react. He thought about it carefully and bowed to Lu Yan: "I would like to ask Prime Minister Lu to take charge of the overall situation. I must fully cooperate with you."

The current situation is extremely bad. Not only the saints, but also the higher-ranking officials and nobles in Chang'an City are almost all trapped in the Tai Chi Palace, leaving them leaderless.

It would be okay if they were just trapped for a day or two, but now the black screen barrier is clearly difficult to break. As time goes on, no one can tell what changes will happen.

Therefore, Lu Yan immediately established his authority to stabilize the situation. And Ren Fengxing also knew very well that now was definitely not the time to fight for power and gain.

"Okay, go ahead." Lu Yan nodded and watched Ren Fengxing leave.

Arriving alone in front of the black screen barrier again, Lu Yan was silent for a long time. He remembered the scene where the sky fire fell just now. Ren Fengxing had to risk his life to resist it. This shows how powerful Cheng Sanwu is now. He is the incarnation of disaster. It is the most real evil in the world.

Logically speaking, if Cheng Sanwu wanted to, it would not be difficult to raze the Taiji Palace to the ground, but why did he set up such a shady barrier? What is the purpose of trapping all the saints, officials, princes and grandsons inside?

Raising his hand to touch the dark curtain, Lu Yan suddenly stopped midway, revealing a deep and unpredictable expression.

(End of this chapter)