The hall was crowded with people, and there were many courtiers, but no one dared to make a noise, because since he entered the door, Li Zongzhi had not opened his face, and his eyes seemed to sweep casually over the position where His Highness and everyone were standing, and then fixed on the vacant place at the front of the column.

"Why didn't Lord Xiangguo come to the early dynasty today? ”

The voice was not slow or hurried, as usual, but his expression was already obviously displeased, or more of a kind of exploration, because that person had been running to the palace every day for the matter of going north to reinforce the army in the past few days, and today he knew that he had gone to court but had not arrived for a long time, which was really inconsistent with common sense.

Could it be ......

Li Zongzhi's eyes darkened for a moment, and with a sneer, he leaned into the dragon chair, fiddling with the jade pendant on his waist and said lazily: "It seems that Lord Xiangguo overslept today, all the Qing family, who would like to go to Xiangguo Mansion on my behalf?"

The sparrow was silent, and everyone in His Highness looked at each other, but they didn't dare to answer.

In the eyes of everyone, if the emperor can not see him one day, he really can't ask for it, but today it is strange, and the emperor has not arrived, and the emperor is unwilling.

"The emperor, Lord Xiangguo has been working day and night recently for the sudden loss of news from the northern aid army, and he has contracted a disease, and the minister went to visit him last night, thinking that he missed the time of the court because of this, and I ask the emperor to forgive me. ”

Chen Wenwen, the general of the southwest, took a step forward and replied to Li Zongzhi.

"Oh, Lord Xiangguo is sick, fortunately, I let General Mo Han go to visit Xiangguo Mansion early in the morning, otherwise, I would really blame him. The words were ordinary, but the identity of the person who spoke was unusual, and everyone saw that the emperor was not like usual, and their hearts trembled and became uneasy.

What happened, the atmosphere in the entire hall was so weird, everyone had speculation in their hearts, but they didn't dare to talk to each other, so they could only wait for Mo Han's news with low eyebrows and anxiety.

Time passed bit by bit, Li Zongzhi yawned a few times sleepily, and Zong Ran hurriedly served the teacup when he saw this, and said, "The emperor drinks tea." ”

Li Zongzhi stretched out his hand to take the teacup, knocked the cup gently, and when he lowered his head to sip, he heard footsteps in front of the hall, and when he looked up, he saw Mo Han hurriedly entering, and when he reached the main hall, he hugged his fists and said loudly: "The emperor played the emperor, the minister went to the Xiangguo Mansion, but the Xiangguo Lord was not in the mansion, and when he asked the servants, they all said that the Xiangguo Lord had left the house last night and had not returned." ”

"Smack!", the teacup was raised by Li Zongzhi and flew out, and it smashed at Chen Wenwen's feet, and Chen Wenwen threw himself on the ground in shock.

"The emperor forgives the sins. ”

"Forgiveness, what is Lord Chen's guilt?" Li Zongzhi stood up with a cold face, slowly walked down the steps, and arrived in front of Chen Wenwen.

"Lord Chen said that he went to visit Lord Xiangguo last night, so Lord Chen must know where Lord Xiangguo is now?"

"Minister...... Chen Wenwen ...... trembling like chaff, he hated himself for saying a lot for Wu Fanzhong, but now he has been riding a tiger, whether he admits it or not, it is the crime of bullying the king, so he had to cry and knock his forehead on the ground with a sad face: "The minister doesn't know, please spare the emperor." ”

Wu Fanzhong ran away!

Li Zongzhi gritted his teeth and glared at Chen Wenwen, with a hideous look on his face.

After Mo Han came back last night, he presented the map to him, he was very surprised in his heart, he didn't know where Mo Han got such a fine distribution map, but Mo Han couldn't say why, so he hesitated for a night, not that he didn't trust Mo Han, but that this matter was too big to tolerate the slightest sloppiness.

After thinking about it all night, he decided to let Mo Han go to Xiangguo Mansion to control Wu Fan Zhongzhi first, and then send troops to these nine major cities to clear it, but who expected, Wu Fanzhong actually got the news in advance and ran away.

Twenty years, the man had been on his head for twenty years, and now he had the opportunity to pull him off his horse, but he just let him run away!

Hatred was rife in his chest, Li Zongzhi laughed angrily, stretched out his hand and patted Chen Wenwen's face, and said softly: "It's okay, Wu Xiang is gone, I will send someone to find him back, Lord Chen has always had a close relationship with Wu Xiang, and it will be difficult to feel at ease if he wants to come, come here-"

"Your Majesty!" the guards in front of the palace entered.

"Invite Lord Chen down, place him in the Yuan'an Palace, and wait for him to wait for him, and then let them get together when he finds the martial minister. ”

"The Emperor...... Emperor...... The minister really doesn't know where the Lord Xiangguo has gone, the emperor - the minister asks the emperor to spare his life - " The terrible shouts echoed above the main hall, and the guards in front of the hall pulled Chen Wen, who was paralyzed on the ground, left and right, and as soon as the formation came out, the courtiers of the entire hall fell to their knees with crackles.

Li Yongde, the marquis of the undertaker, bowed his head and knocked on the ground, his whole body trembled unstoppably, he was annoyed that Wu Fanzhong had left Beijing without notifying himself, but he also knew that Li Zongzhi would not do anything to himself for the time being, but there has been no news from the northern aid army so far, and Wu Fanzhong's mouth is gone, and everyone knows that something is wrong, in this case, it is wise for Mingzhe to protect himself, so when Chen Wenwen was pulled down, he didn't even dare to say a word.

"Lord Xiangguo is old, if something happens, it will be really difficult to deal with it, and it will be difficult for Feiyun to come back to me, so General Mo can send someone to find it. Li Zongzhi took the Luo Pa handed by Zong Ran and wiped his fingers that were wet with tea, and then returned to the dragon chair as if nothing happened.

"People have been sent to find it, and the minister has specially come to report the situation back to the emperor. ”

Someone must have informed that Wu Fanzhong would run away at this juncture, and so on, the soldiers and horses of the nine major cities must have been transferred at this moment, and it is really not worth it to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to hunt down such scattered forces, Li Zongzhi and Mo Han exchanged a look, nodded tacitly, and then got up and flicked his sleeves and said: " I'm tired, what's there to talk about tomorrow morning, and besides, the world has not been peaceful recently, I have decided to implement a curfew, and the four major gates of the eastern capital will all be closed as soon as the time is over, and anyone who wants to leave the capital must have my hand, have you heard it clearly!" The last sentence seemed plain, but it made the courtiers tremble when they heard it.

"Retreat!"

Li Zongzhi walked out of the Xuanhe Palace, and Mo Han immediately followed, and it was only then that the courtiers in that hall got up with a sigh of relief and went out in a whisper.

The four major departments of the Ministry of Officials and Officials all caught up with Li Yongde in panic, but before he could speak, he glared back fiercely.

Just kidding, the emperor made it clear that he was going to take advantage of the forces of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and at this moment he dared to form a party for personal gain, wouldn't it be a dead end, Li Yongde knew that his life was hanging by a thread like Chen Wenwen, if he could get out of Beijing, he might be able to save his life, but now he can only ask for more blessings, in this case, where can he still take care of the four people, stood for a moment with a dead face, and then hurriedly left those few people, his move made the four Shangshu fall into a more frantic panic.

"Lord Yu, what should I do?"

"You ask me, I ask who to go!" After stomping his feet in annoyance, Yu Wenhe took the lead in running down the stone steps in front of the hall.

The emperor only said that officials in the court and China were not allowed to go out of Beijing without permission, but the officials' families did not explain, the tiger poison does not eat children, and the first thing people think of at this time is their families.

"Your Majesty. Mo Han lowered his head and stood quietly, he knew that Li Zongzhi would have a secret decree, and he also knew that this time the movement would not be small, sure enough, Li Zongzhi took a deep breath after a pause, and said: "Let people ambush at the four corners of the city gate, but anyone who escapes from the family of officials, regardless of men, women, old and young, will be killed!"

"Your Majesty—" Mo Han's eyes moved, and before he could speak, he was stopped by Li Zongzhi's cold drink.

Mo Han, now I am stepping on the tip of the knife like you, and if I am not careful, I will be crushed and the country will be ruined;

Mo Hanyu was stunned for a long time before he said softly: "The child is innocent." ”

"Then, how can I not grow up from a young son who doesn't know anything, Mo Han, never underestimate the power of hatred, in this world, except for love can make people ignore a qiē, only hatred has so much power......" Li Zongzhi raised his head a little lonely after speaking, looked at the sky with thick clouds and muttered: "When a child can't rely on anyone, although he will live a miserable life, he will also live strong...... It's not early, let's go......"

Go, and wipe out all those who are not loyal to me!

"Minister, retire. ”

"Mo Han-" The words were paused, and then they sounded again, with a hint of uncertainty, but with a little expectation, he asked softly: "The person who sent the picture, is it flawless." ”

Mo Han's body stiffened, he didn't look back, and he didn't answer, but Li Zongzhi suddenly closed his eyes, let out a long breath, and said, "Go ahead." ”

The footsteps sounded, and when they calmed down, Li Zongzhi opened his eyes again and looked at the lotus pond where the raindrops were getting denser.

Flawless, what are you doing this for......

"Little Hou Ye be careful!" Seeing the rocks on his head falling, and the people who followed closely behind him all ran towards the two of them, Bai Yan quickly pushed away a few people around him, and then moved to the side, Flawless was carried on his back, and with his flickering, he actually fell off the chair.

"Flawless!" Bai Yan grabbed Flawless wrist with his backhand, shook him fiercely, took him into his arms, rolled to the side, and then protected him motionlessly.

"White Flame - Flawless - "

Lingering let go of Xi Hao, whose face was pale, and ran desperately towards the two of them, Yun Lan had already taken the first step to the front, and when he saw that there were flying stones falling on his head, he leaned over Bai Yan without thinking about it, Bai Yan felt a weight on his back, and then heard Yun Lan's muffled snort, and when he looked up again, everyone had already arrived and pulled the three of them away from there.

"Pull the others out. ”

There were a few people walking with them, the rocks fell, some people dodged, but some people did not avoid, fortunately the stone is not big, everyone is also a martial arts person, but it will not be killed, but because of the large drop, the impact of the stone is extraordinary, check down, many people are already bloodstained, skin and flesh turned over.

"The mountains and rocks here are too unstable, so let's go down in one go. Qin Chi saw that everyone was not worried about their lives, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"Okay, let's not delay, go all out. Bai Yan nodded and helped Wufang up, seeing that his lips were white, and his body trembled slightly, knowing that his body was weak and cold and couldn't stand the cold on this mountain, so he took off his cloak and threw it over to him, and said, "Bear with it, when we get over here and down the mountain, we can ride a horse." ”

Flawless wanted to respond to him, but when he opened his mouth, he found that he couldn't speak.

The sore throat was unbearable, because the cold was too heavy, and the flawless throat was all swollen, so it was painful to swallow, and I was afraid that everyone would find out that it was wrong to speak, so I had to put my head a little and then hang my head.

Bai Yan walked to the back chair and picked it up to take a look, only to see that due to the collision, the vines in the corner of the chair were broken, tilted, and could no longer be used, he looked around, and found nothing that could be replaced, so he had to throw it away, turn around and walk back to Flawless.

"The chair is broken, but it's okay, I'll carry you. ”

"I'll do it. Mingwei suddenly said on the side: "You have been walking with flawless for a day and a night, and the endurance of your shoulders has reached the limit, little Hou Ye, a person's ability is limited, and sometimes, it is appropriate for all of us to bear it together." ”

Bai Yan raised his eyes to look at him, and after a moment, he smiled slightly, and said, "Okay!"

When the team got up again, Bai Yan walked to Yun Lan's side and leaned in, and said, "Don't do this again next time." ”

"How. Yun Lan glanced at him, replied angrily and walked away, Bai Yan saw this and stretched out his hand and slapped him on the back: "See the truth in adversity, say, do you kid have a crush on me." ”

"Meng Baiyan - I'm going to kill you!" The scream was followed by Yun Lan's angry roar, but Bai Yan ran straight forward after laughing, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.