Zhao Jiugong followed An Shouzhong into the palace to meet An Qingxu, and as soon as he entered the Mingde Gate, An Shouzhong suddenly turned his face, and immediately ordered the Yulin guards guarding the palace gate to arrest him.

"Why did An Xianggong lie to me?"

Suddenly attacked, Zhao Jiugong was caught off guard by others, but he was still very strong, and he struggled hard and questioned An Shouzhong continuously.

But all he got in exchange was An Shouzhong's disdain and sneer.

"Your Majesty has already ordered the traitor Yin Ziqi to be arrested, but you have openly deceived the old man, and you have to take the northern army out of the city, if you don't return to the **, won't the old man help the thief to abuse?"

The righteous words he said were righteous, but Zhao Jiugong trembled with anger, eager to devour this seemingly loyal little man alive, but at this time he had lost his personal freedom, and he could only scream helplessly.

An Shouzhong changed his relatively relaxed tone again, and when he approached Zhao Jiugong, who was about to go crazy, he looked at him with pity.

"The old man advises you not to die and struggle, it is your duty to change your heart and atone for your sins now!"

It's okay not to say this, Zhao Jiugong almost split his eyes when he heard this, and suddenly spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, An Shouzhong couldn't dodge, and was smashed into the front door.

"The old thief is shameless, the marshal is loyal to the Yan Dynasty, what crime can be atoned?

Despite this, An Shouzhong did not get angry, threw the silk handkerchief that wiped his face on the ground, and circled around Zhao Jiugong with a lot of trouble.

"Why bother, why bother? Don't you want to avenge your grievances in front of the Son of Heaven? It's a pity, because of your rudeness and recklessness, you don't even have this last chance!"

At this moment, Zhao Jiugong was like an enraged lion, struggling and roaring, completely losing his mind.

An Shouzhong finally ignored him anymore, didn't even look at him more, only explained to the Yulin guards to take strict care of him, and left the palace without looking back.

"What? Zhao Jiugong wants to lead the Northern Army to openly surrender to the enemy?"

An Qingxu was taken aback, after An Shouzhong learned the news, he should have been angry, but he felt chills from the inside out.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, fortunately, the old minister found out in time, the northern army is still in the city, and Zhao Jiugong has also been captured!"

"Where is this person? Bring it, I will interrogate ...... myself"

Before the words could land, An Qingxu waved his hand again and again.

"No, I won't see him, I won't give him any chance to quibble, now I will convey my will, Dongshi will be cut alive! Let the ministers go to watch the execution, and no leave will be allowed!"

The reason why An Qingxu did this was to use this cruel means to warn the ministers that if there were half-hearted plans, this Zhao Jiugong would be a lesson from the past.

"Your Majesty, severely punish Zhao Jiugong, warn those with bad intentions, let them restrain themselves, and the situation will be stable!"

"Okay, it's settled, An Qing will deal with it by herself, I'm tired, I want to rest for a while......"

While speaking, An Qingxu had already snorted several times in a row. An Shouzhong raised his head to take a closer look at this new genius of Dayan, but saw that this person had a sallow face, blank eyes, and a face full of fatigue and sickness.

Out of the Son of Heaven Palace, An Shouzhong was also secretly surprised in his heart, An Qingxu's body was as strong as a cow, why did it take less than a month to become like this?

Although he couldn't figure it out, he didn't think much about it, after all, the health of the Son of Heaven was taboo in all dynasties, and even the prime minister couldn't easily ask about it.

However, he did not immediately want to kill Zhao Jiugong, it was already dark at this time, and there was already a curfew in Luoyang City. Even if you want to kill, you can only wait until tomorrow dawn.

Another big gain from going to the palace is that An Qingxu officially asked for the edict to arrest Yin Ziqi, with this edict, even if Yin Ziqi suddenly appeared in Luoyang City, he could justifiably kill him, and then report to the Son of Heaven.

Thinking of this, An Shouzhong couldn't help but smile relaxedly, and his heart was full of emotion.

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, it has only been a month's work, and all the important ministers who pressed on his head have left the center of the court in unison, and An Shouzhong feels that he is only one step away from the position of Zhongshu Ling.

Now he had an even more urgent task to do, and after gathering his cronies, he solemnly announced:

"The Son of Heaven has an edict to arrest all Yin Ziqi's old departments in the army, and you must be careful not to leak the news. ”

The generals were faintly happy in their hearts and promised in unison. Because Yin Ziqi's generals who stayed in the city all held key positions, and most of them held military power in their hands, and after killing these people, the vacated positions would naturally be taken over by them.

An Shouzhong still has outstanding points in this regard, and he did not rashly take people to the door one by one to arrest people, if this is very likely to provoke a mutiny.

He convened a military meeting on the pretext of an urgent military situation, and summoned all the generals to rush to Shuaitang to assemble. Most of the generals did not doubt him, and rushed to the tightly guarded handsome hall, as if they were automatically entering the urn one by one. Almost effortlessly, Yin Ziqi's cronies who remained in the Luoyang army were all captured.

According to An Shouzhong's plan, these people will be sentenced to death together with Zhao Jiugong tomorrow. But one of his aides secretly suggested:

"Xianggong left them to live one more night, haven't you heard that there are many dreams at night?"

A word woke up the person in the dream, An Shouzhong felt that this was very much in line with his heart, so he laughed.

"Yes, that's right! If these thieves take advantage of the chaos at night to rebel, wouldn't it be the old man's sin? Kill them, kill them all!"

An Shouzhong made up his mind to kill people in an instant, although these people lived one less night, they also suffered less sin of being chopped alive, and they were beheaded on the spot one by one, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

The light of the torches reflected the light of the execution ground was terrifying, looking at the corpses all over the ground and the black blood everywhere, what An Shouzhong was thinking about was completely irrelevant to this moment.

"What's going on with the doors blocked?

"Back to the prime minister, the officials who accepted the acceptance have been sent out for more than half an hour, and they will always come in this hour and a half!"

"Okay, this is the foundation of keeping Luoyang, don't be negligent, follow the old man to the city for a walk!"

An Shouzhong always accompanied him with a staff member, he knew that his intelligence was mediocre, and if he didn't have the help of people who were eager and talented, he was likely to make a mistake at a critical moment, which was still quite self-aware.

In fact, An Shouzhong wanted to go to the city, not to walk around casually as he said, but to observe the situation on the battlefield outside the city. It has been reported since nightfall, Tang Bing fought people outside the city, according to his estimate, nine times out of ten it was Yin Ziqi's department, but he had another statement about An Qingxu, alleging that it was done by Luoluohe.

At first, An Qingxu didn't want to give up the Luoluo River, but he couldn't stand An Shouzhong's frequent warnings, and finally issued an edict to block the city gate.

In order not to expose the actions on the city, only a few wind lanterns were hung around the city wall as usual, and An Shouzhong had to climb up one foot deep and one foot shallow, and then looked out on the female wall.

Outside the city was an endless pitch black, with countless glowing lights changing in place, and occasionally a few places were full of firelight, but they soon dimmed.

Judging by the sound of killing alone, the two sides seem to be evenly matched, and this kind of killing sound may last for a long time.

"An Xianggong, don't we send someone out of the city......?

A staff member felt that this was a good time to make meritorious contributions, and if the city sent troops out, maybe they would be able to join forces with the outside and kill the Tang soldiers by surprise.

But An Shouzhong asked indifferently:

"You and I can think of it, can't we think of it with Qin Jin's treachery?"

"This ......"

The staff fell silent, he really couldn't give an accurate answer to this question, but he always felt that something was wrong, but under the observation of words, it was not easy to speak rashly.

Immediately afterwards, An Shouzhong raised a series of questions.

"What if Qin Jin uses this as a trap to induce us to send troops? What if we fall for their ambush plan and the troops in Luoyang City are greatly damaged?"

Speaking of which, An Shouzhong deliberately raised the tone.

"Don't forget, Yin Ziqi's whereabouts are unknown now, and it is very likely that he has voted for the Tang Dynasty, if this is a big drama that he colluded with Qin Jin and played, how should we deal with it?"

At this question, the staff were speechless, or they were appropriately silent at this time. Most of these staff members have been in An Shouzhong's mansion for a long time, so how can they not know what he really thinks in his heart? Although An Shouzhong is a rough man on the surface, he is extremely cautious in his heart, and he has never expressed such thoughts in public, but there are some things that can be understood, and everyone knows what he is thinking now.

Some of them were very active, and immediately chimed in:

"An Xianggong is extremely worried, and the most appropriate way to deal with it at the moment is to stick to it and wait and see what happens. ”

An Shouzhong nodded in satisfaction.

Although it is important to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, compared to the safety of Luoyang, these small achievements are nothing at all. I need to easily bring up the matter of the city again in the future!"

"An Xianggong is wise!"

The staff members praised in unison.

An Shouzhong no longer paid attention to those staff, but turned his head away, staring intently at the 10,000 fluorescent lights in the pitch black outside the city, he only wished that these fluorescents would be extinguished sooner. Because the extinguishing of the fluorescence at this time means the end of the war.

In his eyes, Yin Ziqi was not Qin Jin's opponent, and the northern army under Zhao Jiugong, which was supposed to go out of the city, was stopped in the city again. He believes that Zhao Jiugong's Northern Army must be a vital link, and once this link is missing, how can the battle situation not collapse?

The more he thought about it, the more proud he became, and An Shouzhong's face once again showed a smug smile under the cover of the night.