Under Gu Debiao's instigation, many rebels raised their weapons, but some people were stunned, Zhu Xiaofeng said in a loud voice: "Aren't you afraid of being connected to the Nine Clans if you oppose me?" As soon as he said this, most of the soldiers hesitated, and a few people in front of them suddenly knelt on the ground and begged: "Please let the emperor spare our wives and children." ”

Gu Debiao shouted: "The matter has come to this point, don't be delusional, only by killing Zhu Xiaofeng can you save your net worth and life." ”

The knife in Zhu Xiaofeng's hand pressed down, and said loudly again: "Spread my will, anyone who can reform will be treated as a martyr after dying in battle, and his family can be compensated, and those who resist will be exterminated by the nine clans!" ”

The soldiers who knelt down burst into tears and said loudly: "Thank you for your kindness!" With that, he suddenly stood up and opened fire to the people around him, and the rebel camp was suddenly in chaos, many of them defected in an instant, and it didn't take much effort to spread the accomplices like a plague, and only a few Hegis people did not surrender to death, and were slashed and killed by the guards one by one. Zhu Xiaofeng waved his hand and said: "This is the end of the matter, you quickly go and destroy the chaotic party elsewhere." The guards agreed in unison, and for a moment they became loyal royal guards again.

Zhu Xiaofeng grabbed Gu Debiao's collar and lifted him up, put the knife on his neck and said, "What about your imperial uncle Laozi?" ”

Gu Debiao knew that the general trend was gone, so he closed his eyes tightly and said nothing. Zhu Xiaofeng threw him on the ground and said to the Bound Divine Guard: "Strictly guard, don't let him die!" He said this in a calm tone, but we all felt a deep chill.

Zhu Xiaofeng put the knife back into the sheath, and then asked me: "Brother Xian, how do you know that there is a change in the capital...... Huang Yifei: How are they? "He has a flexible brain, and before I can say it, he already realized that Huang Yifei and others must have something wrong.

I sighed and said, "Deputy Commander Huang led them to encounter an ambush by Heggis, and less than half of them remained, and Su Jing was also seriously injured. ”

Zhu Xiaofeng's face was ugly, and he said with ink and water: "Amitabha." ”

I asked about Zhu Xiaofeng's experience in the past five days, it turned out that Gu Taishi first occupied the city, and then led the rebels to storm the palace, the guards collectively defected, and the palace was naturally at your fingertips, Zhu Xiaofeng caught and sought the rebels in the palace under the protection of the three groups of bound guards and ink, and the result was that there were still 9 bound guards who died in order to cover Zhu Xiaofeng, and they survived to this day, and finally exposed their whereabouts, if I hadn't arrived, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Zhu Xiaofeng suddenly hugged my shoulders tightly and said, "Brother Xian, how you have repeatedly performed miraculous feats on the battlefield I haven't seen with my own eyes, just today's battle is a great feat, how can you let me thank you?" ”

I smiled and said, "What is the emperor polite to me, isn't this what I should do?" ”

Shui Mo also said: "General Xiao Shi was originally a master in the world, and he didn't want to be greedy for any rewards. ”

Zhu Xiaofeng said: "That being said, I can't treat my virtuous brother badly-" He frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly Huo Ran said cheerfully, "It seems that there is only the king of the king." He said to me, "In the past, I called you a virtuous brother only for nothing, but this time I will definitely make you a prince." ”

I hurriedly waved my hand and said, "Our Honglie Empire can't be crowned king with a different surname, I know this." ”

Zhu Xiaofeng smiled indifferently: "Whether you can be crowned king or not is not up to me?" The predecessors have the rules of the predecessors, and I have the rules of the predecessors, if they are not broken, they will not stand, but what kind of king should be crowned can be allowed to think about it. "Just because I couldn't be crowned king with a different surname before, I probably didn't have a name suitable for me for a while. I wanted to excuse myself, but Zhu Xiaofeng said with a straight face: "Are you unwilling to be a brother with me?" "I'll just give up.

At this time, Gonggong Li came out of nowhere, he took two steps with snot and tears, and crawled at Zhu Xiaofeng's feet, crying: "Your Majesty, you are scared to death of the slave, the slave is looking for you everywhere these days!" ”

Zhu Xiaofeng kicked him and scolded: "Let your fucking stinky fart, you eggless thing has long since escaped to where you have gone!" Seeing Gonggong Li's honest and frightened embarrassed look, he thought that he was no better, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Gonggong Li realized that the emperor was not really annoyed with him, and kowtowed: "The slave should die, but it is true that the slave has been thinking about the emperor in his heart for the past few days." ”

Zhu Xiaofeng said: "Get up, I don't blame you, you dare to come out of this dog, so do you say that the rebellion has been quelled?" ”

Gonggong Li said cautiously: "Your Majesty, most of the rebels have been tamed by the emperor's virtue, and only a few of them are stubborn, and they have all been ambushed. The minions have ordered people to extinguish the fires in various places in the palace, and I believe that they will be cleaned up before they are done. "Sure enough, the number of palace maids and eunuchs gradually increased, but they didn't dare to step forward when they saw the blood flowing on our side.

Li Gong said fairly: "Your Majesty, what should we do next?" Although the rebels seem to be obedient, I am afraid that the people's hearts are unstable, and we can no longer hand over the safety of the palace to these people, right? ”

Zhu Xiaofeng asked me, "Did you see the garrison camp when you entered the city?" ”

I said, "See, my second uncle has opened the city gate with the garrison camp, and now he must be on his way to the palace." ”

Zhu Xiaofeng nodded, suddenly patted his stomach and said, "Come on, set up a banquet." I've been so hungry these days. ”

Gonggong Li looked at the corpses all over the ground and said, "Your Majesty, are we going to move to the Heart Cultivation Hall for dinner?" Here...... It's so dirty here. ”

"No!" Zhu Xiaofeng waved his hand and said, "I am here waiting for the people of the garrison camp." ”

Gonggong Li didn't dare to say more, first let people clean up the corpse, but the blood stains didn't have time to be wiped carefully, there were eunuchs to pass the meal, and the imperial dining room was not in a hurry, only simple fish and meat, which was quite undignified...... Zhu Xiaofeng beckoned me and Shui Mo to sit down and dine together, and we sat on both sides of him, Zhu Xiaofeng had not eaten enough for the past few days, and it seemed that he was really hungry, so he grabbed the meat on the table and swallowed it in a big gulp, eating as if no one was around.

After half a meal, there was a sound of confusion in the direction of the council hall, and Gonggong Li asked someone to listen to the news, it turned out that the soldiers and horses of the garrison battalion had finally arrived, and they were taking over the security of the palace and assisting in extinguishing the fire. Zhu Xiaofeng said: "Ask Shi Fei to come here to see me." ”

Not long after, Shi Fei arrived with hundreds of soldiers on horseback, he saw blood stains on the ground from a distance, hurriedly jumped off the horse, and knelt down in front of Zhu Xiaofeng in a few steps: "The minister is guilty of capital crime!" ”

Zhu Xiaofeng wiped his greasy hands, picked up a glass of wine and said, "Oh, tell me why you are guilty of a capital crime?" ”

Shi Fei said in panic: "One of the ministers and guards was unfavorable and frightened the emperor, and the other was riding into the imperial city, which was not in accordance with the rules. ”

Zhu Xiaofeng put the wine glass on the table vigorously, and said angrily: "It's a fart to ride a horse into the imperial city, what rules do you care about at this time, but you haven't built a city for five days, and you almost made me a ghost under the knife!" ”

Shi Fei was so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky, he fell to the ground and sweated, Zhu Xiaofeng breathed a sigh of relief and said: "But it's no wonder you, the garrison camp only has 30,000 horses, and there is no equipment to attack the city, looking at your appearance, you should not have closed your eyes for a few days and nights." ”

Shi Fei was ashamed and said: "Emperor Xie is considerate, but in any case, the minister is guilty of dereliction of duty, and I ask the emperor to take it seriously." ”

Zhu Xiaofeng said: "In this way, you don't have to be the messenger of the military department, during this time, re-recruit the guards, expand the garrison camp, and the security of the capital and the palace will be handed over to you in the future." ”

"Huh?" Shi Fei raised his head in surprise and joy, he couldn't believe his ears, there was such a big thing in the capital, the emperor actually handed over the guard work to himself, this is a great trust, and it is even more powerful, everyone can hear that this is a bright descending and dark rising. Shi Fei hurriedly thanked him, and Zhu Xiaofeng handed the wine glass in his hand to Li Gonggong: "General Shi has worked hard, you reward him with this glass of wine." ”

Gonggong Li presented the wine to Shi Fei, Shi Fei was moved to tears, took the wine and drank it all in one sip, and then said: "Report to the emperor that the minister just caught a person at the gate of the palace, and this person is the culprit of this chaos, and the emperor must be interested in meeting him." ”

Zhu Xiaofeng stood up abruptly and said, "Really? Bring him to me! ”

Shi Fei waved his hand, and the two soldiers pushed up Gu Taishi, who was tied up with five flowers, which can be described as a great surprise, we all thought that Gu Taishi had fled when he saw that the opportunity was not good, but we didn't expect to be caught by Shi Fei so easily. Gu Debiao exclaimed: "Dad, why didn't you leave?" ”

Master Gu has been staring at me for a moment since he was escorted up, and at this time he sighed and said, "The change is too fast, and it's too late to leave." "Come to think of it, I fell from the sky, and reversing the situation is just a matter of time, Gu Taishi has already won the battle, and I have been beaten all the time, and the good situation collapsed in an instant, no wonder he is angry with me. I whispered, "Happiness comes too fast like a tornado, uh-huh-"

Zhu Xiaofeng motioned for the two soldiers to retreat, and he walked up to Gu Taishi and said meaningfully: "Gu Taishi, or should I call you Lord Ma?" I muttered, "Does this thing have three eyes?" ”

Gu Taishi looked at the rope on his body, and said in a calm tone: "The old minister can't salute the emperor today. ”

Zhu Xiaofeng said: "What is your original name?" ”

Gu Taishi said: "I haven't mentioned it for more than 40 years, and even I myself am a little vague, if the emperor has a heart, he will still call me Gu Yi." ”

Zhu Xiaofeng said: "Okay, you and I are sons-in-law, it's useless to say anything else, you tell me, what is the main purpose of your coming to Honglie?" If it was just to kill me, you would have had a lot of opportunities before, and you don't have to wait until today. ”

Gu Taishi said: "Murder and punishment, we have always wanted to use my convenient conditions in Honglie to completely defeat the military power of the Honglie Empire, but I didn't expect you to form an alliance with the daughter country, until a few days ago, the two sword gods went to my Heigis to assassinate me, which reminded me that it is better to have a salary at the bottom of the kettle than to hold on to each other." ”

Zhu Xiaofeng said: "So you thought of killing me?" ”

"Yes, as soon as you die, Hong Lie will be in chaos, Shi Cundao is bound to lead troops into Beijing to quell the chaos, at that time, my Heggis army will drive straight in, and the Hong Lie Empire will be in hand, in fact, whether to kill you or not is not my main consideration, but later I found out that I have to kill you."

"Why?"

"Because you're a good emperor." Gu Taishi said with some bitterness when he said this, "The Honglie Empire is growing stronger day by day under your leadership, and I know that your ambitions, if you continue to develop, it will definitely become the biggest obstacle for my Hejis. ”

Zhu Xiaofeng said with interest: "What ambitions do I have? ”

Gu Taishi said word by word: "You are the one who wants to unify the two continents the most!" ”

Zhu Xiaofeng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed and said, "It turns out that you are the one who knows me best." He was stunned and smiled, "Which emperor doesn't want the world to be unified under his rule, I originally thought that this wish might be fulfilled in the hands of my descendants, but now ......" Zhu Xiaofeng said this, and changed his words, "In short, you Hegis are the mantis arm as a car." ”

Gu Taishi said: "I have followed you for so many years, and I know your thoughts best, but I want to remind you that if you are a good emperor, your son is also a good emperor, Ma Jiyue is the best example." ”

Zhu Xiaofeng's face changed, and he said: "So I can't wait any longer - okay, you and I can also end the conversation, come here, escort Gu Yi's father and son to the Supervision Yuan, and send heavy soldiers to guard them strictly." He said to Shi Fei, "You quickly send people to surround the Taishi Mansion secretly, but anyone who goes to the joint will be taken down." ”

Shi Fei said: "The minister has already asked someone to do it, but Gu Yu's chaos is already known to the world, and Hejis's spies probably won't be stupid enough to fall into the net at this time." ”

Zhu Xiaofeng said: "That's not necessarily, the news of Gu Yi's defeat won't spread so quickly, maybe there will be small fish and shrimp bumping into it by themselves, as long as we pry open the mouths of these people, maybe we can get the information we usually can't ask for." ”

Shi Fei said: "Yes! ”

Gu Taishi said to Zhu Xiaofeng: "In the end, I still have one more thing to ask for. ”

"You say."

Gu Taishi said: "Ruirong, she doesn't know anything about my identity, and I ask you to spare her life." "Ruirong is the daughter of Master Gu, today's Concubine Rong.

Zhu Xiaofeng's expression was complicated, and he was silent for a long time, at this time, a little eunuch ran quickly and said a few words in Gonggong Li's ear, and Gonggong Li said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Rong Niangniang, she heard that Gu Taishi was captured in the mutiny, and she has ...... The cantilever committed suicide. ”

After all, after many years of husband and wife, Zhu Xiaofeng's face flashed with a trace of depression when he heard this, and then sighed: "It's okay, save me from embarrassment - I still bury it according to the rank of the concubine, but I am not allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum, go and do it." ”

Gu Taishi's eyes turned red, and he leaned over slightly and said, "Emperor Xie." Zhu Xiaofeng waved his hand, and several soldiers escorted Mrs. Gu and his son down, and Mrs. Gu took two steps and suddenly turned back to me and said, "Actually, you should thank me." ”

I wondered, "What do I thank you?" ”

Gu Taishi said: "I know that Shi Fei commands the garrison camp, but I didn't send anyone to disturb the Marshal's Mansion, if I take your family as a hostage, can your uncle and nephew be so easy?" ”

Shi Fei said angrily: "Our Shi family is loyal and patriotic, even if you do that, I will still bring your father and son to justice!" ”

I said in my heart that there are nothing more than the bad old wives of the three brothers of the Shi family and the firewood girls in the countryside of Shi Dong in the Shi Mansion now, if you really kill them and let these three have a reason to continue the strings openly, maybe they will be truly grateful to you...... But thinking that Shi Chi's wife, who is my cheap mother, is really good to me, I slapped myself lightly and muttered, "Sin, sin." ”

After Master Gu and his son were taken down, someone from the garrison camp came to report that the Praetorian Guards who had been in turmoil had committed suicide collectively in front of the council hall. Although these people finally surrendered after setting aside the chaos, they thought that it was better to cut themselves off for the safety of their families, so they apologized for their crimes.

After hearing this, Zhu Xiaofeng said lightly: "I know, I will not break my word, and anyone who reforms will be punished as martyrdom." ”

I remembered the scene in front of the Haggis Palace, and I couldn't help but secretly regret that I could save the enemy, but I couldn't think of saving my own people.

The overall situation here has been decided, Zhu Xiaofeng took my hand and said: "Brother Xian, I am going to be busy for a while, I may not be able to take care of you today, do you live in the palace to accompany me or go back to the Shuaifu?" ”

I said, "I'm going to rush back to the front, I can't do without it." ”

Zhu Xiaofeng waved his hand and said: "Then there is no hurry in these few days, so let's do it, you go back to the Shuai Mansion for a while, I will talk to you tomorrow, oh yes, the new mansion I gave you is also under construction, the inscription on the door plaque must be written by hand, according to your official position, it should have been written in the left former general's mansion, but now, it is what kind of palace is written again." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, so you can save money."

Zhu Xiaofeng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

Shui Mo also said: "When General Xiao Shi is not busy, Lao Wei will inevitably go to the house to disturb him. ”

I hurriedly said, "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome." ”

…… I went out of the palace Shi Fei walked side by side with me, he still has a lot to do, but he can't take a break, just accompany me for a while. Shi Fei said: "Di Zai, thank you today." ”

I smiled and said, "Why do you say such things too, second uncle, isn't this what we should share?" ”

Shi Fei said: "I'm not talking about the emperor, but about me." ”

"You? Second uncle, what do you thank me? ”

Shi Fei said: "If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have been killed." ”

"Don't be kidding, didn't the emperor add your officials?"

"That's why I thank you—it's all your light, thanks to you."

"How so?"

Shi Fei said: "I can't beat a city in five days, so that I almost let the emperor be poisoned, this is put on any person, at least it will be disgraced and dismissed, and at worst it will be the crime of beheading, fortunately, you saved the driver in time, and the emperor did not pursue it and let me guard the Jingshi, this is not so much trusting me as actually trusting you, the emperor gave you a big face!" ”

I smiled: "Then you just take it, the face is never too big." ”

Shi Fei couldn't help but laugh and said: "Di Zai, the Shi family will depend on you in the future!" ”

I said in my heart that this is good, I have only heard of the trees falling and scattering before, but now there is a large forest all leaning on my little monkey, and this must not crush me to death?

After breaking up with Shi Fei, I went to the Shi Mansion alone, and when I came to the gate, I felt that something was wrong - in the past, what a scenery it was in front of the door, and the servants were guarded in groups, but now in addition to the bare two rows of dismount stones, there are two iron doors, and the door of the mansion is closed, and I can't even see a figure. I stepped forward and patted twice, but no one answered the door, but I could hear the footsteps being chaotic, not only was no one welcome, but they seemed to be very panicked. I quickly understood what was going on, the Marshal's Mansion had a special status, Gu Taishi's chaos, and the people in Shifu were the first to feel that the day was precarious, so they drew themselves as prisons and closed their doors to thank guests, what they were afraid of was serving people a nest...... I knocked for a long time and no one stepped forward, I couldn't help kicking two more feet, and then squinted one eye to look in through the gap, and saw that there was also an eye inside that was scanning outward, I felt that this person was very familiar from memory, and then shouted: "Little bean, open the door!" ”

(To be continued)