"Brother Zuo is right, Zheng Zhaoye is too annoying!" Lin Xiangyang leaned down and shouted as he rode his horse and galloped.

His whole furrow was deeply furrowed, and the irritation in his eyes seemed to be about to breathe fire.

Zuo Mingde's eyes were also full of hatred, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to kill him sooner or later......"

They rushed to the palace, heard the news of the loss of the south gate, and immediately turned around and ran towards the south gate.

"It's Fontay...... It's Fortress Bo...... It's Xu Can who has rebelled! ”

Running to the south gate, I heard soldiers shouting everywhere.

"It's Xu Can who betrayed ......"

Zuo Mingde's face was full of disbelief, and he muttered, "How is it possible...... That's His Highness's own uncle...... What is he for? ”

His equestrian skills were not very good, and he was distracted, stepped off the horse and hit a low wall, and the whole person fell off the horse, and a large part of his body rubbed on the ground, and his whole body was in severe pain.

"How could it be ......"

Lin Xiangyang hurriedly dismounted and pulled him up.

"Brother Zuo, Xu Can is a mutiny." Lin Xiangyang said with a wry smile.

"What is he for?"

"Fame and wealth? What is the future? Got caught? If you are not strong-willed, there are a hundred ways for people to hold him. We were still too young, and we always felt that he was His Highness's uncle, and we never doubted him. That's why people are trying to woo him......"

"Oh, we really can't ......"

"Boom!" A loud bang came from the city gates.

~~

Zheng Zhaoye was standing on the battle platform and looking at the chaos in the distance.

There was a loud bang, and the arrogant expression on his face froze.

"What's going on?!"

"Report, Zhou Yan's rebels blew up the southern city gate......"

"Did you get in?"

"I can't attack it, the city wall has collapsed, and it's tightly blocked......"

"Bastard!" Zheng Zhaoye roared angrily: "Damn it. Du Zhenghe, you are cutting off your own way of life. ”

After scolding for a while, he sneered again and said, "It's okay, the surname Du is decisive enough, and it can be regarded as two hits." It's worth fighting me...... Did Xu Can get out of town? Go and bring him. ”

"Yes......"

After a while, the trembling Xu Can was brought to Zheng Zhaoye.

"The criminal minister Xu Can...... I've seen Zheng Ergongzi......"

"Uncle Xu doesn't have to be like this." Zheng Zhaoye Lang smiled, rarely a little kind, stretched out his hand to support Xu Can, and took out an edict from his sleeve and put it in the other party's hand.

"Lord Xu killed his relatives with righteousness, abandoned evil and followed good. His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun is very satisfied, this is the Danshu Iron Coupon personally given to you by His Royal Highness, and Uncle Xu will be raised in Jiangnan for a lifetime, and future generations will enjoy the glory forever......"

Xu Can was overjoyed, holding the bright edict, and his trembling hand finally stabilized slowly.

"Xie Zheng's second son, the minister must be loyal and will never live up to today's kindness."

Zheng Zhaoye patted Xu Can's hand? Smiled: "Okay, good? It's just that His Highness still has one more thing to do. ”

"The minister must do his best, and he must never give up......

Zheng Zhaoye nodded? Turn around? Looking at Jinan City in the distance.

"Zhou Yan and Wang Xiao killed the first emperor, can you see it?"

"Minister...... See! Woo...... Your Majesty died so tragically...... Day? Zhou Yan pushed His Majesty into the Five Dragons Pond. Wang Xiao ordered that the guards were not allowed to come forward to save him...... His Majesty finally swam to the edge of the pool, and was kicked back by them...... The minister is heartbroken! ”

"It's not enough."

"Yes, yes...... Wang Xiao and Zhou Yan are still holding His Majesty's head and dipped in water? Your Majesty cried miserably! ”

Zheng Zhaoye sneered? Xin said: "Stupid." ”

"Let me ask you, why was His Royal Highness the Emperor able to send troops north so quickly?"

Xu Can hurriedly responded: "Your Majesty has long known that Zhou Yan and Wang Xiao have the intention of killing the king, so he issued a secret edict to let His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun come down to rescue him." ”

Zheng Zhaoye nodded at this time and said lightly: "Early tomorrow morning?" You come forward and make these details public. ”

"Yes...... Be...... The minister did it well. ”

"Go, right? Uncle Xu can sleep peacefully tonight......"

~~

Jinan Palace.

"Your Highness, the city gate is guarded, but fortunately, General Du is decisive and blows up the city gate and blocks the rebels...... Other than that? The Imperial Doctor has already seen it, and Lord Luo is not worried about his life. ”

"Got it." Zhou Yan sighed? Said: "Let this palace be quiet." ”

"Please don't worry too much, Your Highness." Song Li said: "The minister is willing to lead a team of men and horses to break through the siege and ask the Duke of Qiu to lead troops to relieve the siege?" If Your Highness has anything to say to the Duke of Qiu, you can write a letter to the minister and ask the minister to bring it......"

Zhou Yan 'heh'? "What's the use?" Can't you see it, sir? Can things get to this place? Didn't he arrange it all by himself? If not? It's that he's going to run away. What is the persuasion that can persuade back? ”

"Your Highness, please stop listening to He Liangyuan's nonsense!" Song Li Zhengse said: "The king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as the heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy. Regardless of the reasons for this matter, if His Highness can look at the Duke of the Kingdom with his hands and feet, he will never make the situation come to this point. Your Highness, people's hearts are fragile, far less strong than you think, please don't hurt the hearts of loyal ministers again......"

"It's been a long time since I've heard Mr. Song talk about these generous truths." Zhou Yan said: "Sir, don't you feel ashamed to say this now?" I asked Mr., if Wang Xiao didn't have those soldiers and horses, if he didn't have that great military exploits, would Sir persuade the palace like this? Speaking of which, it's nothing more than power, so why quote scriptures? ”

Song Li was stunned.

Zhou Yan sighed and said slowly: "Mr. Song, this palace wants to make an edict...... Let my father's funeral end, right? Let the soldiers eat two pieces of meat...... Luckily? ”

"Minister...... Compliance. ”

Song Li slowly withdrew from the palace.

Zhou Yanping retired from the palace, shrunk in a cold corner and sat down, hugged his knees, and cried silently.

"Fathers and fathers...... What am I doing wrong? ”

……

After only enjoying a moment of silence, suddenly a palace man preached outside the hall: "Your Highness, General Du asks to see you." ”

"Bengong rests......" Zhou Yan wiped his tears and stood up, and said, "Let him come in." ”

Others can not be seen, but Du Zhenghe cannot be seen.

After a while, Du Zhenghe entered the hall, and Zhou Yan praised him as usual.

"Du Qing saved the palace tonight, and guarded the city gate in danger, the palace must reward Du Qing again......"

"Your Highness, the South City Gate was not blown up by the last general."

Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment and said, "Who is that?" ”

His heart moved, and suddenly he had some premonitions.

Du Zhenghe said in a low voice: "Someone wants to see His Highness, please see His Highness." ”

Zhou Yan only felt that his breathing was heavy.

He retreated from the guards around him, looked for a secluded palace courtyard, and waited for a while, only to see a man wearing a black cloak and walking in.

Du Zhenghe said: "I'll guard the door." ”

"Sheydou is a soldier."

The man in the cloak arched his hand, closed the door, and lifted his cloak...... It's Wang Zhen.

Zhou Yan stood up abruptly and looked at Wang Zhen, his nose was a little sour.

"Your Highness...... I have come to plead with you on behalf of my brother. Wang Zhen said slowly, "Tonight, I shouldn't have shown up, but after thinking about it, I am worried that His Highness may not be able to bear it next,"

If it was Wang Xiao who came, Zhou Yan would probably be able to hold on.

But when he met the gentler Wang Zhen, Zhou Yan couldn't help crying again.

Wang Zhen didn't exclaim 'Your Highness, don't worry' or anything like that when other courtiers cried when they met him, she just smiled gently: "Your Highness has done a good job, sixteen years old, when I was sixteen years old, I was still being beaten by the gentleman of the academy with a ring ruler......

Zhou Yan wiped his face and said, "Brother-in-law, is he angry with me?" I shouldn't have listened to He Liangyuan. ”

"I can probably guess what Lord He and His Highness are talking about." Wang Zhen smiled and said, "Actually, what Lord He said should be all right. The rumors of discord between His Royal Highness and his younger brother were all released by his younger brother himself, and he also secretly arranged them to make things develop to the point where they are now......"

Your Highness did a great job this time. As a monarch, you should not listen to and believe partially, Your Highness did not listen to your brother because he was close to him, nor did he completely deny his opinion because he was estranged from His Highness. There is no rigid insistence on meaningless etiquette, and there is no abandonment of the principles that should be......"

Wang Zhen's eyes were a little pleased. It's like the way he looks at his students when he teaches at the academy.

Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment, and the look in his eyes gradually recovered.

"So, why did my brother-in-law do this?"

"Jinan City is not easy to defend." Wang Zhen said: "First of all, there are many fish and dragons in the city, and all parties have eyeliners. We have a short time to grasp Jinan, and we cannot fully control it. In fact, if he is sincere with His Royal Highness, both the thief and Nanjing will be too jealous...... Let the younger brother explain this to His Highness in person. I came here today, mainly because I was worried that His Highness would not be able to support it. ”

Zhou Yan straightened up and said, "I can hold it." ”

Wang Zhen sighed lightly and said, "There is one more thing that His Highness needs to know, and we dare to ...... Please abdicate the throne ...... Your Highness"

~~

The next day, Xu Can began to come forward to publicize that Emperor Yanguang was killed by Zhou Yan and Wang Xiao.

This is not the first time that Jiangnan Dajun has made such accusations, but Zhou Yan's biological uncle came forward to testify, which still caused an uproar.

The morale of the defenders of Jinan plummeted, and many people in the city gradually turned to the south.

The city's defenses became passive.

To Zheng Zhaoye's surprise, although the morale of the people in Jinan City plummeted, it did not reach the point he expected.

And Zhou Yan's reaction also surprised him a little. He did not come forward to argue with the rebels about right and wrong, but only sent people to the city wall to shout, the Tao was to avoid the body of Emperor Yanguang from being damaged by the war, and asked the rebels to open the road and allow the city to send a guard of honor to send Emperor Yanguang to Mount Tai for burial.

This request sounded a bit ridiculous at first glance, but after Zheng Zhaoye thought about it, he found that it was a ruthless move.

If you really let the city send a funeral guard, if you dare to touch them on your side, I am afraid that Zhou Yan will be charged with disloyalty and unfilial piety. If they don't move, who knows what's behind it?

After thinking about it, Zheng Zhaoye directly rejected the proposal.

After this incident, Xu Can came forward to accuse Zhou Yan of killing his father, and the shock caused by it was greatly reduced.

In the eyes of the people, the aura of this incident has also been reduced a lot, just like the old man in whose family died, a pair of uncles and nephews accused each other for fighting for family property, the nephew said that the uncle killed him, but the uncle said that he wanted to bury the old man and then continue to quarrel, and the nephew refused to let it. It's hard to say who is more filial.

Zheng Zhaoye failed to achieve the expected effect with two moves in a row, so he could only continue to supervise the offensive, and on the other hand, he also guarded against the sneak attack of Wang Xiao's soldiers and horses in the east.

Then for three consecutive days, there was no movement in the east, and Wang Xiao seemed to have completely abandoned Jinan.

But just when Zheng Zhaoye thought that Jinan would not be able to hold on, fast horses began to gallop continuously.

"Report! Yinan ...... The grain road in Yinan has been cut off......"

"Report! Boat...... A lot of boats...... I landed in the East China Sea! ”

"Report! Huai'an urgent letter, please return to the division as soon as possible to support ......"