In the Qi Palace, the second prince put down the secret letter in his hand, and his expression was lonely. Suddenly, he asked Lu Wuwei next to him: "Do you think this king still has a chance?" ”

Lu Wuwei paused and said, "What is written on it may not be true......

"Not necessarily true? In other words, Mr. also thinks that it may be true? Oh, the Emperor Tai and his old man are really blessed. ”

Lu Wuwei was silent.

He could feel the current state of mind of the second prince.

When he returned to the capital in the starry night, he was sure that the Emperor Taishang would not wake up, or he had died directly......

The eighty-year-old Emperor Taishang, who has experienced repeated assassinations and blows, is really normal.

At least the emperor is not there, although there are many ministers on the mountain, they will inevitably be scattered, and each will be the main one. In this way, even if any of them knew the true identity of the second prince, it would not matter.

In the case that the second prince, the first heir in line to the throne, occupies the capital, as long as they work hard and collude with the Quartet, they have a great chance of winning.

But now, judging from the reactions of Feng Tang and the others and the notice they shot into the city to "confuse the people", the Emperor Taishang has actually woken up. not only woke up, but also covered up the fact that Emperor Jingtai rebelled, and planted all the sins on the second prince.

This alone proves that the second prince's guess that day was correct, and the emperor did already know the true identity of the second prince.

That's why the second prince is so depressed.

In the face of the Emperor, no one is not angry......

Actually, Lu Wuwei could see that the second prince was not like this now. Because they had already received the news about the "awakening of the Emperor Taishang" two days ago, but judging from the situation at that time, it was more likely that the king of Hejian and others on the mountain were a means to stabilize the situation.

It's just that the situation later told them that the Emperor Taishang might really have woken up......

"Your Highness, Elder Du Ge is here."

With the voice of the attendant, Du Anzhu walked in from outside the hall.

Seeing this, Lu Wuwei quietly retreated.

"Your Highness."

Du Anjiao stepped forward and gave a simple salute and said bluntly: "Since yesterday, there have been young people in the city wandering around, spreading rumors, intending to justify the name of the anti-king. The old minister discussed with the king of Beijing, and officers and soldiers had been dispatched to search for him, and he must not let the young people succeed. ”

The second prince listened, looked at Du An's dutiful face, was silent for a while, and said, "The rumors, I'm afraid they can't be stopped." ”

As he spoke, the second prince handed the secret letter to Du Anjiao, and explained: "The rebels shot crossbow arrows into the city before dawn, and it is estimated that they have spread in the city at this time. ”

Du Anzhu read the secret letter, his expression was extremely ugly, and he suddenly reprimanded angrily: "Feng Tang is so bold, he dares to slander His Highness like this and bewitch the people!" ”

There is a lot to say in the letter, which can be summarized in three points.

First, there was a rebellion on Iron Net Mountain, and the initiator was the second prince.

Second, the Emperor Taishang had woken up, and when he learned that the second prince had stolen the capital division, he was furious and ordered King Jing to lead his ministers to quell the chaos.

Third, he angrily scolded the second prince for being disloyal and unfilial, killing the king and killing his father, and advised the people in the city not to be bewitched by the second prince and commit the great crime of punishing the nine clans.

The part of the statement of facts is conclusive, the angry words are loud, and the good words of persuasion are deeply sorrowful, making it easy for people to believe that what is said above is the truth.

"Du Lao doesn't believe what he said at all?"

The second prince looked at Du Anzhu seriously.

Du Anzhu frowned and looked at the second prince, and shouted: "Does Your Highness think that the old minister will be bewitched by such a crude lie? ”

The second prince didn't speak, and Du Anzhu continued: "The old minister asks again, the rebellion on the Iron Net Mountain, but as mentioned above, was it done by His Royal Highness?" ”

"It's not." The second prince said.

Du Anzhu immediately said: "That's it, Hugh said that His Royal Highness has been recuperating in Beijing, so he said that King Nan'an, Wu Tianyou and others are definitely not people that His Highness can command, this is one of them."

In addition, if the Emperor Taishang has really awakened, how can he slander His Royal Highness as a rebel? Who in the court doesn't know that His Royal Highness is the most favored grandson of the Emperor? This is the second one.

Therefore, this is just a despicable trick of theirs, the purpose of which is to deceive the ignorant people and confuse the city with public opinion.

Your Highness, don't worry, after the old minister returned, he immediately ordered the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to investigate thoroughly, but there were those in the city who dared to pass on and discuss the words in the letter, they were severely punished, and the traitor would not be allowed to succeed. ”

When the second prince heard this, his eyes showed a look of emotion, and then he still hesitated: "Even so, but now that the traitors are powerful, even veterans such as Feng Tang have already thrown themselves into the enemy formation, and I am afraid that most of the court ministers on the mountain will also be attached to ......."

When Du Anzhu heard this, there was a fierce look in his eyes, and he said: "Since Feng Tang and the others are so ignorant of righteousness, His Highness will not prevent killing chickens and monkeys. ”

The second prince's expression moved, "How to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys?" ”

"With the blood of the Feng family, the heart of the martial arts on the mountain!"

The second prince already understood what Du Anzhu meant, because when he read the letter before, he had already had such thoughts.

Because in the secret letter, there is no shortage of scolding words against him. No one likes to be pointed at and scolded, and the second prince is no exception.

Besides, killing one can deter a hundred families, why not.

"How many people are in the Feng family?"

"In addition to Feng Tang's father and son, there are more than 30 people in the family, including an old wife, four concubines, maids and servants......"

Duane said. Since Feng Tang led his troops to besiege the city, the Feng family has been controlled, and he knows very well how many people there are in the Feng family.

A trace of unbearability flashed in the second prince's heart, but it quickly disappeared.

How can a woman's kindness accomplish great things?

"Kill ......!"

The Feng family must be destroyed.

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Outside the majestic capital, Feng Tang was thinking about how to break through the capital in the big tent of the Chinese army in the fastest and best way to destroy the second prince and the rebel party, so he heard the loud report of the guards and ran in.

"The general is not good!"

"What's the alarm?" Feng Tang frowned, and when he saw the panicked face of his own soldiers, his heart sank, and a bad premonition rose.

The pro-soldiers did not dare to speak, and knelt down and presented the feather arrows in their hands.

Feng Tang quickly took off the attached letter above and took a look:

"Whoever turns to the thief,

Whoever leads an army to threaten the capital division,

Whoever rebels against the court,

It's all like the Feng family! ”

Feng Tang's face changed, and he hurriedly rushed out of the military tent.

In order to have a wide view, General Feng Tang's tent was set up on a low slope relatively high on the avenue, from which the city wall could be seen directly.

At this time, on the north city wall, there was a steady stream of bows and arrows shooting down from the city, falling directly to the ground, just as they shot crossbow arrows into the city in the early morning, not to kill the enemy......

Feng Tang's eyes swept over, and soon saw that on the main floor, there were soldiers who were busy, they were hanging something on the city wall, and on the other side, there was already a row of ......

Feng Tang felt his heart beat stagnantly, and the whole world suddenly fell silent......

After two breaths, he grabbed the horse next to him and rushed towards the city wall.

As I got closer, I gradually saw and heard clearly.

On top of the majestic city wall, there is not anything else, but a neat row of corpses. On the tower behind that row of corpses, there were countless cries of fear......

The wind and sand brought up by the galloping horses scratched the veteran's tiger eyes at some point. Feng Tang's eyes widened angrily, and he roared angrily: "Chen Qiao, dog thief, the old man and you are incompatible——!! ”

Before he could finish speaking, he had already fallen off his horse, and a cloud of sand and dust rolled up......

On the city tower, the adjutant general looked at Dong Pingbo and said, "General, Feng Tang has already entered our range, do you want to shoot him?" ”

Dong Pingbo's figure did not move, but he waved his hand to reject the adjutant general's proposal.

He didn't attack and kill Feng Tang yesterday, and he can't do it today.

Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that he really wanted to leave a way back for himself yesterday?

The second prince ordered him to strangle Feng Tang's entire family, which may not have cut off his back road, otherwise, he could have sent him a bunch of corpses instead of living people......

"His Royal Highness King Qi said that as long as General Feng is willing to put things in order and abandon his troops and enter the city, His Royal Highness will immediately release the old general's family."

Dong Pingbo looked at Feng Tang below, and there was no emotion in his voice.

"Dog Thief !!"

Xu heard Feng Tang's voice, and some of the cries on the city wall turned into a call:

"Dad, help us...... We don't want to die, Daddy......"

"Old man......"

Feng Tang's eyes wanted to breathe fire, and he knelt on the ground and scolded: "Dog thief, the old man will kill you!" ”

Dong Pingbo continued: "The old general, please think twice, although Mrs. Feng has gone, as long as the old general repents now, the old general's two sons and two daughters can live......"

"Daddy......"

The distant and longing call of his children made Feng Tang stand in the wind.

Dong Pingbo shouted: "Put the hanging basket and let the old general enter the city." ”

A hanging basket slowly descended from the city.

The city tower suddenly became quieter, and everyone seemed to be waiting for Feng Tang to make a decision.

"Brother Feng......"

But it was Wei Xuan and Chen Daliang who chased after them.

Feng Tang glanced back at them, then looked at the hanging basket in front of him, suddenly stood up, drew his sword and split the entire hanging basket in half with a single sword, then turned over and rode back......

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