When Ming Jing returned to the palace, it was already very late. Although the palace was brightly lit, the original festive red lanterns were replaced by white lanterns.

And the people in the entire palace were full of solemnity and hurried. Many people hurriedly greeted him after seeing him, as if they had a lot to do.

He hurriedly rushed to Ming Heng's council hall, and at this moment, all the core members of the Ming clan had gathered in the hall, as well as a stretcher.

Each of them had confusion and sadness written on their faces, and Ming Heng sat on the throne, looking very depressed with his head down, and he could see his father, who was in the prime of life, with some silver threads on his head.

On top of the stretcher, there seemed to be a man lying down, covered with a white cloth.

The corpse that can be carried into the council hall does not need to think about it to know that this person's identity is extraordinary.

"Father, what happened?" Ming Jing asked with some trepidation.

Ming Heng raised his head, and Ming Jing saw that a pair of his eyes were in their sockets, as if he had aged by more than ten years overnight.

His heart sudden, and a bad premonition rose to his heart.

Previously, the spies told him that something big had happened in Zitong Pass, and Ming Heng urgently called him back to discuss.

But he didn't expect it to be so serious, and he saw this scene as soon as he came in.

Mingxiao lay peacefully on the stretcher, his face pale, as if he had been covered with a layer of white face.

If you just look at his face, you think he is just asleep.

However, now Mingxiao, his head has been separated from his body!

He said to Mingjing in a hoarse voice: "Jing'er, say goodbye to your fifth brother." ”

Mingjing is like five thunderbolts, the sky is about to fall, just now my father said goodbye to the fifth brother, is it ...... This corpse belongs to the fifth brother?

He didn't believe it, so he stepped forward quickly, uncovered the white cloth, and saw his fifth brother Mingxiao lying on the stretcher.

"Alas......" Ming Heng let out a long sigh, the high-spirited and beautiful King of Zhongshan in the past seemed to have lost all his fighting spirit at this moment.

He looked at the rest of the room, who also shook their heads helplessly, worried.

"Didn't the fifth brother go to Zitong Pass? Is there Wu Kai in Zitong Pass? He asked angrily, blaming the guards of Zitong Pass for the killing of his own brother.

Beheaded!

Treat a prince like this! Who did it, exactly! A monstrous anger rose in Mingjing's heart.

"Father! Who...... Who did it! He asked through gritted teeth.

"Your Royal Highness, you must not!" At this time, someone stepped forward.

This person's name is Huang Qi, and he is an official of the Approval Department of the Ministry of War. The approval department is in charge of the merits and rewards and punishments of the soldiers, as well as the transfer of border defense, and the Huang family has always been loyal to the Ming family.

Huang Qiqi is a person with a lot of brains, and he has always thought twice before doing things, and was once nicknamed Huang Sansi by Ming Heng.

"See for yourself." Ming Heng threw a post at him.

He picked up the post, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and the more he looked at it, the more angry he became.

"Wu Kai, this thief! Ann dare to betray my Ming clan! Ming Jing gritted his teeth and roared, then knelt down in front of Ming Heng, and said heavily: "Please give me 20,000 soldiers and horses from my father, I will go to Zitong Pass in person, take off Wu Kai's head, and sacrifice the fifth brother's spirit in the sky!" ”

"Your Royal Highness. The matter ...... The secret agent of Minglou is not clear, and there are still doubts in many places, please don't be impulsive, think twice! ”

Ming Jing was about to say something, but Ming Heng said: "Okay, Huang Sansi, the investigation of this matter will be handed over to you!" If you are lonely, stand down. ”

"Father's ......"

"What? Do you want your Huang family to rebel against my Ming clan like the Wu family? Ming Jing looked unhappy, looked at him coldly and said.

Huang Qi hurriedly knelt down and said with a sincere face: "Third Highness! The subordinates have no such intentions! It's just that this matter is far from being as simple as it seems! Wu Kai has been the general of Zitong Pass for many years and has won the trust of the king! How could he betray the king so easily! The subordinates feel that this matter needs to be clarified before making a decision! ”

"What else is needed to find out about this? On the second night of the Lunar New Year, Wu Kai coaxed my fifth brother into the guarded general's mansion in the name of toasting, and when he was drunk, he ordered the knife and axe hand to kill my fifth brother! In this matter, Minglou's secret agent has written clearly on the post! Ming Jing smashed the post in his hand in his face and said angrily.

He knew that Mingxiao's death caused no less pain in his father's heart than his own.

"Jing'er, why haven't you left yet?" Seeing that Ming Jing was still in the main hall, Ming Heng asked in a low voice.

"The son wants to accompany his father."

"Stand down!" Ming Heng shouted angrily, staring at him with sharp eyes, so that he couldn't say any more.

As a result, all the cadres and others could only withdraw from the council hall.

However, Mingjing did not leave.

"Father originally thought that the Great Xia Dragon Bird was really a strong outsider, and after so many years, I haven't seen any major movements from them. So after countless temptations, it was because of this that I slowly fell into this step. Ming Jing muttered.

"What does this matter have to do with the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow?"

"Tear up the Linhe Convention, enter the city with a large army, and set up an emperor instead...... All of these things made the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow have the heart of exterminating my Ming clan. Ming Heng didn't respond to his words, but continued, "This matter seems to be Wu Kai's betrayal of my Ming clan, but the actual situation is not the case. ”

"Alas...... Come on. Sit down beside Lonely. Ming Heng beckoned to him and sighed again.

"Actually, Lone believes that Wu Kai did not betray his father." When he sat down, Ming Heng suddenly spoke.

"Father, this ......" Mingjing was stunned for a while, and didn't know how to answer, Wu Kai killed Mingxiao, doesn't this mean that Wu Kai rebelled against the Ming family?

"Maybe many people have forgotten, but Lone still remembers it clearly. At the beginning, Xuanyuan was set to succeed to the throne, and the Great Xia Longque once sent people to worship. At that time, my father remembered that there were a total of thirty-nine people from the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, one of whom was the three major elders, and one from each of the Eight Divisions of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow. ”

"In order to celebrate Xuanyuan Ding's accession to the throne, the Great Xia Dragon Bird performed a martial arts performance, and I remember the thirty people who performed, and the faces of each of them ......"

"The person who came back from Zitong Pass is one of these thirty people."

"Is there something going on here?"

"That spy of Minglou is the person of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow......"

"How did Father know?" Ming Jing asked in surprise.

"What do you think?" Ming Heng asked rhetorically.

"If this is what my father said, then this matter should indeed be treated with caution! But...... Father, why don't you make it clear to everyone in person and send someone to Zitong Pass to confirm the true situation? ”

"You can never know what lies beneath their loyal faces!"

Ming Jing frowned, "Even if that Ming Lou's spy is a person from the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, it can't mean anything?" ”

"At first, Lone also felt that he couldn't explain anything, but after seeing this post, Lone knew that what happened to Xiao'er would definitely not be as simple as Wu Kai's betrayal of Lone." Ming Heng shook his head and said very firmly.

"Do you think that the fifth brother was killed by the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow and deliberately blamed Wu Kai?"

And the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow was able to penetrate into the Ming Tower, and its strength can be seen.

"What is Father's plan?"

Ming Heng's loss just now disappeared in a flash, and his eyes became sharp.

"Since the people of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow can blend into the Ming Tower, then among these people, there will inevitably be the people of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow."

Ming Jing nodded involuntarily, since its establishment, Ming Lou has always been the sword in the hands of the Ming clan, how can he not polish his own sword as bright as new?

Every spy in the Ming Mansion was carefully selected by the Ming Clan, and if it wasn't for the confirmation that they would never betray the Ming Clan, they would not have been admitted to the Ming Building.

Ming Jing seemed to be woken up, "Daxia Longque killed the fifth brother and blamed Wu Kai, the purpose of which is to hope that the father will send troops to attack Zitong Pass in a fit of anger!" ”

"And to capture Zitong Pass, you need at least more than 20,000 troops! At this time, in Ningdu, the garrison will be reduced! ”

"It turns out that their purpose is still in Ningdu!"

"Although Lone lost Xiao'er, he also got an important piece of information!"

"What information?" Ming Jing hurriedly asked.

"Since the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow did not take a strong attack, but adopted this kind of indiscriminate move, it can be seen that they are either not strong enough to confront Lone, or there is an internal problem."

"Father, don't! Since this is a conspiracy of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, we can't be fooled! Otherwise, Ningdu is in danger! ”

Ming Heng said domineeringly: "No, we must transfer troops out of Ningdu!" In this way, you can see the hole cards hidden in Ningdu by the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow! Only the Great Summer Dragon Sparrow was destroyed! What if you are alone and called the emperor? ”

"That'...... In case the soldiers are transferred, will Ning not fall into the hands of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow? ”

Ming Heng shook his head and said, "Since they have already made a move, it will definitely not be as simple as just one move, and there will definitely be other tricks in the future to force Gu to transfer all his troops away from Ningdu!" ”

"What does the father want his son to do?"

"They want to see Lone General transfer troops out of Ningdu! Then Lone will show them! Ming Heng's eyes suddenly became deeper, and he said faintly.

"Is it too late to recruit at this time?"

"It's not too late...... Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, hum ......"

In the 922nd year of the Great Xia calendar, the eighth day of the first month.

"How many silver taels did you get from that Chenghuan Pavilion?" Ming Heng didn't answer his question directly, but asked an irrelevant question.

"Less than 20 million taels of silver."

"Enough! You took the money, secretly entered Sichuan, secretly recruited troops in Hechuan City, and waited for your good news. ”

At this time, Mingjing took more than 1,000 people and countless gold and silver treasures to sneak out of the city from Xuanwumen and enter Sichuan.

In the Vermilion Bird City District, in the back hall of the fine gate, Qin Zhiwei sat on the main seat, next to him was an old man with a long beard, and under him was a man in a coarse cloth robe.

"Fang Mingshan, you did a good job this time. Ming Heng really believed that Wu Kai had betrayed! The bearded old man said to the kneeling man with a faint smile on his face.

Ming Heng rushed into the palace in a rage, saying that Wu Kai, the general of Zitong, had committed treason and brutally killed His Royal Highness Mingxiao, the fifth prince of Zhongshan. forced Xuanyuan Qian to issue a holy decree, put the entire Wu clan in prison, and ordered Zheng Fu and Zheng Xuan, the governors of Ningchuan Province, to lead 20,000 elite soldiers to Zitong Pass to attack.

Wu Kai's family was escorted to the school grounds, and the sacrificial flag was killed in front of the soldiers of the whole army, and the whole army was dispatched the next day.

The 20,000-strong army left Ningdu in a mighty way, hoisted the big flag, and went all the way to the west, heading straight for Zitong Pass.

"How? The old man's strategy didn't disappoint Commander Qin, did he? The long-bearded old man said to Qin Zhiwei with a smug expression.

Qin Zhiwei didn't have any happy expression on his face, he looked at him obliquely, but said disdainfully: "Yang Chou, this is your plan?" Emptying the forces left by the Ming clan in Ningdu is really a clever move! ”

"Not really!" The long-bearded old man didn't seem to hear the disdain between Qin Zhiwei's words, but instead regarded it as a compliment to himself.

"The subordinates don't dare to take credit, this matter depends on Mr. Yang's clever plan!" The man said hurriedly.

The long-bearded old man smiled and nodded, touched his long beard, and then said, "Okay, you go first, I'll discuss some things with Commander Qin." ”

"Yes! The subordinates retired first! The man got up, but still hunched over, and walked out slowly.

"Nonsense!" Qin Zhiwei slapped his palm on the table, "You scared the snake!" ”

"Commander Qin, it's not right for you to say that! What does it mean to scare a snake? I'm not doing this to share the worries of Commander Qin! Now the Ming clan has 50,000 elite soldiers in Ningdutun, if there are no 100,000 troops, how can they be attacked? He said very unhappily that he had made a meritorious service, and this girl not only did not appreciate rewarding herself, but blamed him, so she naturally felt uncomfortable.

"You are not allowed to meddle in this matter again, otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Qin Zhiwei stood up, said coldly, and walked away.

Yang Chou looked at her departing figure, with a hint of hatred in his eyes, and said angrily in his heart: "Stinky girl! If it weren't for the Qin family, would you be able to sit on the throne? looks arrogant and self-admiring all day long, without any real skills! It's been doing it for so long, and it hasn't caused the Ming family a little trouble! Let the Ming clan despise our Great Xia Dragon Sparrow! The old man did this completely for the prestige of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow! ”