When Cheng Yong brandished his horse chopping knife and cut off the head of Xiang Zhi, Li Ze and his party also arrived at the gate of Zhenzhou City.

Li Ze opened the window of the carriage, stretched out his hand to the window, caught a few flying snowflakes, and watched the edelweiss turn into crystal droplets in his hand, but he clenched his fists, withdrew his hand, and said in a low voice: "Enter the city!" ”

The ruts crushed against the snow, and with a creaking sound, a large group of men and horses entered the city in turn, heading in the direction of the palace.

In the palace, Xiang Lan was lined with soft armor and covered with a cotton skirt, and sat at the table, on which there was a long knife unsheathed.

"Big lady, Li Ze has already entered the city and is coming in the direction of the other palace, accompanied by Liu Ruyan, Xia He, Cao Xin, Yang Kai, Guo Fengxiao, who went to greet Zhang Hui, but did not see Li Anmin and Gongsun Changming. Also, I didn't see Tian Bo's cripple either. ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't have these two." Xiang Lan said coldly, turned his head to look at Xiang Qi and said: "You go to the gate of the West Courtyard, if Li Ze wants to come to see the emperor, it will be said that the emperor is too sad, and he is cold, and he is infected with the wind cold, and even I am infected." Jin Yuan They have already seen it, and Li Zedang knows that this is true. People like him are very precious to their own bodies, so naturally they won't come here. ”

"Big lady, what if he insists on coming?"

"Stop him, just say that Li Xiang is the dry city of the country, and we don't dare to take the risk of letting Li Xiang be infected with a vicious disease, so please Li Xiang go to see the body of the Emperor Taishang first, and wait for His Majesty's health to be a little better, and then invite Li Xiang to see him!" To Landau.

"The last general knows!" Xiang Qi straightened up, glanced at Xiang Lan with some flickering eyes, turned around sharply, and walked out.

At the same time, in the yamen of the Zhenzhou internal guard commander, Gongsun Changming and Tian Bo both sat at the table, drinking tea slowly.

"Sir, Commander, everything has been arranged." Yan Si was fully armed, stood in front of the two of them, and bowed.

"Where has Lee Sang been?" Gongsun Changming asked.

"At this time, you should have arrived outside the other palace." Yan Sidao.

Gongsun Changming and Tian Bo glanced at each other, Tian Bo stood up, and said sharply: "Order the internal guards, arrest people, no one is missed, and they must be arrested and brought to justice." ”

"Yes!" Yan Si turned around and walked out of the house, took out a bamboo tube from his arms, lit it with a fire fold, stretched out his hand, and with a snap, a ceremonial flower rushed into the night sky, blooming brilliantly in the snow-covered night sky, and countless colorful sparks fell in the night sky.

Since the death of the Emperor Taishang, Zhenzhou City has entered the curfew, as soon as it gets dark, no one is allowed to go to the street except for the patrol, at this time, the entire quiet and abnormal Zhenzhou, but suddenly came to life, a team of soldiers, internal guards, Weiwei Temple manpower from everywhere, and then rushed straight to a target that had long been anchored.

When Li Ze stepped on the high steps of the other palace, he happened to see the fireworks blooming in the night sky, he smiled slightly, stepped over the threshold of the other palace, and walked inside.

The avenue in front of you is divided into two, one to the left, is the west courtyard, where the emperor is now resting, and the other to the right, is where the body of the emperor is placed.

Li Ze didn't hesitate and walked straight to the avenue on the left.

In front of the gate of the west courtyard, Xiang Qi hung his head in front of the door.

Li Ze stopped in front of the gate of the West Courtyard, looked at Xiang Qi, and said with a smile: "Please return to Your Majesty, Li Ze asks to see you." ”

Xiang Qi glanced up at Li Ze, but quickly lowered his head again, and whispered: "Li Xiang, Your Majesty is infected with wind and cold, very sick, typhoid fever is a serious disease, Li Xiang is an important minister of the country, Your Majesty said, I dare not let Li Xiang have the risk of infection, and ask Li Xiang to go to the Taishang Emperor's Spiritual Hall first, and wait for Your Majesty's health to be a little better, and then invite Li Xiang to see you." ”

Li Ze said with a smile: "Your Majesty is sick, I am not only the Minister of State, but also Your Majesty's teacher, it is reasonable to go to visit, if you don't go, you can't say it." ”

He snorted and whispered, but said nothing.

Liu Ruyan on the side took a step forward a little impatiently, stretched out his hand and pressed it on Xiang Qi's shoulder, and said sharply: "Get out of the way." ”

Xiang Qi stumbled and took a few steps back, but he gave way to the passage.

Li Ze didn't say anything more, and strode inside, and the other guards saw Xiang Qi get out of the way, and they didn't know what to do for a while, but they watched Li Ze and the others rush in.

Behind them, Xiang Qi took a deep breath, but suddenly turned around and went in another direction, and after walking a few steps, a person came up to him and said to him: "General Xiang, please follow me." ”

"My family is still in Lingnan, and you promised to take them out." Xiang Qi gritted his teeth. "How are they now?"

The visitor nodded: "Of course." Your family should have left Lingnan and gone to a safe place at this moment, but General Xiang, you can't meet them yet. You also know that after this incident, you still need to come out and testify. ”

Xiang Qi shuddered, "After this incident, if I dare to show up publicly, the Xiang clan will kill me at all costs." ”

"Murder at our hands?" The person who came sneered, "What kind of ability do you want him to have?" General Xiang, you also know very well that if you don't do something, if you want to do it, you have to do it to the end, and do it absolutely, so that you will have a foothold, and it is not a good thing to waver. We know how we are to you, and you know it yourself, the money, you will not be able to use it up in this life, and your family, we have also protected it. When this is over, you'll have a whole new identity, and at that point, you can go wherever you want and do whatever you want! ”

Xiang Qi stopped talking, and as the man said, he had no way back.

After Li Ze stepped into the West Courtyard, he was not in a hurry to enter, but stood in front of the door, quietly watching the teams of guards pouring in in full armor, and in an instant, the West Courtyard was completely controlled in his hands, and even on the roof, there were soldiers with crossbows and bows.

In the west courtyard, Xiang Lan's personal guards saw that the situation was not good, and immediately wanted to draw their swords to fight back, but at this moment in the west courtyard, there were only about a hundred Xiang guards, who were the opponents of the Tang army in the brigade, and they were knocked to the ground in an instant, tied up one by one and dragged out.

In less than a cup of tea, in the entire West Courtyard, only Xiang Lan and several personal guards stood on the steps with a knife and a pale face, and Xiang Lan and several personal guards watched Li Zeda walk over.

"Li Ze, do you want to kill the king?" Xiang Lan pointed his knife at Li Ze and scolded: "Your Majesty is in the room behind me, and if you want to murder the emperor, you will step over my corpse." ”

Li Ze stopped, stared at Xiang Lan with interest, and said after a while: "Xiang Lan, it's time to come, you are still hiding the truth of the facts, and you want to trick me into going to the Eastern Courtyard to visit the coffin of the Emperor Taishang, it's really amazing, Xiang Xun has a granddaughter like you, it's really amazing." ”

"What deception? Should you still go and see the coffin of the Emperor? Xiang Lan said in a trembling voice.

Li Ze smiled slightly: "Since I have arrived here, since I have taken down all your guards, you should know that what you are planning has been completely exposed." Now that it's been exposed, what's the use of you saying it now? ”

Speaking of this, Li Ze paced back and forth in the courtyard with his hands behind his back for a few steps, looked at the east courtyard, and said with a smile: "When I went to visit the coffin of the Emperor Taishang, the five barrels of fierce fire oil buried in the ground exploded with a bang, and the body of the Emperor Taishang, me, and the many ministers behind me, collapsed into the sky together?" ”

With a bang, the steel knife in Xiang Lan's hand fell to the ground.

Li Ze shook his head: "You want to do such a thing in Zhenzhou, I have to say, it's really a bit whimsical, what kind of place is this, it is Zhenzhou, it can be said that it is my Li Ze's lair!" But it's a really genius idea, and I have to say, you have a lot of ideas. ”

"I don't understand what you're saying!" Xiang Lan took a deep breath and raised her head.

Li Ze took a few steps forward: "What are you waiting for?" Are you waiting for the elites of the Xiang clan who have been secretly assembled in Lingshou Farm? Let me tell you, they won't be able to come. Chengde wolf rode halfway and waited for them, at this moment, I think the battle should be over, and these people have little chance of surviving. ”

Although Xiang Lan was still holding her head high, her body trembled more and more.

"Did you see the fireworks that just burst into the night sky?" Li Ze continued: "That is Gongsun Changming who ordered the net to be closed and arrest the remaining remnants of your party in Zhenzhou City. Do you hear the sound of horses' hooves? That's our army searching for and chasing these people, so now Zhenzhou, the only ones who can help you are these people around you! How many of you, are you still ready to resist for a while? ”

Hearing Li Ze's words, several guards beside Xiang Lan suddenly roared, jumped down the steps with knives, and rushed towards Li Ze.

Li Ze shook his head slightly, and behind him, the sound of crossbow arrows was endless, and several guards who pounced on him were shot like hedgehogs and fell to the ground in the blink of an eye.

Li Ze looked at Xiang Lan and said, "Xiang Lan, you are also a famous family, a person with status, at this time, you still don't admit defeat, do you still want to resist stubbornly and then be knocked down in the dust and tied up with a disgraced face?" That's not pretty! ”

Xiang Lan stared at Li Ze fiercely but remained silent.

Liu Ruyan waved her hand, and the two female guards behind her immediately ran up, cut Xiang Lan's hands back, and restrained her arms, but Xiang Lan really didn't resist again.

Seeing that Xiang Lan was held hostage by two female guards, Li Ze stepped on the steps, walked to Xiang Lan, glanced at her sideways, and said with a smile: "I'll go and see if this person you found now, how many copies are like Li Ke?" ”

Hearing this, Xiang Lan, who had been standing strongly, had weak legs, but the whole person could no longer stand.

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