The ancestral hall of the Ning clan is located near Wudao Mountain on the outskirts of the city, and it is also a place where the Ning clan people live.

In order to settle his own people, the first generation of Zhenguo Gong bought the entire Wudao Mountain and the surrounding farmland after settling in the capital and used it as the residence and clan land of the clansmen.

After so many generations, this area has become a veritable family residence of the Ning clan.

On the mountain, there is not only the ancestral hall of the Ning family, but also the houses of the inhabitants.

In order to prevent the invasion of outsiders, the Ning clan even built forts at the foot of the mountain and around the village, forming an independent walled city that could be self-sufficient, and could cultivate and fight.

Except for those who bought other properties in the city, almost most of the Ning clan lived in this walled city.

If the northwest is the foundation of the Ning clan, then the Wudao mountain city is the place where the Ning clan worships their ancestors and multiplies in the capital.

Countless children of the Ning clan came out of here, and then with the help of the clansmen, they joined the army or politics, or did business, each performing their own duties, so that the Ning clan remained prosperous and prosperous.

When Chi Fei and the others came to Wudao Mountain, they saw that the walled city on the mountain was quiet, and it looked like it was no different from usual.

But as soon as the three of them entered the mountain road, they soon found themselves surrounded by people.

A dozen men in leather armor emerged from the grass with spears in their hands and surrounded the three of them.

"Who are you? What do you want to do here? The man in the lead shouted.

Because it was pitch black at night, no one could see who it was, and both sides were in a state of tension.

But as soon as Ah Zhi heard the man's voice, she was immediately surprised: "Brother Shui Jun, I'm Ning Yazhi." ”

"You're Zhi?" When the man heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward to identify her appearance.

After identifying it clearly, Ning Shuijun of the third room of the Ning family was very happy and said: "It's really Ah Zhi, it's great." We have been waiting for you for a long time, come with me, uncle and aunt are waiting for you on the mountain. ”

After saying that, he led the three of them up the mountain, while the others continued to stay where they were to guard the crossing.

"My dad and my mom are all right?" Zhi asked as she walked.

Ning Shuijun hesitated for a moment before saying, "Uncle Niang is fine, it's just that Uncle's left hand was cut by a gangster, but it's not very serious, you don't have to worry too much." ”

Hearing that her father was slashed, Ah Zhi's heart suddenly tightened, and she just wanted to hurry up and see how her father was injured.

Along the way, Chi Fei found that there were Ning clan people in leather armor or armor patrolling and guarding everywhere, and the atmosphere seemed very tense.

It seems that something really happened, and it was a big deal.

The ancestral house of the Ning family is located directly south of the walled city, and is in the best position and orientation of the entire walled city.

Since the first generation of Zhenguo Gong, it has gone through two hundred years.

In this ancestral house, Chi Fei and they finally met their mother-in-law, Yao.

"Mother." As soon as Ah Zhi saw her, she couldn't help but pounce on her, and then hugged her mother tightly and cried.

"It's okay if you're okay, it's okay if you're okay......" Seeing that the youngest daughter and son-in-law were all safe and sound, Yao's heart that had been carrying it was relieved.

"Daddy, how is he now? Is it badly injured? After the excitement, Ah Zhi hurriedly asked.

"Rest assured, he's fine except for a cut on his left hand. It's just that he hasn't woken up for the time being because of excessive blood loss. ”

"Can I go over and see Daddy?"

"The doctor is helping him with his wounds, don't go over yet. When the bandage is done, you go back again. ”

Chi Fei sensitively found that when Yao said these words, his expression was unnatural and he looked a little reluctant.

Ah Zhi didn't notice her mother's abnormality, and continued to ask, "What about the eldest sister?" Where is she? ”

"She and your brother-in-law have returned to the eldest princess's mansion, with the eldest princess to protect her, she will be fine, rest assured."

"That's good. Mother, what happened, why was our family surrounded by officers and soldiers? ”

"I don't know exactly what happened. At that time, I was alone at home, and your father's personal guard suddenly came back and informed me that I should immediately take everyone out of the secret passage of the mansion, and then go back to the ancestral house of Wudaoshan to rendezvous.

When I came to the ancestral house, I found out that your father had been slashed. As for who the murderer is behind the scenes, I won't know until your father wakes up.

However, I speculate that An Guogong should have sent someone to do it, because I just received news that An Guogong and others have occupied the five military camps, and they are facing off against Jin Wuwei and Yu Linwei in the forbidden army, and it seems that they will attack soon. ”

"An Guogong, is he crazy? Isn't that tantamount to rebellion? ”

Yao sighed and said, "Whether it is really a rebellion or not, it is difficult to say clearly for a while. Now it is rumored everywhere outside that the eldest prince colluded with Jin Wuwei and Yu Linwei to rebel and plot against him.

There are even rumors that in order to grab this throne, the eldest prince has committed a heinous crime against his father.

What makes it even more difficult to argue whether it is true or false is that the second prince has just received news that the second prince is visiting the left guard, right guard, avant-garde, rear guard and other guards of the government army one by one with the emperor's holy decree, and asked these guards to cooperate with the five military camps to go to the palace to rescue and quell the rebellion.

In short, the situation is very chaotic now, and I don't know which side is true and which side is false. ”

When Chi Fei heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "Mother-in-law, may I ask how the guards of the government army react to this?" ”

"I heard that Feng Junshan, the commander of the central guard of the government army, refused the request of the second prince to send troops to quell the rebellion on the grounds that he had not received the tiger talisman. The commanders of the other provincial armies also used this as an excuse and refused to send troops.

It is said that the second prince was very angry about this, and almost fought with Feng Junshan and them.

Ah Zhen, what do you think about the current situation? Although Yao is a shrewd woman in the back house, political affairs are not her forte after all, and she really can't see the current chaotic and mixed situation clearly, so she wants to ask her little son-in-law's opinion.

Chi Fei thought seriously for a while, and then said: "Judging from various signs, the son-in-law guesses that this mutiny is likely to be a life-and-death battle between the emperor and An Guogong.

Mother-in-law, do you know that now the entire princess's mansion has been blocked by officers and soldiers, and Ah Zhi and I finally escaped from there.

If I'm not mistaken, these officers and soldiers should all be soldiers of the forbidden army. And the person who ordered the siege of the princess's mansion was likely to be the emperor himself. ”

"You mean, the emperor wants to take advantage of Princess Yanfang's big day to attack Duke An Guo?" Yao himself is also a smart person, and when he heard Chi Fei say this, he suddenly thought of a terrifying possibility.

This assumption is somewhat frightening, but it is indeed the most likely speculation.

Ah Zhi and I escaped from the Maple Forest in the Princess's Mansion, and Red Shadow once learned from a patrolling soldier that there was a hidden back door on the Maple Grove side, and it was through that back door that the Forbidden Army soldiers who disguised themselves as subordinates had entered.

Through this detail, it can be seen that when the emperor sent someone to build the princess's mansion, he was actually secretly ready to assassinate An Guogong.

The maple forest was not used for ornamentation, but for the collection of soldiers.

After the banquet officially began, the forbidden soldiers hiding in the maple forest began to act to encircle and suppress An Guogong and others who participated in the banquet.

But I don't know where something went wrong, or maybe An Guogong had already taken precautions and left the princess's mansion one step ahead. not only escaped assassination, but also successfully incorporated the five military camps. ”

"But why did the emperor do this? Doesn't he prefer the second prince the most, and even intends to cross the eldest prince and pass the throne directly to him? ”

"I used to think the same way, but now it seems that it was just a trick made up by the emperor."

"You mean, in fact, the emperor didn't even think about passing the throne to the second prince? His preference for the second prince is just acting? ”

"All I can say is that this is a highly probable speculation.

In fact, I have always had a question about why a promising monarch like the emperor would allow a relative like An Guogong who holds military power to grow stronger, and even favor the second prince so much, as if he wants to cross the eldest prince and appoint him as the prince.

Unless he really likes the second prince very much, he is so partial that he can even ignore that he has a powerful grandfather. ”

According to Chi Fei's shallow historical knowledge, the vast majority of emperors in history did not want to see overly powerful ministers, relatives, or eunuchs appear unless they were faint monarchs who indulged in fun, which would have a great impact on their dictatorship.

And Anguo is just guilty of this taboo: he is a powerful relative who holds military power.

If the second prince is really allowed to ascend the throne as the emperor, then is this Great Wei surnamed Zhao or Xie?

"Are you trying to say that the emperor is just doing this to let An Guogong relax his vigilance so that he can find an opportunity to attack him?"

"If you look at the results, it should be like this.

An Guogong is the pillar of the Xie family, as long as An Guogong dies, the Xie family will inevitably be in chaos.

Even if they want to send troops to take revenge, there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the capital, including the three major battalions of the forbidden army, the ten guards, the five military camps and the border camps, and they have the advantage of the city, so it is difficult for the southwest army alone to really threaten the capital.

So the root cause of everything is in An Guogong, as long as he dies, at least half of the trouble of this relative will be solved.

Maybe An Guogong himself also knew that most of the safety of the Xie clan depended on him, so for many years, he rarely came back under the pretext of guarding the southwest, and only sent other clansmen to control the capital remotely.

At first, I guessed that the emperor lowered the princess to Xie Changting, the second grandson of the Duke of Anguo, in order to leave a way back for the princess who was the same mother as the eldest prince.

But now it seems that this is actually a bureau laid down by the emperor. The purpose is to lure An Guogong back to the capital through this marriage, so that he can attack him.

If all goes well, this assassination operation can indeed kill the Xie clan.

But unfortunately, this operation fell short, and finally forced An Guogong to directly launch a mutiny. ”

Yao sighed and said, "If your speculation is true, then this battle between the Heavenly Family is really terrible. ”

Listening to the conversation between her mother and her sweetheart, Ah Zhi couldn't help but be stunned, she didn't expect things to be so sinister.

"It's not the heavenly family that is terrifying, it's the human heart." At this moment, a hoarse and low voice suddenly came from outside.

As this voice sounded, I saw Ning Zhiyuan, who was pale and haggard, with a bandage on his left arm hanging from his left arm, and slowly walked out with the support of his personal guard.

"Daddy, are you awake?!" As soon as Ah Zhi saw him, she immediately ran over with a face full of surprise.

"You dead ghost, you're finally awake." Yao Shi saw that he had finally woken up, and his eyes turned red unconsciously.

Although she told her daughter that her husband was fine, she was actually worried.

Because the injury on her husband's left hand was so severe that the wound was deep enough to show the bone.

When he was sent back, almost all of his clothes were stained red with blood, and his whole face was as white as paper, which really scared her.

However, as a housewife, she couldn't show panic at this time, so she had to keep holding back her worries.

Now that she saw that her husband had finally woken up, she was truly relieved.

"Don't worry, my life is hard enough, I won't die so easily. You immediately send someone to inform the family members of each house and tell them to gather at the ancestral hall, I have something important to announce.

Ah Zhi, you go with your mother. ”

"Okay, I'll go now." Seeing her husband's serious expression, Yao knew that the matter was urgent and immediately went out to call someone. Ah Zhi also hurriedly followed her.

After Ning Zhiyuan sat down, he asked the guards beside him, "Ah Jiu, how many casualties are there among us?" ”

The guard's cold face showed a sad expression, "Ming Wei and Secret Guard have killed a total of sixty-three people and injured one hundred and twenty-nine.

In order to cover us and leave first, Second Brother Zhang took a dozen brothers to fight with those assassins to the end, but unfortunately none of them came back alive. ”

Ning Zhiyuan was silent for a while, and then sighed: "If it weren't for saving me, you wouldn't have killed and injured so many people." I'm sorry for you. ”

The guard named Ah Jiu knelt down and said, "My lord, don't say that, this is what we should do." It is already our dereliction of duty to let you be injured, and our subordinates are ashamed. ”

"My subordinates are ashamed." The other guards knelt down in unison and said in unison.

Ning Zhiyuan said in a deep voice: "It's not you who are wrong, it's me.

If I hadn't mistakenly believed in annihilation, I wouldn't have been ambushed and attacked, and you wouldn't have killed or injured so many people. Arise, all of you. ”

The guards slowly stood up.

Looking at his injured left arm, Ning Zhiyuan's eyes showed a very complicated and incomprehensible look.

After a while, Ning Zhiyuan turned his head to look at Chi Fei, "Ah Zhen, I heard what you just said.

You guessed it right, this is a life-and-death battle between the emperor and An Guogong.

It's just that the emperor still underestimated An Guogong and the forces behind him, which led to the current situation.

We're just fish in the pond that have been affected. ”

Chi Fei asked tentatively: "Is the mastermind behind sending someone to assassinate your father-in-law really An Guogong?" ”

"What do you say?" Ning Zhiyuan looked at him meaningfully.

Seeing his eyes, Chi Fei felt in his heart that something was not good, and the situation he was most worried about had really happened.

"So, the one who did it?" Chi Fei asked in disbelief.

Ning Zhiyuan sneered: "That's right, it's the one."

As the saying goes, Heaven is ruthless, and I thought he wasn't that kind of person. It turned out that I was too stupid to blame others.

It was not only the southwest that the man wanted to take back, but also the northwest. He wanted to take this opportunity to pack up both of us together. ”

"But isn't he afraid of a rebellion in the Northwest if he does this?"

"As long as he convinces everyone that the person who attacked me is An Guogong and not someone else, then how can this be done?

He deliberately picked this juncture to let everyone know that Anguo was guilty of chaos and plotting against him.

As the general of the Northwest who holds military power, and I am also the confidant of that person, isn't it normal for An Guogong to kill me?

That way, no one will suspect him. It can be described as killing two birds with one stone, killing two birds with one stone.

After settling me, he will send his cronies to slowly take over the military power in the northwest, and everything will be logical.

If he misses this opportunity, the next time he does it, the Northwest will really rebel. ”

After getting the exact answer, Chi Fei only felt a tingling in his scalp.

It's really a big deal this time, and I can't go if I don't leave.

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