The gates of the eastern capital were opened, and the people went in and out in groups, many people did not want to flee, but just wanted to try whether the city gate could really pass at will, and some people simply wanted to go out of the city to breathe.

Spring is coming, there is already a hint of warmth in the wind, the snow on the road is melting, there is muddy water everywhere, although it is dirty and difficult to walk, but it can't stop the pace of many women and children, old and weak, pointing excitedly, focusing on probably just a little green grass.

Seeing this scene, Ma Wei was extremely surprised, and he couldn't guess King Wu's intentions more and more, so he sped up, and the guards opened the way in front of him, ordering pedestrians to give way.

There were more people in the city, clogging the streets, and Mavi and his party had to slow down a little, and the guards shouted louder.

Even the gate of the Siwangfu military camp was open, and there was not even a single soldier guarding it, so Ma Wei dismounted and ordered someone to go in to report.

Not long after the soldiers entered, King Wu came out, dressed as a scholar, but with a knife hanging from his waist, and a horse in his right hand, behind him, Tang Weitian led two horses, one to ride, and one to carry Li.

Tang Weitian's face was even more dazed than that of King Liang, and he looked left and west, as if he didn't recognize what this place was.

"King Wu...... Going out? Ma Wei stepped forward.

Xu Ji really wanted to go out, "Please ask King Liang to take a step to speak." ”

Xu Ji tied the reins to the bolted horse stone casually, and led King Liang into the gatehouse in the palace.

Xu Ji arched his hand and said: "King Liang came just in time, and the east is yours." ”

"King Wu...... Why? Ma Wei didn't feel excited, but a little frightened, thinking that King Wu was suspicious of him, and deliberately said the opposite.

"I don't want to be the king of Wu, I am heavy on Xu Ji, and Xu Ji on cloth."

"King Wu...... Why? Mavi was even more frightened.

Xu Ji didn't plan to explain more, and said with a smile: "The eastern capital belongs to King Liang, but the city gate will be opened for three days, so that the people can come and go at will. ”

"It turns out that King Wu wants to deceive the enemy...... What does it mean to be vertically and horizontally? Jingzhou Military ......"

"The armies of Jing, He, Ji, and Huai Prefectures will all retreat, at least the garrison will not move, but sooner or later they will make a comeback, without me as an enemy, they will not really unite, this is the time for King Liang. The eastern capital extends in all directions, and the emperor lives in the town of the world, but it is not suitable to compete for the world based on this. ”

Ma Wei stammered, his heart less frightened, but more confused.

Xu Ji bowed his hand and said goodbye, "Say goodbye today, I don't know when I will see you again, I only wish Brother Ma ...... Brother Ma has his own ideas, so I don't need to talk more. Leave. ”

Xu Ji went out of the house, called Tang Weitian, and led the horse out of the house.

Ma Wei stayed in the room, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses and mutter, "What is he...... Lose your marbles. ”

Ma Wei is not crazy, his ambition has not changed at all, no matter how big the change is, he can quickly adjust his mentality, and suddenly wake up, Wu Wang is right, this is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it may be the biggest opportunity in his life.

He brought not many soldiers, only more than a hundred, and immediately summoned all of them, first to check the palace of the four kings, and then to inspect the whole city, and then collected nearly a thousand soldiers, all of whom came back with Tian Jiang or King Wu, and were busy looting in the palace and Guimen's house, and did not even know that King Wu had left.

Ma Wei reiterated the military order and brought all the soldiers to the northeast gate, leaving the other gates alone for the time being. He sent dozens of soldiers to inquire in different directions and recalled part of Mengjin's army.

Soon after, Ma Wei roughly figured out the situation: the Jingzhou army fled: King Ning was shot with an arrow, his life and death are unknown, and he probably didn't dare to come again: it seems that the descendant army is also going to leave the eastern capital and return to Qinzhou, and many family members carry their bags and go out of the city to try to be the first......

The news that Ma Wei cared about the most was that the 20,000 Duoluozhou soldiers were unexpectedly ownerless, they did not disperse, and they were still in charge of Guan Changling and others, but without King Wu, they immediately looked embarrassed, and they were unwilling to follow the descending army to the west, and they did not dare to defect to Yecheng because the general killed the Jizhou general Wang Tiemei.

This is the real opportunity, even more important than the Eastern Capital, Ma Wei did not dare to come forward in person, for fear of bumping into the Descending Army, but was killed by the Golden Holy Maiden, so he sent his henchman Pan Kai to persuade the Luozhou soldiers to return to Shun, and he stayed in the Eastern Capital, even coaxed and deceived, and even invited and frightened, and cleared all the families of the Descended Army other than the Liang Army out of the city, in the name of seeing them off, in fact, he did not want the Descendant Army to enter the Eastern Capital again.

Ma Wei did not heed King Wu's advice before leaving, and began to close the city gate before it was dark, and requisitioned the people to clean a corner of the palace.

Even if he only occupies the Eastern Capital for one day, Ma Wei will be the king again in the main hall, he has coveted the throne for a long time, and he thought that it would be a long time before he would have the opportunity to sit on it, but he did not expect the opportunity to be delivered to his hand.

"King Wu is crazy." Ma Wei muttered to himself again, sat on the throne, looked at the empty but spotless hall, and his heart was ecstatic, and he began to believe that he really had the help of his ancestors, ancestors, gods and Buddhas.

Only once, when he glimpsed the shadows on the ground, Ma Wei mistook it for a pool of blood, and was terrified, thinking that the ghost of the incarnation had come to take revenge.

"The Xue family is a problem after all." Ma Wei thought about it for a long time and decided to endure for a while, there were too many descending troops, and now he could only defend the city, and he could not challenge the Golden Holy Maiden.

Ma Wei refused to give in to the incarnate king, so he remained on the throne, believing that he knew the hearts of the Luozhou generals better than the king of Wu, and would make better use of this powerful force.

Ma Wei had one thought in his heart, and each one was enough to push him higher.

Dozens of miles away, Xu Ji and Tang Weitian rode horses on a dirt road, and the slower and slower they went.

It was dark, and there was not even a place to stay in front of him, so he could only find a slightly dry place to rest on the side of the road.

Xu Ji ate a few mouthfuls of dry food and said to Tang Weitian: "You have already sent dozens of miles, you can leave." ”

Tang Weitian silently stirred up the bonfire, and waited for a while before saying bluntly: "I'm not leaving, I'm the guard of the Grand Duke." ”

"I'm not the King of Wu now, I'm not the Governor of Dadu."

"Then I'll follow you."

"You should vote for another master, with your ability, you will definitely become famous in the world in the future and become a fierce general, but be careful ......"

Tang Weitian raised his head and grinned, "The Metropolitan Governor said that I would become a fierce general?" ”

"You have flexible legs and feet, and great strength, but you are younger, depending on the amount of food you eat, you will definitely grow tall and strong in two or three years, as long as you are careful, don't be too aggressive, you will be able to make achievements on the battlefield."

Tang Weitian smiled even more happily, "That's great, my father and mother used to say that I don't like to study, I don't like farming, and I won't have a livelihood in the future, so I will go to ask for food sooner or later." When I become a general and rob countless belongings, I will definitely transport them all back to my hometown, so that my dead father and mother can see that not only do I not ask for food, but I also have great skills. ”

"But with me, you won't get any of that."

Tang Weitian put down the fire stick in his hand, "Metropolitan Governor ......"

"Don't call me that anymore."

"Young Master Xu? Alas, I didn't think there was anything before, but now it's really awkward. Xu Gongzi really shouldn't be King Wu anymore? ”

"It's not right."

"But...... So many people are following you, and those who oppose you are already dead, why? Why, exactly? ”

"Because those who oppose me are not dead, and there will be more, and there will be more, I have to kill them all."

"Then kill, leave no one behind." Tang made a gesture of chopping off his head for the sky.

Xu Ji smiled: "The problem is here, I can't do it." ”

"It's not difficult to kill people at all, if you don't want to do it, you can find me."

Xu Ji shook his head, thought for a while, and said, "Now let you kill me, are you willing to do it?" ”

"Of course not, never again, you are my master!"

"But what if you perceive that I am going to do you badly?"

"How is that possible? Why does Xu Gongzi want to be unfavorable to me? ”

"What if."

Tang Weitian's eyes rolled, and finally said: "No, Xu Gongzi wants to kill me, then kill me, I won't kill Xu Gongzi in advance." What General Meng can still do, I can do even more. ”

Speaking of Meng Seng Lun, Xu Ji suddenly felt heartache, if it was his unintentional mistake that thousands of Wu soldiers were burned to death, but forcing Meng Seng Lun to death was an evil he did with his own hands, and there was no excuse.

Xu Ji fell silent, and Tang Weitian said: "Doesn't Gongzi Xu believe me?" I'll die for you now. ”

Tang Weitian's waist was a stick on one side and a knife on the other, he held the handle of the knife and pulled out half of it.

Xu Ji hurriedly said, "Take it back." I mean, if I am still the king of Wu, I can't wait until someone opposes it, I have to take precautions in advance, and get rid of this person when there is a sign of it. ”

"Is there anything wrong with that?"

Xu Ji sighed lightly, "The sprouts are just the sprouts, many people may just complain for a while, not really rebellious, but I can't tell the difference, for safety, I can only kill them all." King Wu wants to kill many innocent people, and there will be more and more in the future, even if it is you, King Wu cannot guarantee that he will not kill all the time. ”

"But I am loyal to King Wu......" Tang Weitian whispered.

"Being loyal to King Wu will only make you die faster, like General Meng."

Tang Weitian understood a little, picked up the fire stick, and continued to play with it, but the bonfire was still gradually extinguished, and only a few sparks could rise from the flickering around.

"Where is Xu Gongzi going?"

"First of all, I have to go to the king of Jin and persuade him to withdraw his troops, and then go to Yecheng to persuade the county lord to stop."

"And later?"

"Later...... If I'm still alive, find a place to wait. ”

"Waiting for what?"

"Just figuring out what I'm waiting for."

Tang Weitian didn't speak in a daze, he liked the ruthless and resolute Metropolitan Governor, and he didn't like the hesitant and foggy Xu Gongzi.

The two were silent for a long time, and suddenly there was the sound of horses' hooves on the road, Xu Ji didn't want to cause trouble, but Tang Weitian was in a very bad mood, he got up on the ground, and didn't ask for instructions, he drew his knife and jumped on the road, shouting: "If you pass by, you will stay to buy road money." ”

The moonlight was bright, and the person who came looked at it for a while, "Aren't you Tang Weitian next to King Wu?" How did you end up being a robber? What about King Wu? ”

"Are you...... Are you the general of the Shu king, the iron kite? ”

"It's me."

"King Wu...... He didn't do King Wu, and now he is Gongzi Xu again. ”

Iron Kite glanced at the side of the road and arched his hand: "In my eyes, King Wu is always King Wu." ”

Xu Ji did not respond.

Tang Weitian put away his knife, "Where are you going?" ”

"I'm looking for the King of Shu, I heard that he went in the direction of Mengjin, I just came there, we probably missed it."

"What are you looking for the King of Shu?"

Tie Kite thought that Tang Weitian was asking questions for King Wu, and replied honestly: "The Shu army is still there, although there are not many people, they are still willing to follow the old master, where does the King of Shu go, where do we go." ”

Tang Weitian snorted, "You wait for me for a while." Stepping back to the campfire, "Young Master Xu, are you really letting me go?" ”

"You are following King Wu, King Wu is not here, you and I are no longer fellow travelers, we should go our separate ways."

Tang Weitian knelt down, kowtowed three heads respectfully, got up and said, "When Xu Gongzi understands it, find someone to bring me a message, and I will follow you." ”

"Very good."

Tang Weitian didn't talk nonsense anymore, took away one of his horses, left all the luggage, returned to the road, and said to the iron kite: "I'll go with you, go to the king of Shu, if it is pleasing to the eye, I will go to him." ”

Iron Kite smiled dryly: "Welcome, King Wu, he ......"

"There has never been a King Wu, it's all our imagination. Let's go, hurry at night, just right. ”