The eastern capital fell silent, and after a whole day of hard fighting, the rebels finally held the city, for them, it was a rare victory, worthy of much celebration, but everyone was so tired that they sat on the ground and did not want to get up, and they were not interested in the wine and meat delivered to them.

Xu Ji arranged for his cronies to guard the city gates, and all the city gates, even the eastern city occupied by Ma Wei, the king of Liang, were no exception.

Many of the families of the Descendant Army were too weak to leave the city, so they ran out to find their families, bring food and water, and there were laughter and weeping in the streets—too many people fell to the ground and could not get up again, and there were still a large number of bones left outside the city, and their families could not see each other for the last time.

Xu Ji walked on the street for a while, comforting the soldiers, and finally Meng Shenglun suggested that he go back, "If you go on like this, you won't be able to finish it in one night, so it's better to go back and rest first, and hold a ritual early tomorrow morning to surpass all the undead." ”

Meng Seng Lun built a ruling and lived in the palace, Xu Ji refused, or went back to the camp of the Four Princes' Mansion, summoned some surviving mages, and worked overnight, first a little meaning, and then a big deal tomorrow.

The "Ancestral King" once promised everyone the reward of ascending to heaven, and Xu Ji must realize it.

The mages found an open space, piled up dry firewood, lit a blazing bonfire, and chanted around the fire to send the deceased to heaven.

Xu Ji hugged the son of the incarnated king and presided over the ceremony.

There were more and more onlookers, who first wept bitterly, and under the guidance of the master, they slowly became happy, chanting together, and those who could not recite followed suit.

The son of the incarnated king was inconsiderate of the "affection", and cried wow, and Xu Ji sent it back to the house and handed it over to the nurse.

He can't rest, and there are many things to deal with.

First of all, Xue Jinyao has not returned, Xu Ji sent a number of messengers to summon her back to the city, Xue Jinyao once attacked the army camp of officers and soldiers, but it was the end of the crossbow, after the officers and soldiers mobilized reinforcements, she could only lead the troops to retreat, but refused to enter the city at the gate of the city, claiming to camp outside, and confront the officers and soldiers.

Xu Ji had no choice but to invite it in person.

For a whole day, the ancestor king Xue Liujia gained the highest prestige, and the king of Wu shared half of it, and the other half went to Xue Jinyao.

She was the first to claim that the ancestral king "came into the world", the first to lead the troops out of the city, the first to attack the enemy camp, and the last to retreat.

All those who saw her in person thought that it was a miracle, and the only explanation was that the ancestral king blessed this daughter in the spirit of heaven.

When the ancestor king ascended to heaven, he deliberately omitted his daughter, and he must have entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, of course, he must always protect her from being harmed.

Xu Ji personally went to Xicheng to greet his wife, and heard countless rumors along the way, all of which were how brave the Golden Saintess was, how she stabbed the enemy, and how she dodged countless deadly attacks in a thrilling way......

After this battle, Xue Jinyao has been respected as a god by the soldiers, she does not enter the city, no one enters the city, even the soldiers of the Wu army, who originally belonged to Xu Ji, also firmly stayed by the side of the golden saint.

The officers and soldiers were also extremely tired, afraid of re-entering the trap, and saw that the rebels were staying outside the city, and they did not even have a decent wooden fence, but they did not dare to come and attack.

A batch of tents were sent out in the city, but the number was insufficient, Xue Jinyao let others go, and he patrolled the camp outside, and the armor was puzzled for a moment.

The arrival of King Wu caused bursts of cheers, Xue Jin stopped and waited, the soldiers around him retreated with interest, Xu Ji also signaled the guards to stop, and he walked to his wife alone.

It was getting late, Xu Ji and Xue Jinyan could only vaguely see each other's appearance with the help of the firelight in the camp, getting closer and closer, getting farther and farther away from the firelight, and the image in their eyes was more blurred.

Xu Ji stopped and said with a smile: "Everyone is waiting for you to enter the city." ”

"I did those things, and you still want me to go into the city?"

"So you're worried about this. You think too much, and you have done more today than you have made mistakes, and everything is forgivable. ”

Xue Jinyan came closer, and a smile appeared on his face, "Look, this is the reason why I don't go into the city, you think 'everything is forgivable', and I don't think there is anything to forgive." ”

Xu Ji was speechless, and it was too difficult for him to admit that what his wife did was completely wrong, and he was silent for a while and said, "When I was trapped on the high platform, do you know what I was thinking?" ”

"What do you think?"

"For the first time, I hope that there will be hell after death, and then I have at least one place to complain: just when I have laid everything out and am about to finish, I am put in danger by the people I trust the most."

"Hey, am I the person you trust the most? You don't take me seriously, do you? ”

"Anyway, you betrayed me at the time."

Xue Jin frowned, "You should have heard it at the time, I will tell the two archmages that they will release you immediately after learning the news of King Ning's siege." ”

"Nobody came to deliver the news, it was me who got out of the situation. The person you stayed with Niu Tiannu to find out the news is estimated to have been cleaned up a long time ago, I haven't met this person, and I haven't gotten any news. As for King Ning, if I hadn't arrived in time, he would have returned to the city before it was besieged, and then—this is my guess, but I believe it would never be wrong—King Ning would have led his troops straight to the West City and slain me on the high platform. Without me, the King of Shu would not stop King Ning, but would bow down to King Ning. The king of Jin will flee, but the king of Liang will not dare to stay in the city, or surrender or flee. The entire eastern capital was occupied by King Ning. King Ning will also come out of the city to meet you, and probably bring Niu Tiannu with him, who will either conceal my death or make up a lie that I will ascend of my own free will. When you enter the city, within three days, King Ning and his wife will find a reason to send your brother and sister to heaven. ”

Xu Ji said in one breath, such a scene would almost be realized.

Xue Jinyan listened in silence and refused to speak, stubborn as a stubborn stone.

She won't apologize, even if she feels guilty, even if she lingers in a thousand words, she won't say a word.

Xu Ji took half a step forward and sighed lightly, "But I still forgive you, because I am still alive, you are alive, I got everything I wanted, and I don't want to lose a little more at this time, I think you are the same." Your brother is still in the city, and the soldiers here should go into the city and have a good rest, and you don't think about yourself, at least for their sake. ”

Xue Jin shook her gaze and looked directly at her husband, "I have only one request, just one." ”

"You say."

"I want you to answer sincerely, agree if you agree, don't agree if you don't agree, I don't have half a complaint, don't be like you usually do, always leave three points when you speak, you know, even if you exhaust all my thoughts, I can't guess your three points."

"I don't have a penny left."

After waiting for a while, Xue Jin shook his head: "No matter what, please spare my brother's life." You can kill me, you can remove him from the title of king, and treat him like an ordinary child, but don't kill him. ”

Xu Ji was stunned for a moment, "How could you think of such a thing?" ”

"All I ask is if you agree or not."

"Agreed."

"Don't answer too casually, it won't be long before you have to go up a little further, and you might have something else in mind. You are smarter than me, and what I call foresight is a glimpse from afar, and you can see the future clearly, because you have calculated everything. So, you have to think carefully and think about whether one day, you will think that my brother is an obstacle. ”

Xu Ji doesn't need to think about it.

The most ironic thing is that when Xue Liujia just died, everyone thought that the incarnation army would fall apart and belong to the kings, and it was King Wu's intentional or unintentional promotion that made the ancestral king famous, and the incarnation army was resurrected from the dead, more united than before.

The son of the incarnation will inherit a large inheritance.

Xu Ji wondered if Xue Jin could think so far, and soon understood that she was not thinking far, but she simply didn't dare to believe King Wu.

"Agreed." Xu Ji still gave the same answer, adding a few words of supplementation, "From now on, the ancestral king will not come into the world again, and no one, including you and me, will show 'divine power' again." The rebels will rely on real swords and guns to fight for the world, so I don't have to kill your brother, and I don't want his king's title. ”

Xue Jinyan stared at her husband's eyes tightly, the two were so close that the white breath exhaled was mixed together.

"Okay, I'll go into town with you."

Xu Ji grabbed one of Xue Jin's arms, "Never, never, don't make decisions for me again." ”

"Hmm." Xue Jinyan replied coldly, but her eyes dodged involuntarily, not at all as strong as usual, just now she seemed very stubborn, but at this time, she was a little panicked after making a mistake.

Xu Ji let go of his hand, public and private, he can't deal with Xue Jinyao now, he just hopes that she can be an honest wife in the future, even if she wants to help, it should be the kind of help that Niu Tiannu did to King Ning.

"You didn't kill King Ning?" Xue Jinyan asked.

"It's not time yet."

"Hmm." Xue Jinyan didn't ask any more.

Xue Jin shook off and ordered the whole army to enter the city, and the soldiers were very happy, although they believed in the magic power of the daughter of the descending king, they still hoped to be able to enter the city to reunite with their relatives and friends, and enjoy a moment of peace.

The soldiers marched into the city, and King Wu and his wife rode horses to guard the roadside, and they had to enter the gate last.

"Officers and soldiers are here!" The rear sentry shouted.

The procession that was entering the city immediately became chaotic, some people tried to squeeze in, others tried to run out, and bumped into each other.

Fortunately, there was soon another shout from the rear: "It's not the officers and soldiers, it's the envoys of the officers and soldiers." ”

The riot soon ended, and the people who had wanted to squeeze into the city before could not help but be a little sneering, and no one blamed them, and the procession marched a little faster.

Xu Ji ordered the rear to bring the envoys of the officers and soldiers.

There are only four envoys, two are guards, and the other two are Guo Shifeng, Xu Ji can't figure out which side this person belongs to now, and the other is Fei Xun.

Fei Xun was furious, regardless of whether there were people around him or not, he came to King Wu's horse and said loudly: "Treachery!" ”

Guo Shifeng persuaded on the side: "Lord Fei's words are too much, the two armies are fighting, as long as it is something that has not been made public, it is not perfidy." ”

Fei Xin was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Xu Ji ordered the guards to take the envoy into the city, leaving Guo Shifeng alone.

Guo Shifeng didn't know what to call Xue Jinyao, so he simply turned a blind eye and said directly to Xu Ji: "King Wu once sent a team of Wu troops to Yecheng? ”

"Yes, General Wang Dian."

"Well, we have to talk about the results tonight, otherwise, tomorrow at noon, the officers and soldiers will take this Wu army to sacrifice to the god of soldiers."

"Isn't General Wang stationed a hundred miles away?"

"I was just transferred back yesterday, and today I made trouble in the camp, probably because I want to cooperate with Wu Wangli, right?" Guo Shifeng observed Xu Ji's gaze and explored carefully.

Xu Ji really didn't know.