It was dark, and the night, which was supposed to be pitch black, was now as bright as day.

Outside the palace, whether it is ordinary people or peddlers and pawns, they automatically and spontaneously carry lanterns in their hands, and there are soldiers guarding in front of the palace gate, holding torches in their hands.

In the palace, those eunuchs and palace maids also have a lantern in their hands.

The night is no longer dark because of these.

The emperor led people to stand inside the palace wall, quietly looking at the snow-white man kneeling on the ground outside.

Huo Qi was also looking at the emperor, quietly, without any expression, let alone wailing, roaring and the like.

He just looked at the Emperor calmly, and that gaze was calm and peaceful.

At this glance, the emperor was full of thoughts,

He seemed to see that many years ago, Huo Zheng stood in front of him with vigorous vitality.

"Ah Zheng, with you at the border, I will be at ease......" At that time, he smiled at him and said to him, with pride between his eyebrows.

Huo Zheng really lived up to expectations, as long as he was on the frontier, the enemy would not dare to cross the thunder pool for a single step.

A string of night owls sounded, light and eerie.

Huo Zheng used to be the companion of the former prince, and then he protected the country all his life and died on the battlefield.

Why didn't he understand Huo Zheng? He understands.

As a royal man, he has been on the throne for more than 20 years, what kind of selfishness has he not seen?

He knew that he had always known that Huo Zheng, who had been clean all his life, must have encountered something that would cause such a thing to happen.

In the past, he could use the emperor's cold-blooded blindfold, but today, when he touched the same eyes as Huo Zheng, and even, the small figure next to Huo Qi!

When he saw the rows of spirit positions behind them, and when he saw Huo Zheng's spirit card in Huo Qi's hand, his eyes couldn't be covered!

His hands trembled at last!

In the silent night, snowflakes fell one after another, falling lightly on people's bodies, but they seemed to hit people's hearts, smashing out an indescribable and inexplicable pain.

It's like daytime, and it's not just the emperor who can't cover his eyes.

All the officials who accompanied him behind him, they saw it!

The night in the distance and the day in front of you, such a stark contrast.

Those spirit cards, standing there, just like the men of the Huo family, standing there tenaciously, in the wind, in the rain, and in the snow, guarding the frontier.

Where in the world is there any quiet time, but someone carries the weight for you.

The people of the Huo family are the ones who carry the weight for you.

Xu Han stood in the crowd, she understood why Uncle Seven handed over the case of privately minting copper coins to herself, he knew that he wanted to avenge the Huo family.

Back then, since the emperor had saved the three princes, it was easy not to touch him.

However, if there is an opportunity to break out everything, the emperor, if you are not willing to give it, you have to be willing to give it up!

Moreover, he took everything over and left her alone!

Xu Han clenched his fists.

Xu Jun was also looking at the white and black in front of him, and someone on the side came over and looked ahead with him.

"Lord Wang, what are you doing this for?"

The questioner was Yong'an Hou, Yu Dongping's father.

What he asked was why Xu Jun spoke for the Huo family in the main hall.

What he says today may be a handle in the hands of the emperor in the future.

Xu Jun looked ahead, his tone was calm, but with an irresistible firmness,

"For the sake of conscience!"

"On this day, this land, there must be someone to protect it, and there will be sacrifices to protect it, and those who sacrifice are heroes."

"My Xu family is also full of heroes, but I Xu Jun can't be a hero, so I will protect these heroes, and I won't fall into the spirit of the Xu family."

"Huh." Yong'an Hou laughed.

"You could have stayed out of it, but now you're going to have a hard time."

He patted Xu Jun on the shoulder.

Xu Jun looked ahead with his eyes and said indifferently,

"Somebody's got to go."

In this world, most people are kind-hearted, but they also seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, the world is bustling for profit, the world is bustling for profit, and no one can criticize other people's choices.

But since someone is moving forward with a heavy load and becoming a hero, someone must protect, follow, and admire the hero's footsteps, and take him as a belief and protect it.

Someone has to sacrifice and someone pays.

The world is full of mortals, and it is not a sin to be a mortal, but people who can give more deserve respect.

The snow was still falling, slowly turning into goose feather snow, sprinkled on the earth, floating on more than 300 spirit tablets.

Among the onlookers, I don't know who it is, so I gently untied my clothes and covered them with a spirit card.

"We can't let the martyr's tablet suffer from the wind and snow."

Later, some people took off their clothes one after another and covered them on the spirit cards.

Soon, none of the spirit cards withstood the wind and snow.

In front, the emperor had already crossed the palace gate and slowly walked towards the place where Huo Qi knelt.

Slowly, as if he had sent Huo Zheng on the expedition, Huo Zheng held a wine bowl and said to him with a smile, "Your Majesty, the minister will definitely not let the people of Dongyuan suffer a little, let alone let Dongyuan lose an inch of land." ”

With that, he raised his head, drank the wine from the bowl, and turned over on his horse, his silver armor and black cloak still in his eyes.

Just like tonight, this white coat, with the black cards behind him like a wave, made his heart tremble as much as his hand.

The emperor walked up to Huo Qi, looked at Huo Zheng's spirit card in his arms, lowered his eyes for a while, and then said hoarsely,

"You are Huo Qi......"

"Back to Your Majesty, it's a sinner."

The emperor nodded, Huo Zheng once said in countless letters that this younger brother, although he is not from the Huo family, is more like the Huo family than the Huo family.

Be brave and strategic!

Therefore, he can do the thing of kneeling in front of the palace with the spirit card.

The emperor barely suppressed the surging heart,

"Why are you kneeling here and begging to see me?"

"Your Majesty, the criminals came with everyone in the Huo family and begged Your Majesty to overturn the case for the Huo family."

"The state has national laws, and this case has been decided......"

Huo Qi looked up at the emperor, his expression was calm, his eyes were clear,

"Your Majesty, the sinner is just an orphan, and he is fortunate to be adopted by the Huo family, and like the Huo family, he takes it as his responsibility to protect the country and his family!"

"The sons and daughters of the Huo family can die on the battlefield in any way, but they shouldn't be framed by conspiracy on the battlefield."

"He shouldn't have died under the red tassel guns of his comrades!"

"Huo Qi doesn't know what the Huo family is guilty of, the Huo family is loyal, even at the moment before he died, the eldest brother still thinks that he can't let the enemy cross the country half a step.

Such a person should not be treated like this.

Such a person should not be splashed with dirty water, and it is not easy to walk on the Huangquan Road. ”

"Please Your Majesty, and give justice to the Huo family, so that although they carried a heavy burden before their death, they can easily see Yan Jun with a smile after death."

Huo Qi's words were loud, the boy of the Huo family, if he died by the blade, how could he let the villain be humiliated?

The emperor didn't speak, his gaze swept over Huo Zheng's name on the spirit card little by little, and after a long time, he turned around and returned to the palace gate.

His steps were steady when he came, but there was a hint of messiness when he went.

The wide sleeves swayed as he walked, and he waved his hand, "Take Huo Qi to the palace, and go to the court with hundreds of officials." ”

The three princes stood among the onlookers, staring at Huo Qi with their eyes, and when the emperor's sentence 'Pass Huo Qi went to the palace', his whole person seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar.

No one knows the affairs of the Huo family better than him!

Once you turn it out, it will be so shocking!

And he will also be driven to a desperate situation, but now, he can't say, he can't say anything!

As long as the emperor saw Huo Qi, he could understand what happened back then.

The clothes on the back of the third prince have not been dry today, he moved slowly, and soon, he lagged behind everyone.

An ordinary-looking Tsing Yi waiter bowed behind him.

The third prince walked a few steps closely, stood in a secluded place where no one was around, and saw that the surroundings were empty and unobstructed, and it was absolutely impossible to hide people in the dark, so he stopped.

With his hands behind his back, as if he was enjoying the beautiful scenery in the distance, he said in a low voice,

"Go tell your uncle about your last chance."

The waiter in Tsing Yi, who was one step behind, didn't even raise his head, and the expression on his face didn't change a bit. "Please rest assured, Your Highness, everything is arranged."

The third prince nodded in satisfaction, walked forward, and caught up with everyone.

To sit in that position, where there is no blood, especially the blood of loved ones.

Hmph, the king is defeated and the history books of later generations are tampered with by them at will!

After his father ascended the throne, one of his brothers is still alive now?

……

The snow covered the tiles of the majestic palace walls, and the birds on the eaves opened their eternal eyes, quietly looking down on the snow-white earth.

On the main hall of the court, Huo Qiyi knelt in the center of the hall in snow-white.

On weekdays, the main hall of the court meeting will only be opened in the early morning, but today, many officials have already burrowed into the warm quilt, or are holding the hand stove and are enjoying the graceful song and dance, but they are suddenly summoned to the main hall.

The emperor sat on a high seat, like a golden dragon high above, looking at Huo Qi.

"Get up and talk back."

Huo Qi stood up with Huo Zheng's spirit card, raised his head, and looked at the emperor.

The eyes of the two collided, and no one gave in the slightest.

The Emperor spoke calmly,

"I, as you wish, gather the ministers, if you want justice, you will ask for it yourself."

Huo Qi looked at the emperor calmly, turned around, and then looked around at the ministers below, his gaze did not stop on Xu Han and Xiao Wei in front of him.

"At the beginning of the battle of Limen Pass, with my brother's character, he would never be greedy for merit, knowing that there was danger, why did he go?"

"If he is greedy for credit, how can he win so many battles?"

"At the beginning, he was so radical because someone forced him!"

Huo Qi's voice was calm and powerful,

"That year, the new Khan of the Northern Barbarians ascended the throne, it was winter, and the weather on the grassland was bad, and the new Khan of the Northern Barbarians intended to march south to earn a mouthful of food for the people of the Northern Barbarians.

At that time, the elder brother was the commander of the frontier, and he used his usual steady dispatch to defend and not attack, trying to drag down the forces of the Northern Barbarians.

The northern barbarians came from afar, their battle line was stretched for so long, there was no food, and after a long time, there was not enough food and grass, so they naturally retreated without a fight.

At this time, there was a Dongyuan man who wrote to the commander of the Northern Barbarians, asking them to use the spies planted by the Eastern Yuan in the Northern Barbarians to deliver news to the Eastern Yuan.

It is said that the Northern Barbarians have soldiers and horses ambushed at the Limen Pass, and the Northern Barbarian army will pretend to be defeated and finally ambush.

When Huo Qi said this, there was a commotion in the court, and the Dongyuan people sent a message to the Beiban and offered advice, which was clearly treason!

In the first battle of Limen Pass that year, not only was the Huo family's army annihilated, but also when Xu Jun took people there later, it was also very hard.

In the end, although the Beiban was driven out of the Guanwai, in those years, the life of the people of Dongyuan was not easy.

The treasury was emptied, and the people, especially the people in the frontiers, were harassed by the war, although it cannot be described as the people living in poverty, but all kinds of disasters were added together, and the people almost sold their children and daughters to survive.

These storms are all caused by this traitorous man, and if this person is found out, he will probably not be killed or drowned in spit.

Huo Qi clutched the spirit card tightly, his expression was calm, his eyes lowered to cover the darkness under his eyes, and continued,

"This spy was inserted into the Northern Barbarian Imperial Court very early, and this person is a subordinate of Yongyi Hou!"

"At the beginning, there was no news of the spies, just when the third prince was sent to supervise the army, this news came!"

"At that time, the third prince got the news, handed it over to his brother, and used his status as a superintendent to force my brother to send troops, but his brother was refused!"

"As long as you hold for a while, the Northern Barbarians will naturally retreat, why send troops? As long as the troops are dispatched, it is inevitable that there will be soldiers who will die. ”

"Although soldiers are to protect their families and defend the country, why not avoid meaningless sacrifices if they can be avoided?"

"But the third prince is a prison army, representing the imperial power, and he even took out His Majesty's secret decree to deprive his brother of his identity as the commander!"

"And, order my brother to lead his nephews in pursuit when the Beiban flees as rumored."

Huo Jiajun, no, the 100,000 soldiers of Dongyuan are buried here, why did they die? ”

Huo Qi raised his voice abruptly and looked around at the ministers in the main hall,

"It's because someone has a plan, and someone has to calculate."

"How sad they are! They did not die defending their families and the country, but died in the struggle for imperial power and in the calculation of people's hearts. ”

"The reason why a person is a man is because he knows shame, understands morality, and has a living heart."

"But such a person who is inferior to pigs and dogs offers such a strategy, knowing that it is because he wants to get the Huo family's army! If you can't get it, you'd rather destroy it! ”

"Do you know who this person is?"

Huo Qi's voice was higher than one another, and by the end, he was already shouting!

"Who is it?"

People often say that scholars rebel and can't succeed for ten years, that's just because they think too much, it doesn't mean that they don't have blood!

Who is this voice, asking so loudly, with excitement, with roaring, and even with crying!

Above the main hall, everyone became in a trance.

When Limen Pass was in the first battle, there were also their relatives and friends, and they also wanted to know the truth!

They began to think that they really thought that Huo Zheng was greedy for merit, and even hated him in their hearts, but at this moment, they only felt ashamed.

They also wanted to do something, even if it was just the sound of the fly camp, they also wanted to question the person who gave the plan, why!

Why!

Xu Han stood there, his fists clenched tightly, looking at Huo Qi quietly, his mind passed through this world and arrived at the smoky battlefield.

The corpses are all over the mountains, all over the mountain, and there is only the sad cry of the old eagle in my ears.

Her loved ones, just lying there!

Her relatives, full of blood, are forever sprinkled in the valley of Limenguan!

She closed her eyes, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes and into her collar.

Huo Qi, the same can't stop the tears from falling.

He lowered his eyes for a moment, then looked up and said in a hoarse voice,

"That person is the son of today's son, the third prince!"

He pointed to the place where the three princes were standing, and if it was a sharp blade, it would have been able to penetrate the hearts of the three princes!

Everyone was shocked!

No one believed that this was actually the work of the third prince who usually looked mild-mannered!

The third prince was fingered by Huo Qi's fingers, and involuntarily took a step back, his face instantly stiffened, but he still held on.

"I don't know what you're talking about!"

Huo Qi chuckled, he touched Huo Zheng's spirit card, walked towards the third prince step by step, looked at him with a smile, and said,

"You don't know what I'm talking about? Does that need me to remind you? ”

After the initial panic, the third prince gritted his teeth and looked at Huo Qi, his gaze resting on Huo Zheng's spirit card.

But in an instant, I felt weak, and my eyes flickered away.

All the thoughts quickly flashed through his mind, thinking about Yongyi Hou outside the palace gate, and he didn't know if he was ready.

The third prince glanced at the emperor on the dragon chair, the emperor's face was solemn, his hands were on the handles of the dragon chair, his body was stiff, and he was looking at himself calmly.

"I don't know what you're talking about, although I was a prisoner at the beginning, but your brother relied on the credit and didn't take me seriously, a mistake is a mistake."

"Huo Qi, so many years have passed, is it too late for you to come out and overturn the case now."

"Since your niece, Huo Shiniang has obviously carried your body back and buried it in the Huo family's cemetery, why are you standing here alive?"

"Are you deceiving, or is your niece deceiving, or are you simply a deserter, you are the spy!"

The third prince put all the fault on the people of the Huo family.

But what he said was the truth!

Because Huo Han did return to Beijing with Huo Qi's ashes back then, and even buried in the cemetery, even now, Huo Qi's tombstone still exists in the Huo family cemetery.

As soon as the third prince's voice fell, the emperor frowned.

Huo Qi smiled slightly,

"Your Highness, don't worry, I haven't finished my words yet, the criminals just want everyone to know what happened back then."

"Your Highness wants to condemn me, and you must let me finish speaking."

"Are you in such a hurry to condemn me because of a weak heart?"

"Are you so afraid that everyone will know about what happened back then?"

Huo Qi approached step by step, and the third prince retreated step by step, only to hear Huo Qi raise his voice,

"When my brother was forced by you, he had to send troops to chase and defeat Kou, and the soldiers were divided into three ways, one from the rear to outflank, and the other to wait outside, just in case.

In the end, he followed his brother all the way into the valley to pursue. ”

"But after entering the valley, I found that the other party was defeated, and it was clearly the whole army, with 200,000!"

"Your Highness! You said that the army was divided into three ways, why was the whole army wiped out in the end? ”

Huo Qi's voice suddenly changed from loud to soft, "Your Highness, you say, why?" ”

How do I know this? The third prince leaned back, trying to avoid Huo Qi's sharp gaze.

Huo Qi retracted his gaze and stroked the spirit card in his hand, "It doesn't matter if you don't know, I'll tell you!" ”

"I was deceived into the valley, whether it was the road that was outflanked in the rear or the way I stayed behind, I was deceived into the valley."

"Because someone went to send a message to the two people, saying that my brother asked them to go to support!"

"They don't know, it's not support, it's going to die, and in the end, all the Huo family troops were buried in that valley!"

Huo Qi said calmly.

He needed to work hard to grasp the spirit card in order to restrain the churning in his heart, so that he did not pinch the person in front of him to death.

With a slightly trembling hand, he grabbed the collar of the third prince,

"The person sent to report the news was sent by His Highness, I am not wrong, that person was almost killed by you, but you don't know, he escaped!"

"Later, it fell into my hands. Shall I bring that man with me? ”

"Honorable Royal Highness the Third Prince!"

Huo Qi said honorifics in his mouth, but his tone was as cold as ice, but the movements in his hands were not gentle at all.

No one went up to stop such a disrespectful action, even the emperor on the dragon chair just looked at it coldly.

In the main hall, everyone was shocked!

Including the Emperor!

Back then, he convicted the Huo family so quickly, he only thought that it was the third prince's failure to make decisions, which led to the collapse of the Huo family's army.

But he never expected that all this would have such a reason.

It's just a conspiracy, a big conspiracy!

For the sake of military power, sit down in such a bureau, regardless of the safety of the people and the comfort of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty!

Fornication with the Northern Barbarians, using fine work!

Yes, it's really good! This is his child, the child he has worked so hard to protect.

For the sake of his own selfishness, he has done it to such an extent!

The emperor only felt that there was darkness in front of him, but there was only a beam of light shining on the young Huo Zheng's faceplate, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the soldiers guard the country, and the ministers will definitely help you take care of the country!" ”

changed again, it was the middle-aged Huo Zheng, who went back to Beijing to meet him, his face was covered with wind and frost, but the only thing that remained unchanged was perseverance and that heart.

What he said before leaving, it was still the same sentence, he would guard the country.

With a "poof", a mouthful of blood spurted out of the emperor's mouth, staining the ground in front of the dragon chair red.

"Your Majesty......" Cui Hai pounced, trying to support the emperor.

The emperor waved his hand, pushed Cui Hai away, and shouted,

"Rebel ......"

Huo Qi smiled, looking indifferently at the blood on the ground in front of the dragon chair, he said softly,

"Your Majesty, do you think this is the final? No! ”

"Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Third Prince, where were you when the Huo family was surrounded and suppressed by the Northern Barbarians? Where are you! ”

The third prince had a white face, knelt on the ground, and said loudly,

"Father, this is purely Huo Qi's revenge, this is clearly out of nowhere, this case has obviously been decided."

"He's not Huo Qi, Huo Qi is dead!"

"This must be the prince's conspiracy, it's the prince's conspiracy, father!"

"I didn't do anything, I didn't make any contributions, I didn't deceive, it wasn't me, what does it have to do with me!"

"Huo Qi, your Huo family will be defeated if it is defeated, why don't you dare to admit it?"

"Say, are you sent by the prince to attack me?"

The third prince roared angrily, roaring, and pointed at Huo Qi, his face was crazy.

Huo Qi stuffed Huo Zheng's spirit card into the placket of his clothes, sorted it out, and then slowly squatted beside the third prince and stared at him,

"You said you didn't do anything, did you?"

"Then I'll remind you what you were doing at that time!"

He clapped his palms, stood up, and stood on the high steps with his hands in his hands, looking at the ministers below.

"Do you know where the third prince was at that time?"

He said word by word, "He was watching from the mountain!" ”

"Look at the slaughter under the mountain, look at the people of the Northern Barbarians, and slaughter the soldiers of the Eastern Yuan!"

He slowly grabbed his body, looked at the third prince, slammed the ground, bent down, grabbed the third prince, and lifted him up like a chicken.

"Your Highness, you didn't do anything, indeed."

"You're just like a beast, watching from the mountains, how have you managed to sleep peacefully all these years?"

"How did you manage to have a good conscience?"

"Are you still a human being?"

"I want to stab you at the moment and watch you bleed to death, I can say that I didn't do anything!"

His mouth was full of sarcasm, "yes, I didn't do anything. ”

After speaking, as soon as his hand was released, the third prince fell to the ground like a rag, with a 'bang'.

"I'm not going to do that, how about just stabbing you? Even if it is a thousand cuts, it is not enough for you to repay the lives of those 100,000 soldiers. ”