In the Prime Minister's Mansion of Chang'an City.

Yang Fu, Jiang Yin, Yan Xing, Zhao Ang and others hurried through the courtyard, and soon came to the door of the secret room where Zhang Ning was, but when they saw the situation in the house, they stopped together, but they didn't know whether to go in or not.

I saw that in the house, Ma Teng was lying in Zhang Ning's arms wearing a fur coat that looked like a hunter, his eyes were closed, his face was pale, and his head was resting on Zhang Ning's chest, as if he was resting.

Zhang Ning lowered his head, one hand caressed between the ends of Ma Teng's hair, and the other hand was placed on Ma Teng's chest. In front of them, there were two wine glasses, and there was no longer any wine in them.

Perhaps hearing footsteps, or feeling the gaze of Yang Fu and others, Zhang Ning slowly raised his head. Suddenly, everyone saw the tears on Zhang Ning's face that had not yet dried up.

"Subordinates should be damned...... For a moment, Yang Fu and the others all knelt down in horror and pleaded guilty. At the same time, their foreheads and backs were covered with sweat, and their bodies were constantly shaking.

"Go out and talk, don't disturb Shoucheng." Zhang Ning's words came into everyone's ears lightly, and then Zhang Ning was seen gently lifting Ma Teng's head and moving it aside to put it down. Then he stood up and walked towards the council chamber. Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but glance at Ma Teng's side, and then hurriedly followed.

In a short time the people sat down in the chamber, but no one spoke. They kept their heads down, their minds still hovering over the scene they had just seen, and it was obvious that the impact of that scene on them was too great. Because they could all tell that Ma Teng was dead.

Seeing this, Zhang Ning's somewhat pale face showed a smile that didn't show the slightest smile, "You don't have to guess, Shou Cheng has indeed left, he took the initiative to bring it up." Speaking of this, Zhang Ning couldn't help but sigh, and then said again, "As for the rest, you don't need to ask, and you don't need to know." From this day forward, all you have to do is obey my commands. ”

"Xiaguan/disciple swears allegiance to Meiyang-kun!" Hearing this, everyone hurriedly opened their mouths to express their loyalty. Then he sat and looked at Zhang Ning without squinting, for fear of arousing Zhang Ning's suspicion.

Seeing this, Zhang Ning smiled, then looked at Jiang Jian and asked, "Have Jia Xu and their clansmen already caught?" ”

"Hui Meiyangjun, they have all been captured, but ......" Jiang Jian hesitated for a moment, then looked at Zhang Ning cautiously and said, "But Jia Xu and Zhong Xuan's wives and children were impersonated by others, and after interrogation, they were ...... But earlier, the two looked for an opportunity to move them elsewhere. As for what it was, those people didn't know. ”

In just a few words, Jiang Yin was sweating profusely, and his body trembled slightly, as if he was afraid that Zhang Ning would blame himself for this. Although he was Zhang Ning's disciple, how could he not panic when he saw that scene just now?

"Alas......" A sigh came, which immediately made Jiang Jian fall to the ground in fright and shouted, "The disciple deserves death...... The disciple deserves death......"

"Alright, get up, when did I say I blame you?" Seeing this, Zhang Ning shook her head and sighed, but she didn't mean to comfort Jiang Yin, but directly changed the topic, "Pass the order, detain these people, and behead them in the square early tomorrow morning!" ”

"No!" Hearing Zhang Ning's words, Jiang Jian hurriedly replied in a loud voice.

"And from among these, all the young women were singled out, and the beautiful ones were reduced to slaves, and they were given special guards to those who were meritorious. As for the others...... Just be a military prostitute, so that the soldiers will not always go to the people. Zhang Ning said in a flat tone.

"No!" Jiang Jian replied in a loud voice again.

Nodding, Zhang Ning turned his head to look at Yin Feng again and asked, "What happened to those scholars?" ”

"Mrs. Hui, not long ago, the disciple had already led people to control them all, and the rebels among them had already killed them on the spot, this is the list." Yin Feng said, took out a scroll of Jian Ce from his arms and presented it, then glanced at Zhang Ning, and cautiously said again, "In addition, there are some scholars who want to see Meiyangjun......

"Hehe, do you want to ask to see me? I guess it's that group of sycophants, right? Zhang Ning sneered while looking at the list, and after a while, he saw her put the scroll of Jian Ce aside, looked at Yin Feng and said in a deep voice, "The families of these rebels will follow the method I told Zhong Yi just now." In addition, all the belongings that were stolen from their homes were moved into the storehouse, and if anyone dared to steal them......"

Hearing the murderous aura revealed in Zhang Ning's tone, Yin Feng hurriedly said, "Please rest assured, Meiyangjun, if you are missing any property, the disciple will come to see you!" ”

"Hmm......" Zhang Ning nodded, and then said to Yin Feng, "As for these people who want to ask to see me...... Let's talk about it tomorrow. ”

"No!"

Subsequently, Zhang Ning asked Yang Fu and others about some things, especially Yan Xing, because after Huang Si and Ma Chao left respectively, it was he who led the army to deal with the affairs in the imperial city.

"Meiyang Jun, the rebellion in the imperial city has been completely put down, the number of rebels is 3,412, 2,960 people have been captured, and the rest have been killed." Yan Xing reported respectfully.

"It's less than I thought...... It seems that Meng Qi's prestige in the Tiger Ben Army is still quite high......" Zhang Ning muttered to himself softly when he heard this.

"In addition, when the imperial city was in chaos, those rebels took the opportunity to loot the palaces everywhere, and there were many palace maids and even concubines......" Yan Xing stopped here and looked at Zhang Ning with a hesitant expression.

However, although Yan Xing did not finish speaking, Zhang Ning obviously guessed the fate of these palace maids and concubines. "Bring those rebels to the square tomorrow and behead them for public display." Zhang Ning shook his head and said, then suddenly remembered something, and asked again, "What about Tang Ning?" ”

"Back to Meiyangjun, Princess Hongnong is dead, and she ......committed suicide by taking poison," Yan Xing said at the end, his tone became hesitant, and at the same time cautiously peeked at Zhang Ning.

And Zhang Ning didn't seem to feel Yan Xing's abnormality, but just asked to himself, "Haven't you been defiled?" ”

"Nope! When the lower officials arrived, dozens of soldiers were already guarding them, and it was said that it was General Huang's order. Yan Xing hurriedly replied.

"Well, that's good. You wait and bring someone to move the body of that Tangning to the mansion, and wait until the day of Shoucheng's burial, and bury them together. Zhang Ning suddenly sighed when he said this, "Although everything is just a trick of the little emperor and the scholars, but come to think of it, Tang Ning also has a certain place in his heart, let her serve Shoucheng well below and make up for her sins." ”

"By the way, select all the young and beautiful virgins among those concubines and palace maids, and let them go down to serve Shoucheng together when Shoucheng is buried." Zhang Ning sighed sadly, "Over the years, I owe Shoucheng too much......

"No."

After a long while, Zhang Ning recovered from his sadness, and gave various orders again, at this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and after a while, he saw Huang Si walking in quickly, and at the same time, four other soldiers escorted two men who were tied up by five flowers to follow closely behind.

"Meiyangjun, the traitor Guo Yan and his son Guo An are here! All his generals surrendered. Huang Si knelt down on one knee and said respectfully. And Guo Yan's father and son were forced to kneel on the ground under the pressure of the soldiers.

Looking at the grizzled Guo Yan, Zhang Ning shook his head and sighed, "General Guo, do you have anything else to say?" ”

"Phew! My Guo Yuhong is a big husband who stands up to the sky! How can you obey a woman?! Besides, you demon woman killed Dong Gong, and you have always been suspicious of me......" Guo Yan heard this, and immediately scolded.

"How dare a thief bark here?!" Hearing Guo Yan's words, Yan Xing and the others immediately got up and glared at Guo Yan, if they hadn't received Zhang Ning's order, I'm afraid they would have rushed over and chopped Guo Yan's father and son into meat sauce, right?

It's just that Zhang Ning didn't seem to be a little annoyed by Guo Yan's insults, she just shook her head and sighed, "Pull it out and imprison it, and tomorrow morning, together with the rest of the rebels, behead it for public display." ”

"No!"

Hearing this, Guo Yan wanted to scold again, but the soldiers behind him had already quickly blocked his mouth. Although Zhang Ning didn't get angry just now, how could they dare to let Guo Yan continue to abuse at will? And even if Zhang Ning doesn't blame them, what if Huang Si makes trouble for them after they go back?

And Guo An on the side obviously didn't see death as if he were at home, and he was already fainting with fright.

After the two of them were taken down, Huang Si said with some shame, "Meiyangjun, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun under the command of Li Thief have returned to Changling and Baling respectively, but Guan Yu also sent about 100 cavalry to the southeast of the capital division to constantly search for something, although Xia Guan sent troops to pursue, but they did not fight with our army at all......

"Forget it, leave them alone. If the little emperor really planned to flee to Li Yi's territory, he would have arrived at this time. Zhang Ning waved his hand and said lightly, it sounded like he didn't care about the whereabouts of the little emperor at all.

While he was talking, there was another sound of footsteps, and everyone followed the sound, but it was Wang Yi.

"Hehe, Junqi, you're finally back, what about Meng Qi?" Seeing Wang Yi, Zhang Ning's face finally showed a gentle smile.

"The Major General is just outside." Hearing this, Wang glanced at the people next to him, and said in a meaningful tone.

Hearing this, Zhang Ning nodded, and then said to everyone, "You guys go down." After speaking, he smiled at Wang Yi and said, "Jun Qi, let Meng Qi bring the little emperor to the secret room." ”

"No!" Hearing this, everyone responded in unison. Especially Yang Fu and the others, they had been panicking in their hearts, and when they heard Zhang Ning's words, they hurriedly got up and left. However, when they left, they did not go directly out of the courtyard to the house, but went around the corridor before leaving.

At the same time, Ma Chao over there also came to the secret room with Wang Yi, and suddenly, he saw Ma Teng's body.

"Mother, this ......" Ma Chao looked at Zhang Ning in a panic, wanting to ask, but he didn't know how to speak.

"Shou Cheng is gone." Zhang Ning shook his head and sighed, and then explained the matter to Ma Chao.

It turned out that Ma Teng was ready to commit suicide as early as the moment of defeat, but there was still a doubt in his heart. And after talking to Zhang Ning, he took out the poison that had been prepared a long time ago and put it in the wine. Although Zhang Ning persuaded him, Ma Teng still drank the poisoned wine firmly.

"Madam, it is impossible for us to go back to the beginning, and if I survive, sooner or later I will want to regain my power...... And I really don't know how to get along with Meng Qi......"

"That's what Shou Cheng said to me, alas...... It's all my fault, if it weren't for the fact that I hadn't noticed the changes in Shoucheng......" After Zhang Ning finished speaking, he stroked Ma Teng's face and sighed.

"Mother, ......" Ma Chao looked at Zhang Ning sadly when he heard this, and he had a thousand words in his heart, but he didn't know what to say when the words came to his lips. At this moment, he felt a pair of tender little hands grasp his hand, and when he turned his head to look, it was Wang Yi.

Seeing her gentle, firm, and loving gaze, the pain in Ma Chao's heart eased slightly, and then said to Zhang Ning, "Mother, please mourn, the child believes that the father will not want to see the mother so sad." ”

"Hmm......" Zhang Ning looked at Ma Teng's face and nodded, and then asked about the little emperor. After listening, Zhang Ning fell silent again.

Seeing this, Ma Chao hurriedly knelt on the ground and said ashamedly, "The child is incompetent, please punish the mother!" ”

"Master, no matter what happened to the young general, he was a disciple, and he was delayed because he took the wrong road......" Seeing this, Wang Yi hurriedly knelt down and said a lie that no one believed.

"Okay, I don't blame you, get up." Zhang Ning showed a reluctant smile and said, "Bring in the corpses of Fushou and the little emperor and let me take a look." ”

Hearing this, Ma Chao hurriedly brought Liu Xie's body and Fu Shou in. Then, I saw Zhang Ning walking next to Liu Xie and looking at it, and suddenly chuckled and said, "Hehe, speaking of which, the little emperor is also quite pitiful......"

Listening to Zhang Ning's words without the slightest smile, Ma Chao and Wang Yi didn't dare to say anything, just stood aside and waited.

Then, Zhang Ning turned his head to look at Fu Shou again, at this time, the Han queen's eyes were blank and her face was expressionless, like a walking corpse. Obviously, the fact that Fu Wan, Liu Xie's death, and even Liu Xie's escape made the fifteen-year-old queen feel greatly stimulated.

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Ning suddenly asked, "What about the people who know about this?" ”

"It's all gone." Ma Chao hurriedly said when he heard this.

"Well, that's easy, find a place to bury the body of the little emperor, and then find a ...... with a similar body shape" Speaking of this, Zhang Ning suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, "Forget it, no one will know anyway." That's it, when the time comes, I will say to the outside world that the little emperor has returned, and at the same time, Meng Qi, you will personally bring people to guard the palace where he originally lived, and no one is allowed to enter except me and Jun Qi. ”

"No!"

"As for this queen~" Zhang Ning looked at Fu Shou, who was glazed-eyed, and suddenly turned his head to look at Ma Chao with a strange smile in his eyes, "Meng Qi, shouldn't you and Junqi have a child?" ”