At this time, Yanjing City, which was shrouded in darkness, was filled with an atmosphere of tension and unease.

In a secluded hut in the Tang Palace, Xiang Hua sat on the top with a big golden sword, and next to him stood a tall and honest man from the North.

Under the dim light, Xiang Hua sat quietly for a long time, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief before he spoke: "Third son, is everything ready?" ”

"Sir, everything is in order, just waiting for your orders." After listening to Xianghua's question, the third son replied immediately.

After hesitating for a moment, the third son said again: "It's just that, manager, I'm worried that Zheng Yi, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, is afraid that he will make a false shot, and he will leave the capital openly, but secretly sneak back to Yanjing, Zheng Yi is a difficult person to deal with!" ”

Xiang Hua listened, but smiled, and then said: "It's okay, this is expected, do you think that Your Majesty will abolish the trump card in his hand at this critical moment?" That's just for those who have a heart, Your Majesty doesn't want to wait any longer, this is just a bait released, and those who wish to take the bait, in my opinion, now Zheng Yi is already on his way back to Yanjing. Xiang Hua said confidently.

"Then, wouldn't we ......," the third son said worriedly.

"It's okay," Xiang Hua interrupted him, and then continued: "The Jinyi Guard commanded by Zheng Yi naturally has someone to attract their attention, and it can't affect us, besides, Zheng Yi can really return to Yanjing like that, not necessarily!" A strange smile flashed across Xiang Hua's face.

When the third son saw it, he immediately understood that his manager was afraid that he had other arrangements, so he hesitated for a moment before he said, "Boss, is this really good?" The brothers below have already resigned, the first emperor has passed away, is it necessary for us to do this? Besides, His Majesty is also the heir of the first emperor, and if we do this, I am afraid that some of the gains outweigh the losses, and the people below are a little unable to figure it out. The more he talked, the quieter Sanzi's voice became.

Xiang Hua listened, but he was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Third son, these words, not only do the people below want to ask this, but they are also what you say in your heart." ”

When the third son heard this, he was immediately anxious, and he just wanted to explain.

Xiang Hua saw it, but then said: "There is no need to explain, I understand in my heart that the first emperor collapsed, and now His Majesty has ascended the throne as the emperor, and is the heir of the first emperor and the great cadre, and an organization like ours should indeed be handed over to His Majesty today, but we people are lurking in the shadows like hamsters, for what, for the former emperor's entrustment, in order to repay the kindness of the first emperor, and now the final closing stage, how can I stop?" You go down to convey my meaning, to be a man must have a beginning and an end, this is the creed of our Northland people, and also tell the people below that after this incident, I will give them a proper arrangement. Xiang Hua said extremely seriously.

When the third son heard this, his eyes were a little red, and he said with a little choked up: "Boss, you don't have to be like this, we are just ......"

"I know what you want to say, but I have made up my mind, you don't have to persuade anymore, the first emperor gave me the grace of knowing and the creed of my life, I should repay it with my body, and in this world, who can direct me?" Xiang Hua said proudly, but his tone was extremely calm.

After a pause, he said again: "You go down and prepare, I want to be quiet." He commanded calmly.

"No!" The third son said simply and concisely, and bowed respectfully to Xiang Hua, and secretly retreated.

Looking at the back of the third son, Xiang Hua sighed for a long time, and then said to himself: "First emperor, the old slave is still too soft-hearted after all, but after all, it was all promoted by the old slave, brother, don't blame the old slave for the first emperor." It's almost time, the old slave is about to see you, you probably can't imagine that the Nine Emperors who you dislike all your life have ascended the throne of Daqian, and let Liu Jian's guy suffer a lot of secret losses, it's really happy......"

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Outside Yanjing City, about thirty or forty miles, Xiaogu Village, a small village located on Xiaogu Mountain, is stuck on the shortcut to Yanjing, through this small village, a horse and a flat river, two hours can go directly to the capital.

A bright moon hung high in the sky, a cold wind blew, and a few wild beasts were heard from time to time in the mountains and forests in the distance, and this lonely mountain village was even more lonely.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, breaking the silence of this small mountain village, it turned out that this was Zheng Yi and his party were returning to Yanjing in a hurry, only to see a dozen horses riding in the distance, all of them were dressed in plain clothes in black, each with a tall horse, Zheng Yi was surrounded by a group of people in the middle.

The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and in a blink of an eye, they arrived at the entrance of the village, and suddenly stopped, Zheng Yi looked at the lonely village in front of him, and said: "Why stop, don't stop, go directly through the village, and rush back to Yanjing as soon as possible." Zheng Yi commanded calmly.

As soon as the words fell, a knight saluted Zheng and his party respectfully on the horse, and immediately said: "Lord Commander, according to your subordinates, this small lonely village is so quiet, I am afraid that there is an ambush, for the sake of safety, let's take a detour." ”

When Zheng Yi heard this, he glared at him, and then said: "This general is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the Son of Heaven Eagle Dog, in this Yanjing realm, there are still people who dare to ambush me, it's just an old birthday star who eats arsenic, and he is impatient, so don't worry about this." It is only important that we get through the village as soon as possible and get to Yenching as soon as possible. Zheng Yi said arrogantly.

"But, my lord, it's better to be careful, we ......" The knight listened to Zheng Yi's words, but persuaded again.

"There's nothing," the knight was interrupted by Zheng Yi before he could finish speaking, and he then scolded loudly: "Don't even listen to me, how can some young people want my Zheng Yi's life, don't care, let's go directly through the village and rush back to Yanjing as soon as possible." Zheng Yi said regardless of it.

After speaking, he beat his horse forward, and when everyone saw it, they had to beat their horses to follow, and suddenly surrounded Zheng Yi in the middle.

The moon is fuller, the night is quieter, under the moonlight, Zheng Yi and his party lowered the speed of their horses, and went straight to the village, everyone became vigilant, while riding forward, they all opened their eyes wide, pricked up their ears, and were vigilant about everything around.

In a blink of an eye, the group passed through the small lonely village, and when they arrived at the other exit of the village, everyone relaxed, thinking that they were too sensitive, but Zheng Yi was full of seriousness, and his right hand held the handle of the knife tightly.

Sure enough, as soon as Zheng Yiyi and his party left the entrance of the village, they immediately saw about two hundred horsemen in front of the small flat at the entrance of the village, all riding horses, all dressed in black, all with black skull masks, in front of them, but they were standing in the forefront.

Obviously, this group of people is waiting for the rabbit and has been waiting for Zheng Yiyi and his party for a long time.

When Zheng Yi and his party saw it, they all drew out their swords and were vigilant against each other, but everyone's faces were not very good, but Zheng Yi put down the handle of the knife in his hand and silently observed the other party, and the scene was quiet for a while.

At this time, a rider who was directly in front of him was the first to speak: "Zheng Yi, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the Son of Heaven Eagle Dog, has admired the name for a long time, it has been three years, and I finally met you again, but I didn't expect that it was you who were surrounded this time, it was really a creation and a trick, hahahaha!" ”

"It's you, Li Ye, I didn't expect you to die, it's really unexpected, you bad people really can't kill endlessly, you still dare to come out to find death, and you still want to rob and kill this commander, I really don't know how thick the sky is." Zheng Yi said arrogantly, although he was the one who was surrounded, but his momentum was not revealed at all.

When Li Ye heard this, he immediately laughed, and then continued: "Zheng Yi, you are still stubborn when you are dying, and now you can't go to heaven, there is no way to enter the earth, and you are surrounded by us, where else can you escape?" Go to your own hands as soon as possible, and you can still have a life, otherwise this is the place where your bones are buried. ”

Zheng Yi heard this, but said loudly with a smile: "This commander has been crawling and rolling on this dark line for more than 20 years, why is there no preparation, you think that with this little person, you can get back the head of the neck, it's really a joke." Zheng Yi still said calmly, but the dozen or so people around him were nervous.

Li Ye saw it, but he didn't care, but said: "Do you think that we bad people are vegetarians, and there is no movement in Yanjing's Jinyi Guard, where do you transfer manpower from, I, Li Ye, am not scared, do you descend or not?" Li Ye said arrogantly.

"Haha, this commander is an eagle dog of the Son of Heaven, loyal to Daqian, loyal to Your Majesty, unswervingly, let the horse come over, let us see the real trick under our hands." Zheng Yi still said calmly.

Li Ye listened, but he was not annoyed, he already knew the result, he just gave it a try.

So, he went on to say: "Okay, let you die today without a place to be buried, go on, kill Zheng Yi!" He took out his saber and pointed at Zheng Yi fiercely, and suddenly the knights behind him pulled out their sabers one after another, and without saying a word, they killed Zheng Yi and his party.

When Zheng Yi's subordinates saw it, they all drew their swords and prepared to scream forward to buy Zheng Yi time to escape.

Zheng Yi looked at the knight who was killing in the distance, and said calmly: "Retreat!" ”

After saying that, the horses retreated towards the village, and when the others saw it, they were puzzled, but they still obeyed the order and retreated.

At this time, there was a sudden "whooshing" sound in the sky, this is a large military bed crossbow, Zheng Yi looked back at the horse, the knights who were killed from a distance were nailed to the ground by crossbow arrows, and many horses were no exception, just nailed to the ground like that, and suddenly there was a sound of pain and neighing of horses.

At this time, hundreds of cavalrymen wearing black armor and riding horses surrounded Zheng Yiyi and his party in the middle. ”

The person who looked like a lieutenant rode on his horse and saluted Zheng Yixing, and then said: "General Zheng, our general is in front, and he is preparing to surround and kill the fish that slipped through the net!" ”

Zheng Yi listened and nodded at him.

At this moment, a sound in the sky was heard.

Zheng Yicai ordered: "Let's go to the front and have a look!" ”