However, after more than half a year's effort, Xu Houcong, who was in the prime of life, looked haggard and lost a lot of weight. He was originally popular, but when there was a big problem in the ceremony of establishing the crown prince, he stood on the opposite side of the Northern Yan Emperor, who had always reused him. But even so, he still can't be underestimated with the forbidden army in his hands, but who would have thought that his own relatives, children and disciples would all betray him!

When the news came, the most angry person was not others, but himself!

For this reason, Xu Houcong spent countless efforts, groveling, and conspiring, and finally overcame the desperate situation that almost knocked him into the bottomless abyss, but he also paid a huge price. Now, although he is still a Korean princess, and even the unaccounted for concubine of the harem of the Northern Yan Emperor is also included in the room, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is soaring and prosperous, and the blessings are boundless, but only he knows the suffering.

He didn't dare to linger in the gentle countryside of the two women, he usually didn't say anything, and occasionally went back to his room alone after a spring breeze, because he was worried that he would say things that he shouldn't say in his sleep, and he was even more worried that he would be plotted against when he was asleep. But even if he sleeps alone, he can never really sleep for more than three hours every night, and sometimes he even loses sleep all night.

In order to maintain the maximum capital of his life, Xu Houcong did not dare to abandon his archery skills, and he must get up early every day to practice riding and archery. Although he had built a certain prestige among the group of guards who had managed to win over him, it was a great burden on his body, and at this moment, when he faced the thousands of soldiers and civilians, he couldn't help but feel dizzy in his mind.

Thinking of the thing he originally planned to do, at this moment, even if Xu Houcong was unwilling, he had to brace himself to face the situation that was turning the world upside down at this moment.

If you want to talk about safety, Shangjing City, which has undergone a purge, is naturally safer than this Nanjing, but the person in charge of Shangjing is Xiao Qingqing, the county lord of Huoshan under the banner of Xiao Lele, the empress of civil and martial arts, and the father-in-law of the six princes, the king of Huai'an County, and other major magnates are also ghostly, and he is just hanging an empty name, so as soon as Qi Xuan, who stayed in Nanjing, found him, he was moved.

Knowing that this rebellious guy stayed in Shangjing, he would definitely be the enemy, so he tried his best to persuade the six princes who also didn't want to be puppets, and came out under the banner of the royal conquest - of course, he had set up suspicions in advance, used safaris as an excuse, and said that he had mobilized a group of princes and nobles who were also at odds with those old nobles in Shangjing, so he only brought more than a thousand people to this Nanjing City.

When he found that no one was chasing after him in the capital, he judged that Xiao Qingqing had reached a consensus with those powerful people, and acquiesced in the independent action of the six princes.

As soon as a group of people arrived, they found that Qi Xuan, the person who stayed behind in Nanjing, was weak and deceitful, and he opened his bloody mouth like a wolf to seize control of Nanjing City.

Especially when Qi Xuan chose to retreat step by step in every confrontation, everyone, including Xu Houcong, felt that the other party was not to be afraid. And even Xu Houcong himself was still wary of his former allies, but seeing that Qi Xuan was ready to vacate the two deputy positions, he relaxed his vigilance and focused on Xiao Jingxian, who was more difficult to deal with.

The excuse of meeting with Xiao Jing first to talk about surrendering and returning to Southern Wu was a deliberate move.

But now that the appointed time has arrived, Xu Houcong has no way to get out to see Xiao Jingxian. Thinking that he had missed the best opportunity to capture the demon king alive, he was naturally aggrieved. When the horse crossed a group of guards who were like a great enemy, and really faced the black and oppressive soldiers and civilians, he was even more born with a deep killing intent.

He naturally didn't believe that it was just because of the death of a deputy left-behind guard that angered the army and the people, so that so many people spontaneously came to the palace to plead - he had not seen Qing officials in his life, but as long as they offended the wealthy and powerful families, most of them would end up miserable, and even if the people were heartbroken and shed tears, they would not have the courage to resist the court because of this.

Therefore, Xu Houcong quietly glanced at the officers and soldiers scattered around, and then stared at the people in the middle who were obviously ordinary people for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Xu Houcong, the general of this official, is in charge of the forbidden army by the emperor's order. Last night, Deputy Qin was killed, and the emperor already knew about it and was preparing to investigate it thoroughly......"

Those people who originally felt that they were full of spirit and gathered here did not dare to interrupt Xu Houcong's words easily, but those officers and soldiers would not be so honest. As soon as Xu Houcong's words fell, some people had already refuted them angrily.

"What a thorough investigation! It seems that the street is pulling a net to investigate, but the top has already passed down the order, saying that it is the emperor's will, only to check the civilians, and those powerful families who accompanied Nanjing this time, but anyone who touches the edge is not allowed to be alarmed, even a house slave is nobler than us, this is a joke! ”

"That's right, ordinary soldiers and civilians, who would collude with Xiao Jingxian! Only those insatiable, despicable and shameless officials will collude with Xiao Jingxian to plot their own glory and wealth! ”

"If you want to check, check it together! Otherwise, if one Deputy Qin stays behind today, more people will die next time! Or is it that those of you who come out of the capital are considered people, and we people in Nanjing City can't be bullied! ”

When the two middle-aged officers spoke loudly, Xu Houcong saw that the crowd was furious for a while, and the voices of protest came one after another, and even the people who seemed to be cowering at first, many people joined the noisy team.

Until this moment, he was still holding a little luck just now, thinking that he could suppress the situation, and he finally understood that the step-by-step retreat of Qi Xuan, who was left behind in Nanjing, was not to compromise and seek perfection, but to retreat as advance, and the last blow was fatal!

He didn't care about Xiao Jingxian's affairs anymore, so he shouted loudly until the crowd finally quieted down, and then he shouted in a deep voice: "The emperor has pitied Lord Qin's unjust death before, and he has already said in advance that Lord Qi will personally lead the investigation of Lord Qin's death in Nanjing, and now Nanjing City has been allowed to enter and not leave, and the murderer will definitely not be able to escape!" Your voice, I will naturally convey it to the emperor. But so many of you gathered here, and those who don't know still think it's a rebellion, have you thought about the consequences? ”

When the six princes sent him out before, he said in advance, he couldn't give in because of the large number of people outside, if he could, it was best to kill one or two troublesome leaders Liwei, although Xu Houcong had to agree hard, but he scoffed in his heart.

It's easy to kill and it's hard to end, once you kill people casually, aren't you afraid that the rest of the crowd will be angry and fake the show?

But now, he had to take out this last weight, hoping to scare people with the word rebellion.

Xu Houcong didn't expect to scare those soldiers, but he hoped that the ordinary people who were stupidly involved in this matter would wake up. As long as these people back down, then he can at least have any hope of taking control. However, among the ant people he thought he could at least frighten, there was a sneer of disdain.

"General Xu himself started by rebellion, and now he still plans to beat us into traitors who can't turn over? You are obviously shielding those dog officials who followed the emperor to Nanjing to be powerful! What merits do they have to Dayan, when they first arrived, they turned Nanjing City into a miasma, and even crowded out the mansions of Nanjing officials, what are they! ”

Yue Qianqiu didn't expect that Xiao Jingxian was not satisfied with being the mastermind behind the scenes, and actually came forward to confront Xu Houcong in person. Although the tone and tone are completely different from Xiao Jingxian in the past, Xu Houcong is not as good as others, he can bend and stretch, and at the same time he is cunning and wise, what if people can associate it?

Just as he was sweating, he only heard Xu Houcong shout loudly: "Come on, take down this guy who sow discord in broad daylight for interrogation!" ”

Yue Qianqiu couldn't help but secretly scolded Xiao Jing for causing trouble first, but the next moment, he saw that this guy next to him saw a group of guards coming forward, and instead of reining or retreating, he shouted: "I am the family of Deputy Sui of Nanjing!" Last night, Deputy Qin was left behind and killed, will it be my family's Deputy Sui's turn to stay behind? Let's think about it, since these people in Beijing followed the emperor to Nanjing, from Nanjing City to the entire Nanjing Road, what kind of miasma has become? ”

"Since the emperor let such a capricious traitor as General Xu come to see us and refused to accept our request, then we have to rely on ourselves! Let's go to those dog officials who will only collude with Xiao Jingxian and only bully their own people to seek justice! ”

I have never seen such a brazen person who scolds himself without changing his face and heartbeat......

Yue Qianqiu's thought once again occupied his mind, and then he found that there were many echoes around him, most of them were from the army, and they were all shouting to kill those dog officials! Although Xiao Jingxian easily entered Yongqing, and Xiao Jin, who guarded Yongqing, was like Xiao Jingxian's guard, he didn't believe that Xiao Jingxian also had so many fans in Nanjing City, and was more inclined to think that except for a few internal ghosts, the others followed the instructions of Qi Xuan, who stayed in Nanjing.

Sure enough, as the sound of the echo surged around the crowd like a tide, the guards who had come up from Xu Houcong's order all hurried back to their original places without thinking. And the sergeants who had just gathered from all directions and surrounded the people who were originally provoking trouble once again showed a very high level of cooperation at this time.

Because Yue Qianqiu saw the front army and the rear team, he was involuntarily coerced by someone to turn around and go in the opposite direction to the palace. At this moment, he looked around again, and there was not a single one of the ordinary people who were still a little cowering and remorseful at first, but instead there were excited faces.

Obviously, the people who found that the army had the same hatred as themselves, and now they were about to overthrow it were those princes and nobles who could not live forever after coming to Nanjing, and the hearts of these ordinary people were full of happiness.

Hidden in the crowd and inconspicuous, Yue Qianqiu didn't want to make a movement that was too easy to attract attention, so of course, he couldn't see Xu Houcong's iron-blue face that seemed to be rusty, nor could he see Xu Houcong's fist that was almost bursting, let alone a word that his squirming lips were about to shout.

And the killing word that has reached his mouth, Xu Houcong didn't shout it out at all. What did he do against this crowd of at least more than 2,000 people, including more than 1,500 officers and soldiers?

He knew very well that there were only more than 1,000 people around the Six Princes, most of whom were forbidden troops, and a small part were guards, and because of the lack of security, most of the time the Six Princes would ensure that they had more than 800 people around them. It was only when I went to visit Xie Xiaoxiao last night that the light car Jian Cong only brought those dozens of guards. But because of this, I heard early this morning that Tianfeng Xing had died, and the emotions of the six princes were almost out of control, and when they heard that the army and civilians were besieging the palace, they were almost distracted.

That's why he was ordered to kill people!

But at this time, if he can't keep calm, if he orders those guards to kill some kind of rebel party, then maybe these rebel soldiers and civilians who are now attacking those princes and nobles will directly attack the palace! What's more, he can be said to be purely relying on the trust of the six princes in him, so he barely put his head around the necks of those guards, but look at these guards now......

Seeing the thousands of people hula and leave, the faces of these guards were not only angry and dissatisfied, but also relieved!

When the confrontation in front of the palace was reported by a close servant Liang Wu'er, the sixth prince was shocked and angry, and smashed a glass cup that he originally had on hand to the ground. However, when a few newly selected maids who remained in the room knelt on the ground in panic, Liang Wu'er changed to a smiling face.

"Don't be angry, the emperor didn't get angry first, this happened really suddenly today, but to be honest, it is beneficial to the emperor."

"Tell me, what is the right and harmless law?"

Glancing at the face of the sixth prince, seeing that he had eased his anger a little, but still frowning, Liang Wu'er drank those maids away with a fake sound, and then lowered his voice and said, "Does the emperor really trust those princes and nobles who came out with us?" When I took them on a safari, I was trying to fool the capital. Now, with the help of these troublemakers and civilians, all those who get in the way are removed, isn't there no restraint at all? It's not that villains are talkative, Lord Qi is much more deferent to you than they are to you. ”

This time, the six princes were a little excited. But thinking that he was surrounded by a group of chaotic people who surrounded the palace, he still felt extremely unhappy. And at this time, Liang Wu'er sacrificed the last killer weapon.

"Today's matter comes down to the fact that General Xu's ability is limited, and he can't cope with this situation at all! Even if the emperor asked him to kill one or two people to make a show of prestige, he never obeyed his orders! Although now, the emperor can only rely on him, and it is not good to be too harsh, but it can't be punished at all. ”

Thinking about Xu Houcong's nest, the six princes couldn't help but think so, but they were still a little hesitant: "He is now my person, if I punish him......"

"General Xu ordered the guards to take a straw man who opened his mouth before, which shows his prestige. If the emperor can be trusted, why don't he accept a few righteous sons among the guards and then make them generals, which is much better than using outsiders! Of course, before that, the emperor might as well give General Xu a few words first, and then order him to stop those soldiers and civilians who made trouble, and make meritorious contributions, if he can't do it, then the future punishment will be famous! ”