In Kyoto, the aspiring Seven Princes Delong's guard of honor drove into the West City Gate. Delong, who had already informed Kyoto of the battle situation a day in advance, thought that it would be a memorable greeting and greeting. Unexpectedly, they were greeted by a large number of crossbowmen.

Inside the West City Gate, surrounded by many crossbowmen, the Seventh Prince Delong couldn't help but change his face. Zhang Ruming was even more angry and wanted to curse, but was held down by Duan Lang.

"There is no need to make these guards uncomfortable, it seems that Kyoto has changed. Hold your breath and see how it goes. ”

Duan Langxin said that Kyoto was really guilty of them. The last time he and Delong returned to Beijing, they also faced this scene, but fortunately, Wei Dong came out in time to solve the dilemma. But this time, Duan Lang felt that he was afraid that no one would come forward again. Yu Ban dared to do this, which means that Prince Hong has lost control in Kyoto.

The Seventh Prince's face was pale, but he did not appear to be panicked. The Seventh Prince walked out of the car and stood on the car to face the surrounding generals and asked.

"Who gave you the courage to besiege His Highness's car. Whoever led the troops, let him come and talk. ”

Zhang Ruming and Duan Lang also walked out of the car, and seeing that the other party was the guard of the city defense battalion, Zhang Ruming asked strangely, "Duan Lang, I remember that the city defense battalion doesn't belong to He Lianjia?" Could it be that Lao He, this guy, also took refuge in Yu Ban? ”

Duan Lang is also a little strange, it is said that with He Lianjia's character, it should not be like this. Duan Lang shouted loudly, "Let you Lord He come to talk, and say that I, Duan Lang, will ask him for questions." ”

A staff general walked out, cautiously clenched his fists and said, "General Duan, our Lord He is sick, and the city defense battalion is currently under the command of General Qian Biao. His Royal Highness Delong, General Duan, we are just acting on orders, and I hope that His Highness and General Duan will not blame. ”

Duan Lang was slightly stunned, even if he was sick, he should not hand over his military power. It seems that there must be something wrong with Helianga.

Zhang Ruming asked loudly, "Where are you going to take Lao Tzu?" ”

"The last general doesn't know, we are just acting on orders, and as for where to take His Highness and the two adults, we have to wait for orders from above."

Zhang Ruming scolded angrily, ", Lao Tzu didn't frown in the face of hundreds of thousands of troops in West Vietnam, you three melons and two dates still want to trap Lord Ben?" Hurry up and get out of the way for me, otherwise don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite. ”

Who in Kyoto didn't know that Shangguan Xuanwu had a sharp mouth, and this general didn't dare to talk at all, so he simply retreated behind the guards.

Duan Lang patted Zhang Ruming, "Forget it, they are also acting on orders, let's go back to the car and rest." Your Highness Delong, don't be impatient, someone should come over soon. ”

The Seventh Prince, Delong, nodded with anger, they had predicted all kinds of accidents yesterday, but they didn't expect this to happen as soon as they entered the city gate. However, Delong was not alarmed, firstly, he was the generalissimo of the victorious army, and secondly, the 200,000-strong army at the lower pass would advance within thirty miles of Kyoto in two days. Delong, who had 200,000 heavy troops in his hands, was not afraid of any accidents in Kyoto. He dared to enter Beijing in an upright manner to tell the world that he obtained this throne in obedience to the will of heaven, and did not snatch it by brutal means. On the contrary, what Dezhang does will make people understand who is more suitable to be in charge. The virtuous are on top, and Delong not only wants to win the throne, but also the hearts of the people in the world.

Inside the car, Zhang Ruming asked in a low voice, "It seems that there must be a change in Kyoto." Duan Lang, Yu Ban, that kid won't be serious with us, right? ”

Duan Lang sneered, "He must have this idea, but from the public side, we are the heroes of Great Xia, and he doesn't dare to do anything." But from a selfish point of view, if Yu Ban doesn't kill the two of us, I'm afraid he won't want to sleep peacefully for the rest of his life. ”

", you've been talking for a long time, do you want to kill or not? Paralyzed, if we knew this was the case, we should have brought our men and horses over. ”

"What's the hurry, Xiang Tiangu Fan and they entered Beijing half a day early, they should have gone to find Uncle Zhou. Mingyue will arrive later, and leave the outside affairs to them. Duan Lang said indifferently.

"Then what if that kid is ruthless, what should we do?" Zhang Ruming asked worriedly.

"It's come to this, and I can only resign myself to fate. But now Yu Ban won't do it, Mingyue said let us go with the flow, she and Zhou Bo should make a corresponding strategy. ”

Duan Lang comforted Zhang Ruming, but in his own heart, he was also worried that Mingyue didn't expect Kyoto to come to this point.

While the two were talking, several warhorses rushed over outside. Zhu Wenjun, the squire of the military department, came to the front of the car with a few entourage. Knowing that Zhu Wenjun had arrived, Delong, Duan Lang and others walked out of the car one after another, standing in the car and looking at Zhu Wenjun.

Zhu Wenjun hugged his fists, "Your Royal Highness Delong, the lower officials are late to greet you, and you hope to forgive your sins." ”

Delong snorted coldly and pointed around, "Is this your honor guard to welcome His Highness?" ”

Zhu Wenjun said calmly, "Please forgive Your Highness, there are some small situations in Kyoto at present." Adhering to the decree of the regent and the king of the council, this official temporarily invites His Royal Highness Delong and General Duan Shangguan to go to the city defense camp for a few days. When His Royal Highness the Prince Regent ascends the throne, he will invite you to the palace to observe the ceremony. ”

"Enthronement?" The Seventh Prince's heart trembled, and he suddenly said angrily, "You~ Are you going to disobey the will of the first emperor!" ”

Zhu Wenjun smiled coldly, "Your Royal Highness Delong, who said that the regent violated the will of the first emperor when he ascended the throne?" The hundred officials are obedient, and the will of heaven is so, your Royal Highness Delong should see the situation clearly. ”

"Humph! Don't think that you can do whatever you want when you control Kyoto. Don't forget, Kyoto is not the only country in Great Xia, and you will pay the price for what you do. The Seventh Prince, Delong, trembled with anger.

Zhu Wenjun said in his heart that you will be an outdated prince soon, he doesn't care about Delong's threat at all, but Duan Lang and Zhang Ruming, Zhu Wenjun is a little afraid. It was not these two people that he was afraid of, but the powerful army behind Duan Lang and Zhang Ruming.

Zhu Wenjun ignored Delong anymore, and hugged his fists at Zhang Ruming and Duan Lang, "Lord Shangguan, General Duan, as courtiers, let's let it be." In any case, General Duan led his troops to defeat the Western Yue army, and presumably His Royal Highness the Prince Regent will be rewarded heavily after he ascends the throne. It's inconvenient to say anything more below, so please cooperate. Otherwise, it is not easy to control any accidents that arise. ”

Duan Lang's eyes were full of contempt, and he just said lightly, "Master Zhu, it's okay to cooperate, but don't make a mistake with these guards under you." Otherwise, even if we die here, I guarantee that the army of our capital city will surely wash Kyoto in blood. Please also tell Yu Ban this sentence, if he doesn't believe it, he can give it a try. ”

Duan Lang's voice was not high, but his words were extremely majestic. Compared with a few months ago, Zhu Wenjun even felt that the evil aura emanating from Duan Lang's body made him tremble a little in his heart. This kind of momentum conceived in blood slaughter is not comparable to these Kyoto masters.

Zhu Wenjun didn't want to say anything more, and hurriedly ordered someone to 'escort' Delong's honor guard into the city defense camp. Originally, Yu Ban planned to detain them in the Forbidden Military Camp, but Yu Ban was worried that Chang Lin did not fully control the Praetorian Guard. Therefore, Delong and others were simply detained in the nearby city defense camp, and they encountered accidents on the way to the province.

In Xiangguo's mansion, Yu Ban learned that Delong and others did not resist, and his heart was slightly calm. At present, the general trend in Kyoto Castle has been decided, and the sake festival Du Huaizhi is scheduled to ascend the throne on an auspicious day three days later. Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, Yu Ban hurriedly arranged the enthronement ceremony, and he looked forward to this moment coming sooner.

As for the 200,000 troops at the lower pass, Yu Ban was not worried. In order to obey the orders of the generals, Delong has now been detained, and if they dare to do it again, it will be like a rebellion. What's more, the veteran Wei Ran went to make peace with Feng Zhun, and he also made a promise to Sun Gang in Yu Ban. Once Dezhang ascends the throne and the world is pacified, Sun Gang will take over Ma Ruzheng's position as the commander of the northern battalion. If this promise is not light, Sun Gang, who has no entanglement with Delong, should accept this gift. What's more, the veteran Wei Ran came out, and these soldiers more or less still have his old team.

In the city defense camp, Zhu Wenjun specially set aside a forbidden area for detaining Delong and others. After all, they are noble, and Zhu Wenjun does not dare to confine everyone in the room. As long as these people can't escape from the city defense camp, Zhu Wenjun doesn't care about the connection between them. Anyway, no matter how it is connected, Zhu Wenjun believes that the news will never be delivered. Because the 5,000 men and horses in charge of guarding are all Zhu Wenjun's absolute descendants.

Early the next morning, the enthronement viewing table began to be set up in the royal school grounds. Yu Ban sat in the Xiangguo Mansion, his heartstrings tense and listened to the news coming from everywhere. Especially in the camp at Xiaguankou, Feng Zhun sent someone to inform Yu Ban, and Sun Gang basically agreed to stand still. But there are still many generals below, and they need to be appeased slowly.

Upon hearing this news, Yu Ban could finally breathe a sigh of relief, as long as the army at the lower pass did not move, there was no strength in Kyoto that could compete with him. As long as the enthronement ceremony of Dezhang passes, and the new emperor ascends the throne and returns to obedience in all directions, no one can change this fact. As for Duan Lang and the others, Yu Ban decided to implement the next step immediately after he decided to ascend the throne. Regardless of whether the soldiers and horses of Lidu City would rebel or not, he could not let Duan Lang and Zhang Ruming leave Kyoto alive.

As soon as noon passed, the car of the moon also came to Kyoto. As soon as they entered the city, they were led by Xiang Tian to a rather luxurious three-entry courtyard.

Originally, Zhou Guangji's activities in Kyoto were all in a small house in the style of a commoner. But as the team grows, the gathering of small courtyards will cause unnecessary trouble. Zhou Guangji simply spent a lot of money to buy a mansion and lived here in the name of a merchant.

Yutai Mingyue inquired about some information in detail, and it was similar to what she expected, and Kyoto was basically controlled by Yu Ban on the bright side.

In the study, Yutai Mingyue looked at Zhou Guangji and asked softly, "Uncle Zhou, how are the things I arranged?" ”

"Mingyue, everything has been arranged, if you don't receive your message in time, something really may happen. In the current situation, at least it is absolutely no problem to protect Duan Lang and them out of the city. ”

Zhou Guangji looked at Tangtai Mingyue, and he admired the meticulous scheming of this Beiming princess very much. I didn't expect that the last time I came to Kyoto, I would be able to know the power that Kyoto could use. Moreover, when Mingyue did not leave the capital city, he began to arrange the operation of Kyoto. If he hadn't made arrangements in advance, Zhou Guangji would have been a little helpless in the face of Duan Lang and others being detained.

"Uncle Zhou, has Da Fei been in contact with Duan Lang?" Yutai Mingyue asked.

"Last night, Duan Lang called for Da Fei and brought Duan Lang's letter. They are quite stable at the moment, and Yu Ban didn't do anything to them. ”

"Okay, I'll write a letter to Duan Lang right away. There are some things that I have to ask him for. ”

"Okay, Da Fei has been in the backyard, I'll call it over."

Yutai Mingyue nodded, spread out the pen and ink and began to write. At this moment, Yutai Mingyue must clearly inform Duan Lang of her layout in Kyoto. The most important thing is that she wants to know whether Duan Lang will do his best to support Delong's ascension. No matter what Mingyue thought in her heart, she had to ask Duan Lang's opinion.

In the middle of the night, the lights in the city defense camp were extinguished early. Duan Lang walked out of Zhang Ruming's room and was about to go back to rest. Suddenly, two chirps rang out in the night sky.

Duan Lang was stunned and quickly responded with a few whistles. A black shadow flew down, Da Fei let out a few low sounds, and when he learned that it was the news sent by Mingyue from Tai Tai, Duan Lang hurriedly untied the bamboo tube from Da Fei's feet. After returning to the room and reading the letter, Duan Lang frowned and pondered for a long time, and finally sighed.

"My adoptive father said that you have to keep your promises. Anyway, I promised DeLong that I had to fight. Even if I fail, I Duan Lang did my best. ”

Duan Lang hesitated for a moment and replied to Yutai Mingyue. He asked Mingyue to do what he could, but in his handwriting, he also expressed his heart.

In Zhou Guangji's mansion, Yutai Mingyue has been sitting on the bamboo couch in the garden waiting for news. Da Fei returned, and after reading Duan Lang's decision, Lantai Mingyue smiled helplessly. She knew that her husband still couldn't get rid of that pedantic loyalty. But no matter what, since Duan Lang has made a decision, although Tantai Mingyue knows that he is as sleepy as a mountain, he must try his best to arrange it.

"Come on, go and invite Uncle Zhou over." The bright moon of the platform said one after another.

After a while, Zhou Guangji came to the garden. Seeing Da Fei falling on a branch not far away, Zhou Guangji knew that it must be Duan Lang who had come with news.

"How is it, what did Duan Lang say?"

Tantai Mingyue shook her head helplessly, "Uncle Zhou, it seems that I have to go to the Prince's Mansion." ”

Zhou Guangji was stunned, "What, Duan Lang still insists?" ”

Tantai Mingyue nodded, "There's no way, since Duan Lang insists on this promise, we can only take a risk." Even if he fails, it can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness, and Duan Lang will not leave any regrets in his heart. ”

"But~ I'm afraid you won't be able to enter the prince's mansion at all."

"It doesn't matter, Fang Jiye's Northern Battalion Commander Tiger Talisman is in my hands. When I saw this tiger talisman, I believe that Prince Hong will meet me. It doesn't matter whether we succeed or not, as long as we do our best, I believe Duan Lang will understand our difficulties. ”

Zhou Guangji sighed, "Okay, I'll catch the car." In addition, let Gu Fan Xiangtian and the others follow secretly, if there is an accident, it is good to have a response. By the way, let Azhu follow. ”

Yutai Mingyue did not refuse, after all, the current Kyoto is full of dangers. Outside the Prince's Palace, there must be eyeliner. There were eighteen guards and Azhu who followed them secretly, and none of the eyeliners could follow them.

In the middle of the night, there was a curfew in Kyoto Castle. In the darkness, a car drove slowly towards the Prince's Palace. At a distance of five hundred zhang between the front and rear of the vehicle, the figure of the road moved forward quickly with the help of the darkness.

In the middle of the car, the bright moon looked out of the car window through the moonlight. She didn't know if this trip to the Prince's Mansion would be successful, and Mingyue, who had always had a shrewd prediction, also felt a little apprehensive and uneasy in her heart.