After Liu Ji forcibly occupied the four palace masters and four deputy palace masters of the Guanghan Palace, he obtained 18,000 Tang Dynasty heavy-armored Mo sword soldiers, 18,000 Han Dynasty tiger soldiers, 6,400 white horse Congyi and 6,400 tiger and leopard cavalry from the system, but Liu Ji did not immediately embody these elite troops from the system to the real world, but prepared to return to the Western Regions Protectorate and then summon these nearly 50,000 elites.

Liu Ji stayed in Chengyin City for a few days, and he was ready to return to the Western Regions with the puppet bodyguards, and now among Liu Ji's wives and concubines, there are six more palace masters and deputy palace masters of the Guanghan Palace with the strength of peerless generals, and the threat of the Guanghan Palace to the Capture General's Mansion is equivalent to disappearing, so Liu Ji is not ready to follow the original plan, leaving some puppet bodyguards with peerless military general strength around him in the Capture General's Mansion.

Returning to the Western Regions this time, Liu Ji will bring back the eleven puppet bodyguards with peerless military general strength, as well as twenty puppet bodyguards with the strength of top military generals, all of them back to the Western Regions.

But just as Liu Ji was about to set off, Heishuitai sent Liu Ji an extremely shocking news that Liu Heng, the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, was assassinated in the palace.

In the council hall of the Chengyin City Capture General's Mansion, Liu Ji smiled bitterly and said to Xiao He and Fang Xiaoru who stayed in Chengyin City: "I didn't expect that in such a short period of time, such a big change has happened in the capital, first the Queen Mother was poisoned, and now even the emperor has been assassinated. ”

Xiao He said in a deep voice: "Lord, through the news from Heishuitai, it is obvious that the death of the Queen Mother and the Emperor is controlled by an invisible black hand behind the scenes, and the subordinates think that the death of the Queen Mother and the Emperor should have nothing to do with the Thirteenth Family, and the Thirteenth Family has no reason to poison the Queen Mother and kill the current Emperor at this time." ”

Fang Xiaoru hesitated for a moment and said, "Could it be that Zhang Mingqi, the pastor of Suzhou Prefecture, sent someone to do it?" According to the information obtained by Heishuitai, Zhang Mingqi has a copy of the emperor's secret decree in his hand, and now that the emperor has been killed, Zhang Mingqi can rely on this secret decree to justifiably raise troops to avenge the emperor! ”

Xiao He continued: "Although Zhang Mingqi is very suspicious, I don't think Zhang Mingqi can have such a strong force in the capital, and it is likely that someone else is behind the scenes." ”

Fang Xiaoru nodded and said: "Killing the Queen Mother and the Emperor in a row is indeed not something that ordinary forces can do, but I don't know who the real mastermind is?" ”

Liu Ji sighed at this time and said: "Now that our Broken Army is completely restrained by the four major powers of the Western Regions, it is beyond the reach of the capital, and I don't know what kind of result the capital will have in the end?" If you don't get the capital to go through a war, Zhang Mingqi, the bandit leader of the former Red Turban Army, is not a person who is willing to be lonely, and now he has the secret decree given by the emperor, and he is likely to lead the troops to the capital and break hands with the thirteenth family! ”

Xiao He said: "Lord, the thirteenth family has a strong background, Zhang Mingqi's Suzhou Xiang Army wants to seize the authority of the capital, but it is not easy, our Broken Army only needs to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight now, I don't know when the Lord is going to return to the Western Regions?" ”

Liu Ji immediately said: "I plan to take people back to the Western Regions tomorrow, I have been delayed for a lot of time in Chengyin City. ”

The news of Emperor Liu Heng's assassination, Liu Ji did not let Xiangcheng Princess Liu Qingmei know, Liu Qingmei and Liu Heng grew up together by the side of the Empress Dowager Zhou since childhood, and the relationship between sisters and brothers is very deep, if Liu Qingmei learns of Liu Heng's death, she will definitely be even more sad, so Liu Ji asked his other wives and concubines to hide the news of Liu Heng's death from Xiangcheng Princess Liu Qingmei as much as possible, so as not to make Liu Qingmei sad.

However, as soon as Liu Ji finished discussing things with Xiao He and Fang Xiaoru, Liu Qingmei, the princess of Xiangcheng, looked like she was crying and found Liu Ji, "Husband, you tell me, the emperor ...... Was the emperor stabbed to death? ”

Liu Ji smiled bitterly and said, "Qingmei, this ...... This one...... How do you know? ”

"Woo, the entire General Mansion's has been spread! Husband, my brother is still a child, why would anyone assassinate him? Husband, you want to avenge my brother! Woohoo......"

"Qingmei, don't cry badly, you still have our baby in your belly, and your husband will definitely seek justice for the emperor!"

Hearing Liu Ji mention the child in her belly, Liu Qingmei quickly stopped her tears, and then asked Liu Ji: "Husband, could it be that the Thirteenth Family poisoned my brother?" ”

"It's still uncertain whether the murderer is the mastermind of the thirteenth family, I have ordered Heishuitai to track down all the clues about the poisoning of the queen mother and the assassination of the emperor, as long as the real murderer behind the scenes is found, no matter who the real murderer is behind the scenes, I will definitely avenge the queen mother and the emperor!"

Liu Qingmei then said with a sad face: "Husband, there is one thing Qingmei hopes you can agree to. ”

Liu Ji said categorically: "No, you must not return to the capital now!" ”

"Husband, Qingmei knows that she is not suitable for long-distance travel now, Qingmei just hopes that her husband can send an army to the capital to take her uncle's family back to Chengyin City, now that the queen mother and the emperor are gone, Qingmei is afraid that her uncle is also in danger, her uncle has been very good to Qingmei since she was a child, and Qingmei doesn't want her uncle to have any more accidents!"

Hearing that Liu Qingmei was not going to the capital by herself, Liu Ji's expression suddenly relaxed, "What Qingmei said makes sense, although my uncle is a servant in the official residence and etiquette department, but now the capital is extremely dangerous, it is better for my uncle to leave the capital for a while, Qingmei rest assured, I will arrange this matter." ”

After Liu Ji comforted Liu Qingmei again, he returned to the meeting hall of the General's Mansion, sent someone to find Xiao He and Fang Xiaoru again, and then told Liu Qingmei's request to the two of them.

Xiao He suddenly frowned and said: "Lord, among the news sent back from Heishuitai, there is one about Zhou Qingyao, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Zhou Shilang and more than 20 officials close to the royal family were arrested by the thirteenth family for the crime of embezzlement of ink before the emperor was assassinated, and now they should be remanded in prison." ”

Liu Ji snorted coldly and said: "The thirteenth family is indeed rampant enough, how can Zhou Qingyao, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, also say that he is also the younger brother of the queen mother, the emperor's own uncle, but the thirteenth family said that he would be arrested, if it is about seniority, I also have to call Zhou Shilang uncle, it seems that it is very necessary to send someone to the capital to take Zhou Shilang back to Chengyin City!" ”

Fang Xiaoru said at this time: "Now that the emperor has been assassinated, Zhou Shilang has become an inconsequential figure for the Thirteenth Family, presumably with the face of the Lord and our Broken Army, those important ministers of the Thirteenth Family should be able to release Zhou Shilang." ”

Liu Ji touched his chin, thought about it a little and said: "For the sake of the face of our Broken Army, the number of people who went to the capital to pick up Zhou Shilang's team this time should not be too shabby, and we have to let the Thirteenth Family know that although our Broken Army is at war with the four major powers of the Western Regions, our Broken Army still has the strength to meddle in the affairs of the Great Jin, and they should not go too far in some aspects!" ”

At present, in the entire Ji'an County and Yongjing County's Languan County, Yaoguan County, Xizhu County, and Xiping County, there are only one cavalry brigade and three infantry brigades of the Broken Army's native legion, and then there are some garrisons in each city.

went to the capital to pick up Zhou Qingyao, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and his family, Liu Ji did not draw troops from one cavalry brigade and three infantry brigades of the local legion, nor did he transfer the garrison troops of each city, but embodied 3,000 Tang Dynasty heavy armor Mo sword soldiers and 3,000 Han Dynasty tiger soldiers, forming a team to rush to the capital.

Wang Ben and Zhang Han, whose force value and commander value exceeded 90 points, were originally left by Liu Ji in the General's Mansion to help Xiao He deal with the emigration of the people of the Great Jin Dynasty to the Western Regions and the Beiting Mansion.

At the same time, just in case, Liu Ji transferred Liu Ha, Liu Mai, Liu Wang, and Liu Liang from his side, four puppet bodyguards with a force value of 99 points, as well as Liu Tong and Liu Lin, two puppet bodyguards with a force value of 103 points, and followed Wang Ben, Liu Meng, Chen Hao and Chen Zhong to the capital together.

Under the teaching of Tong Bin, the only enshrined in the general's mansion, Liu Meng, Chen Hao and Chen Zhong's martial arts have made great progress, Liu Meng's force value has reached 99 points, according to Tong Bin, Liu Meng is only one step away from the peerless general, and Chen Hao and Chen Zhong's force value has also risen to 96 points.

Originally, Liu Meng, Chen Hao and Chen Zhong had been pestering Liu Ji, hoping that this time Liu Ji would return to the Western Regions and let them go together, but Liu Ji regarded the three of them as his younger brothers in his heart, so he didn't want them to follow him to the Western Regions.

This time, sending troops to the capital to pick up Zhou Qingyao, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and his family should not be very dangerous, so Liu Meng, Chen Hao and Chen Zhong were directly thrown into the team to the capital by Liu Ji, in order to prevent the three from being in any danger, Liu Ji also sent six puppet bodyguards to follow them.

Early in the morning of July 28, 428 of the Great Jin Dynasty, Liu Ji took nine puppet bodyguards with peerless military strength and sixteen puppet bodyguards with the strength of top military generals, bid farewell to his family, and embarked on the return journey back to the Western Regions.

At the same time, the team rushing to Canglong City was also driven under Wang Ben's order, and the three thousand soldiers of the Han Dynasty Tiger Ben Army were each equipped with two tall horses, and even the three thousand Tang Dynasty heavy-armored Mo sword soldiers were also equipped with two war horses each to ensure the marching speed of the entire team.

Not long after Liu Ji left Chengyin City, the four palace masters and four deputy palace masters of Guanghan Palace also left Chengyin City together, and the eight of them were about to return to Guanghan Island, where Guanghan Palace was located, and Liu Ji gave them a very important task, they had to return to Guanghan Palace to complete.

After the team rushed to Canglong City and left Chengyin City, Wang Ben saw that Liu Meng, Chen Hao and Chen Zhong were all listless, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Liu Meng, Brother Chen Hao, Brother Chen Zhong, what's wrong with you?" ”

Chen Hao sighed and said: "Brother Wang, the three of us have been asking the lord to fight, hoping that this time the lord can bring the three of us to the Western Regions, but I didn't expect the lord to throw us into this team, where is there a battle to fight when we go to the capital to pick up people!" ”

Chen Zhong muttered sullenly: "Why won't the lord let the three of us go to the Western Regions?" It's so boring to go to the capital to pick up people! ”

Liu Meng followed and said: "Alas-my eldest brother, I am afraid that the three of us will be in danger when we go to the Western Regions, but we are military generals, how can we not go to the battlefield!" ”

Wang Ben suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Liu Meng, Brother Chen Hao, Brother Chen Zhong, who said that we didn't have a fight when we went to the capital?" Haven't you heard about the current situation in the capital? ”

Wang Ben's words made Liu Meng, Chen Hao and Chen Zhong's eyes light up, and Liu Meng hurriedly said: "Brother Wang, the three of us have been following our master to practice martial arts these days, and we really don't know much about the news in the capital. ”

Wang Ben immediately explained the current situation in Canglong City to Liu Meng, Chen Hao and Chen Zhong, and then Wang Ben said: "The main force of our Broken Army is fighting hard in the Western Regions, maybe the Thirteenth Family thinks that our Broken Army is easy to bully at this time, and will not easily let go of Zhou Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, in that case, we will have to deepen the Thirteenth Family's impression of our Broken Army." ”

Chen Hao said with his hands in his hands: "It's best for the Thirteenth Family not to know how to lift, so that our brothers can show their skills!" ”

Wang Ben continued: "If we are lucky, we may be able to meet the troops of the Suzhou Xiang Army and compete with them. ”

Chen Zhong swept away his depressed look and said excitedly: "In this way, we won't be too bored when we go to the capital this time!" ”

Wang Ben glanced back, and the three thousand Tang Dynasty heavy armor Mo sword soldiers and the three thousand Han Dynasty tiger soldiers behind him said proudly: "With the six thousand elites sent to us by the lord, what forbidden army, what Suzhou Xiang army, I don't care at all, it's best for them to come to find trouble for us!" ”

In fact, Wang Ben was also a very calm person, his force value reached 94 points, his intelligence value reached 80 points, and the commander value was as high as 91 points, which can definitely be classified as handsome.

However, yesterday afternoon, Liu Ji ordered 3,000 Tang Dynasty heavy armor Mo sword soldiers and 3,000 Han Dynasty tiger soldiers to show Wang Ben some strength, Wang Ben has been in excitement until now, and it is difficult to calm down at all.

The Tang Dynasty's heavy-armored Mo sword soldiers and the Han Dynasty's Tiger Ben Army are definitely the most coveted troops for any general, and he, Wang Ben, can command such six thousand elites at once, which makes Wang Ben's self-confidence swell, even if Liu Ji asks him to seize Canglong City, Wang Ben dares to take these six thousand elites to give it a try.