Chapter 39: Counterattack

Zhou Zong fell in a pool of blood, which made Li Jing very angry, and at the same time, a trace of fear rose in his heart, this rebel, he dared to kill Zhou Zong, and it was difficult to guarantee that he would not dare to kill the king. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Faced with Li Hongji's inquiry, Li Jing didn't speak for a while, but was thinking, how to escape?

Seeing that he was silent, Li Hongji shouted loudly and said, "Father, son-in-law, didn't you hear what you said?!" ”

Xu Wei stood in front of Li Jing and said, "I'm just a dead person, why should King Yan be so aggressive?" As he spoke, he glanced at Li Jing, smiled bitterly, and said: "Your Majesty's grace to save each other back then, Wei is unforgettable, if there is an afterlife, Wei will definitely repay Your Majesty's life-saving grace!" ”

As soon as Xu Wei's words were finished, he quickly took out a dagger from his cuff, wiped it on his neck, and immediately fell in a pool of blood.

Li Hongji didn't expect Xu Wei to commit suicide, he hesitated a little, and he didn't understand the reason.

Li Jing didn't understand either, he looked at Xu Wei who was lying in a pool of blood in a daze, originally he hoped that Xu Wei could save his life, but now, with Xu Wei's death, Li Jing has completely given up hope, his only thought is that King Yan still thinks about the relationship between father and son, and will not kill him. But he also understood that even if King Yan didn't kill him, he would be a puppet in the future, and life and death would not be in his own hands, thinking of this, Li Jing's heart couldn't help but sigh a few times.

After Li Hongji was slightly surprised, he didn't dwell on this matter, he looked at the remaining three people, and suddenly laughed.

"Father, what should the son do next?" Li Hongji laughed.

Li Jing clenched his fists and said, "King Yan, do you really want to kill your father and kill your king?" ”

"No, father, the son of the emperor can't afford this crime." Li Hongji said.

Li Jing's heart was relieved, was this life still saved after all?

Zeng Yiling's eyes were indifferent, without the slightest fear, Li Hongji saw her indifferent appearance, suddenly laughed, and said: "Miss Zeng, oh, no, it should be Miss Xu, do you know that now that you are in the hands of this king, there are many ways to make your life worse than death." ”

"There is nothing terrible about death, I understand your thoughts, so you are not in a hurry." Zeng Yiling said lightly.

When Li Jing heard Li Hongji's words, he was slightly surprised, and said, "King Yan, her surname is Xu?" ”

"Father, she is surnamed Xu." Li Hongji replied.

Li Jing's body shook, a little incredulous, and turned to look at Zeng Yiling carefully. Zeng Yiling slowly took off the light veil on his face, Li Jing looked at it, his face suddenly changed, he raised his hand and pointed at Zeng Yiling.

"You, are you his descendant?" Li Jing lost his voice.

"Yes, he's my big brother." Zeng Yiling pointed to Xu Wei who fell to the ground, and said very disdainfully: "But he is a coward, just because you saved him, he didn't dare to do anything to you, but he forgot the nurturing grace of his parents and the friendship of brothers and sisters." He is not a man, but a spurned Xu coward! ”

Li Jing's expression was uncertain, he also realized something, if so, he didn't dare to think about it.

"Li Hongji, your rebellion today is nothing more than to seize the throne, now that your goal has been achieved for the most part, I also have a request, King Yan, do you dare to agree?" Zeng Yiling asked.

"A small agitation method is useless to this king. However, this king is very interested and will listen to you. Li Hongji laughed.

Zhou Ye kept pacing, he guessed something in his heart, Zhu Yuan escorted Zhou Zong in, you can imagine what Li Hongji, the king of Yan who was very resentful of him, would do. In this bloody storm, I don't know how many courtiers will be killed, those loyal to the Tang court, loyal to the Son of Heaven, and then, loyal to King Yan.

Perhaps, it's time.

Zhou Ye thought in his heart, he raised his head, looked at his younger brother, and said with a smile: "The city is changing, and now Jinling is stormy, I don't know how many people will die." Some people are benefactors, while others are enemies. ”

Zhou Hongzuo glanced at his brother in some surprise, he was very strange today, and it was a little unpredictable.

"Hongzuo, just now you asked me why I mentioned the King of Linchuan, speaking of which, Emperor Wu had the grace of knowing my Zhou family back then, and his descendants, even if they are not, are not the ones we can be ungrateful." Zhou Ye said lightly.

Zhou Hongzuo felt that something was wrong, and was about to speak, when suddenly, Zhou Ye pulled out a long knife with lightning speed, and slashed it with a knife, Zhou Hongzuo felt that something was wrong, and instinctively raised his arm to block. Zhou Ye's blade was so sharp, hitting Zhou Hongzuo's right arm. Zhou Hongzuo was in pain, and when he reacted and felt that something was wrong, he had to watch his right arm roll down, blood sprayed, and he screamed in pain.

"Big brother, what are you doing here?" Zhou Hongzuo shouted in pain, the sound alarmed the soldiers around him, they watched this scene and didn't know what to do?

"What do I do? Back then, you disregarded morality and killed the king of Linchuan, and your father was so angry that he vomited blood. If it hadn't been for my father's dissuasion, I would have killed you, an unfaithful, unrighteous and unkind and unfilial person. Zhou Ye said, carrying a long knife dripping blood and pounced.

Although Zhou Hongzuo was powerful, in an unguarded situation, he was plotted by his brother, his right arm was cut off, and he was forced by Zhou Ye step by step, so he had to retreat.

The two were fighting, and the soldiers nearby were dumbfounded, not knowing what had happened, so that the two brothers killed each other?

Although Zhou Hongzuo is younger and has more strength, he is not Zhou Ye's opponent. In the case of Zhou Ye pressing step by step, Zhou Hongzuo wanted to change the situation of being beaten passively, he wanted to pull out the blade several times, but only his left hand was left, and he was unable to move, so he pulled it out several times, but he didn't pull it out.

"Apologize with death, in front of your father, you will be forgiven after all." Zhou Ye shouted, and slashed out again, with the sound of the wind.

Zhou Hongzuo had no choice but to grit his teeth at this time, and instead rushed forward, wanting to fight for his life. Where is Zhou Ye willing to give him this opportunity? In the slash, he twisted his arm violently and hit Zhou Hongzuo's chest, and Zhou Hongzuo screamed again.

This sound woke up the soldiers who were watching, and Zhou Hongzuo's personal soldiers woke up like from a dream, and they all pulled out their sharp blades and ran towards Zhou Ye.

Zhou Ye's personal soldiers also reacted, no matter what the coach did, their task was to block it, and the two sides immediately fought viciously. Zhou Ye looked at Zhou Hongzuo who was lying in a pool of blood, and a trace of unbearability flashed in his eyes, but soon, he thought more about his father's unwillingness before he died, and that desperate look still makes Zhou Ye unforgettable.

"You, you!" Zhou Hongzuo fell to the ground, opened his mouth wide, and said.

"Don't blame me, it's atonement for your sins." Zhou Ye turned his head, wiped the tears in his eyes, turned his head again, and suddenly shouted, the long knife in his hand fell, and a knife cut off Zhou Hongzuo's back.

"I hope that under Jiuquan, my father will forgive you, and of course, forgive me." Zhou Ye said, stabbing him again, killing him.

"What's going on outside?" In the house, Li Jingsui was pacing restlessly, and now that he was captured, he knew that he was dead, Yang Lian was dead, and the only thing he was worried about was his daughter.

Princess Huairou was beside her, and when she heard her father's words, she walked to the window, stretched out her hand and poked a hole, looked closer, and happened to see Zhou Ye kill Zhou Hongzuo with a knife. Princess Huairou was so shocked that her face changed, she stood up straight, and muttered to herself, "What's going on?" ”

Li Jingsui asked strangely, "Huairou, what happened?" ”

Princess Huairou took a deep breath and looked over again, this time she was sure that she hadn't seen it, so she said, "Father, General Zhou killed General Zhou just now. ”

"What a mess." Li Jing was confused when she heard this, flicked her sleeves, walked up and touched her daughter's forehead, thinking that she was frightened?

Princess Huairou was stunned for a moment and said, "Father, what my daughter means is that General Zhou Ye killed General Zhou Hongzuo." ”

When Li Jingsui heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and only after half a sound did he say: "They are two brothers, why are they in too much of a hurry?" ”

"King Qi, it's not that you're in too much of a hurry, but for the sake of the country's righteousness. Weichen is just a righteous murderer. Zhou Ye's voice sounded, he had already pushed the door open, and he happened to hear Li Jingsui say this, so he said.

Li Jing looked at him fixedly and said, "Righteous annihilation? What does General Zhou mean? ”

"King Qi, Weichen is just pretending to take refuge in Li Hongji, the king of Yan, as for Weichen's younger brother, he participated in the rebellion and has been killed by Weichen himself." Zhou Ye said, glanced around, and said: "King Qi, this place is actually the safest, King Qi might as well wait here." ”

Li Jingsui shook his head and said, "No, the imperial brother is very dangerous, I want to protect him." ”

"King Qi rest assured, Your Majesty's side, there will definitely be a satisfactory result." Zhou Ye said with a smile, saying very vaguely.

Li Jingsui didn't think too much, nodded, and said: "There are still many guards outside the imperial city in the Qi Palace, and I hope that General Zhou can also help General Zhou if he takes them into the city." ”

"King Qi, please rest assured." Zhou Ye said and walked out. At this time, the personal soldiers brought by Zhou Hongzuo had almost been killed, and a few people saw that the situation was not good and wanted to escape, but they were pierced in the back by an arrow and died on the spot.

Zhou Ye asked people to guard here to protect the safety of King Qi's father and daughter, and he rushed towards the Vermilion Bird Gate with more than ten people.

At the Vermilion Bird Gate, Zhu Lingyun was pacing. In order to successfully capture the Yang Mansion and seize the wealth of the Yang Mansion, he specially ordered his younger brother Zhu Lingquan to lead the troops to support Chen Zhou, so that the strength of the two was at least 400 people, even if the Yang Mansion was heavily guarded, it could not stop the more than 400 people, so Zhu Lingyun was very confident in breaking through the Yang Mansion.

However, he waited for half an hour, and still did not wait for the messenger to send news, but there were more and more soldiers outside the Suzaku Gate, these soldiers were very mixed, some were dressed as Janissaries, some were dressed as generals, and even some were dressed as family members, they fought each other together, outside the Suzaku Gate, I don't know how many corpses were piled up, blood flowed into a river, and the bluestone paved road was full of blood and water, flowing along the ravine, the water of the Qinhuai River had been dyed red, and many fish surfaced and devoured the blood.

Zhu Lingyun looked at it coldly, none of this had anything to do with him, he only paid attention to two things, one was whether King Yan had succeeded, and the other was whether his younger brother Zhu Lingquan had already broken through the Yang Mansion? If you capture the extremely important people of the Yang Mansion, this is a great achievement.

While there was chaos outside the city, there were fires in many places in the entire Jinling City, and I don't know how many people were taking advantage of the fire to rob? Zhu Lingyun thought to himself, even if King Yan succeeded in seizing the throne this time, the prosperity of Jinling City would probably be a little less. But don't worry, the south has always been rich, and it won't take a few years for Jinling to regain prosperity.

When Zhu Lingyun was thinking, suddenly, a group of soldiers in armor suddenly poured out from the front, they fought very bravely, and they came all the way, led by a person who was a general in his fifties, this person was wearing armor, with an angry face, and a bow and arrow in his hand, each arrow would kill one person.

Zhu Lingyun looked at it and was a little surprised in his heart, who is this person?

After this group of people joined the melee, the situation became even more chaotic, and in the midst of the slaughter, Zhou Ye hurriedly ran to the city, his eyes swept outside the city, and he couldn't help frowning.

"Why are there so many people?" Zhou Ye asked.

"It turned out to be General Zhou." Zhu Lingyun laughed, he had a good relationship with Zhou Hongzuo, so he also respected Zhou Ye very much, after all, Zhou Ye followed Zhou Ben to fight in the south and the north, and made great achievements, and later even if Liezu ascended the throne, although he knew that Zhou Ben was concerned about his homeland, he didn't do it. Therefore, Zhu Lingyun is in awe of Zhou Ye on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also wants to improve the relationship with the Zhou brothers.

Zhou Ye nodded at him, pointed outside the city, and said, "Which part do these people belong to?" ”

Zhu Lingyun explained with a smile, some of these people are the subordinates of King Qi and Marquis Wu, and some of them are forbidden troops, and the purpose of the latter is unknown, but judging from the current situation, they seem to know about King Yan, so they rushed over to block the generals of King Qi and Marquis Wu's mansion, and wanted to invite merit.

In addition, some of them are rangers, and some of them are soldiers of the Qian Mansion, and their purpose is also to take advantage of the chaotic situation to pick up some cheap.

"What nonsense!" Zhou Ye snorted coldly, these people were fighting outside the city, and it had no effect at all.

Zhu Lingyun said with a smile: "These people are not His Royal Highness King Yan's henchmen, and it is good to let them eat dogs." ”

"General Zhu is right." Zhou Ye laughed, pressed one hand on the scabbard, and pointed to the outside of the city with the other, and said, "These people are all dead, that's the best." ”

Zhu Lingyun laughed out loud, King Yan had successfully killed Yang Lian and captured King Qi, Princess Huairou and others, in this situation, what else could the Son of Heaven do? can only abdicate, canonize King Yan as the crown prince, and then ascend the throne as the emperor, as one of King Yan's most important henchmen, Zhu Lingyun feels that he will be promoted soon, is he a general or a festival envoy? Or is it the book of the military department?

In Zhu Lingyun's mind, there were official positions one after another, and suddenly, the soldiers behind him shouted, Zhu Lingyun was stunned, and when he looked back, he saw that Zhou Ye's face quickly became larger, and the long knife in his hand flashed with the light of the sun, and he cut it down immediately.

"Ahh Zhu Lingyun screamed, but before the voice could be completely spit out, the head was cut off, rolled down the city wall, fell into the moat, and several fish pounced, chasing Zhu Lingyun's big head.