Night had already fallen on the city of Lu, a five-hundred-year-old city that had only survived two full days of civil strife.

The west of the city is still controlled by Zhao Wuxian's military guards, and the Ji family did not return to the mansion, but shrank in the palace in the name of Da Situ, waiting for Lu Hou's return, but in fact, he was afraid of accidents.

The rest of the city was run by the Meng clan, with a strict curfew in place, and the streets were deserted except for the patrolling soldiers who walked back and forth.

In the Meng Mansion, He Ziyi, who had a heavy face, reported the losses of the past two days to Meng Sun He Ji.

"In yesterday's and today's battles, there were 1,000 clan soldiers, a total of 200 dead and wounded, 2,000 Yuyi soldiers, 300 dead and wounded, but fortunately, they were all not injured."

Mengsun He Ji recalled the battle in full swing in the past two days and those screaming arrows, only felt frightened, and thought that the source of fear, Yang Hu, had fled in a hurry, and Zhao Wuxian was chasing after the handsome light knight, presumably able to welcome the monarch back and kill Yang Hu, and suddenly settled down again.

"That's good, that's good."

Gong Zhiyang, who had not taken off his armor on the side, added in a hard voice: "And the Ji family's private family originally had two thousand, half of them anyway, half of them were thieves, and now there are less than a thousand left after cannibalism, and the uncle and grandson's are even scattered, and even the head of the family, Uncle Sun Zhou, has been robbed by the traitor Gongshan Buhu, if anything happens to him, the uncle and grandson are dead!" ”

He glared at Zifu He: "In this way, my Meng clan is the strongest military in the city, plus the subordinates and subordinate people, I can still make up three or four thousand people, enough to dominate the overall situation, but because of Zifuzi's leak, the matter is lost!" ”

When Yanghu was defeated and fled and the dust settled in Qufu, Gong Yang Zeng had murderous intentions, and applied to Meng Sun He Ji to send the dead soldiers to assassinate Ji Sunsi, and then forcibly annexed the private families and families of Ji and his uncle, so that Meng could become the only secretary of Lu State!

That would be the pinnacle that he could reach for the Meng clan!

However, Meng Sun He was indecisive and couldn't make a decision for a long time, and Gong Yang was anxious. I had to send someone to act secretly.

Who knew that Zifu He saw his plan, and actually ran to report to Zhao Wuxian, who was going to prepare a horse to pursue Yang Hu. Wuxian informed Ji Sunsi again, helped him concentrate Ji's private family in the public palace, and left Zilu to protect him. Only then did he lead his troops out of the city and chase Yang Hu and Lu Hou.

Zifu He knew that there was a mistake in this matter, so he didn't say anything, and he was angry with him, and began to dig out old feuds to instigate Mengsun He Ji.

"At that time, the marquis slandered the Son of Heaven. As a result, King Zhou Yi cooked Qi Aihou alive, and Qi people mourned. Since the beginning of the mourning of the duke, the ninth generation was passed to the Duke of Qi Xiang, and the revenge of the Ji country was avenged. Now since Ji You killed Meng Gongzhong (Qing's father), there are just nine generations, and the revenge of the ninth generation can be avenged! The lord, although he missed an opportunity, took Zhao Wuxian to pursue Yang Hu and had not yet returned, and sent troops to attack the palace, killing the Ji clan and avenging Meng Gongzhong. Still! ”

Zifu He was shocked: "Never!" Now that the Ji clan has gathered his forces and shrunk into the palace, Zhao Bing lives in the west of the city and is at each other's horns, obviously guarding against us! ”

"Is Zifuzi a small sect of the Meng clan or a small sect of the Ji clan, why are they speaking for them everywhere."

The tall Gong Yang approached Zifu He step by step, looking down at the young pedestrian, his eyes seemed to be about to pop out, and he had to ask Zifu He to give an explanation in front of Meng Sun He Ji.

In the face of Gong Zhiyang, who hated him for ruining his good deeds, Zifu He did not give an inch.

He said, "I'm the same as Yi Yizai. I also hope to be able to magnify Meng, but not in this way. Lu State is a temple Mingtang, since the three Huan worked together to expel the Dongmen clan and jointly govern. The three families share blessings and misfortunes, and they are all the pillars of the state, and none of them can be achieved without one. As his uncle Muzi said when he was plotted by Ji Wuzi, even if he hated Ji's family, could the big pillar of this beam be removed suddenly? ”

Gong Yang raised his eyebrows: "Why can't you, isn't there still the Meng family?" ”

Zifu He painstakingly persuaded: "Only rely on the Meng family." Can it support the current Lu country? The state of Lu was already in decline, and after the harsh government of Yanghu, now it can no longer withstand the toss, and the internal fighting of Sanhuan cannot concentrate on exterminating the remaining party of Yanghu, Yuncheng, Guan, Yangguan, and Fei are all very important. ”

Gong Yang disagreed: "As long as the Ji family and uncle and grandson go, the head of the family can become the ruling secretary, annex the second secretary's family, reorganize the three armies, and exterminate the Yanghu Yukou. ”

At this point, Zifu He has been crowned with "disloyalty to Meng's family" by Gongyang and asked Mengsun He Ji to punish him.

Meng Sun He Ji was dizzy by the quarrel between the two important retainers, and he was already indecisive now, so he could only let the two of them rest for a while.

Zifu He Chao Mengsun He Ji bowed down and pleaded: "He, the retainers of the Meng family also dare not know the country, let alone collude with outsiders, but the Emperor Yi wanted to assassinate Da Sima rashly, so he had to ask Doctor Zhao to intervene in order to prevent this from happening." At that time, the subordinates were also considering whether there was a Ji clan or no Ji clan, which was more beneficial to the Meng clan. ”

"Zifu's loyalty, Yu is naturally clear, and Yu Yizai is only angry for a while, don't take it to heart."

Zifu He paused again and said such a conclusion.

"Lord, there is no Ji clan, there is no Meng clan!"

His pedestrian's lip and tongue kung fu began to exert force: "Not to mention that the two families have been dependent on each other for a hundred years, first of all, after the chaos, the Ji clan was destroyed, and the assassination of the secretary of a country was too risky, and it was easy to arouse the opposition of the people." Secondly, as I said before, exterminating the remnants of the Yang Tiger is the first priority. In the end, it was Yu Yi Zai who thought that after removing the Ji clan, the Meng clan could smoothly take power, but he forgot about one person, a new outsider! ”

Gong Yuyang's face changed slightly, indeed, when he thought about things, he forgot about that variable for a while.

Why? Maybe it's because that person has been emphasizing that he wants to return to the country with meritorious service no matter what the occasion, as if he is just temporarily living in the country of Lu.

But is this really true?

"Yesterday and today, the combat power of the Zhao clan's warriors, Yu Yi Zai, must have also seen it, the Ji clan can be annexed, and the Yang Hu Yu party can be driven away, but can Zhao Zitai get rid of it?"

Meng Sun He Ji had bitterness in his mouth, of course he couldn't.

Not to mention whether the soldiers can beat the soldiers, the Zhao clan of the Jin State behind Zhao Wuxian alone is enough to make people jealous.

"If it really happens that the Ji family and his uncle and grandson are killed and deposed, with the strength of my Meng family, Zhao Zitai will not be able to check and balance, and he will say that he will unite with the rest of the Ji family and control the monarch to crusade against us, and the survival of the Meng family is still unknown. At the same time, there will be the remnants of the Ji clan inside, Zhao Zitai outside, and the remnants of Yanghu will be divided, and the country will be divided into four, which will only make the governor of Waikou Qi drive straight in, and Lu will die! ”

Meng Sun He Ji listened to these words, and what he had always doubted was the closeness of Zifu He and Zhao Wuxian. Who would have thought, Zifu He had long been deeply afraid of this person.

The personal relationship with Zhao Wuxian is a friendship of friends, but as he just said, Zifu He is a small sect of the Meng clan in the final analysis, and he has always considered the interests of the Meng clan.

"Therefore, we must maintain the tradition of the Lu country, and the three huan endure each other for the country!" Zifu said so.

"Honestly!" Mengsun He Ji also made a decision.

"Yu Yi Zai, it is difficult to do so, and in the future, I will work with Zifuzi to assist Yu, as for the words of devouring the Ji family, there is no need to mention it again!"

Gong Yang agreed, but after walking out of the hall, his face was still a little angry, and he spat hatefully to the side.

"There are risks in everything, if you tolerate and maneuver everywhere like this, the Meng family will be pressed by the Ji family for another hundred generations, how can you become the secretary of the Lu country? It's a pity that the head of the family is not as decisive as the heroes of the past dynasties such as Meng Gongzhong, Meng Mubo, and Meng Xianzi! There is also the son who obeys the erector, the martial arts and the restraint of the original, the pedestrian is temporarily exempted from the country, the army is real and the revenge is long, he is talking about this kind of person! ”

However, what he said is also right, in the future, it is necessary to increase the precautions against Zhao Wuxian, first encourage the scholars and doctors in Lucheng to reject this person, expel him like Yang Hu, and then plan that it is not too late for the Ji family and the Shusun family. Although the soldiers may not be able to beat Zhao Wushu, their number is too small, so I can't help it! ”

At this moment, the door of the inner wall of the mansion was suddenly pushed open, but it was Meng's cousin Nangong Yue (Zi Jing Shu) who walked in, his steps were hurried, his face was happy, and there was also a sad color.

"Uncle Jing, what happened?"

Nangong Yue bowed: "It's Dr. Zitai who is back!" ”

Mengsun He Ji and Zifu He also walked out, and after hearing this, they hurriedly asked:

"Is the monarch okay?"

"Yang Hu can be caught?"

The former was asked by Meng and Zifu, and the latter was asked by Gong Zhiyang.

Nangong Yue showed regret on his face: "The monarch is fine, Yang Hu ...... Yang Hu fled. ”

……

Zhao Wuxian and his party slowly approached Lu City at night, he entered the city from the southeast, which was controlled by the Ji clan, who was extremely dependent on Wuxian, and now the door had already been opened.

Ji Sunsi, Liu Xia Ji and others came out of the palace, the monarch and the ruling days ago have suffered a lot, and their lives are almost not guaranteed, and now when they meet, they are suddenly injured, so they wear wide robes and big sleeves and cry with their heads, the scene is not very good.

Zhao Wuxian, the minister of the first merit, flashed aside, and waited until the two monarchs and ministers were in a stable mood before stepping forward to "ask for guilt" from them again.

"Originally, after the monarch was released, I was going to arrest the rebellious courtier Yang Hu and lock him in chains. Who thought that he was cunning and skilled, suddenly burst out, wounded several samurai in a row, snatched a horse and fled, and did not do his job effectively, and asked the king and the ruling to surrender his guilt! (To be continued.) )

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