As night fell, the royal city began to calm down because of the day's commotion.

The people had returned home early, and they sensed something unusual in the tense atmosphere of the day.

And the shrewd officials even guessed that something was wrong, this is definitely not a posture to catch the snitch!

And the merchants were even more terrified because they knew best what was going on!

Because the meat seller found that he could not go out of the city and enter the meat, if the snitch was caught and forbidden, then the people who used to give him meat could not enter the city, which was wrong.

There are also those who are trapped in the city by collecting vegetables and going into the city to do business, and people are panicked for a while, and even living in the inn are harassed and interrogated from time to time, which is the posture of catching the snitch.

And some old people in the old armor suddenly remembered that there was also such a tense atmosphere back then, that is, the action of eliminating dissidents after His Majesty ascended the throne!

The old man, who vaguely felt that he had guessed correctly, hurriedly warned his relatives and friends.

At the end of the day, at night, the streets were silent, and there were no more idlers waiting. Only the soldiers who patrol by from time to time are left!

Even the watchman was required to be escorted by a bunch of people, which is an escort, it's just surveillance!

Outside the Tribute Courtyard, Li Xiu led the people to inspect the surrounding environment, after all, before this departure, Wu Daren, the secretary of the Criminal Department, repeatedly instructed him to be careful, especially at night, and not to be careless.

Although he, Li Mu, is only a small general. But he is also the second son of the Zhenguo Mansion, and he is also ambitious.

His eldest brother became the Hou of Zhenguo, and he was originally worried that he would take over the Zhenguo Mansion and inherit the title of Zhenguo Duke in the future.

But I didn't expect that under the mess of my wife, I actually let the eldest brother's family go out separately, and the eldest brother will be the Hou of Zhenguo in the future, and the title of Duke of Zhenguo will be inherited by him Li Xiu.

Although there has been a lot of gossip recently, Li Xiu doesn't care, he will prove to those people that he Li Xiu is no worse than Li Mu! It's just that Li Mu is older than Li Xiu, and he has caught up with the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

He thought that as long as he performed well, he would naturally let others see his ability at that time!

"General, it's late at night, why don't you go back to your house and rest. Just keep it here. ”

Li Xiu's lieutenant proposed to Li Xiu with a pat on the back, but in exchange for a scolding from Li Xiu.

"Bastard! Do you want to harm me? Is now the time to leave your post without permission? The brothers are staying up late! Ben will leave his post without permission and go home to rest? You can figure it out! Cheer me up, and when the time comes, wake up the other group of brothers to change the guard. ”

The adjutant didn't expect Li Xiu to be so serious, and his ass slapped on the horse's leg. But the old general's orders could not but be carried out. So he laughed and apologized, saying, "The last general should die, it's the last general who is not good." Well, there is a temporary tent here, anyway, or the general will go to the tent and squint for a while, and the general will guard it at the end of the second half of the night. Don't worry, this is the royal city, what kind of chaos can happen. It's just that His Majesty sent us to make a show in order to support the popular young monarch. ”

Hearing what the adjutant general said, Li Xiu was a little moved. Especially when I heard the guess of the adjutant general, I felt that I actually wanted to support the enemy, which was a bit of a nest.

Just when Li Xiu was about to follow the arrangement of the deputy general, a soldier hurriedly ran over.

"General, there is a situation!"

"What!"

Li Mu was shocked when he heard this, and the deputy general's heart jumped even more.

[Isn't it, Lao Tzu just proposed that the Lord will go to rest, and you will be in a situation?

"What's going on?"

Li Xiu grabbed the soldier who reported the news and hurriedly asked. After all, he Li Xiu was born in a military general's family and knew the severity.

"My lord, it was the brother at the main gate who sensed that something was wrong. Because three teams of patrolling soldiers passed by in a quarter of an hour, the brother on duty reported it, and asked the adults to decide. ”

When the adjutant general heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed the soldier who reported the news, and scolded.

"You dare to say that there is a situation for this matter, is it normal for someone to patrol to catch the snitch today?"

The soldier did not dare to resist, but his face was unconvinced.

Li Xiu looked at this deputy general who took the opportunity to vent his anger, slapped his hand away, and reprimanded him angrily.

"You idiot! No matter how much more people are sent to patrol, the soldiers of the royal city are not idle enough to send three teams of men to patrol our side for a quarter of an hour. What's more, we have a thousand men stationed on our side! In the first half of the night, a patrol only passed by once in half an hour. Now it's actually three times in a quarter of an hour, there must be a problem. Go, wake up the resting brothers and get them armed. You, soldier, are well done. Pass my order and let the brothers at the post cheer up. No matter who dares to get fifty steps close to the Gongyuan, shoot them immediately!"

"Yes! General!"

The soldier who reported the news clenched the spear in his hand, gave a hammer chest salute to Li Xiu, and then left to convey Li Xiu's order.

The deputy general on the side was still standing there stunned, and was kicked by Li Xiu to wake up, and went to gather people in a panic.

And Li Xiu himself strode towards the main entrance, wanting to see the situation with his own eyes.

"What are you doing! If you don't stop, we're going to release arrows!"

"Ahh

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

Before Li Xiu walked to the main gate, bad news came from the main gate!

Apparently someone attacked them!

"Damn it!"

Li Xiu directly drew his sword and ran towards the main gate, passing by the sentry and commanding them loudly.

"Don't move, let Vice General Zhang bring people to the main gate to support, and the others will defend me in situ, don't let the enemy take the opportunity to break into the tribute courtyard, otherwise this official will punish you for dereliction of duty!"

Under Li Xiu's shouting, the soldiers who were originally guarding the side wall of the Gongyuan were about to support the main gate, but they all stopped and returned to their posts.

When Li Xiu hurried to the main gate, a group of enemies dressed as patrolling city guards and officials were fighting with their soldiers!

However, due to the fact that the other party had mental calculations or not, and the number of people at the main gate was small, because most of the people were stationed by Li Xiu's branch to the more remote back door wall and the side walls on both sides. There were less than fifty soldiers at the front door.

Although the other party seems to be only about 30 people, his skills are much higher than those of the soldiers.

More than fifty soldiers had already been killed by their sneak attack, and the remaining thirty or so were all wounded, and if there was no support, it would only be a matter of time before these soldiers died.

"Bold maniac! Hugh injured my men! Zhenguo Mansion Li Xiu is here!"

After all, Li Xiu has the cultivation of a Xuan Master, and when he saw where the enemy would retain his strength, he directly rushed and stopped an enemy who wanted to slash and kill his subordinates with a sword.

"Bang dang!"

The swords collided, bursting into a spark, and the enemy was shaken back!