Early the next morning, as soon as all the people of Bianjing City opened their eyes, they could hear the endless noise in the streets and alleys.

Two pieces of news that were enough to shock everyone disturbed everyone's dreams.

First things first: Dongfang Yuanxing has captured Luonan and approached Bianjing City. If nothing else, within a month, the rebels will be able to attack the city.

The second thing: last night a fire broke out in the east of the city, burning down one of the most spectacular mansions on Qingyun Street, and the people in the house disappeared overnight. As a result, the people who got up early in the morning to catch the morning gathering found that there were more than 160 people kneeling at the entrance of the vegetable market, and the gray-haired old man in the middle looked up to the sky and shouted sadly: "My family has made great contributions to the imperial court, and you wolf-hearted child will kill what you say!" The sky has no eyes, the sky has no eyes! ”

There are still a few people like him who have backbone, and some of the others can't help but shiver, and they don't know whether they are frozen or scared, and some are even crying, crying and shouting for forgiveness. But in the face of the executioner's butcher's knife, all this was doomed to be in vain.

The butcher did not show any compassion at the heart-rending cry, and with the order of the executioner, the cards inserted into the back of the neck were withdrawn, and the executioner waved his thick arms tirelessly, and one head after another fell like a gourd rolling to the ground, and it was not long before the whole street was clean again.

Yu Linwei's camp is not far from the entrance of the vegetable market.

It seemed to be affected by the bloody qi, and a dark cloud hung over the entire camp. These usually high-ranking guards of the Son of Heaven changed their previous style and even started practicing early in the morning, but because of Tang An's strong performance last night, everyone had a little worry on their faces, and they didn't know if they would be affected because of Wan Jie's matter.

In the handsome camp, Tang An, together with Chen Buping and Ji Chen, flipped through the mountains of confessions. It seems that last night's intimidation had an effect, Yu Linwei's worries about his fate and future have long been greater than the fear of a dead commander, rebelling and rebelling, indiscriminately killing innocents, using private troops, bullying the weak, robbing people's daughters, accepting bribes, abusing power, and abusing power for personal gain...... Countless big hats were buckled on Wan Jie's head, enough to make him die ten thousand times.

If others see these crimes, I am afraid that no one will blame Tang An for being a killer, but will sing praises to him for Datang to get rid of a cancer.

Of course, in addition to the crimes committed by Luo Wanjie, most of the Yulin Army also exposed some of their own shortcomings. It's not that their realm is too high, but Tang An's sentence of "no forgiveness" scared everyone's courage.

They knew very well how crisp this always smiling Lord Tang was when he ordered to shoot Lu Ming, the deputy capital who dared to shout, so he was definitely not joking.

It took the three of them a whole morning to read more than half of the confessions. Tang An propped up his head with a little headache, while Chen Buping and Ji Chen were already angry. If these crimes had been placed in the border army, they would have been turned into dead people. I have long heard that there are many rights and wrongs in the capital, but I didn't expect it to be eroded to the bones.

According to Chen Buping's suggestion, more than 300 Yu Linwei committed crimes with serious circumstances that were enough to be beheaded. But extraordinary means should be used in extraordinary times, so Tang An did not kill anyone again this time, but summoned all the panicked Yulin Army and held a pledge-free meeting.

After the tempering of the Western Regions, Tang An's bookish anger has long been washed away. As soon as the sturdy body stood on the high platform, a murderous aura like substance wafted out.

"I know that no matter how hard I try to force you, you will not list all the ugly things that will not be seen in the light, because it is no different from handing over your heads. But even then, the ugly things you can't hide are enough to die several times! Is this the performance that the Son of Heaven guard should have? Is this the style of the First Army of the Tang Dynasty? You only make me feel ashamed! Our brothers in the Western Regions risked their lives to protect their families and defend the country, and you are relying on the name of the Yulin Army to make a fortune, which is also worthy of the word 'soldier'! ”

On the school ground, a group of Yu Linwei couldn't hold their heads up when Tang An said alone. And the three thousand soldiers behind him raised their heads with indescribable pride.

Tang An took a deep breath and slowly raised a finger: "There is only one chance for redemption, I hope everyone can cherish this hard-won opportunity to wash away the sins you have committed." You should be grateful to the rebels, and I will give you a new lease of life in order to deal with them. On the battlefield in the future, use your Datang spirit of not fearing death to defend the city we have been holding onto, do you hear clearly! ”

"The city is in the people! The city is dead, the people are dead! ”

Needless to say, every Yulin Army knows how to express their position.

It is not only the Yulin Army that needs to take a stand, but also the Praetorian Guard.

But people are different, Wan Jie, who is in charge of the Yulin Army, cannot easily hand over the Yulin Army that he has worked hard to manage for many years, while the Zhong family, who is in charge of the palace guards, is willing to let people share the pressure on their shoulders. They never forgot the lessons of the end of the world, and Zhong Langxian didn't want to become the second "first person in the capital" who fell early.

Therefore, in the evening, the Zhong family set up a good banquet in Sanxiao Building. There were only three people at the table: Tang An, Zhong Rongxian, and Zhong Rongxian's brother Zhong Rongjian.

Compared with Zhong Langxian, who is as feminine as a woman, Zhong Langjian is much taller and stronger, and it is also much more sincere. However, although they are older, the eyes that glanced at their brother from time to time during the banquet revealed the difference in their identities.

If it weren't for Zhong Rongxian's blindness, I am afraid that the position of the commander of the guard would never have fallen on Zhong Rongjian's head. finally thought that he had got ahead, but he sadly found that he was just a pawn in the face of the family. The person who really plays chess behind the scenes is always his congenitally deficient younger brother.

The pressure of the family made him unable to resist the idea, and for many years he had been at ease to do his duty as a pawn, until a few days ago, when Zhong Rang String told him to give up his military power, that he first raised his voice against it. But this morning, when he saw the fate of Wan Wanren, he realized how wrong he was.

What does the removal of the Nuoda family from overnight mean? It shows that this is not Tang An's power, but the one behind the scenes who wants to eradicate Wanjia. If you hinder Tang An, what is the difference between going against the emperor?

As soon as he thought of the disaster that his persistence might bring to the family, Zhong Rongjian couldn't help but panic in his heart. Once again, he lost to his younger brother, not only in terms of knowledge, but also in terms of vision.

Zhong Langxian couldn't see his brother's self-pity, these sad little daughters should not appear on the children of the world, what they saw in their eyes should be a broader world - although he couldn't see it.

From the very beginning, he sensed something from the emperor's affection for Tang An. Now it seems how wise it was to show favor to Tang An at that time.

Of course, sometimes he is jealous, and he secretly speculates: if he is not blind, then ...... The emperor should choose to be the key gentleman himself, right?

Sadly, there are not so many ifs in life.

Since he was standing on one front, he omitted too many pleasantries, and the handover of the six thousand Praetorian Guards was unusually smooth. In fact, there is no handover, because Tang An is just hanging a fictitious position, the real capital is still Zhong Rongjian, and the real behind-the-scenes capital is still Zhong Rongxian.

The guests and hosts of a wine banquet enjoyed themselves until the tongues of all three of them were rolled, and Tang An proposed to give up.

Faced with the request of the top boss, the Zhong brothers naturally had no reason to refuse. After sending Tang An to the door of Sanxiao Building, Zhong Langxian smiled and said: "Zhong Mou said back then, if there is a need, Zhong Mou will definitely serve, but I didn't expect this sentence to come true so soon." ”

Tang An burped, patted Zhong Rongxian's shoulder and said, "I said old Zhong, do you know why the emperor chose me to be the commander of the Praetorian Guard, instead of you?" ”

Zhong Rongxian humbly bowed his head: "The Hou Ye can win the emperor's favor, because he fought hard. ”

"Hooray!" Tang An shook his head again and again, stared at Zhong Rongxian's gray eyes very seriously, pointed to his nose and said, "Because I am more handsome than you, hahahahahaha!" ”

In a hearty laugh, Tang An got into the carriage and disappeared into the night.

When the carriage was far away, Zhong Rongjian's broad face swelled with a thick disdain: "I don't know what kind of luck this guy has taken, and he is so valued by the emperor." Otherwise, with his knowledge, he wouldn't even be a green onion. Phew, something! ”

"Smack!"

As soon as Zhong Langjian's voice fell, he received a loud slap. A little confused, he glanced at Zhong Langxian, and didn't understand why his younger brother, who had always been gentle to him, reacted so much.

"In this case, you must not say it again in the future, unless you want to cause trouble for our Zhong family."

Looking at his gray eyes that seemed to be full of anger, Zhong Langjian touched the right side of his face, a little uncertain: "Where does the trouble come from?" ”

Zhong Langxian sighed, put his hands behind his back and said, "At the beginning, we wanted to meet the source left and right, but we didn't expect the two sides to tear their faces so quickly. If I hadn't pressed the treasure on the emperor, then our family might have died like the Wan family now. Merely...... The Oriental Journey is menacing, and it is still unknown whether it can hold Bianjing City. The most optimistic result is naturally that the emperor wins, and then the Tang Dynasty will be in a mess, and it is the time when people are most needed. If you are the emperor, will you choose a group of sons of poor families who have no foundation, and when they grow up, you will firmly hold this power in our hands, or will you choose a group of children of scholars who are well versed in the way of the court as officials? ”

Zhong Langjian is not a fool, and after thinking for a while, he understood the sound of Zhong Langxian's extra-strings: "According to your meaning...... Tang An is likely to be set up as a model by the emperor in the future, and become the next person under one person and above ten thousand people to travel to the East? ”

"I don't know if he's the next Xiangguo, I just know... He is an indispensable point in the emperor's layout. For us, the wisest choice is to be his shadow honestly. "So...... He didn't mean that he looked more handsome than me, but that he understood the emperor's heart better......"