At the end of the second watch, the north gate of the city was surrendered.

"Stop! Who? "The guards at the drawbridge outside the city stopped three suspicious people. All three were riding black military horses, wearing black cloaks, and their faces were covered with a black veil.

"Damn, blindfolded in the black light, aren't you afraid of wrestling?" The leader of the gang scolded and stepped forward, judging from the military horses ridden by the three of them, it should be his own people. The three men sat motionless on their horses. The hand of the man carrying the lantern trembled slightly. Looking at the calm and relaxed demeanor of the three of them, they should not be small, and they may not be offended.

"It's me, Sixth." The leader snorted haughtily.

"Ouch, it turned out to be the sixth general." The captain hurriedly bowed and saluted, "It's really hard for you to come back so late." "The person who spoke was Wang Zeng, the deputy general of Huyan Valley. Wang Qian had three sons, but sixteen nephews. Wang Zeng is the sixth among his cousins, and his nickname is Xiaoliu. The people who befriended him called him "Sixth Master", and when he arrived in the army, the soldiers called him "Sixth General".

"Ah," Wang Zeng raised his hand slightly on the horse, which was considered a return of the courtesy. "The child is seriously ill, I'll come back and take a look. How about brother, let's make it convenient. ”

Wang Zeng married Miss Fengzhou at the age of fourteen, gave birth to a pair of twin daughters in the second year, and the concubine gave birth to three daughters for him in the same year, known as "five golden flowers", although all of them are as cute as pink makeup and jade carving, Wang Zeng did not like it, and even married a three-room concubine, and finally got a son the year before last, and immediately regarded it as a treasure. According to the law, it is a capital crime to behead the generals who guard the border and return to the city without an order. Wang Qian was born in the army, governed the army very strictly, and never showed mercy to generals and colonels who violated military discipline. Even his nephews and nephews were no exception. On weekdays, the captain would not dare to do this convenience no matter what. But at this moment, he agreed.

Wang Zeng hugged his fists on horseback and said a word of thanks, and was about to leave, when he suddenly turned around and said: "The fifth day of the next month is my mother's birthday, and my brother must enjoy the light to drink a glass of wine." The captain was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to lower the drawbridge and see the three of them enter the city.

After the three of them left, a captain beside him reminded in a low voice: "The person on his left is like Wang Lin." The captain glared at him and shouted, "Nonsense, you don't have a head!" Hearing this, Wu Chang hurriedly kept silent.

Wu Chang was not mistaken, and the gang leader also knew it. The person on Wang Zeng's left was indeed Wang Lin. He got a secret report that his father Wang Qian was critically ill and rushed back privately. After entering the city, the three of them rushed to a secluded mansion outside the northwest corner gate of the Tiande Military Dental Department. Wang Lin was not Wang Qian's heir, his mother Yan was very favored in her early years, but later fell out of favor because of Wang Qian's suspicion and was sent to live in a foreign house.

Yan was stunned when he saw Wang Lin returning late at night, and scolded Wang Lin: "You are so confused, wouldn't it be self-defeating to come back at this time?" After saying that, he helped Wang Lin and cried.

Wang Lin said: "If my son doesn't come back, they won't let me go." Rather than this, it is better to die with your mother. The "they" Wang Lin said refers to his eldest brother Wang Mian and second brother Wang Feng. Wang Mian was born to Wang Qian's wife Feng, who was 20 years older than Wang Lin, and is currently the former commander of the Tiande Army. Wang Feng was born to Wang Qian's most favored singer Lou Yuan'er, only one year older than Wang Lin, and was originally the deputy general of the Tooth Army, but was later transferred to the main general of the Hou Army due to suspicion. Nominally, it is an official promotion, but in fact, the Yajun is the elite of the Tiande Army, and Wang Qian's guards are pro-army, and the combat power of the pro-family and sparse is not comparable to the vain Tiande Rear Army.

After Wang Qian became seriously ill, Wang Mian and Wang Feng began to fight openly and secretly for the heir. Wang Mian's Tiande front army had more than 10,000 troops, stationed in various passes outside the city, far away from the center. Wang Feng's Tiande rear army had less than 3,000 people, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, but the rear army was stationed in the administrative station, and it was convenient to be close to the water. In addition, he has deep connections in the Tooth Army, and the current general of the Tooth Army, Wu Guihao, is his supporter. In addition, Wang Mian's personality is a little pedantic, and Wang Feng gradually gained the upper hand in the open and secret battle between the two.

Wang Zeng also helped on the side: "We received a secret report that Wang Feng and Wu Guihao conspired with bad intentions. If he gains power, the third brother will die without a place to be buried. ”

When Yan Shi heard this, he sighed and said with an anxious expression: "I don't know this truth, but how can you fight him when you come back single-handedly? Isn't it a death in the end? The child listens to his mother and goes to find your eldest brother, and now only he can save you. ”

Wang Zeng said: "The general is too honest, he can't fight Wang Feng." ”

Yan sighed helplessly when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "It's really not good, you just go to your second uncle." When Wang Lin heard this, he immediately became excited: "At this time, you let me go to the second uncle, and your innocence will be ruined in the hands of your son." The son would rather die than see him! ”

Although Wang Qian and Wang Ben were born to the same mother, the age difference is more than 20 years. As a general of the unified army, Wang Qian can't always stay by the side of a full house of wives and concubines, and he will inevitably be suspicious in his heart. Yan gave birth to Wang Lin after seven months of pregnancy, and Wang Qian suspected that Wang Lin was not his own, so he arrested the generals in the house and tortured them secretly. The family general boiled the torture but talked nonsense, and actually dragged Wang Ben, who was only fifteen years old, in. Wang Qian was ashamed and angry and wanted to kill Wang Ben, but his mother Liu was still alive at that time, so he simply suppressed the matter. The fierce Yan could not bear this insult, so he carried the infant Wang Lin to the city tower and threatened to prove his innocence by death.

Under the persecution of his mother Liu, Wang Qian had to admit his mistake to Yan in person. He put the blame on the two generals and the three maid slaves, and tortured the five to death in front of the Yan family, this time barely quelling the rumors. Two years later, Liu died, and Wang Qian sent someone to send Yan back to his hometown, while Wang Lin was raised by his wife, Feng. When Wang Lin was eight years old, Wang Qian took over as the envoy of the Tiande Army, and after the persuasion of the Feng family, he took the Yan family back to the Tiande Army.

Seventeen years later, Wang Lin brought up the old matter again in front of Yan, how could Yan not be angry in his heart? She slapped Wang Lin with her hand, and scolded angrily: "Even you don't believe that your mother is innocent? ”，

When Wang Lin saw that his mother was angry, he immediately panicked, and kowtowed again and again to apologize. At that moment, someone banged on the door. Family member Tang Niang led a small official from the dental department in, and the little official saw Yan and hurriedly said: "The handsome man is dying, the dental army has blocked the dental department." Madame, let's make a plan ahead of time. ”

Yan took out a bag of silver and stuffed it into the hand of the little official, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, please accept it with a little heart." The little official put the silver in his sleeve, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Please let the three generals get out of the city quickly, the tooth army will soon surround here." With that, he hurried away.

Wang Lin walked out from behind the brocade curtain, took Yan's hand and said, "Mother, come with your son." Yan broke free of his hand and said sharply: "No one can leave with me." Wang Lin cried: "Without a mother, my son doesn't want to live alone." Yan slapped him and scolded: "Crying and crying, who will you show as a child?" Wang Lin held his breath and didn't dare to speak, and Tang Niang persuaded on the side: "Son, go quickly, you are safe, and Mrs. can be safe." Wang Zeng also persuaded on the side. Only then did Wang Lin come back to his senses, kowtow to Yan's head, and left in a hurry.

Wang Qian's fifty-three years of life have finally come to an end, and he is already in a semi-comatose state. After a period of hecticism, Lang Zhong, the best of the Tiande Army, shook his head and sighed. A low sobbing sound suddenly sounded in front of the sickbed. The civilian and military generals knelt on the ground, and everyone had a sad look on their faces. Of course, most of this is pretended. What they are most concerned about now is who the marshal will appoint as the heir before he dies, which is a major matter related to their life and death.

Wang Qian's sworn brother, Yu Wanjin, the deputy envoy of the Tiande Army, was the only one who did not kneel, he bent down on Wang Qian's body, and kept asking: "After a hundred years, who can take on the big responsibility?" ”

Wang Qian's lips were open, and a voice came out. Yu Wanjin stepped forward to listen, and his voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible: "Wang ...... Wang ......, cough, Wang ......"

The military generals also pricked up their ears, and they could hear people's heartbeats quietly in front of the sickbed.

"Wang ...... Wang ......, "Wang Qian still didn't say the latter word.

Someone has already secretly scolded Wang Qian in his heart for being sick and confused: Of course it is a surname Wang, if you just say the next word, it will be over.

Wang Qian didn't say the following word, or said it but everyone didn't hear it. The veteran of Rong Ma's half life is dead like this. Yu Wanjin stretched out his thin hand and helped him close his eyes, then stood up, wiped away his tears, and said calmly: "Dashuai is gone." ”

There was a cry all of a sudden, fake howl and real crying, real howl and fake crying, and it was a mess.

"Don't cry!" Suddenly, someone screamed out of place. A group of ironclad warriors burst in with the sound of clanging footsteps. Wu Guihao, the commander of the Tooth Army, walked to Wang Qian's corpse with a knife on his shoulder, took a look, turned around and said, "You can't be without a commander in the army for a day. May I ask the Deputy Envoy, who will be appointed to take over the handsome seal before the death of the marshal? ”

Everyone wiped away their tears when they heard this, and dozens of pairs of eyes stared at Yu Wanjin. Yu Wanjin said calmly: "The last life of the handsome man is passed on to the crown!" ”

There was a sound of surprise in all directions, and the military generals exchanged heads and talked about each other. Wu Guihao's face turned blood-red, and he pointed at Yu Wanjin and shouted, "You are talking nonsense! ”

Yu Wanjin sneered: "Dashuai's words, I didn't hear them alone. General Wu doesn't believe me, so why don't you ask the others? Everyone secretly complained in their hearts when they heard this, and the old man said the word "king" five times, how could there be a following? No, maybe I said it, but I didn't hear it. In short, this kind of thing must not be said nonsense, and if you say it wrong, you will definitely lose your head.

"It's impossible!" Wu Guihao roared in shame, and suddenly pulled out his knife and cut off Yu Wanjin's right arm. The general beside him kicked over Yu Wanjin: "Damn, you dare to fake the holy decree!" ”

"Ahh Yu Wanjin fell to the ground with his broken arm and rolled over, but everyone was silent.

"This is the fate of traitors!" Wu Guihao carried a bloody waist knife and asked the ministers one by one: "Which of you wants to be a traitor?" The ministers were silent, and no one dared to say anything.

"When the old man was dying, he passed on the throne to the second son, and we all heard it." Shi Qingliu, the oldest Wenchen in the Tiande Army, suddenly came out of class and said breathlessly, he was already eighty-two years old, and with his continuous loyalty to Wang Qian, he had been serving as the nominal Fengzhou Assassin.

"Lord Thorn Shi is an old minister seeking the country after all, haha......" Wu Guihao patted Shi Qingliu's shoulder, because of the excessive force, Shi Qingliu's body shook violently. Wu Guihao hurriedly hugged him and secretly shouted: "Old fellow, survive tonight and then die, the second general will ensure that your descendants will enjoy endless glory and wealth." ”

When Shi Qingliu heard this, he suddenly seemed to have drunk the elixir and jade liquid, and became refreshed, he raised his arms and shouted: "The generals of the Tiande Army, the civil ministers and military generals, all support the second prince as handsome...... Cough...... cough ......" shouted so violently that he coughed violently. Wu Guihao was afraid that he would hang up on the spot, so he hurriedly asked people to help him down.

"Support the second son as the commander." More people raised their arms and shouted, each more loyal than the other. Under the "escort" of the Ya sergeants, the emotionally agitated Yongli army rushed to the Tiande Houjun camp in the west of the city, and at this time, Wang Feng, who was "unaware", was wearing iron armor to inspect the camp.

Wu Guihao glanced at Yu Wanjin who was grinning on the ground with disdain, pulled a chair and sat beside him, and asked with interest: "Old thing, what benefits did the crown give you, you worked so hard for him?" ”

Yu Wanjin endured severe pain and scolded: "Rebel ministers and thieves, do you know how to write the word 'loyalty'?" ”

"I don't read much, I have a lot of strokes, I can't write well, and I don't want to write. But I can write the word 'foolish' and I can also write the word 'death'. Foolish people like you deserve nothing but 'death'! ”

Wu Gyu-ho glared at him, he didn't want to waste his time on this disabled person.

"General, kill or not?" He was just about to leave when the general beside him asked.

"Chop off his left arm and let him die slowly." Wu Guihao didn't look back when he said this. He walked into the courtyard, looked up at the moonlit and starry night sky, took a deep breath, and felt comfortable. At this moment, there was a scream of more than 10,000 catties in the house.

Wu Guihao, or the partial general, didn't notice that Yu Wanjin had a smug smile in his eyes at the moment when his left arm was cut off.