Outside the gate of the Xiao Mansion, the sound of swords unsheathed spread far and far along the night.

"What do you want to do? Suddenly, a calm, powerful and energetic voice came out of the door, and then the figure of Lord Xiao appeared in front of everyone's eyes. As his voice fell, although the soldiers on the Xiao family's side did not make any further movements, the blades in their hands were not sheathed. Lord Xiao didn't see it, and said to Governor Zhang: "I don't know what Lord Governor Zhen brought so many people to my Xiao Mansion for, and whether your battle is a bit excessive." Although Lord Xiao's tone was neither humble nor arrogant, the content of his words did not back down at all. At this time, Lord Xiao looked at Zhang Zhendu, who was dressed in military uniform, and the black-armored warrior behind him. Just like he hadn't seen Zhang Zhendu like this, he hadn't seen these soldiers either. Lord Xiao's inner sense of uneasiness was magnified a lot.

"Lord Xiao doesn't know yet, but tonight, a thief sneaked into the town governor's mansion and wanted to assassinate me. ”

"Who ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall, and dared to assassinate the town governor. Lord Xiao pretended to be surprised, but he knew in his heart that the person in front of him was going to further expand this matter, obviously just going in to find something or tying up someone, and now Zhang Xuanzong has become an important assassin in the military.

"Yes, bear-hearted leopard gall. However, before those people were killed, I also asked the commander, and these people are no strangers to Lord Xiao. ”

Hearing Zhang Xuanzong's words, Lord Xiao's eyes were cold: "What does the town governor mean by this, is the town governor suspicious of the lower officials?"

"Lord Xiao misunderstood, Lord Xiao is the mainstay of the garrison of my Southern Regions Town, how can he do such a thing. However, the person next to Lord Xiao is difficult to say, and this person dares to assassinate me today, I don't know if he will do anything to Lord Xiao next time. ”

Lord Xiao looked at Xiao San, who had been with him for decades, and turned around and said to Zhang Xuanzong in a tough tone: "My lord, Xiao San has been following me for decades, I believe he will not do this kind of thing." I also ask your Excellency to show evidence, if there is no evidence, even if I go to Your Majesty, I will fight for justice for my good friend. ”

Xiao San, who was standing next to Lord Xiao, had already sunk to the bottom of his heart, but after hearing these words, his heart was warm, and he felt that he was still full of hope, and the Lord would definitely not let himself suffer injustice.

"The assassins are all dead, and there is no proof of death, but fortunately I have other evidence. Then Zhang Zhendu pointed to a black-armored soldier beside him and asked, "Have you heard those people say that Xiao San instructed them before they died?"

The soldier who was asked immediately replied: "Back to the town governor, my subordinates have heard it." ”

Governor Zhang nodded, then pointed to another soldier and asked, "What about you?"

Another soldier immediately said yes, and then Zhang Zhendu ordered a few people, all of them were the people who were instructed by Xiao San to bite to death, Lord Xiao was extremely angry when he saw this scene, can this framing be more obvious?" "Lord Zhendu, it seems that the words of your subordinates alone can't explain anything. ”

"Of course, not only their words, but also the governor of this town, I also heard it with my own ears. Zhang Zhendu sneered, then asked someone to hand a piece of paper to Lord Xiao, and then said: "By the way, Lord Xiao look at this list, those people said more than just the person next to you before they died. ”

Lord Xiao took the list with a gloomy face, and more than a dozen people were written on it, all of whom were his die-hard henchmen in the West Battalion, these dozen or so people accounted for one-third of the generals of the entire West Battalion, and the entire Xiao family's control of the West Battalion depended on these middle-level and even high-level generals.

These people on the list account for more than half of the power cultivated by Lord Xiao in the Western Camp, and if they are really handed over, even if the Western Camp is still under control, the Xiao family will also suffer heavy losses.

"Zhang Zhendu, do you really want to do this? My Xiao family is not the only one in the Seven Provinces of the Southern Regions, aren't you afraid of losing the support of the Seven Provinces of the Southern Regions?" Lord Xiao stared at the familiar and unfamiliar old face of Zhang Zhendu, and there was no sign of giving in on that face at this moment.

"Lord Xiao, for the sake of your majesty's protégé, I still call you a lord. But you'd better find out your identity, you're just the person in charge of the Western Battalion, and I'm the one in charge of the entire Southern Regions, and you're also worthy of it in terms of official positions, titles, and the seven provinces of the Southern Regions? Are you also worthy! Are you saying that I, the town governor, have a brain disease? I didn't sleep in the middle of the night and came to your Xiao Mansion to play monkeys?"

Lord Xiao's whole face turned red, he had never seen Zhang Xuanzong like this tonight, arrogant and unreasonable and aggressive. Before Lord Xiao could speak, Xiao Ming on the side immediately shouted: "Lord Town Governor, you are too much. Take out a list, fabricate a crime and dare to come to my Xiao Mansion to ask for someone, are you a bully for my Xiao family!"

When Zhang Zhendu heard this, his eyes lit up, and he was thinking about how to clean up Xiao Ming, but he gave a reason himself.

A sound of "pop" came, Zhang Zhendu was slightly stunned, and everyone in the Xiao family present was also stunned.

Xiao Ming, who was originally standing behind Lord Xiao, was now slapped and flew out, directly hitting the stone pier in front of the door, and the left half of his face was already swollen.

At this moment, Xiao Ming was looking at his father in disbelief, since Xiao Ming's mother blocked a sword for Lord Xiao, Lord Xiao had never made a move against Xiao Ming, of course, Xiao Ming was also angry, since his mother passed away, Xiao Ming suddenly grew up, and never disappointed Lord Xiao again.

At this moment, Lord Xiao's face was full of anger, as if he was angry with his son, but everyone present knew that this fire was really not burned by Xiao Ming, and Lord Xiao's beating hand was still trembling slightly: "Rebel, what nonsense are you talking about? ”

Zhang Xuanzong squinted slightly, and said to Lord Xiao: "Lord is serious, young generals are just a little bloody." Now that Lord Xiao has already done it, the old man will forget it, I just hope that Xiao Ming can take this as a warning in the future, not everyone is as good at talking as me. After speaking, Zhang Zhendu laughed, and the laughter echoed in the courtyard of the Xiao Mansion, which was particularly harsh.

Xiao Ming had already understood at this moment, and didn't say anything more, just clenched his fists tightly.

"Lord Xiao, let's talk about business, do you hand over or not?" As soon as he finished saying this, the atmosphere was tense to the extreme, and the soldiers on both sides tightened their hands holding the hilt of the sword.

Lord Xiao didn't reply, one hand quickly reached to his side, grabbed Xiao San's throat, and before Xiao San could react, he had already broken his neck, and Xiao San, who was lying on the ground, just made a few sounds and completely stopped moving.

"Ming'er, you take the list and go to the West Camp to help the town governor capture people. ”

"Father, this ... ”

"It's nothing like this, a rebellious person like Xiao San, immediately capture me, do you understand?"

Xiao Ming looked at Xiao San, and then looked at his father's calm face at the moment, took the list and got on the horse and went straight to the West Camp.

After Xiao Ming left, the atmosphere between the two sides seemed to be relaxed, but Lord Xiao did not invite Zhang Zhendu into the mansion, and Zhang Zhendu did not dismount, and the two groups of people waited quietly in front of the gate of Xiao Mansion.

At dawn the next day, the surrounding residents seemed to feel the breath of the place, and the fortress, which was supposed to be lively, was still quiet at the moment, as if they had not woken up.

At this time, Xiao Ming appeared, and did not bring anyone over, but pulled a carriage behind the horse, and fresh human heads were neatly placed in it.

Zhang Zhendu saw this scene, and without saying a word, he turned his horse head and went back to the town governor's mansion, and he didn't even check the number of people, before Xiao Ming left, the exchange between father and son, how could Zhang Zhendu not understand, but what he wanted was not a living mouth, all he wanted was the Xiao family to shoot at these people, as long as the Xiao family did it, no matter life or death, the Xiao family was defeated.

In the Xiao Mansion, Lord Xiao looked at the heads in the car and suddenly felt that he was nothing. If Zhang Xuanzong wants to move himself, he doesn't need any evidence at all, just kill him. And Zhang Xuanzong was concerned about the background of the Xiao family in the seven provinces? Is it the false name of the protégé of the Son of Heaven? No, what he cares about is the chess game between the person on the throne of the imperial capital and the three old men opposite.

"Burial, take out half of the money in the treasury, half to the families of these people, and generally to the remaining generals of the Western Battalion. After saying this, Lord Xiao seemed to be tired for a long time, so he went into the house to rest by himself. It's just that Lord Xiao's heart is not calm, he is very angry, some to Zhang Zhendu, and some to the four people in the imperial capital.

The West Battalion ushered in the most generous salary since the establishment of the camp, but the rest of the people looked at the money they got, and they didn't feel good in their hearts, the generals, and even the soldiers, couldn't calm down in their hearts for a long time, and there were many ideas that slowly grew out at this moment.

Zhang Zhendu stayed in front of the Xiao Mansion all night, but Qiu Zhen was busy all night. After this night, no less than 100 generals were dismissed or directly executed, and after daybreak, the assassins who raided the town governor's mansion this night also went to the homes of other officials and nobles in the fortress.

According to the people of the fortress, dozens of assassins were found that day, and I don't know how so many people couldn't think of invading the town governor's mansion on a large scale, and since then, the walls of the Southern Regions town governor's mansion seem to have become much higher and more majestic.

Going back to Han Xiao's side, before the opportunity arrived, he felt that the entire fortress was like a awakened beast, and soldiers began to search everywhere, Han Xiao saw that his heart was not good, I am afraid that something big will happen in the fortress today, and his luck is also a little worse, and then Han Xiao urinated and disappeared into the night when the Xiao Mansion was moving inside and outside outside, and went straight to his residence in Nancheng.

No. 1 took Li Yu'er to the Xiao Mansion with difficulty, in the opinion of No. 1, it should be safe to enter the Xiao Mansion, the status of the Xiao family in the entire Southern Region is not low, at least in his opinion, it is already high, but the sharp increase in soldiers and military masters on this street makes No. 1, a spy who makes a living by hiding and spying on intelligence, also feel pressure.

Since their brothers were together, No. 1 has never had the experience of fleeing like today, no, even if they haven't been together before, when No. 1 was flying from one roof to another, Han Xiao, who came back from Xiao Mansion, was stunned, and actually encountered a flower thief.

Han Xiao saw a man holding a girl, sneakily transferring, the sky was very dark, and he couldn't see the appearance clearly, but he could still judge from the figure that it was a man holding a woman, and the woman was graceful, thinking that she was a beauty, otherwise she would not have attracted people.

Han Xiao was still in his bag, so naturally he didn't have the heart to tickle others, so he went directly to a low eaves at the moment, and the whole person was stuck underneath, he planned to do well water instead of river water.