The sound of "rumbling" horses' hooves came faintly, and every time it seemed to step on the heart of a person, Prince Bao's deputy general Sima Shang led 5,000 forbidden troops into the inner city, and the first one surrounded the mansion of Huang Tingzhi, the capital of the cabinet.

However, the huge mansion was still as calm as a mountain even in the face of the rebels, and the servants inside were as usual, and they didn't seem to worry about what the forbidden army outside the door would do to them.

Calm and introverted, not surprised by changes, and having a good way to run the family, this is the essence of the Huang Ting, the head of the civil official, the veteran of the three dynasties, and the cabinet for nearly 20 years.

"General, the gate of the Yellow Mansion is closed, and no one has been sent to negotiate with our army, please show me how to act!"

The former military cadet knelt on one knee in front of Sima Shang's war horse to report.

Sima Shang hesitated slightly, jumped off the horse, and strode to the door of the Huangfu under the escort of a group of personal soldiers, and slapped the door knocker three times.

With a "creak", the gate of the Huangfu finally opened, but only a gap was opened, revealing the expressionless face of the gatekeeper.

"Trouble to go and say goodbye, Sima Shang, the deputy commander of the forbidden army, was ordered to come."

Sima Shang said with his fists clenched.

When the gatekeeper heard this, he replied politely and coldly: "Don't blame the general, my lord has a strict order to return to the house by the holy decree to be attended, and no one will be seen." ”

Sima Shang nodded, and said expressionlessly: "Since this is the case, then it will only be unreasonable!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers around him suddenly rushed up and pushed the door open.

"You, you are so daring!"

The keeper of the gate exclaimed, but a waist knife had already reached his neck.

Before he could react, the waist knife was pulled down hard, and most of the guard keeper's neck was immediately cut off by the sharp blade, blood gushed out, and he fell to the ground and kicked his legs, and died like a slaughtered pheasant.

"Ahh

Seeing this scene, the servants in the palace immediately screamed and fled, but the fierce and vicious forbidden soldiers had already killed the generals and killed people when they saw them, and the corpses were all over the field in just a moment.

Sima Shang looked at this scene coldly, took a step and continued to walk towards the inner house.

The originally silent mansion was now full of bloody scenes of blood splashing, Sima Shang came all the way to the back house, and several personal soldiers had already opened the last door for him in advance.

However, the moment Sima Shang walked into the back house, he was stunned.

In the back house, more than 40 clansmen of the Huang family gathered here.

The old Huang Tingzhi moved a Taishi chair and sat in the middle of the courtyard, three concubines, six sons, as well as a group of daughters-in-law, half-grown grandchildren, and even the infant great-grandson were all hugged and surrounded behind Huang Tingzhi.

Perhaps everyone already knew the fate that was coming, but they did not cry or make a fuss, not a single person had panic written on his face, not even the infant in swaddling clothes.

Sima Shang pondered for a moment, waved his hand, and asked the forbidden soldiers to wait outside the door for the time being, walked a few steps quickly, and came to Huang Tingzhi's body, ignoring the angry gaze of the Huang family, and bowed down to Huang Tingzhi's fist.

"Sima Shang, the deputy commander of the forbidden army, see the elder of the pavilion."

Huang Tingzhi still seemed to be like he could never wake up, and he couldn't see any joy or anger, and when he saw Sima Shang saluting, he just waved his hand lightly and said: "General Sima doesn't need to be polite, the old man is no longer the first assistant of the cabinet, and he is just an old man who is idle at home." ”

Sima Shang didn't say much, but still insisted on making a complete bow.

Huang Tingzhi glanced at Sima Shang deeply, and sighed: "Since General Sima can still give the old man this thin face, then the old man will ask more without knowing how to raise it, is this time under the military order of Prince Jiabao, or is it the meaning of the saint?" ”

Sima Shang frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then replied truthfully: "It's the meaning of the saint." ”

Huang Tingzhi nodded calmly and said with emotion: "I thought that Prince Bao, an old friend, was tired of seeing the old man, but I didn't expect that the fate with the saint was exhausted, but it was more decisive than the old man thought."

Anyway, there is no banquet in the world, since the saint doesn't want the old man to serve Da Wei's rice bowl again, then the old man has nothing to say, more than 40 relatives of my Huang family are here, General Sima will do it. ”

Huang Tingzhi was still calm and indifferent when he spoke, as if he was talking about the life and death of others.

Sima Shang sighed in his heart and slammed towards Huang Tingyi.

"Elder Ge, the last general has offended ......"

As soon as the words fell, the forbidden soldiers who had already sharpened their knives suddenly came in, and the inner house immediately jumped like chickens and dogs in the front yard, and the cries and screams converged together, which made people upset.

"Leave a whole corpse for the elder of the pavilion!"

Sima Shang commanded in a deep voice, as if he didn't want to take another look, turned around in a hurry, came to the door of the inner house, and looked up at the sky in a daze.

Although it has not rained in the sky today, it is still cloudy, as if a pair of eyes are quietly staring at everything in the clouds, Sima Shang looked at the sky and suddenly felt a deep sadness, like an imperial elegy, which lasted for a long time.

"General Qiyu, more than 200 mouths in Huang Ting's Mansion have all been cleaned up!"

I don't know how long it took, but the report of the soldiers brought Sima Shang back to reality.

At this moment, he realized that the cabinet capital that stood for three dynasties and made great contributions to the strength of the Great Wei was strangled to death by a bowstring in this way, and the sky of the Great Wei had finally changed.

"Ignition!"

At this moment, Sima Shang found that he was accustomed to seeing the bloody battlefield and didn't have the courage to look back at the tragic situation in the back house, so he just muttered these two words.

A group of soldiers immediately scattered with fire oil and torches.

"General, where are we going next?"

After doing all this, the army returned to the gate of the Huangfu, and the deputy general asked in front of Sima Shang.

Sima Shang faced the burning Huangfu, as if his heart was gradually numb, and asked expressionlessly, "Who is next on the list?" ”

The adjutant said: "It's the princess's mansion, champion Hou Xu Rui!" ”

Sima Shang frowned when he heard this: "Champion Hou will leave it to Jinyi Wei first, and when they succeed, we will go to reinforcements, let's go somewhere else first!" ”

After speaking, he pulled the reins of the horse and shouted: "Drive!" ”

The war horse suddenly galloped out, and the forbidden soldiers with bloody knives immediately followed his footsteps and killed the next important court minister's mansion that needed to be cleared.

Outside the Liao Wang's Mansion in the east of Changxing City, the army mobilized by the Liao King has been assembled, in addition to Wang Yi's left guard of the Chinese army, there are other henchmen who control the right Jin Wuwei, plus the Hu Ben left guard who has not yet arrived for a long time and is commanded by Long Yun.

The King of Liao has mastered the three guards in the twelve guards of the Beijing Division, more than 100,000 troops, and with the Ministry of War, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the Changxing Governor's Mansion controlled by the King of Han, he has held most of the soldiers and horses of the Wei State in his hands, which can be described as a strong army.

Just waited and waited, even if the King of Liao had stretched his neck, the holy decree to announce his entry into the palace was delayed.

"Could it be that the person who made the decree did something wrong on the way?"

Du Ruo saw that King Liao's face was getting more and more ugly, and he couldn't help but muttered to himself suspiciously.

King Liao glanced back at Du Ruo, although he didn't speak, anyone could see that he was already very impatient.

At this moment, a cronie rushed to the King of Liao in a hurry, and said breathlessly: "No...... Oh no...... Lord Wang, the spies guarding the gate of King Yu's mansion came to report that King Yu had received the holy decree to enter the palace half an hour ago, and now I am afraid that he has entered the palace to face the saint! ”

"What?"

Hearing this, everyone was shocked.

Du Ruo's eyes widened, and he exclaimed: "Impossible, why did King Yu receive the holy decree, but the prince did not?" That's not right...... That's not right......"

After not receiving the holy decree for a long time, King Liao seemed to have been mentally prepared, and when he heard this, he immediately sneered and said: "Don't you understand, my father is just using this king, and he doesn't plan to pass on the throne to me at all!" ”

"No, no, maybe the person who delivered the decree had an accident on the road, it's been until now, the prince must not be impulsive!"

Seeing that the King of Liao showed his murderous intentions, Du Ruo hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

As a last resort, no one wants to make a risky move, after all, no one knows what the old and spicy Hongwei Emperor will do.

The King of Liao sighed when he heard this, and was about to say that he would not wait any longer, when a person who looked like a family man suddenly rushed to the front of the battle with a pale face.

When King Liao saw this person, he was shocked: "Huang Chen, why are you here, does your grandfather have anything to say?" ”

This person is the steward of Huang Tingzhi's house, because the biological mother of the King of Liao, Concubine Yin, is the daughter of Huang Tingzhi, so the King of Liao is very familiar with the people in the Huang Ting's house, and when he sees this person, he immediately thinks of whether his grandfather has thought of something.

However, no one expected that when the steward Huang Chen saw the King of Liao, he immediately knelt down with a "plop", holding the leg of the King of Liao and crying.

"The forbidden army slaughtered into the old mansion, slaughtered the old family of the pavilion, and burned the mansion!"

"What?"

When the King of Liao heard this, he was shocked, immediately jumped off his horse, grabbed Huang Chen up, and shouted angrily: "What you said is true, where is my grandfather now?" ”

Huang Chen couldn't stop crying, and said sadly: "The villain's words are true, the elder was strangled to death by a bowstring from the forbidden army!" ”

"Ahh

This time, not only the King of Liao, but almost everyone was stunned.

"Grandpa!"

King Liao's eyes were instantly filled with tears, and he suddenly looked in the direction of the palace, gritted his teeth and said: "He has done his best for you and for the Great Wei, but you are the first assistant but he is willing to take power for fifteen years, why don't you even leave him a way to live?!" ”

After speaking, the King of Liao couldn't stop his murderous aura anymore, and shouted: "The whole army listens to the order, you don't have to wait for the follow-up people, you will immediately enter the palace with this king and seize the throne!" ”

At the sound of the order, nearly 70,000 troops immediately set off and rushed to the palace with murderous spirit.

Du Ruo was caught in the army, stunned like a puppet, and until this moment he had not recovered from the shock of his mentor's killing.

He couldn't figure out how to think about it, things were obviously nine out of ten, why did it get to this point, but now that the sword has been unsheathed, there is no room for maneuver, and this battle will either push the King of Liao to the throne, or it will be all over the place.

Thinking of this, Du Ruo finally came back to his senses, and the heart of this scholar also surged with a ruthless energy.