Empress Lu and Dai Qing hurried to the west gate of Chang'an, and did not immediately appear in front of Liu Bang and the people, but just hid behind a bronze tripod near the palace gate, first watching how Liu Bang and the people dealt with it, and seeing what Liu Bang's thoughts were. He has always thought that Liu Bang is expecting the people of the Lu family to make mistakes, and now that he has finally made mistakes, does he want to take advantage of the Lu family's mistakes to strike a good blow at the Lu family?

Seeing that Liu Bang had been standing in front of the west gate and confronting the wild people for a long time but did not give an order to deal with the matter, he heard the wild people still shouting from a distance, 'Execute Lu Ling, execute Cheng Hou', but Liu Bang only did to appease and did not want to say more. Dai Qing said beside Empress Lu, "Niangniang, the emperor still takes care of you very much, otherwise he wouldn't have told you about it, because he was afraid that you would be coaxed by these savages after you came out." ”

Empress Lu turned her head to look at Dai Qing, the tension on her face was obviously eased a lot, and she said to herself: Am I really wrong to blame him?

In the distance, the wild people outside the palace gate saw that Liu Bang was unwilling to order the execution of Lu Ling and Jianchenghou, and they rose up and pushed and coaxed, seeing that they were about to push away the stacks that were blocking the palace, so that there was a kind of flooding. At this time, Zhou Boyan quickly stopped him, and ordered Wang Weiwei, "Come here quickly, don't let them come in and hurt the emperor." ”

Wang Weiwei and the guards made a gesture, telling them to hurry up with him to help Zhou Bo and fight against the wild people outside, and suddenly the army and the people were truly united, and they were in a mess.

Liu Bang, who was originally standing at the main gate, saw the wild people rushing in so savagely, and he was so frightened that he retreated straight back, and the people around him couldn't leak the water he protected. Still raising his neck to pay attention to the situation of the wild people, he swallowed his saliva in a hurry, and his right hand froze in the air anxiously and pointed at the wild people, but he didn't know what to do, he strode back, and said, "Hurry up and stop them." ”

At this time, the wild people who were fighting against Zhou Bo and Wang Weiwei spoke again one by one, and their voices were endless, "Execute Cheng Hou, execute Lu Ling, three chapters of the law, three chapters of the law...... shouted over and over again, as if Liu Bang did not give an order, they would not stop, shouting while squeezing inside.

"I said I would take care of this, so why don't you believe me?" Liu Bang, who was protected in the middle of the crowd, shouted to the people outside through the palace gate.

"Execute them......" Regardless of what Liu Bang said, their coaxing voices overshadowed Liu Bang's voice.

In the distance, Lu Hou and Dai Qing, who were hiding behind the bronze tripod, looked anxious, watching the wild people force Liu Bang like this, he still refused to order the execution of his brother and Lu Ling, Lu Hou felt a trace of guilt in her heart at this time, because she had always thought that Liu Bang would seize any available opportunity to kill her Lu family, but now she was wrong.

"It seems that this palace must abandon Lu Ling." Empress Lu told herself, seeing that such a scene was so chaotic, it would be impossible not to agree to them.

Seeing that the wild people were about to break in and force the palace, Lu Hou turned into two steps and came to Liu Bang, and also appeared in front of the wild people, first glanced at each other with Liu Bang tacitly, nodded to Liu Bang, and seemed to tell him that there was no need to panic and deal with it himself.

Liu Bang pulled away everyone's protective arms, and came to Empress Lu's side with difficulty, looking very nervous Empress Lu was hurt by them, and he didn't seem to believe his eyes, didn't he tell others not to let the queen know? So how did she know about Simon? Suddenly, there was another mess in Liu Bang's heart, stroking her arm, and said with concern, "Why are you here?" Be careful. Then he looked at the wild people outside the palace.

Empress Lu gave Liu Bang a reassuring smile, patted his hand, and comforted, "Everything is handled by the concubines, whether it is good or bad, the concubines will not blame Your Majesty." ”

walked out of Liu Bang's appeased hands and came to the front of the fang.

"See the Queen." Zhou Bo bowed his head along with the other guards.

Empress Lu waved her hand and told them to stand aside. Standing directly opposite the gate of the palace from the wild people, like Liu Bang, he first bowed deeply to them, straightened up and said to them in a bright manner, "I heard everyone shouting in front of the west gate from afar, I don't know what it is." Empress Lu pretended not to know and asked, her eyes scanning the wild people outside the palace over and over again.

"Lu Ling killed people, built a wait, and the queen secretly settled the matter with a lot of money. Now the queen mother, don't you know? The middle-aged man who was still in the lead stepped forward and said.

Empress Lu glanced at the man, smiled contemptuously, and then laughed, and after the laughter, he said, "Dare to ask you who came to Ximen to make trouble, are you really here for the grievances of the deceased or do you want to see my Lu family suffer?" ”

Wild people, look at me, I look at you, someone came out and said, "Of course, I think that the souls of the dead are difficult to rest in peace, if the murderer is not punished, how can justice be shown to the people in the world?" The grass people knew that Lu Ling and Niangniang were related, but they just hoped that Niangniang would act impartially. ”

Empress Lu smiled contemptuously again, "So, what do you want the emperor to do?" ”

"Execute them."

Empress Lu lowered her head and thought about it for a while, knowing that it had reached the point where Lu Ling had to die, the wild people were so entangled, and they wanted them to die every word, this is their purpose. If they don't agree, they won't give up, and it's good that this form can keep the elder brother, if it annoys the wild people, not only Lu Ling won't keep it, but even the brother who is guilty of harboring can't be saved. After thinking about it carefully, he turned his head to look at Liu Bang, who was looking at her on the side, Liu Bang looked at her with an anxious look on his face, and looked at her with indescribable worry, and Lu Hou greeted the hungry eyes of the wild people and said firmly, "Okay, Lu Ling can die, and he is not guilty." ”

"Covering up and shielding ......" is another wave of sound.

Empress Lu suddenly lost her face, her face became cold, and her voice was full of anger and said, "Enough, is there a crime of covering up in the three chapters of the agreement between the emperor and you?" ”

"There are no three chapters of the law, but there are in the "Han Law" formulated by Prime Minister Xiao Cheng."

"Well, according to the Han Law, then aren't you also guilty? First, the gathering of the palace gate caused the forced palace, is there such a Li people? This is already a great sin of disrespect, and the three tribes should be destroyed. Second, if you are instigated by others to implicate the innocent, are you not guilty? Empress Lu took a step closer to them, as if she wanted to step over the stack and compare her arguments with them.

The wild people were so speechless that they looked at each other, and then listened to Lu Hou say, "This palace knows that there are a group of troublemakers in the Houfu now, and it just so happens that there are also troublemakers in front of the West Gate. Now this palace gives you two choices, one, listen to this palace, Lu Ling dies alone; Second, Lu Linghe and Jiancheng are waiting for death, your crimes, Tingwei can't help but investigate, and when the time comes, whether you will be exiled 3,000 miles away or punished by the clan, you will do it yourself. The words are all about persecution that there is no way out, and Empress Lu was anxious, knowing that she had to call Lu Ling dead, although she was reluctant, but there was no way out.

Everyone gathered around to discuss in a whisper, and glanced at Lu Hou vigilantly from time to time, but still had no idea. Seeing that they were still a little hesitant, Empress Lu ordered to use this to provoke them to make the first decision, and immediately turned around and said, "Wang Weiwei, put all of them in the heavenly prison, and deal with them after Tingwei asks for guilt." Lü Ling's death edict was issued immediately, and General Zhou led his troops to arrest Lü Ling and Jianchenghou, and there must be no mistake. ”

Liu Bang, who was staying on the side, saw that Empress Lu was about to be arrested, his face was a little anxious, and he wanted to stop Empress Lu, but he didn't know how to speak, and it was impossible to tell Empress Lu to protect Hou Cheng Hou in front of so many people, so he had to clench his outstretched hand into a fist and retract it, watching Empress Lu deal with it.

Wang Weiwei and Zhou Bo on the side didn't know what Empress Lu meant, did they really arrest Lu Ling and Jianchenghou? The two glanced at each other, stopped in place with concern, and looked at Liu Bang who was at a loss, Liu Bang kept silent and did not give orders, and looked at the queen who was dignified and serious, and did not know what to do was right.

Seeing that the two of them still didn't make a move, and seeing that the wild people were slightly retreating, it could be seen from their faces that they were also a little hesitant and worried, and they also looked at the queen's words and deeds, as if they were waiting for the queen to make a decision, and whispered to each other. Empress Lu pretended to be annoyed and said, "If you don't do it yet, do you want to ask this palace to do it yourself?" The voice suddenly raised a lot, and Zhou Bo and Wang Weiwei had no choice but to do what Empress Lu instructed. Zhou Bo immediately made a gesture towards the guards, and a column of guards ran over in unison.

"This palace does not believe that you have no regard for your own lives." Empress Lu looked at the wild people who were hesitating, and made a bet in her heart that they would only choose the first one.

Sure enough, the guards crossed the tree and were about to make a move, when someone among the wild people stood up and made peace, "Since the queen is willing to punish the murderer, we accept the choice of the mother, and Lu Ling will die alone." Empress Lu looked behind him again, and the rest of the people also had this meaning.

Lu Hou smiled in her heart, she won and lost at the same time, what she won was her brother's life and her grasp of her own gamble, and it was Lu Ling's life that she lost.