News came out from Daxing City that Taifu Wang Xiaolai was assassinated.

The one who determines the message is the one who is today.

As soon as the news came out, Liu Maolin was the first to be found.

Outsiders don't know, will Liu Maolin still know?

The Inhumans have already gone south, and the war will start immediately, but Wang Xiaolai, the mainstay of Suiyang and the Optimus Prime, has lost his life.

It's not that I'm afraid that the Eight Sages King is not capable enough, but Wang Xiaolai has completed too many miracles in the previous war, to use a slightly exaggerated sentence, as long as Wang Xiaolai is there, even if it is not good to engage with the stranger, even if he shows his head a little and shows his face, Wang Xiaolai can greatly improve the morale of Sui Yang.

But why did Wang Xiaolai die?

Liu Maolin ran to the palace to question the empress, but the empress, who had always been courteous to the old minister, was furious with Liu Maolin.

In the end, it was Narcissus who pulled Liu Maolin and went to the Taiji Hall to see the corpse of Wang Xiaolai.

In this way, Liu Maolin has confirmed the truth of Wang Xiaolai's death.

The empress was not the only one who lost her soul, Liu Maolin didn't know how she came out of the palace.

For Wang Xiaolai, Liu Maolin naturally considers it more from Sui Yang, but relatively speaking, after the two have been together for a long time, Liu Maolin appreciates Wang Xiaolai more and treats him as a late-born junior.

Although this junior is flamboyant and cynical, as long as he is there, he can always create miracles that others can't believe.

As he was walking, Liu Maolin suddenly perked up, and he realized a new problem.

If it was Wang Xiaolai, then he should still be alive.

Thinking to himself, he turned his head to continue to the palace.

Narcissus stopped him, and said in a rather sad tone: "Old Xiangguo, Your Majesty's heart is already messed up enough, you, you..."

didn't finish speaking, but Liu Maolin also understood the meaning of Narcissus's words, sighed, patted the back of Narcissus's hand, and said, "If there is anything, notify me immediately..."

After saying this, Liu Maolin's whole person looked a little haggard.

Narcissus looked at Liu Maolin's back and turned back.

···

The news of Wang Xiaolai's death soon spread.

It was only evening that day, and hundreds of thousands of people in Daxing City knew about it.

I dare not say that everyone loves and respects Wang Xiaolai, at least, in the next few days, more than 100,000 people will hold three incense sticks in their hands and worship Wang Xiaolai in Wumen Square.

touched the scene, and the empress who heard the situation from the people below was even more sad.

She came to the Taiji Hall alone and guarded in front of Wang Xiaolai's spiritual seat.

didn't eat or drink, and was anxious to serve the palace and the yellow doors.

But no matter who came to persuade him, he was scolded by the empress, and even if it was a narcissus, he didn't get a good face from the empress.

The roof leak happened to rain overnight, and the ship broke and encountered a head wind.

The Protector Corps stationed in Xingyang marched towards Daxing City, and under the leadership of the reckless man Shen Xiping, they set up a position outside the city, approached by force, and forcibly let the Son of Heaven find out the murderer of Taifu.

This kind of act, from another aspect, can already be defined as rebellion...

As soon as Shen's mother got the news, she was on crutches, and with the support of her eldest daughter-in-law, that is, Shen Xiyuan's wife, she trembled up the city wall, and asked Shen Xiping to put down his knife and gun, tie his hands and feet, and enter the city to ask for guilt.

Shen Xiping, who has never disobeyed his mother's orders for more than 20 years and respects his sister-in-law, is surprisingly tough today, and he is even more likely to take the lead in agitating the spirit of the National Protector Legion.

In the end, after kowtowing to his mother a few times under the city, Shen Xiping resolutely ordered to besiege Daxing City, and allowed to enter but not leave.

He let out his words and put all the responsibility on himself, with Shen Xiping's words, Liu Mianyi, Ning Xi, Jia Kang, Pei Fang, and Lei Chong were all angry, surprisingly tough.

Needless to say, Liu Mianyi came up again and wanted to make a move to break the city.

only had to move, but was stopped by Shen Xiping.

They besieged Daxing City and asked the empress to give an explanation, and it did not involve rebellion, the most taboo word for the Son of Heaven in the past dynasties.

But if Liu Mianyi is allowed to really fight, it will really be a real rebellion.

Shen Xiping is impulsive, but not stupid.

There was a large army outside the city, and the city was naturally in chaos.

Basically, the people and the court officials are divided into two factions, most of the people are on Shen Xiping's side, they don't think much, more, they just want to know the murderer who killed Wang Xiaolai.

The court officials had more ideas, and some wanted to find two scapegoats as soon as possible and hand them over to Shen Xiping to temporarily pacify the rebellious legions.

Others suggested that the Empress send a message to the Northern Legion and let them go south to quell the rebellion.

What's more, she blamed the empress for not handing over the elite troops like the Protector Legion to Wang Xiaolai and his henchmen at that time.

How can this elite power not be in your own hands?

At this point, another incident happened that broke the hearts of the court officials.

Taifu Fu Shu Jiuchai openly shouted slogans to find out the murderer of Wang Xiaolai.

The members of the 300 guards of the Taifu Mansion armed the entire Taifu Mansion into a fortress and declared that they would not accept the rule of outsiders.

Everyone knows who this outsider is referring to.

···

For the first time in a few days, the empress went to court, and the court officials reported what had happened in the past few days.

However, the empress didn't mean this, how could she have the appearance of the previous Holy Son of Heaven?

"How can this be reasonable, Your Majesty, that Shu Jiuchai is openly rebellious, he should be killed, please ask for the will, this thief will be captured and killed, in order to set an example." An official stood up and gritted his teeth.

The empress ignored him, or rather, the empress didn't want to pay attention to anyone now.

But the consequence of this is that those court officials are even more energetic, and they have responded one after another, as if they have no way to take the Protector Army led by Shen Xiping outside the city, so they will take Shu Jiuchai in the city to vent their anger.

In this regard, the first to oppose it was naturally Liu Maolin.

"Shu Jiuchai is Wang Xiaolai's old department, and he has a good relationship with Shen Xiping and Liu Mianyi, if something really happened to Shu Jiuchai, I am afraid that Shen Xiping and Liu Mianyi will directly do something out of the ordinary."

As soon as Liu Maolin's words fell, he was opposed by the rest of the court officials.

"Lao Xiangguo's words are wrong, Shen Xiping and Liu Mianyi are already out of line when they do things at this time. Now whether we kill Shu Jiuchai or not, we can't hide the fact that they are plotting rebellion. ”

When the words fell, all the officials in the court were heartbroken, and the purple-robed nobleman who said this, in one sentence, convicted Shen Xiping and Liu Mianyi.

What a sin to rebel.

The reason why they don't dare to say it is because they all understand that as long as they say this sentence and pierce this layer of window paper, then things really don't turn around.

Thinking of this, everyone quietly looked up, and they wanted to see the expression of the empress on the dragon chair.

I had some ideas in my heart, so I said to the empress that I would make a holy decree for Shen Xiping and Liu Mianyi to hand over their military power and give up resistance.

Those conservatives must not be impulsive, everyone in the Protector Corps is now nervous, and if there is a slight mistake, I am afraid that it will cause some immeasurable consequences.

In short, there is everything to say, Liu Maolin said on both sides, and the anxious old man sweated on his head.

"That's enough..."

A soft sigh looked so powerless in the noisy temple.

None of the noisy ministers heard the sound coming from the dragon chair.

"I said, that's enough!!"

The empress smashed the dragon book case in front of her, raised her eyebrows and shouted, startling the noisy ministers.

The Taihe Hall was quiet all of a sudden, and the empress narrowed her eyes left and right: "It's enough of the noise, right?" ”

The ministers didn't dare to speak, and they all lowered their heads.

"Who dares to touch Shu Jiuchai for half a point, I will skin him alive!" The empress raised her eyebrows and snorted.

This also made the officials in the court very frightened, and they didn't dare to say anything when they looked left and right.

"Old Xiangguo."

The empress shouted again.

Liu Maolin stepped forward: "Your Majesty." ”

"You go outside the city to help me ask Shen Xiping, what does he want to do when he leads his troops to besiege Daxing City."

Liu Maolin hurriedly surrendered his hand: "Obey." ”

The empress looked at the remaining ministers again: "If you adults really have nothing to do, then it is better to go and check the cause of Xiao Laizi's death." ”

"Your Majesty, the key for us at the moment is to deal with Shen Xiping and Shu Jiuchai, not to appease the people..."

Before he finished speaking, the empress had already narrowed her eyes and looked at the official with a cold gaze, so frightened that he shrank his neck and did not dare to speak again.

The empress waved her sleeves: "Retreat." ”