readx;? Lin Yi, who was standing on the side, frowned secretly, and the rest of the Feng Army generals almost laughed out loud, Zhang Jiuwei's face was so thick-skinned that he could really be called invincible in the world. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Nature's Novel

Zhang Jiuwei's words made Shangguan Xiu, who had always reacted shrewdly, speechless for a while.

He paused for a moment, slowly stood up, walked to Zhang Jiuwei, stood still, stared down at him, and then helped the old man up with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Lord Zhang has the heart to surrender sincerely, and it is too late for me to welcome it, so how can I abandon it? With a talent like Lord Zhang to assist the imperial court, the Ningnan region will definitely be able to maintain peace and stability for a long time in the future." ”

No matter what Zhang Jiuwei's character is, but the old man does have real talent and learning, otherwise, he would not be able to meet the left and right of the eldest grandson Boyuan and the eldest grandson Bohao, and he was trusted by the two of them one after another and entrusted with reuse.

Zhang Jiuweiken defected to the side of the Wind Country, and for the Wind Country, it was naturally beneficial and harmless. As a pragmatist, how could Shangguan Xiu turn away someone like Zhang Jiuwei.

Shangguan Xiu's courtesy treatment made the old man grateful, and Zhang Jiuwei's eyes were wet and red: "His Royal Highness treats Weichen so well, values Weichen, even if Weichen is full of liver and brain, he can't repay His Highness's kindness!"

Zhang Jiuwei belongs to a typical person who fights snakes with sticks, Shangguan Xiu didn't decide to use him, how to use him, he first buttoned the high hat of knowing the grace on Shangguan Xiu's head, so that Shangguan Xiu felt embarrassed if he didn't use him.

It's shameless, but it's really useful.

Shangguan Xiu looked up and smiled, waved his hand and said, "Lord Zhang, please take a seat." ”

"Your Highness Xie!" Zhang Jiuwei sat down cautiously, saying that he was sitting, but in fact it was just a sticky butt. He looked around and asked curiously, "Your Highness, the Great Prince...... No, isn't Lord Yuan here?"

Shangguan Xiu smiled secretly, Zhang Jiuwei really knows the current affairs. He said: "Now that there is chaos in Tianjing City, it is safer for Bo Yuan to stay in the military camp outside the city, what does Lord Zhang think?"

Zhang Jiuwei hurriedly bowed and sighed: "Ning Nan is up and down, I don't know how many people want to kill Prince Yuan, or His Royal Highness is thoughtful, and Weichen admires it!"

Shangguan Xiu smiled and asked, "Do you know Lord Zhang, how is the current defense of the palace?"

Zhang Jiuwei's face was straight, and he said: "Back to Your Highness, at present, in the palace, there are more than 10,000 Praetorian Guards, more than 10,000 people in the Duwei Battalion (Capital Guard Battalion), 3,000 Imperial Forest Army, plus some miscellaneous generals, a total of more than 30,000 people. ”

"Hmm. Shangguan Xiu nodded as he listened.

Zhang Jiuwei continued: "The Praetorian Guard Army and the Duwei Battalion have been frightened by the fierceness of our army's soldiers, so there is nothing to worry about, the only thing Your Highness has to watch out for is the Imperial Forest Army, although the Imperial Forest Army has only 3,000 people, but all of them are brave and good at fighting against the emperor...... The dead soldier who is loyal to the eldest grandson Bohao should not be underestimated. ”

Shangguan Xiu was noncommittal, changed his words, and asked, "What about the situation in the DPRK?"

"Most of the ministers are no longer in the palace, and now they are still willing to obey the will of the eldest grandson Bohao, and the only ones who enter the palace to escort are those stubborn ones like Guanyu. Zhang Jiuwei couldn't get used to Guanyu's not a day or two, and when his name was mentioned, there was contempt and ridicule in his tone.

Shangguan Xiu lowered his eyes, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and asked, "Master Zhang thinks that how many ministers in the court are enlightened people who can be reused by the imperial court?"

The court he spoke of was, of course, the court of the Wind Country.

Zhang Jiuwei's heart moved, and he said cautiously: "This ...... Wechen is not easy to say now, but Wechen will sort out a list for His Highness as soon as possible, and all those recommended by Wechen can be continued to be hired by our country. ”

Shangguan Xiu nodded with a smile and said, "That's very good." ”

While speaking, a soldier ran up to the second floor quickly, and when he came to Shangguan Xiu's approach, he knelt on one knee, intervened in the salute, and said, "Your Highness, the former army soldiers have already attacked the palace. ”

When Shangguan Xiu heard this, he stood up and said, "Order the former soldiers, set up artillery, and besiege the palace!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" the soldier agreed, turned around and was about to leave, Shangguan Xiu stopped him again, and advised: "Until the last resort, the officers and men of our army should not fire first, and try to keep the palace intact!"

"Yes!"

After the soldiers left, Shangguan Xiu looked left and right, and asked with a smile, "Let's go to the palace too?"

That's exactly what the last general meant. Zhan Xiong and the others all grinned and laughed.

Shangguan Xiu took everyone out of the teahouse. As soon as his feet stepped out of the door of the teahouse, he heard a series of swishing sounds in the air, and from the roof across the street, more than a dozen crossbow arrows flew down, and the target of the crossbow arrows was only one, Shangguan Xiu.

"There are assassins! protect Your Highness!" Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei flashed in front of Shangguan Xiu for the first time, the spirit knives were both unsheathed, and the two of them swung their knives to block, clanging, and more than a dozen crossbow arrows were blocked by the two of them.

The crossbow arrows fell to the ground, and the arrows were all blue, obviously quenched with poison.

"Shangguan dog thief, you take your life!" With a burst of shouts, a cultivator in spirit armor jumped down from the roof, holding a cannonball that was emitting green smoke in his hand.

This person landed and rushed straight to Shangguan Xiu's side. Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei grabbed one of Shangguan Xiu's arms, pulled back, and retreated to the tavern.

The soldiers present raised their muskets and muskets one after another, and fired a volley at the rushing cultivator.

The spirit armor on the spirit cultivator's body exploded into clusters of snowflakes, and the fragments of the spirit armor flew in all directions, and when he rushed to about two meters away from the wind army, he couldn't hold on anymore, knelt on the ground, and roared up to the sky: "Shangguan Xiu-"

Bang!

The shell exploded, a fireball rose in the middle of the street, and the soldiers in the front row were knocked down by the oncoming heat, and several soldiers were hit by shrapnel, two of whom were killed on the spot and three others were injured.

This was just the beginning, on the rooftops across the street, one after another, the cultivators with cannonballs in their hands jumped off one after another, and rushed towards the tavern without hesitation.

The wind army present reloaded, fired, reloaded, and fired as fast as possible, shooting the onrushing cultivators to the ground one after another.

Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei glanced at each other, put away the spirit knife, drew the spirit musket, and rushed out of the tavern with arrows, joining the battle.

Shangguan Xiu sat on the chair in the center of the first floor of the tavern, his palm pressed against the table on the side, his fingers on the table and kept knocking, his eyes were cold, and his face was sinking like water.

Zhan Xiong organized the soldiers under his command to kill the assassins outside, and when he looked back, he saw that Shangguan Xiu's expression was not good, his body was shocked, and he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed his hand, and said: "Your Highness, it is the last general who is incompetent, and he actually let the assassins lurk near His Highness......"

"It's not about you. Shangguan Xiu said with a deep gaze: "This is just the beginning, in the next period of time, in the capital this day, the people who want to take my head will probably not be tens of thousands, but thousands." ”

Zhang Jiuwei swallowed his saliva, cleared his throat, and whispered: "Your Highness doesn't need to be angry, there are just a few young people outside who don't know whether to live or die." Wei Chen looked at these spiritual cultivators, they were like the guardians of the minister's family, if he could catch a few live mouths, he could follow the vine and find out which ministers wanted to be unfavorable to His Highness. ”

Shangguan Xiu looked at Zhang Jiuwei, his face softened slightly, and he sneered: "It seems that I am still too polite to the ministers of Ningnan, thinking that if I spare them, they will know their kindness and repay them, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but as a result, they are all a group of stubborn things." He said to Zhang Jiuwei: "Lord Zhang, this matter is left to you to handle, as long as the instructor is traced, he will be severely punished." ”

Zhang Jiuwei was the minister of Ningnan and was most familiar with the situation of the Ningnan court, and the captured assassins might be able to fool their own soldiers, but they would never be able to fool Zhang Jiuwei. It was naturally most appropriate for him to be in charge of tracking down the Assassins.

"Your Highness, rest assured, Weichen will never let go of a traitor with bad intentions!" Zhang Jiuwei turned straight and knelt down to Shangguan Xiu, showing his determination.

The sound of gunfire and explosions outside the tavern continued for a meal, and finally faded down.

Wearing black spirit armor, the murderous Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei walked back from outside, and when Shangguan Xiu approached, the spirit armor on the two of them had already dispersed, leaving only a few faint wisps of black mist.

"Brother Xiu, all the assassins have been punished, fifty-four people have been killed, and thirteen people have been captured. Wu Yufei intervened and said.

Shangguan Xiu got up and was about to go out, when Zhan Xiong and the others stepped forward and persuaded him: "Your Highness, it is dangerous outside, the soldiers are in chaos, and it is inevitable that the assassins will take advantage of the loopholes, so Your Highness is better not to go out." ”

"The dignified General of the Wind Country, who was so frightened by a few assassins that he didn't dare to go out a step, wouldn't he be laughed out of his big teeth? I can enter Tianjing, I want to see who can put me to death in Tianjing City!" Shangguan Xiu did not listen to the persuasion of the crowd, and strode out of the tavern.

From this tavern on Anle Street to the palace, it is only seven or eight miles away, but on the road of seven or eight miles, Shangguan Xiu encountered more than ten groups of assassins before and after, more than 100 people, and only five or six people. ql11

Originally, it only took half an hour to travel, but Shangguan Xiu walked for more than two hours and did not finish half of it, which can also be seen from the number of assassins and their fierceness.

Imperial Palace, inside the Taihe Treasure Palace.

In the huge court, the ministers who are still here are only the auxiliary minister Guan Yu, the minister of the seal Ming Ze, the minister of the interior Li Zhen and the minister of finance Leng Pei.

The battle reports that kept coming in from outside the palace, every letter and every one, were like a hammer that smashed on the hearts of the eldest grandson Bohao and the four ministers.

First the north city fell, then the south city fell, and then the east city and the west city fell one after another, the huge Tianjing City, now the four cities have fallen, and the only place that has not yet fallen is the imperial palace.

The eldest grandson Bohao sat paralyzed on the dragon chair, the joints of his fingers were already white, and his body kept trembling. He slowly raised his head and muttered, "I ...... Where is my imperial uncle?"

The imperial uncle he asked at this time was naturally the best use of soldiers and the most capable of fighting, King An, the eldest grandson Huai'an.

Guanyu and the others looked at each other, and finally bowed down coldly and said, "Back to Your Majesty, King An...... King An has already left Beijing and is organizing troops in the western counties, has Your Majesty forgotten?"

The eldest grandson Bohao really forgot, now his brain is muddy, after listening to Leng Pei's words, he only understands one thing, the eldest grandson Huai'an is no longer in Tianjing, and he has no one to rely on now.

He seemed to suddenly remember something, looked down, and asked, "Where is Zhang Aiqing?"

"Your Majesty is asking Zhang Jiuwei?"

"Exactly, where is he?"

"Your Majesty, news has been transmitted from outside the palace just now that Zhang Jiuwei has surrendered to the Feng Country, and is now with the Feng Army and Shangguan Xiu. Leng Pei replied truthfully.

Guanyu smiled bitterly: "Master Zhang Jiuwei Zhang is the first second-grade member in my country to surrender to the wind country. "The implication seems to say, Your Majesty, look at it, this is your most favored minister in your daily life!

The eldest grandson Bohao froze, and after a long time, he suddenly roared, and waved his arm on the dragon book case, knocking all the things on the table to the ground.

He gasped, slowly stood up, and said, "I have issued an order to summon all the ministers into the palace, why...... Why are there only four of you now?"

Guanyu and the others lowered their heads one after another and didn't say a word.

The eldest grandson Bohao's body trembled, and he shouted again and asked, "Why?"

The four of them were shocked, knelt on their knees together, bowed forward, and said, "Your Majesty forgives your sins!"

"I ...... I see. After the eldest grandson Bohao said this, the whole person seemed to be drained of strength, slowly closed his eyes, and two lines of tears slipped down.