The details of Zhou Gongjin's meeting with Hülegu were also learned by Gengoro two days after the incident. According to the information obtained by the Qinglou Alliance, after Gong Jin returned to the central capital, he first went to the palace to meet Hülegü.

In addition to personally leading the hundred officials to welcome him at the gate of the palace, he also ordered his attendants to pour wine and give him a glass of wine to wash the dust for the generalissimo.

The atmosphere at that time was very good, Hülegü himself was very enthusiastic, and he kept saying that his senior brother was the chief hero, and the hundred officials present also regarded Gongjin as the savior of the country, especially at the critical moment when the Reins army was advancing into the capital, his timely return was undoubtedly a reassurance.

But Gong Jin's reaction was not very good at first. Although half of the mask covered his expression, and the hundred officials who were far away from him could not see his joys, sorrows, and sorrows, when he appeared at the city gate a hundred feet away, everyone felt a heavy pressure, which emanated from him endlessly, as if thousands of miles of dark clouds covered the sky and the sun, so that everyone's hearts were shrouded in a layer of haze, and at that time, everyone already felt that Generalissimo Zhou had something in his heart, and he must have something to say.

Hülegü gave him wine to catch the wind for Gong Jin, but Gong Jin, who had always respected the etiquette of the court, refused the kindness of His Royal Highness the Prince.

"Gong Jin doesn't need good wine, just a glass of water is enough. ”

From the suppressed voice, no matter how dull the person was, the anger could be felt, and when the more obedient minister guessed why Generalissimo Zhou was angry, he vaguely expected that it might be that His Royal Highness the prince had done something ugly in secret.

Hülegü would not refuse his brother's request, a glass of water was transferred to Gong Jin's hand, Gong Jin took the silver cup from the golden tray held by the attendant, looked at the silver cup in his hand, stood silent for a long time, the strange atmosphere made everyone present feel uneasy, and finally, he raised his glass and drank the water in the cup.

“...... I have fought for this country for many years, and the results I finally got ...... Is that it?

With an angry shout, Gong Jin immediately struck out and attacked Hülegü. Hülegü responded with the Seven Gods of the World, but the discerning people could see that he wanted to make a false move and take the opportunity to escape, but this intention was understood by Gong Jin, and the power of Zhai Tianwei was gently swayed, and the ministers present could not even see how Generalissimo Zhou made a move, and Hulegu had already been captured.

"His Royal Highness Hülegü colluded with Reins with the intention of betraying the interests of our country, I cannot sit idly by and watch such acts, from this moment on, I will abolish all his powers, and I will temporarily take charge of the state of Irtinor, and the central capital will be closed under martial law from now on, and the spies from Reins will be searched from house to house!"

After capturing Hülegü, Gong Jin issued these orders just before the hundred officials, and although there were some good military attaches present, no one dared to say "no" to him, so he recognized the transfer of Eltino's rule.

After the shocking change in the imperial city, a series of orders were issued from the palace, first the high-ranking members of the Medici family were ordered to be arrested by Gong Jin to prevent them from leading the army to rebel, followed by the army blocking the city gates of the four directions, and launched a detailed search, intending to find out the enemy spies hiding in the houses, but although it was said to be a detailed search, it was mostly a formality, because Gong Jin also knew that the enemy he was looking for could not be found out by this method, and the main purpose of the search operation was only to divert the attention of the people.

The people of Zhongdu naturally talked about this, and they didn't expect this coup to be so sudden, although they loved Prince Hulegu very much and supported him to take over the throne, but Marshal Gongjin was also a big man with a high reputation among the people, if he usurped power, thinking that he would rule in the future, the people of Zhongdu did not feel that there was anything wrong with this.

"It's terrible, the cooperation with Hülegü is in vain, the alertness of the iron-masked demon is so high, we didn't even talk about the details of the plan before he kicked it out. ”

Nier and Gengoro sighed and discussed, originally Nier stayed in the Yansuo Chonglou because of the high concealment there, she hid there, and it was more convenient to talk to Hülegü, but now Hülegu is under house arrest, and even the Medici family will fall at any time, and there is no point in talking about cooperation, Nier refused Zhou Jiamin's invitation in order not to cause trouble to Zhou Jiamin, and moved to Wanhualou.

"If the Iron-Faced Shemale comes to the door, there will be at least three people here, and if you fight him to the death, the chances of escape are also high. ”

Nier estimated it this way, and Gengoro was noncommittal, it was pointless to simply fight that kind of battle with low odds of winning, but his strength had not recovered, let alone further breakthroughs, and he had no strength to fight to the death with the enemy, and now he ...... What should I do?

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Zhou Gongjin's second coup d'état not only frightened the enemy and the domestic people, but even his camp was within the scope of fright.

Zhu Yan and Hao Kelian, who stayed on Jinao Island, had no idea about Gong Jin's attack in advance, and even when the incident happened, they saw Gong Jin and Hülegu turning their faces on the surveillance screen of Jinao Island, and then they knew that Gong Jin had a coup plan.

"What is Gongjin doing?"

"I don't know, you can ask him...... If you still think he's the same person as before. ”

Hao Kelian's words all expressed the biggest concern of the two of them at present. Gong Jin's style is getting more and more strange, this time to deal with Hülegü, they didn't know anything in advance, if Hülegü really intended to join forces with Reins, and Gong Jin also knew about it before, but he didn't discuss it with them at all, then what was he in his heart?

In the past, the two of them regarded themselves as the "Four Iron Guards" and could be proud of Gongjin's confidants, but as the estrangement from the coach deepened, now both of them felt the same unease.

Is the collusion between Hülegü and Reines really happening? Or is it just an excuse to deal with Hülegü? If it is just an excuse, then since Gong Jin can suddenly attack Hülegü, of course, he can also deal with his subordinates unguarded.

In the past, both of them would have thought it was a joke, but now, the two of them are not so sure. The man who fired the cannon at the city during the Shangri-La War was not the same man who had never allowed the war to spread to civilians unless necessary.

This hidden worry and fear completely exploded when Gongjin returned to Jinao Island.

"Lord Gong Jin, what are you talking about?" Zhu Yan had followed Gong Jin for many years, but Zhu Yan couldn't believe what he heard at the moment, and under the excitement, this demon man with a strong personality even trembled.

"Aim the firing target of the Babel Cannon...... The middle capital?"

This is the order given by Gong Jin to Zhu Yan and Hao Kelian when he returned to Jinao Island, before that, he had ordered the garrison battery of Jinao Island to be activated, and the direction was locked to the square gate of the Zhongdu City, as long as someone sneaked out of the city without permission, it would immediately trigger an artillery bombardment, and when Gongjin personally returned to Jinao Island, he issued an order to prepare to fire the main cannon at the Zhongdu City.

Zhu Yan and Hao Kelian looked at each other in astonishment, thinking that they had misheard the target, but when they confirmed it again, they got an absolutely positive answer.

"There's nothing wrong with that. Last time I reported, you said that the Babel Cannon has been fixed, and I use something that has been fixed, is there any problem?"

Gong Jin said it lightly, as if he was just dealing with a trivial matter, but the two subordinates in front of him couldn't deal with it so indifferently, and Zhu Yan, who never questioned the commander, even asked the reason behind the order for the first time.

"Why? As you guessed, Reyns's unbeatable cockroach guys are tricky, and I need more strength to deal with them, and I need them right away. What Hua Tianxie did last time was really good, since it has been confirmed that this method is feasible, then I will do it!"

"But...... With Lord Gongjin's current cultivation, the world is invincible, even if Reyns's enemies rise up, you have enough strength to suppress it, and you don't need to rush to break through in a short period of time!"

"At first, I believed it, but the Shangri-La war made me change my mind. Fortune is really tilted against Reyns's gang, they can always make breakthroughs on the battlefield, beyond my original estimates, and their luck is too good, I can overcome variables, but I can't endure their 'miracles', the last battle to the end, even Chirez and Hua Tianxie turned against each other, almost causing me to suffer a blow that I can't recover, in order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, I need a stronger and overwhelming force than now. ”

"Even if you want to use that kind of evil art, you can choose other places, there is no reason to choose Zhongdu!"

"More than 200,000 lives, pushing the Flower Heavenly Evil from the Earth Realm to the Heavenly Rank, if I want to rely on this method to get a breakthrough, looking at the Wind Continent, it is just a few metropolises...... This kind of metropolis of tens of millions of people, whether it is Jixia or Shangri-La, has a strong guard, the long-distance launch of the cannon will inevitably be affected, and when the spell fails, you have to find a place to start again, the waste of resources is small, if you destroy several cities, but still fail to cast spells, what should you do then?"

Gong Jin was talking while reviewing the documents, and he didn't even look at Zhu Yan with his eyes, this attitude made Zhu Yan's heart cold to the extreme, and finally couldn't help but erupt, and after questioning the boss's order for the first time, he broke out in anger for the first time after following this man.

"Zhou Gongjin!"

A heavy palm slapped on the table, and the file copywriting flew in all directions, so that Gong Jin had to raise his head and face the anger of his subordinates.

"Are you really crazy? Do you know what place you're going to bomb? It's the middle capital! It's a place you've guarded for half your life, what are you crazy about? Do you even want to destroy your own foothold?"

Gong Jin saw these scenes, but Zhu Yan couldn't feel the slightest heat from him, the enemies of the past often described how cold the iron mask was, Zhu Yan didn't think so, but at this moment he did feel the same way, and felt the flickering cold glow of the half metal mask...... It's really cold.

"I don't care about the foothold or anything...... Every place I step on is a foothold, and conversely, if I can't step on a place, there is no value in existence. I have guarded Altino for many years, and this insistence has not changed now, the middle capital city is just a city of Al Tinor, and now the situation is difficult, I sacrifice the middle capital city for the sake of the entire Altinor, what's wrong?"

When Gongjin's words came into his ears one by one, Zhu Yan felt extremely sad, the lofty ideals that once made him devote himself to have been tarnished by his personal desires, and Zhou Gongjin was no longer the man who was determined to create a better world.

“...... Are you really thinking about Altinor? You're doing this selfishly thing just for yourself!"

It was extremely painful, Zhu Yan said this weakly, and the man who betrayed the common dream of both parties made a move that disappointed him again, an invisible strong blackmail immediately appeared in his throat, and even Hao Kelian, who was silent next to him, was affected, and was forced to fall against the wall by that pressure, and the two of them were struggling to breathe, as if all the air in their lungs was squeezed out a little bit.

"Gong, Gongjin, Lord Gongjin......"

"Do you know why I recruited you as subordinates in the first place? I don't need to let the ready-made children of the White Deer Cave go, but I use the demons as my guards, do you know why?"

That reason, when Gong Jin recruited them, had confessed to it, and those words can still be clearly recalled now.

"First, I hate incompetent people, although there are many children in Bailu Cave, almost all of them are incompetent, I only need capable talents, because you are talented, so I accept you as guards, as for the risk...... I believe that challenges spur progress, so I'm never afraid of risks. ”

"Second, if you continue to use the personnel of the White Deer Cave, you will not be able to create a new world and a new pattern, and the human race and the demon race can only continue to fight against each other, and they will never have to change. I want to make some changes to the long-standing confrontation between humans and demons, so I'm going to be the first to shake hands with demons. ”

Hao Kelian didn't care about the second reason, but from the first reason, she felt that this man was indeed not a mediocre talent, but Zhu Yan was deeply moved by the second reason, and hoped to follow Gong Jin and dedicate himself to create a new situation.

However, this argument is currently being denied.

"I can tell you the third reason now......"

Gong Jin said: "Soldiers all regard human life as a mustard, I originally thought that the demons had no feelings for humans, so they would not collide with orders at a critical moment, or they couldn't do it, and the result was ...... You've really let me down. ”

Hearing these words, you should feel very oppressive, but Gong Jin doesn't play with any momentum, his all things vitality lock, actually and directly affect, Zhu Yan and Hao Kelian's throat and chest feel the same pressure, and the bones make a harsh sound, as if as long as Gong Jin exerts a little force, their breathing will be cut off;

"The command is to be said only once, and if it is necessary for me to repeat it a second time, then you may see a fourth reason. Killing the demon clan is a matter within the purview of the children of Bailu Cave, and I don't think I will be soft. ”

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After defeating Hülegü, Gong Jin put him under house arrest in the palace and began to prepare a secret plan to bombard the capital.

It only takes a quarter of an hour to prepare and fill the energy of the cannon warm-up, but if you want to cooperate with the spell, you must choose the time carefully. The best time to do this was a few days later, when Gong Jin ordered his subordinates to keep it a secret and prepare secretly, but in his busy life, he lamented afterwards that he had underestimated someone's influence.

In this world, there are some people who can't be locked up, and even if they are in a cage, they can continue to influence the outside world.

Hülegü is undoubtedly one such person.

Although he was placed under house arrest, he began to act through the Medici family's personnel in the palace. The thing to do is very simple, there is no need to even have any armed conflict, just to spread a rumor in the middle capital through whispering.

"The so-called martial law and the arrest of spies are actually just excuses, the reason why Marshal Zhou Gongjin closed the city gate is because he is preparing to attack the central capital with an air fortress like the shelling of Shangri-La, and kill all the people in the city!"

Gong Jin's plan, Hülegü naturally had no way of knowing, and he himself was even like Zhu Yan earlier, he never thought that Gong Jin would do such an action. However, in order to make the masses riot, it is only necessary to pick what people are most worried about and say the worst outcome, and in Hülegü's calculations, this rumor is the most capable of setting off a conflict and riot, but even he did not expect that the rumor hits the coincidence of the facts.

"It's really strange, my contact with Reynes should be very confidential, why would the senior brother know? With his temperament, even if he knew about this, he should have negotiated with me privately, how could he openly make trouble? This time I was really clever but was mistaken by cleverness, and I missed a move. ”

In the palace, Hülegü's mind did not stop turning, but continued to analyze and think about the current situation.

"If Senior Brother Gongjin is allowed to control the overall situation, my life will be in danger, so ...... The situation has to be chaotic before I have a chance to do something!"

Determined that Gongjin would not dare to take his life rashly, Hülegü directly disclosed the source of the rumors while spreading rumors. Everyone who heard the news knew that it was because the prince of Hulegu had discovered Marshal Zhou's conspiracy that Generalissimo Zhou staged a coup d'état, imprisoned His Royal Highness Hulegu, and blockaded the central capital, preparing to launch an artillery plan in advance.

The coup d'état and the looming war have put enough pressure on people's minds that when rumors with a certain degree of truth waft into their ears and stir up fear in the hearts of the masses, some people have successively carried out test acts.

The gate of the Sifang City is closed, and if you want to leave the Central Capital City, you must first get a permit, but no one can get a permit from Gong Jin, whether it is a rich merchant or nobleman, so the only thing you can try is to sneak away. It's just that if you think that if you bribe the gatekeepers to open the city secretly, you can leave at night, then you can't underestimate the blockade line set by Gong Jin.

The first brave man to leave the city gate, when he was still happily waving to his family on the other side of the city gate, asking them to come out quickly, suddenly a white light flashed in the sky, and he vaporized and disappeared before people's eyes.

Suddenly, not everyone realized what was happening, but when people gradually came to their senses, some people broke down rationally, and ran out of the city gate like crazy, trying to find a way out, and the white strong light in the sky flashed continuously, and the speed was so fast that no feather arrows, knives and guns could reach it; the beam cannon from Jinao Island accurately shot everyone who walked out of the city gate, regardless of men, women and children, even cats and dogs were not spared, and in a short period of time, hundreds of people who were fighting to get out of the city were all annihilated, leaving no room to live.

If the previous repression suffocated everyone into a zha medicine keg, then this tragic scene is the best fuse. That rumor thus added to the truth, and the city of Zhongdu suddenly felt like the end of the world, and even Hülegü, who was in the deep palace, was very surprised by the methods taken by Gong Jin, although the situation was indeed chaotic because of this, but it was completely beyond his estimate.

(It's good to simply block the city gate and use deterrence, you don't need to kill them all like this, let alone kill women and children, this kind of hot hand is not the style of Senior Brother Gongjin, is it...... Is he really going to slaughter everyone in the capital?Has my prophecy come true?...... Wouldn't it be that even I myself would be bombed?)

Although he has always pretended to be an elegant spectator, not directly participating in the battle, but just leisurely watching the life and death of the actors on the stage, if the audience is burned, Hülegü will not be able to watch it anymore. Aware of this, he began to do more practical things.

(If he really planned to bombard the middle capital, then he must be waiting for the day, in other words, no matter how big the turmoil in the city is now, as long as he does not leave the city, he will not care, because in a few days at most, he will kill everyone in one shot, and there is no need to cause trouble...... ）

Clearly grasping Gong Jin's mentality, as well as the bottom limit of what Gong Jin could tolerate, Hülegü suddenly laughed, touched his chin, and his face was full of interesting smiles. Seeing that happy expression, no one would have believed that this handsome young man would be a prisoner.

"It's not for you to use it like this, if this cannon really hits, many people will be nerve-wracked...... Senior brother, everyone is out to eat, if you want to force me to eat, please don't blame me for my little counterattack. ”

Pacing in the room, Hülegü smiled leisurely, came to the windowsill, reached out and opened the window, and as the sunlight penetrated, a snow-white eagle also flew out of his room, and flew to the Medici house at the other end of the city.

"If you want to make a big fuss, the strength of the Medici family alone must not be enough, you have to find foreign help to help, don't ...... I don't know if he is willing to lend a helping hand? In the beginning, it took a lot of effort to win him over, but now if he can't recover his personal debt, he will lose money. ”

Hülegü whispered the calculations in his heart, looking at the snow-white letter eagle soaring into the air, but his eyes crossed the soaring route of the white eagle and stared at Jinao Island that was parked over the middle capital.

"But...... If he agrees to help, it means that something really happened to the senior brother!"

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Even though it was suppressed and arrested by Gong Jin, the Medici family's power in the middle capital is still deep-rooted, and after years of operation, it is not a short period of time to be abolished. Just as Shi Chong was unable to completely uproot the old power of Qinglou for a while after taking over Shangri-La, Gong Jin, who was seriously short of manpower at the moment, was also unable to take care of the underground activities of the Medici family, not to mention, no matter what activities they had, as long as they locked people in the middle capital, after a few days, everything would no longer matter.

The people of the middle capital city smelled the smell of destruction that the end was coming. Since the founding of the Eltino state, the central capital has encountered several crises, several rebellions of the ghosts and even caused a large army to approach the city gate, but even in the most critical time before, the common people can still find a reason to calm down, that is, the deep trust in the White Deer Cave.

However, now the Optimus Prime Lu You of White Deer Cave has fallen in the people's power struggle, and Generalissimo Zhou, who has always stood on the same front as the common people, has turned upside down this time to become the executioner of the people, and the people have nothing to believe. When the most basic trust collapsed, the entire social order was shattered, and the Imperial City, the central capital, which could be called the best district of Altinor, became a lawless zone overnight, and bandits rose out in groups, looting and burning everywhere, looking into the city from the outside, only to see the fire and smoke rising from time to time in the city, and the noise was endless.

"It's nerve-wracking, if those are simple thieves, then it's easy to deal with, but most of these halfway robbers are ordinary people, because the hope of survival has been taken away, their reason collapses, and they are just doing the last indulgence before death. ”

Gengoro looked at the chaos on the street and said with great emotion. Originally, he had praised the prosperity and order of the middle capital, but look at the scene on the road now, burning carts, people running wildly, twisted and spasmodic corpses, and undried bloodstains...... This has nothing to do with civilization.

"Now sending the army to suppress it will not have any effect at all, and the army will join the ranks of the bandits. Because in the era when everyone is bigger than a fist, people with powerful military weapons in their hands always speak a little louder. ”

Gengoro was able to speak for a long time, mainly because Mankalou itself hired armed guards and guarded in groups around the building, so it was not harassed by the riot, but Niel was at the center of the busy problem.

When one door is closed, people will look for another escape window, the square gate of the central capital city is closed, no matter how powerful people are, they are also treated equally before death, and when they understand that it is impossible to find a way to survive from Gongjin's side, these people move through underground pipes.

The source of the underground pipeline in Zhongdu City is the Qinglou Alliance. After the covert activities of the Medici family, dozens of powerful people in the city gathered and expressed their willingness to contact Reines to Wanhualou. If even His Highness Hülegü can make peace with Reins, of course they can.

"You want me to help them escape? It's a loud deal, but have they really figured it out? Or do they want to take this opportunity to lure me out and sell me to the Iron-Faced Shemale, thinking that this will be in exchange for their dog's life?"

When the helmsman of the Qinglou on the side of Wanhualou expressed this matter to Nier, Nier's attitude was quite reasonable, because even in the chaotic situation, there were still many people who did not give up their trust in Gongjin, and felt that as long as they found Reyns's spy and offered it, they could make Generalissimo Zhou change his mind. Niel didn't want to sacrifice for these people, and she didn't want to be a victim of them.

"You have this doubt, it is understandable, but this time it was organized by the Medici family behind the scenes, and His Royal Highness Hülegü personally promised that even if the Reines were handed over, Generalissimo Zhou would not stop the killing operation, so there would be no luck. ”

The Qinglou Alliance made such a guarantee, and Nier didn't believe it all, but whether she believed it or not, she had made a decision earlier.

If you only rescue those wealthy nobles, this kind of thing is fine, but if you can let most of the people in the middle capital escape, this action will be of great significance. During the Shangri-La War, it was because of the efforts of Reins's side to save the situation that the Qinglou Alliance decided to openly cooperate with Reyns; if it could help the people of Zhongdu to escape from death, then even if the people of Altino could not favor Reins's side, they should no longer support the White Deer Cave forces, right?

After knowing her demon background, Nier has a heavier sense of mission, if she can't prove that she can bring benefits to the world more than ordinary humans, how can she live in the human world as a demon?

There is no one to discuss this action, Gengoro has always been 100% supportive of Nier's proposal, and as for Yan Ning, this strange woman who has always preferred a decadent style, she directly put on a posture of "let the world rot" and will never participate in this matter, so this work will soon enter the execution stage.

"But it's difficult, there are tens of millions of people in Shangri-La, you can't just cover them with a tablecloth and disappear them all. The normal escape pipeline, whether it is flying or retreating, Zhou Gongjin is not blind, Jinao Island is floating steadily above Zhongdu, how can it not be seen?"

"Hmm, so if this plan is to succeed, unless the Iron-Faced Shemale becomes blind?"

Nier patted Gengoro on the shoulder and ordered: "Okay, then I will give you a sacred mission, you will sneak into Jinao Island tonight, and use your fingers to insert the eyes of the blind iron-masked lady!"

"You're insane! It's easier for me to plug myself than this. ”

"Whoever tells me to say anything, you will oppose anything, of course I will be angry!"

I don't know how much discussion has been conducted, Niel and Gengoro are still relatively helpless, but just as the two of them are lamenting each other, there is a notice from outside that an envoy from the Medici family has secretly come to see the two of them on the order of Hülegü.

"It is said that this messenger has a special ......"

When he said this, the fat Qinglou female helmsman lowered her voice and said very confidentially: "He specializes in inserting blind ladyboy eyes!"

"Ahh

“......”