That night, the 30,000 Zhenbei Army was ready to go, and just waiting for Yan Dusk's order, they would force into Hukou City and force Lu Chang'an to hand over military power. Of course, if this battle is really fought, it must be a tough battle.

Liu Yunxiang helped Yan Duan put on his armor and sent him out of the camp.

"Be careful!" Liu Yunxiang instructed again.

Yan Du smiled, "As soon as the battle starts, you will take Zijin and them back to Shengjing to stabilize the situation and support us." ”

"I know."

After all, this battle was not discussed by the court, and Yan Duan wanted to fight it alone, so the court needed her to go back and appease her. But seeing that the soldiers were ready, Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but forget about Hukou City in the distance.

It's just that this one seems to be a little different.

"Looks like a team of people is coming."

Yan Twilight also looked over, and did see a beating black shadow in the hazy night. Before he could see it clearly, some of his soldiers came to report that a cavalry had come from Hukou City.

"Go and ask what's going on." Yan Dusk ordered.

The soldier ran back, and after a while, he came to report: "The person who came is General Li Chenyu, the guard of Hukou City, and he has something important to report to the prince." ”

"Li Chenyu?" Yan Duan thought about this person carefully, he was Lu Changan's henchman, and he had been guarding Xizhou to stabilize the rear for him, "Let him come forward." ”

Soon, the soldiers led this Li Chenyu to come, he came in a hurry, and he didn't recover at this time, and he kept wheezing. After hurrying up, he knelt down on one knee with a look of grief on his face.

"The king of Qiyu Zhenbei, the queen mother, and the king of Suping...... He's dead! ”

As soon as these words came out, Yan Du and Liu Yunxiang were stunned for a while.

"Y-What do you say? Who died? Liu Yunxiang stepped forward and asked.

Li Chenyu said sadly, "King Suping, he, he hanged himself!" ”

Hang oneself? Lu Chang'an?

Liu Yunxiang's eyes widened, he couldn't believe it, he couldn't believe it, and Li Chenyu repeated it again, and the person was hanging in the courtyard where he lived, and when others found out, it was already cold.

Liu Yunxiang's body couldn't help but stumble back, but fortunately he was helped by Yan Dusk.

"Why?" She looked at Yan Du in confusion, "Why did he do such a stupid thing?" I obviously told him that as long as he handed over the military power in the northwest, he could be guaranteed the prince and the rest of his life, why did he ......?"

As he spoke, tears fell out uncontrollably.

Yan Du sighed heavily, "I'm afraid his self-esteem won't allow it." ”

But he really didn't expect Lu Changan to take this step, and before this battle was fought, he would admit defeat.

Li Chenyu presented the tiger talisman at this time, "King Suping called several generals in the city to him before he passed away, and made him do a lot of wrong things, which can no longer be remedied, if Xizhou is dragged into the war again, he will become a sinner through the ages." He handed over the tiger talisman of Xizhou to the lowly rank and asked us to return it to the imperial court, but I didn't expect this to be his last words. ”

Yan Du was silent for a moment, and stepped forward to catch the tiger talisman.

That night, Yan Du led an army of 30,000 troops from the north of the town into Hukou City, and stationed them in various parts of the city, and then he took Liu Yunxiang to Mingyuan.

Lu Chang'an's palace is in Xianglan City, and when he goes to other cities, he lives in the local orchid garden specially built for him.

The orchid garden had already been filled with soldiers, and they all knelt on one knee, bowing their heads in grief. When I came to the backyard, there was no one in the yard, but there was a wooden plank in the room, and Lu Changan was lying on it.

He was still wearing the plain white robe that he had seen her in the daytime, lying there stiffly, Liu Yunxiang only glanced at his face, didn't dare to look at it anymore, and turned his back to him.

In the previous life, he was killed in prison, and she collected his body.

In this life, he hung himself, and she saw him at his most embarrassed.

"You, why bother." Liu Yunxiang's tears couldn't stop falling, "In this way, how can you treat yourself like this." ”

Yan Duan stepped forward and hugged Liu Yunxiang, "For him, it's probably a relief." ”

Freedom from the demons in his heart, or maybe this is his final atonement.

Liu Yunxiang raised his head and saw the bright moon in the sky through the branches of the tree in the courtyard.

She thought about what he said, and he envied himself in the previous life, innocent. He chose this way, probably wanting to return his innocence.

Liu Yunxiang brought the funeral cloth and personally covered it for Lu Changan.

The king of Xizhou died, so naturally he had to wait for the generals of other cities to come and pay his respects. After three days, the funeral will take place.

Early this morning, Liu Yunxiang put on plain clothes and sent Lu Changan on his last journey with Yan Dui.

But when I came to the orchid garden, I saw that the inside and outside were full of soldiers, who were not standing, not kneeling, but sitting, and each of them had a bowl in front of them.

Liu Yunxiang and Yan Du wanted to go in, but they couldn't even get in.

"What are you doing here, I think the prince treated you well in the past, and this is how you repay him? Hurry up, get out of the way, and let the prince's coffin come out! ”

Li Chenyu shouted, but no one listened to him at all, these soldiers still sat there, looking like they would not stop until they reached their goal.

"General Li, what's going on?" Yan Du frowned and asked.

Seeing Yan Dui coming, Li Chenyu tried to pull out his feet from the crowded inside, and trotted over to this side. He wiped his sweat as he ran, his face full of anxiety.

"These are soldiers from the other four cities, they are blocked here to prevent the prince from going out of the funeral."

"Why is that?" Yan Du asked.

"I want military pay!"

Yan Duan sighed and asked Li Chenyu to call the commanders of the other four cities.

There were five cities in Xizhou, each with a garrison, and a general in charge of each city. Five people, including Li Chenyu, came to Yan Dui and saluted respectfully.

"You want military salaries, but you can't prevent King Suping from going out of the funeral, right?" Yan Dusk said in a deep voice.

A general with a stubble on his face clasped his fists and said: "King Suping owes us a lot of military salaries, and now that he is dead, who do we want it from, and will the court make it up to us?" ”

Another white-faced general also said: "Our soldiers are still starving, and the families of the sacrificed soldiers have not yet received pensions, so he is going easily, but what should we do?" ”

"yes, what are we going to do?"

"100,000 soldiers, can't they starve to death?"

"Xizhou has been hollowed out, and our soldiers have gnawed up the grass on the grassland!"

These generals were very angry, one sentence per person, there is no way to say today, and they will never let Lu Changan go out of the funeral.

Hearing them say this, Yan Duan knew how bad the internal situation of the Xizhou Army was. Lu Changan died, but he left a mess.

Of course, what is the use of forcing a dead man, it is nothing more than to let him make up their military salary on behalf of the imperial court. However, since the Xizhou army has been submitted to the imperial court, it is reasonable for the imperial court to make up for these military salaries.

However, at this time, Liu Yunxiang pulled his sleeve, the two glanced at each other, and then took a few steps back.

"I can't make it up." Liu Yunxiang said a word of denial.

"Why?" Yan Dusk was puzzled.

Liu Yunxiang sighed, "You don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, and our Darong's treasury is still empty, so you can't take it out at all." ”