The bell rang at the ugly hour, and the Xuanwu Gate suddenly burst into flames, and the sound of fighting was everywhere, which made Xiao Yu, who had just dressed up, startled, Gan Ming hurried over, and said breathlessly: "The prince is not good!" There is a large group of soldiers and horses on the side of the Xuanwu Gate, and the door has been broken! ”

"Who is it! Meng Yan?! Xiao Yu's first thought was Meng Yan.

"It's not! The king of Jincheng County has not come out since he returned to Cangshu Mansion, and he saw that the soldiers came from the direction of Nangang! ”

"Zhong Roulan, you are good Zhong Sanniang!" Xiao Yu suddenly understood, he always felt that Zhong Roulan could not have the strength to stir in Chencheng, but he forgot that Zhong Roulan was born in Dongyang City, the sailor was her foundation, and Nangang was the dock where they landed.

Gan Ming looked anxious and asked, "Lord Wang!" We have to enter early, the first move is gone, and it's too late if we don't make a move! ”

Xiao Yu didn't make a decision in a hurry, but thought about it for a while, and tried his best to calm himself down.

"Gan Ming, immediately lead people to control the inner city, you must rush before Zhong Sanniang, and then fly the pigeon to pass the book to Jiujiang, take the initiative to attack, and then you send someone to surround Cangshu Mansion, I want to talk to Meng Yan!" Xiao Yu quickly made a judgment, Zhong Roulan had already taken the lead, there was no need to fight with her at all, only by controlling the inner city did she have the capital to negotiate, and she took the initiative to attack Zhong Roulan by surprise, forcing her to take the initiative to negotiate with herself, and the most important thing is that Meng Yan is still in the city, and his attitude will be the key factor affecting this coup.

After Gan Ming left, Xiao Yu hurriedly ran out of the palace and towards Cangshu Mansion.

At this moment, Zhong Roulan had already taken the Xuanwu Gate, and Zhong Qian reported with a serious face, "County Lord, it's not good, I encountered very strong resistance in front, and I heard shouts of killing in the inner city!" ”

Zhong Roulan was quite happy, but Zhong Qian's report made her feel that things were not good, who would be shouting and killing in the inner city? Lu Chongzong? Impossible, most of Lu Chongzong's soldiers and horses were stationed in several large camps outside the city during the national funeral, and only the soldiers who guarded the siege and patrolled the city were retained, and with Lu Chongzong's attitude, it was impossible to make any moves against the second sister, so there was only one possibility for shouting and killing in the inner city, Xiao Yu's people, he really wanted to rebel, and he did the same thing as himself.

"Uncle Qian! Don't care about the resistance from the periphery, attack the inner city now, and be sure to protect the second sister! Zhong Roulan immediately made the most correct choice, but she was a little uneasy in her heart, Xiao Yu must have made the same choice as herself, and now it depends on who will be the first to see the second sister.

Zhong Roulan thought of something again, turned her horse back, and said to Murong Changfeng: "Murong! Immediately follow me to Cangshu Mansion, I want to see my second brother! ”

Two teams of men galloped through the city, and they had a common direction, Cangshu Mansion.

Meng Yan in Cangshu Mansion suddenly felt a palpitation, the pain was so bad, the pain was almost falling, but fortunately, An Cang supported him, his body has always been healthy, and this sudden heart palpitation gave him a bad premonition.

"Lord Wang, look outside!" An Cang exclaimed, and suddenly there was a fire in the originally quiet alleyway.

Sure enough, he still couldn't dodge, watching the fires outside the courtyard wall getting brighter and brighter in both directions, Meng Yan knew that he couldn't leave, but he didn't know who came first.

Meng Yan straightened his clothes and said, "Ancan, go open the door and see who came to visit me so late." ”

An Cang was stunned for a moment, he did not question Meng Yan's instructions, because the facts were already in front of him, and the prince's choice may still have a glimmer of life.

Zhong Roulan and Xiao Yu outside the door were hostile to each other, and Xiao Yu was the first to speak, "Third sister is in a good mood!" It's so late and you still have the leisure to go out for a walk, don't you know the curfew during the national funeral? ”

"Haha! Big brother, shouldn't you be kneeling at this time? How? Get up on the wrong side of the bed? Looking for a second brother to drink? Zhong Roulan is also not polite, it has reached the point where the sword and soldiers meet, and the friendship is useless at this time.

At this time, the door slowly opened, Meng Yan crossed An Cang and stood at the door, looked at the two of them with a smile, and was not surprised, and said, "Big brother, third sister? Or is it the prince, the county lord? ”

Hearing Meng Yan's words, the two laughed awkwardly, and Zhong Roulan preemptively said: "Second brother, I know you like to keep a hand, things have been done, I, Zhong Roulan, will not make excuses, now I need your attitude." ”

"Second child, presumably the younger sister and the girl have already left the city, I am not difficult for you, this is the Xiao family, the Xiao family is orthodox, as long as you are still the courtier of the Xiao family, I will let you go immediately!" Xiao Yu said tightly.

When it came to Cangshu Haoyue, Zhong Roulan's heart tightened, the people who were tracking Zhong Roulan had not returned, and it didn't seem to be going well, but now seeing that there were only Meng Yan and An Cang here, she immediately understood that Meng Yan's Bai Zewei was all escorting Cang Shu Haoyue and others.

Meng Yan looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression, and said lazily: "Two, the initiative is in your hands, do I have a choice?" ”

"Second brother, is it so important to put it bluntly who sits on the country? Even if the Xiao family is orthodox, it doesn't seem to be King Wu's turn, right? Zhong Roulan said and turned her gaze to Xiao Yu, since she tore her face, why bother to be hypocritical?

"The lord is young and the mother is strong, the dictatorship of relatives in all dynasties will bring pain to the court and the people, the emperor is my kin, my younger brother, I can't do anything to him, the second child, you have to understand, you and I are idealized to calm the world, can you bear to see the upcoming unification ruined here?" Xiao Yuxiao said with reason and emotion, he hoped that Meng Yan would make a wise decision.

"Are you two so tense talking to me about attitudes? I have a proposal, why don't you and I sit down and talk? "Meng Yan tried his best to stabilize the situation and avoid exchanges of fire between the two sides.

Xiao Yu and Zhong Roulan glanced at each other, neither side wanted to compromise, neither was willing to get off the horse, at this time, whoever bowed his head first would lose, Meng Yan saw this, and asked An Cang behind him: "An Cang, if I leave by myself, what will you do?" ”

An Cang grinned and replied without hesitation: "Although the prince leaves, if An Cang is gone, the brothers of the Western Army will always get it back for me!" ”

Meng Yan turned his head and said, "Since the two of you don't want to talk about it, can you stop me from leaving?" Meng Yan said as he performed the Jiuchen Gong, and some weak soldiers could no longer bear the pressure and fell off their horses directly.

After a stalemate of about a cup of tea, Xiao Yu and Zhong Roulan glanced at each other, and then chose to dismount, Meng Yan saw the two of them dismount, put away the exercises, and said with a smile: "Please come in," and then looked behind the two, and then said: "General Gan together, General Murong don't hide." ”

After several people walked in guarding against each other, An Cang closed the door, and the three of them saw Cang Shuliang standing in the main hall, and they all nodded, and Cang Shuliang responded to the three with a smile.

The three of them did not choose to go to the main hall, sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard, and the other three people were also very interested in standing outside the pavilion and alerting each other, but the three people in the pavilion behaved very relaxed.

Meng Yan looked at the two of them and said coldly, "Do you two have to come this far?" The Chen Dynasty who just walked on the road, do you have to be ruined to be happy? ”

Neither of them spoke, just glared at each other angrily, and Meng Yan continued: "My father-in-law told me that the first emperor was protecting me, and I didn't believe it at first, but now I believe it, the first emperor has seen through the two of you, but the first emperor also trusts the two of you too much, what are you now?" The mortuary attacks regardless of the armor, it's amazing! Meng Yan sneered.

The sentence "stop the mortuary and attack each other regardless of the armor" directly unveiled the fig leaf of the two, Xiao Yu's face turned red instantly, and he said with anger: "Second child! Don't talk useless, just a sentence who do you help?! ”

"I'm not going to help anyone!" Meng Yan said coldly, "You two both know that you can't keep me if I want to leave, but I didn't leave, and I sat down to talk to you, just because I don't want to affect the good situation we have created so hard because of your selfishness." ”

"Second brother, tell me your opinion." Zhong Roulan took the lead in calming down, it is impossible to fight, and talking is the theme.

"Abide by the will of the emperor, ensure the stability of His Majesty and Niangniang in the south, and there must be no civil strife before pacifying the Central Plains, okay?" Meng Yan said briefly.

"No way!" The two of them said no at almost the same time.

"Good! I'll go out now, and when I get back to Changsha, I'll get ready for war!" Meng Yan's temper also came up.

"Don't be impulsive!" Xiao Yu hurriedly stopped Meng Yan, who was about to run away.

"Sanniang, I won't hide it from you, Jiujiang is already moving, and it's still too late to turn back." Xiao Yu said bluntly, at this point, there is no need to hide it.

Zhong Roulan smiled and said, "Big brother, you may be about to hit a wall, I have already prepared my defense, I knew that you would do this!" ”

At this time, a signal was released in the palace, and it was Xiao Yu's turn to smile, "Sanniang, what if you have precautions?" Now Niangniang and Your Majesty are under my control. ”

"Good! See you on the battlefield! Zhong Roulan was angry.

"Hey, hey, hey! Young people don't be so impulsive, how about listening to the old man? Cang Shuliang didn't know when he came over.

Seeing this, the three of them hurriedly got up to salute, Cang Shuliang slowly sat down and said, "Since no one wants to take a step back and listen to the old man tell you, is it okay?" ”

The three of them immediately agreed, only to hear Cang Shuliang smile and say: "The emperor calculated that you would have this day, so the matter of the four prefectures in the southeast, southeast and northwest was decided early, and I strongly opposed it at the time, because even if the Central Plains is unified, the internal is also divided, but he persuaded me with a word, he said, 'They are all good children, Xiao Yu is steady, Meng Yan is novel, and Roulan is assertive, but they are all children who love the people like children, and they are indispensable for the unification of the Central Plains, as for who can be more respected by the people in the future, Let them do their own thing,' so I agreed. ”

fell silent for a while, and Meng Yan said: "I'm going back, it's time to settle the matter between Liangchuan and Zhu Mu." ”

Then Zhong Roulan hesitated for a moment and said, "I can obey the arrangement of the first emperor, on the condition that you release Niangniang and Your Majesty immediately, eldest brother." ”

Meng Yan and Zhong Roulan set an example one after another, Xiao Yu was very unwilling, but it was impossible to stalemate at this time, and said coldly: "I am willing, my condition is that Sanniang must break off contact with the Changsun family, and in the future, the three of us will have no personal affairs but official affairs!" ”

"Is there still a personal friendship between us since the Northern Expedition?" Meng Yan said unceremoniously.