"Today's saint, because of the fear that the thirteen princes of the 'God of War' will be shocked by the merits of the lord, more than half a year ago, the second, third, fourth, seventh, and fifteenth, the cause of death of these five princes was killed by the thunder, blamed on the thirteen princes, and ordered the thirteen princes with outstanding achievements to be arrested and returned to Beijing, and the autumn queen asked to behead!"

This news, like the wind, spread by "people with hearts", quickly blew all over the Great Zhou!

When they heard the news, the people who were still immersed in the joy of the Vulcan Army's great victory, the expulsion of the fire velvet barbarians from the Great Zhou, the grain prices in various places began to stabilize again, and they could slowly afford to eat again, couldn't help but be stunned.

There was a question mark on their heads.

The old emperor of the Great Zhou ...... Are you crazy again?!

The Thirteen Princes have always been treated unfairly, which made the people full of sympathy and pity, especially when they learned that Chen Kuizong of the Vulcan Army was greedy and made mistakes, causing the Vulcan Army to lose its troops and lose its generals, but he blamed the Thirteen Princes for this crime, which led to the in-depth invasion of the northern territory by the barbarians of the Velvet Country, causing many people to not be able to afford to eat, and the resentment of the people in the north towards the old emperor had risen to a critical point.

And even in the south and west, where the impact is not too great, the people can hear the fire and are angry with the thirteen princes.

As a result, it's good now, the dog emperor not only didn't reflect, but also intensified, after the thirteen princes knocked back the velvet barbarians, he was afraid of the high merit and wanted to kill the thirteen princes!

The reason for finding is even more outrageous to the extreme!

actually brought up the old matter more than half a year ago and forcibly detained it on the head of the thirteen princes!

For a while, the crowd in all parts of the Great Zhou was excited, and they scolded the faint king regardless of the disaster of prison!

"If the old eyes are dizzy, quickly abdicate! Don't stay in that position and hurt others and yourself! ”

"I think this dog emperor is old and confused! How many years do you have left to live? The Thirteen Princes are such a virtuous and talented person, if they don't succeed to the throne as the crown prince, they will be targeted everywhere! It's really better than him to let a dog be the emperor! ”

"I don't know anything else, I only know that the velvet barbarians called me and couldn't afford to eat, and it was the Thirteen Princes who led the Vulcan Army to repel the velvet barbarians and let me eat again! Whoever can let me eat, I will support whoever becomes emperor! ”

"Such a father is really going to die! If it really doesn't work, the thirteen princes will be reversed! We all understand! ”

The people began to scold the saints of today.

And soon, another wind blew.

"After learning that the imperial court had sent someone to arrest the Thirteen Princes, the Vulcan Army was so excited that they raised their banners to rebel, but they were stopped by the Thirteen Princes! At the same time, the thirteen princes did not believe that the saint would treat him like this today, and wanted to go back to Beijing to ask for an understanding, but halfway through he was assassinated by a dead soldier from the capital. ”

This news spread throughout the Great Zhou again when the people in the Great Zhou were indignant because the current saint ordered the arrest of the thirteen princes and beheaded them after returning to Beijing on that outrageous trumped-up charge.

And when the people everywhere heard the news, not only did they not blame the Thirteen Princes at all, but they applauded one after another!

"It's the opposite! Such a Great Zhou, such a dog emperor, don't do it! ”

"Great! The Thirteen Princes finally didn't go against the grain! When he returns to Beijing this time, the Thirteen Princes must get back everything he has lost! ”

"I'm too supportive of the Thirteen Princes! Only such a wise man can make our lives better! ”

"The old emperor should die, the new emperor should stand!"

The people only felt that the rebellion of the Thirteen Princes had made them finally vent the breath that they had been blocking in their chests when they heard that the Thirteen Princes had suffered all kinds of unfair treatment!

Most of the people not only did not complain about this, but also felt refreshed!

It was also under such "public opinion" that the Vulcan Army in the north withdrew from the border pass and began to press the border in the direction of the capital!

Half a month later.

The Vulcan army is ten miles away from the capital!

……

Overcast skies, dark clouds.

In the clouds, there was a muffled thunder from time to time, and it seemed that it was about to rain.

The capital on this day was different from what it had never been before.

It was already daytime, but the gates of the east, west, south, and north of the capital were closed, and the streets were empty, and there were no people in the city.

The doors of the shops that used to be bustling on the streets are now closed.

Not only these shops, but every household in the capital has closed their doors tightly.

However, from the gap in the door panel, or the opening of the window, you can see a pair of eyes quietly looking outside, observing the situation outside.

At the head of the north gate, there are groups of black-armored people standing densely, and they are the royal forest army of the capital!

And among these royal forest troops, the old emperor was wearing a battle robe, standing at the head of the city with a solemn expression and hundreds of civil and military officials, looking down, the black and oppressive Vulcan army, his face was sinking like water.

"Isn't there any news from the west and southern Xinjiang?"

The old emperor asked Ren Hongwu, the director of the entire Dark Night Division beside him, his seemingly calm face was full of anxiety between his eyebrows.

From the moment he received the rebel raising the flag to rebel, he immediately sent spies to the west and south to transfer troops to block it, but half a month has passed, not to mention that the west and south of Xinjiang have sent troops to stop it, and there is no reaction at all!

This made the old emperor anxious.

But as an emperor, he couldn't show it, so in the past half a month, his originally gray hair has almost been full of gray hair now.

Hearing his inquiry, Ren Hongwu, the director of the Dark Night Division, just shook his head.

Seeing this, the old emperor's expression suddenly became a little old and weak.

How did it turn out like this?

He couldn't figure it out.

Obviously he didn't make any changes, why was the rebel able son able to discover his murderous intent in advance and raise the flag to rebel one step ahead?

Could it be that the rebel is really a "god of war" and has the ability to predict the future?

Just when he was puzzled in his heart, in the black and oppressive Vulcan army below, a young man wearing a white robe and armor with a handsome face slowly rode out of the army, came to the city, looked up at the city, and shouted with a sigh: "Father, surrender, don't make senseless resistance, you should know the power of the 'bomb', I don't want the city that gave birth to me to be injured, and I don't want the people in the capital to be harmed." ”

This young man in a white robe and armor is none other than Su Ling!

"Humph! Put away your hypocrisy! ”

In the face of Su Ling's surrender, the old emperor snorted coldly and said, "If you really don't want the people of the capital to be harmed, you should immediately dismount and surrender!" ”

He had already seen through Su Ling's hypocritical face, and he didn't eat this set at all.

However, the civil and military officials around him and the Imperial Forest Army collectively faced him at this time, and then led by Li Qingyuan, the prime minister, all of them bowed their hands to him and said: "Your Majesty, listen to Your Highness, stop here, don't do any more useless struggles." ”

The sudden defection of Li Qingyuan and others caught the old emperor by surprise.

"You ...... You ......"

He looked at Li Qingyuan and other officials in a daze, and "you" couldn't speak for a long time.

Eventually, it dawned on him that he realized everything.

It turned out that the military officials of the Beijing Chinese had already secretly communicated with the rebel......

The various admonitions of Li Qingyuan and other officials are just the instructions of the rebel behind his back......

Suddenly, he turned his head to look at Ren Hongwu, the director of the Dark Night Division on the side.

Ren Hongwu seemed to understand his thoughts, and said apologetically: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I have a reason to have to help His Highness the Thirteenth." ”

Hearing this, the old emperor smiled miserably.

Either Caesar or nothing.

In this one, he lost completely!

……

Three days later.

Imperial Palace, Zongren's Mansion.

A young man in a fine costume walked in, and around him, a group of escort attendants.

"You're waiting for me here."

After entering a courtyard called the Meditation Temple, the young man walked into the courtyard alone and pushed the door of the bedroom in the courtyard.

I saw an old man with gray hair in the bedroom, with messy hair and sloppy clothes, lying on the edge of the bed, surrounded by standing or pouring wine bottles, and a strong smell of wine permeating his body.

This old man was none other than the old emperor who had to surrender and was imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion.

And the young man is no one else, the upright Su Ling.

"Father, I haven't seen you for three days, don't come to harm?"

Looking at such a decadent old emperor, Su Ling chuckled lightly and greeted.

But the old emperor seemed to be drunk, and did not hear his words, and did not move.

Seeing this, Su Ling chuckled again and said, "Father, there are only you and me here, so don't pretend." ”

As soon as these words came out, the old emperor, who was originally "drunk", suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him coldly: "Are you finally willing to take off your hypocritical face?" ”

When Su Ling heard this, he smiled slightly, and said: "There is no way, after all, only good people who are forced to resist helplessly can obtain the greatest forgiveness of the 'public opinion', you should be able to understand it, right?" After all, you are on the 'public opinion' this time. ”

Hearing this, the old emperor's face suddenly became embarrassed.

Hitting people doesn't slap their faces, exposing people doesn't expose their shortcomings, Su Ling's words can be regarded as hitting his vital point.

However, he was worthy of being a generation of emperors, so he quickly adjusted his mentality, looked at Su Ling with cold eyes again, and asked: "I really want to know, how did you secretly communicate with Li Qingyuan and those people, those literati are stubborn and not afraid of death, there is no reason to help you at all!" ”

"It's because of their literati character that they will help me."

Su Ling chuckled lightly and replied, "I have the handle that can ruin their reputation, isn't this what those literati pay the most attention to?" ”

"Disgraced?"

The old emperor frowned: "What kind of trick can make all those civil officials ruined?" ”

In this regard, Su Ling just smiled slightly and did not answer.

Seeing that he couldn't ask it, the old emperor stopped dwelling on this question and asked instead: "The secret agents I sent to the west and southern Xinjiang were intercepted by you?" ”

"Hmm."

Su Ling bowed slightly.

He has the ability of [self-omniscience], and the secret agents sent by the old emperor, whether they are from the Dark Night Division or cultivated by himself, have all been accurately intercepted by him, and none of them have slipped through the net.

This is also the reason why the troops in the west and south of Xinjiang have not moved—there is no news that he led the Vulcan Army to rebel at all.

"All?!"

The old emperor was stunned.

"All."

Su Ling nodded in confirmation.

Seeing this, the old emperor was shocked.

What kind of intelligence network will it take to intercept all the spies he has sent?

Or is it like a sieve around him, and he can't hide any news?

And when he thought of his side, he thought of the Dark Night Division, which seemed to be used for himself all along, but in fact he had already taken refuge in this rebel.

I saw him take a deep breath and say, "Needless to say, those remarks about your unfair treatment in the people were made by the Dark Night Division, right?" ”

"Aren't they telling the truth?"

Su Ling smiled again and asked rhetorically.

This can be regarded as confirming the old emperor's speculation, and at the same time, it also makes the old emperor speechless and unable to refute.

At this point, the old emperor had no doubts in his heart.

I saw him look at Su Ling with cold eyes again, and said coldly: "You didn't come to me to answer my doubts, right?" ”

"Since my father is so smart and has guessed the ins and outs of the matter so quickly, why don't you guess the purpose of my trip?"

Su Ling smiled softly and said.

When the old emperor heard this, he was silent for a moment, then looked at Su Ling, and said coldly again: "If you dare to kill me, you will have to bear the name of killing your father, and you will not be able to wash it off for the rest of your life!" ”

He had already guessed the purpose of Su Ling's coming to him.

When Su Ling heard his words, he smiled softly again and said, "You can carry it, why can't I carry it?" ”

His words instantly made the old emperor's pupils shrink suddenly! Emotions instantly became excited!

"How is that possible! How could you possibly know!! ”

He'd killed all the people who knew about it early in the morning!

"If you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you do."

Su Ling looked at the old emperor who was agitated and said with a smile: "Father, I know you far better than you think. It is precisely because you know what kind of person you are, so if you don't die, the child will be at peace! ”