Since becoming the regent, Gong Shuhua's life has not been easy. He was still very excited when he first opened the council, and he had been an idle clan member for most of his life, and he also wanted to experience what it was like to be "under one person, above ten thousand people".

He was the half-brother of the Marquis of the First Guard, and his brother cared for him during his lifetime, and treated him in and out the same way as the son. Before his brother died, he entrusted his young son and solemnly to him. It's not that he doesn't understand that his brother has a plan to "abolish the heirs and establish the young", but that's not good! For the ancestral motto of "Zhou Li" to "establish a successor for a long time", and in order to defend the country for a long time, he must ascend the throne by the son of Yu. But for the deep kindness of his brother, he also protected Mrs. Ji and Gongzi everywhere. He has been screaming like a fish in his throat about the ambush on the ground, but he thinks that as long as Wei Bo is in peace from now on, this matter will be settled.

Unexpectedly, this Wei Yu was so uncompromising, first he did not go to his father's funeral, and then he lost the period of King Xianyi, and the marquis title that had been passed down from generation to generation was demoted to the throne by the Son of Heaven. But he still didn't want to repent, and his behavior became more and more ridiculous, and he even took a woman surnamed Ji as a concubine, causing such a catastrophe. Let's go! Maybe the elder brother can see it accurately, this son is indeed unbearable to the burden of the society, anyway, the son and the sister-in-law who is also the elder brother, since they are already the will of the people, what do they say?

It's just that being this regent is really like sitting on pins and needles every day. Shi had accepted the edict and promised to complete his outfit in five days before setting off for the north. just checked the list and found that there was one person missing-Shijiao Shuzi Shi Piao, and there were hundreds of customers missing. The explanation given by the Shi family is that Shi Biao went back to his grandfather's house to visit relatives last month and has not returned. As for the doorman, it is normal for people to see that the Shi family has fallen and climbed another high branch.

Just as the letter was about to be suspicious, the retainers came in one after another: there were many suspicious people in Chaoge City in recent days, in groups of three or five, and the settlement did not know what had ended. Some of the people who were engaged in trading saw that the market was not peaceful, so they closed their doors one after another and went to other places.

When Gong Shuhua heard the news, he was so anxious that his mouth bubbled, and he called Chao Geling for questioning. Who knows that people don't care, they just say that last year's harvest was not good, and there were more people fleeing the famine, which is not unusual, just open a few more porridge sheds. Hearing this, he was stunned, looked at the other party's determined face, and could only wave his hand to let him go.

This one by one, made him anxious. If there is really anything going on, now there are only four or five thousand soldiers in Chaoge City plus the palace city guards, and the old and new elite soldiers have been taken by Gongzi He to patrol the northern boundary, what can I do? Just rely on these hundreds of guests and soldiers in the house? It gives me a headache just thinking about it.

The sky was overcast that day, and it was gray in the morning, and the sun was noon, and it was still overcast at noon. It was already early winter, but the autumn tiger made a comeback, steaming so much that he was sweating all over, and he couldn't breathe so much.

It was only at the beginning of the Shen period, the city actually sounded the twilight drum, the heavy knocking sound knocked straight to the hearts of the people, and then the whole city was under martial law, every household was tightly closed, there was no half of the pedestrians on the road, there were soldiers patrolling everywhere, and when they saw a suspicious one, they stabbed them to death, and after a few hours of hard work, there were many innocent people killed on the road.

"Master, it's not good, it's not good!" A retainer crawled into the courtyard with a bloody family member on a stretcher behind him, who was one of the servants who had just been sent out to inquire about the news.

"What's going on?" Uncle Gong Hua was shocked and angry.

The retainer gasped and said: "I don't know what's going on outside, even ordinary people who buy vegetables and pick firewood are not allowed to go in and out, and I can't ask about anything if I defend a few more words and kill the head on the street." I only know that it was the palace guards who controlled Chaoge City, and some of them were transferred from outside, and I couldn't find out where they were transferred. ”

"Rubbish!" Uncle Hua waved his sleeves weakly: "Carry him down to heal!" ”

"No!"

After passing this stubble, Gong Shuhua thought that Mrs. Tai and Wei Boyu were still in the palace, and the situation was unknown, so he wanted to enter the palace to have a look. How do you know that she was desperately stopped by her wife with two concubines, crying and begging: "It's so chaotic outside, I don't know what the situation is in the palace, my husband is stunned to go out, if there is a good one, who will you call this big family to go in the future?" ”

Just as he was stopping, he suddenly heard a concubine exclaim: "Look, there's water over there!" ”

Everyone hurriedly turned around and looked along the concubine's arm, only to see high smoke rising in the distance, and the billowing fire spread far away. At night, the sky was like a light-colored cloth stained with soot, inky black and thick and light, lined with the last remaining halo of Jin Wuxi, and the flames in the distance were dazzling and thrilling.

"Husband------ husband, that direction is not ------" Uncle and Mrs. were shocked.

Gong Shuhua felt that his heart was like falling on an iron scale, and nodded silently: "With such a high fire, it must be a fire in a very high house------ it should be the Gong Palace." ”

The Wei Palace was built on the ruins of Lutai, the king of Shang, and there is no second place in the Song City of the whole dynasty that is higher than it.

- The curtain has opened.

Seeing that there was a fire in the palace, Uncle Hua was so anxious that he no longer refused to listen to his wife's persuasion, and was so anxious that he stepped on a bareback horse and was about to whip it. As soon as the whip was raised, another retainer shouted: "Grandpa, grandpa, someone is in the palace!" ”

"Where?" Uncle Hua didn't have time to say more, and as soon as he jumped off the horse, he saw a group of four or five people coming towards him from outside the side door. One of the two men in front of him was Gongsun Yu, and the other was a very dark-faced man, and he didn't know him. The two men were followed by a woman wearing a black gauze hat, and two other young women behind them, the one on the left hand was dressed as a palace maid, and the one on the right hand was younger, dressed in a short suit with sharp eyes, and should be a practitioner. The two men and two women protected the woman in the black gauze hat like the stars and the moon, and Gong Shuhua had vaguely guessed the identity of the woman, but it was inconvenient to say it clearly.

"Yu, what are you ------" he asked Gongsun Yu first.

"Uncle, please step back and take refuge, Mrs. Tai will take refuge in the palace when she leaves the palace." Gongsun Yu lowered his voice and said.

After being convinced that there was only one person in the courtyard, the woman in the center lifted the black gauze hat she was wearing on her head, and it was Mrs. Yao. The matter was urgent, and Uncle Hua didn't have time to see the ceremony, so he asked anxiously: "Mrs. Sister-in-law, what happened in the palace?" ”

"Don't mention it!" Mrs. Qi said hatefully: "The remnants of the Shi family colluded with Gongziyuan, killed the palace, and set fire to the palace. Thanks to Mr. Rongyi's pre-existing news, Hongu was able to escape before they could do it! ”

"What about ------ gentleman?" Gong Shuhua remembered something important.

"Him?" Mrs. Qi smiled coldly: "He's so good!" There is the Shi clan and his half-mother's brother Wei Yuan to help them, and Chao Ge Ling was also rebelled by them, and now that they have control of the palace, the next step is to search for the whole city! ”

"Huh?" Uncle Hua was shocked when he heard this. Puyang was originally a great city second only to the national capital Chaoge, with at least 10,000 soldiers and horses, and was originally awarded to Wei Boyu's half-brother Gongzi Yuan in line with the principle of blood proximity, but he didn't want to lead the troops into the city now. Coupled with the soldiers of the Shi clan, wouldn't this Chaoge City become their world? What can I do?

When the firelight from the sky was reflected in Wei Boyu's eyes, his pupils dilated with excitement. Shi Jiao's dying watch had long been burned, but every word of the blood silk book was deeply rooted in his heart, and he knew that the rescue was coming! This is his last chance to reverse his fate.

Despite this, he still didn't dare to make a mistake. Wei Boyu put his ear on the wall of the palace, held his breath and listened to the faint shouting and the sound of metal grinding from the collision of swords from outside the hall------ finally, a young man in brass armor jumped into the hall quickly, it was the person he had been waiting for - the same brother Gongziyuan.

Wei Yuan was six years younger than him, and although he was less than thirty, he was also the lord of Dayi who ruled one side. At this time, when I entered the temple, it took a lot of effort to get used to the dim light in the temple. shouted at Wei Boyu: "Brother, brother is here!" As soon as the news was delivered, Yuan ordered all the soldiers and horses in Puyang to rush to the rescue! Brother, how are you? ”

Wei Boyu looked at his younger brother's concerned face, his heart warmed, patted Wei Yuan's hand, and comforted: "It's okay, fight the tiger brothers, and go into battle with father and son." The widow knows that you will come! The widow has been waiting for you! ”

Wei Yuan saw that his brother's face was haggard, and he was angry and hateful: "It's all the demon woman's harm!" When my father was alive, he regarded our brother as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, and now he has set a trap to murder his brother in an attempt to usurp the throne. I ------ I'm going to cut off the head of the witch!" ”

The brothers hurried to the palace of the lady, which was already on fire, but they were empty. Shi Piao, who was in charge of arson and searching the palace, pulled a nurse with a baby in her arms, and said: "Son, when the fire broke out, all the palace people fled, and there was no lady, only this nurse was caught." ”

Wei Boyu was surprised: "What? Has the demon woman escaped from the palace? ”

"After interrogating many palace people, they all said that they had not seen Mrs. Tai since noon. By the way, before we came in, we saw that Rong Yi coming with a female apprentice, and muttered to Mrs. Tai and Gongsun Yu for a long time. After that, no one saw them again. ”

"Hey!" Gongziyuan patted his thigh: "I heard that Rong Yi is the leader of the 'Nanlin Society', with many ears and eyes, and his hands and eyes are all over the sky. He must have gotten the news in advance and let the witch run away! ”

Perhaps it was the flame of the flame that made the baby feel uncomfortable, and the child burst into tears, Shi Xiao was very impatient, pulled out the sword at his waist and pointed at the baby's throat and shouted: "You evil obstacle has the face to cry? The Shi family was all killed by your little animal, and I will chop you up and feed the dogs------"

"Enough!" Wei Boyu shouted: "What does this matter have to do with him?" Killing a baby is not the husband's doing! Don't put away your sword yet? ”

Shi Yu pursed his lips and inserted the sword back into the sheath, Wei Boyu sighed lightly and said with a sigh of relief: "What are you anxious about?" When the big thing is done, the title and fiefdom of the Shi family are all yours, and you will have to take care of this child at that time. Now, there's more to do! ”