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The situation of the other two city gates was indeed very bad, Zuo Mingqiu's team only had two fourth-stage royal worshippers, but among the enemies they had to face was a domain master.

Although it was only a face-to-face fight, the streets and alleys of the Imperial City visible to the naked eye were turned into ruins in an instant, and you can imagine how tragic this battle was.

In the ruins, Zuo Mingqiu was dug out, he didn't even move his hand once from beginning to end, and when he found that there was a domain master hidden in the carriage, he turned around and started running, running with all his might, so he barely survived in that terrifying wind of annihilation.

As for the two worshippers, they were lying half-dead on the street, not knowing if they could be saved.

And the reason why they were able to live was also because the domain lord didn't dwell too much, he knew what kind of terrible existence there was in the imperial city, once he was exposed, he would be hunted down, and wasting even a breath of time could lead to death, so he only made one move.

Seeing that terrifying aura rushing out of the city gate from above, Zuo Mingqiu knew that it was someone from the imperial court who had made a move, and they rushed out of the imperial city to chase and kill, so there was nothing to do with him here.

Zuo Mingqiu looked at the officers and soldiers who dug him out of the ruins, and knew that his identity must not be exposed, so he took advantage of their inattention, pretended to be unconscious, endured the severe pain, and fled.

The situation at the South Gate was similar to that at the East Gate, Li Zao had encountered a fierce opponent here, with two lords in the opposing team, and only one lord on his own side leading the team.

The battle of the South Gate was fought for the longest time, but the scope of the impact was not large, only less than three hundred zhang, but the number of dead people was the most, because the team evacuated from the Weaving Heaven Pavilion was actually filled with more than ten carriages, and Li Zao couldn't kill them.

By the end of the killing, Li Zao and the worshipper were exhausted, they didn't know how many people they had killed, how many people they had missed, and they only knew that the task had not been completed.

Li Zao supported the worshipper, looked at the ordinary officers and soldiers hiding in the streets and alleys thousands of kilometers away, and said a little angrily: "Those who can fight have gone to Zuo Mingqiu, is there no one to take care of us?"

"And that guy at the East Gate, I already knew that he was unreliable, and what news he brought back, he almost killed the old lady!"

Li Zao chattered, but he didn't forget to quickly flee with the seriously injured and dying worship.

It wasn't until the two of them completely dissipated in the smoke and dust for a long time that some well-cultivated patrol officers and soldiers arrived at the scene.

At the same time, in the center of the imperial city, the spacious streets closest to the palace, in a certain royal palace.

"Your Highness, everything is ready, the more than 400 people of the Tiger Guard Army are all here, and they can set off at any time."

In the spacious Prince's Annex, Zhou Wuji put on the armor he had worn when he was far away on the frontier, looking at the cyan ceremonial flowers blooming in the direction of the West City Gate, as if piercing the signal of the gray morning, and the sun in the east also revealed a corner.

Zhou Wuji put on his helmet, turned over on his horse, and glanced at the direction of Zhou Yuanyuan's mansion with some mockery.

"My stupid brother, do you really think that your brother doesn't know all those hands and feet you did behind your back, do you know that what you can find and what you find is deliberately done for your brother?"

Zhou Wuji thought about this, and was in an infinitely good mood, no matter how much he had lost to Zhou Yuan before, as long as this matter was done today, Zhou Yuan would never have a chance to win him again.

He tightened his reins and rode out of the mansion, and beyond the entrance of the alley was already neatly filled with guards belonging to the royal family, who should not have been here at this time, and even if they were not on patrol, they should have slept at home.

A lieutenant standing at the forefront saw Zhou Wuji come out, and he couldn't hold back his excitement, stepped forward to salute respectfully, and then handed over a fold with both hands.

"Your Highness, this is a document from the Ministry of War, and Lord Zhong Shilang has stamped it with his own hands, which is definitely in line with the process."

Zhou Wuji took the fold, opened it and looked at it, then raised his head, looked at the majestic royal army in front of him, and suddenly laughed silently.

If he doesn't move, everyone in this room can't move, knowing that Zhou Wuji slowly put away his smile, put the fold in his arms, and his eyes became gloomy, the captain who patrols the city

before he got on the horse.

"The main hall received news that there were Great Xia spies lurking in the imperial city, so I borrowed you from the Ministry of War, hoping that the generals will not let me down later."

Zhou Wuji rode on his horse, looked at everyone like a military parade, restrained his smile, and shouted majestically: "Please observe carefully, absolutely, don't let go of anyone in the Three Princes' Mansion!"

"Catch the spy, and you'll be rewarded!"

The palace is going on with the early dynasty.

The ministers of the mountains and seas bowed their bodies, and from the inside of the solemn hall to the bottom of the steps, there were countless figures, and they had been bowing respectfully to the great king for decades.

Long live long live long live long live it was not until the majestic voice of Emperor Zhou opened his mouth that he stood up one after another, and this process had to be repeated twice.

At the beginning of the pilgrimage was one time, at the end there was another one, and now it is the second time, so today's morning pilgrimage is over.

The ministers turned around and exited the palace, and walked down the steps in groups of three or five, if it is common sense, the Shangshu adults of the six departments naturally have the most people around them, and then go down in order according to the official rank, the more the officials are slightly smaller, the more they have to stand on the edge, but even if it is a marginal position, they are not willing to go by themselves, because then it will be considered isolated.

Being isolated in the court is a terrible thing, and even His Majesty Shengming may find you embarrassed, so unless you have to, no official is willing to leave by yourself after the court meeting is over.

But today's Lord Squire of the Ministry of War is very different, he just simply exchanged a few words with his comrades, and then sped up his pace, and walked out of the palace wall alone in a hurry, everyone who looked at it was dignified, thinking that what happened to the Ministry of War, could it be that there was a war somewhere, but I had never seen him mention it when he was meeting just now!

Regarding the question of the squire of the military department, the secretary of the military department was not able to answer it, but vaguely mentioned that there might be a big change.

And before the old official of the Ministry of Rites could ask, everyone, including the one in the palace, heard a shocking explosion outside the north city gate, and the sound waves spread far away, and a lot of smoke and dust could be faintly seen rising into the sky.

So everyone's eyes froze, what happened to this, could it have anything to do with the soldier who left in a hurry?

The question could not be answered, everyone who had the qualifications to go to the court was a thousand-year-old fox, not to mention that even the most simple-minded generals noticed that something was wrong, and everyone unconsciously quickened their pace, and couldn't wait to get on the carriage waiting outside the palace wall and drive out of the palace.

The streets outside the palace were already filled with countless people who had come to report the news, and they came to the familiar carriage and whispered something, and then all the adults in the carriage without exception exclaimed, and even the old scholar of the Ministry of Rites shouted in a very unruly manner.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, what exactly are you going to do!"

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, what exactly are you going to do?"

In front of the mansion of the third prince Zhou Yuan, two rows of guards in light armor rushed out of the mansion with serious faces, staring vigilantly at the large number of officers and soldiers who suddenly appeared around them.

Zhou Yuan squinted his eyes, stood at the door of his courtyard, looked around left and right, and then looked at the distinguished man on the horse dozens of meters away, frowned and asked:

"May I ask the emperor, what does it mean that you didn't go to the court early in the morning, but surrounded my mansion with the Tiger Guards of the capital, and even put a whistle on the tree?"

Zhou Wuji looked at Zhou Yuan, who was wearing a cloth suit and looked sleepy-eyed, and laughed: "My good imperial brother, don't get me wrong, this is not aimed at you, brother, he is just arresting people!"

Zhou Yuan frowned and asked:

"Brother Huang, isn't he trying to arrest me?"

Zhou Wuji thought that it was no different from arresting you, he smiled slightly, looked at Zhou Yuan and said calmly:

"Brother Huang, where are these words, how can my brother arrest you, and besides, what do you have to catch."

"What I'm going to arrest is the spies of the Great Xia Dynasty, the ones who took the teleportation array from the Sword Pavilion and mysteriously disappeared into the imperial city."

Zhou Wuji looked at Zhou Yuan with a smile on his face, and said proudly, "I got reliable news that these people are actually hiding in your mansion through special means, which can scare my brother half to death, after all, you are my dearest brother!"

"In case you have three long and two short, my brother doesn't know how to live in the future, so I borrowed people from the military department overnight and came to arrest people early in the morning."

"How about it, brother, can you make it convenient for my brother to go in and search for it?"

When Zhou Yuan heard this, no matter how good his mentality was, his expression at the moment couldn't help but become ugly.

Only now did he figure out where those unfounded uneasiness came from, it turned out that from beginning to end, he had fallen into the bureau set up for him by Zhou Wuji.

Zhou Wuji's face was full of smiles.

It is worthy of the women of that clan, who are so scheming, that she has planned such a sophisticated plan in a short period of time, playing with the people sent by Zhou Yuan in the palm of her hand, and also allowing him to prepare overnight, and appear outside Zhou Yuan's courtyard at this time.

Tiger Guards with the Imperial City!

Zhou Wuji couldn't help but smile, he didn't dare to think of this kind of thing, those Great Xia spies who disturbed the peace of the entire Imperial City were actually received by Zhou Yuan.

And Zhou Yuan dared to use those people to arrest him, the most important thing is that they didn't catch Xian'er Jiu, but gave him the opportunity to fight against the army!

Zhou Wuji rode on his horse and looked at Zhou Yuan with a quiet smile, a period of time has passed since the big battle at the city gate, those injured spies did not dare to go to other medical halls to heal their injuries, so they could only return to Zhou Yuan.

"Your Highness, Lord Zhong of the Military Department has arrived."

A cavalryman trotted all the way to Zhou Wuji's horse, and when the latter heard this, he turned around and saw a military carriage made of nanmu parked outside the blockade of the Tiger Guards.

The lord had no intention of coming in.

"Are you still waiting?" Zhou Wuji snorted coldly, he raised his head, and seemed to see more and more carriages coming from afar, the smile on his face became thicker and stronger, and the mockery became more intense.

"It's okay, after this moment, all of you don't have to look far anymore, because the winner can only be me."

"My stupid brother, please cherish this time, I will never enter your mansion until the adults who have just finished the court meeting and are qualified to come and watch the onlookers have arrived."

Zhou Wuji looked at Zhou Yuan and said silently and proudly in his heart, he just wanted to catch the spies of the Great Xia Dynasty from Zhou Yuan's mansion in front of all the ministers of the current dynasty, so that even if Zhou Yuan had a hundred reasons, he would not be able to escape the charge of harboring or even collaborating with the enemy!

Because these officials saw it, it was equivalent to the entire Great Zhou Dynasty seeing it, and since the entire Great Zhou Dynasty saw it, the Great Zhou Emperor who loved Zhou Yuan could no longer pretend not to see it!

He must punish Zhou Yuan.

It is even possible to put him to death!

At that time, who else is qualified and capable of competing with him Zhou Wuji for the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is it his fourth brother who can only rely on his mother's family to barely break through the world, or the weak and sick second brother?

None of them work!

It's just him, Zhou Wuji!

Only he is the only heir to the throne of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, and he is the last emperor!