In front of the Wang family's compound, Wang Jingxuan stood for a while before returning to the gate.

A group of housekeepers were restless at the door, and his butler was directing a few of his men to move the stone lion back at the door, remove the bolt of the door, and do a cursory inspection before going to report to him.

"Sir." The housekeeper said with some concern: "Our stone lion has been broken a little, and the door bolt has cracked a little, and when we turn around, it is estimated that we will have to break the cost to make a new one." ”

"Well, I hope there's another chance." Wang Jingxuan muttered and asked, "What about the seventh, there is no news yet?" ”

The butler looked back and forth, and stopped talking.

"The fifth child hurt his foot, go back to rest, he won't come, you say." Wang Jingxuan urged.

"The last messenger said that he couldn't find anyone, and I didn't think something was right, so I secretly found a capable person and went again." The butler whispered, "He just came back and told me that something big happened over there." People have run away, so naturally they can't find ......"

"What's wrong? Can you still die outside? Wang Jingxuan frowned and urged.

"Dead at home." The butler himself said with some fear.

"What?!" Despite the mental preparation for the bad situation, Wang Jingxuan was still taken aback: "Who did it!" ”

"I don't know." The butler shook his head, lowered his voice, and said, "Anyway, it must be a very murderous assassin." You must be careful. ”

"I don't know who did it, and I don't know who instructed it, so how to be careful." Wang Jingxuan said unhappily: "Why didn't that person say it just now......"

"The little one just said that, sir." The housekeeper reminded: "The seventh master's side, all the subordinates have run away, there is no one in the house, I really can't find anyone, I still asked him to go around this time, and I just found a few people who didn't run far, so I knew about these." Therefore, you can't blame the messenger just now, he is probably confused, and he has to rush back to his life......"

"Okay, okay, you excuse your subordinates again." Wang Jingxuan was a little irritable: "Who said these things?" Is it reliable? ”

"Reliable, that's what the seventh master said." The housekeeper told him vividly: "That Greek woman was the first to go to the scene at that time, and according to her, the seventh master and the two eldest followers were killed in the house, and no one outside even heard it. ”

"Really?" Wang Jingxuan was also uneasy.

"It's hard to say. The Seventh Master was not unguarded, he had gathered a lot of people at that time. If the assassin didn't have any skills, he wouldn't have been able to break into the house and harm people. The housekeeper analyzed: "Although the woman is scared and almost stupid, she can still tell the general situation." ”

"What about the people he gathered?" Wang Jingxuan asked.

He told everyone to assemble, so many of them went south on their own. Others, waiting around the house, ready to go together. But after he was killed, these people probably felt that the situation was not right, fearing that a catastrophe was coming, and they were all dispersed. The butler said.

"Donkey ball, does he really want to fight with the Guo family?" Wang Jingxuan's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but scolded in a low voice: "No wonder he died first, he really deserves it!" ”

"That's all there is to it." The housekeeper said: "Both sides say that what Guo Gongzi is besieging is his property. This matter can no longer be hidden. He couldn't have beaten himself when he dispatched troops at that time, right? ”

Wang Jingxuan also knew that this was the case, so he could only nod.

"You don't have to worry, sir, it's actually a good thing that the princess came just now." The housekeeper persuaded: "Let's also hand over the housekeeper to her, so that even if we are held accountable later, it will be easy to deal with, right?" ”

"I don't think she's going to be easy to deal with." Wang Jingxuan said worriedly: "She went to several other houses first, and then came. But on our side, it's not the farthest place from the Guo family or the palace. This is clearly intentional. ”

"The fifth child didn't do quite right. Hey, I shouldn't have let him answer the door. He regretted a little: "Now that the conflict is together, what should I do......"

The butler looked back at the broken door, and for a moment did not know what to do.

"I shouldn't have been lazy then." Wang Jingxuan complained about himself: "The fifth and the seventh, after all, are one family, I guess he actually knows everything." That's why when the princess came, he was deliberately so arrogant......"

"That's his own business. Sir, didn't you deal with it in time? The butler had no choice but to comfort again.

"I'll still have to ask - did he do anything before I came?" Wang Jingxuan was even more nervous and asked.

"It shouldn't be anything. When the little one came here, the fifth master had just come out of the house and looked out in the corridor. The butler pointed in the direction and described to him: "At that time, the princess was at the gate with a large and miscellaneous retinue, and was in a hurry to call people. The men had never seen this battle, and asked them what they were doing, and they were told that something had happened in the city, and the princess was taking the families to suppress it. ”

Although there was a hurry outside, and he saw the princess, he still didn't dare to decide for himself, so he called me. Because I often follow the old lady and you on weekdays, go to various houses, and get to know each other in general. So, I hurried over and looked through the small window of the door, and there were indeed many acquaintances there. In addition to the cowardly Xue and a few church people, there are people from the Li family, the Guo family, the Shi family, and the Zhang family, and I don't know how she got such a mixed group of people to come out......"

"Are you sure it's all serious family? Not fake, or unauthorized? Wang Jingxuan confirmed it again.

"The Guo family and the Li family only have a family, the Shi family and the Zhang family have children to lead the team, the granddaughter of the princess and the master Yelu, and the daughter of the princess and the daughter of the detached and unspoiled are all in the crowd, adding up to three hundred people, it can't be fake." The steward said:

"The one who was sent to call the door was Master Shi's nephew, the Stan who just came back some time ago. He was more honest, so I asked more. He told me that they were indeed there to suppress the rebellion. Because before the princess came, someone had already come to the Shi family's mansion to warn her, and the family set off in a hurry and took away a lot of family members. The princess seems to be in a hurry, but in fact she is not the first batch. ”

"So? So why is the princess so positive? Wang Jingxuan asked.

"It is said that she has an unusual relationship with Guo Gongzi, and Guo Gongzi has also fallen into this rebellion." The housekeeper told him: "Shi Gongzi told me that he was embarrassed to speak, but the one who took the lead in the rebellion may be his sister Shi Huizhen." Guo Gongzi was carrying out the mission of the church at Zhulinfang at the time, and he was involved. The people of his family rushed out, probably because they didn't want the ugliness of the family to be publicized, and they wanted to catch or kill Shi Huizhen as soon as possible. ”

"He didn't really want to be involved in this matter, so when the princess came, he used the excuse that all the family members had already been dispatched, and now there were not enough troops on this side to attack the rebels with her. But the princess had to let them go out, and he really didn't have any family, and he could do it himself. Just broke in and grabbed Stan out, so he had to take the only two family members and go with him. ”

"Hey, didn't Lao Qi say before that Shi Huizhen rebelled, let us all send someone to help him suppress it?" Wang Jingxuan was already stunned.

"Probably not. On the princess and Shi Gongzi's side, there is also reliable news that the seventh master and the rebels are not clear. Among the few houses that served as the nests of the rebels, there was his home. The housekeeper hesitated and said bluntly: "Master, it's not me who trespasses, but you also know that before the seventh master, he often interacted with a group of strange people. The villain wondered, whether he and Shi Huizhen betrayed the party, and it was not clear, so he hurriedly urged this side to transfer troops to him, and control the manpower first, so that he could have time to do things......"

Wang Jingxuan was silent for a moment.

"That old five......" he muttered, but he didn't say it explicitly, and his brow furrowed even tighter.

"I didn't expect that much at the time. I'm just thinking, if I really provoke them, not to mention how many nobles I will offend in return, even tonight, our yard probably won't be able to withstand their hard beating. The butler continued.

"They're just going to ask for someone, or do they want something else?" Wang Jingxuan asked.

"I want people, I said that I would give them at least thirty family members, and they should hurry up and save people, so let's hurry up." The butler said, "I thought I was asking for something, asking for people...... Thirty is a lot, if we give it here, what will happen to the family? Is that enough for those dozen people? But if you call someone from another Zhuangzi, I'm afraid it's too late. I'm going to be rude for a while, so I'm going to call you first and see what you plan. ”

"You're doing it right, don't worry so much about it at this time." Wang Jingxuan nodded.

The butler arched his hand slightly, expressed his gratitude, and then continued: "I'll go to look for you after that, but as soon as I walked to the lobby, I heard the fifth master and the princess arguing. ”

He said that the princess had no right to mobilize the families, and that he had the right to ignore them unless he gave the order of the Great Khan. The princess said that neither the Great Khan nor Taiji could come, and that she was ordered by Kedun to urgently mobilize the cowards, temple guards, and various families to suppress the rebellion, which was not contrary to the law. But the fifth master still didn't believe it. ”

He ...... Is it really deliberate? Wang Jingxuan became vigilant.

"There's something wrong with the princess's team. The fifth master said at the time that what she mobilized was nominally cowardly, but in fact it was not, she was taking advantage of loopholes. Only a few of the guards who came with her were veterans. The others are not the Varyags, but the ......" The butler thought for a moment how to describe them: "It's those cowards in the palace." It's those who cook, clean, and do chores every day. ”

"Uh...... If it is not said that they are serious cowardices, they are indeed the same, but in terms of combat effectiveness, these people are estimated to be a number. It can be seen that she didn't get much authority, and she couldn't even move the main force of her own guards. Therefore, it can't be said that the fifth master is wrong......"

The princess, however, was so angry that she quarreled with him. The fifth master was also very stubborn, and the princess was angry and directly reprimanded him, saying that he wanted him to think about why he came to our house in the end and asked us to leave. Because according to the current intelligence analysis, our family is not small. If you want to show that you are still loyal, hurry up and do something practical. ”

The fifth master was unwilling, and was still saying that she went out without authorization and violated the order, but the princess was very anxious, and even scolded bitterly, pointing to the stone lion at the door, saying that the people in our house all eat inside and outside, and each has its own conspiracy, and most passers-by know it. The whole house, I'm afraid that the two stone lions at the door are innocent. ”

"What she said ......" Wang Jingxuan was a little unacceptable: "I must explain it when I have the opportunity!" ”

"Hey, there was no time at that time, and the fifth master was also angry." The butler said, "It's the same with the princess." In the end, in a fit of rage, she lifted the stone lion up and threw it at the gate. ”

"Our door is still strong, but the bolt has been damaged and broken. The gate suddenly flew backwards for a while, and the fifth master was standing behind the door, but he didn't react, and slapped the door leaf, hurting his foot, and everyone had to take him away first. You'll know the rest of the story. ”

"Oh, my heavenly father......" Wang Jingxuan's face turned a little red, he wanted to scold him, but he felt that it was meaningless, and finally had to recite a sentence extremely helplessly.

"Master, if you want me to say, you better hurry up and find a way." The butler has been his confidant for many years, and there are some things that he can't say: "Everyone knows that today is the banquet after the triumph, and the Great Khan can't come because they are drinking outside the city to celebrate." Tomorrow they will get up and see what they are going to do in the city. ”

"Look at the princess's team—it doesn't matter which side we choose, so as soon as the fifth master was carried away, I hurried to tell you to lend her the family. Our Wang family, even if everyone is single-minded, can we defeat so many people? Moreover, I said it ugly, even if the princess is the one who has a ghost in her heart, even if we react faster tonight and take the lead, then what can we do? ”

"There are so many armies outside that don't come in, I think it's just because of the rules and don't want to get into trouble. Just because they don't move doesn't mean that someone will still be completely unresponsive when they go out to attack. It doesn't make sense to do anything. ”

"You're right." Wang Jingxuan nodded: "The whole thing tonight is very strange, I didn't even prepare for it before." The seventh child is mixed with some indiscriminate people, and I, as the eldest brother, didn't take care of it, which is indeed my fault. Now, the trouble is coming, and we probably can't hide from it, so we can only try to deal with it. ”

Both of them were in a heavy mood, so they simply sat on the edge of the flower bed and analyzed it carefully. However, before they could think about it for long, an explosion suddenly sounded in the distance.

Everyone in the house looked in that direction, but no one could tell what the situation was, and at this time, everyone didn't dare to go out and ask casually, so they could only quickly find spare wood, and hurry up to repair and close the door, in case someone took advantage of the chaos to make trouble, so that the rest of the family members were all prepared.

After a while, the person watching at the gate reported that Zhan Shuai and Madame Huang were here, and they were almost in front of the gate.

Wang Jingxuan was even more confused now.

"Commander? How many people did he bring? He hurriedly asked, "We don't have any family here?" ”

"Just the two of them, and a rider, and an attendant who carries things." The man at the door said.

Wang Jingxuan and the housekeeper glanced at each other, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

"Hurry up and open the door first, and invite him to come in." In the end, Wang Jingxuan could only order in the usual way.

(End of chapter)