Jincheng, like a beautiful girl who has been wilted, took advantage of the fact that the sun was covered by the surrounding mountains, and hurriedly secretly covered herself with a dark light veil to relieve the summer heat of the day.

The city gates on all sides were closed early, so that the Huang Zi Gong and the people in the city could enjoy the leisure and comfort in the night with peace of mind.

But tonight is a little different.

Because there are so many people who can't be idle.

With a dull creaking, the thick gate of Nancheng was slowly opened, and a military general covered in armor rushed in first, and behind him were two thousand well-equipped soldiers in a hundred battles.

On the city tower, the guard sergeant stood straight, inspecting all sides, and the city gate guard stood in the middle, so many pairs of eyes, no one seemed to see the big movement just now.

The torrent of iron armor that poured in from Nancheng did not pause, and rumbled towards its destination along the wide and straight Nancheng Street due south.

The Shu Palace is located in the center of Jincheng.

The neat and shrill sound of horses' hooves instantly suppressed all the noise around them.

Those who are talking with wine glasses, shaking their heads and listening to music to the beat, those who are shouting and drinking, drinking and punching, all kinds of activities in various places and all kinds of activities are quickly ended after instant shock.

The timid hurried home to the nest, greeted the family, closed the door firmly, shivered in the bed, and prayed that the morning would soon dawn and the dust settled;

The bold and quietly sneaked towards the source of the sound to see what the situation was, that is, the talking points and capital for the next year.

The square in front of the palace is also located outside the south gate of the palace, which is in line with the rule that the emperor sits in the north and faces south.

Zeng Anshi, the leader of the palace guards, paced back and forth restlessly on the palace wall, and His Majesty agreed to transfer all the 10,000 town guards outside the city to the Xiling Sword Sect, which made him deeply worried in his heart.

It's not that I'm worried about what will happen to Tan Baohu and the 10,000 elite soldiers under his command, what will happen to killing the immortals on the mountain?

He just subconsciously felt that without the guards of the town guards, there would really be some chaos, how much could this small palace and the thousands of people under his command help?

sighed, there is no way, His Majesty Yongding's control over the princes and kings has always been very strict, the army and generals are nominally under the control of the princes and kings, but in fact they are all directly controlled by the military department of Tianjing City.

The king of Shu is a particularly cautious character, and he doesn't exceed the rules at all, and the little people in his hands are forced by him to be pressed on the red line of 1,000 people, and no more than one will work.

I once chatted with a friend, and they said that the limit of the Praetorian Guards of the palace city of other princes is also 1,000, but there are many ways in other families.

A formally established Praetorian Guard must be matched with a person who helps to put on armor, and a person who washes and feeds the horses, and there must be no more one to serve and live, and one is assigned with three or four servants, and this team can rise to four or five thousand in an instant.

Zeng Anshi suddenly realized, and then privately proposed this method to Qiao Zhou, the king of Shu, very vaguely, but he never thought that he would be beaten by the board, and the king of Shu left a sentence, if he mentioned it again, he would not spare the cruel words and throw his sleeves and leave.

Zeng Anshi thought about it, maybe it was the attitude of the King of Shu that made everyone unexpectedly ask for a hereditary brand from Tianjing City.

Hereditary replacement, hereditary replacement, this throne has suddenly become a fragrant glutton!

Zeng Anshi, who was immersed in thoughts, was suddenly awakened by the sound of horses' hooves, and in doubt, standing on a high place, his eyes looked through the straight and long Nancheng Street, first saw the red tassel on the helmet of the first horseman, and then his vision was instantly filled with the surging torrent of iron armor.

So he used all his strength and roared, "Enemy attack!"

Seeing that the team was getting closer and closer, Zeng Anshi recovered from the initial shock, and kept commanding one after another in his mouth, and his own entourage sergeants ordered them one by one.

A sergeant gripped the bowstring, the tip of the arrow always pointing at the faint line in his heart, which was the maximum range of effective killing.

A moment later, a look of horror quickly crept across his face, and the rebels did not stop outside the firing range, but rushed straight towards the palace wall!

I heard a shout in my ear, "Release!"

Subconsciously let go of his right hand, and the arrow from the string broke through the air, piercing into a gap between the armor of the chaotic army, causing him to fall from his horse, but the torrent behind him did not stop for a moment, instantly crushing the man into a ball of flesh and whistling paste.

In the ranks, two horsemen came out of the crowd, one on the left and one on the right, guarding the leading general, and in their hands they were not the broadswords and spears that the sergeants were accustomed to, but each held a thin sword.

These are two swords, gently swallowing a little sword light, shattering the rain of arrows that enveloped the generals.

Under the rain of arrows deliberately arranged by Zeng Anshi early, the rebel team dropped hundreds of corpses and rushed towards the palace wall, and then disappeared!

Zeng Anshi rushed to the other end of the palace wall in a hurry, looked at the chaotic army that was rushing in, cursed the eighteenth generation of the ancestors who rebelled against the country, gritted his teeth, felt a whistle from his arms, and blew it vigorously.

A sharp whistle fills the night sky.

After the rebels rushed in, they quickly dismounted and assembled, and then rushed in the direction of the main hall with shouts.

The general in front heard the whistle and looked back at the city tower, wondering what the hell Zeng Anshi was doing?

Unexpectedly, Zeng Anshi was so ruthless, and actually pulled almost half of the sergeants on the palace wall to the front city wall, and the dense and violent arrow rain was estimated to consume most of the arrows stored in the palace wall.

So that he can only bite the bullet and exchange casualties for time, and pass quickly through the internal response, anyway, as long as the goal is achieved tonight, even if all the two thousand people are here, it doesn't matter.

After breaking through the Nangong Gate, on the way to the main hall, you also need to pass through a small Nangong Gate, as the name suggests, it is smaller than the Nangong Gate, and there is basically no defense.

One of the sword-wielding sergeants was firmly guarding the general's side, and he was silently complaining about the names of these palace gates in his heart, which was really down-to-earth, and suddenly his pupils shrank sharply.

The general, who was thinking about things as he ran, only felt that he was being pulled by the arm, pulled to the side, and then flew up.

After landing on the ground, he quickly turned his head to look at it and exclaimed, "What is this!"

I saw twenty or thirty sergeants pouring out of the Xiaonangong Gate, each holding a small bow and arrow-like thing in their hands, standing on the steps, condescending, and constantly bursting out of urgent and fast arrows.

Due to the close distance, these people are aiming at the gaps in the armor, the lethality of the arrows is greatly enhanced, and the rebels in front of them are harvested like straw, but in the end, there are too many rebels, and the rebels in the back are killed in front of them with the corpses in front, these sergeants have calm faces, and after each released the last arrow, they smashed the utensils in their hands to the ground, and then were beheaded by the rebels who rushed up.

But as soon as he stopped, behind him, Zeng Anshi had quickly assembled a group of defenders and chased after him shouting.

After a secret discussion with the sword-wielding sergeant beside him, the general decisively divided the army into two groups, one followed him and rushed to the main hall, and even the harem to capture the king of Shu, and the other group held the Xiaonangong gate, under the leadership of another sword-wielding sergeant, blocking the defenders who came to chase.

When Zeng Anshi rushed to the door of Xiaonangong and looked at the sergeant who was standing first with a sword, his heart was not good, this person should be a cultivator.

A snow-white sword light suddenly lit up in his eyes, illuminating his pupils and the night that was gradually darkening.

When Zeng Anshi's head flew in the air, the last thought in his mind was, go to his N cultivator!

The sergeant killed Zeng Anshi with a sword, and roared angrily, "The king of Shu is in trouble, the crown prince enters the palace to save him, who dares to stop it, it will be regarded as a rebellion!"

The defenders who followed Zeng Anshi were under this sword, and the dragons were leaderless and looked at each other.

The sergeant shouted again at the right time, "Put down your sword, don't blame the past!"

The clanging sound of swords falling to the ground made the sword-wielding sergeant secretly breathe a sigh of relief, his gambling was successful, if these hundreds of sergeants really rushed up and fought for their lives, they might really have to explain here.

Hurriedly asked the sergeant behind him to tie up these people one by one, collected the swords, divided dozens of people to escort them aside, and beckoned the rest of the people to hurriedly chase after them.

At this moment, the palace was already in chaos, and the shouts and killings outside the gate of the South Palace spread far away throughout the entire palace city, and for a while, the sound of crying and running was everywhere.

Qiao Zhou, the king of Shu, accompanied by the prince of the palace to worship He, came to the main hall.

The door of the palace was wide open in front of him, so that the rebel generals who led the troops to rush to the hall were slightly stunned, and after ordering the sergeants to surround the main hall, he took out a firework from his arms, lit the fuse, and the fireworks quickly rose into the air with a whistling sound, and then exploded suddenly in the night sky.

The general let out a breath of turbidity, calmed down, and walked into the main hall, accompanied by the sword-wielding sergeant.

Qiao Zhou, the king of Shu, didn't have time to put on the crown in a hurry, and his slightly messy gray hair could not be hidden, giving people an old and embarrassed image.

But his expression was calm and calm, looking at the two people who were walking slowly, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

The general stood still in the hall and gently removed his helmet, revealing a majestic square face.

Kneeling down on one knee upwards, he arched his hand and said, "Dong Pan greets the King of Shu." ”

Qiao Zhou didn't have a trace of surprise in his expression, but said calmly: "Dong Pan, it's not good to guard in Cangwu County, what are you doing in the palace?"

Dong Pan was stunned, do you still need to ask? But you asked, how do you ask me to answer?

Qiao Zhou sneered, "I'm embarrassed to do it, I'm embarrassed to answer?"

Dong Pan bowed his head slightly, to be honest, the King of Shu is quite generous to himself, and he has always trusted him, asking people to give money to people, and he didn't say anything, but there are some things that he can't do after all.

Qiao Zhou looked at the sword-wielding sergeant again, and asked with a smile, "What is Your Excellency?"

The sword-wielding sergeant tore off his helmet, held the sword and bowed his hand slightly towards Qiao Zhou, "Qingxi Jianchi Chai Yupu, I have seen the King of Shu." ”

Qiao turned his head to look at Father-in-law He, and his smile did not change, "Lone really wants to see which son is so competitive that he can invite such a big man to help." ”

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At the top of the peak, a few lanterns are lit in the pavilion.

Xun Yu shook his head, "As a national teacher, it is not a long-term solution to treat the princes in such a way. ”

Xun worriedly looked at his father opposite, this sentence sounded like what he had taught himself at home many years ago, "Xiao worry, do things in the long run, don't worry about the gains and losses of one time and one place, be worthy of heaven and earth, worthy of your own ......"

Xun Wei shook his head vigorously, useless nostalgia and sentimentality were one of the most useless things in his opinion, and he said slowly: "You should know why. ”

Xun Yu sighed, "Even if you want to deal with me, at the expense of the country, it's too cost-effective." ”

Xun Wei also shook his head, "It's cost-effective, it's cost-effective." ”

Xun Yu stared at the chessboard carefully, raised his head, and his forehead was squeezed out of deep forehead lines, "This is not fair to Qiao Zhou." ”

Xun Wei shook his head again, "Fair." Otherwise, how do you think he can get a hereditary replacement? ”

Xun Yu nodded, a little abruptly, "However, Qiao Zhou will still be very sad." ”

Xun Wei spread his hands, "It's difficult to do both things in the world." ”

Xun Yu picked up a chess piece, "Then it's time for me to respond!"

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"Father, I've been waiting for a long time!"

The four fast horses rushed straight to the entrance of the main hall before stopping, and even the steps in front of the door of Xiaonangong were ridden straight in.

The first one turned over and dismounted, ran towards the hall, stood at the door of the hall, took a few breaths, walked in slowly, and said the sentence just now.

Qiao Zhou squinted, "You just rushed in on horseback?"

Qiao Wan, the crown prince of the king of Shu, straightened the brocade clothes on his body, his face was full of joy of victory, "Isn't this afraid that my father will wait for a long time?"

The three attendants behind him also walked in.

Qiao Zhou looked at a few people, "I heard that you are close to the sons of the Dong family and the Yu family, it seems that it does have an effect." ”

"Dong Pan, which is your son?"

Dong Shen stepped forward, "Dong Shen has seen the King of Shu. ”

Qiao Zhou looked at another handsome young man, "Then you are the boss of the Yu family?"

Yu Heng also took a step, "Yu Heng has seen the King of Shu. ”

Qiao Zhou sighed with emotion, "The Yu family's money opens the way, the Dong family's soldiers kill the enemy, and the sword of the sword pool is powerful, it is really a good calculation." ”

After speaking, he looked at the last person again, "Then whose family are you?"

The man also saluted: "Zhao Ke pays homage to the King of Shu." ”

Qiao Zhou was a little puzzled, and Gonggong He said a few words in his ear with his hand, never thinking that Qiao Zhou's face changed, and sighed lightly, "What are you doing in this muddy water." ”

Qiao Wan nodded slightly at Dong Pan and Chai Yupu, and said loudly: "Father, you are old, just take a good rest, the state affairs are heavy, and my son will do it for you." ”

Qiao Zhou was noncommittal, "This is considered a forced palace?"

The smile faded from Qiao Wan's face, "Father, why bother pretending to be stupid here, this person is all dead, what else is there to say!"

Looking around behind him, "The town defenders are gone, and now in this city, General Dong has the most soldiers and horses; ”

"If I were to decisively abdicate your position, I would take care of your old age and be comfortable, otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Qiao Zhou seemed to have been pierced by Qiao Wan's disguise, and his face was panicked, and he stood up and said in a trembling voice: "Really don't talk about the love between father and son for many years, the grace of nurturing?"

Qiao Wan's voice was categorical, "The imperial family has been ruthless since ancient times!"

Qiao Zhou sat back in his seat, lost his soul.

A sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a voice shouted on horseback, and it entered the main hall, "Father, Qiao Yan is here to help!"