Wanshou Palace is also known as Wanshou Garden.

Wanshou Garden was founded by Emperor Taizu of Da Zheng, located in the north of the imperial capital, out of the city from Anding Gate, riding a horse along the official road for about an hour, it is Wanshou Garden. After the expansion and repair of the emperors of the Great Zheng Dynasty, the Wanshou Garden now covers an area of about 1,500 acres, there are the front lake, the back lake, the Ruhai Hall, the Qingya Pavilion, the sound of the water, the flower pavilion and other imitation Jiangnan landscape buildings, known as the first garden of the imperial capital. When Xiao Yu waved his master into the customs, he lived temporarily in this garden, and later Xiao Yu ascended the throne, and this garden was renamed Wanshou Palace, which was classified as royal ownership.

According to the route of Xu Beiyou, Xiao Zhinan and others back to Beijing, Wanshou Palace happened to be on the way they had to enter Beijing, so at this time, an elite army belonging to the Tiger Battalion of Tiance Mansion was dispatched, with a strength of about 10,000 people, carrying Shenwei General Cannons and other heavy weapons stationed on the periphery of Wanshou Palace, which happened to be blocked on the way back to Beijing.

As for the person who led the troops, it was Zhou Tong, who had just been promoted from the governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion to the secretary of the military department. In fact, the secretary of the military department and the governor of the same rank are of the same grade, the reason why it is said to be promoted, is because the governor of the same knowledge is a fictitious position in name only, it seems to be a high position, but in fact, the power of the army is in the hands of the governor and the five governors of the left, but it is the post of the secretary of the military department, ranking among the six departments and nine secretaries, even if the authority is divided by the metropolitan governor's office, it can also be said to be a real power.

In a side hall in Wanshou Garden, which was temporarily used as a big tent for the Chinese army, the veteran Zhou Tong looked at the map hanging on the wall with his hand in his hand, and was stunned.

On the temple that day, he belonged to the people who knew the times, in fact, it has been like this all these years, when Duanmu Ruisheng gained power in the early years, he was attached to Duanmu Ruisheng, and later Duanmu Ruisheng rebelled and was executed, and his henchmen were also wantonly linked, Zhou Tong was afraid of being implicated, and turned to the door of the new Dark Guard Governor Fu Zhongtian, and now Fu Zhongtian has become a pavilion, the tide is rising, and he has also become the new military secretary of the Great Qi Imperial Court.

Regarding the errand that Fu Ge Lao personally explained this time, Zhou Tong also had some calculations in his heart, why did he let him, the secretary of the military department who couldn't beat the eight poles, "persuade" Her Royal Highness the princess to stay in Wanshouyuan temporarily, instead of reasoning with the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, it was precisely because Her Royal Highness the princess would never listen to the verbal "admonition", and only by using force was the right way.

Of course, he also heard the news, Mr. Ping'an Zhang Baisui, the second assistant Xie Suqing, and the emperor's son-in-law Xu Beiyou were all in the team, but before coming, Fu Ge Lao personally taught him face-to-face, Mr. Ping'an Zhang Baisui has been blocked by the dust leaf of the master of the Daomen Demon Suppression Palace, Xu Beiyou and the Archdeacon of the Demon Suppression Hall Taiyi Rescue Suffering Tianzun after the first battle, there is no need to worry, so there is only one Xie Suqing left, is it possible that Zhou Tong of the Ten Layers of the Earth Immortal Building plus 10,000 elite troops can't stop it?

Zhou Tong immediately made a military order in front of the new cabinet, if he couldn't stop Xiao Zhinan and the others, he would come to see him.

At this time, in addition to Zhou Tong, there was also a young secret guard in black brocade standing in the hall, holding the handle of the knife at his waist, and said to Zhou Tong, who was facing away from him: "I just got a secret report from the envoy of Zhili Prefecture, the princess and her party have left Bohai Mansion, and according to normal reasoning, they will be able to arrive at Wanshou Garden in about three days." ”

Zhou Tong snorted, turned around and said with a smile: "I heard that the elder pavilion has handed over the power of the Dark Guard Mansion to Brother Chen, and it won't be long before you, the Governor of the Governor, will remove the word Tongzhi and become the youngest Governor of the Dark Guard Mansion in my dynasty, which is really gratifying, the old man is here today to say hello in advance." ”

Chen Moling shook his head and said, "Lord Zhou is overrated. ”

Zhou Tong laughed and said: "It's not that the old man is too famous, but that Brother Chen is too humble, you are a student of Fu Ge Lao, can Fu Ge Lao still hand over the Secret Guard Mansion to others? ”

Although Chen Moling didn't dare to say anything, his expression was also humble, but the depths of his eyes were full of pride, in fact, he had never really put Zhou Tong, the so-called military secretary, in his eyes, he was just a wall grass that saw the wind and steered the rudder, and he was already dying, what kind of way?

A sneer on Zhou Tong's face flashed, and he said quietly: "This time, 'invite' Her Royal Highness the princess to Wanshou Garden, it depends on the joint efforts of Brother Chen and the old man." ”

Chen Moling nodded and said, "This is natural. ”

After Chen Moling said goodbye and left, Zhou Tong sat on the tiger skin chair and fell into deep thought.

This court accident, in a sense, is a great good thing for him. Because he was implicated by Duanmu Ruisheng before, even if he was later involved in Fu Zhongtian's disciples, it was hopeless to take another step in his career, but now that Xiao Li and Fu Zhongtian are in power, then he can be said to be in the right place, not to mention a military secretary, even the governor of Zuodu, who guards one side, and even the knighthood and honor, it is by no means an extravagant hope.

A faint smile appeared on Zhou Tong's face, but the most important thing at the moment was to stop Xiao Zhinan and his party, and leave her and Emperor Taizongwen's coffin in Wanshou Palace, looking at this posture, after King Mu's northeast army entered the customs, King Yan would ascend the throne, and at that time, the status of the monarch and the ministers would be decided, and those civil and military ministers who were temporarily imprisoned in the edict prison would be able to convict them logically.

Thinking of this, Zhou Tong thought of the young man who seriously injured him, and the smile on his face gradually turned into a sneer.

Xu Beiyou, the young master of the Sword Sect, the son-in-law of the Great Qi Emperor?

Zhou Tong snorted coldly, after the general trend has been decided, what kind of waves can a mere Xu Beiyou set off? It is nothing more than accompanying the princess to the funeral of the two emperors.

The smile on Zhou Tong's face was even worse, and he was already a little impatient.

At this moment, Chen Moling went and returned, and without waiting for Zhou Tong to ask, he had already said: "Lord Zhou, just now the secret report of the Secret Guard Mansion is that there is a sword immortal who is coming towards our army camp, if there is no big accident, it should be Xu Beiyou, at the latest a stick of incense." ”

Zhou Tong was stunned for a moment, but he knew very well that Xu Beiyou had just fought with Taiyi Salvation Tianzun of the eighteenth floor realm of the Earth Immortal, and he was not shallowly injured, so he couldn't help but smile and asked, "Xu Beiyou is crazy, and he is in a hurry to die?"

Chen Moling shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, but in my opinion, no matter what Xu Beiyou's injury is, it is better to arrange the defense line as soon as possible, after all, Xu Beiyou is about the realm of the seventeenth floor of the Earth Immortal, and it is a sword cultivation whose combat power cannot be guessed by common sense, if he insists on breaking the formation with one person and one sword, it should not be underestimated." ”

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Zhou Tong's expression was calm, after all, he was a veteran who had led the troops for many years, and he was not careless enough to wait for the new sword immortal to kill him in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Come on, pass the order, rely on Wanshouyuan to set up a formation, and pull out the thunder ballista and the Shenwei general cannon, I want to see what he Xu Beiyou has to do, whether he can really block a million divisions with one sword." ”

Outside the door, the captain said yes, turned around and hurried away.

Chen Moling said softly: "Lord Zhou, please rest assured, this time my Secret Guard Mansion also has another arrangement, just to deal with Xu Beiyou, Zhang Baisui and others, although Xu Beiyou is now in the realm of the seventeenth floor of the Earth Immortal, but after all, he is injured, and he is not as good as one enemy." ”