Chapter Seventy-Five: Disobedience to the Decree

Xiao Fan and the others returned to Jingzhou City, but Tai Yi and Zhao Tie happened to be in the palace to ask to see the emperor. In the middle of the night, the emperor's personal eunuch was reluctant to pass it on, and Tai Yi and Zhao Tie couldn't force it and could only wait.

After the last day, the eunuch really had no choice, and saw that the prime minister and the eunuch were guarding outside the emperor's bedroom and were unwilling to leave, so they had to wake up the emperor Zhao Songhui.

"What's the matter! What time is this, you people don't let me get a good night's sleep, don't you? It's a bastard!" came the emperor's angry scolding from the palace, and then he was heard again: "Directly announce that the prime minister and the prince are here to see me." I want to see what is going on with them, I have chosen this time to disturb my dreams, and if it is something inconsequential, I want to make them look good!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will go to pass on the prime minister and the princess to see you. The voice of the eunuch was like the ears of Tai Yi and Zhao Tie, and then the sound of footsteps sounded, and after a while, the old eunuch pushed open the door and said, "Let's go, the emperor will let you in." ”

"Thank you, father-in-law!"

Tai Hao and Zhao Tie thanked him, and then followed his father-in-law into the emperor's bedroom.

"The old minister visited the emperor, disturbed the emperor late at night and hoped that the emperor would forgive his sins!"

Tai Yi and Zhao Tie knelt down and bowed, their foreheads on the ground motionless.

"Get up, if there is something you choose to come to see me at this time, come quickly!" Zhao Songhui said impatiently.

"Your Majesty, you have to be the master of the two ministers!" Tai Xuan said with a sad and angry face, and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, Xiao Fan led thousands of flame wolf riders to attack the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Taishi Mansion at night, burning, killing and looting everything, and my wife was also killed by him with a knife!"

"What!?" Zhao Songhui stood up from the dragon bed suddenly, a cold light burst out in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "There is such a thing?"

"Your Majesty, it's true! You want to be the master of the two of us, the two ministers are loyal to the court, they have done their best, there is no merit and hard work, if the emperor does not make the decision for the old minister, the old minister will die headlong. ”

"Prime Minister, Grand Master, you get up first. ”

"The emperor does not agree to be the master of the ministers, and the ministers cannot afford to kneel to death. ”

"You ......" Zhao Songhui was stunned and sighed: "Okay, I promise you, don't get up quickly!"

"Emperor Xie, Emperor Xie!"

"When did this happen, and where are Xiao Fan and the others now?" Zhao Songhui asked.

Tai Yan gritted his teeth, with a sad face, and said: "The incident happened in the early hours of the morning, and the old minister has ordered someone to block the entire city, and Xiao Fan will definitely not be able to escape from the city with thousands of flame wolf riders." ”

"Come on, immediately transfer 50,000 elite soldiers to completely block the four city gates, capture Xiao Fan and the flame wolf, and I will personally interrogate them!"

"Yes!"

When Tai Yi and Zhao Tie heard this, they were overjoyed, a cold light flashed in their eyes, and Xiao Fan was unable to fly even if he had wings!

On this night, a large number of troops in the imperial capital were dispatched to block the city gates, and then searched from house to house. Until the morning of the second day, the army searched the imperial capital, but there was no trace of Xiao Fan, and General Yuyan's mansion was already empty, leaving only some subordinates.

"Bastard!" On the palace hall, Emperor Zhao Songhui was furious, his face was terrifyingly pale, and he said in a deep voice: "Spread my will and order Xiao Fan to return to the imperial capital quickly!"

"The emperor was angry, and the prime minister said to the prince that last night's incident was done by General Xiao and thousands of fire wolf riders, and the old minister felt that there were many doubts about this matter. If General Xiao really led thousands of flame wolves to ride into the imperial capital, there would be a large number of people, and he would inevitably be discovered, how could he not be known. Whether this matter was done by General Xiao, the emperor called the general who was guarding the city and asked. ”

Zhang Lao stood up and said like this. In the entire court, he was the only one who was willing to speak for Xiao Fan, and the rest of the officials were all looking forward to Tai Yan and Zhao Tiema.

"Hmph, Elder Zhang, what do you mean by this, could it be that the true appearance and the Taishi will still wronged Xiao Fan!"

"The prime minister doesn't need to be excited, just call the generals who defend the city and ask. If General Xiao entered the imperial capital city with thousands of people, it would be impossible for the generals defending the city to be unaware. ”

"Hmm...... Mr. Zhang is right. Emperor Zhao Songhui nodded, his face softened, and said, "Someone is coming, and the generals who defend the city will quickly enter the palace to meet me!"

Half an hour later, several of the generals defending the city arrived. A few people said that they had not seen Xiao Fan lead the flame wolf to ride in and out of the city, and they had been guarding the city gate, so it was impossible not to even know that the army of thousands of people had entered the city.

"So, the group of people last night is really not Xiao Fan? Prime Minister and Taishi, are you mistaken?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister used Xiang Shang's head to guarantee that Xiao Fan rode with the flame wolf. Your Majesty, don't forget, Xiao Fan is the most outstanding chief disciple of Tianxuan Sect in the contemporary era, and there is something magical in the cultivation world, and it is not impossible for him to hide from the heavens and seas!"

"Well, that's possible, too. If it was really Xiao Fan's doing, I would never tolerate it! This is simply bold, acting like this in this imperial capital city, I have not yet taken me into account!"

"Come on, send me a gold medal, let Xiao Fan and others return to the imperial capital as soon as possible, if they resist the decree, they will be punished as the crime of rebellion!"

In Jingzhou City, Xiao Fan was healing his second senior brother Cai Hexuan. Cai Hexuan was seriously injured, and he fled here overnight to report the news, which made it even more injured, Xiao Fan spent a whole day nourishing his body with the vitality of the wood in his true qi, so that his injury could be stabilized.

In the evening, as soon as Xiao Fan walked out of Cai Hexuan's room, Qin Han and other lieutenants hurriedly walked over.

"General, something happened. ”

"What's the matter? so flustered!"

"General, the emperor has sent an envoy with a gold medal to ask you to return to the imperial capital alone. ”

Xiao Fan smiled faintly, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, and said, "Let's go, go and have a look." ”

In the conference hall of the General's Mansion, a man in a purple brocade robe was standing quietly in the center of the hall, his eyebrows slightly raised. Seeing Xiao Fan and the others coming out, he glanced at it indifferently and said, "Xiao Fan, kneel down and receive the gold medal!"

"What if I don't kneel?"

"Bold!"

The purple-clothed brocade-robed man drank vigorously, and a cold light burst into his eyes.

As soon as the words fell, I saw Xiao Fan disappear in an instant, and the next moment, the man in the purple brocade robe was lifted up by Xiao Fan's neck, his face turned red, and his legs kicked in the air.

"You, you presumptuous!"

The purple-clothed brocade-robed man held back a sentence, but Xiao Fan didn't respond to him, his five fingers were slightly closed, and with a click, the purple-clothed brocade-robed man's neck was crooked, and he died of anger.

Qin Han and the other lieutenant generals looked shocked, opened their mouths, looked at Xiao Fan and said, "General, are you doing this to break with the empire?"

"Who said I killed the envoy? Who saw it? What envoy, what gold medal, General Ben didn't know anything, so he dragged this guy out of the city and buried it. ”

"Yes. ”

Several guards came up and dragged the envoy out of the city. Qin Han and other lieutenants walked to Xiao Fan's side and said, "Is this okay?"

"Why not, this person should have come on horseback, and no one in Jingzhou City recognized him, if the emperor wants to investigate, he can only ask the people of the General's Mansion, so it is impossible to ask any clues.

In the next month, the emperor issued twelve gold medals in a row to Xiao Fan to return to the imperial capital, and twelve envoys were killed by Xiao Fan. Emperor Zhao Songhui couldn't wait for news in the palace, and he didn't see Xiao Fan come back, and he was furious. Later, he issued another holy decree and sent a lot of ** to Jingzhou City.

This time, Xiao Fan did not kill again, received the holy decree but did not return to the imperial capital, and wrote a note for the person who passed the holy decree to hand it over to the emperor on his behalf.

The content of the compromise is very simple, saying that Jingzhou City cannot be without a master for a day, and the Dayan Iron Leopard is riding a tiger's eye, and it is possible to attack the city at any time, so he can't leave half a step. When the emperor saw the folding, he was furious, and the ministers were so frightened that they were all silent.

After retiring from the dynasty, Prime Minister Tai Yi and Taishi Zhao Tie secretly met with the emperor, saying that Xiao Fan's antipathy was already obvious, and there was no emperor in his eyes, which made Zhao Songhui's eyes even colder.

"What do you think I should do now? Do you want to cut him off immediately, or do you just send someone to bring him back?"

"Your Majesty, now that Xiao Fan is still useful, I think the emperor might as well let him start a war with the Dayan Iron Leopard Cavalry as soon as possible. When Xiao Fan defeats the Great Yan Iron Leopard Cavalry, the vitality of the Great Yan will be greatly damaged, and Xiao Fan's Flame Wolf Cavalry will also lose its troops and generals, and when the emperor will deceive Xiao Fan to return to the imperial capital on the grounds of reward, I will arrange for the Taishi and the Taishi to lay an ambush and take it down in one fell swoop!"

"This is not very good, if Xiao Fan really defeats the Dayan Iron Leopard Rider, he can be regarded as having made a great achievement. As soon as I made meritorious service, I killed the heroes for no reason, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of people all over the world!"

"Your Majesty, now I can't take care of it so much, Xiao Fan is a big trouble, if you don't get rid of it for a day, your emperor will be uneasy for a day, for the sake of the Zhao family's country, the emperor should make a decision as soon as possible. Besides, if we kill Xiao Fan, we can arrange it, and we don't need the emperor to arrange it. ”

Emperor Zhao Songhui's face was cloudy, and after a long time, he took a deep breath and said: "Okay, according to the words of the prime minister, quickly spread my will, let Xiao Fan seize the time to attack Chongzhou City, drive the Dayan army back to the north, and recover the lost territory!"

"The emperor is wise!"

Tai Yi and Zhao Tie complimented at the same time.

On the second day, Xiao Fan received the holy decree, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"General, why did the emperor suddenly let you go to war with the Great Yan army? Did he really just ask about the matter of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Taishi's Mansion that night? Will the two old thieves, Tai Yi and Zhao Tie, give up?"

Xiao Fan shook his head and said, "If my guess is right, this is exactly what Tai Yi and Zhao Tie meant. They did this because they wanted us to lose both the Great Yan army, and when the time came, the Great Yan would have no ability to invade again, and I would have no use value, so they could get rid of me without any worries. ”

"General, if the emperor really kills you, then what should we do?" several lieutenants and generals said worriedly.

"His baby's got into the imperial capital, killed the bird emperor, and lifted his bird's nest. Wang Chao said fiercely.

"Eh, Wang Chao, don't talk nonsense. Xiao Fan shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry, I have my own way to deal with all this, and when it really comes to that day, you just listen to my arrangement." ”