Xiao Fan won a big victory again, and he was almost crushed, just like the last time he captured Chongzhou City. Jin Bu fled with the remnants of tens of thousands of people, but Xiao Fan did not pursue him and let him live.

A golden cloth does not pose any threat to Xiao Fan, and the reason why Dayan can be so powerful is not because of the golden cloth, but because of the support of the Lunatic Cult. Now that Great Yan has been defeated, the Lunatic Cult should no longer support them, Xiao Fan feels that the royal family of the Great Yan Empire will be replaced by the Lunatic Cult, and Jin Bu will only have a dead end after he returns.

After recovering the city of Yanzhou, countless people cheered, they had endured all the oppression and humiliation, and now they were finally freed. After Xiao Fan ordered people to clean up the battlefield, he opened a warehouse to release grain, and greatly reduced taxes, and the whole city cheered, and the voices of gratitude rose one after another.

Two days later, good news came from the south, Qin Han, Cai Hexuan and Zhang Peng led their soldiers to capture the last fortress city occupied by the Red Wind Empire in one fell swoop, and since then all the lost lands of the Longteng Empire have been recovered.

The broken mountains and rivers that once changed hands were regained by Xiao Fan one by one, and Xiao Fan's voice resounded throughout the Longteng Empire, and even all the people in the Eastern Shenzhou Empire knew that the Longteng Empire had a god general named Xiao Fan, who ended more than ten years of war in just one year, recovered all the lost territories, and terrified the armies of Chifeng and Dayan.

On this day, Xiao Fan received a letter from Yang Zilong. In the letter, Yang Zilong mentioned four words - high merit and shocking the master.

"Brother Xiao, see the letter like a face. When he first met Brother Xiao in the Oriental Wild Vein, Zilong knew that Brother Xiao was extraordinary and must have something extraordinary. Since Brother Xiao came to the empire, Zilong has wanted to get together with Brother Xiao many times, but the war is tight. Now that Chifeng and Dayan have been defeated at the hands of the Xiao brothers, the Longteng Empire has recovered, and the value of the Xiao brothers has also been exhausted, and the emperor and the prime minister will not tolerate it. Zilong hereby advises Brother Xiao to put down his military power and return to Tianxuanzong as soon as possible. ”

Xiao Fan looked at the letter Yang Zilong wrote to himself, and a faint smile appeared on his face. Although this Yang Zilong has only met once, Xiao Fan has a good impression of him, and now it seems that this person is indeed worth befriending.

"Brother Yang, your kindness Xiao Fan has received it, but the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, even if Xiao Fan puts down his military power, the emperor can't let go of his heart. Xiao Fan is not dead, and the emperor and Tai Yan and others are uneasy. ”

Xiao Fan put away the letter, tilted his head slightly and whispered to himself. After finishing speaking, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he walked out of the study quickly, and disappeared in a few flashes.

Two hours later, Xiao Fan came to Jingzhou City and secretly summoned the captain of the special raid battalion.

"General, is there a mission!"

"Hmm. Xiao Fan nodded, quietly looked at the captain of the special raid battalion, and said, "Tell me, whose soldier are you?"

The captain of the special raid battalion was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said firmly: "Of course, it is your general! The reason why we are here today is all because of the cultivation of the general, and without the general, there would be no us." We sacrificed our lives to kill the enemy, all because of our belief that you are the general, not for some bullshit court!"

"Okay, if the court wants to kill me, what do you think I should do?"

"General!" The captain of the special raid battalion did not look shocked, as if he had long been aware of these things, and he said: "The general has recovered the lost territory, blessed the people, and has a blazing prestige, and the emperor will not tolerate it, it has been like this since ancient times, and the last general has long expected that there will be such a day, so the last general has long been ready to assassinate Zhao Songhui!"

Xiao Fan's heart trembled, with such a soldier following him, what else is there to worry about?

"I secretly called you here today to deal with this. Now I have a very important task for you to give you the special raid battalion, and I want you to lead your raiders to enter the imperial capital in disguise. If the emperor asks me to go back to the imperial capital and set a trap to capture me, you will want to sneak into the palace and wait for my signal. ”

"General, even if they set a trap, they can't help you, you lead us directly into the imperial capital, and punish the emperor to ascend the throne and become the emperor. ”

"No, it won't work. This empire is the world of the Zhao family, and the Zhao family has been in business for so many years, and the idea of the Zhao family as the main one has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Now, although the people are dissatisfied with the emperor, if I attack the imperial city directly, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the people. Therefore, I must plan everything and arouse all the pent-up anger in the hearts of the people of the empire, so that they will completely despair of the Zhao family, and then I can act according to the will of the people. ”

"The last general is ignorant, and the general is really wise!" The captain of the special raid battalion looked at Xiao Fan with reverence.

"Go ahead and remember to be careful in everything. ”

"Yes, General. The last general will retire and swear to die to live up to his mission!"

The captain of the special raid battalion left, and Xiao Fan found Shangguan Lanruo and the others, telling them that no matter what happened, they didn't have to worry about him, and asked them not to leave Jingzhou City.

Xiao Fan wrote a secret letter and sent someone to send it to the south overnight, and handed it over to Qin Han, Cai Hexuan and others, so that they could secretly transfer elite soldiers to lurk outside the imperial capital. After that, Xiao Fan asked some elite soldiers and horses in Jingzhou City to go outside the imperial capital, secretly lurk, and dispatched thousands of soldiers from the sharpshooter battalion to infiltrate the imperial capital, and shoot the defenders to open the city gate when necessary.

After arranging all this, Xiao Fan waited quietly, and two days later, the holy decree was issued, and the emperor asked Xiao Fan and a group of generals to return to the imperial capital, to reward them personally, and said that he would hold a celebration banquet for Xiao Fan and other generals.

Xiao Fan received the order, and went to the imperial capital the next day, without bringing any generals with him. This trip is bound to be dangerous, Xiao Fan alone is not afraid, but if he takes the generals, those generals may die in vain.

After returning to the imperial capital, Xiao Fan went straight to the palace, but was stopped as soon as he entered the palace. He didn't see the emperor, but he saw Tai Yi and Zhao Taishi.

"Prime Minister, Grand Master. What is your intention in blocking General Ben's way?" Xiao Fan looked at the two traitors lightly.

A cold smile appeared on Tai Xuan's face, and he said, "Xiao Fan, do you think that the emperor really summoned you back to give you a reward and a celebration banquet?"

"Oh, what else?"

"Hmph! Xiao Fan, you are bold and presumptuous, you have disobeyed the holy decree many times, recruited troops and horses without authorization, and your rebellious heart is well known to everyone! Now that you have returned to the imperial capital city alone, even if you have three heads and six arms, you will not be able to escape the sanction!"

"General Ben wants to see how you punish me!"

"Hubris!

Tai Yan shouted, and at the same time pulled Zhao Taishi to retreat six or seven meters.

"Whoa!"

Hundreds of palace guards rushed out from all directions, and there were hundreds of archers, and hundreds of arrows were aimed at Xiao Fan.

"Tai Yan, who gave you the courage to do this?" Xiao Fan's face changed, and he stared at Tai Yan and Zhao Taishi coldly.

"Hahaha! Xiao Fan, aren't you very arrogant? That night you went on a rampage in my house, where was the arrogance of killing people and setting fires? You are arrogant again to show the prime minister, arrogant!"

Tae-yeong's face turned hideous, and when he remembered what happened that night, resentment and hatred rushed to the top of his head.

"Tai Yi, don't get complacent too early. General Ben is not guilty, can you still impose a crime on me!"

Tai Yan smiled a little hideously when he heard this, and said: "Now I am for the knife and you are for the fish, and if I say that you are guilty, you will be guilty!"

"Come on, tie up this traitor who wants to commit rebellion for me, and judge me tomorrow!"

Xiao Fan was arrested as soon as he returned to the imperial capital, this matter could not be airtight, and soon someone knew about it, and it spread throughout the city in an hour, and the matter was discussed everywhere.

On the afternoon of this day, the Prime Minister's Mansion announced that the treason and traitor Xiao Fan would be tried in the Great Song Mansion the next day. Suddenly, millions of people in the city flocked to the Great Song Mansion one after another, and countless people gathered in front of the Great Song Mansion to cry out for Xiao Fan and demand that Xiao Fan be released immediately.

"Tai Yan, you traitor, General Xiao is fighting on the battlefield, bleeding and sweating, just recovering the lost territory, you will put him to death, despicable villain!"

"Tai Yan, shameless old thief, you can't die well! Let General Xiao go, General Xiao is wronged!"

......

Such voices came and went, and the crowd was dense, blocking the streets around the Great Song Mansion for several miles, and the front of Tai Yan's mansion and Zhao Tie's mansion were all full of people, making Tai Yan and Zhao Tie not dare to go back from the main gate at all.

General Xiao has made so many great achievements, the emperor summoned him back, saying that he wanted to reward him, but the result was to put him to death, which chilled the hearts of the people of the world, who would dare to die for him in such an emperor!"

Some voices in the crowd shouted angrily, which provoked the anger of other people.

From afternoon to evening, the people gathered outside several mansions did not disperse, and it seemed that they would not leave until Xiao Fan was released.

The news of Xiao Fan's arrest soon spread to other cities, and those cities that had received Xiao Fan's grace immediately rose up, and many people rushed to the imperial capital, saying that they wanted to ask the emperor for an explanation.

The reaction of the people was so fierce, which no one expected, and even Xiao Fan did not expect that the people would defend themselves so much.

Tai Xuan and Zhao Tie were very uneasy, and the more the people defended Xiao Fan, the more uneasy they became, and they entered the palace overnight to meet the emperor.

"Prime Minister, Taishi, you are here. Zhao Songhui's face was ugly, he rubbed his temples, and said, "Whether Xiao Fan is safely detained, this person is cultivated in order to get it, and he must not be allowed to escape." ”

"The emperor can rest assured, Xiao Fan can't escape. Now the people's reaction is fierce, beyond our expectations, after killing Xiao Fan, the old minister and the Taishi will also be scolded by the world. ”

"Prime Minister, it was your idea for me at the beginning, but is it possible that the Prime Minister has retreated now? The more important Xiao Fan's status in the hearts of the people, the more I can't keep him. However, he has always been a disciple of Tianxuanzong, and Tianxuanzong asked him to help me, the purpose is to share the luck, and I will give Tianxuanzong enough luck, as long as they give up Xiao Fan, anything!"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"I immediately repaired a book, and asked the master to rush to Tianxuanzong overnight to hand it over to Ziyang Zhenren in person. I thought about it for a long time, if I want to kill Xiao Fan, I still have to get the consent of Ziyang Zhenren, otherwise in the future, the Tianxuan Sect will send a strong man to assassinate me, which is really impossible to prevent. ”