The next moment, Huo Wujiu put away his bow, pulled out the horsewhip on his waist and whipped it in the air.

With a crisp whip, the sound of horseshoes was suddenly heard in the darkness around.

The sound of horseshoes came from far to near, and the soldiers who rode their horses from the darkness surrounded the hundreds of elites who had scattered in haste.Anyone who dared to use their weapons to resist was immediately cut off from the horse. After a rush of swords and swords fighting, those people were captured by the soldiers who came from the dark.

Huo Wujiu rode his horse and walked towards the direction of the river.

The night is hazy, and without the moon, it looks a little darker.

A few months ago, he also led the army across the river under such darkness. As a result, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses who were supposed to cross the river with him did not move at all. Nanjing's defenders were besieged.

This was the first defeat in his lifetime.

He suspected that the strategy he formulated was too aggressive, or that there were mistakes in his deployment.He has always been a bit conceited in self-confidence, and at this time he is also trying to find ways to take these mistakes on himself, without thinking about...

It was Huo Jiajun who stabbed him in the back.

He walked forward, stopped in front of Li Sheng's body, lowered his head, and looked at him in the dark night.

His death was extremely ugly, his eyes were round and wide, and the blood had already stained the ground several feet square around him red.

Huo Wujiu, on the other hand, looked like he was looking at an animal that had been shot to death, without any disturbance.

"General..." Behind him, Wei Kai said worriedly.

But Huo Wujiu looked back, his face still expressionless.

"Go get some troops," he said. "Look at how many people Li Sheng brought as bait."

Wei Kai knew that he was suffering, seeing his nonchalant appearance, he felt sorry for him even more.

He pursed his lips tightly and said in a low voice, "Yes."

He turned the horse's head, and after taking two steps, he heard Huo Wujiu say: "Anyone who dares to resist, kill."

Wei Kai sniffled and replied in a low voice, "Yes."

As soon as he walked away, Ji Hongcheng's soldiers and horses had already escorted him up.Many died, and only a few were left alive at this time.

Huo Wujiu sat on the horse, lowered his eyes, looked at the few people who were being escorted and knelt on the ground, and asked calmly, "Who ordered Li Sheng?"

One of them raised his head with difficulty.

A tall man sat on a tall horse, with an arrow straddling his back, a bow on his back, and a whip in his hand.

The whip clearly didn't fall on him, but it made his hair stand on end.

This is the first time this person saw Huo Wujiu head-on.

Since he joined the army, he has been under the command of General Huo Yuyan, that is, His Highness the Crown Prince.Compared with Huo Wujiu's lineage, which is invincible and omnipotent, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is gentle and cautious, and he always thinks twice and carefully when deploying troops.

From the day Huo Wujiu took over all the troops under his father's command, they lived in Huo Wujiu's shadow.

Everyone in the world knows that Huo Wujiu is the God of War who is invincible in all battles, but who can see the hard work of His Highness the Crown Prince thinking about them day in and day out?

However, at that time, that was all. In marching and fighting, what mattered was life and victory, not these.But now, Daliang has established a country, and the one who ascended the throne is also His Majesty, if His Highness the Crown Prince were to live in the shadow of a military general, there would be endless troubles.

Tonight, the people they know the truth about are the people His Royal Highness relies on and trusts the most.

They cannot do anything of their own to betray.

The man looked at Huo Wujiu, gritted his teeth, and said nothing.

But Huo Wujiu slowly continued to speak: "Huo Yuyan asked him to do it?"

Immediately, a soldier shouted loudly at the side: "No! His Royal Highness doesn't know anything. It is General Li who has long been jealous of you and wants to get rid of you!"

Huo Wujiu sneered.

"Jealous of me, get rid of me?" He seemed to have heard some joke. "Who is he, and he is worthy?"

As he spoke, he held the rein with one hand, and the horse obediently took two steps forward.

"Without Huo Yuyan's will, how dare he pass on the imperial decree and lead troops across the river to kill me? There is no need for you to be sloppy with me here. I knew that today, I just want to hear you confess before you die. .”

The horses paced slowly in front of the crowd.

One of them gradually blushed when he heard his contemptuous words.

He couldn't hold his breath, and said loudly: "General Huo knows, why are you still alive! If you really regard the prince as a brother for the good of Daliang's country and society, you should kill yourself earlier, so that he can feel at ease , why let him personally order it! You are so proud of yourself, you really can’t do it without the main beam! On the contrary, if you are here, the emperor and the prince will not be able to sleep in peace!"

The slowly pacing horse stopped.

Huo Wujiu lowered his eyes and looked straight at him.

This person probably doesn't know that Huo Wujiu's well-thought-out words just now are just deceiving them.

...Unexpectedly, not only the truth was defrauded, but also this...so strange words to Huo Wujiu.

Ji Hongcheng on the side couldn't listen anymore.

Asuka has a good bow and hides, and all military generals know more or less in their hearts.But... If it weren't for Huo Wujiu, who would have the ability to turn such a prosperous and thriving Jing Dynasty into what it is today?It must be known that ten years ago, the Jing Dynasty was nothing more than a foolish emperor, but the foundation left by the late emperor was far from being wiped out.

However, they were so afraid of Huo Wujiu, they were anxious to kill him... that was his biological uncle, the cousin he could entrust to each other.

"General Huo..." Seeing that Huo Wujiu hadn't spoken for a long time, Ji Hongcheng stepped forward nervously.

But Huo Wujiu raised his hand holding the whip, signaling him to shut up.

Ji Hongcheng closed his mouth.

Seeing the night, Huo Wujiu slowly showed a smile.

Nothing unusual, but with a bit of indescribable bitterness and irony.

"Well said," he said.

After he finished speaking, his face turned cold, he grabbed the rein with one hand, kicked his horse, and rode his horse away in the direction of the river.

"All prisoners, kill."

-

That night, the river was choppy.

Huo Wujiu counted the [-] soldiers and horses by the river, and unscrupulously raised his whip, and asked Wei Kai to immediately take Li Sheng's head, lead them across the river, and command himself to order all the soldiers guarding the north of the river, Send it to Jiangnan overnight.

The military ships coming and going didn't stop all night.

On the surface of the river, an unremarkable gray pigeon flew across the river, and at the fourth watch, it flew to Lin'an City.

When the sky was turning white, two fast horses pulled an inconspicuous carriage, and quickly stepped through the fading night, across the deserted and green brick streets stained with morning dew, and stopped outside the Tianshu Gate. An urgent letter was passed through the locked palace gate.

A moment later, a corner door opened at the Tianshu Gate, and the people in the carriage hurriedly got out of the carriage and walked in quickly.With a heavy sound, the corner door closed, and the entire magnificent imperial city became an iron prison that no bird could fly into.

Only the carriage was left, quietly parked outside the gate of Tianshu.

-

The gate of the palace is locked every day when the time comes.Officials who wanted to enter the palace at night had a chance to be holy at night only if they had an urgent note in hand and handed it in through the Tianshu Gate closest to the emperor's residence.

This was the first time after the queen master ascended the throne, he was awakened from the night by the rush.He was put on a robe and invited to the dragon chair, and sat there, still dozing off.

He was a bit late last night with the two concubines who had just entered the palace, and he just fell asleep at this moment.

After a while, he saw Pang Shao walking quickly.

With a plop, he knelt down in front of the Ailong chair.

"I once hid a very important matter from the emperor, but now it is my fault!" he said.

The Queen's face was full of confusion, and he suppressed the yawn that reached his mouth, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Huo Wujiu escaped." Pang Shao gritted his teeth and said. "I have been in contact with Northern Liang Chujun Huo Yuyan, and his subordinates sent an urgent letter today, saying that Huo Wujiu has led Northern Liang soldiers and horses across the river, and it may be worth a hundred thousand."

The Empress frowned tightly.

He could understand every sentence of Pang Shao's words, but the combination made him confused.

What is this all about?How could so many things happen overnight?

Then Pang Shao took out the letters he had prepared with Huo Yuyan, put them on the empress' case, and quickly explained to him.

"Before Huo Wujiu crossed the river, Huo Yuyan found the minister. He wanted Huo Wujiu's life, but he didn't dare to do it himself, so he said he wanted to trick Huo Wujiu and wanted to use the minister's hand to kill him. He wanted to kill Huo Wujiu, but changed his mind temporarily, and captured Huo Wujiu alive, just to restrain Huo Yuyan—after all, I can send Huo Wujiu back intact at any time, and threaten his crown prince again. So Huo Wujiu is in my sight, so Huo Yuyan doesn't dare to act rashly."

Seeing that the Empress still looked like he was still awake, he asked again: "Is this why you told me that saving Huo Wujiu's life is useful?"

Pang Shao felt bored seeing his dull and useless appearance.

If it wasn't for an emergency and he needed to use his imperial decree to move the soldiers and horses of the surrounding counties, he wouldn't have come here to report these things to this trash.What he said was six parts true and four parts false, he would never tell his successor that in the past few months, he had relied on Huo Wujiu to continuously cheat Huo Yuyan into tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Pang Shao gritted his teeth: "Yes. But now that Huo Wujiu is escaping, Lin'an will be endangered from time to time. I request the emperor's imperial decree, and immediately send people to the surrounding counties to second troops to protect the safety of the emperor."

The Empress was only half awakened from fright.

"Go, go then," he said. "But, how did Huo Wujiu escape?"

Pang Shao gritted his teeth.

"Prince Jing let him go," he said. "It will take three to five days to rush from Lin'an to the riverside. After such a long time, Prince Jing's mansion is calm and calm, it must be a cover for Huo Wujiu."

Speaking of this, Pang Shao clasped his fists, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, you must arrest and guard Prince Jing. Since he can cover for Huo Wujiu, he must have a lot of news about Huo Wujiu in his hands, and he may even have captured him." He still has the possibility to restrain Huo Wujiu."

The queen master didn't care about these.

"This sick man is very courageous, dare to cooperate with the enemy!" He gritted his teeth. "It's really the evil son of a bitch, he's bad in his bones!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and said, "Come on! Go to Prince Jing's mansion quickly, and catch that bitch for me!"

But Pang Shao stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, no!"

The Empress frowned: "What?"

Pang Shaodao: "Prince Jing is unfathomable, this move may scare the snake. I have a plan, please listen to the emperor."

The Empress hurriedly said, "Say it quickly."

Then I heard Pang Shao say: "There will be a grand meeting today, the emperor might as well wait for him to enter the palace, and then keep him. At that time, if others are in the palace, wouldn't they be catching a turtle in the urn?"

When the master heard it, he only felt reasonable.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Just do as you say."

Pang Shao should be, so he wants to retreat.

The master's drowsiness was also shocked.He watched as Pang Shao saluted and retreated. Outside the window, the faint morning light shone through, blending with the light of the lamps and candles in the hall.

The Empress suddenly spoke.

"Uncle." He called.

Pang Shao stopped.

Then the Empress asked: "No matter what, uncle will stay in Beijing and protect me, right?"

Then I saw Pang Shao bowing his head and saluting, under the wide sleeves and high crown, he couldn't see his expression clearly.

"I will do this myself, and I will never abandon the emperor."

The author has something to say: Huo Wujiu: Huh, wife, my brother wants to kill me

Jiang Suizhou: Coincidentally, my brother wants to kill me too ;D

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