Riling Up The Jianghu

Rong Luoyun shouted: "It's the fourth child, it's the fourth child!"

He looked up at the young man on horseback. He hadn't seen him for several months, but he felt that he had grown taller and his body was much stronger.Huo Linfeng still embraced him, also joyful and surprised, and shouted a few times, as if he was calling his own brother.

When Diao Yuliang saw them, he galloped even faster, his whip flying and knocked back the guards around him, when he got seven or eight paces closer, he jumped off his horse and rushed over.

Rong Luoyun opened his arms, and with a bang, the child slammed into his arms. If Huo Linfeng hadn't pushed him against him, he might have fallen hard. "Fourth brother, look at second brother!" He said cheerfully, "This posture actually looks like a young general."

Diao Yuliang glanced at Huo Linfeng secretly, and felt a little embarrassed in front of the general. He hugged Rong Luoyun's waist and said, "Second brother, you never come back. I miss you so much. I thought you didn't care about me." .”

Rong Luoyun smiled and said, "Are you still in charge of me?" He pouted at the soldiers behind him, his surprise still not fading, "Leading the disciples of the whole palace to attack for more than a thousand miles, you are already in charge."

Delighted, Diao Yuliang stretched out his hand to tug on Huo Linfeng, and said, "Brother Huo, take a closer look at the people I'm leading."

Huo Linfeng felt strange just now. During the war in Saibei, Xiganling was also entangled by villains, and the disciples of the Uncommon Palace were injured. Why are there so many people now?He stared and saw that the people who came were familiar, and after a careful scan, they were all familiar faces.

At the end of the line, the person in the rear was clearly his subordinate, Hu Feng.

Huo Linfeng couldn't help taking a few steps forward, and looked at the crowd in astonishment and disbelief. These were all soldiers from Xiganling, his former subordinates.

Diao Yuliang said: "Brother Huo, since you left, I have been training with Brother Hu. Although you are not here, everyone always regards you as the general of Xiganling."

Huo Linfeng's heart skipped a beat: "So this time, everyone is here?"

"Yes!" Diao Yuliang said, "Second Brother's carrier pigeon flew back and told the disciples of Bufan Palace to go north. After Brother Hu and the soldiers learned about the situation in Chang'an, they decided to come together."

Everyone has risked their lives in this rebellion, and if the incident fails, they will surely be buried in Chang'an.

Huo Linfeng waited quietly with his sword in hand, waiting for a large number of reinforcements to gallop in front of him, the brothers looked at him, not knowing who would shout "General" first.Thousands of soldiers and horses traveled across mountains and rivers, each with the determination to die.

Hu Feng passed through layers of crowds, got off his horse, and smiled so boldly: "General Huo, you have not forgotten your subordinates!"

Huo Linfeng embraced him for a moment, and said: "I really never expected that everyone would come here not far away."

Hu Feng said: "General, when you left, you told us that there is nothing to do to train soldiers, and something to fight for your life." Turning sideways, he and Huo Linfeng faced the soldiers of the whole army, "The general also said that as long as we don't hand over the military talisman for one day, we will be killed." They are all your soldiers."

With the sound of falling to the ground, the men behind all shouted: "——wait for the general to dispatch!"

Huo Linfeng was used to seeing life and death, but at this moment he couldn't help being moved, and said: "The whole army obeys orders." He took the red scarf presented by Hu Feng, tied it around his arm, and said loudly, "500 When people enter the people's alleys, anyone who trespasses on the people's houses and threatens the people will be killed without mercy, and the rest will fight against the guards and go straight to the palace."

As soon as the military order was given, all the soldiers in Xiganling immediately executed it. The powerful guards panicked and had no choice but to resist stubbornly.Huo Linfeng tugged Rong Luoyun's arm lightly, caring in the chaos: "Xiao Rong, do you still have strength?"

Rong Luoyun said: "Don't worry." Just now he was exhausted, but now he was full of blood and revived, "General Huo, I will bring my disciples from the extraordinary palace to submit to you."

Huo Linfeng's eyes flickered slightly: "Really?"

Rong Luoyun nodded: "Back then you were my first disciple, but now I'm your soldier."

Huo Linfeng's face was as sinking as autumn water, but he squeezed Rong Luoyun so hard that it was worth a thousand words.He raised his sword and turned around, commanding: "The Huo family's elite cavalry will charge with me, and Rong Luoyun will lead the disciples of the Uncommon Palace to set up an array, waiting to break through the palace gate."

He got on his horse, beheaded the Xiaowei army all the way, and led thirty fine horsemen straight to the front of the palace.On the palace wall, Yu Tingwei waited in full force, drinking violently, urging them to surrender quickly.

Huo Linfeng roared: "Shoot the arrow!"

Thirty elite riders drew back their sabers one after another, drew out three feathered arrows, stretched their bows like a full moon, and shot towards the palace wall at the same time.The arrows were shot without fail, the arrows fell from the imperial court officer on the palace wall, and the painted buildings flew in front of them, gradually turning into mass graves for people.

Huo Linfeng approached under the palace wall, turned his head and shouted: "Xiao Rong!"

Rong Luoyun heard the sound and flew over, and said "hmm" softly.The two were separated by three or five steps, holding their breath, pointing the toe of their shoe against the wall, soaring upward as if they were climbing to the sky.

Bafangyou was even better, Rong Luoyun was a little faster and climbed up the palace wall first.Huo Linfeng followed closely behind, but without landing, he stepped on Yu Tingwei's shoulder, jumped again, and swept into the palace with Rong Luoyun.

Like a pair of flying swallows, or like a lovebird.

In the palace, a large group of imperial court officers rushed towards them, Huo Linfeng greeted them, and with a move to set off the north shocking wind, the sky was full of ice and snow, Rong Luoyun hurried forward in all directions, and went straight to the palace gate.

In front of the gate of the imperial palace, all the disciples of Bufan Palace gathered, set up a tiger formation, and joined forces with Rong Luoyun.After repeated impacts, the palace gate was slightly loosened, and all the disciples lined up on both sides to make way.

Duan Huaike rushed to the center, raised his palms, gathered [-]% of his internal strength, and his strike was like a strong wind shaking the sun.With a bang, the heavy palace gate was shaken, and two palm prints were impressively left on the lacquered face.

A gap was formed, and all the disciples collided with each other, smashing the palace gate completely open.

Seeing this, Diao Yuliang shouted, "Rush in! Rush into the palace!"

The Yu Tingwei and the Xiaowei army were far more numerous than Huo Linfeng's soldiers. They fought desperately and attacked the palace with difficulty.Suddenly, a force came from nowhere, dressed in ordinary clothes, and silently joined the fight.

I saw that group of people had a clear goal, they spotted Xiao Weijun and Yu Ting Wei, without blinking, they raised their knives and dropped them, their bravery and composure were beyond the reach of the soldiers of Xiganling.

The bystanders were very surprised, seeing that the gang of unknown people killed more and more, and then rushed forward quickly, well-trained and rushed to the forefront.One of the bearded men, older, must have been the leader.

He finally said: "——Little Lord!"

Huo Linfeng turned around in blood, and saw clearly that it was his Dingbei Army who had arrived.

And there are still a lot of guards left at the city gate, if they all come, it may delay everyone to exhaustion.He asked, "About how many soldiers are there at the city gate?"

The subordinates reported: "Don't worry, general, when we entered the city, a group of soldiers from the south arrived and tied up the rest of the guards at the city gate."

The soldiers from the south, Huo Linfeng pondered, guessed that they were reinforcements sent by Shen Zhou.There are no other obstacles at the moment, he ordered: "Don't hurt the palace people, women and children, and kill the enemy with all your strength."

After all, he and Rong Luoyun looked at each other, understood, and at the same time left the enemy behind and headed into the deep palace.

In the crowd, Lu Zhun protected Meng Tingyuan and said in a low voice, "Follow me!"

The two slipped away and ran away. Meng Tingyuan was familiar with the terrain in the palace. Originally, Lu Zhun was pulling him, but gradually turned to lead the other party.A deep path, covered with snow, they left two series of mottled footprints.

Lu Zhun said: "Brother Huo and Second Brother have already gone to find the emperor. Let's quietly go to your mother and concubine first."

Meng Tingyuan was a little dazed, he never expected that Lu Zhun would miss him when he mentioned the phrase that day.He clenched that hand and said, "Follow me, let's go to Jinghualou."

Jinghualou is the residence of the concubine.

As for the sun, moon, and universe, in the Qiankun Hall in the center of the imperial palace, the emperor was sitting lonely in his chair.The servants ran in, panicked, stumbled over the threshold, didn't know whether it was pain or fear, fell on the ground and cried.

The emperor frowned, and said: "Why, first the rebels raised their troops, and then the soldiers came to the city, what is it now?" After a pause, he laughed amidst the crying of the palace people, "If you lose everything, the country will not be safe?"

The palace man cried: "Your Majesty, the gate of the palace was broken open, and the thieves came in..."

The emperor smiled bleakly. Suddenly, he caught sight of two figures. The half-hidden palace door was pushed open, letting in some light. Huo Linfeng and Rong Luoyun stood side by side in the light and shadow.

The palace man was terrified, trembling and crawling away, huddled in a corner not daring to make a sound.Huo Linfeng and Rong Luoyun stepped into the hall, carrying the cold air and the smell of blood, they stopped at their seats and looked at the emperor.

The emperor asked: "General Huo, are you here to kill me?"

Huo Linfeng didn't answer but asked instead: "Your Majesty, do you regret this step?"

The emperor said: "What are you regretting?" He sneered, "You are the traitor, you are the one who raised troops and plotted rebellion, and you will be the one who will be scolded by all ages behind you. What do I regret?"

Huo Linfeng said: "Relying on Chen Ruoyin, he recruited Qin Xun, helped the emperor to build large-scale construction projects, exorbitant taxes and exploits, favored traitors, and murdered brothers and sisters. The emperor thinks everything is right?"

The emperor shook his head: "What's wrong with me, the fault lies in not killing you when you and the Marquis of Dingbei came to Chang'an, the fault lies in the negligence in these years, allowing Prince Rui to live on."

After finishing speaking, his eyes moved to Rong Luoyun's body.Rong Luoyun looked up and said, "Your Majesty, your talent is not as good as Prince Rui's. You have bullied him since you were a child. Never thought that such a day would come?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly: "Since childhood? Who are you, and where did you know?"

Rong Luoyun didn't answer, and he didn't want to entangle the past. Right now, the soldiers outside are still fighting for their lives, so there is no delay.So, Huo Linfeng stepped forward with his sword in hand, climbed the golden steps, and walked to the table on the seat.

The emperor was frightened for a moment, shrank back in the chair, and said in a panic: "Huo Linfeng, stop now, I will never pursue it!"

Seeing that Huo Linfeng was not moved in the slightest, he said loudly: "I assure you, the Huo family's supreme power and wealth, soldiers, horses, food and wages are allowed, and your Huo family is allowed to rule outside the pass, and you will not be under the control of generations!"

Huo Linfeng said: "At the beginning, I just wanted to punish the traitor severely, but the emperor refused to obey me, so why bother now."

He had already approached the emperor, glanced at the desk case, and then put down a booklet of brocade. "Your Majesty," he said, "Since the subject has forced the palace, there is no turning back."

The emperor stared at the note: "You want me... to write an edict of abdication?"

Huo Linfeng acquiesced, and after a moment of silence, the emperor suddenly laughed maniacally, stood up abruptly, and swept the booklet to the ground.He said angrily: "If you abdicate, I will voluntarily give up the country, don't even think about it!"

"Prince Rui wants to seize the throne, but he doesn't want to be accused of treason, he's dreaming!" The emperor cursed, "Where is Meng Tingyuan? If he doesn't want his mother and concubine to die, he'd better catch him without a fight!"

As soon as the words were finished, the door of the inner hall slammed, and Meng Tingyuan walked in.

He walked around the screen carved with dragons and phoenixes, and went to the front of the imperial court, facing the mad emperor.

"Brother Huang, what are you shouting for? Infamy?" Meng Tingyuan said, "Searching for the common people, your party feathers are domineering, gathering villains in the world, eradicating dissidents and framing Zhongliang. At these times, why don't you worry about infamy?"

He flicked his robe and walked up: "Do you really think that the people care about who sits in the high position? You are wrong, and the emperor was wrong at the beginning. The people don't care at all. What they care about is whether they have enough food and clothing. A peaceful day."

"As for treason." Meng Tingyuan said, "The emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. The emperor's brother shielded the traitors who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. The minister and General Huo are doing justice for the sky, and they are not afraid of people's comments!"

The emperor staggered, and was grabbed by the skirt of his clothes. Meng Tingyuan clung to his ear, gnashing his teeth and said, "Is it really nothing to do with your father's death? If you want to talk about treason, you know best."

As soon as he let go, the emperor fell to the ground with ashes on his face.

Meng Tingyuan picked up the booklet, and waited for Huo Linfeng to hand over the pen. He caught it and wrote an imperial edict eloquently.Then, like a puppet, let the emperor press the handprint and seal the jade seal.

The edict of abdication was written, Huo Linfeng took it, and strode out of the Qiankun Palace.

Not long after, the sound of fighting outside the hall stopped, and was replaced by the sound of throwing away weapons and armor.Capture the thief first and capture the king. When the king is defeated, all the officials will serve the new monarch.

Meng Tingyuan walked down the golden steps and stopped in front of Rong Luoyun.

He said: "I want to make the first decree, to kill Chen Ruoyin's whole family." After finishing speaking, his eyes turned red, "The second decree is for Tai Fu Tang Zhen, to avenge the injustice of the past."

Rong Luoyun burst into tears, looked up at the blue sky through the palace gate.