1454 Dying Struggle

Zu Qing didn't want to kill Shi Hu immediately, in a certain period of time in his short life, that is, the most difficult years when his father and ancestor died, Zu Qing even regarded this as the only creed to pursue, in order to support himself through that period of confusion and humiliation, and did not give up on himself.

After tonight, this evil chief who hated to eat his flesh and blood finally fell into the hands of Zu Qing, and the killing intent surging in his heart was almost unbearable, but he still pressed it down with a perseverance, the reason was the sentence "rebel in the south and chaos in the north" cursed by Shi Hu.

It is an indisputable fact that the Zu clan betrayed the Jiangdong Jin Kingdom. Although Zu Yue was half exculpatory and half remorseful before his death, he stated to the people around him that he had no choice but to do so, but the big mistake had been made, and the Zu family was a rebel in the southern court.

Although Zu Qing thought that he should be able to compensate for his family's old sins, the premise was that someone was willing to uphold justice for the Zu family.

Although the ancestor is not young, he has seen too many dangers in the world. Tonight, he originally planned to capture Zhang Jackal, but it was a pity that this cunning old thief did not give him such a chance, although the two sides had reached a consensus to force the palace, but they had no trust in each other, and Zhang Jackal just regarded him as a sharp blade in his hand.

This old thief doesn't know where to hide now, it is very likely that he is ready, once something happens to Shi Hu in the process of forcing the palace, he will detain all the charges on Zu Qing's head this night, and call on the surrounding forces to encircle and suppress Zu Qingqun, so that he will live without his life today.

Since he has made such a choice, Zu Qing has already put life and death aside, if he can get his long-cherished wish, what is the regret of his life?

But now he can't die, and years of enduring humiliation have made him understand that only by living can he create more possibilities. Moreover, he has been in lack of contact with the Nanguo Imperial Court, and he is not sure if he dies in Xindu tonight, whether the general Shen who is in power under the Nanguo is willing to correct the name of the Zu clan?

The ancestral clan first rebelled in Huainan and returned to the court, is it lost and set things right, or is it treacherous and tyrannical? Once Zu Qing dies in Xindu tonight, then the wind after his death will no longer be able to influence.

He needs to live, and he needs to continue to cause trouble in his own way, because the road to wash away the old sins of his family has not yet been completed, because he does not want to be taken advantage of by the old thief Zhang Jackal this time today, because he also wants to give an explanation to those old people who are determined to follow and never abandon them.

In order to suppress the surging killing intent, Zu Qing didn't even dare to personally supervise Shi Hu, and only sent his henchmen to transfer Shi Hu to the secret place of the West Palace, and then he pretended to be the commander and began a more comprehensive sweep of the West Palace.

In tonight's forced palace, Shi Hu is naturally the primary target, and controlling Shi Hu is equivalent to grasping the greatest initiative. And the second-class target is the concubine Liu and the newly crowned Zhongshan King Shishi, if these two people are controlled in their hands, even if Zhang Jackal has a different arrangement in private, he has to make concessions.

The officers and soldiers of the Chinese army stationed in the west hall were already disturbed by the sudden change, and the general Shi Cheng was not in the army, and the two remaining building owners were killed by Zu Qing, and the entire command system has been paralyzed.

Although Zu Qing mastered the dispatch orders of the officers and soldiers of this part of the Chinese army, he thought that Zhang Jackal and others still had low-level commanders as chess pieces in them, so in order to prevent these chess pieces from taking advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, Zu Qing did not dare to call them at will, but strictly ordered them to be on duty and not to move, and at the same time mobilized his Dongtai troops to this place.

Although Shi Hu was full of resentment and would rather die than write an edict, it was not a big problem at the moment. The Chinese soldiers here are already frightened, and Zu Qing is the only Chinese military janissary general who has seen the lord so far this night, and it is well known that the lord values and promotes him during this time.

Therefore, most of the Chinese army officers and soldiers still choose to obey Zu Qing's orders and dare not act without authorization, even if there is any responsibility after the fact, Zu Qing, an upstart in the country, is also the first to bear the brunt. There is no doubt that it is a rational choice to wait and see how things unfold rather than to die rashly.

In addition to the battle damage, the remaining people were divided into two parts, one part hijacked the lord Shi Hu and hid for reinforcements, and the other part began to search for the rest of the important people and artifacts between the palaces within the west hall.

This night, for Zhang Jackal, it was also a fight for his life, he did not return to the courtyard where he lived after the secret meeting with Zu Qing in Dongtai, but he did not leave the scope of Huguo Temple.

Although the Lord had previously vigorously wiped out the Inner Sixth Army, he did not completely wipe out his strength, and of course, it was impossible to control thousands of elite guards of the Inner Sixth Army as justifiably as Zu Qing, but it was enough to gather a few hundred people in a short period of time.

Zhang Jackal chose to hide in the place of Tallinn near the Huguo Temple, although there was no lack of guards around the patrol and vigilance, but when the previous arrangement of manpower began to make chaos everywhere, those patrols were immediately concentrated at the important gateway intersection, Zhang Jackal is even more like entering a no-man's land, although there is no shortage of panicked monks and nuns in the temple inadvertently broke into here to find their whereabouts, but in such a chaotic night, the gods and Buddhas can not protect themselves, these monks and nuns are not in the mood to inquire about what department these soldiers belong to.

Soon after Zu Qing led his troops to rush into the area of the West Temple, the soldiers sent by the generals of other armies to ask for military orders had also arrived, and soon the West Hall was known to the armies inside and outside the Buddhist Temple. At this moment, no matter what their previous positions were, when they learned that such a change had happened in the West Temple, the Lord was uncertain, so they naturally stopped clinging to their old lives and rushed here.

As a result, the entire Huguo Temple was completely chaotic inside and outside. And Zhang Jackal took advantage of this chaos to appear again, and led hundreds of soldiers to also approach the west hall.

He publicly revealed his identity, and also took the escort of King Qin as the slogan, he was a veteran of several dynasties, Zhang Jackal's identity was undoubtedly more deterrent than Zu Qing, plus there were already chess pieces he arranged in the camp, and when he saw his master appear, he naturally desperately made noise, so Zhang Jackal successfully entered the West Palace.

Although Zu Qing is a general of the Chinese Army's Praetorian Guard, if he talks about the location of the noble residence in the West Palace, he is really not as good as Zhang Jackal, who installed the inner residence early. This is also where Zhang Jackal dares to take Zu Qing as a pawn, he has been operating in the country for a long time, and the accumulated heritage in the details can not be cleared even by Shi Hu, the master of the county, and it is far from being able to compare with Zu Qing, an upstart figure.

After entering the scope of the west hall, Zhang Jackal wisely did not go straight to the main hall to meet Zu Qing. At the moment, in this short moment, the strength he can mobilize here is really not as good as Zu Qing, that kid is bold, especially the ferocity and decisiveness he showed tonight, even Zhang Jackal is very jealous, and now Zhang Jackal will definitely suffer a loss.

"Where is the concubine? Where is the King of Zhongshan? ”

Years of accumulation at this moment finally bear fruitful and luscious fruits, once Zhang Jackal appeared, soon he arranged the chess pieces to offer several big harvests, first of all, a few with the edict of the Chinese book and including the imperial seal, including the heirloom jade seal.

As early as when Shi Hu was awakened by the change in the West Palace, Shi Hu handed over these artifacts to the palace people for proper storage in order to protect them. Zu Qing entered the hall in a hurry, and it was no lack of luck to be able to successfully control Shi Hu, and this kind of detail problem was not enough after all.

However, Zhang Jackal's good luck did not last long, when he was in the same Xiangxiang Guifei residence, he found that this place had long been controlled by a group of fierce soldiers, and the general here was Hu Yansheng, the butcher who had replaced Sun Fudu earlier.

Zhang Jackal originally wanted to try to force his way in, after all, as his chess pieces in the Chinese army gradually converged, and there were nearly a thousand pawns behind him, once he showed full ferocity, Hu Yansheng might not dare to continue to force him.

But at this time, the ancestral youth troops stationed in Dongtai had forcibly broken through the obstruction of the armies and entered the area of the West Temple. Zhang Jackal was not afraid of Hu Yansheng, but he was really frightened by Zu Qing, a young man who chose to devour the master without hesitation, so he could only withdraw from the West Hall immediately.

After leaving the West Palace, Zhang Jackal quickly forged several edicts with the seal artifacts in his possession, first forcibly took over the ministers in the temple who had long been controlled by the Wu Wei Army, and took advantage of the Long Xiang Army's withdrawal from the temple to blockade and return to the West Palace, and passed on the news to let the soldiers on standby on the periphery quickly arrive.

After a night of turmoil, although the Huguo Temple is still not stable, several forces have basically shrunk within a certain range, and no more tragic fire has broken out.

Along with Zhang's trilogy entered with the general of the chariot and cavalry Shi Bao, his face was excited, after seeing Zhang Jackal, he offered a treasure to make people present two heads, the bloodstained human head and face were slightly wiped by the snow water, and the facial features were Shi Bin, the king of Yan, who was ordered to return to the country and went to greet Shi Cheng. Poor Shi Bin was high-spirited and intended to return to the country to take charge, but he was already in a different place before he entered the city!

"I have already killed the rebel son of the family, according to the previous agreement, Zhang Gong must not bear me!"

After seeing this, Zhang Jackal showed a determined smile on his face, and directly took out an edict from his bosom, and said with a smile: "The minister knocked on the Lord last night, and he was willing to advise King Yan to be domineering, and he was by no means a person who could trust things, and His Royal Highness was courteous and diligent, and he served in the country for a long time, and was admired by the people and the people, and he was the real national talent." The Lord has realized the past wrong, and has already left an edict, just waiting for His Royal Highness to step down from his old position, and immediately enter the palace to thank him for his new duties. ”

When Shi Bao heard this, he smiled even more, took the edict with his big hand and unfolded it, and found that he had indeed transferred all the old duties of King Yan to him. Of course, he also understood that this was definitely not the true intention of the lord, but since Zhang Jackal was able to come up with such an edict, it can be seen that he has controlled the situation in the Huguo Temple.

After that, Zhang Jackal was urging Shi Bao to enter the Lord as soon as possible, but Shi Bao was not a fool, knowing that even the Lord had been controlled by Zhang Jackal, and the current Huguo Temple was by no means a good place for him, so he carefully put away the edict, and the internal and external situation under the pretext was still not stable, and the Lord was frightened all night, and he did not want to go rashly to disturb, so that the generals of the Inner Sixth Army went to his official office to meet and wait, and then he was about to withdraw from the Huguo Temple.

But how could Zhang Jackal allow Shi Bao to withdraw easily, of course, his current subordinates have not yet entered the city, and it has not yet reached the moment to directly turn his face with Shi Bao, who controls the city defense, and there are still several forces in the Huguo Temple, once he really kills Shi Bao, the prince, he may not be able to completely take over the city defense in a short time, and at the same time, he has to face the risk of counterattacking in the temple at any time.

So at the moment, he still has to pull Shi Bao on his front line, leave it by his side with a soft voice, and send Shi Bao's handwritten letters, including Shi Bin's head, to the Chinese army's Huyansheng place.

Compared with Zu Qing, Zhang Jackal is quite sure of Hu Yansheng's understanding of the thoughts of the generals, and these Tu people who have regained power are nothing more than trying to hug the relationship between the concubine and the Liu family. Now he has shown full sincerity, not only to win over the car and ride Shi Bao, but also to offer Shi Bin's head, which can be said to have helped clear the obstacles to Shi Shi's succession, and the Huns should make concessions.

Sure enough, not long after that, the West Hall sent an edict from the noble concubine Liu, ordering Zhang Jackal to arrange the return of the lord to the garden, but in fact, the matter of rescuing Shi Hu was handed over to Zhang Jackal. Even if you can't save the lord, you need to determine whether the lord is alive or dead, once it is determined that Shi Hu is dead, then the two sides will naturally hit it off, and prepare for the enthronement of Shi Shi, the king of Zhongshan, as soon as possible, and the Liu family can also enter the queen mother and take charge of state affairs.

After appeasing one party, Zhang Jackal made up his mind and sent someone to Zu Qing's house to get the dowry token given by Zhang's family when he got married before and sent it to Zu Qing's camp. And Zu Qing reacted simply, just sent someone to send out a bloody finger, and there was a tooth mark in the middle of the finger, which could prove that the person who belonged to it was Shi Hu, and the residual warmth of the finger was still there, obviously Shi Hu was still not dead.

After receiving this token, Zhang Jackal was silent for a long time, although all parties have hole cards at the moment, but it is obvious that Zu Qing has the heaviest weight. If there are only these forces in the country at the moment, then there is nothing to say, and his joint Hu Yansheng is enough to kill Zu Qing in the Huguo Temple.

However, in Fuliu City, not far from Xindu City, there is still the existence of Zhang Ju, a strong domain, Shi Hu will not die for a day, and Zu Qing may use this to contact Zhang Ju and call on his people to raise the division of King Qin, and Zhang Jackal is far from enough to cover the sky with one hand.

What's more, at present, their internal fighting is based on the extreme cold of the wind and snow, and it is difficult for the Jin army to move northward in a big way. Once the struggle in the country is too much and the Jin army learns about it, not to mention the wind and snow blocking the way, even if the sword mountain and the sea of fire are afraid, it will be difficult to stop the Jin army's surprise attack and the enthusiasm of grabbing fishing profits!

And now, Zhang Jackal has finally faintly grasped a trace of Zuqing's true heart, where is this kid attached to the power of the country, it is very likely that he wants to stir up the internal strife in the country as a ladder for his own promotion! So if there is a slight possibility that the situation will get worse, this kid will definitely choose to do so!

"Miscalculated, miscalculated......"

Treating others with himself, Zhang Jackal distrusts Zu Qing, one suspects that the other party is the confidant of the lord Shi Huyan, and the other suspects that the other party also wants to squeeze the remaining strength of the country like himself. After all, the Zu clan is a rebel in the south, and normally, Zu Qing should not give up everything he has at the moment of the Jin Kingdom and switch to the unpredictable Jin Kingdom.

Of course, it is not excluded that Zu Qing is just deliberately using this as a bargaining chip, and he has calculated that no matter who can benefit greatly from this coup, he must choose to maintain stability in the first place, and will not hold this state for a long time and give the south an opportunity to take advantage of. Because it is a posture that is not afraid of the fish dying and the net is broken, in order to be able to maximize the benefits.

Zhang Jackal is still so lucky, one is still to treat people with himself, and the current country has not yet reached the desperate situation of being exhausted, they are like important ministers and magnates in the country, once they vote for the south, they are just prisoners of crime, smart people know how to choose, and the two are that he absolutely can't afford to fight with Zu Qing to break the net.

While dealing with the negotiation with Zhang Jackal, Zu Qing did not sit idle. In addition to controlling the lord Shi Hu this night, he also had another unexpected gain, that is, he captured the prince Shi Zun in the side hall. If it was just just Shi Zun, it wouldn't be a gain, after all, it was just a prince who had lost power, but he found a copy of Shi Hu's edict on Shi Zun, which made him see a glimmer of opportunity to use.

At present, Zhang Jackal did not dare to storm the West Palace, he was only afraid of the strong feudal clan outside, and once this threat was no longer there, his situation would become dangerous. Zhang Jackal and Zhang Ju have no irreconcilable contradictions, and the people who dispute are nothing more than profits. But once a prince is out of the control of these powerful ministers, the variables brought about are much greater.

Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that Zhang Jackal had not yet controlled the situation outside the Huguo Temple, Zu Qing immediately made a decision and sent someone to secretly release Shi Zun. Even if Shi Zun turned his head and took refuge in Zhang Jackal, he would not lose much, but if Shi Zun had other traces, then the fun he could create would be much greater, and it was definitely worth a try!

Shi Zun did not disappoint Zu Qing, and after leaving Huguo Temple without dying, he already had a plan in his heart. Losing power has the advantage of losing power, that is, it is inconspicuous, and even his mother Zheng was not arranged to enter the Huguo Temple to pray for blessings, and still remained in the forbidden garden.

After gaining freedom, Shi Zun gathered dozens of scattered subordinates, and soon left a letter to the right and wrong of the capital, took his mother and fled to the northwest in a hurry, on the way he sent a message to Shi Min who had been sent to Fuliu City, and chose a good opportunity to kill Shi Jian, who was also in Fuliu City, and then went to Zhao County as soon as possible to join him.

Earlier, he was just a prince who had lost power, and even if he regained the Lord's attention and attention, it was already too late. But scarcity is precious, since it is the most reasonable thing in the world, when the heirs of the Lord are killed and injured, his identity will naturally be highlighted, and he will still have a lot to do without the land of right and wrong in Xindu!

Shi Zun is not unable to tolerate his brothers, but knows that the current state of Qian can no longer support the competition of the sons. Shi Jian is a fool, it's not that the Lord didn't give him a chance to prove himself, but the result is just unbearable. Such a brother is only tiring and tiring to live, it is better to die, and it can also allow the widows in the country to pin more hope on themselves, and they can still get the strength of a fight.

Similarly, Shi Zun also has an understanding of Zu Qing's sinister intentions. But he had no choice, he was unwilling to die with Xindu, a group of fools who thought they had a plan and fought fiercely, if he wanted to show his ambitions and struggle to the death, he could only follow the path arranged for him by Zu Qing.