The Xiao clan made a special honor in the Battle of Longyou, and was set up as an example by the imperial court, not only moved the family to Yuejing, but also rewarded them with the original Luo's mansion, which was second only to the imperial palace in Yuejing. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 And Angelica followed the Xiao clan in Longyou's fierce battle with the county soldier general Jian Fang was also promoted to the deputy commander of the Chengmen Army, and returned to Yuejing City with more than 1,000 of his surviving subordinates in Longyou.

When he just returned to Beijing, that glory made Jian Fang simply flattered, and the endless banquets and endless praises he attended every day made him almost fluttering. Although the mansion rewarded to him by the imperial court is far inferior to Luo's mansion, it is many times larger and more luxurious than his mansion in Zhongping County.

Sometimes, he still thinks it's just a dream. Wealth, glory, just like this from the sky? He was satisfied that the outcome of a war of last resort had brought him a reward that he could never have earned in his life.

The City Gate Army is Zhang Jian's territory, he has just arrived, although he has a lot of aura, but Jian Fang himself is a very measured person, for the affairs of the City Gate Army, he doesn't stretch out his hand at all, just one mind is enough to manage his more than 1,000 old subordinates. After experiencing that fierce battle, his vision was much higher, and he looked down on the combat effectiveness of the City Gate Army. But rashly stretching out his hand is very likely to lead to a discord between him and Zhang Jian, and Jian Fang will naturally not do such a thing. Now he just wants to enjoy life with his wife and children, and live a life, so that he knows how pleasant it is to be alive and to be able to get together with his family every night for a meal and talk.

He had an excellent relationship with Shaw. This is the friendship of blood and fire forged on the battlefield, and it is also the most reliable friendship, and for Jian Fang, Xiao is not only a friendship for him, but also his backer. Although Xiao Zhenggang is dead, and Mrs. Xiao is also dead, but Xiao Zhenggang is a former general after all, and his status is not comparable to him, although the foundation is in Zhongping County, but in the court, the power is not weak, with such a backer, at least in the future, he can rely on this big tree to enjoy the shade, so after arriving in Yuejing, he ran to Xiao's house more diligently, and he had to go to the door every once in a while.

In the battle of Longyou, the little doll that Jian Fang tried his best to protect, was Xiao Ning's son, and the male of the Xiao family, now there are only two of them left, with this relationship, the two are naturally very iron.

"Come on, Brother Jane, have another drink." Xiao Ning smiled and took out a bottle of good wine from the wine cabinet behind him: "This is a tribute wine from the imperial court, and you can't drink it when you are free." ”

Seeing that the cup was filled again, Jian Fang looked at Xiao Ning a little strangely, on the table, the two of them had already drunk four or five bottles, and each of them was a pound, and Xiao Ning's mood was very wrong, because he only drank alcohol and rarely ate vegetables. The food is delicious, at least Xiao's chef is much better than his own, but Xiao Ning just pours wine into his stomach one after another, and rarely eats a bite of food.

"Brother Xiao, do you have anything in mind?" Jian Fang put down the bamboo chopsticks in his hand and asked.

Xiao Ning smiled bitterly and put down the wine glass in his hand, but he was silent.

"Something is wrong with your mood today!" Jian Fang asked, "Pingsu, you rarely drink like this. What the hell is going on? ”

Xiao Ning raised his head to the sky, took a long breath, and said after a while: "Brother Jian, I won't tell you, I invited you here today just to drag you in my house and prevent you from returning to your army." ”

Jian Fang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, Xiao Ning, what does he mean? The lightning flashing in his mind flashed over the abnormal things that had appeared in the city gate army in the past two days, and in an instant, he understood what was going to happen.

"Brother Xiao, is the Zhang family going to rebel?" He asked in a trembling voice.

"Almost!" Xiao Ning's face turned a little pale, and he said in a low voice: "Although Zhang Ning is not a rebellion, it is almost like a rebellion, he wants to launch a coup d'état, take down the crown prince Wu Jing and the prince's followers, and then surrender to the Taiping army." ”

With a bang, Jian Fang stood up suddenly. "Brother Xiao, are you also following Zhang Ning and preparing to surrender?"

Xiao Ning shook his head and motioned for Jian Fang to sit down.

"They just asked me to drag you here, not to hold them back, I don't know about other things." Xiao Ning muttered.

Jian Fang panted and held the handle of the knife in his hand: "No, I have to go back, I still have more than a thousand brothers in the barracks, and if something like this happens, I'm afraid that their lives will not be saved." ”

"Brother Jane, they promised me that as long as you stay in my house and don't go out, your brother will guarantee that there will be no less." Xiao Ning grabbed Jian Fang and said loudly. "Actually, it's too late for you to go back, now, the courtiers have entered the Daming Palace, the city gate army and the army brought back by Zhang Ning have begun to launch, the Taiping army has come to a grandmaster, a half-step grandmaster, at this moment, the city has long been controlled by them."

Jane sat down in her chair with a thud, holding her head in her hands.

"Brother Jane, we are friends from a sea of blood, so when they found me, I agreed to them without hesitation, I don't want to see you get involved in this right and wrong." Xiao Ning said.

Jian Fang looked up at Xiao Ning with some pain: "Brother Xiao, you do this, Old Madam Xiao ...... her"

"Mother is gone." Xiao Ning raised his head: "There are only a few people left in the Xiao clan now, I don't want them to have any mistakes, you know?" The crown prince Wu Jing originally wanted to kill Zhang Ning, control the Chengmen army, and then take these people to escape into the mountains, Jian Fang, I don't want to go into the mountains to be a bandit. I don't want my son to live like a savage in the mountains. The Taiping Army assured me that we were all right. ”

Jian Fang let out a long breath, "The matter has come to this, what can the husband say?" Let's go with the flow, Brother Xiao, let's have a drink! ”

In the Daming Palace, Liang Yidao walked towards Zhang Ning easily, he knew that Zhang Ning was completely ignorant of martial arts, and a weak scholar was no different from a chick in his eyes.

He descended to the middle of the stairs, and he saw that the head of one of the palace maids at the bottom of the stairs suddenly raised with a smile on her face. The cold hairs stood on end, and a huge warning signal sounded in his heart, and his hand pressed to the hilt of the knife, but at this moment, a slender hand appeared in his eyes, which seemed to be extremely slow, but in fact pressed extremely quickly to his chest.

There was a low sound, the sound was not loud, but it was extremely quiet now that only the sound of heavy breathing was left in the Daming Palace, which was extremely clear, Liang Yidao did not even pull out the knife, and the whole person floated up, floating to the top of the Taiming Palace, and hit the huge beam on the top, making a loud noise, and countless dust fell down, sprinkling the heads and faces of the people in the hall, and then the sound of Liang Yidao falling to the ground. Liang Yidao, who fell to the ground, collapsed on the ground like a rotten flesh, without the slightest movement.

Liang Yijian and Liang Yidao walked to the steps at the same time, at the same time that Liang Yidao was in distress, he also found that something was wrong, Huo's turn, at the same time as he turned around, the sword was out of the sheath, but it still seemed a little late, the sword was just raised, and his eyes were already full of sword light, he shouted, raised the sword frame to the brilliant knife light, the sword and the knife collided, making a crisp sound.

Then, the sword broke. Liang Yijian held a long sword with half a sword blade remaining, and the whole person stood like a wood carved clay sculpture, and after a while, everyone saw a red line appear on his forehead, and blood beads oozed out of the red line, and then, the person was divided into two halves, half fell to the bottom of the steps, and half fell on the steps, and the hall was instantly bloody.

The two of them shot at the same time, but in front of Aunt Ying, Liang Yidao didn't even have a chance to pull it out, but Liang Yijian still reluctantly pulled out his long sword, although there was no difference in the result, but this was the difference between a grandmaster and a half-step grandmaster.

Ying Gu glanced at Huo Guang with some dissatisfaction, it was very easy to be bloody, and he was disgusted to death. Huo Guang spread his hands and expressed helplessness, Liang Yijian was also a ninth-level master, if it wasn't for the sudden raid, and the other party didn't expect that in the hall, there was actually a good martial arts cultivator far higher than him, and he couldn't have killed the other party with one sword.

The incident happened suddenly, when Liang Yidao fell to the ground, there was only a sound of gasping in the hall, and when Liang Yijian was tragically divided into two pieces, the hall immediately broke out with a ghost crying wolf howl, and the less timid ones actually had weak legs, and collapsed directly to the ground and fainted.

Those samurai in the temple who originally held swords were all stupid at this time. They stared blankly at the scene that had just taken place on the steps, and their whole bodies trembled. Because in addition to the two dead offerings, at this moment, one hand of the chief manager of the Great Interior, Le Gonggong, pressed on the head of the crown prince Wu Jing, and the other hand really carried him like a little chicken.

Zhou Tai only felt that his mind was buzzing, he thought that the overall situation was in his hands, and everything was under control, but unexpectedly, the form was reversed in an instant, and the two major offerings were killed instantly, and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was controlled.

It turned out that not only Zhang Ning defected to the Taiping Army, but even Father-in-law Le also surrendered to the other party.

There was a look of despair in his eyes.

Zhang Ning turned around proudly, looked at the warriors in the hall, and said coldly: "The prince is perverse, he doesn't think about the common people, he doesn't care about the people, but he has a small family in Yuejing City, can't it be that your family will also become starving in the war?" Lay down your arms and be excused for your innocence. ”

The soldiers still did not wake up from the huge shock, but Ying Gu was a little impatient, her body shook, like a ghost, and she swam through the hall like lightning, and a steel knife with a sharp handle flew up one after another, and in a snatching sound, it was neatly inserted on the beam of the top of the hall. Immediately after that, there was a muffled sound from the heavy door of the Daming Palace, and it was shattered by Aunt Ying's palm.

In the smoke and dust in the sky, a group of soldiers and horses were flying along the avenue towards the Daming Palace, which was the city gate army led by Zhang Jian.

When the city gate army appeared in the Daming Palace, everything was over. (To be continued.) )