Although it is said that the group of people who are unknown should be the first to attack, Liu Xin's current focus is to help Ban Zhao'er's mother and son gain a firm foothold in Kangju, and they must rely on the strength of all parties, but it is not appropriate to kill indiscriminately at this time.

Liu Xin waved his hand and hid in the shadows with Sun Ce.

In order not to affect the rest of the people, the Han army, whether it is a sentry or a ranger, will try to make their movements lighter. Although there are 500 guards around this Kangju palace, most of them are secret sentinels, and from the front, only under the two torches outside the palace gate, there is a guard on the left and a guard on the right standing with a knife.

The group also came quietly, and suddenly stopped at the entrance of the alley opposite the palace gate. The first person looked at the palace gate twice, and suddenly turned around and said: "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty deceived people too much, and he actually wanted to take advantage of the chaos to insult my Queen Kangju, everyone said, can we bear this tone?" ”

Dozens of people replied in a chaotic manner, "I can't bear it!" "Kill him!" …… But probably to take it by surprise, everyone deliberately lowered their voices. There was also a person in the middle who hesitated and said: "Prime Minister, the lower officials are still the same sentence, whether the news you said is conclusive, if you listen to rumors and kill the Han Emperor by mistake......"

It turned out that the person who was the leader was Akle, the minister of Kangju. Akle interrupted the man's words with a wave of his hand, and said undoubtedly: "This news is true, and the maid sent by the queen to quietly come out and ask for help from Benxiang. ”

Surrounded by Akle were the civil and military ministers of Kangju State, and today under the city of Bei Khotan, the Han army defeated the combined forces of Guishan and Murza, who were besieging the city, and they all saw it with their own eyes. In the face of such a strong army, let them use force, they actually have no confidence in their hearts, but they respect their queen more.

Ever since Murza's rebellion, Ban Thief has either had a big belly or dragged his weakened body from the beginning of the birth to fight the enemy side by side with them in the city. Although Murza was the king's brother, these ministers knew that as long as Murza attacked the city of Khotan, the situation in the whole Kangju would change drastically, and their position would not be guaranteed, but they were afraid that their property and women would also fall into the hands of others. It was precisely because of Ban Thief'er's example that greatly boosted the morale of the defenders, that Murza was repeatedly defeated, and their glory and wealth were temporarily preserved, and everyone had accepted this Kangju queen from a foreign country from the bottom of their hearts.

The customs of Kangju are not so strict about things between men and women, but it is on a voluntary basis, if the Han Emperor covets the beauty of the queen and wants to make an overlord hard bow, it is another meaning. Of course, there are also many people who rob men and women in Kangju, and the butts of these civil and military ministers and upper-class nobles are not clean, the only difference is that the current "victim" is the queen.

Therefore, after hearing the news from Akle, these civil and military ministers and high-class nobles were all filled with righteous indignation, gathered their respective household servants overnight, and rushed to the palace with swords and guns. They couldn't have imagined that their queen was the old lover of the Han Emperor after all. If they knew about this situation, they would not only not be angry and impulsive, but would even support the queen's tryst with the Han Emperor. After all, since the opening of the trade route, the prestige of the Han Dynasty in the surrounding countries of the Western Regions has been skyrocketing, and who doesn't want to be next to this big tree. Anyway, the queen is also widowed now, and letting her follow the Han Emperor is the best of both worlds.

However, now these people were being prodded by Akle, and they were all enthusiastic, and when they heard that the news was sent by the maidservants sent by the queen, everyone did not hesitate, lit the torches together, and rushed towards the palace gate with a shout.

Suddenly, the originally dim palace gate was also lit with torches, and out of nowhere, two hundred samurai with armor and armor appeared. With a shout, the spear that had been held high flattened, and the sharp tip of the spear glistened coldly against the background of the torch.

Akle and these civil and military ministers and high-class nobles gathered together were just a rabble, and they originally planned to take advantage of the Han people's unpreparedness to enter the palace in one fell swoop. Now that he saw that the Han people were prepared, and that it was such a strict military formation, he immediately flinched.

With the sound of bangs, many Han soldiers also appeared on the roofs on both sides of the alleyway, and hundreds of bows and crossbows were spread widely, aiming at the panicked group. Behind the alleyway, there was the sound of horses' hooves. The sound of horses' hooves was not loud, but it was neat and powerful, and it struck everyone's heart like a hammer.

Akle's face suddenly changed, and they were surrounded.

At this time, the Han army outside the palace gate suddenly separated from the two sides, Liu Xin walked out of it with his hands behind his back, and Sun Ce held a spear to protect him. Everyone's eyes fell on Liu Xin's body, and they saw that he was neatly dressed and calm. If it is true, as Akle said, Liu Xin is pestering the queen in the palace, then how can he appear so quickly? How can you not even see a wrinkle on your clothes?

Akle was also shocked. In the afternoon, when he learned that the reinforcements that had suddenly appeared under the city of Khotan were Han Chinese, he was somewhat suspicious that there was some connection between the unknown queen and the Han Dynasty. And in the evening, the queen broke them all up, and handed over all the defense of the palace to the Han people, and was even more convinced of his judgment, and there was an ulterior secret between the queen and the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

As the state minister of Kangju, whether it is power or status, Akle has reached a peak. But Akle was not satisfied, he had even greater ambitions. According to the laws of Kangju, the king of Kangju can only be held by members of the royal family, and unless there is no one in the royal family, a new candidate will be elected from among other nobles. The current king of Kangju, Khalman, is still very young and in good health, and he also has a younger brother, so it is not Akle's turn to be counted.

But opportunities are always reserved for those who have a heart, and during a banquet, Murza drunken himself and inadvertently revealed to Akle his desire to compete for the throne. Akle was a treacherous man, and he was outwardly quiet, but secretly he began to pay attention to Murza's movements, and finally discovered Murza's hands and feet in the grove.

Instead of reporting his discovery to Khalman, Akle offered to woo Murza and helped him to do something in the hunt again, and finally took Khalman's life.

After Khalman's death, instead of helping Murza ascend to the throne, Akle stood on the queen's side, denounced Murza, and pushed Khalman's death on Murza.

As Ban Stealer had predicted, Akle wanted to get rid of Murza first, and then use Ban Thief's mother and son as puppets, and wait until the time was right to depose the little king and stand on his own. This grasp of Akle still exists, because the origin of Ban Thief is unknown, and the background of the little king is naturally very suspicious.

Just as things were evolving in the direction of Akle's design, a sudden turn of events occurred. Murza, who had been defeated twice, brought in foreign aid from Kushan and besieged the city of Khotan in one fell swoop, putting Akle himself in danger. Then the queen invited the Han army to take control of the entire city of Khotan, which made Akle feel for the first time that the queen was not as easy to deal with as he thought. After returning home, Akle felt more and more that the game he had carefully laid out was about to fail, and he was not reconciled, meditated, and suddenly made a ruthless heart.

In fact, Akle's judgment was not wrong, and there was indeed an ulterior secret between Liu Xin and Ban Thief. It's just that Akle didn't expect that Liu Xin and Ban Zhao'er are both people who do big things, and although both of them are already emotional, they will still finish talking about business first. If Akle had endured for half an hour, perhaps the pair of dry firewood would have rolled together. At that time, Liu Xin is afraid that he will appear here in such a neat manner, and Liu Xin's charges will be confirmed.

Liu Xin glanced at the frightened guys in front of him, and sneered: "Akle, what do you want to do when you lead the crowd to storm the palace in the middle of the night?" ”

In the end, Akle was treacherous, and suddenly said with a smiling face: "Your Majesty is angry, the foreign minister heard that someone wants to be unfavorable to His Majesty and the queen, and hurriedly came to the rescue, not wanting to be a misunderstanding, and hoping that Your Majesty will not be guilty." ”

The guys behind him who were still impassioned just now were in a cold sweat at this time, and they also echoed it. There are still more than 20,000 soldiers in Kangju City, but these soldiers have been concentrated in the barracks, and the sentry posts around the barracks are all Han cavalry, and it is not known whether the Han people did this so that the Kangju soldiers who had been fighting for days could rest in peace, or to monitor them. Regardless of the purpose of the Han Chinese, Akle did not dare to alarm Kangju's army in order to prevent the grass from startling, but informed the ministers and nobles to mobilize their own domestic slaves. These house slaves usually rely on the power of their masters, and they are also quite arrogant in the city of Khotan, but when they really face the battle-hardened Han army, their legs and stomachs begin to weaken.

Liu Xin suddenly shouted: "If you don't want people to know, unless you don't do it!" Akeler, you conspired with Murza to kill Khalman, and Murza has already confessed everything, what else do you have to say? Left and right, take down this villain with me! ”

The guards on both sides agreed, and flew up to pounce. Seeing this, the rest of the ministers and nobles retreated with their respective house slaves. In fact, they did not retreat far, because behind them, a group of cavalry was preparing for the charge.

Although Akle held a scimitar in his hand, it was only used to strengthen his courage, and he really wanted him to kill, and he didn't have the ability to do it. Instead, a few cronies behind him brandished scimitars and rushed forward with a strange scream, blocking Akle.

I saw a sword and sword shadow, screaming again and again, and peace was restored in a snap of my fingers. The seven or eight family members who had just rushed forward all fell in a pool of blood, and Akle had four or five steel knives set up around his neck.