Deng Da led his team to the Duke of Wei's Mansion to start a massacre, while Ma Cheng took his personal soldiers to dismount and sat down at the archway in front of the Duke of Wei's Mansion, waiting for news from Deng Da.

After half an hour, Deng Da escorted a group of people out of the Duke of Wei's mansion. Deng Da came to Ma Cheng and clasped his fists and said, "Returning to the military gate, the last general only captured Xu Jiujue, but Xu Wenjue did not catch him. At the same time, he captured all the Duke of Wei's family!"

Ma Cheng stood up and looked at the more than 20 people in front of him, both men and women, for a middle-aged woman. She was wearing silk and satin, probably Xu Wenjue's mother. Behind this old woman were several young women, with different appearances and different dresses, probably the family of the Xu family. Finally, there were a few young men, for Ma Cheng's old rival, Xu Hongji's eldest son Xu Jiujue.

Xu Jiujue was the prince of the Duke of Wei, but was framed by Ma Cheng and lost his position as the prince. Now he saw his enemy appearing in front of him and scolded angrily: "Ma Cheng, what are you going to do? Do you know where this is? This is the Duke of Wei's Mansion personally enthroned by Taizu! My Gaozu is Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan. What are you going to do? Are you not afraid of losing your head?"

Ma Cheng haha, and separated the crowd and came to Xu Jiujue and said, "Xu Jiujue, your family has committed the crime of treason, but he has refused to respect the order and intends to assassinate this marquis! And your family has hundreds of armors. What is this not treason?"

In ancient China, there was no need to resist swords and guns, but only the management of armor was strict. If an individual had armor, it would be a rebellion. The Wei family has been in the military generals for generations, and there were many swords and guns in the mansion, but they really dared not.

Xu Jiujue sneered: "Ma Cheng, are you crazy? Which eye did you see my private armor?"

"This is simple, I have prepared it for you!" After Ma Cheng said that, he waved to the back, Gu Yong and others took out more than a dozen pairs of tattered cotton armor and turned to Xu Jiujue's pile.

Xu Jiujue was so angry that he saw such obvious frame-up: "Ma Cheng, how dare you frame in broad daylight? Aren't you afraid of the mouths of the world?"

Ma Cheng sneered and cursed: "I just want to kill you, what? Are you dissatisfied with it?"

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he looked at the gorgeous middle-aged beauty and said with a lewd smile: "But it is not impossible for me to let you go, unless your mother sleeps with me!"

The middle-aged beautiful woman was the biological mother of Xu Jiujue and Xu Wenjue. She is 45 years old this year and is the wife of Xu Hongji, the old Duke of Wei. Because her family is good, she is very well maintained. Although she is over forty, she is still as if she is thirty years old.

After Ma Cheng said that, he reached into his arms and was about to start acting like a hooligan, which made the middle-aged beautiful woman dare not speak out. This made Xu Jiujue so angry that he rushed forward and fought with Ma Cheng in anger. However, behind Xu Jiujue was full of soldiers. Xu Jiujue was about to take action and was hit to the ground by a gun soldier.

Just when Xu Jiujue's mother was about to be unlucky, a man turned around from the intersection of Xu Mansion Street. The man rode on a horse and ran. When he saw a group of people in front of the Duke of Wei's mansion, he knew that something was wrong and shouted loudly: "Stop, the imperial edict is here!"

When Ma Cheng heard that it was an imperial edict, he cursed in his heart that he had no good intentions. He originally wanted to take advantage of Xu Jiujue's opportunity to fight the Duke of Wei's family to kill him, but he didn't expect that the imperial edict would come so quickly. Ma Cheng had no choice but to pull out his hand and stand respectfully waiting for the imperial edict.

The man came to pass the order to pass the order was Xu Wenjue, Duke of Wei. He was receiving the news, Ma

When Cheng went to Beicheng to check his own property, he knew that something was wrong. Xu Wenjue knew that his family had a marriage with Ma Cheng. This time Ma Cheng first attacked his family and would definitely kill the chicken to warn the monkey. Thinking of this, Xu Wenjue quickly entered the palace and asked Zhu Lunkui for forgiveness, hoping that the emperor would spare his whole family for the sake of the Zhongshan King Xu Da.

If Duke Wei was replaced by Duke Ding in Beijing, Zhu Lunquina would never help Xu Wenjue. Zhu Lunquina was a descendant of King Zhu of Zhou, and did not get any benefits in the Jingnan Campaign, so he had no feelings for Duke Ding at all.

But the Duke of Wei was different. During the Jingnan Campaign, Xu Huizu, the first Duke of Wei, stood on Zhu Di's brother-in-law, but was a firm royalist. The descendants of such loyal ministers, Zhu Lunkui had to help him, whether for public or private purposes. That's why Zhu Lunkui issued an imperial edict to restrain Ma Cheng.

Xu Wenjue rushed forward and rushed forward, but he still didn't have time to stop Ma Cheng. When Xu Wenjue came in front of him, he saw his brother being beaten to a bruised face, and his woman was insulted by Ma Cheng. He was so angry that his eyes were about to burst into flames.

Xu Wenjue suppressed his anger and came to Ma Cheng and handed over the emperor's imperial edict to Ma Cheng: "Master Guiyang, this is Your Majesty's imperial edict!"

Ma Cheng took it and opened it to watch. It turned out that Zhu Lunkui took back Ma Cheng's order to collect the remaining grains from the nobles, and changed it to the nobles themselves to investigate the remaining grains, and then handed over the remaining grains to Ma Cheng. Seeing Zhu Lunkui like this, Ma Cheng was also very angry. Half of the food in the city was in the hands of these nobles, so how much could they hand over? However, Zhu Lunkui's imperial order was here, and Ma Cheng couldn't express his opposition, so Ma Cheng had no choice but to kneel down to the direction of the palace to receive the order.

Ma Cheng was also very angry. He could obviously eradicate the Duke of Wei and his family, but now the emperor did this. Ma Cheng glanced at the Xu brothers and smiled and said, "Since there is the imperial edict from His Majesty the Emperor, he will be exempt from search!"

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he looked at the Xu family's mother and smiled and said, "I said to Duke Wei. As the saying goes, "Thirty years old, like a wolf, forty years old, like a tiger, and sucking soil on the ground! Your mother should need a partner in her age. I am in good health. If I need it, I can give myself!" After Ma Cheng said that, he laughed and left.

The Xu brothers' eyes were so angry that Ma Cheng's words were about to break. Xu Jiujue was about to move forward and fight to the death, but his younger brother Xu Wenjue was firmly held back. In this way, the Xu brothers watched Ma Cheng ride away.

When Xu Wenjue returned to the mansion, he asked his family to clean up the mess, and then sent his mother back to the back house. Then he returned to the study to meet his brother Xu Jiujue.

Seeing his younger brother coming, Xu Jiujue cursed: "Second brother, are you just watching Ma Cheng insulting his mother? Insulting our Xu family?"

When Xu Wenjue mentioned this, he said angrily: "Brother, how can I swallow this? But now the situation is stronger than others. Ma Cheng holds heavy troops and is still a close minister of the emperor! On the other hand, our Xu family has no errands, and even the servants have been transferred. If there is a conflict with Ma Cheng, do you think we can do it?"

In order to defend the city this time, Ma Cheng had already taken away most of the noble servants in the city. Originally, there were less than fifty people left in the 300 Duke of Wei. This time, Ma Cheng slaughtered him again, and less than ten people were left.

Xu Jiujue knew that his younger brother had always had an idea, so he asked quickly: "What do you think you should do? Would you just forget it?"

"It is definitely impossible to calculate this way! But relying on our strength will definitely not

If you can fight Ma Cheng, you can only find foreign players!”

Foreign aid? Xu Jiujue didn't understand what his brother was saying, so he asked: "Foreign aid, should you ask the Donglin Party and the others for help?"

The Duke of Wei and his group have lived in Nanjing for more than 200 years and have a good relationship with the scholars and officials in the Nanzhili area. When Xu Hongji was alive, he had a close relationship with the Donglin Party, so Xu Jiujue thought his younger brother was going to ask for help from the Donglin Party.

Then he knew Xu Wenjue shook his head and said, "No, the Donglin Party is unable to protect itself now. I am not talking about them, but the Beilu outside the city!"

Xu Wenjue said this, but he was really a rebellion. Xu Jiujue was shocked and calmed down and said in a low voice: "Second brother, are you crazy? If this matter is spread, our family will really destroy the nine clans!"

Then Xu Wenjue shook his head firmly: "Brother, what's the difference between our family and the extermination of the Nine Clans now? Most of the property has been seized, countless servants have been killed or injured, and his mother has been insulted by Ma Cheng. Have you ever thought about such a life?"

Xu Jiujue lowered his head when he heard his younger brother say this. Since Ma Cheng, a bastard, arrived in Nanjing, the Xu family has not had a good life. His prince was deposed, his father was angry to death by Ma Cheng, and his mother was insulted by Ma Cheng. However, this made Xu Jiujue rebel and surrender to the Qing Dynasty, which was still not enough.

Seeing his brother hesitating, Xu Wenjue persuaded: "Brother, look at the millions of troops in the northern capital city, and the news has been cut off from the outside of the Nandu city. It is estimated that all the surrounding prefectures and counties have surrendered to the Northern Capital. Now there is only an isolated city like Nandu. Do you think Nandu can stay for long? For the benefit of their own family, Ma Cheng supported Zhu Lunkui despite the opposition of everyone. There is also a system of surplus grain collection in this city. In the city, it is already angered by heaven and people. How long can we last for this Nandu?"

Xu Jiujue felt right when he heard his younger brother say this. Now Ma Cheng is doing something to get food, so he must have started to lack food in the city. It is hard to say whether the city can be kept if this continues.

Thinking of Ma Cheng's insults to him, Xu Jiujue gritted his teeth and asked, "Okay, let's do what my brother said, but our Xu family is weak and the servants have lost all their harm through Ma Cheng's disaster. How can we offer the city?"

"Of course it's not possible to rely on our family, but what about the power of the nobles in the city? Although most of the nobles' servants were taken away by Ma Cheng, there were still more than a thousand people left to gather together, and it should be enough to recruit some dead soldiers!"

These honors in Nanjing have been together for hundreds of years and have been intermarried for hundreds of years. The surplus grain collection system that Ma Cheng has set up this time has a great impact on them. Xu Jiujue nodded repeatedly when he heard his younger brother say this. If he can convince the nobles in the city, there is a great chance of success.

Seeing that the eldest brother agreed, Xu Wenjue continued, "Brother, you go and convince the families of Anyuan Hou, Dingyuan Hou, Huaining Hou, and Lingbi Hou, I will convince the Duke Baoguo Zhu Guobi!"

Although Zhu Guobi belonged to Guojianglong and was originally a title of Beijing, Zhu Guobi made contributions to supporting Hongguang last year. After taking charge of the Beijing camp for a while, he still had some power.

When Xu Jiujue heard that his younger brother was going to find Zhu Guobi, he quickly asked, "Zhu Guobi is not good, he is the best friend of the Ma family father and son. Can he agree?"
Chapter completed!