Shi Pian was overjoyed and took the initiative to ask Ying: "Your Majesty, I would like to lead people to search for the witch in the city. If they can't catch her, I will ask!"

As soon as this group of people left, a few more soldiers escorted two women with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes, and threw them to the ground. It turned out to be Zhongzi and the maid Hehua of the Shi family who had come out. Now the enemies met,

How can you not be jealous?

The soldier reported: "These two women wanted to hide in the Taifu's palace for protection, but we caught them on the spot!"

When Wei Boyu saw Zhongzi, his eyes filled with anger, and he approached her step by step: "Husband and wife are one. It has been six or seven years since you got married, and you have not given birth to a son or a half. I miss your mother's family, so I still regard you as my wife."

My dear wife, you are so arrogant, colluding with outsiders, and will only end up killing me! What use do you have?"

Hearing the sound of a sword being unsheathed, Zhongzi fell weakly to the ground before he could even grunt. He Hua next to him saw that the situation was not going well and wanted to run away, but was also pierced by the young master's sword.

"Brother, what should we do next?" Young Master Yuan asked hurriedly without having time to wipe off the blood on his sword. He was good at martial arts, but not good at making plans.

Wei Boyu wiped the blood on the sword with Zhongzi's clothes, cast a disgusted look at the corpse on the ground, turned to his brother and asked: "How many people did you bring here from Puyang?"

"There are ten thousand people, plus nearly a thousand people from the Shi family. Most of the palace guards are loyal to my brother. With so many soldiers and horses, it is easy to control Chaoge City." Gongzi Yuan couldn't hide his pride when he said this.

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"No problem?" Wei Boyu smiled bitterly and looked at his simple-minded brother: "When Master He comes back, can these eleven thousand people stop his nearly one hundred thousand cavalry?"

Young Master Yuan's tongue began to get knotted: "Then------what should we do? We have no chance of winning, right?"

"No!" Wei Boyu's mind has never been so clear-headed as it is now: "What we have to do is to quickly control Chaoge City, especially guard the city wall. From tomorrow on, we will strictly guard the city gates and not allow anyone to enter or exit.

To prevent the news from leaking out, the young master will be returning in the next two days. As long as he is tricked into entering the city, life or death--" He snorted coldly: "But it's not up to him."

"Wonderful!" Young Master Yuan admired, and suddenly remembered something, and asked his brother timidly: "What about - what should I do with Wei Duoyou? If he guards Wei He every step of the way, he will kill -

----Or not to kill?"

Wei Boyu's face suddenly showed a very complicated look, which seemed to be regretful, but also seemed to be reluctant. After a while, he answered: "Try to capture him alive!"

"Brother! Either you die or someone else dies. You can't------"

Before he could finish speaking, Wei Boyu shouted: "Obey my order! You quickly lead people to guard the four gates of Chaoge, and you personally set up defenses on the city wall. Go quickly! It's a desperate move, and the life and death of you and my brother will depend on this."

"No!" Young Master Yuan reluctantly accepted the order and left.

A room lit up in the dark backyard of Gongshu's house, with candles burning on the table, illuminating everyone's puzzled faces. Gongshu Hua and Gongsun Yu struggled to move a large bookshelf against the wall and pointed.

The white wall: "There is a double wall here, and the wife can hide inside. I promise that no one will search this place."

"No need." Mrs. Li replied resolutely: "I don't need this wall. My uncle can hide his family in it. As for me, my uncle can rest assured. If they really let them search here,

It is also my fate to die, and no one can save me."

"Mrs. Sister-in-law!" Gong Shuhua was worried: "I just got the news that Shi Pian and a team of people have rushed to the house of Young Master He. He missed the opportunity there and will definitely search the houses of close relatives and clans. .The first person to bear the brunt is me! Madam, if you have any good or bad intentions, I will not be able to explain it to the young master or the late emperor!"

"Don't worry." Mrs. Li consoled her: "That Shi Pian is short-lived. If he can walk out of He'er's house alive, he is destined to die!"

Gong Shuhua raised his head suspiciously: "What do you mean, Mrs. Sister-in-law?"

"Okay." Rongyi hurriedly stepped forward: "Uncle, just do as the wife wants. Wu Wei!"

The well-dressed girl stepped forward and said, "Master, what are your orders?"

"Personal guard, my dear wife, I will come back as soon as I go to serve as my master!"

"promise!"

The neighborhood where the young master and his mansion were located was completely silent, and none of the dilapidated houses on the street had lights on. No wonder, there was a war and martial law, and it was already late at night, so how could anyone dare to turn on the lights?

Shi Pian divided the hundreds of people he brought into four columns. There were hundreds of people in each column. They were all tall horses, wearing armor and brocade robes. They looked extremely mighty. The horses' hooves stepped neatly on the empty street, making a loud noise like thunder. The leader There was a huge lantern on the saddle with the word "Shi" written on it, which illuminated the surrounding area brightly. It seemed to tell everyone in Chaoge City that the Shi family was back!

The prince's mansion is not very big, with only three courtyards. The two-foot-high courtyard wall is made of blue bricks. Many ancient trees are planted inside the wall. The bare branches extend outside the wall, casting a patch of mottled trees on the ground. The shadows of the trees swayed gently in the wind, looking eerie and strange.

"Everyone dismounts, ties the horses to the tree stumps, and searches each room. I must dig out that witch!" Shi Pian ordered.

It was quiet in the courtyard, surrounded by deep halls, wide buildings, and tall shady houses, but it was pitch black without any light. Shi Pian ordered his soldiers to hold a large lantern in the southeast, northwest, and four hundred people to search in four directions. The house and yard were not big, and soon the soldiers came to the conclusion: "No in the east!" "No in the west!" "No in the north!" "No in the south ------"

Shi Pian became impatient after hearing this: "That's enough, that's enough! There's nothing, right?"

Could it be that the witch was hiding somewhere else? Shi Pian was very unwilling and stamped his foot bitterly. It didn't matter if he stamped his foot. Once he stepped down, some black and greasy dots flew up. This group of people just now He noticed that there seemed to be some liquid beneath his feet. Shi Pian squatted down and sniffed, his eyes suddenly widened: "No, these are kerosene! We have fallen into a trap!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp roar was heard piercing the silent night sky, and then countless rockets were fired from all directions of the mansion. The kerosene on the ground and in the house were ignited------houses were twisted in the sea of ​​fire. Struggling, blazing flames jumped out arrogantly from the gaps in the windows, doors and cracked walls. The color of the inner flame of this flame is almost pure white. When the inner and outer flames are combined, they appear bluish-white, and when the outer flame reaches its peak, The outside area that is in contact with the air shows a golden light.

Zhu Rong came down to earth, but no one dared to come up to put out the fire at this time. They could only let the flames lick the young master's mansion and the hundreds of people who accidentally entered the mansion.

Shi Pian ran out of the house with his last bit of strength. His skin had been burned black, and there was no good piece of meat on his body. In a daze, he seemed to see a familiar face and a pair of amber eyes - -----The other party just glanced at him lightly, as if he didn't recognize him, and then led the people to get on their horses and gallop towards the city gate.

"Kui-----duo-you-----" Shi Pian struggled to spit out these words, but no one could hear them clearly.

In the backyard of the uncle's house, the maid Ju'er is anxiously persuading her master: "Madam, what should I do if my uncle can't persuade you and he insists on rushing in? Madam, you'd better hide in the wall!"

Mrs. Li just ignored her, and Bin'er was so anxious that she didn't know what to do when she suddenly heard a harsh and sharp sound. Gongsun Yu quickly opened the door and shouted: "Madam, the Young Master's mansion is on fire. The time has come!"

A rare look of relief appeared on Mrs. Li's face, and she told Wu Wei: "You don't have to guard me here anymore. Go ahead and inquire about the situation before making a decision!"

"promise!"

In the living room, Wei Boyu was trying his best to persuade his uncle: "I have been the son of the throne for many years, and I have already announced my appointment to the throne. The status of monarch and minister has been determined. Why does my uncle want to help protect the mother and son, regardless of the righteousness? Now , Chaoge City is already under the control of the few, why don’t uncle go with the flow and reject the Young Master’s peace together with the few?”

Gong Shuhua angrily said, "What you said is true. However, when you were the prince, you failed to attend the funeral of your father, and you are unfilial to your son. Before the late emperor was buried, you behaved in an ambiguous manner with a daughter of the same surname, and took her as an outside wife. This is the behavior of an animal. God does not allow it, and this is one. You fell into ambush and killed the young master He, and acted against the etiquette as a brother, which is two kinds of unfilial piety. Now, you have set fire to the Wei palace with the intention of killing the wife, which is unfilial. With these three unworthy acts, you have disobeyed the emperor and lost the support of the people. If you continue to hold the position of emperor, it will be very detrimental to our country. I, my concubine, have decided to change the son He to the throne in order to protect the country. I will obey the emperor and inherit the throne. According to the will of the people, if you can obey the will of heaven, you can be granted the title of a great city and live in peace and prosperity for the rest of your life.

I don’t want to, but you insist on going your own way and insist on starting a war, and I have nothing to say. Before the death of the late king, you asked me to take care of the young master, mother and son, and asked me to hand over the madam. You can’t!"

"Humph! Uncle didn't bring it upon himself!" Gong Shuhua sneered: "It seems that the temptress is not in his son's house, but is hiding here with my uncle! Humph, she is indeed very scheming!"

"You------" Gong Shuhua was furious for a moment, but then he realized that he had lost his words and was speechless for a moment.

Wei Boyu was about to order a search of the mansion when he suddenly heard a sharp roar, followed by flames from the northwest. A soldier hurried in from outside, knelt down and played: "Your Majesty, the young master and the mansion suddenly caught fire. General Shi No one came out."

"What?" Wei Boyu was surprised: "Who did it?"

"I don't know."

“Go check it out!”

"promise!"

When Wei Boyu rushed to the Young Master's Mansion anxiously, the three-entry courtyard had been burned to the ground and collapsed, leaving only a smoky ruin. A few steps still remained, and the door of the mansion could be vaguely seen. It looked like a dark figure was crouching above, still moaning vaguely.
Chapter completed!