When the commander of the Xishan camp saw the city gate being opened and his soldiers and horses stirring, he suddenly became furious and roared angrily.
Yang Tinghe picked up his knife and jumped down from the city gate.
"The Xiao Family Army has always fought for the country and the people, but not for the moths whose corpses are lying on their faces. This is the military training engraved in the bones and blood of the Xiao Family Army!"
Yang Tinghe's words fell, and with a whistle, his horse ran out from under the wall, just in time to catch Yang Tinghe steadily.
"Where is the Xiao family's army!" Yang Tinghe shouted, holding a knife in one hand and raising his arms in the other!
"exist!"
"exist!"
"exist!"
The Xiao family troops scattered everywhere shouted in unison.
The sound was deafening, and the commander of the Xishan Camp changed his face. "Shoot arrows for me and kill Yang Tinghe and Xiao Yu!"
"General, it's bad, the city gate is on fire, the fire is extremely strong!"
Before the voice of the commander of the Xishan Camp fell, a reply came.
Following the city wall where nothing had happened just now, flames suddenly shot into the sky.
Ping An has arrived under the city gate tower. "I told you, let us go out, and everyone will be safe. If you don't let us out, we will die together! If you want to shoot an arrow, I will set fire to it!"
You also heard just now that the people of my Xiao family army are scattered everywhere, and your feet are full of kerosene, and just one spark is enough to burn you to death!"
The crossbowmen who were originally preparing to shoot arrows hesitated.
The arrows belong to the public, and if you don’t shoot, it will be useless, but your life is yours.
Is there really kerosene under my feet?
They received the news in the middle of the night and came to capture the King of Nanhuai alive. They were in such a hurry that no one paid attention to whether there was really kerosene under their feet.
The military discipline of the Xishan Camp was originally lax, and unlike those regular troops on the frontier, the gate tower was now on fire, echoing the fire at the Princess's Mansion, and Xiao Yu had a well-known reputation for killing people and setting fires if they disagreed.
It’s better to be ten thousand than just in case.
If there really is kerosene, the fire in the city gate tower will soon burn here.
Who the hell wants to be burned to death?
"General, otherwise, forget it, even if we kill Xiao Yu, we won't get any reward. If he really sets fire to the city wall, then the entire city wall will be on fire, and the fire will spread to the palace...
...We have achieved nothing but failure!”
The deputy general stood on one side and advised as he looked at the fire that was getting stronger and stronger.
During the hesitation, Xiao Yu and Ping An rode their horses through the city gate downstairs.
Above his head was a blazing fire, and behind him were Yang Tinghe and his men who were following him.
Yang Tinghe originally thought that he only had 1,500 elite troops available, but he did not expect that the number of people pursuing him was far more than 1,500.
The powerful horse was galloping, but in a flash, even if the people on the gate tower wanted to shoot arrows, the range was not enough.
In the palace.
Royal study room.
Under the bright lights, the emperor stayed up all night, his anger burning all night, and his face had a touch of blue and black.
The queen had been taken into custody and came forward. The emperor was furious, "Vicious woman, you actually want to poison me to death? Do you really think that since you are Ning Guogong's daughter, I won't dare to touch you?"
The queen was sleeping soundly when she was suddenly pulled out of bed and faced with such an unreasonable disaster. She was about to die of grievance. "Your Majesty is aware that if I have even the slightest intention to harm Your Majesty, I and my whole family will not die well."
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"Doesn't this whole family include His Majesty?" Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment asked in disbelief, "The Queen responded to His Majesty's question by saying that His Majesty will not die well? What is the truth? Or is the whole family you are talking about not counting His Majesty?"
The emperor's eyes were filled with anger.
The Queen gritted her teeth and stared at the Minister of Punishment.
"Don't be fooling the public with your monstrous words!
I have never rewarded your niece with anything, so why do you want to slander me? What do you really want?"
After saying that, she said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Duke Ningguo has never had any sinful intentions. Everything done by Duke Ningguo is just for self-protection.
The Minister of Punishment has evil intentions and evil intentions, and wants to instigate a relationship between Ningguo Duke’s government and Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please don’t be fooled.”
The Minister of Punishment looked loyal and loyal, "Your Majesty, everything I said is true. The emperor and the sky are above, and the earth is below. If I tell a lie, I will be struck by thunder and die!"
After saying that, the Minister of Punishment turned to look at the Queen, "Does the Queen dare to make such an oath? Just say that if you can't live up to the Emperor in the slightest, you will be struck by lightning and die!"
The queen shouted angrily, "You are so presumptuous!"
"My loyal words are offensive!" Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice did not give in at all. "The horseshoe cake was sent by the Queen, the chamberlain wrote words in blood on the ground before he died, and the little Zhezi died in the shallow lake behind the Queen's palace. How can the Queen explain these things?
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Is it because I am being presumptuous, or is it because I have regicide in mind towards Your Majesty?"
"You!" The queen raised her hand and was about to hit the Minister of Punishment.
The Minister of Punishment tilted his head and said, "I come from a poor family, and it was His Majesty who selected me as the third flower. I am different from the children of aristocratic families. My future is all given by Your Majesty.
Your Majesty is honored, I am honored.
Your Majesty is in harm's way, I am in harm's way.
Your Majesty and I live and die together!
I am not afraid of offending anyone!"
The Minister of Punishment said impassionedly.
The emperor was so aroused by him that he had a fighting spirit. Long before, in order to balance the family, the emperor had the idea of abolishing the queen and replacing her with Concubine Zhen.
It was only later that when Ning Guogong's Palace and Xu Guogong's Palace joined forces to fight against Xiao Yu, the emperor was a little wavering, fearing that Xiao Yu would become too big for him to control and would be backlashed by him.
It's different now.
No matter how Xiao Yu is caught tonight, this person can no longer be used, he will be executed immediately.
Behind Concubine Zhen, only General Gu was left.
Wouldn't it be better to use General Gu to balance the family?
With his mind determined, the emperor declared sternly, "The queen is immoral and is embarrassed by her great responsibility. From now on, she will depose the queen and demote her to concubine Jin. On a good and auspicious day, she will promote the imperial concubine Zhen to the rank of empress!"
"Your Majesty! This concubine has done nothing wrong. She cannot be deposed without any reason. Deposing her will shake the foundation of the country!" the queen cried miserably.
The Minister of Punishment sneered: "Does the Queen serve as the foundation of the country? The foundation of the country is Your Majesty, and even more fundamental is the Crown Prince. Now that His Majesty is in his prime and has not yet established a Crown Prince, why can't he depose the Queen?"
Is it possible that the Queen can only kill the King, and His Majesty cannot fight back?
Are all the principles in the world being manipulated by your family?
You guys are too much of a bully!
Do you really regard His Majesty as the puppet of your family that controls the world?"
The Minister of Punishment made every disrespectful statement that touched on the pain points in the Emperor's heart.
The emperor's heart felt numb and numb due to the stimulation he had caused, and all his anger was directed at the queen. Just as he was about to speak, a response from the servant suddenly came from outside, "Your Majesty, the general of the Xishan Camp wants to see you!"
The emperor's eyebrows skipped a beat, Xiao Yu had been caught!
"Let him in!"
The door of the royal study room was pushed open, and the general of the Xishan Camp came in with a cold air. He knelt down and said, "I am guilty of letting the King of Nanhuai run away!"
The emperor was stunned.
"Run away? How could he run away? Not only did I send out a thousand forbidden troops, but you have so many soldiers and horses in the Xishan Camp, how could he run away?"
"The King of Nanhuai's rebellion camp consisted of nearly three thousand soldiers. Former Xiao Family Army deputy general Yang Tinghe took the lead in rebelling and led three thousand men and horses to burn the city gates to help the King of Nanhuai escape from Kyoto.
I originally wanted to lead people in pursuit, but King Nanhuai poured kerosene on the city gate, and the entire city wall was now burned into a wall of fire.
In addition, the winery five hundred miles away was also burned down!"
Even though Xiao Yu ran away, the emperor was so angry that he vomited blood. When he heard that the winery was burned down, the emperor spat out a mouthful of blood.