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Xin Mo?How could he come? Didn't Hou Xiqiao say that this person belonged to Prime Minister Li Sheng? How could he lead the Jiangzhou garrison to rescue them?This scene made Bai Tangzhi a little confused.

But fortunately, they have saved their lives. No matter how much they care about, Xin Mo is their savior. If it weren't for Xin Mo, they would have been chopped into pieces by the soldiers of the Xianbei tribe, so there is no need to think about it. Why did Xin Mo come.

Hou Xiqiao didn't speak, but just looked coldly at the collapsed Xianbei army in front of him, and Xin Mo didn't get off his horse either. The mask in his hand was stained with a little blood, and the breeze blew, and it had condensed into a block after a while, looking as if he was born engraved on it.

After a long time, Hou Xiqiao uttered a sentence from his mouth:

"Thank you Commander Xin for risking his life to rescue him. I will definitely come to the door to thank you when I have time in the future."

Xin Mo pulled out the gun that was stuck in the soil, intending to gather his subordinates, when he rode his horse and galloped, he suddenly turned around to look at Hou Xiqiao, and then looked Baitangzhi up and down.

"Master Hou doesn't need to thank me, and it's not necessary to come to the door to thank you. It's just that when Master Hou becomes prosperous in the future, don't forget my love. I don't need anything else. By the way, Master Hou, the palace's You don't know anything about it, do you?"

"What happened in the palace?"

Before Hou Xiqiao could reply, Bai Tangzhi blurted out his question first, and Xin Mo didn't show any surprise, he just talked about the changes in the palace these days.

"The emperor has changed."

Xin Mo only said this sentence, and Bai Tangzhi already knew how important this matter was. Not long after Hou Xiqiao and the others set off, the crown prince led the Jinwu Guard and half of the princes and ministers into the palace in the name of the Qing emperor.

Before Prime Minister Li Sheng could react in the future, the crown prince had already wiped out all of Li Sheng's henchmen, the prime minister's mansion was filled with blood overnight, and all the gold and silver treasures in the mansion were confiscated.

As for Li Sheng's daughter Li Heyan, it is said that she absconded in fear of crime, and her whereabouts are unknown now. After this incident, the emperor regarded himself as the Supreme Emperor, and the throne was naturally abdicated to the crown prince Sima Hong.

A few days later, the enthronement ceremony will be held, and it is said that the queen will also be named.

Now that everyone in the palace is in danger, the new emperor Sima Hong is going all out to hunt down the remnants of the former Prime Minister Li Sheng, and even the police have issued a reward order, and both black and white are chasing and suppressing at the same time.

Hou Xiqiao didn't react too much, but kept thinking deeply. After Xin Mo finished all this, he walked away without giving them a chance to ask questions.

The Jiangzhou garrison is a major force at the frontier. They are good at cavalry. The Xin family has always been the commander of the Jiangzhou garrison, and the other is a general. Xin Mo is the second son of the Xin family, and he is especially good at using guns. It can even charge forward.

Not only that, but he is also a very deep general in the city. If not, in an era when the eldest son is respected, how can he, the second son, get the position of commander when the eldest son is still alive?

It took a lot of time to clean up the battlefield. After checking the number of people, Hou Xiqiao took them back the same way. This time Xianbei suffered a big loss, and he probably won't come back in a short time.

Hou Xiqiao also got the news that the new emperor Sima Hong had sent troops to garrison, and the imperial decree clearly required Hou Xiqiao's troops to return to the court. Since it was Sima Hong's order, Hou Xiqiao had nothing to think about, and just followed suit.

It's just that the loss this time is really beyond his estimate. Of the 5000 sergeants, there are only less than 15 now, and nearly a thousand of them are wounded. Of the [-] dead soldiers, only [-] of them came back alive. people only.

The rest were killed by scouts from the Xianbei tribe. These people were Sima Hong's painstaking efforts, and they were also a force cultivated by Hou Xiqiao's hard work. Now that they are all lost, Hou Xiqiao feels a little unwilling.

After returning to the capital, Bai Tangzhi found that the current capital was no longer as prosperous as it used to be, but a chillingly cold place. There were very few passers-by on the street, and most of the people he saw were in a hurry. Stay on the street.

The Jinwu Guard can be seen in every corner of the capital, but according to Xin Mo, Sima Hong is now the rightful successor, no matter what happens in the capital, it should be celebrated with lights and festoons, why is there a little festive atmosphere now? If not, could it be that another major event happened in the palace?

While Bai Tangzhi was contemplating, Cheng Dan walked over from the side with a solemn expression, as if he had something important to say.

Hou Xiqiao saw that Cheng Dan hesitated to speak, and immediately realized that the matter was no small matter, so he took Bai Tangzhi and Cheng Dan to his house. Hou Xiqiao also wanted to know what happened. , It really made everyone unresponsive.

Cheng Dan told them that the former emperor lived in the palace as the Supreme Emperor, but Sima Hong seemed very unhappy to see such a situation. When he was preparing for the enthronement ceremony, news of the death of the Supreme Emperor suddenly came out of the palace.

But this news was blocked by Sima Hong, and almost everyone who knew about it was executed.

Because Cheng Dan was called into the palace to accompany the Supreme Emperor at that time, but he heard the news that the Supreme Emperor was dead before he arrived. It stands to reason that Cheng Dan should also be silenced, but Sima Hong did not shoot him, but let him go. He has a way out.

After Cheng Dan left the palace, he kept thinking about how to deal with himself. When he was worried, he saw Hou Xiqiao who was about to enter the palace, and he simply told the matter.

Hou Xiqiao was about to discuss this matter, but the eunuch in the palace went to Hou Xiqiao's house first. After he saw Hou Xiqiao, he made it clear that the new emperor Sima Hong wanted Hou Xiqiao and Baitang to enter the palace immediately, without delay , otherwise it will be punished as violating the emperor's order.

Now that the matter was over, Hou Xiqiao had no choice but to take Bai Tangzhi into the palace to see the situation. When they arrived in the palace, they found that the court hall was already full of people, and almost all the officials were waiting for the two of them.

Seeing Hou Xiqiao coming in, Sima Hong got up and got off the dragon chair, took Hou Xiqiao and Bai Tangzhi's hand and led them to the center of the hall, and said to all the officials:

"In this border battle, Hou Qing and Bai Jian's army fought hard against Xianbei, and finally won a complete victory with outnumbered enemies. Although the loss was not small, I thought that Hou Qing and Bai Jian's army shared the worries of the country and sought happiness for the people of the world. There should be a reward, and it is a big reward, what do you guys think?"

"The minister thought that Hou Xiqiao should be appointed as the General Protecting the Country and named as Marquis of Changxin. As for Bai Tangzhi, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials is currently vacant, so he can be appointed as Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

"Okay, very good, I think so too, just do as you say!"

"Absolutely not! Although the frontier battle was won, this battle was only to repel the enemy. Moreover, there are rumors that the Jiangzhou garrison rescued the victory. In terms of merit, it should not be a marquis, let alone Appointing him as a general is unfair reward and punishment!"

"My minister agrees!"

Just like this, one-third of the officials felt that the rewards for Hou Xiqiao and Bai Tangzhi were inappropriate. I hope the emperor can consider it carefully. Among the one-third of the officials, many of them are third-rank above the senior staff.

Sima Hong looked at these people, returned to the dragon chair with a sneer, and then handed over the imperial edict that had been prepared to the eunuch beside him, asking him to read out the contents.

Just before the eunuch opened his mouth, Sima Hong suddenly stopped the eunuch, he said something to the eunuch, and then the eunuch hurriedly left, those ministers kneeling on the hall did not understand the emperor's mind for a while.

Sima Hong asked them to stand up, saying that he would consider their opinions, and put aside the reward for Houxi Bridge, and make a decision later. These officials had no choice but to stand up when they heard this.

But when they got up, these people saw an unprecedented scene.

An extremely alluring woman was sitting on Emperor Sima Hong's lap. The woman was wearing a red dress, most of her jade body was exposed, and there were lip marks on Xiu's fair neck.

She is like a soft water snake wrapped around Sima Hong's body, her eyes are full of confusion, as if she will fall into dust in the next second, and her wonderful crescent eyebrows seem to be the mark of all kinds of charm.

And Emperor Sima Hong, who was stroking the woman's slender body at this moment, touched the forbidden area from time to time, causing the woman to be coquettish, and echoes could be faintly heard in the hall.

Seeing this scene, Bai Tangzhi was so shocked that he couldn't say a word. Although he felt that Sima Hong was not a good person, it was absurd to act like this, but there was no way, who made him the emperor now?

"Yan'er, go, read the imperial decree."

"it is good."

The woman stood up in response, and the clothes on her body fluttered as if hanging on the willow branches. She slowly picked up the imperial decree and read out the contents in a soft voice.

The imperial decree stated that no one should criticize Hou Xiqiao as the general who protects the country, concurrently as the commander of the Jinwu Guard, and conferred the title of marquis, and appointed Bai Tangzhi as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and concurrently as the imperial historian.

After the imperial decree was read, the officials who had just got up reacted, but before they had any objections, the Jinwu Guards hidden in the hall had already rushed forward.

None of these people was spared, and they all died under the knife of the Jinwu Guard. The hall was filled with the smell of blood, and the stumps and broken bodies were placed at the feet. No one dared to move an inch, because no one knew, the next person would be Will be myself.

"Okay, this matter is settled like this. Also, Hou Qing can bring a knife to the court in the future. Don't be cautious. If there is nothing to do, then let's go!"

Bai Tangzhi watched those people's bodies being taken away. He glanced at Hou Xiqiao. This person still did not have the slightest change in emotion. Sima Hong's demonstration with one hand can be regarded as showing Baitangzhi that Ban Junru The scary thing about companion tigers.

But what he didn't understand was why Sima Hong wanted to do this, and what was going on with that woman. Just now, Bai Tangzhi heard Sima Hong call her Yan'er. Could it be that this person is Li Heyan, the daughter of Prime Minister Li Sheng? Isn't she missing?