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The people from Beile came here for Liu Yanzhao's life, and they were merciless in their strikes. Two men in black rushed forward and chopped off their heads with their blades.Xiao Heshan blocked it with gritted teeth, blood spattered from the wound, but the other knife slipped past him, and stabbed Liu Yanzhao in time.

Xiao Heshan turned pale with fright, he could only block with his elbow in desperation, only heard a blunt sound, half of his arm was cut off, and blood sprayed Liu Yanzhao all over his face!

Liu Yanzhao blurted out and exclaimed: "Xiao Heshan!"

Xiao Heshan bit the scream to death, cut the assassin's neck with the blade horizontally, at this moment two silver lights brushed his cheeks, and went straight to Liu Yanzhao who was behind him.

Xiao Heshan's voice was already hoarse, and he hissed, "Be careful, Your Majesty!"

Liu Yanzhao had learned superficial kung fu when he was young, but these years he has been pampered and pampered, there is no room for him to use it. As time goes by, he has long since given it back to his master.He staggered back, accidentally tripping over a brick, and when he fell backwards, he instinctively stretched out his hand for support.

Touched hands full of blood.

Liu Yanzhao had no time to be disgusted, the sharp light of the knife had already caught on between his eyebrows, he lost all thoughts in the cold wind of the knife, and suddenly thought of what Zhang Jingche had said.

——Even the Nine-Five Supremes and the Sons of Ten Thousand Vehicles are not all in control and can do whatever they want.

Liu Yanzhao knew in his heart that he could not be regarded as having excellent aptitude, at least far inferior to the wise and powerful founder of the country.But he has been in the deep palace for a long time, and he is used to hearing the sound of praise. After a long time, he really thinks that he can strategize and calculate everything.

Until Zhang Jingche fled, he slapped him mercilessly.

It wasn't until the sudden appearance of the Bei Le assassin completely disrupted his impeccable layout.

Liu Yanzhao heard the sneer of Death for an instant, and he closed his eyes in despair. The next instant, the sound of piercing the air brushed his temples, and collided with the falling blade.The arrow was quite powerful, and the sound of "ding" had a long aftertaste. Although the blade did not break, the assassin involuntarily took two steps back.

A hand reached out from behind, gave Liu Yanzhao a hand, and helped His Majesty the Emperor, who was half-stained and completely disfigured, from the pool of blood.

Liu Yanzhao was still in shock, and when he looked back, he was frightened a second time: "You...why are you!"

The person who came dressed in white clothes like snow and green bamboo was none other than Zhang Jingche.

He let go of Liu Yanzhao's hand and found that his fingers were stained with blood. He couldn't help showing disgust, took out the silk from his sleeve, wiped it carefully, and said without raising his head: "Jian Zhaoting will live, and the rest will die." whether."

Before Liu Yanzhao recovered his senses, countless footsteps jumped down from the wall, and the man in black seemed to be a well-trained beast. He jumped out of the dormant shadow and fought with the Beile assassin.

Liu Yanzhao took a closer look and found that the moves of these people were so familiar, they were actually the elite Youyun Guard who was taken away by Zhang Jingche back then.These people followed Zhang Jingche through the wind and snow in northern Xinjiang, and through the wild sand in the desert, as if they were born with stubborn iron spirits, far from being able to compare with Jinyiwei who guarded the splendid and prosperous place.Even in a head-to-head fight, they were not afraid of anyone, and even fought on equal terms with the Beile assassin.

Zhang Jingche crumpled the dirty silk and threw it at his feet casually: "I heard that the honorable Bei Le Ke Chi Dun is here, and I dare you to invite His Highness Ke Chi Dun to enter the palace for a glass of water and wine. I wonder if I can honor him?"

No one spoke, and what responded to him was the silent and stern sound of swordsmen.

"Beile Khan has extraordinary means, and he planted a killer move in Beijing early in the morning, which is really admirable," Zhang Jingche said with a faint smile, "If I'm not wrong, your 'nail' has already started to act, right?"

Beile Assassin still didn't speak, but exchanged surprised and uncertain messages with his eyes.

Liu Yanzhao couldn't hold back, and blurted out: "What nails? What killer moves do they have?"

Zhang Jingche didn't bother to talk to him, took out the folding fan from his sleeve, and stroked the fan bone with great love: "You took advantage of the internal troubles in the palace, colluded with the aristocratic family to make trouble, and held the huge capital in your hands. You missed someone."

He raised his eyelids, with affectionate smiles in the corners of his eyes: "The Marquis of Dingbian has arrived."

Liu Yanzhao seemed to want to say something, but he opened his mouth and forcibly held back. The stormy offensive of the Beile people suddenly slowed down, and You Yunwei caught the opportunity to counterattack.During the fierce battle, only the leader of the Beile people said in a gloomy voice: "Don't listen to his alarmist words, the Marquis of Dingbian is still in the northwest, and he dare not act without the emperor's will!"

"The decree was issued half a month ago," Zhang Jingche said with a smile. "Half a month ago, the Huihe Huqi invaded the Central Plains, and the imperial court granted the Northwest Army a license to act cheaply. It's just that the distinguished guests of Beile don't know that this group of Huihe Huqi Riding so boldly, he even bypassed the border guards from the old place of Beile, and approached the capital directly through Jizhou..."

Liu Yanzhao's face changed in horror, and he heard Zhang Jingche continue nonchalantly: "Yang Hou led Qingqi to follow all the way, counting the itinerary, and now he is almost at the Nine Gates of the capital."

The Beile Assassins and the Yulin Army changed their faces regardless of you and me.

Zhang Jingche turned his head and smiled with a good temper: "Although the frontier troops are not allowed to enter the city without the emperor's will, His Majesty the Emperor of the Central Plains court is here, and the order is just a matter of his words..."

Without hesitation, Liu Yanzhao turned around and ordered Jin Yiwei who was guarding beside him: "Send someone to meet Marquis Dingbian, and then pass on my order to order him to enter the city immediately to arrest the rebels. If there are any rebels in the corner, they will be punished as treacherous criminals, and they will be killed!"

Jin Yiwei agreed and left quickly.

"Do you want to continue shouting and killing, or should you send someone to the gate of the city to see if I'm alarmist?" Zhang Jingche patted his palms with a folding fan, and smiled leisurely, "There is an old saying in the Central Plains that you can stay as long as you want." The green hills are here, so we are not afraid of running out of firewood...Of course, Great Yin is a country of etiquette and has always been hospitable, if you want to stay in the capital for a few days, we welcome you."

The Beile man gritted his teeth, his falcon-like eyes plucked out Zhang Jingche's body, and swept away like a whirlwind.

As soon as the Beile assassin left, the Imperial Forest Army was powerless to recover, and was soon defeated by the double pressure of Jin Yiwei and You Yunwei.The commander of the Imperial Forest Army, Jian Zhaoting, was tied up and brought to Liu Yanzhao.

Emperor Xinglong was furious, and he raised his leg and kicked Jian Zhaoting: "Bold and rebellious, it's in vain that I have valued your Jian family for many years, and then single-handedly promoted you to the position of commander of the Imperial Forest Army. Is this how you repay me!"

Jian Zhaoting's face was covered with blood, knowing that the situation was over, he simply stopped struggling.He raised his head, his gloomy gaze passed over Liu Yanzhao, and settled on Zhang Jingche: "When it comes to today's meanness and lack of kindness, crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, no one knows better than Commander Zhang... You live among the people and hide your name, isn't it just worshiping today? A gift? Presumably you are aware of this, so you secretly cultivated a group of confidants and dead men, and left yourself a way out early. It’s just that you have already left, so why bother to come back to the muddy waters of the capital? The idea of ​​the sparrow behind?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yanzhao's surprised and suspicious eyes turned. Zhang Jingche knew that Jian Zhaoting was trying to sow discord, but he was not in the mood to argue. He said lazily, "What's my idea? What are you doing? Commander Jian Instead of wasting words in vain, it is better to think about the joint trial of the three judges in the future, how to confess the crimes so that we can have a good time and avoid the pain of being torn apart."

Jian Zhaoting gritted his teeth, realizing that today's plan was completely lost to Zhang Jingche alone, and he couldn't help but roared: "Commander Zhang, you were in charge of Jinyiwei and Youyunwei back then, and you worked hard and worked hard. What's the result? Zang, who was forced out of the capital, is it possible to repeat the same mistakes now? If you are willing to change your course, you will be indispensable from the success of the dragon, and when the time comes, the power will fall to the government, wouldn't it be more enjoyable than being blamed at every turn?"

Zhang Jingche turned the folding fan and retracted Kankan's raised footsteps. For a moment, Jian Zhaoting almost thought that he had persuaded this man.

Liu Yanzhao put his heart into his throat, fearing that Zhang Jingche would be provoked by Jian Zhaoting, he hurriedly said, "Ming Huang..."

Just as he started, Zhang Jingche suddenly raised his palm and blocked the words that Emperor Xinglong had said.

"What's the point of having power?" Zhang Jingche said softly, "You can't afford what I want."

He was not interested in talking nonsense with Jian Zhaoting, so he made a gesture, You Yunwei grabbed Jian Zhaoting's collar, and blocked his mouth firmly.

Liu Yanzhao had just recovered from his shock, looking at the calm Zhang Jingche, he couldn't tell whether he was touched or grateful.Although he valued Zhang Jingche, and asked himself, he never really lowered his head to see him—in Liu Yanzhao's heart, no matter how amazing, talented, and thoughtful this man is, he is Ling Xiaohua attached to the imperial power, even if he has Ling Yun in his heart If you want to, you can only break the hands of the emperor.

He never expected that the dignified Ninth Five-Year Supreme would really be reduced to the point where he was rescued by a defected foreign minister.

Liu Yanzhao had mixed emotions in his heart, and looked at Zhang Jingche with complicated eyes. After a while, he said, "I didn't expect you to come back... Today, you contributed a lot to clearing up the chaotic party, I..."

Zhang Jingche didn't wait for him to finish, and cut off immediately: "Your Majesty, it's too early to say that."

Liu Yanzhao was taken aback: "What?"

Zhang Jingche glanced at him, as if mocking, but also as if pity: "The remnants of the aristocratic family in Beijing still exist, and the nails planted by the Beile people have not been pulled out. Let's talk about your majesty's situation after the situation calms down."

Liu Yanzhao was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses: "You... Didn't you just say that the Marquis of Dingbian brought his troops back to help and has arrived under the Nine Gates of the capital?"

Zhang Jingche rubbed his forehead, he was so tired that he didn't want to speak, Xu Shen, who was directing You Yunwei to deal with the aftermath, continued, "Return to Your Majesty, Yang Hou has indeed brought his troops back to help, but the journey is far away, and it will take half a day to reach the capital... If the master hadn't said that just now, the Beile people would definitely not be willing to retreat, and when a fight really broke out, no one would take care of His Majesty, and the dragon's body would inevitably be injured in the scuffle."

Xu Shen's words were respectful, but Liu Yanzhao showed a hint of sarcasm for no reason, and he couldn't hold back for a while.But he has not lost his mind after all, knowing that this is not the time to care about these things, so he has no choice but to hold back his breath.

"You mean...there are still remnants of the northern barbarians in Beijing?" Liu Yanzhao frowned, thinking of the danger just now, his eyes suddenly became cold, "I will order Jin Yiwei to mobilize the imperial army and take down these rebellious officials and thieves together !"

Zhang Jingche glanced at him, and was about to say something when a loud chirp came from above his head.Without thinking about it, he sucked his lips and whistled. A moment later, a golden eagle landed on the cloud and landed on his arm.

Zhang Jingche took down the newspaper with ease, and just glanced at it twice, his expression suddenly changed.Without looking back, he ordered: "Send a letter to Marquis Yang, the idea has changed, tell him to be careful."

Xu Shen bowed his head in agreement.

Liu Yanzhao didn't realize it: "What do you mean? What does this letter say?"

Zhang Jingche gave him a gouged look coldly: "Keeping tigers and wolves by your side, you still treat them like cats and dogs... I really don't know whether to say you are stupid or ignorant!"

Liu Yanzhao has a noble status, and has never been ridiculed like this before. No matter how good he is, he can't suppress his anger: "You...you are presumptuous!"

Zhang Jingche withdrew his gaze, and was indifferent to the emperor's anger: "Let your people dispatch the imperial army... If they can still be mobilized, let them go to the Meridian Gate to stand by."

After all, Liu Yanzhao did not lose his mind. Hearing the words, he immediately suppressed his anger and said thoughtfully, "You mean...the imperial army can't be moved now?"

"The two most important forces in the capital are the Forbidden Army and the Imperial Forest Army. The Imperial Army guards the Nine Gates, and the Imperial Forest Army guards Miyagi. Now that the Imperial Forest Army has defected, even if the aristocratic family cannot bring the Imperial Army under its command, they will not allow the 2 troops to become their own. The enemy in the belly and back," Zhang Jingche lowered his head and gently stroked the fan bone, "Didn't His Majesty do something like this once before?"

Liu Yanzhao's expression slightly changed when he recalled the past incident when he ordered You Yunwei to assassinate the former commander of the Forbidden Army.

Subsequent events proved that Zhang Jingche's understanding of the aristocratic family was well-understood. At this time, the Forbidden Army was indeed in disarray. Loyal and loyal, the other was born in a collateral line of the Fang family. According to his seniority, he had to call Fang Zhen "uncle", so he naturally became a pawn of the family.

Commander Chang died suddenly, and the deputy commander surnamed Fang immediately took out a forged Queen Mother's edict, saying that today's unfilial, no sage king style, and was deceived by traitors, ordered the forbidden army to enter the palace Qingjun side.His colleagues naturally didn't believe it, and they insisted that the imperial army was the emperor's own army, and they were not allowed to move without an imperial edict. The two parties couldn't stop arguing, and Commander Fang lost his patience: "Are you determined to disobey the Queen Mother's edict?"

Colleagues are neither humble nor overbearing: "We are the Son of Heaven's pro-army, only know the Holy One, not others..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly opened his eyes wide, only to see a short blade pierced through his waist and abdomen, tearing through the flesh and blood along the way, revealing a sinister knife point at the back.

This person never expected that his colleague, who was sitting down to drink the day before, would kill him without hesitation, his eyes almost popped out, his throat was filled with a lot, and he slipped and fell to the ground with blood all over his body. Converged into a small puddle.

Commander Fang pulled out his waist knife, wiped the dead man's robe twice, and said without raising his head, "Now, who else wants to resist the order?"

The surrounding area was quiet, and the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army expressed surprise and uncertainty with their silent eyes.

Commander Fang nodded in satisfaction, and said loudly: "Give me an order to seal the nine gates of the capital. No one is allowed to enter or leave without the Queen Mother's order!"

The sound of the last word fell, and there was a muffled thunder above the head without warning. This seemed to be an ominous signal, and it started the biggest disaster in the history of the Great Yin Li Dynasty in a century.

The imperial capital, which is used to prosperity, trembled in the sound of horseshoes. Countless armored cavalry rushed out from the depths of the shadows, and the blades fell, bringing endless bloody storms.

The people who woke up from their sleep ran and wailed, and behind them were houses and courtyards that suddenly burst into flames.They cried loudly in the cold wind: "It's the Beile people... The Beile people have entered the capital!"