She fell out after crying at the wrong grave

Mao time, outside the city gate.

Hengzhi sat on his horse, the armor on his body reflecting a little of the light of dawn in the east, shining brightly.

At this moment, the troops were gathered outside the city, and the procedure of using courtesy before force had just come to the point where the manifesto to attack Jin Feng was read out all night. The words were extremely sharp, and it was written by Huai Chengbai himself.

But it seems to be of little effect.

The miserable wails in the city continued all night long. It seemed that a peaceful solution was impossible.

For fear that Jin Feng would really massacre civilians, we had to fight quickly and break through the city gate.

"Governor." Shi Ding rode over from behind and stopped behind Heng Zhi. "The logs and slings are ready. As you ordered, no kerosene is used."

"Yeah." Hengzhi responded indifferently.

Most of the houses in the capital were made of wood, and once kerosene was used, it would be no different from arson. Although this saved a lot of effort, after all, they were here to serve the emperor, and setting fire under the emperor's feet would be a waste of Ah-an's efforts to return.

"Watch out when you do it, don't let anyone take advantage of you."

In order to prevent the Youbei people from returning and causing the border to be lost, Li Chongxuan led his men back halfway.

This time, even though the reputation of the expedition was great, they only brought 30,000 people, and Li Chongxuan took 1,000 with him. But they recruited people along the way, some defected and some joined the army willingly. All in all, there are now 50,000 to 60,000 people.

It was precisely because the Qinwang Army had strict rules that they were not allowed to trample on people's livelihood, burn, kill, and rob wherever they went. In addition, they had a legitimate reason to fight, and the people were already suffering, so they were very popular.

"Hengzhi boys, you actually dared to forge the late emperor's will and march troops to the imperial city. Don't you respect the emperor? You are a traitor and you must be killed today!" On the city wall, the man in armor is Su Tong, the husband of Jin Feng's eldest daughter, who commands the Sixteen Guards.

The Sixteen Guards is a general term for all the imperial guards and palace soldiers in the imperial city. In the final analysis, they are the emperor's personal soldiers, specifically responsible for guarding the capital.

And ever since Jin Feng married his daughter to Su Tong, the in-law relationship plus the various interest relationships he deliberately constructed made Su Tong rise to prominence almost overnight, taking control of the entire Sixteen Guards and becoming the person with the most military power in the capital.

Naturally, he stood on Jin Feng's side.

Hengzhi laughed nonchalantly, his face was cold and his eyes were sharp. He did not try to hide his murderous aura, and the long sword he carried knocked against the saddle with a buzzing sound. His excitement at the sight of a battle seemed to be able to cut through the dawn.

Even though Curry picked up the knife at random, it was just a handy knife, but once it saw blood, it became unstoppable.

"How can we talk about treason when we are ordered to suppress bandits?"

"Humph! Where did you get the order from? You dare not present it, and you still say it is not forged?" Su Tong arrogantly believed that there was no shortage of food and grass in the city, the Sixteen Guards were strong enough, and the defense of the city gate was solid, so he would not lose. "Why don't you surrender quickly? Grandpa will reward you with a corpse to be buried with me!"

Taoxing under the seat had been kicking impatiently for a long time, and Hengzhi gave it a light scolding, making it calm down.

"Want to see it?" The voice was low and sarcastic, "Do you think you deserve it?"

The plaque on the city gate reads "Chongdu". Over the years, not only has the city wall changed color, but the plaque is no longer bright.

Hengzhi stared at the plaque with a calm look, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

In the more than twenty years that he had lived, he had hardly ever thought of the scene of the enemy at the gates today.

If you really do it, you will find that overthrowing imperial power is nothing but boring.

Seeing that he didn't say anything and didn't make him angry, Su Tong couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

"Governor, when do we start?" Yuan Chengxin asked.

"Not urgent."

He is waiting.

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A solemn bell sound suddenly rang from a distance. It was the clock of Chongwen Tower, announcing that the hour of Chen had arrived.

"Siege!"

Wait for an auspicious time.

Heng Zhi suddenly raised his hand, snatched a crossbow loaded with arrows from the archer beside him, glanced at Su Tong's position, and shot an arrow in an instant.

It hit Su Tong right between his eyebrows.

Su Tong didn't even feel the pain. He felt a chill on his forehead and fell down with his eyes open.

Afterwards, countless stones were thrown onto the city wall, followed by bows and arrows. The city defense that Su Tong was proud of suddenly became a sitting duck.

"Leave no one behind."

At this moment, the imperial palace was also a sitting duck.

Jin Feng is here to take someone away.

He dispatched hundreds of palace soldiers and rushed into the palace with weapons. His targets were clear: Jin Zhaoyi, who had just given birth to a prince, the new emperor of Chong'an Palace, and Xuancheng, who took advantage of the chaos to enter the palace last night.

The rest of the palace maids and eunuchs kept trying to flee in all directions, but they were unarmed and could not hide from Jin Feng's palace soldiers who were armed with swords.

From the Golden Throne Hall to the entire inner palace, it was soon covered in blood.

Ah'ao listened to the noisy noise outside and leaned leisurely against the door of Chong'an Palace, as if nothing had happened. She folded her arms and looked at her uncle Shen Zhuo, who was sitting on the ground in front of her with his eyes closed.

"What are you doing here?" Shen Zhuo's temperament has become much more serious since he started seeking the immortal way.

Ah-yi found it funny and curled her lips, "I am laughing at you." Shen Zhuo was already at the end of his rope. Not to mention that his previous mental illness had never been cured, he had lost his appetite and took an excessive amount of pills, which contained a fatal amount of cinnabar. His face turned black and blue, and he looked like a walking corpse.

Seeing him like this, Ah'an suddenly felt very happy.

"Hmph." Shen Zhuo didn't open his eyes. A slight sneer made him gasp for breath. "I'm going to die today. Do you think... do you think you can survive?" He said the last few words with gritted teeth, as if he had used up all his strength.

"So what?" Ah-yi didn't care. "If you die first, I'll be happy."

She was still wearing the same dress stained with Jin Zhaoyi's blood, and her hair was disheveled around her forehead. A bamboo hairpin held up her long hair, making her look very neat.

Taking off her skirt and crossing her legs as before, Ah-yi sat in front of Shen Zhuo, her heart as calm as water.

"Does the emperor's uncle regret it? From the beginning, he forced my mother to death and beat my maid to death." She tilted her head, as if puzzled, but with the simplest question, it pierced Shen Zhuo's heart like a sharp knife, "Achieving the Tao and becoming an immortal, and never dying when old, what a beautiful vision. Throughout history, there have been countless wise kings, but they all died when their lifespans were up. What makes you think you can achieve the Tao and become an immortal?"

The corners of Shen Zhuo's mouth twitched and his body trembled violently.

"Do I need to explain everything that the Emperor's uncle did in front of the portrait of the ancestor?"

"How dare you!" Shen Zhuo suddenly opened his eyes, which were already turbid, like a puddle of muddy water. He stared at Ah-yi tightly, as if a ghost was haunting her and would not stop until she died.

"You want to live forever, but it's impossible." Ah's red lips slightly opened, bit by bit destroying his last bit of rationality, "The immortal master you trust so much was hired by Hengzhi without spending a penny. The borax and cinnabar are already highly poisonous, and they tricked you into eating them little by little, and then eating more. Do you feel your body is floating? That's because you are poisoned and your brain is damaged. You allocated a lot of money to those Taoists to make elixirs, and they immediately distributed the money to the people. You hate them, don't you?"

"No! Impossible!"

"How is it impossible!" Ah-yi came closer and grabbed Shen Zhuo's collar, "Did you see the blood on my body? That was from Xiao Jin's childbirth. You must have been so happy to know that she had a son, right?"

"But don't you find it strange that you haven't been able to have children for many years?"

Shen Zhuo was in a trance for a moment.

"It's all thanks to your good brother." Ah-yi loosened her hand and gently pushed him, and Shen Zhuo fell to the ground. "When you saw Shen Yu-ren and Xiao Jin-shi diligently taking care of you at your sickbed, why didn't you think about how they took off their clothes and rolled together at night to give birth to a child?"

After saying that, Ah-yi stood up and looked around the magnificent Chong'an Palace. "In fact, if you were not so anxious to kill Shen Cong and take the throne yourself, these red walls might not have taken revenge on you so quickly. Since you moved into this Chong'an Palace, you feel that your mood has become much more agitated. Sometimes you get mad and angry for no reason, and you have nightmares at night, which is very difficult to endure."

Shen Zhuo's face was pressed against the cold ground, and his hair had long since fallen apart when he sat down. The palace eunuchs had all fled for their lives, leaving no one to wash and tie his hair.

His eyes were wide open, but his hands were still clawing in the air, trying to hold on to Ah'ao tightly.

"Thanks to your good brother, it was because he hated Emperor Wu An that you and Shen Cong were so infatuated with each other, unable to sleep at night, and now you have no children or grandchildren."

"Kill...kill..."

"Who are you going to kill? Me?" A'ao asked softly.

Shen Zhuo was in a mess, but he still stubbornly repeated the word.

It seemed as if all the hatred in his life was poured into this.

Ah'ao took advantage of the moment, turned him over, and covered his face with her sleeves.

Shen Zhuo was already unable to move. His dragon robe was usually thick and complicated, but now it was piled up to cover his mouth and nose, and it would soon become a weapon that would send him to hell.

He struggled weakly for a while, but soon stopped moving.

A'an watched quietly.

Not long after, a group of people rushed in with knives.

"His Majesty has passed away! She was the one who killed His Majesty!" The tip of the knife pointed directly at A'ao's neck, and the voice was so loud that it seemed as if she had been waiting for this moment to come.

Ah'ao was surrounded by swords, and every vital point on her body was against the sharp blades.

Jin Feng walked into the palace with a smile, "Long time no see, Princess Xuancheng."

Behind her, Jin Zhaoyi was still wearing a single piece of clothing and a hood, holding a child in her arms, and was dragged in.

Holding the emperor hostage is a method that never tires. Now that the old emperor is dead, isn't the one in our arms the new emperor?

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be so rude, but the princess' husband is out there and is in high spirits. He wants to kill me." Jin Feng still looked kind, but his appearance made people feel sick. "I have to give something in exchange for my life."

The implication is that they want to take them hostage.

"Please do as you please." Ah-yi looked him straight in the eye. "As long as Jin Xiang thinks I am valuable, how can I say no if a knife is placed on my neck?"

"My husband! My husband! It's bad! They broke through the city gate and are heading towards the palace!"

"Good! Good!" Jin Feng clapped his hands vigorously. "Princess and your husband have been separated for a long time. Today I will do a good deed and reunite you two, okay?"

"Take her away!" the man in armor shouted loudly, and the tip of the knife behind him kept pressing against A's back.

She was forced to keep moving forward.

Go through Chong'an Gate, pass through Jinluan Hall, and walk to Duanli Gate.

It's good to meet each other, but it's too embarrassing like this.

Ah'ao looked down at herself and smiled bitterly.

(End of this chapter)