However, in more than half a year, Xu Houcong, who was in his prime, looked haggard and thinner. He was young and strong, was originally popular, but when there was a big problem in the ceremony of establishing the crown prince, he stood against the Emperor of Northern Yan, who had always valued him. But even so, he should not underestimate him, with the imperial guards in his hand. But who would have thought that his own children and disciples would betray him!

When the news came, the one who was most shocked and angry was not others, but himself!

For this reason, Xu Houcong spent countless efforts, bowed down, and finally overcame the desperate situation that almost knocked him to the bottomless abyss, but he also paid a huge price. Now, although he has given the Korean princess, even the unknown harem of Emperor Beiyan, Shu Concubine Shu in the room, was considered a success and a boundless blessing, but only he himself knew the pain.

He didn't dare to linger in the gentle land of the two women. He didn't usually say anything about his lust. Occasionally, he would go back to his room to sleep alone after the spring breeze, because he was worried that he would say something he shouldn't say in his sleep, and he was even worried that he would be plotted against when he was asleep. But even if he sleeps alone, he would never sleep for more than three hours every night, and sometimes he would even suffer from insomnia all night.

In order to maintain his maximum capital for survival, Xu Houcong dared not abandon his shooting skills and must get up early every day to practice riding and shooting. Although he has established a certain prestige among the group of guards that he finally won, it is extremely burdened for his body. At this moment, when he faces the thousands of soldiers and civilians, he can't help but feel dizzy in his mind.

Thinking of the thing he originally planned to do, even if Xu Houcong was unwilling to do so, he had to cheer up and face the situation that was turning upside down at this moment.

To be safe, Shangjing City, which has undergone a cleanup, is naturally safer than Nanjing. However, the head of Shangjing City is Princess Huoshan, Xiao Qingqing, who is under the banner of the Empress of Civil and Military Affairs, and the sixth prince's father-in-law, Prince Huaian, and other powerful people are also ulterior motives and deceitful. He is just a short seller, so when Qi Xuan, the left-behind Nanjing, finds him, he is moved.

Knowing that he, a guy who rebelled again and again, would be able to be enemies when he stayed in Shangjing City, so he tried his best to persuade the Sixth Prince who also did not want to be a puppet, and came out with the banner of the imperial commander himself. Of course, he set up a suspicion in advance, and used hunting as an excuse to persuade a group of princes and nobles who were also incompatible with the old nobles in Shangjing City, which only brought more than a thousand people to this Nanjing City.

When he found that no one was chasing him in the capital, he judged that Xiao Qingqing and the powerful had reached a consensus and agreed to the Sixth Prince's independent action. He was overjoyed and was afraid that he would regret it. He urged the Sixth Prince to speed up his journey along the way.

He planned to start a new business in Nanjing, and the other princes and nobles also planned. As soon as a group of people arrived, they found that Qi Xuan, the one who was left behind in Nanjing, was a weak and bullied person. They opened their bloody mouths like a wolve and seized control of Nanjing City.

Especially when Qi Xuan chose to give in every confrontation, everyone, including Xu Houcong, felt that the other party was not afraid. Even Xu Houcong himself was still wary of his former allies, but seeing that Qi Xuan was ready to free up two deputy left-behind positions, he relaxed his vigilance and focused his energy on Xiao Jingxian, who was more difficult to deal with.

The excuse of meeting Xiao Jingxian to discuss surrendering and returning to Nanwu was his deliberate move.

But now it was the agreed time, but Xu Houcong had no way to escape and meet Xiao Jingxian. He felt naturally aggrieved when he thought of missing the best opportunity to capture the demon king alive. When he rode his horse over a team of guards who were facing a great enemy and truly faced the black military and civilians, he even developed a deep murderous intent.

Naturally, he would not believe that this was just angering the military and civilians because of the death of a mere deputy left-behind person, so that so many people spontaneously came to the front of the palace to confess their love. He has never seen a clean official in his life, but as long as they offend the wealthy family and powerful families, most of them will end up miserably. Even if the people are heartbroken about this and cry like rain, they will not have the courage to resist the court.

Therefore, Xu Houcong glanced at the officers and soldiers scattered around him quietly, stared at the people in the middle who were obviously ordinary people for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "This general Xu Houcong, is in charge of the imperial guards under the emperor's will. Last night, Deputy Qin was killed by the left-behind guard. The emperor already knew about it and was preparing to investigate thoroughly..."

The people who were originally gathered here who were full of energy did not dare to interrupt Xu Houcong's words easily, but the officers and soldiers would not be so honest. As soon as Xu Houcong's thorough investigation finished, someone had already refuted it angrily.

"What a thorough investigation! It seems that the streets are being investigated, but the superiors have long passed the orders, saying that it was the emperor's will, and only the civilians were investigated. This time, the powerful families who accompanied Nanjing were not allowed to be alarmed. Even a slave was nobler than us. This was a joke!"

"That's right, ordinary soldiers, civilians, who would collude with Xiao Jingxian? Only those greedy and despicable officials would collude with Xiao Jingxian and seek their own glory and wealth!"

"If you want to investigate, check it together! Otherwise, if a deputy Qin stays behind today, more people will die next time! Or, if you who come out of the capital are counted, we can bully people in Nanjing!"

After two middle-aged officers spoke loudly, Xu Houcong saw that the crowd became angry and protesting sounds one after another. Even the people who seemed timid at first joined the clamoring team.

Until this moment, he was just now holding a hint of luck and thought he could suppress the situation and finally understood that the previous step of concessions between Qi Xuan, the left-behind Nanjing, was not to compromise, but to retreat to advance, and the final blow was fatal!

He didn't care about thinking about Xiao Jingxian anymore, and shouted loudly until the crowd finally calmed down. He shouted in a deep voice: "The emperor had merciful mercy on Lord Qin's death before. There was already a saying before. Lord Qi, left behind in Nanjing, will lead the investigation of Lord Qin's death thoroughly. Now Nanjing City is allowed to enter and leave, and the murderer will definitely not escape! I will naturally tell the emperor your voice. But so many of you gather here, and those who don't know think it's a rebellion. Do you think it's a consequence?"

When the Sixth Prince sent him out, he had a first statement and could not give in because there were many people outside. If possible, it would be better to kill one or two people who made trouble to establish their authority. Although Xu Houcong had to bite the bullet and agree, he sneered in his heart.

Killing is easy and hard to end. Once you kill someone casually, aren’t you afraid of the remaining crowds being angry and making a false act?

But at the moment, he had to take out the last weight, hoping to scare people with the word rebellion.

Xu Houcong did not expect to scare the soldiers, but hoped that the ordinary people who were foolishly involved in this matter would wake up. As long as these people retreated, he would at least have hope of controlling the situation. However, among the ants who he thought he could scare, a disdainful sneer came from the ant people.

"General Xu started his own business by rebellion. Are you still planning to beat us into rebels who cannot turn over? You are clearly protecting those dog officials who followed the emperor to Nanjing to be arrogant! What achievements did they have to Dayan? When they first arrived, they made Nanjing a mess and even occupied the houses of Nanjing officials. What are they!"

Yue Qianqiu didn't expect that Xiao Jingxian was not satisfied with being the mastermind behind the scenes, so he actually came forward to confront Xu Houcong in person. Although his tone and tone were completely different from Xiao Jingxian in the past, Xu Houcong was no better than others. He was able to bend, stretch and endure, and at the same time he was cunning and wise. What if he could associate it?

Just as he was sweating, Xu Houcong shouted sternly: "Come here, take this guy who is sowed in broad daylight and asks for a question!"

Yue Qianqiu couldn't help but curse Xiao Jingxian to cause trouble, but the next moment, the guy next to him saw a group of guards coming forward. Not only did he restrain or retreat, he shouted loudly: "I am the family of Deputy Sui of Nanjing! Last night, Deputy Qin was killed. Will it be my turn to be Mr. Sui of my family? Think about it, since the people of Shangjing followed the emperor to Nanjing, from Nanjing City to the entire Nanjing Road, what kind of chaos has become?"

"Since the emperor asked General Xu, a capricious rebel, to come to see us and refused to accept our request, it's up to us to seek justice! Let's go to those dog officials who can only collude with Xiao Jingxian and only bully our own people!"

I have never seen anyone so shameless, cursing myself without changing his face and heart...

Yue Qianqiu's thought once again occupied his mind, and then he found that there were many harmony sounds around him, most of whom were from the army, and they were all yelling to kill those dog officials! Although Xiao Jingxian easily entered Yongqing, Xiao Jin, who was guarding Yongqing, seemed like Xiao Jingxian's guard, but he did not believe that Xiao Jingxian had so many fans in Nanjing City, and he was more inclined to think that except for a few insiders, the others followed the instructions of Qi Xuan, the left-behind Nanjing.

Sure enough, as the harmony sounds surged around the crowd like a tide, the guards who started to obey Xu Houcong's orders hurriedly retreated back to their original place without thinking. The soldiers who had just gathered from all directions and surrounded the people who were originally provoking trouble once again showed an extremely high level of cooperation.

Because Yue Qianqiu saw that the front army turned into the back team, he was involuntarily wrapped in a direction and turned toward the opposite direction to the palace. At this moment, he looked around. None of the ordinary people who were initially shrunk and regretful were seen, and instead he was excited and excited.

Obviously, the army and I shared the same hatred of the enemy, and now the ones are about to overturn the princes and nobles who have become arrogant and domineering after coming to Nanjing. These ordinary people are filled with joy.

Being hidden in the crowd, Yue Qianqiu didn't want to make such an eye-catching move as turning his head and tiptoing. Therefore, of course, he couldn't see Xu Houcong's face that seemed to be rusty, nor did Xu Houcong's fist that was almost bursting, nor could he see a word that he was about to squirm on his lips.

As for the word "kill" that had reached the mouth, Xu Houcong didn't yell at all. What did he use to deal with this crowd of at least more than two thousand people, including more than one thousand five hundred officers and soldiers?

He knew very well that the Sixth Prince had only more than 1,000 people around him, one of which was an imperial guard and a small part of them were guards. Because of the lack of security, the Sixth Prince would guarantee that he had more than 800 defenses around him. Only when he visited Xie Xiaoxiao last night, the Light Che Jian only brought dozens of guards. But because of this, I heard that Tianfeng had died early this morning, and the Sixth Prince's mood was almost out of control. When he heard that the military and civilians surrounded the palace, he was almost scattered.

That's why he ordered him to kill and establish his authority!

But at this time, if he couldn't keep calm and ordered the guards to kill some rebellious parties, then perhaps these rebel soldiers and civilians who were following the princes and nobles would directly attack the palace! What's more, he could say that he could only rely on the trust of the sixth prince in him, so he could barely put the bridle around the neck of the guards, but now he looked at these guards...

Seeing the thousands of people leaving, the faces of these guards were relieved except for anger and dissatisfaction!

When the confrontation in front of the palace was reported by a trusted eunuch Liang Wuer, the sixth prince was shocked and angry, and smashed the glass cup he had originally been in his hand to the ground. However, when several newly selected maids left in the room were panicked and kneeled on the ground, Liang Wuer changed his smile.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry. This incident happened suddenly today, but to be honest, it will be beneficial to the emperor or not."

"Tell me, how can it be beneficial or harmful?"

He glanced at the Sixth Prince's face, and saw that he had relieved his anger a little, but still frowned. Liang Wuer made a fist and shouted out loud and shouted back the maids. Then he lowered his voice and said, "Can the emperor really trust the princes and nobles who came out with us? He brought them to hunt to fool the capital. Now, by using these military and civilians who are causing trouble, he has eliminated all the troublemakers. Isn't it all the constraints? It's not that the villain talks too much, Lord Qi is much more respectful to you than they do."

This time, the Sixth Prince was a little moved. But when he thought that he was surrounded by a group of rioters, he still felt extremely unhappy. At this time, Liang Wuer had just used his last killer move.

"In the final analysis, General Xu's ability is limited, and he can't handle this situation at all! Even the emperor asked him to kill one or two people to establish his authority, he never obeyed the order! Although the emperor now only relies on him, and it is not good to blame him for it, he can't be punished at all."

Thinking of Xu Houcong's cowardice, the Sixth Prince couldn't help but feel deeply, but he was still a little confused: "He is my man now, if I punish him..."
Chapter completed!