Maoshi.

When the mighty army arrived at the city gate, they were all soldiers of Dasheng, and they still felt oppressed by the army.

The general guarding the city swallowed nervously, looking for a familiar figure among the thousands of troops, so as to feel at ease.

The guard became even more panicked when he couldn't find it, and shouted, "Who is under the city?"

No one in the city answered.

Xiang Changbo rushed up to the tower, and the guard quickly saluted as if seeing a savior, "General."

He waved his hand to Chang Bo, turned around and looked down the city, looking at the crowd of people with a stern expression, and said in a deep voice, "Wait for Ah Ning's signal."

The gates of the city were closed tightly, no one made a sound, the two sides were in a stalemate, birds flew in the sky, and the soldiers remained motionless.

"Da da da!"

The sound of horseshoes broke through the roaring Ling Feng, as sharp as a long sword piercing the sky, and it sounded in the silence, making it difficult to ignore.

Everyone was watching, only to see a person in the queue riding a pure black horse, walking slowly out to an open place, dressed in armor, bloodstained, the tall horse tail fluttering in the wind, with a straight back, holding a spear, wherever he wentThere were bloodstains all over the place, his eyes were sharp and his aura was compelling.

"I am General Chang Wei! Quickly open the city gate!"

Looking up at Chang Ning, although he is in a low place, his aura is not weak, like a victor.

Seeing this, Xiang Changbo raised his frown, and before he could ask, the guard at the side asked in a trembling voice, "I'm ordered to defend the city, and the bandits don't dare to let them go without cutting off their heads."

"The leader of the thief is here, let him go quickly!"

Xiang Changning reached out to pick up the two packages hanging on the side of the horse. The red was dazzling, and the packages were still dripping blood. The blood stains left by her passing were caused by these things.

When the guard saw the two packages in her hand, the blood flowed and gathered on the ground, but after a while, a pool of blood formed on the ground, and he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

"Open the city gate."

Xiang Changbo's brows that had only been stretched were frowned again, and he hurriedly went down the city tower after giving orders that could not be denied. The city gate opened, and Xiang Changning slowly entered the city with a spear in one hand and a man/head in the other.

He stood at the gate of the city to meet her, looking at the dried blood on her face, and the unhealed wound on her jaw, which was shocking. When he saw her come back, besides being relieved, he was full of distress and guilt, "Ah Ning."

Xiang Changning looked down at him, his expression moved slightly, he nodded and said, "Brother, the soldiers outside the city ask you to settle down."

Xiang Changbo: "Don't worry."

Throwing the spear to Changning, he said before leaving, "I have a friend who is blind, please take care of him."

"Okay." Xiang Changbo agreed without thinking too much.

After explaining the matter, Xiang Changning held the package in one hand and the rein in the other, and rode his horse through the quiet Zhuque Street. It was already very lively at this time in the past, but today there was no one, even the sun covered the light, and he dared not stand up.

She gripped the package harder and clenched her teeth.

Today, she wants to seek justice for the soldiers who died in vain.

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Dali Temple.

Li Yiming hurried to arrive, just in time to see a group of rioters rushing in, the most powerful soldiers in the capital were transferred to the imperial city, and the rest were scattered around.

In an instant, Dali Temple was breached, and the prisoners inside and the rioters outside joined forces.

Li Yiming took a closer look, and found that the five big and three thick strong men had scars where they were exposed. At first glance, they were scars left by torture. Wherever they were rioters, they were clearly prisoners.

Before he came, he knew that the criminals from the Ministry of Justice had been released, and it was nothing more than burning, killing, looting and creating turmoil. He didn't expect that his idea would be on Dali Temple, which was to announce the "rebellion" to the world.

Li Yiming didn't go forward to confront him head-on, but went around to the side gate of Dali Temple after thinking for a while, searching for the path.

Xin Zhengyuan did not hesitate to cause turmoil for Shen Qiwen, in order to create chaos to lure away the patrols, and he could take the opportunity to take away people.

Before Li Yiming went to northern Xinjiang, he worked as a small official in Dali Temple, and he was quite familiar with it. He only needed to think about the most suitable escape route to hide from sight, and he could easily intercept people.

Shen Zhengyuan supported Shen Qiwen to hide carefully, looked around, and suddenly there was another person in front of them, which frightened them to a halt.

Li Yiming stared at the two, his eyes fell on the embarrassed Shen Qiwen, his expression was cold, "Where is your Highness going?"

Xin Zhengyuan immediately guarded Shen Qiwen behind him, staring at him nervously, racking his brains to persuade him to let them go.

Shen Qiwen: "Li Yiming, you let go of Gu, and Gu promises you prosperity and wealth."

"Oh!" Li Yiming snorted coldly, and drew his sword without hesitation. He had been waiting for today for a long time, and he would never let him go.

"You, you, you..." Seeing this, Shen Qiwen turned pale with fright, and dragged Xin Zhengyuan to block him back and forth.

Xin Zhengyuan had never fought against him, and knew little about him, so he couldn't think of words that could persuade him, Shen Qiwen used him as a shield, and had retreated to the wall with no way out, he asked eagerly, "What do you want!"

"I want him to die."

Li Yiming pointed his sword at them, only Shen Qiwen was in his eyes.

Xin Zhengyuan: "Your Highness is the eldest son of the Holy One, and His Majesty has not given him the death penalty, how dare you!"

Li Yiming didn't have time to break up with him, so he kicked him away, pointing his sword at Shen Qiwen, glaring at him with murderous intent.

Shen Qiwen panicked and knelt down to him without hesitation, begging for mercy.

In the face of death, he can abandon all dignity.

Li Yiming was indifferent. Back then, like Xu Yuanqing, he also set foot in the East Palace, thinking that he could assist the crown prince, but he didn't know that Shen Qiwen was a bastard!

Instigated by the grand master, he knew that Xu Yuanqing was in poor health but still sent him a message to inform him of Shen Qiwen's evil deeds.

He will never forget that Xu Yuanqing returned home in ragged clothes, with a cold expression, laughing all the time, and finally fainted, almost unable to wake up.

Xu Yuanqing didn't blame him, but he couldn't forgive his stupid self, so he threw himself into the military camp to escape.

After so many years, the matter should be settled, including the grievances and grievances of those soldiers who died innocently because of his selfish desires.

"I won't kill you."

When Shen Qiwen heard the words, before he was delighted for a moment, he stabbed down with a sword horizontally. He only felt a tingling pain in his wrist, and then he donated blood, and his hand was cut off at the wrist.

Heart-piercing screams resounded through Dali Temple, Li Yiming looked cold, Xin Zhengyuan's eyes widened, and he came back to his senses, Li Yiming ran out of patience, kicked him away with all his energy, and fainted on the wallpast.

Shen Qiwen wailed on the ground, frantically looking for his dropped wrist, hoping to get it back, Li Yiming stepped on his wrist, with the sword pressed against his throat, Shen Qiwen didn't dare to move for a moment.

Life is more important than wrist.

Li Yiming looked at his humble appearance and was extremely disgusted. He looked up at the dazzling sun and retracted his sword.

"Your Highness, run, the sooner the better, it's best not to let me see it."

Hearing this, Shen Qiwen ran away like crazy, without caring about his wrists, and didn't even glance at Xin Zhengyuan who rescued him, only caring about his own life.

Li Yiming wiped off the blood with his sword on his arm, and he followed closely, forcing Shen Qiwen to flee to Xuanwu Street in a panic.

"drive!"

Xiang Changning heard the sound of firecrackers, which was the way she and the lieutenant communicated. She immediately turned around and headed for Xuanwu Street.

Compared with the empty Zhuque Street, Xuanwu Street is in chaos. The people were bullied by the thieves just now, and they fled in shock. Xiang Changning hurriedly reined in and slowed down.

She frowned, raised her eyes and looked into the distance, and saw Li Yiming's figure from a distance, and saw him chasing a person closely, who was exactly the person she was looking for.

Her thousands of thoughts were finally fixed on the soldiers, and she drew out the bow and arrow on the horse without hesitation, and shot the bow and arrow in full view of everyone.

None of them can escape!

She will send Shen Qiwen to see the Grand Master and Uncle Shen Guo right now, and the three bastards should fall into hell forever!

"call out!"

The arrow passed by the panicked people, and went straight to the fleeing Shen Qiwen. The arrow hit Shen Qiwen's eyebrows impartially, leaving no life.

Shen Qiwen fell to the ground, and the last scene in front of him was that Xiang Changning was still in the archery posture.

Xiang Changning and Li Yiming's heart thumped at the same time, as if something that had been hanging for a long time was let go, there was no joy or relief, but a sad mood hit and lingered.

Xiang Changning slowly retracted the bow and arrow, and looked down to see the two packages hanging, but after a while, a puddle of blood had already accumulated on the ground.

Tears dripped involuntarily, one after another.

Li Yiming looked at her from afar, thinking about why the elders were crying, but his eyes were burning. He raised his head slightly to hide his tears, reminding himself that there are more important things to do now.

After a while, Xiang Changning calmed down, looked up, and saw that Li Yiming had dragged Shen Qiwen's body away, leaving only the blood on the ground as if nothing had happened just now.

She raised her hand to wipe her tears, turned the horse's head, and continued to the imperial city.

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imperial city.

Empress Xu habitually stroked her protruding belly, and asked someone to move a chair to sit outside the hall, looking out quietly.

Seeing her waking up early in the morning and sitting outside, the palace lady was worried, and tried to persuade her to no avail, so she could only watch with her.

At Sishi, Empress Xu heard the sound of withdrawing troops outside, she was relieved, and asked the maid to help her up and go to the palace, when she suddenly thought of something, she rushed out regardless of the maid's obstruction.

She went one step too late, and saw Concubine Xuan hanged on the peach tree in the garden.

The palace maid screamed, Empress Xu saw the third prince walking out of the palace, and he hurried forward to hug him.

"What happened to the queen mother?"

The third prince didn't know why, so he looked at her sleepily, seeing her tears streaming down his face, thinking that she was unhappy, so he raised his hand to wipe her tears, and said in a low voice, "My mother won't cry, don't cry..."

Empress Xu took the third prince by the hand and took him to the imperial study.

"It's such a mess!"

Emperor Chongming was angry, and the sound of cups and cups shattering came from the imperial study.

Yang Ming: "Your Majesty calm down."

Xiang Changning: "The villain is in power, and the current situation is also His Majesty's fault."

Emperor Chongming: "Presumptuous!"

Yang Ming looked at Chang Ning's thin body kneeling in front of the imperial court, but he didn't flinch at all. Seeing that she wanted to advise, Yang Ming interrupted her, "Your Majesty."

Emperor Chongming asked coldly, "What? You also think it's my fault?"

When Xiang Changning was on the verge of speaking, he gritted his teeth and held back after seeing Yang Ming's eyes.

Yang Ming put down his pen, got up and went to Xiang Changning's side, opened his clothes and knelt down, "I think that your majesty has merits and demerits."

Without waiting for Emperor Chongming to get angry again, Yang Ming continued to bow his head and said, "Your Majesty has great talents, reformed official positions, reduced and exempted taxes, and regained the frontiers. His achievements will last forever."

Emperor Chongming's face softened a little, and he looked sideways at Yang Ming to Changning. She knew Yang Ming's temperament and knew that he had something to say.

Sure enough, Yang Ming paused, and changed the subject, "Your Majesty has indulged the treacherous courtiers since he succeeded to the throne, appointed villains, but the crown prince has no virtue but does not know clearly., has caused a catastrophe to this day.”

What he said was clear, neither humble nor overbearing.

The imperial study suddenly fell silent, the monarch and his ministers were at odds, and the air was filled with crisis.

After a long time, Emperor Chongming opened his mouth.

"I……"

As soon as he spoke, he stopped talking, and after a moment of silence, he heard him say in a deep voice, "Although they are treacherous, they are talented and learned. I want to see Da Sheng, the people rich and the country strong. As for the crown prince..."

Emperor Chongming had no words to tell, Shen Qiwen was indeed caused by his selfishness, the suspicion of the emperor, and he repeatedly protected the crown prince.

Xiang Changning was supported by Yang Ming to go out of the imperial study room. When he saw Empress Xu leading the third prince outside, he was startled at the same time, and then saluted.

As the two left, they heard Emperor Chongming's eager voice, "Why don't you take a good rest?" He turned his head and blamed Eunuch Jiao for not reporting back sooner.

Yang Ming sent Xiang Changning to the gate of the city, saw that her arms were heavily bloodstained, and told her to seek medical treatment in time.

Looking around at Changning, he stretched out his hand to pull him aside, and whispered, "I just killed Shen Qiwen on the street."

Yang Ming's eyes widened and he stared at her in disbelief, opening his mouth several times without knowing what to say.

Xiang Changning was calm and composed, and said frankly, "Yes, I will force you with friendship."

"To the general..."

Xiang Changning raised his hand to stop his righteous words, and turned to look at the scattered pedestrians on the street. The matter was understood, the city was released, and the people returned to normal life. This situation has always been the reason for their desperate efforts.His eyes smiled slightly, his brows and eyes curved.

"You are not a sour scholar, you should be clear, Shen Qiwen is not dead, and the alienation is hard to get rid of. Only when he dies, Dasheng can be stable in this capital for a while."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Yang Ming's response, she raised her hand and patted his shoulder, just as Xiao Huangmen brought the horse, she quickly turned on the horse, glanced at the blood on the horse's belly, and pushed the horse forward.

Walking slowly along Suzaku Street, it is not as lively as before, but it is also recovering.

The sun is dazzling, and the people are healthy.

What she saw through the people were soldiers who fought bravely against the enemy, civil officials who spoke out and gave advice, and righteous men who took responsibility for the rise and fall of the world.

——

Xiaoman.

The wind was steaming, and the idlers on the street fanned it.

The busy farmers are indifferent to the scorching sun, still pulling the frame of the cart, and the firewood and weeds must be pulled home as soon as possible.

The busiest place in the capital is Suzaku Street. On weekdays, the Treasure Pavilion, which only sells prices in the middle of the month, has been set up today for some reason.

Overcrowded, upstairs and downstairs, inside and outside the building are full of people, accounting for almost half of the people on Zhuque Street, all of them leaning their heads to watch.

"Boom!"

Hearing the sound of the wooden hammer, the shopkeeper yelled, "Young Master Yang, one thousand and one hundred taels, and a golden feather hairpin."

Xiao Yu'an folded his arms behind the drinking screen on the second floor, and was stared at by Yang Ming. He didn't dare to ask him for a price, so he smiled helplessly and raised his hand to congratulate him.

Amidst the discussion, shopkeeper Li lifted the thing presented by the servant, a set of green clothes.

"Green bamboo and green shadow double-breasted gown."

"One thousand taels!" Xiao Yu'an said immediately, he likes to raise the price when he has nothing to do in his spare time, it's best if these dudes who cheated him go bankrupt.

It's just a piece of clothing, and it's not a masterpiece. One thousand taels is absurd, so everyone in the pavilion looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one asked for a price.

"One thousand and twelve taels."

Suddenly, a voice sounded from the corner of the first floor, and everyone looked for the sound, only to see a man dressed as a knight sitting in the corner, calling the price lightly.

Xiao Yu'an saw the person sideways, rolled his eyes, gritted his teeth and asked for the price, "One thousand one hundred taels."

Yang Ming shook his head helplessly, and drank tea calmly to watch them quarrel.

"What's so strange about this dress?"

"Who knows."

"It just looks like that. Could it be better to wear it?"

"Whether it looks good or not depends on the face, just like Xu Shizi, even wearing a rag is beautiful."

Everyone was discussing, and the topic suddenly turned to Xu Shizi. The chat was full of enthusiasm, and they were not interested in clothes at all.

"Who is Xu Shizi scolding again?"

"The scolding is terrible. I heard that Mr. Xiao was so angry that he fainted."

The crowd chatted vigorously, and were about to resume Xu Shizi's feat a few days ago, when they suddenly heard a few light coughs, and then squeezed out of the crowd dressed in red.

"cough……"

The person was talking to appeared without warning, coughed low with his lips half covered, and walked slowly into the Treasure Pavilion under the eyes of thousands of people, followed by a small follower, and everyone unconsciously moved away to make room for himCome.

"Two thousand taels."

Xu Yuanqing shouted the price, but shopkeeper Li was stunned.

Everyone was still in surprise, and before they came back to their senses, the pavilion was suddenly quiet.

Xu Yuanqing raised his eyes to look at the person in the corner, turned his head to look at Shopkeeper Li and pointed out to him, "He will pay the money." After speaking, he left without waiting for Shopkeeper Li to answer.

When the person left, everyone realized later that there was a person who came just now, the famous "sick beauty" Xu Shizi in the capital, how could he disappear in the blink of an eye.

Look again, the knight in the corner is gone.

The clothes in front of Shopkeeper Li were gone, but there were a few more bags of silver on the case.