Listening to the faint footsteps outside the door, Xu Benlei, who was already a little drunk, didn't think much about it. He just thought it was the sound coming from his men outside the door...

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He had not relaxed for a long time and was in high spirits. He didn't want anyone to disturb him at all, so he directly pointed the wine glass towards the door and roared loudly with the drunkenness:

"Son of a bitch! I told you not to disturb me when the King of Heaven is here. Get out of here!"

As soon as Xu Benlei's roar came out, the footsteps outside the door suddenly stopped. Just when the proud Xu Benlei was enjoying the adoring eyes of the two little sisters in his arms, he only heard footsteps outside the door again.

Seeing this, Xu Benlei suddenly became furious, but before he could curse, the door to the room was kicked open.

Immediately afterwards, a masked killer in black with a sharp sword appeared in front of Xu Benlei. Seeing the appearance of this killer, Xu Benlei suddenly woke up. He thought he wanted to open his mouth and shout for help.

However, the killer in black on the opposite side took the lead and stabbed his chest with the sharp sword in his hand.

At this critical moment, in order to save his own life, Xu Benlei instinctively pushed the two people in his arms, Shi Hua Shi Yun. The two little sisters never expected that Xu Benlei would do this.

, with two exclamations, they became the dead souls under the sword of the black-clothed killer.

Although he was a little distressed, Xu Benlei knew very well that it was important to save his life at this time, so he ran out of the house with all his strength and shouted:

"There is an assassin! Come and save me!"

Hearing Xu Benlei's cry for help, his guards reacted immediately and immediately wanted to save him. However, at Xu Benlei's request, these guards were arranged at a distance in order not to disturb his interest.

The house is not close, so it really takes a while to get there...

Xu Benlei, who was over fifty years old, was already out of breath from running wildly, and his legs were filled with lead. However, driven by fear, he did not dare to stop at all. He gritted his teeth and ran hard in order to survive.

His efforts were rewarded. While running through a long corridor, the figure of his guard finally appeared in his field of vision.

Just when Xu Benlei looked happy and thought he was about to be saved, he heard a loud shout from behind him. In the next second, he saw a sharp sword passing through his chest. He felt severe pain in his chest and rapid physical strength.

Xu Benlei, who was lost, looked at the sharp sword that passed through his chest in disbelief.

Xu Benlei instinctively wanted to say something, but found that he could not say anything. The next second, his vision went dark and he fell to the ground.

Looking at Xu Benlei who was killed in front of them, these guards were undoubtedly jealous. As Xu Benlei's guards, their task was to protect Xu Benlei's safety. Now that Xu Benlei was killed in front of them, they were naturally all

There is no good fruit to eat.

As for the black-clothed masked killer who threw the sword in his hand, seeing the sword passing through his chest, he knew that Xu Benlei would definitely die, and immediately wanted to turn around and escape, but how could the guards let him do this at this time?

He left and immediately chased after him

After the two parties chased each other in the mansion for a while, the black-clothed killer was surrounded in a room. Seeing that there were enemies all around, he had no hope of escaping. The black-clothed killer let out a long sigh and then with a fierce look on his face, he bit him into pieces.

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The next day, Huainan Governor's Mansion

The air was filled with the bitter taste of the decoction. Xu Zhaojie, who looked a little weak, was lying on the bed with his eyes slightly closed, with a towel on his forehead. In front of him, Liu Chaohu said in a deep voice:

"Master Hou, in addition to Mr. Xu being killed yesterday, two thousand and five hundred households were also assassinated. Among them, Xu Bingtao of the thousand households was seriously injured, Sun Shaokang was killed, and three of the five hundred households also died.

hurt!"

After listening to Liu Chaohu's report, Xu Zhaojie, who was lying on the bed, suddenly had a look of anger on his face. Seeing this, the doctor on the side carefully reminded:

"Master Hou, please don't get angry now!"

After listening to the doctor's words, Xu Zhaojie, who remembered his physical condition, also suppressed his anger. After being defeated by Ye Mingsheng in the Battle of Hebei and Yu, although Xu Zhaojie led the remnant of his troops to escape back to Huainan, this defeat also made him think that

Xu Zhaojie, who was very tall, was depressed and couldn't calm down. This bad breath was held in Xu Zhaojie's heart.

Nearly three months have passed since the Battle of Jiyu, and Xu Zhaojie has been holding it in for almost three months. This bad breath also caused Xu Zhaojie some internal injuries. For this reason, Xu Zhaojie also secretly found a doctor and asked him to prescribe medicine to recuperate his body.

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After taking the decoction for more than a month, Xu Zhaojie had already felt that his physical condition had improved a lot, but he never expected that bad news came yesterday. His uncle was also in charge of Qianhuwei, an intelligence agency under the Zhennan Army.

Xu Benlei was assassinated in his mistress's residence...

The people who assassinated Xu Benlei were members of the Liu family of Kangyin and the Zhai family of Shouchun, two gentry families that had been inherited in Huainan for hundreds of years, because of their conspiracy with the Coordination Office a few months ago.

Xu Zhaojie killed three tribesmen by killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, and it was Xu Benlei who was responsible for investigating the case and the final execution.

When Xu Zhaojie heard the news, his blood and blood rushed to his heart, and he fainted from the anger. He was unconscious for half an hour!

Although I woke up, not only was the medication I took for a month in vain, but my condition has also worsened a lot, and now I can only lie in bed and rest!

If only Xu Benlei was assassinated yesterday, it can be said to be an act of revenge by the two families. However, as most of the senior officials of Qianhuwei were assassinated, and several people were assassinated, it is obvious that the situation is not that simple.

Seeing Xu Zhaojie lying silently on the hospital bed, Liu Chaohu hesitated and said cautiously:

"Master Hou, Mr. Cao of the Cao family, General Wang Sai, General Ma Jiwen and others all came to ask for a meeting with you, Mr. Marquis. They wanted you to come out and take charge of the overall situation. I blocked them all back, but they couldn't see you.

You probably won’t give up!”

After listening to Liu Chaohu's words, Xu Zhaojie's eyes flashed, and then he waved to Liu Chaohu. Seeing this, Liu Chaohu also bowed and retreated. Watching Liu Chaohu leave, the doctor who was serving Xu Zhaojie also placed the decoction on the table.

on the coffee table, and then exited the room very wisely························

After both of them left the room, Xu Zhaojie was the only one left in the room. After burning the incense, Xu Zhaojie took off the towel on his forehead. With this, he slowly got up and sat up on the bed. At this time, Xu Zhaojie

Although his complexion is very weak, the fierceness in his eyes has not diminished at all!

He walked to the coffee table, picked up the soup and drank the bitter soup. After drinking the medicine, Xu Zhaojie said in a deep voice to the door:

"Let Fang She come to see me!"

"yes!"

After a stick of incense, a short and muscular man with a scar on his face walked into Xu Zhaojie's room. If it were not for the scar on his face, this man's appearance could be said to be very ordinary.

You can't find it in the pile at all, but if you look closely, you can find that this man's eyes are as cold as a snake, without any emotion!

This person is Fang She!

A man living in the shadow of Xu Zhaojie!

Arriving in front of Xu Zhaojie, Fang Snake said nothing but bowed and saluted, while Xu Zhaojie also said directly:

"Are the Cao family, Yin family, and Xin family involved in this incident?"

Facing Xu Zhaojie's question, Fang She said calmly:

"There is currently no indication that these three families are involved in this matter, but it is certain that this matter is related to the Coordination Office, but according to my guess, this matter probably has the shadow of those big families!"

Hearing this result, Xu Zhaojie's face became gloomier again. He knew that the remnants of the Liu family and the Zhai family alone could not make such a big splash. They could launch the assassination of all the senior officials of the Qianhu Guard in one day. There must be someone behind it.

It was organized and planned...

And in today's Huainan, the only ones who can do this are the few big families with deep roots and wide connections!

And these big families also had reasons to do so. After taking control of Huainan, in order to be able to fight against the Fengwu Army and unify the entire Southern Zhou Dynasty, Xu Zhaojie also planned to imitate Ye Mingsheng and implement reforms in Huainan, and this reform was undoubtedly moving.

These are the interests of the gentry represented by aristocratic families.

Although the resistance to the reform was very strong, under the military suppression of the Zhennan Army, the reform was carried out step by step. According to this situation, after one or two years passed, the reform had taken effect, and the strength of the Zhennan Army would also be greatly enhanced.

By then unifying the entire South will not be a dream!

However, the Battle of Hebei and Henan a few months ago ended with the disastrous defeat of the Zhennan Army. This disastrous defeat not only caused the Zhennan Army to lose tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but also destroyed the elite who had followed Xu Zhaojie for many years. It also suffered a heavy political blow.

The prestige of Xu Zhaojie and the Zhennan Army!

Those aristocratic families that were originally suppressed by the Zhennan Army are beginning to get ready to take action. The reforms implemented by Xu Zhaojie are becoming increasingly difficult to carry out. In addition, the Coordination Office is hiding in the dark to fan the flames. Today, you will assassinate an official and tomorrow you will provide support to Huainan.

The bandits gave him a batch of grain, grass and firearms to destroy. These underhanded tricks undoubtedly gave Xu Zhaojie a headache.

So Xu Zhaojie has long wanted to scare the monkeys and scare these people with evil intentions...

It happened that at this time Xu Benlei found out that the Liu family and the Zhai family were secretly colluding with the coordination office, so Xu Zhaojie followed suit and killed more than 3,000 people from these two families. The effect of killing more than 3,000 people was really good, Huainan Ground

Sure enough, it was much quieter on the street. Just when Xu Zhaojie thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, he didn't expect such a thing to happen!

It is obvious that this assassination operation against the senior officials of Qianhuwei was an act of revenge by several large families in Huainan. These families have been closely connected with each other after decades of marriages, and the three families of the Liu family and the Zhai family were killed.

, which also makes these big families inevitably feel sad. They are afraid of becoming the next Liu family and Zhai family, so they may have secretly formed a group!

Thinking of this, Xu Zhaojie also felt a little regretful. He should not have treated the Liu family and the Zhai family so simply and roughly. He was a little overwhelmed by the situation in Huainan at that time, and coupled with his physical illness, the decision he made at that time was also driven by his emotions.

Controlled!

Seeing that Xu Zhaojie was silent, Fang Snake's eyes flashed and he said:

"Sir, I think this was a treacherous plot set up by the Control Office from the very beginning!"

As soon as these words came out, Xu Zhaojie's eyes were immediately attracted. He frowned and said in a deep voice:

"Fang Snake, what do you mean?"

Facing Xu Zhaojie's gaze, Fang She said calmly:

"Mr. Hou, I have investigated. There is something wrong with Song Chaosheng, deputy director of the Coordination Office, whom Master Xu captured. The concubine that Master Xu used to blackmail him into talking has actually had an affair with someone else a long time ago, and the son Song Chaosheng has

, is also the child of a concubine and someone else...",

Hearing this, Xu Zhaojie was startled at first, and then suddenly realized something, and Fang She said what he was thinking.

"Master Marquis, I think the Coordination Office used this Song Chaosheng to play a death trap with us! Song Chaosheng was probably caught by us on purpose, and then deliberately sold the weakness of his concubine's son to make us believe it was true, and then

The Coordination Office used him to let us know about the Liu family and the Zhai family’s collusion with them!"

At this point, Fang Snake did not continue, but Xu Zhaojie, whose eyes were full of regret, knew what he wanted to say!

The Coordination Office had calculated Xu Zhaojie's character accurately, so they deliberately used this method to fuel the flames and let Xu Zhaojie kill the entire Liu family and Zhai family!

In this way, although Xu Zhaojie completed his idea of ​​​​killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, he also felt bad in his heart, but it also made other gentry families in Huainan share the same hatred. Then the Coordination Office continued to fight, uniting these families to assassinate Xu Benlei and others, aggravating both sides.

The contradiction between them makes the contradiction irreconcilable.

In this way, even if the Zhennan Army can still guarantee its rule over Huainan, it will fall into fierce internal strife and cannot extricate itself. If it continues to develop like this, it will not take a few years for the Zhennan Army to wait for the Fengwu Army to attack south.

Maybe it will defeat itself!

Thinking of this, Xu Zhaojie looked at the north, gritted his teeth and murmured in a low voice:

"Ye Mingsheng, how could you come up with such a vicious plot! God, why didn't you open your eyes and take him away...
Chapter completed!