The warship sailed into Luoyang City and headed along the Luoshui River toward the imperial city.
Flags were flying high on the city walls and watchtowers along the coast, creating a triumphal scene after victory.
The river was full of boats and boats, and the river was crowded with people and vehicles. When seeing the warships entering the city, everyone crossed the river and waved and cheered, and the atmosphere was warm.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were not affected by the atmosphere. The former looked carefully at the logo on the flag and said in shock: Yang Tong was finally forced to give up his position!
Although this was inevitable, it was still too hasty. This shows that Wang Shichong was eager to become emperor. From then on, there was another independent emperor in the Central Plains.
Xu Ziling said solemnly: I don't want to see Wang Shichong. Kou Zhongtou agreed: There is no point in meeting him. Let's see if we can find Bu Tianzhi. I will meet you with Xu Xingzhi and leave the city at night. Alas! I suddenly felt frightened. I have an ominous feeling. If anything happens to me, you can kill Wang Shichong to avenge me.
Xu Ziling smiled and said: Ouyang Xiyi is not willing to let Wang Shichong kill you. With his status in the world, Wang Shichong has to give him some face. Unless there are masters like him and Chen Changlin to help, Wang Shichong can't keep you. As long as You should have no problem playing by ear.
Even so, the two of them still agreed on various contingency measures, and then Xu Ziling jumped up and disappeared into the trees beside Luo Di.
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The warship moored to the dock outside the imperial city.
Wang Xuanying, Lang Feng, Song Mengqiu and others led the crowd to welcome Kou Zhong and rushed towards the city gate.
Kou Zhong rode slowly and asked about Wang Shichong's situation.
Wang Xuanying sighed and said: Li Mi's punch was indeed extraordinary. But my father has not been able to leave the bed yet, but he is in good spirits and has been looking forward to seeing the Kou military advisor all day long.
Wang Xuanying was surprisingly respectful and polite, but Kou Zhong's hair stood on end and he felt stunned. Logically speaking, if Wang Shichong had trouble even getting out of bed, he shouldn't be so eager to proclaim himself emperor.
But why did Wang Xuanying lie? Kou Zhong secretly wiped his hands with cold sweat and asked: How are Mr. Yi and Brother Changlin doing?
Song Mengqiupi on the other side smiled and said: They are waiting for the arrival of the Kou military advisor at the side of the Holy Sage.
Kou Zhong's heart sank when he heard this. Ouyang Xiyi had always loved him and Xu Ziling so much that he would be anxious when they came back. It was only reasonable to come to greet them. Nowadays, it is different from the past and now the entire Dongdu is under Wang Shichong. Under the control of Wang Shichong, Ouyang Xiyi no longer has to accompany Wang Shichong twelve hours a day, at least Xu Xingzhi should come to greet him.
Suddenly he felt like he was trapped in a tiger's den.
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When Xu Ziling arrived at the place where Bu Tianzhi stayed in Luoyang, he found that the building was empty and the house was in a mess, as if he had left in a hurry.
The strangest thing is that no marks or codes were left as agreed, which is very unusual.
Xu Ziling sat down slumped in a corner of the hall and thought to himself that if Bu Tianzhi's departure had something to do with Wang Shichong, then Kou Zhong would be in danger.
However, he was still not too worried that Wang Shichong would harm Kou Zhong, which would be easy.
While he was meditating, the sound of footsteps suddenly came up.
Even though Xu Ziling was always calm and composed, he couldn't help but change his face because he had already recognized who it was by the sound of his footsteps.
At the same time, he also knew that Kou Zhong was in great danger.
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Who is the person Wang Shichong is most afraid of now? In the past, of course it was Li Mi.
But after Li Mi's defeat, the situation changed drastically. In the core area of Central China in the Yellow River Basin, Tang, Guanxi, Zheng, Henan, Xia, De and Hebei formed a three-legged alliance.
However, it was still far away for Wang Shichong and Emperor Zheng to conquer the world. The most urgent task now was to stabilize the internal affairs and consolidate the results.
If Wang Shichong could personally command the defeat of Li Mi at Mangshan, the glory and prestige of the victory would be attributed to him, and he would not have to worry about anyone.
But this is not the case.
Now that Kou Zhong had unintentionally established a high prestige in Wang Shichong's army and developed a close relationship with Wang Shichong's generals, it would be strange not to arouse Wang Shichong's suspicion.
Just by looking at Wang Shichong's relatives, we can see that he is a selfish and narrow-minded person. With Zhai Rang as the front-line supervisor, Kou Zhong cannot be allowed to become another Li Mi.
In addition to the relationship between Kou Zhong and Zhai Jiao, no one would have guessed that Kou Zhong could take Li Mi's defeated general under his banner. At that time, Wang Shichong would be in danger of raising a tiger.
These thoughts flashed through Kou Zhong's mind one by one, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
The men and horses galloped into the imperial city and headed towards the Shangshu Mansion.
Why not go straight to the palace? Even if Wang Shichong couldn't get up and carry him, he should have been carried to the palace.
Wang Xuanying's voice rang in his ears: Why didn't Brother Ziling come with the military advisor to see his father?
Kou Zhong said absently and perfunctorily: He is like a floating cloud in the sky and has no interest in the affairs of the world. I don't care about him either - alas!
The last sigh was for his own situation. How could he contact Xu Xingzhi in such a bad situation? The brightly lit door in front of Shangshu Mansion appeared like the blood plate of an evil beast, waiting for his hungry beauty. .
What is certain is that if he crosses the threshold, Kou Zhong will never be able to walk out on his own strength again.
Kou Zhong stopped his horse and dismounted in the lead.
Countless thoughts flashed through my mind, and the final conclusion was that only thirty-six, the last one, were the best.
Now he and Xu Ziling have become recognized as one of the few masters in the world. If Wang Shichong, who is well aware of their reality and reality, wants to kill either of them, he will not be able to do it unless he has sufficient strength and a specific situation and layout. And Shangshu Mansion's The lobby provides such a favorable place.
Wang Xuanying jumped down to his left and said happily: "Kou military advisor, please!"
Kou Zhong took a deep breath and finally made a crucial decision for his destiny.
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After breaking through the wall, Xu Ziling didn't have a chance to bounce up from the ground. His left ankle was tightly wrapped around Yuchi Jingde's hard-to-prevent Guizang Whip as he rushed to the ground.
The round suckers on the whip body are entangled in the flesh.
If Xu Ziling had never seen the situation where Yuchi Jingde and Wang Bo were fighting, he would have tried every possible means to get rid of the disgusting entanglement of the Guizang whip. But now he is fully aware of the strange and unpredictable whip techniques of the masters of Tiance Mansion, and he knows what he wants. His left foot could not remain intact despite the changes in the opponent's game.
Xu Ziling shouted coldly, and his left foot stood on the ground, and his whole body changed from lying on his back to standing upright with his feet like an iron plate.
collapse!
Guizang whipped his whip straight, but Xu Ziling was motionless. The other end of the whip was tightly held in the hands of Yuchi Jingde, who was standing three feet away with his waist hunched and sitting on a horse. The latter was even more shocked that he had just fired Using the technique, he first tried to drag Xu Ziling to the ground, and then tried to use the force of the suction cup of the whip body to break his ankles. However, Xu Ziling cleverly applied internal force to suck the whip body tightly and used his ankles to lock his return whip. Fang. Such a strange move was indeed beyond his expectation.
The sound of wind is everywhere.
Five figures jumped from the tiles and the front and rear courtyard walls to surround Xu Ziling in the middle.
Pang Yu, holding a four-foot green sword, stood on the wall, her clothes fluttering in the night wind, her clothes were fluttering in the night wind, her eyes were looking down at her like an eagle, like Xu Ziling who turned a blind eye to the people who surrounded him.
Dressed in Tsing Yi as a Confucian scholar, Bai Zhe's handsome and elegant Changsun Wuji stood with Xu Ziling as the core and Yuchi Jingde far away on the other side with his hands behind his back. He was as free and easy as if he were attending a gathering of literary friends.
But Xu Ziling never dared to look down upon him. Just from his arrogant demeanor, he knew that his martial arts would not be inferior to Yuchi Jingde's.
The other three people were Luo Shixin, who was holding a knife, Shi Wanbao, who was holding a spear, and Liu Dewei, who was holding a stick. They were scattered around to block all Xu Ziling's escape routes.
Xu Ziling stared at the hole in the wall that he had punched through and the mahogany chair fragments scattered on the ground and shouted in a deep voice: I dare to ask brother Shimin who else besides Yang Xuyan could help Wang Shichong deal with Kou Zhong?
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Kou Zhong raised his voice and said: If the prince still thinks of the feeling of guest and host, please come out and answer!
Wang Xuanying, Lang Feng, Song Mengqiu and all the soldiers beside him were all stunned - most of them pressed their weapons and moved away a little to glare at him.
The sound spread far and wide throughout the imperial city.
There was silence.
Song Mengqiu coughed dryly and winked - others should not act rashly. He said to Kou Zhong: Military advisor Kou misunderstood! The Holy Master is still recovering from his injuries on the dragon bed... Kou Zhong said: General Song, aren't Mr. Yi and Brother Chang Lin in the house? Why are they there? Say nothing?
Song Mengqiu was speechless immediately.
When Kou Zhong gained power, he would not spare others and said with a smile: There is an old saying that there is an old saying about the clouds, the birds are gone, the bows are hidden, the rabbits are dead, and the dogs are cooking!
The sound was loud and clear.
Wang Xuanying couldn't wait for him to finish speaking. He showed his fox tail and drew his weapons one after another.
Kou Zhong burst into laughter again, causing Song Mengqiu, Lang Feng and Wang Xuanying to rush to chase him.
Countless archers appeared from the tiles of nearby buildings and screamed murderously.
Unexpectedly, when Kou Zhong was less than two feet high, he volleyed in the air to take a breath, then went straight up and fell diagonally towards the steps of Shangshu Mansion.
This was a big surprise. Among the pursuers, who had the ability to volley for air, all chased him over his head and flew up to the sky two feet away. This made the hundreds of archers lying on the tiles throw rat weapons and dare not release arrows.
Kou Zhong pulled out the moon from the well before he could set foot on the ground.
More than a dozen of Wang Shichong's personal guards, who looked like wolves and tigers, fought from all directions until it was about to become a melee.
Kou Zhong knew that if he was entangled with these guards for a while, he would be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of royal troops. At that time, even Ning Daoqi would not be able to escape the fate of a deadly battle. With a fierce shout, he walked away with his sword and rammed into the enemy's formation.
Jing Zhongyue transformed into a protective cold light and led the two guards who were blocking the road, and immediately turned around and fell away.
when!
The other man was struck backwards with his sword, knocking down two guards and rolling down the steps.
At this time, people were shouting and shouting, and swords and swords were flashing. The enemies surged up the long steps like a tide. It was unclear how many people there were at the moment.
Kou Zhong did not dare to leap high and quickly moved sideways to avoid more than a dozen enemies who were rushing towards him. He rushed towards Shangshu Mansion, the nearest Xuanren Gate to the east, filling his chest with murderous intent.
The enemies intercepted them one after another.
Kou Zhong knew full well that Xuanrenmen would be surrounded by heavy soldiers and masters, so he fled there just as a pretense to confuse the enemy.
In fact, if all the city gates of Luoyang City, which is composed of the inner palace and the imperial city, are closed and all the city walls that are many feet high are filled with archers, it will become a desperate situation that is difficult for birds to cross, and the security precautions are extremely tight.
Fortunately, there are many towers in the city. Although there are high walls on all sides of the towers, there are portals on the walls, and the towers are connected in a chain, which is a good place for hide-and-seek.
Wang Shichong was a face-loving person and never wanted the scandal of assassinating Kou Zhong to be publicized, so he lured him into the Shangshu Mansion and ambushed him to prevent his blood from contaminating his palace.
Kou Zhong guessed that as long as he could escape from the Shangshu Mansion, Wang Shichong's power to kill him would be greatly weakened, and he would have hope of escaping.
Kou Zhong then changed direction and went around to the Shangshu Mansion, then went to Taipu Temple and Jiang Zuojian. After passing these two magnificent buildings, there was a row of Dali Temple, Zongzheng Temple, Dushui Temple and Weiwei Temple. Then there was Han. Jiamen and Deyoumen, the northern exit of the imperial city.
Both sides were surrounded by city walls that were ten feet high. At this moment, with the sound of trumpets, a group of more than a hundred armored soldiers came out from behind the Shangshu Mansion and rushed towards him.
The walls are full of silhouettes and enemies.
It is simply impossible to break through the wall. If there is no enemy on the wall to intercept him, he can barely do it with his ability to breathe in the air. But jumping up under the enemy's ruthless spears, guns and arrows will only lead to death.
The remaining lost roads only have five exits from the city.
First, there are the east and west gates, Xuanren Gate and East Sun Gate, connected by the avenue in front of Shangshu's Mansion.
Xuanren Gate is the east gate exit from the Imperial City. I just tried it and the road is impassable, so I don’t need to mention it; East Sun Gate is the road leading to the Inner Palace City.
Chengfumen is the exit of the imperial city to the south of Shangshu Mansion. Xu Fei was willing to turn around and rejoin the main army of Shangshu Mansion, otherwise he wouldn't have bothered to break through.
The only two remaining gates in front are Hanjia Gate and Deyou Gate.
There is also a warehouse between the two gates dedicated to storing rice, grains and other items. Kou Zhong had participated in the battle to attack the palace city at that time, so he knew the entire capital well, but he never imagined that this knowledge would be used in escaping!
The sword flashed in a row, and the two swords struck him on the left and right with great force. He was obviously the brightest among the royal guards.
When Kou Zhong saw the force of the sword, if he continued to force his way through, the enemy soldiers would all come and surround him at the core of the situation.
The biggest advantage he has maintained so far is that he does not allow the enemy to get a chance to entangle him, but instead leads the enemy in big circles and takes advantage of the situation in the imperial city to run around and cause chaos to the enemy.
Once he loses this advantage, it will be the end of Kou Zhong.
Jing Zhongyue picked out to the left and right and retreated quickly at the same time.
The two men screamed in response to the knife and actually started to fight - they spun around like a windmill and spewed out blood. Those who came after them couldn't avoid it and were hit by them. They immediately groaned and fell to the ground. Waiting for Kou Zhong's spiral force to directly hit Wu.
different.
The dozen or so enemies who were blocking the way were immediately routed.
Kou Zhong also felt weak for a while.
Although these two swords cleverly penetrated the opponent's body with spiral energy, they also depleted his true energy, so he could not take advantage of the victory to break into the enemy's formation and rush towards the Hanjia and Deyou double gates at the end of the city wall directly in front.
But he was extremely satisfied.
Suddenly, he slumped seven feet to avoid hundreds of enemies coming from behind him like a wild wave from the direction of Shangshu Mansion.
He decided to give up and rush forward.
Because to reach the second outer gate, you still need to pass through Taipu Temple, General Prison and other six buildings.
Since Wang Shichong had carefully planned to kill him, he would of course lay an ambush there and wait for him to fall into his trap.
The only way to survive is to escape into the palace. At that time, he can still use various situations to create opportunities for himself to escape.
With a loud roar, Kou Zhong jumped up and threw himself at the wall that separated the outer imperial city and the inner imperial palace.
The arrows hissed.
Kou Zhong's true energy changed from diagonally upward to diagonally downward. Dozens of powerful arrows passed over his head, but they were thrown at the foot of the city wall, then stuck to the wall and flew towards the Shangshu Mansion.
The enemy rolled towards him like a piece of cloth.
On the wall, hundreds of torches and lanterns were lit around the Monk's Mansion, and swords, spears, halberds, armors and shields shone brightly. The imperial city suddenly turned into a bloody hell of Shura.
Kou Zhong kept adding walls and shooting towards the East Sun Gate, which was the only one leading to the palace.
No matter how many people he wants to kill, he will rush to the East Sun Gate. Even if Guan Ning Daoqi comes in person, he can't stop him.