Today's royal capital is indeed in a state of turmoil.
The King of Yue did not know how many years it had been since he had been besieged by the enemy. Even when facing the enemy's western expedition, the battle was more than 300 miles away at Shimen Slope, but the princes and nobles did not think anything would happen, because on the surface,
He is still stronger on his side.
But now, Jiang Ziqi was unable to defeat the opponent, and even retreated to the Royal Capital, intending to use the Royal Capital's walls to hold on. This made everyone furious with Jiang Ziqi.
Zhang Xiao is not a stupid person. Before his death, his teacher warned him to face up to Wei Tong and to reuse Jiang Ziqi. But the current situation made Zhang Xiao feel more pressure. The army retreated for more than half a month to impeach Jiang Ziqi.
There are countless weird people out there.
Today at the court, the other party has already set out to besiege the royal capital. If this continues, what should we do?
Zhang Xiao also knew that it was best to ask for help from Chu and Wei, but whoever raised it first would have to bear the crime of transferring the benefits at that time even if the siege was finally rescued. But he also knew the current situation very well.
The earlier it is proposed, the less benefits it will cede, and the later it will be, the more it will be. Moreover, Xu Feng led the army to rush back to the northwest border. Although it is not only the northwest that borders Wei, but also other places, but this really happens.
If so, then Xu Feng might really join the opponent.
Zhang Xiao had a headache, so he called in a group of cronies to ask about the matter, but no one was willing to come forward. After all, if the matter is over, there will be no benefits. On the contrary, the future will be ruined, and he will even be labeled as a compromise in the future.
No one would raise the title until there is a crisis. You can't let a small official say it. If someone with a certain weight doesn't mention it, it's hard for him, Zhang Xiao, to follow suit.
In the end, the discussion came to nothing, and Zhang Xiao could only wait and see. Jiang Ziqi deliberately left tens of thousands of troops outside, maybe it would have a miraculous effect.
The Black Dragon Guard, after Zhao Wufeng was killed more than ten years ago, went without an official leader for nearly three years, and was finally ruled by Zhang Chi, who also belonged to the royal family.
Zhang Chi is considered a rare cultivation genius among the royal family. He is older than Zhang Xiao, but he is also an innate master among the royal family.
Use innate masters to suppress these Black Dragon Guards, and then after a year of cleaning, today's Black Dragon Guards have long lost the shadow of Zhao Wufeng. At least in recent years, the Black Dragon Guards have become the same as before, and nothing has happened again.
Wrong, some of the old people were basically conscientious in their work.
Jiang Hongtu was one of the original old men, and outsiders called him Jiang Jinwei. When Zhang Chi was here, Jiang Hongtu was the first to support Zhang Chi, and thus became Zhang Chi's right-hand man.
Now standing in front of Jiang Hongtu are three Silver Guards. The three of them have followed Jiang Hongtu for many years. Over the years, the three of them have held the most insignificant positions in the Black Dragon Guard, as if they have been abandoned. But at this time
At this moment, Jiang Hongtu summoned three people.
All three of them also remembered what Jiang Hongtu said before they were transferred to manage files and guard supplies. Now ten years have passed and they finally got the chance.
Each of them has suffered the grudges of Zhao Wufeng and Xia Chunqiu. Some of them have even been saved more than once, and now it is finally time to repay.
"No one else knows how Commander Zhao died back then. We, the Black Dragon Guards, know it very well. In order to avenge Commander Zhao, Xia Jinwei even chose to die with Su Lang. Now it is finally our turn.'
"What do you want, sir? The three of us will never frown. We have been surviving for more than ten years, and what should be arranged has already been arranged." When the three of them spoke, their eyes were full of determination.
"I want to kill Jiang Ziqi." Jiang Hongtu said.
"Jiang Jinwei, how do you do this? He is an innate master?"
"Fake the imperial edict and then take it to the Black Dragon Guard dungeon. Then we will have all kinds of means to prevent him from displaying his innate cultivation." Jiang Hongtu said.
"Okay, as long as you have a plan, we will fight to the death." The three people knew that according to this plan, once things succeed, they are unlikely to survive. But now that they have reached this point, they have no choice, otherwise they will spend the rest of their lives.
I will regret it until I die.
"Okay, you three, get ready. Before the court tomorrow morning, we will intercept Jiang Ziqi and bring him back. At that time, people from various yamen are waiting in the palace to go to court. When they find something is wrong, they will come over again.
We have already succeeded."
Seeing that Jiang Hongtu had thought everything out, the three of them nodded. There was not much time before tomorrow's morning meeting, and Jiang Hongtu even produced a fake imperial edict. Obviously, he had already done many things.
Prepare and just wait for today.
Before daybreak, Jiang Hongtu took the three of them and some of their cronies to the marshal's residence. When it was about to break, the door opened. As soon as Jiang Ziqi walked out of the door, the group immediately stepped forward.
"Jiang Jinwei, what do you want from me?" Jiang Ziqi was a little surprised to see Jiang Hongtu.
Jiang Hongtu directly took out the fake imperial edict and said: "Marshal Jiang, His Majesty's decree is that Marshal Jiang does not need to go to court today and will temporarily go to the Black Dragon Guard to rest."
Hearing this, Jiang Ziqi's personal guard couldn't believe it and said: "How could your Majesty give such a decree, and he has never seen my marshal."
Jiang Hongtu ignored the personal guard and just said to Jiang Ziqi: "Marshal Jiang, please don't embarrass me, Marshal. We are also doing things under orders, and His Majesty told you not to neglect the general. I'm afraid there are some things. I hope Marshal won't do it today."
Appear in court."
When Jiang Ziqi heard this, he subconsciously thought that His Majesty had found someone who wanted to borrow troops from other countries, so he hoped to protect himself wisely. Thinking of this, he immediately said: "I see, thank you for your kindness, I will follow you now."
Go ahead, don't worry, I'll be fine."
Speaking of Jiang Ziqi being so cooperative, Jiang Hongtu continued to point to the sedan next to him and said: "Marshal Jiang, in order to avoid trouble, please ask the marshal to sit in our sedan."
"Okay." Jiang Ziqi immediately sat in without any hesitation.
Jiang Hongtu found that things went more smoothly than he imagined, and he didn't even hand over the imperial edict to the other party, so he left and let others carry the sedan chair.
Along the way, the group of people really seemed to be working under orders, and at the moment, Zhang Chi of the Black Dragon Guard was also going to attend the court meeting, so it was impossible for anyone to stop him. The sedan entered here and headed directly towards the dungeon.
When they arrived at the entrance of the dungeon, the sedan had just been put down when they saw a group of people, similar to themselves, carrying a sedan in from the other door and heading towards the dungeon.
The group of people was led by Jin Wei Yi Zhe, an old man from the Black Dragon Guard. When he saw Jiang Hongtu, he was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.