After dealing with a Nan Ya Xianggong, the knights of the Deposed Dragon Gang who attacked this night were in a higher mood, and then finally turned their attention to the woman standing in the middle again.
They were very much looking forward to the upcoming conversation between Zhang Dalongtou and the Queen. Some people had even imagined that Zhang Dalongtou would introduce their names and places of origin to the Queen, as if this would bring them some credentials.
But unexpectedly, after Zhang Xing dealt with Zhang Shizhao, he looked at the queen again, but his interest was waning. He no longer had the questioning attitude before, but just slightly cupped his hands: "Your Highness, please sit still. If there is any inconvenience, please feel free to contact the palace."
Dispose of it in the backyard, but since things are complicated here, please try to stay still in the hall."
These words were polite and practical, and the queen could only sit in silence surrounded by several palace people.
When Zhang Xing saw the other party's cooperation, he didn't say a word. Instead, he went to the side and brought a chair over. Then he sat seven or eight steps away from the queen, and then waited without saying a word.
I don’t know how long it took, but a quarter of an hour after the slightly anxious knights of the Deposed Dragon Gang killed the fourth person who was about to sneak away, a stream of light that was not very conspicuous in the night suddenly flew over and landed on
In the courtyard, a figure looked around along the way, his pace quickened, and when he finally broke into the hall, he could no longer hold back his excitement and was breathing heavily for a while.
It was Xu Shiying.
"How?" Zhang Xing, who had been silent for a while, finally spoke up again.
"As Da Longtou said, Xue Liang is indeed no match for me. I found an opportunity in the air and cut off half of his hand. His true energy was almost gone, but he fled into the Tunjun barracks." Xu Shiying looked at him.
He looked away from the queen sitting in the middle and hurriedly raised the blood-stained standard scimitar in response. "The general in the army is quite reliable. He formed an formation along the camp early. I didn't dare to chase him in. It's just that
Taking advantage of the flaw in his back when he landed, he struck again, biting his shoulder from behind with his zhenqi, and then retreated... Unless there is a master who practices the zhenqi of immortality, he will never be able to fight again within a month."
"That's good, thank you for your hard work." Zhang Xing was determined and pointed to the ground that had been quiet for a long time. "Cao Wang is here, Zhang Shizhao is here, Gao Jiang is here, and the Queen is here... Shen Ding
Also here... Luo Fang is actually unlikely to be King Xiongtian's opponent, but don't worry about it for now. As long as you can hurt Xue Liang and come over in advance, the overall situation has been decided by seven points. The remaining three points are to be decided.
Prevent the leaders of the two garrison troops from counterattacking at night."
"The queen is here, the prefect is here, the husband and the governor are also here. How dare they urge the army to attack?" Xu Shiying glanced at these people, and he was determined in his heart, so he immediately turned around and smiled. "Third brother Shenwu,
With a little trick, the strong and the weak can be reversed, and victory or defeat can be divided... Let me tell you, this matter has been decided since the time when the third brother Zhuma pushed the cart for the servants... These people have been here until now
I’m afraid they don’t even know how we got in.”
"This is not the time to talk about this." Zhang Xing waved his hand slightly and continued to respond solemnly. "I also think that if the garrison troops don't come now, they won't dare to come tonight, but there is still a group of people who should be back soon. It may not be possible at night.
You can't fight, you have to be extra careful..."
"Li Qingchen, Qin Bao, and Lu Changheng, are these three black ribbons?" Xu Shiying became more energetic after the battle, and her tone was a little louder. "If these three people come, I am willing to be the third brother."
"Li Qingchen won't be able to fight in the short term. However, Qin Bao and Lu Changheng, two former troops, should have more than a dozen horses each. They are alternately scouting Gushu and Xiayi. See if you can stop one for me.
Stop." Zhang Xing ordered, and pointed to the surroundings of the hall again. "And it's not just these three people. I'll take a break, and I'll leave this place to you... Kill whoever wants to run away, and kill whoever wants to talk nonsense.
Sealed his mouth."
At this point, Zhang Xingfu turned to look at the leaders around him: "You guys too, work harder for another day or two, and divide into two teams. One team will rest, and the other team will work hard for another day or two to watch the night... If you are looking for a chair, look for a chair, close your eyes and rest.
Close your eyes and rest your mind, never separate, just stay in the hall and muddle around for half the night."
Some of the leaders who were still waiting for Zhang Dalongtou to introduce the queen were greatly disappointed. However, after this battle, everyone from top to bottom was more or less impressed, but no one dared to say anything, and they all responded.
Zhang Xing also behaved majestically, and rested for a while in the hall. After a while, the noise in the hall calmed down again, and although there was noisy, wailing, and commotion outside the hall, this man still snored slightly and fell asleep on the spot.
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To be honest, people are quite mean.
These leaders were greatly disappointed because Zhang Xing did not introduce him to the queen. But after a while, as some of the leaders came back to their senses from the thrilling and almost fatal raid, they became a little uneasy and scared about the situation.
, and looking at Mr. Zhang who fell asleep directly in the hall, he felt a little more relaxed.
The north wind makes it cool, and the rain and snow make it cool.
It was winter night, the north wind was howling non-stop outside, and the noises and wailings inside and outside the hall never stopped. Zhang Xing, who was too lazy to pay attention to the thoughts of the leaders, slept for who knows how long before he was finally disturbed by the movement around him.
Startled, then he opened his eyes.
"Where's Xu Dalang?"
After glancing at the groaning prisoners on the ground and outside, and at the leaders in the hall who had their eyes closed to meditate, Zhang Xing immediately asked Jia Yue, who was pacing left and right.
"That Lu Changheng came back first. Xu Dalang took Zhou Xingfan, Guo Jingke and others out to stop them, and they started fighting outside the villa." Jia Yue held the knife, his face was expressionless, and he narrated calmly. "Although he had fought once,
In the end, it was the condensation of elixirs and magical sutras that gave the upper hand."
Zhang Xing was stunned and continued to ask: "What did King Xiongtian say?"
"There is no explanation. They are probably still entangled." Jia Yue continued. "It is not easy to determine the outcome of the Chengdan realm, but it is impossible to wait too long."
Zhang Xing nodded, and then asked again and again: "Is there anything else?"
"Yes." Jia Yue suddenly pointed in the direction of the queen behind Zhang Xing. "In front of Xu Dalang, suddenly there came a concubine and princess who had thrown themselves into a trap."
"What do you know?" Zhang Xing was speechless. "Even if the queen is captured, it is also the safest place in the chaos. It is better for the princess and concubines to escape here than to stay in scattered residences outside. How can it be considered that they have thrown themselves into a trap?
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As he said this, Zhang Xing couldn't help but follow the other person's fingers, but he laughed on the spot.
Without him, it was just the concubine who lowered her head and was trembling all over. The princess was actually an acquaintance.
What's even more interesting is that when Zhang Xing came to see him, the little princess, who was probably only eight or nine years old and hiding behind her mother, seemed to recognize him immediately and smiled back.
Zhang Xing thought it was interesting, so he went to recruit him casually.
The next moment, before the concubine with her head lowered could react, the little princess actually ran out, passed her mother, concubine and the queen and came to Zhang Xing.
For a moment, everyone from the queen down to the prisoners whose legs were broken, including some of the leaders and knights of the Deposed Dragon Gang who were awake, all looked sideways... Of course, her mother was almost paralyzed with fear.
"Why did you break Eunuch Gao's legs?" Of course, a child of this age was overly curious and asked directly.
"There is no way." Zhang Xing, who subconsciously raised the bloody knife behind him, answered frankly. "If I don't break his legs, he will run away."
"But... aren't you a subordinate of Eunuch Gao? Mammy said, well, except for our family and Eunuch Niu, all the men and women in the palace are under the control of Eunuch Gao."
"I used to be, but I am not now."
"Have you been promoted?"
"No, I rebelled."
“What does rebellion mean?”
"It's just that...your father, Eunuch Gao, and these other people are always taking care of me. I feel annoyed, so I want to take care of them in turn."
"Can they let you control it?"
"No, and they have to break my legs and throw me into Xiyuan Luoshui... So I ran out first and looked for people who could beat them. Now that I found them, I beat them back. I beat them first.
My legs are broken, and I will be preparing to cut through the ice on the river outside later, and tie the stones to sink..."
The slight moans that had just appeared in the hall were inexplicably quiet, but the moans outside were revealed again.
The little princess poked her head curiously and was immediately startled. There were too many people, and the visual effect was quite scary. Fortunately, Xu Shiying probably handled things better than someone else, and knew that there were still Chengdan masters who had no results, so she specially
I had people put out the extra lights outside so I couldn't see the red snow all over the yard.
"Did you beat so many people?" Looking back, the little princess became obviously nervous.
"Yes." Zhang Xing tilted his head and thought for a moment, then nodded. "They didn't let me beat Eunuch Gao and Mr. Zhang, so I had no choice but to beat them first."
"Don't they hurt?"
"It hurts a lot."
"Isn't it cold outside?"
"It's very cold."
"Then you are quite bad." The little princess also tilted her head and made a more accurate evaluation by the way, causing the figure beside the queen to visibly tremble again.
"Indeed." Zhang Xing sighed. "There is no way, adults are all equally bad. In this world, if you are not bad, you will not be able to live, and you will not be able to do anything..."
"But I still like you." The little princess thought for a moment, turned her head over, and gave an unexpected statement.
It was rare that Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment this night, and then asked seriously: "Why? Is it because last year at the foot of the northern mountain, when your father abandoned you and ran away, was it me who took you on the horse?"
"No, it was earlier, when I was looking at the coffin in the car, they all made me cry and looked at me with a straight face. My mother-in-law secretly hugged me and cried. You are the only one who is willing to smile at me.
It's the same tonight, everyone is crying and keeping a straight face, but you are the only one smiling at me..."
"..."
"Why don't you speak?"
"I've been thinking about what happened at that time for a long time, more than a year... Speaking of which, at such a young age, you have already been neglected for many years." Zhang Xing came back to his senses for the second time and smiled slightly.
Grinning, showing a row of teeth. "It's a shame that I'm not qualified for a secret marriage."
"Concubine, what does it mean to be a widower? What does it mean to be married in a dark way?" The little princess was not frightened, but turned around in confusion.
Her mother-in-law was only in her early thirties, standing next to the queen as if she were two generations old. But maybe because of this, she didn't dare to say a word, but she couldn't help but raise her head to peek at her daughter.
The little princess also seemed to notice something was wrong with her mother's expression, but she was a little confused, so she came back to look at Zhang Xing.
"Go to your mother's concubine." Zhang Xing sighed upon seeing this. "There are a lot of things going on tonight. You are young, so go to bed early and wrap yourself in a blanket to avoid catching a cold."
The little princess then turned around with a trace of doubt, but did not forget to bow to the queen, the only one sitting in the hall, and call her mother, and then she flew into the arms of her biological mother.
"Add a chair, find a blanket for..." Zhang Xing gestured with his mouth open, but became a little dazed, as if he wanted to ask the other party's name or title (although she is young, she should have some explanations when she became the outcast last year)
, but for some reason, he stopped right there.
Half of the words were said, but without delaying Jia Yue's understanding, he immediately moved a chair and went to the side room on the side of the yard outside to find a clean blanket. The concubine did not say a word, but hurriedly hugged her daughter and hid behind the queen's side.
live.
At this point, the cordial and frank exchange between the rebel leader and the princess of Wei finally came to an end.
But to be honest, although this scene is a bit bizarre, it is still a bit disappointing... After all, the surrounding leaders, after stepping into the hall, thought that there would be a more classic drama tonight, for example, Zhang Dalongtou would have a heated argument with Xianggong Zhang.
Debate some issues about the legality of the rebellion. Another example is that Zhang Dalongtou will lead everyone to show enough etiquette to the queen, and another example is that Zhang Dalongtou will kill a few people to add to the fun.
But nothing happened. Mr. Zhang sealed Xianggong's mouth, broke many people's legs, and then sat in silence with the queen, even snoring, but a little princess jumped out like a rabbit.
Just like the servants before, I talked a lot of nonsense.
Of course, a little disappointment cannot cover up the excitement and results of the knights of the Deposed Dragon Gang tonight. Zhang Dalongtou's prestige has not diminished. From tonight to tomorrow morning, he will be here to say the truth for the time being.
But soon, as the little princess was settled, Queen Ye took the initiative to speak: "Zhang Qing..."
"Your Highness is calling me?" Zhang Xing, who was trying to listen to what was going on outside, turned around and couldn't hide his surprise for a moment.
"Yes." The queen spoke sincerely.
"Please call me Zhang Longtou, or Zhang Sanlang... Zhang Qing is not necessary." Zhang Xing responded calmly in the audience.
At this time, both the senior prisoners who were wilting on the ground and the other leaders of the Deposed Dragon Gang who were resting or on alert all gathered their energy to look here.
"Okay, Zhang Sanlang." The queen took a breath and asked in the hall. "I won't ask about the current situation. I'll just ask you, what are you going to do with us people?"
Zhang Xing thought for a while, but still didn't hide anything: "What happened today was originally caused by my decision at the moment. Next, if Luo Fang and Luo Zhu Shou were victorious and later attacked, or if one of the two lieutenants incited a large army to attack, we would naturally
I have to take His Highness and several senior officials in the hall to break out of the encirclement; but if they are worried that they will all be destroyed, or they dare not do anything because they have lost their leader, then I really have not thought about how to deal with everyone in the hall and outside the hall... The only thing I can say is,
I just want to ask Your Highness to rest assured that I and the Deposed Dragon Gang have no intention of disturbing His Highness without authorization... As long as Your Highness cooperates, there is no need to worry about the safety of the harem."
The queen nodded, it seemed to be no different from what she thought.
But obviously, the other party only promised to guarantee the safety of the harem, but did not mention anything else.
As a queen, it is impossible for her not to ask and fight for it.
"Where are the people outside the hall? Their legs have been broken, and the weather is so cold. Some people will freeze to death, right?" The Queen continued to ask.
"There is a courtyard to shelter from the cold wind. If there are no other wounds, it won't be so exaggerated." Zhang Xing blurted out. "And there are fire sources around... If the situation is stable in the second half of the night and your hands are free, and Your Highness is worried again, I will
Let people light a fire and place them as properly as possible... As for the glacier tomorrow, maybe there will be one, but it depends on the person, and it is impossible to throw innocent people into the river."
The Queen reluctantly nodded, but after a slight hesitation, she kept asking: "What about outside?"
"It's rare that Your Highness can think about going outside, which makes me somewhat convinced." Zhang Xing laughed. "But unfortunately, I did not invade from the outside. In a short period of time, life and death outside are only decided by themselves.
That’s all.”
The queen sighed instead.
At this time, a loud shout mixed with true energy suddenly came from outside. The sound was like thunder, which immediately alarmed everyone: "Are you Qin Bao? You are really good at martial arts! Caozhou Xu Shiying is here, for the sake of it
For Mr. Zhang’s sake, I won’t kill you tonight! Take this Lu Changheng and get out!”
Zhang Xing listened for a moment, then smiled and turned around and said: "I have defeated the enemy. I will meet the queen to recognize Xiao Xu later. However, I really need to think carefully about how to deal with these people and this person."
The situation is over."
The queen was naturally silent. The expressions of those on the ground and in the courtyard, starting from Zhang Shizhao and others, became even more depressed.
Otherwise, can you still stand up and kick Thief Zhang?
After a while, Xu Shiying took Xiao Zhou and several others back.
Zhang Xing, aware of the thoughts of these leaders, stood up and, starting with Xu Shiying, introduced and identified the names, place of origin, and ages of the knights in the group to the queen one by one. As expected, the atmosphere in the hall became heated again.
I don’t know what the meaning of telling it to the queen is, but it is really hot and everyone is excited. They feel that tonight’s raid is really a success.
While the hot pot was being cooked in the hall, Qin Bao and several knights, together with Lu Changheng and other wounded who were injured by Xu Shiying, had already left the core area of the annex in embarrassment and were about to leave for the outer garrison station... But suddenly
Suddenly, as a gust of north wind stopped, among the chaotic sounds, Qin Erlang suddenly heard a familiar voice shouting from behind him, but it seemed to be calling for help.
It's just that the movement is too chaotic and I can't make any guarantees.
"Second Master, let's go!"
The remaining patrols around him were already exhausted and panicked. "They must be really calling for help, but how many can we save? What's more, the sound is over there in the annex. What should we do if we disturb the Ningdan again?"
Qin Bao shook his head in response: "If you are really calling for help, it means that a brother is really trapped in it... You go first, and I will go and find someone by myself."
With that said, he actually handed the reins of the spotted leopard beast carrying Lu Changheng to his subordinates, and then turned around to follow the sound to save others.
After searching for a stick of incense, I found a person on the snow at the edge of the villa. It was Li Qingchen who climbed out hundreds of steps with his arms, regardless of his abdominal injury. The latter had lost blood and was freezing. He had already died.
He was already so angry that it was difficult to move.
It wasn't until he saw Qin Bao coming that he smiled bitterly and said, "If it weren't for you, Qin Er, today I would be like a broken shoe frozen in the mud."
Qin Erlang felt gloomy, suppressed many thoughts, leaned over and carried the opponent on his body, and then chased his subordinates to the agreed garrison place. When he entered and settled the people, he saw that half of his palm was missing and his face was pale. Xue Liang was even more speechless.
And soon, as expected, as a pale golden light flashed, Luo Fang, whose true energy was about to bottom out, also fled into the Tunjun barracks in embarrassment. He also suffered obvious internal injuries and staggered.
Everyone gathered at this time and naturally knew that the queen's residence was captured, the middle palace was captured, and then the upper and lower cities were captured. The prefect of the county was captured, as well as the Prime Minister of the South Yamen and the Governor of the North Yamen. Shen Zhu Shou must have been taken down as well, and the main force left behind in the annex by the three groups of patrols on Jing'antai must also have suffered heavy casualties, or at least lost their combat effectiveness.
For a time, there were only two generals of the army, a county magistrate, a captain, and a local black ribbon, plus two Zhu ribbons, one lightly and one seriously injured, one lightly and one severely injured, and a Qin ribbon. precious.
The situation was extremely bad.
At this time, Luo Fang, who seemed to be the only one who could make up his mind, pressed his chest and thought about it. After thinking for a long time, he actually looked at Qin Bao first: "Qin Er, you said it yourself, you are the only one here in Jingan Terrace who can be considered intact. All of that, and were you the one who informed me of the military situation first and led me to leave the annex... What on earth is going on?"
Li Qingchen was lying on one side of the couch and had just regained his breath. When he heard this, he scolded him without hesitation: "Luo Fang! Was there any mistake in Qin Er's reconnaissance report? Before, he was arrogant and complacent, insisting on going to the rice field alone. It's not you? Can Qin Er speak? Do you really think that everyone present was dead? Besides, if Qin Erlang was a spy, Lu Heishou and I would have died in the annex just now, as would the entire three groups of Jing'an Terrace People will also die!"
Even Lu Changheng, who had always been a man of few words, was pressing the wound on his thigh on the stool opposite and said in a low voice: "Luo Zhushou, the person in front of you is Dragon Slayer Zhang Xing. Others don't know his ability, don't we know? So? Isn't it normal for this person's intelligence, ability, and decisiveness to be manipulated by such a powerful force that is not weaker than us? He has arranged it in the dark and suddenly killed us with one blow?"
Qin Bao, on the other hand, finally spoke in a deep voice: "I admit that those people must be out of favor with Brother Zhang and did not take action twice...but I am really not a spy."
Luo Fang glanced at Qin Bao, then looked at Lu Changheng, then looked at Li Qingchen, who was clutching his stomach and his face contorted after talking a lot, and Xue Liang, whose face was as white as a sheet of paper, and his heart sank completely... because what happened now , he had already realized that even he knew that Qin Er was definitely not a spy, and what he just said was just an expression of anger after the overall situation was defeated overnight, and he still didn't know how to deal with it.
If you lose, you have already lost, but not knowing what to do next is the biggest trouble.
"What should we do with so many prisoners?" In the night, after satisfying the almost boring demands of the leaders of the Dragon Gang to sign up for food, and then waiting for Xiong Bonan's triumphant return, Zhang Xing soon realized that he We must seriously consider how to deal with these prisoners and how to deal with this situation.
Do you want to break out of the siege at night with only the queen and a few captives? With so many remaining captives, just ignore it?