Kou Ji stared at Kou Zhun blankly, his eyes unblinking.
But Kou Zhun didn't pay attention to Kou Ji's surprise. His chest rose and fell rapidly, and he said in horror: "Zhou Huai is going to Qingjun's side?"
Kou Ji nodded blankly, "On Qing Jun's side, it's better to lead troops on Qing Jun's side..."
"Bang bang bang!"
Kou Zhun raised his hand and slapped the armrest of Kou's bus loudly.
"How dare he, he is a eunuch, how dare he..."
Kou Ji still looked at Kou Zhun and said softly: "Yes, he is a eunuch who did what you want to do but don't dare to do..."
"Bang!"
Kou Zhun patted the armrest and growled: "I'm going to stop him!"
When Kou Ji heard this, he finally came to his senses. He quickly shook his head and said, "It can't be stopped."
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji and asked, "Why?"
Kou Ji said faintly: "If you try to stop him now, many people will die. It's better to let him make trouble. When he is finished, no matter whether he succeeds or not, only a few people will die."
Kou Zhun was stunned on the spot, unable to say a word.
What Kou Ji said is correct.
Now that Kou Zhun has gone out to stop Zhou Huaizheng, Liu E, and Ding Wei, they will definitely be implicated in a big way.
A large number of people will definitely be killed by then.
If Zhou Huaizheng was not stopped and Zhou Huaizheng was allowed to make trouble, even if Zhou Huaizheng was defeated, Liu E and Ding Wei would only punish the evil leader, but they would not be implicated in any big way.
Because after the chaos, the court needed to show goodwill to the people and appease the people.
At the same time, we also extend goodwill to those soldiers and horses involved in this matter.
Otherwise, those soldiers and horses involved in this matter will definitely resist to the end, Bianjing City will become even more chaotic, and some people with ulterior motives will also take the opportunity to cause chaos.
By that time, it won't be just killing people that will solve the problem.
This is a matter of mentality.
Kou Ji understands, and so does Kou Zhun.
Before people are forced into a desperate situation, they always look forward and backward. If they fall into the hands of others, they will also expect others to be merciful, so they will not have many thoughts of resisting to the end.
But if a person is forced to a dead end, he will fight to the death and fight to the death.
When Kou Ji saw Kou Zhun standing there without speaking, he pretended to be surprised and said: "Oh, grandpa, can you stand up?"
Kou Zhun was stunned when he heard this.
I looked down and saw that I was standing with my legs straight.
Then he raised his head again, looked at Kou Ji in astonishment, and asked doubtfully: "Can I stand up?"
The words just fell.
Kou Zhun fell back onto Kou's bus with a pop.
Kou Ji looked at Kou Zhun blankly.
Kou Zhun said awkwardly: "I couldn't stand any longer... I probably stood up just now out of desperation..."
Kou Ji looked at Kou Zhun suspiciously and asked, "Have you... been able to stand up long ago?"
Kou Zhun's face darkened and he shouted: "Is now the time to discuss this?"
Kou Ji smiled dryly, feeling that Kou Zhun was hiding the fact that he could stand up.
Kou Zhun asked Kou Ji with a dark face, "Zhou Huaizheng led the troops to Qingjun's side, was it you who instigated him?"
Kou Ji stared and denied, "I didn't..."
Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "Do you dare to say that there is no shadow of you in this place?"
Kou Ji said dryly: "If he himself doesn't have the intention to lead an army to clear the emperor's side, it will be useless no matter how much others instigate him."
Kou Zhun hummed and said: "I don't care if there is any shadow of you in this. I just want to remind you that if you are involved in it, you must clean up the beginning and the end. Don't get into trouble, otherwise I may not be able to save you." .”
Kou Ji put down the wine bottle in his hand, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your concern, grandpa..."
Kou Zhun had a gloomy face, nodded slowly, and asked, "How much trouble can Zhou Huaizheng cause?"
Kou Ji sat opposite Kou Zhun and laughed softly: "Maybe it will work, maybe..."
Kou Zhun curled his lips disdainfully and said: "Do you think it will be so easy to lead troops to Qingjun's side? With Zhou Huaizheng's status, how many troops and horses can be mobilized? How many troops and horses are there in Bianjing City? It's four full!
When it comes to weapons and combat effectiveness, the soldiers and horses in the city are far superior to the forbidden troops outside the city."
The implication is that if Zhou Huaizheng leads the troops to Qingjun's side, he will definitely be defeated.
Kou Ji pondered: "As long as he doesn't attack the palace... he can still make a difference..."
Kou Zhun opened his mouth to refute, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back and sighed, "If you don't touch the palace, you can't be a Qingjun..."
Kou Ji shook his head and said nothing.
He never thought about letting Zhou Huaizheng attack the palace, nor did he expect Zhou Huaizheng to succeed.
What he just said was just casual.
What he really wanted Zhou Huaizheng to do was to let Zhou Huaizheng lead his troops into the city to eliminate Liu E's gang members.
I don't know if Zhou Huaizheng can understand his thoughts.
Kou Ji casually opened the cork on the wine bottle, took out two wine glasses, poured a glass for Kou Zhun, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, would you like a drink?"
Kou Zhun said dejectedly: "How can I still have time to drink now?"
Kou Ji poured himself another glass of wine, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, don't you think that our grandfather and grandson now have a sense of tasting wine to discuss success or failure?"
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji, picked up the wine glass, drank it all in one gulp, then put the glass down and hummed: "I can't see through what you are doing now."
Kou Ji laughed out loud and said nothing.
Kou Zhun banged the table and shouted: "Kou Zhong, go ask the kitchen to prepare some dishes."
Kou Zhong answered at the door and hurried to give instructions to the kitchen.
Not long after, Kou Zhong led his servants and brought dishes to the bedroom.
Kou Zhun picked up his chopsticks and took a bite of the food. He swallowed it whole without chewing carefully, and told Kou Zhong: "Pick a few people who know martial arts and are agile, and go outside the house to explore the situation.
Report to me once every hour...half an hour."
Kou Zhong was stunned and quickly nodded in agreement.
He is not stupid. Based on the previous orders of the Kou family and Kou Zhun's current orders, he can roughly judge that something big will happen in Bianjing tonight.
Immediately, he exited Kou Zhun's bedroom, picked some smart and skilled people in the house, and asked them to leave Kou's house through the secret door.
The night is getting dark.
Kou Ji, Kou Zhun and his grandson were sitting in the bedroom, eating vegetables like chewing wax and drinking wine like drinking water, which was tasteless.
Both of their minds were focused on what was going on in Bianjing City.
Just when Kou Ji was about to call the servants in the house, take away the cold food and wine from the table, and bring some hot food up.
From the west of Bianjing City, there was a cry of killing.
Kou Ji stood up suddenly. Kou Zhun wanted to hold on to the armrest to stand up, but held back.
He hurriedly said to Kou Ji: "Hurry and push me out."
Kou Ji quickly walked up behind Kou Zhun, pushed Kou's bus, and left Kou Zhun's bedroom.
As soon as they came out of the bedroom, Kou Ji and Kou Zhun saw flames shooting into the sky to the west of Bianjing City, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.
Along with this burst of shouts of death, Bianjing City, which was originally dark with only a few flickering lights, instantly became filled with lights.
All the lamps in the palace were lit, illuminating the location of the palace as if it were daytime.
Kou Zhun clenched his fists and exclaimed in shock: "It's really coming..."
Kou Ji nodded heavily, "Here we come..."
As soon as the grandfather and grandson finished speaking, Kou Zhong hurried into the courtyard where the bedroom was located and said urgently: "Master, young master, something big has happened."
Kou Zhun hurriedly said: "Tell me carefully..."
Kou Zhong gasped and said: "Zhou Huaizheng, under the banner of Qingjun, mobilized the imperial army outside the city and entered Bianjing City."
Kou Zhun hurriedly asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there?"
Kou Zhong said in a deep voice: "More than 50,000 people!"
Kou Zhun stared and said in disbelief: "Fifty thousand troops? How could Zhou Huaizheng mobilize 50,000 troops?"
Kou Zhong said solemnly: "Zhou Huaizheng has in his hand the imperial edict from the side of Qingjun, as well as the jade talisman for mobilizing troops and horses!"
Kou Zhun was shocked and said: "A jade talisman for officials to mobilize soldiers and horses?"
Kou Zhong nodded heavily.
Kou Zhun lost his voice and said: "How could the official give Zhou Huaizheng an imperial edict, and how could he give Zhou Huaizheng a jade talisman?"
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes and whispered: "The edict in Zhou Huaizheng's hand is probably forged. As for the jade talisman for mobilizing troops, he should have stolen it."
Kou Zhun beat the armrest of Kou's bus and roared: "This is going to change the world..."
Kou Ji looked at the firelight to the west of Bianjing City and said faintly: "It's going to change the world..."
Kou Zhun said angrily: "How dare he correct the imperial edict, how dare he steal the jade talisman."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "At this point, there is nothing he dares not do. If it were me, I would do it more cruelly than him."
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji fiercely and growled: "This is no longer Qing Jun's side, this is rebellion."
Kou Ji heard something wrong in Kou Zhun's words, and he said in a deep voice: "Grandpa is going to step in to stop this?"
Kou Zhun looked gloomy and said loudly: "Of course!"
Kou Ji shook his head and sighed: "You can't stop it until the results are determined between the troops led by Zhou Huaizheng and those in the city."
Kou Zhun gritted his teeth but could not say a word.
As Kou Ji said, Kou Zhun was powerless to stop this matter before the two sides came to an outcome.
Even if he ordered Zhu Neng to lead troops into Beijing now, it would be difficult to prevent this.
It might make the scene even more confusing.
Although Zhou Huaizheng was doing treacherous and unethical things, he still had edicts and jade talismans in his hands.
Kou Zhun had nothing in his hand.
If a large army is rashly mobilized into the city, and the three parties fight together, unable to distinguish between friends and foes, the situation will only become more chaotic.
If you are not careful, you will be identified as Zhou Huaizheng's accomplice, and you will die without knowing how.
Just as Kou Zhun was gnashing his teeth, the west city gate was already filled with corpses and a sea of blood.
"kill!"
Zhou Huaizheng held the edict in one hand and the sword in the other, roaring with all his strength.
The soldiers following him surged onto the city wall like a tide.
Yang Yi held a big gun and rushed to the front. He was also the first to rush to the top of the city.
"Poof!"
He shot through the body of the general who was guarding the city, and roared: "The Demon Queen has harmed the country, and the sky has sent a warning sign. Today, we have received an imperial edict from the officials to kill the Demon Queen, kill the traitor, and clear the emperor's side!"
The soldiers who rushed to the top of the city followed Yang Yi and shouted together.
"Qingjun side!"
"Qingjun side!"
"..."
"kill!"
"The city gate is broken!"
"Fight in!"
"..."
Under the leadership of Yang Yi, the soldiers broke through the gate of the outer city and marched all the way to the inner city and towards the palace.
When the soldiers rushed all the way to the edge of Xiwazi City, Zhou Huaizheng's disheveled horse galloped to Yang Yi and shouted: "Send a group of troops and go out to kill the two traitors Ding Wei and Xia Song."
Yang Yi immediately named a confidant, led the soldiers and horses forward, and attacked Ding Mansion.
He led other soldiers and horses and began to fight towards the inner city.
…
Inside the Kou Mansion.
Kou Zhun's grandparents, who were sitting in the yard anxiously waiting for the news, saw Kou Zhong rushing into the door and asked quickly: "How?"
Kou Zhong said solemnly: "The outer city gate has been breached..."
Kou Zhun looked shocked and lost his voice: "How can you be so vulnerable?"
Kou Zhong smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Kou Ji thought about it for a moment and understood a little bit.
The officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army in the city mainly defend the city all day long. They do not participate in any battles on weekdays and rarely practice.
Even though they were elites selected from various armies, after being idle for a long time and lacking in training, their martial arts skills were ruined, and their courage and courage were not that sufficient.
He bumped into the Imperial Guards who were practicing daily outside the city, and they were definitely no match.
Kou Ji looked at Kou Zhong and asked, "Where did they go after the outer city gate was breached?"
Kou Zhong hurriedly said: "They shouted words such as "Qing Junzi" and so on, and rushed towards the inner city."
Kou Ji raised his hand and punched the stone table next to him, and cursed in a low voice, "Idiot..."
Kou Zhun stared at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji sensed Kou Zhun's displeasure and quickly changed the subject: "What did they shout?"
Kou Zhong quickly repeated what Yang Yi shouted on the top of the city.
Kou Ji cursed loudly: "More stupid..."
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji and gritted his teeth: "According to your opinion, they can't take the inner city?"
Kou Ji frowned and said: "The soldiers and horses guarding the inner city may not be their opponents, but the generals guarding the inner city are not soft persimmons."
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji and said gloomily: "How about you help me?"
Kou Jiqian smiled and said, "My grandson doesn't mean that."
Kou Ji paused and said in a low voice: "Actually, you can also give it a push..."
"shut up!"
Kou Zhun shouted angrily.
Kou Ji was startled.
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji fiercely, gritted his teeth and said: "Push me into the palace!"
When Kou Ji heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
Kou Ji immediately called the servants in the house and a group of guards to escort him and Kou Zhun out of Kou's house.
As soon as I left the house, I saw people on the street in chaos.
Kou Ji asked the guards at his house to drive away the people and escort them to the palace.
By the time they arrived in front of Donghua Gate, the gate was already filled with civil and military officials.
The guards in front of Donghua Gate guarded the palace gate, preventing officials from entering.
After Kou Zhun arrived, he roared at the guards, "Open the palace door, we want to enter the palace to protect the official family."
The guards looked embarrassed.
Someone shouted to Kou Zhun: "Kou Gong, it's not that I won't open the palace door for you, but it's the rule that you can't open the palace door after dark."
Kou Zhun said angrily: "It's already this time, and you still tell me the rules?"