Luo smiled lightly and nodded: "Very good, this is very good, just as we wish, we will catch everything in one go."
There was the sound of horseshoes and footsteps in the distance.
Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan turned their heads together, and saw a dark crowd approaching the city gate in the distance.
About a mile away from the city gate, the people who came set off a signal firework.
"Reinforcements are coming."
The reinforcements were gradually approaching, and Yun Chang saw a vaguely familiar figure on a tall horse walking beside Shuai Qi from the light from a torch, so she couldn't help raising her eyebrows slightly.
"Who is leading the troops?"
"Duke Hua."
Yun Shang was a little surprised: "Mr. Hua? When did Mr. Hua leave Jincheng? Didn't Xia Houjing even find out?"
Luo smiled lightly: "After the avalanche happened yesterday."
"Duke Hua was furious when he heard the news of the avalanche. He cared about the people at the foot of Qishan Mountain. He quickly organized his own soldiers to buy some food in the city and went to the Qishan area to rescue people."
Yun Chang's eyes lit up: "The Duke of the Kingdom is originally a loyal and courageous character, and he is old, and he only brought a few people with him. Even if Xia Houjing knew about it, I'm afraid he wouldn't take it to heart. "
"A daughter is easy to get, but a general is hard to find. Xia Houjing may have been careless this time."
The reinforcements stopped outside the city gate, and Yun Chang saw Duke Hua get off his horse, quickly stepped up the tower, and saluted Luo Qingyan: "Your Majesty."
Luo Qingyan nodded: "Grandfather has worked hard."
"What's so hard about it?" Hua Guogong laughed loudly: "Your Majesty, just go to the palace, but the last general will definitely guard this city gate for you, so that not even an ant can be let in."
Luo Yan smiled softly: "Okay, there is a grandpa who is working."
This place is not a place to talk, Luo Qingyan bowed his hands to Duke Hua, and took Yunshang down the tower.
As soon as he went down the tower, Yunshang saw more than ten or twenty dark guards wearing hoods waiting under the tower: "The subordinates walked around the city, mainly to check the west of the palace, some There were some common people falling in the yard, and the subordinates checked carefully, and it should be that our poisonous smoke has played a role."
Yun Chang nodded: "Although the poisonous smoke is powerful, if people hide in the house, it won't be of much use."
"It doesn't matter, although Xia Houjing brought people into the palace, it is absolutely impossible for all those soldiers to enter the palace, as long as they poison all the guards at the gate of the palace and outside."
Yun Chang responded, and the dark guard had already brought the horse over. Yun Chang turned on the horse: "Shall we enter the palace now?"
"Enter the palace."
Winter nights are really long.
Mao time has passed, but it is still dark.
The sound of horseshoes resounded on the quiet street, and Yunshang vaguely heard occasional voices from the homes of the people passing by along the way, but no one dared to come out to check the situation.
All the way was very smooth, Luo Qingyan and Yunshang soon arrived at the gate of the palace.
But as Luo Qingyan expected, the guards left by Xia Houjing at the gate of the palace were all unconscious.
Luo lightly raised the torch in his hand, and the elite soldiers behind quickly lined up.
Seeing that everyone stopped, Yun Shang didn't seem to intend to enter the palace, so she couldn't help raising her eyebrows: "Aren't we going to enter the palace?"
Luo Qingyan hooked the corner of his mouth: "No, wait a little longer."
wait
Yun Chang turned her head and glanced at Luo Qingyan, what are you waiting for
Luo Qingyan didn't say much to her, he just reached out and touched Yunshang's hand: "Is it cold?"
"It's not cold." Yun Chang lowered her eyes: "The one in the cloak is not cold."
Only then did the sky gradually get darker, and Yun Chang quietly looked at the palace gate in the twilight of the morning light, without making a sound.
With a sound of "Boom...", a firework exploded in the palace.
The fireworks this time were different from the ones Yun Shang had seen before. Yun Shang waited quietly for a while, but the palace seemed to return to silence.
"Only one?"
Previously, there were three signal fireworks for Xia Houjing to break through the palace, but this time, shouldn't it be four
Luo nodded lightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Xia Houjing... is gone."
Yun Chang was stunned for a while, and finally realized what Luo Qingyan said.
"Xia Houjing is dead?"
"Yes, dead."
Luo Qingyan didn't have time to explain to Yunshang, so he just raised his hand: "Enter the palace!"
Although there are poisonous smokes in the front line, there are still many rebels in the palace.
It's just that there is still poisonous smoke in the air, and the rebels are hiding in the palace, not daring to come out easily.
The elite soldiers encircled and suppressed one palace and another palace, and the rebels had little resistance.
Until the front of the Taiji Hall, Yunshang still hadn't recovered.
Xia Houjing, why did he die
The Tai Chi Hall has been cleared out by the dark guards and elite soldiers. The inside and outside of the hall are full of elite dark guards, and the corpses of the rebels are piled up in the corners.
Cao's mansion and those members of the high-ranking family were put aside, Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan entered the hall, and saw a man in black lying on the dragon chair.
It was Xia Houjing.
Luo Qingyan's voice sounded in Yunshang's ears: "There is a saying in the book of war that attacking the city is the bottom and attacking the heart is the top. Xia Houjing died because I calculated his mind."
Yun Shang turned her head to look at Luo Qingyan, Luo Qingyan pursed her lips and smiled: "Xia Houjing is obsessed with the throne to a certain extent, I guess, if he breaks into the palace and occupies this Tai Chi Hall, he will surely I want to sit on this dragon chair and feel the pleasure of being king."
"So... I smeared the poison you gave me, which can catalyze his poisonous hair, on this dragon chair."
Yun Chang was stunned for a moment, she had also thought about where to put the poison before, so as to be sure that nothing would go wrong.
I just thought about it, but I didn't think of a suitable place.
This dragon chair was not in her consideration from the beginning to the end.
Now being awakened by Luo Qingyan's words, she couldn't help but nodded, yes, why did she forget.
Xia Houjing was so attached to the throne that this dragon chair represented the position of emperor, how could Xia Houjing resist the attraction of this dragon chair.
"Being able to die on this dragon chair can be regarded as a worthy death." Yun Shang whispered.
The dark guard quickly stepped forward and carefully inspected Xia Houjing's body: "There is no disguise, it must be Xia Houjing himself."
Luo Qingyan nodded, and didn't step forward to look at the corpse, but said directly: "Take the corpse outside the city gate and hang it up for three days and three nights to comfort the innocent people who died at his hands in and outside the city. .”
The dark guard responded, and quickly stepped forward to carry the corpse down.
Luo Qingyan pulled Yunshang up the steps, stood in front of the dragon chair, and glanced at the people who were detained aside in the hall with a calm expression.