In the main hall of Hanguang Hall, there was a deathly silence. Everyone opened their eyes in horror, watching this scene, except for the light slapping sound of blood dripping on the bed, there was no sound.
Blood slipped from the sword on Fan Xian's clothes, along the Queen Mother's earlobe, wet half of the old woman's cheek, and gradually seeped into the clothes.
The sword shining with cold light rested on the queen mother's neck unusually stable and cold.
This was the first time since the founding of the Qing Dynasty that an assassin was able to enter the depths of the palace, and the first time someone was able to put a sword on the Queen Mother's neck.
Everyone, including those expert eunuchs, was shocked. They watched Fan Xian hold the Queen Mother hostage, not knowing what to do.
All this happened too fast, from the warning signal from outside the palace, to the time when Fan Xianru descended from the heavens to kill the gods, rushing straight to the phoenix bed, and arresting the Queen Mother, it only took a few breaths.
Earlier in the side hall, Fan Xian did not hit the wall, but chose the wooden door first, met the master eunuch with a palm, and beheaded his head with a sword, successfully making the inner court's masters focus on the side hall. In the long corridor of the main hall, but he... bumped directly from behind the wall! It was so unexpected, willing to take risks, resisting the attack of the four old eunuchs, and it was the success at this moment.
In such a short period of time, there was such a quick reaction and decision. It must be said that Fan Xian's actions tonight were really very powerful. And everyone who was shocked watching this scene, for some reason, felt a chill from the bottom of their hearts, as if Fan Xian dared to pull the long sword at any time and let the Queen Mother die!
Fan Xian's expression was too calm and indifferent, as if he was just an ordinary person under his sword, not a queen mother who could influence the world!
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"Decree for the guards outside to stop."
There was a deathly silence in the hall, but the screams of fighting outside the hall became more and more bright. The six swordsmen in the palace were still stalking and killing the guards in the palace.
After Fan Xian restrained the Queen Mother under the sword, without any hesitation, he slightly bent his right knee and carefully hid his body behind the Queen Mother. Said softly next to the blood red cheek.
The words were very calm, but there was a force that did not allow anyone to refute. Everyone felt that if the Queen Mother did not order the guards outside and the eunuchs in the palace to stop, Fan Xian might really move the sword.
However... the queen mother is not an ordinary person after all.
This Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty, when she was Princess Cheng, experienced many years of precarious life, her heart was sincere and stable, she was not an ordinary old woman. And later she became the empress dowager for decades, living deep in the palace, with a sense of majesty and strong self-confidence in her heart.
The queen mother turned her face and looked at Fan Xian indifferently. Her gray hair was a little disheveled, but her eyebrows were twisted together, exuding her innate prestige, and said coldly, "A rebellious thing! How dare you threaten Aijia?"
The sound was like chopping gold and breaking jade, shaking everyone in the palace!
Fan Xian's heart trembled slightly. He didn't expect that the Queen Mother would be so stubborn in such a distressed and dangerous situation, but he knew in his heart that the Queen Mother must maintain her momentum in order to gain more success in the next thing. benefit.
Even more unexpected things are yet to come, just hearing a snap! The Queen Mother actually slapped Fan Xian backhandedly!
A faint red palm print appeared on Fan Xian's face. The queen mother seemed not afraid of the cold front lying on her neck at all. Looking at Fan Xian's eyes full of contempt and shame, she said coldly: "Don't you dare to kill It's impossible to mourn the family!"
Everyone in the Hanguang Palace was stunned. They never thought that the Queen Mother would dare to provoke her so tyrannically under the control of Fan Xian's sword. Could it be that she was not afraid that Fan Xian would really kill her? Seeing this scene, some nuns and maids fainted from fright.
The Queen Mother still looked at Fan Xian indifferently but forcefully.
Fan Xian's eyes narrowed, looking at the wrinkled face of the Queen Mother without saying a word, he knew why the old lady acted so tough, because she knew that if Fan Xian wanted to control the palace, then at this time He must not dare to kill himself.
What's more, she is the queen mother after all, the grandmother of Fan Xian's blood. She expected that Fan Xian would not dare to fight in front of so many people. Even if she was really wrong, she still had to maintain her momentum. In order to have the opportunity to reverse.
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Just when the Queen Mother slapped Fan Xian tyrannically, a sudden change occurred in Hanguang Hall, and Eunuch Hou, who had been quietly by the hall, suddenly floated up!
It floated up extremely quickly, but it didn't rush towards Fan Xian and the Queen Mother, but towards the big hole that Fan Xian broke through!
A strange light flashed in Fan Xian's pupils, but he didn't dare to leave the Queen Mother's side. He could only watch Eunuch Hou and a few other eunuch masters slap a few times beside the hole, restraining a few people.
Eunuch Hou's palm tightly strangled the third prince's throat.
Concubine Yigui was restrained by a eunuch.
Ning Cairen waved a black dagger, but was also surrounded by several eunuchs.
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"Young master, don't be too impulsive." Eunuch Hou said respectfully with his head down, holding the third prince by the throat.
Fan Xian's hand was holding the sword abnormally steadily. Looking at Eunuch Hou, a strange color flashed in his pupils. It was only at this time that he realized that this eunuch, the number two leader under Eunuch Yao, actually had such a brilliant skill. Xiuwei.
The situation at this time was that Fan Xian controlled the Queen Mother, but the eunuchs like Eunuch Hou controlled the three people Fan Xian cared about very much.
How will the situation develop
Everyone was waiting for Fan Xian's decision.
The queen mother's face was indifferent, but the blood seeping into her clothes was a little cold, making her fingers tremble slightly.
Fan Xian lowered his head and looked at the Queen Mother's fingers. He didn't stay silent for long, but took a deep breath. All the eunuch masters became vigilant, not knowing what he would do next.
Fan Xian raised his face, frowned, then raised his right hand, and slapped the empress dowager's old cheek hard!
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There was a crisp sound! This sound was louder than the Queen Mother's slap on Fan Xian's face! The queen mother covered her face in disbelief, a trace of blood leaked from the corner of her lips, the old man's teeth might have been knocked loose.
Everyone in the hall stared at this scene dumbfounded. It seemed that the slap not only hit the queen mother's face, but also hit her own face and heart!
Who was the one who was slapped by Fan Xian? It's the Holy Empress Dowager, the emperor's biological mother, and Fan Xian's biological grandmother! And Fan Xian... dared to slap her in the face!
This is a kind of humiliation that can never be eliminated, and Fan Xian's slap in the face of the Queen Mother proves that he has put all his money into it. If he dares to slap you, he dares to kill you!
Fan Xian stared at the empress dowager's half swollen face, and said softly, "Let people go, stop, I don't want to repeat it a second time."
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The queen mother was trembling with anger, but she also felt a coldness from the deepest part of the earth in her heart. She knew that she still underestimated this grandson who was not surnamed Li, and underestimated the other party's cold and powerful mind.
She felt the sword around her neck tighten again. Maybe it was only a moment, maybe a long time later, the Empress Dowager's eyes finally became a little lonely, and she said, "Do as he wants."
"The empress dowager shouted in person, louder," Fan Xian said.
The Empress Dowager stared at Fan Xian angrily, and had no choice but to shout to the outside of the hall in an old voice: "The guards obey the order, all stop!"
For some reason, everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief as soon as the queen mother's order came out. Perhaps it was Fan Xian's performance that made these people too frightened, for fear of witnessing a horrific scene where the grandson killed the milk and the minister killed the queen mother.
Only Eunuch Hou, who was strangling the third prince by the throat, frowned slightly, not knowing what was going on in his heart.
"It seems that Eunuch Hou misses you very much." Fan Xian said indifferently to the Queen Mother.
The queen mother glanced at Eunuch Hou, and the four old eunuchs frowned, and took a step towards Eunuch Hou.
Eunuch Hou sighed and let go of his palm.
The third prince was still terrified, and the wound stabbed by the assassin in the afternoon began to bleed again. He hurriedly supported his mother, and the three of them, Ning Cairen and Ning Cairen, ran behind Fan Xian in a panic.
As soon as the Empress Dowager's decree came out, the sound of fighting around Hanguang Palace disappeared without a trace. It was obvious that the swordsmen who followed Fan Xian into the palace had already received instructions. As long as the guards stopped doing anything, they didn't take the opportunity to fight back.
All the big wooden doors of Hanguang Palace were pushed open at the same time, and amidst the creaking sound, the whole palace became extremely transparent. People in the hall could clearly see the tense situation outside the hall, the guards with straight knives surrounding Hanguang Hall, and countless dead bodies lying on the open ground outside the hall.
The early autumn night wind outside the hall also blew in, and it was very cool, but it made people feel uneasy, because with this gust of wind, the smell of fresh blood also entered the hall, rushing straight to everyone's nostrils.
Dozens of swordsmen from the six divisions, all in black, withdrew into the Hanguang Hall as quickly as possible, and surrounded the eunuchs in the hall. Several powerful old eunuchs in the inner court had to accept this aggrieved fact, and were restrained by the Iron Finger specially made by the Overwatch Council.
The Queen Mother was in the hands of Fan Xian, and Fan Xian had already proved that he dared to kill the Queen Mother. Under such circumstances, how could these inner court masters dare to resist
Even a person like Eunuch Hou who wanted to resist was unable to make too many extra moves due to the general situation.
Fan Xian looked at his subordinates with wounds all over their bodies, his brows twitched again, and with a glance, he knew that although the sniper battle outside Hanguang Hall was extremely short, there were still more than a dozen loyal subordinates, So die.
It is impossible to break into the imperial palace without dying. To be able to temporarily control the Hanguang Palace for such a small price is already waiting for it to be an impossible task.
Fan Xian lowered his eyes and said to the queen mother under the sword: "You know, I won't kill you... If I just want to kill you, there are countless ways to make you die without knowing how."
The Empress Dowager coughed violently, holding her chest, and there was a bloodstain on her neck from Fan Xian's sword.
Seeing this scene, the eunuchs and maids who were loyal to the queen mother showed panic, and wanted to step forward to serve, but they dared not move.
The queen mother turned her head and stared at Fan Xian with a kind of resentment: "You are just like your mother, you are ambitious! Aijia wants to see what you can do in this palace."
Yes, even if Fan Xian captured the Queen Mother and took control of the palace, what should he do next? Everyone, including those swordsmen in black, stared at him, waiting for his next order.
Fan Xian was waiting for the news from the other three groups in the palace, and also waiting for the movement in the imperial city. He knew that success had not yet come, and if there was any disagreement, the people like himself would fail.
But in the process of waiting, he was not idle, he coldly glanced at Eunuch Hou who was surrounded by swordsmen.
Eunuch Hou's heart trembled, and he secretly mobilized his true energy.
Fan Xian nodded.
Eunuch Hou turned pale with fright, turned up his sleeves, and was ready to fight! Unexpectedly, when he raised his eyes, he saw a dozen or so small crossbows pointing at him!
The two hundred people that Fan Xian brought into the palace, because they were afraid of alarming the enemies outside the palace, put great effort into camouflage. It was impossible for everyone to carry crossbows, but among the dozens of people who followed him, they carried ten dark crossbows. crossbow.
And these dark crossbows were facing Eunuch Hou right now.
Eunuch Hou yelled violently, and his figure protruded, but... he was only raised a foot, and he turned into a hedgehog. Ten crossbow arrows penetrated deeply into his body, sucking and devouring from inside his body. blood.
With a bang, Eunuch Hou fell to the ground, twitched twice, opened his eyes unwilling to close, and died.
Fan Xian looked at this scene indifferently. Although he didn't know that Eunuch Hou was the eldest princess' confidant, his intuition and the previous scene made him wary, so he made a sudden attack at this time and ordered his subordinates to take Eunuch Hou Suddenly shot to death.
At such a critical moment, Fan Xian was not afraid of killing people, and would rather kill the wrong one than the wrong one.
The death of Eunuch Hou shocked the hall. The situation had calmed down a little at first, but it was a little chaotic, and the guards outside the hall also became nervous and moved a few steps towards the direction of Hanguang Hall.
Fan Xian was not confused, he slowly took off the sword from the Queen Mother's neck, his eyes swept across the room, but wherever he looked, no one dared to look directly, and everyone bowed their heads.
He sat down next to the queen mother, lowered his head and listened to the noises in the palace, knowing that the three groups must have encountered strong resistance. With the most eunuchs and most of the guards, Jing Ge and the others should be a little easier.
There was silence in Hanguang Hall. Fan Xian and the Queen Mother were sitting side by side on the bed like this. Both the grandparents and grandchildren were stained with other people's blood, which chilled my heart. The scene of grandparents and grandchildren sitting next to each other in such a peaceful way made everyone feel chilling.
The guards outside the hall did not disarm. Fan Xian had no extra people to carry out this important business. All the black-clothed swordsmen had already returned to the hall. He didn't want the situation to change any further. The matter of the inner guards, It should be handed over to him after the Eldest Prince solves the problem of the Forbidden Army in the imperial city later.
He just waited, he believed in the strength of his subordinates and the black knight.
After waiting for a long time, the guards outside the hall suddenly made some noise, as if something shocking happened behind the camp.
Fan Xian didn't get up, but said to the queen mother beside him, "Let them make way."
The Empress Dowager's gray hair hung down beside her blood-stained cheek, while the half of her cheek that wasn't blood-stained had already been swollen from Fan Xian's heavy slap, looking extremely desolate. Listening to Fan Xian's words, she glanced outside with somewhat dull eyes, and nodded.
The head of the guard squad looked straight at the situation in the hall, gritted his teeth, and withdrew a hole from the encirclement.
More than ten black-clothed assassins, carrying a disheveled concubine, walked into Hanguang Palace!
Looking at the number of people, Fan Xian felt a thump in his heart. He knew that there were more dead in this group. After seeing the trace of panic in that concubine's beautiful beauty, he couldn't help but feel a little twitch.
The person who came was Concubine Shu, the biological mother of the Second Prince. Ever since the Empress Dowager ordered the Crown Prince to succeed to the throne and the Second Prince surrendered, the Empress Dowager sent the Prince, Empress, Eldest Princess, and Concubine Shu back to live in their respective palaces, and only lived in the Hanguang Palace. Yigui's mother and son and Ningcai were left behind.
Fan Xian looked at Concubine Shu with a gentle smile, patted the soft bed beside him, and said, "Your Majesty, please sit here."
Concubine Shu has been good at poetry and books since she was a child, and she has a light heart. She usually has a good relationship with Fan Xian in the palace, and she has not caused too much suspicion because of the second prince's affairs. There isn't much resentment, it's just that she broke into the palace tonight, but she is the one she must control.
Concubine Shu was kidnapped by an assassin tonight. She thought she was going to die, but she also guessed who did such a rebellious thing. Looking at Fan Xian's face at this time, she couldn't help feeling a surge of fear in her heart. I can't even utter the words of swearing.
Seeing the empress dowager in such a state of distress, she was even more chilled, so she cringed and sat beside Fan Xian as she said.
Concubine Shu was caught first, which was expected by Fan Xian. The defense of the East Palace and Guangxin Palace was second only to the Hanguang Palace, and they were also critical areas. His subordinates did not succeed so quickly.
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When he saw Jing Ge wearing a silver mask leading his subordinates into the Hanguang Hall with a silent face, his heart sank and he knew something was in trouble.
The matter was really troublesome, Jing Ge lowered his head and whispered something in Fan Xian's ear, Fan Xian's face became more and more serious, as if a boulder weighing thousands of catties was pressed between his brows, it was difficult to stretch.
Another level of subordinates reported that it was still bad news.
Fan Xian frowned and rubbed the center of his brows vigorously, as if he wanted to drive out the distress in his heart. After a while, he sighed and said something softly to the person on the bed.
"I wanted to reunite the whole family, but it seems that I can't."
At this time, on the bed beside him were the Empress Dowager and Concubine Shu, and behind him were Concubine Yigui, Ning Cairen and the Third Prince. Most of the entire royal family was on this bed. Fan Xian absolutely controlled the life and death of the two people around him at close range, and protected the three people behind him.
The so-called whole family is naturally the Tianzi's family. Now that Emperor Qing has gone, apart from the six people on the bed, the Tianzi's family also includes the prince, the empress, mother and son, and His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess of Guangxin Palace. Fan Xian subconsciously excluded that flower farmer, because he felt that Prince Jing was much cleaner than everyone in the family.
The heavy stone pressed between Fan Xian's brows was the three members who hadn't come to the Tianjia reunion at this time.
Jing Ge and another group reported that the East Palace and Guangxin Palace were empty!
For some reason, the eldest princess and the prince seemed to have learned the news in advance. Just before Fan Xian and his subordinates rushed into the palace, they escaped in the direction of the cold palace in the north while taking advantage of the darkness. The rest of the assassins failed to catch up!
Such a violent and frenzied sudden killing failed to capture the most important characters!
Fan Xian's heart was extremely heavy, but his complexion gradually eased. Although he didn't win the whole battle this time, he managed to capture the Queen Mother and Concubine Shu. There has never been anything perfect in this world. He knew that his luck was not good enough to change the course of history with two hundred people.
The queen mother sitting beside him suddenly said in an old voice: "The Ai family knows what you want to do, but the Ai family's decree has already been issued."
Obviously, what Jing Ge said in Fan Xian's ear fell into the ears of this down-and-out empress dowager. A hint of sarcasm flashed in her eyes, and she looked at Fan Xian and said, "Chengqian came out with the will of the Ai family." After entering the palace, the army will enter the capital tomorrow, are you afraid?"
"I'm getting more courageous every day, otherwise I wouldn't dare to swell your face." Fan Xian smiled and looked at the Queen Mother, but the chill in his words made people shudder, and the Queen Mother's eyes shrank.
"The Queen Mother can have many orders." Fan Xian said to the Queen Mother very gently: "For example, the Thirteen City Gate Division is still under your control, as long as you make another order to close the city gate, how will the old Qin family come in? "
"I think you also know that the confidant that the eldest princess placed in the city gate department was killed by someone I sent last night."
"I am helping you firmly control the nine city gates."
"Of course, my purpose is to control you."
These words came out of Fan Xian's thin lips, especially soft and terrifying. The Queen Mother was trembling with anger, but she couldn't say a word while staring at him.
"Although you are seventy or eighty years old, you are still afraid of death." Fan Xian frowned and looked at the queen mother, as if looking at something that bothered him, "So you always have to send out this decree."
The queen mother coughed twice, glanced at Ning Cairen behind her, then turned her head to look into Fan Xian's eyes and said, "Even if that barbarian helps you, at most you can only control the palace. What can you do outside the palace?"
Fan Xian stared back into her eyes and said, "I only brought two hundred people into the palace, not because I was confident, but because I left 1,700 people outside the palace! What do you think I can do outside the palace?"
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At this moment, at the junction of the rear palace and the front palace, which is some distance away from the Hanguang Palace, there was a sudden burst of shouting and killing, as well as the sound of the palace gate bursting.
Fan Xian listened quietly, knowing that the imperial prince's forbidden army had finally come to kill him, his heart relaxed, he stood up, and ordered Jing Ge: "I will hand over the Hanguang Palace to you, no matter who it is, if there is any change, Just kill me."
Jing Ge accepted the order without any objection, the silver mask on his face shone with a chilling light. Everyone in the hall looked at this person, not knowing who this person was, but he actually accepted such a seemingly rebellious order from Fan Xian. So calm and calm.
If it is an ordinary Overwatch Council official, I'm afraid they will feel a little fear in their hearts.
They didn't know that the deputy commander of the black cavalry picked Qin's eldest son in the barracks back then, and spent a long time in Qing State's death row. He didn't know how much torture he suffered. Dare to deliver him such a treasonous thing.
At this moment, Ning Cairen suddenly lowered his head slightly and said, "Lend me your dagger first."
Fan Xian glanced at her and laughed, knowing that Ning Cairen was afraid that if something went wrong, Jing Ge would not dare to do anything to the queen mother, and she... the Dongyi female captive back then, and the fetus in her belly, The woman who was almost killed by the queen mother has been waiting for this opportunity with full of vigor and blood.
Fan Xian nodded to her, and then walked towards the night outside Hanguang Hall. He was going to Guangxin Palace and East Palace to check. He always felt that there was a very strange message in this matter.
With a bang, he backhanded the blood-stained sword into the sword barrel behind his back, walked down the stone steps of Hanguang Hall, and followed several Qi Nian group cronies who entered the palace, three steps behind him, He also walked down the stone steps.
Everyone inside and outside the hall looked at him, not knowing where he was going at such a critical moment.
With a few subordinates, he walked out of the palace calmly, past those Ouchi guards who were facing chaos with their weapons in their hands, without even blinking an eye.
The guards didn't dare to do anything, they could only watch him disappear into the black clothes outside Hanguang Hall. Although the Queen Mother was in the palace, Fan Xian walked so calmly and with such courage, which really shocked many people's minds.
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Fan Xian did not deliberately suppress the Queen Mother's arrogance, and what he said earlier was not false. In Miss Sun Yan'er's boudoir in the capital, when he and Yan Bingyun drew up plans, they had already calculated how much power they could contact.
The spies that the Overwatch Council could mobilize in Beijing, the nails hidden in various mansions, and one place under Fan Xian's single-handed control, even excluding the square building that was monitored by the inner court and the military, could still mobilize 1,400 people.
And through the Kyoto Prefecture, the five hundred black knights hidden outside the capital entered the capital in disguise. So far, the power Fan Xian can use has reached 1,900 people, and these 1,900 people are all skilled in operations in the dark. Although it is far from being an opponent of the army in terms of force, it is really a handy weapon to start a conspiracy and rebellion.
Fan Xian only brought two hundred people with him when he rushed to the palace tonight, not because he was arrogant, but because of such a fast and sudden assault, the number of people was never the key. Moreover, he had to leave most of his strength outside the palace, and the remaining 1,700 people were currently mobilized by Yan Bingyun, doing various tasks.
The capital is too big, and Fan Xian has too many things to take care of. Outside the palace, he can handle it by himself, while inside the palace, he has to rely on thousands of imperial troops to control the situation. And when the shouts of killing came from the harem, he knew that the first prince had already controlled the imperial army.
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The actions of the Forbidden Army, just as the First Prince told the trusted school official, the timing of the launch depends on the progress of Fan Xian's assault in the palace.
When Fan Xian's brave subordinate stood still surrounded by the guards and fired the command arrow at the night sky and the bright moon, the imperial army moved.
That firework command arrow was so bright that it illuminated half of the imperial city in an instant. This kind of command arrow used for communication is not the one commonly used by the Kyoto garrison and the Overwatch Council, but it has given a very clear indication. Signal.
The First Prince stood beside the city guard crossbow, looking at the firework arrow piercing the night sky, his facial features suddenly hardened, he raised his right hand, and slashed down like a knife.
It was cut in the empty night wind at the turret of the imperial city.
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A knife slashed down, directly cutting off the necks of the two soldiers on the big bunk at the same time, blood sprayed onto the wall with a puff, and two big blood flowers were shot out in an unusually bloody manner!
The general of the Forbidden Army who attacked at night with a knife retracted his long knife and shouted loudly: "Kill!"
In the dark night, an unknown number of people poured into the streets and alleys beside the square in front of the imperial city, quietly escaped into those large rooms, and then started the bloody massacre.
A total of 600 soldiers of the imperial army who had been rested for duty were still asleep at this time, and many of them lost their lives in this way, while some of them didn't react at all after being awakened, and they ushered in a ruthless attack. Knife and gun.
Yes, the murderer and the murdered are all in the same robe. If we change the time and space, and change the venue, they may fight side by side with the barbarians, drinking burning knives, wiping the sharp blades, and bravely entering the enemy camp , Block arrows for each other, block swords for each other.
But not tonight, it was just a massacre of one side against another, an extremely merciless massacre.
It didn't take long for the 2,000 imperial troops loyal to the First Prince to clean up a large area in front of the imperial city. Countless dead bodies and blood were mixed together, and the stench was overwhelming.
The faces of the forbidden soldiers are not good. They are usually the Western Expeditionary Army, and this is the first time they have killed... their own people. But they also knew that these people were not their own people, and what they did tonight did not allow themselves to have the slightest weakness.
They have seen the Xingxie sent by the Marshal and His Majesty's will, so they have blood and faith in their hearts.
We are on the side of justice.
They are still alive now, who says not
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(After going home for three consecutive days, I’m really tired. I’ll write less tomorrow to buffer it. Regarding the manuscript, please don’t worry, of course I’m... Muyoudi, cough cough, I’m really ashamed.)
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