Concubine Li saw the eyelids of the masked man behind her drooping. A hint of transparent cunning flashed through her eyes, and she asked softly with a narrow smile on her lips: "You still have to wear a mask now, right?" Are you afraid that Xiao Mubai will see your face?"
The masked man looked up at her, with a hint of guilt in his voice: "He has already lost, so don't let him know all this before he dies."
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Xia Chu, who had just returned from Kunning Palace on the tower, stretched out his hand and gently covered Xiao Mubai's hand.
The overall situation has been decided, Xiao Mubai lost the bet...
After all, the emperor showed no signs of waking up.
After spending so much time and energy in the past few days, Xiao Mubai's eyes were bloodshot and his face looked very haggard. He sighed imperceptibly: "Even if my father wakes up now, he can't hold on any longer."
The east wind blows and the war drums beat.
The dragon flags with the word Xiao are flying inside and outside the palace, but those lying under the flags are all soldiers of the Xiao Kingdom...
The trumpets continued, and the rebels were about to break into the city without even using archers and cavalry.
Although the city gate was blocked, the city walls were still relentlessly bombarded time and time again.
The loud banging sound kept hitting the thick palace door.
Among the nine city gates, the Danfeng City Gate is the thickest. Under such a terrifying impact, it shook violently, and the door hinges creaked. This sound was like a reminder in the hearts of the soldiers guarding the city. However, the rebels were as strong as tigers with a bang, but the back of the door bolt was pressed against countless rubble and wooden blocks. Except for the fallen copper nails, the Danfeng City Gate still stood unbreakable.
The rebels finally gave up breaking in, and instead built countless human ladders and siege ladders to go up. The guards led the palace soldiers and kept throwing down oil and fire stones. The secret guards and guards were struggling to follow. People in the mausoleum gate were fighting.
The sound of killings in the imperial city was so loud that it made people feel heart-stopping.
The sun is as bright as fire, but after all it cannot shine brighter than the blood everywhere inside and outside the imperial city...
Xia Chu saw Xiao Mubai gently touching an arrow on his left wrist. Maybe he had other plans before, but now, he obviously didn't intend to do any more useless work.
Xia Chu carelessly touched the arrow on his left wrist. Like Xiao Mubai, he had buried it with his hand before. However, with such a heart-stopping scene in front of him, even if the emperor woke up, he would not be able to reverse the defeat.
If this hand is not used, some people's lives may still be saved.
Gu Shirou's voice suddenly sounded from the Danfeng Gate. She was covered in blood, her black hair was flying everywhere, the nine-section whip in her hand never stopped, and she started shouting: "Shi Fuqiu, don't you dare to come up and fight with me? ?”
Zhao Xingwen was fighting on another tower, and his heart trembled when he heard her provocation: "My dear mother, why are you making trouble at this time?"
Xia Chu saw the shocking red color on Zhao Xingwen's left shoulder and guessed that his wound had opened again...
"I'm waiting for Cheng Po to go in openly." Shi Fuqiu narrowed his eyes slightly, disdainful of her provocation.
The imperial city was attacked from morning to noon, and the soldiers were already very tired.
The rebels can still take turns to fight, but they can only mechanically wave their weapons again and again.
Shi Fuqiu put his hands behind his back. Although he was standing under the palace gate, he looked up with a victorious attitude. Why should he personally be the last straw to overwhelm Gu Shirou and greet Gu Shirou in the future when a group of strong crossbows were exhausted? The dual anger of the Gu family and the Zhao family.
However, Xia Chu suddenly remembered his grandfather Zhao Dingshan from the Zhao family's mother and son.
Before General Zhao left, Xia Chu asked him in the study: "These days, are you really just chatting with the emperor when you go to the palace every day?"
Old General Zhao did not reply to him at that time, but from what has happened now, we can know that the emperor had long suspected Concubine Li, and Old General Zhao had already secretly hidden Fang Weidong in the Zhao Mansion's private prison.
Xiao Mubai firmly believed that the emperor would have backup plans. He also believed that General Zhao would not enter the palace every day just to chat with the emperor.
What is this life-saving trick...
At this moment, the north city gate tower suddenly made a roar, which was the sharp sound that can only be made by the tip of a knife piercing steel.
The North City Gate was filled with smoke, and then the rebels stationed there sounded a deafening cry for help. Everyone looked at each other. Chang'an had been completely occupied by the rebels, and the palace was probably about to collapse before sunset.
who? Can we still cause damage to the North City Gate at this time
Where the smoke meets the horizon, there is a ball of ocher color, filling the space between the sky and the earth to form a strange mist, which slowly, slowly settles down.
As the cold wind blew, the vision cleared. A man in gray clothes stood up from the ground. The ghostly figure flashed past, and several death wails were heard one after another.
After a few breaths, the North City Gate became calm.
What happened in this short period of time shocked both the rebels and the defenders who were fighting, and they stopped fighting.
"Jiang Huan, go to the city gate and have a look." Shi Fuqiu ordered hurriedly.
Just like the city of Chang'an was destroyed a few days ago, there was a "squeak" mixed in the cold wind, and it seemed that the heavy city gate was opened...
Jiang Huan's pupils shrank, he grabbed a horse and ran quickly towards the North City Gate. Before he could gallop very far, he saw a man in gray with a sword in front of him.
Xia Chu's eyes were bright and bright, and he almost used all his strength to roar: "Raven!"
Everyone who knew this name couldn't help but rush to Danfeng City Gate at the same time. The killer of Lingmen turned around and glanced curiously.
With just one glance, the man blew his tail whistle, and countless figures retreated, no longer entangled with the hidden guards.
The swirling smoke that shrouded the city of Chang'an was suddenly blown by the wind. The thin clouds in the sky suddenly opened, and the sun shone from the sky. It shone unbiasedly on the raven's body, and the golden light was bright and shining.
It seemed that there was only this ray of light in the whole world, which traveled through the heaven and earth, opened the human world, and enveloped the raven.
He raised his eyes and saw Xia Chu waving to him frantically on the tower.
The raven took a step forward, but everyone's breath was inexplicably stagnant.
Jiang Huan, the deputy lieutenant of Yanzhengmen, felt that anxious eyes were piercing his body in front and behind him. Why was the eyes of the man standing alone in front of him so shocking and frightening
But he couldn't retreat. Behind him were the eyes of all the rebels, so he could only move forward.
Jiang Huan clamped his horse's belly and rushed over with his sword. He saw that the horse was about to rush in front of the man and the blade was about to touch his neck.
He snorted in his heart, thinking that it was nothing more than that. He saw the raven slash out with a knife. Jiang Huan and his horse were shaken up three feet and then fell heavily. The whole ground seemed to be shaking.
The war horse even neighed, but Jiang Huan didn't even utter a sound. The whole person was cut in half by the sword energy in the air. The bloody corpses fell on both sides. The limbs were twisted into pieces due to the rapid fall. Weird posture…
(End of chapter)