Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1448
It's not that Zu Qing didn't want to kill the stone tiger immediately. During a certain period of his short life, even the most difficult years when his father and grandfather died, Zu Qing practiced this as the only creed. Supported myself to survive that period of confusion and humiliation, without giving up on myself.

After tonight, this evil chieftain of Jiehu who wanted to eat his flesh and blood finally fell into the hands of Zu Qing. The killing intent surging in his heart was almost unbearable, but he still suppressed it with perseverance. The cursed sentence "rebellion between the south and the north".

It is an indisputable fact that the Zu family betrayed the Jiangdong Jin State.Although Zu Yue was half excused and half regretful to state his last resort to the people around him before his death, but a big mistake has been made, and the Zu family is a traitor in the southern court.

Although Zu Qing thought to himself that he could make up for his family's old crimes by slaying Shi Hu, the owner of Jie, the premise is that someone is willing to uphold justice for Zu's family.

Although Zu Qing was young, he had seen too many dangers in the world.Tonight, he originally planned to capture Zhang Jack, but it was a pity that this cunning old thief didn't give him such a chance. Although the two parties had reached a consensus to force the palace before, they didn't trust each other. He treats it like a sharp knife in his hand.

This old thief doesn't know where he is hiding now, and he is probably already prepared. If something happens to Shihu during the forced palace, he will charge Zu Qing with all the crimes that night, and call on all the surrounding forces to attack Zu Qing. Qingqun set up a siege to make him live without a life.

Now that he has made such a choice, Zu Qing has already put life and death aside. If his long-cherished wish can be fulfilled, what is the regret of his life?
But now he can't die. Years of enduring humiliation made him understand that only by being alive can he create more possibilities.Moreover, he has been lacking in contact with the southern court, and he is not sure if he dies in Xindu tonight, will the general Shen who is currently in power in the southern kingdom be willing to rectify the name of his ancestors?

The ancestors rebelled in Huainan first, and then suffered disasters in the captive court. Did they know their way back and set things right, or were they full of traitors and tyrants by nature?Once Zu Qing dies in Xindu tonight, the reputation behind him will no longer be able to influence him.

He needs to live, and he needs to continue to disrupt the country of Jie in his own way, because the road to cleansing his family of old sins has not yet been completed, because he doesn't want to be taken advantage of by Zhang Jie, an old thief, because he also wants to give those An account of the old people who are determined to follow and never leave.

In order to suppress the surging killing intent, Zu Qing didn't even dare to personally supervise Shi Hu, and only sent his confidants to transfer Shi Hu to the hidden place of the West Palace, and then pretended to be an edict, and began to carry out further investigations against the West Palace. Comprehensive mopping up.

Naturally, Shi Hu was the primary target in the forced palace tonight, and if he controlled Shi Hu, he would have the greatest initiative.The second-tier target is the imperial concubine Liu and the newly crowned Zhongshan King Shi Shi. If these two people are controlled again, even if Zhang Jack has other arrangements in private, he will have to make concessions.

The officers and soldiers of the Chinese army stationed in the West Palace were already disturbed by the sudden change. In addition, the general Shi Cheng was not in the army, and the two left-behind masters were killed by Zu Qing. The entire command system has been paralyzed.

Although Zu Qing has mastered the order of dispatching talismans for the soldiers of the Chinese army, he thinks that Zhang Jackal and others still have low-level soldiers as pawns in it. In order to prevent these pawns from taking the opportunity to make trouble, Zu Qing dare not call them at will , but strictly ordered them to stay on duty and not to move without authorization, and at the same time mobilized their Dongtai team here.

Although Shi Hu is full of resentment and would rather die than write an edict, it is not a big problem at the moment.The soldiers of the Chinese army here are already in panic, and Zu Qing is the only Chinese guard general who has seen the lord so far this night, and it is well known that the lord attaches great importance to his promotion during this time.

Therefore, most of the soldiers in the Chinese army chose to follow Zu Qing's orders and did not dare to act without authorization. Even if there was any responsibility to be pursued afterwards, Zu Qing, the upstart in the country, would bear the brunt of it.Compared with acting recklessly and dying, it is undoubtedly a rational choice to wait and see the development of the situation.

The next moment is still the key. Apart from the battle damage, the hundreds of soldiers brought by Zu Qing were divided into two parts. One part hid the host Shihu and waited for reinforcements, and the other part started to fight. Search for other important people and artifacts among the palaces within the West Hall.

This night was also a life-and-death fight for Zhang Jackal. After meeting Zu Qing in Dongtai, he didn't return to the courtyard where he lived, but he didn't leave the Huguo Temple either.

Although the lord had wiped out the six inner armies before, his power was not completely wiped out. Of course, it is absolutely impossible to control thousands of elite guards of the six inner armies like Zu Qing, but in a short time A few hundred people is enough.

The place Zhang Jack chose to hide was between the pagoda forests near the Huguo Temple. Although there were many armed guards patrolling and guarding around, but when the previously arranged manpower started to make trouble, those patrolling soldiers were immediately gathered at the important gate intersections. Zhang Jack is even more like entering a land without people. Although there are many monks and nuns in the monastery who are running around in a panic, they inadvertently found their whereabouts, but in such a chaotic night, the gods and Buddhas are still unable to protect themselves, and these monks and nuns are not in the mood to go again. Ask what department these fierce soldiers belong to.

Not long after Zu Qing led his troops into the area of ​​the West Hall, the soldiers sent by the generals of other armies to ask for military orders had also arrived, and soon the shocking changes in the West Hall became known to all the troops inside and outside the Buddhist temple.At this moment, no matter what their previous positions were, these sergeants knew that such an accident had happened in the West Palace, and that the master's fate was uncertain, so naturally they stopped clinging to their old orders and rushed here one after another.

As a result, the entire Huguo Temple was completely chaotic inside and outside.And Zhang Jackal took advantage of this chaos to appear again, and led hundreds of soldiers to approach the West Palace.

He publicly revealed his identity, and also used the slogan of King Qin to escort him. He was a veteran of several dynasties. Zhang Jackal's identity is undoubtedly more intimidating than Zu Qing. When he showed up, he naturally tried his best to make a fuss, so Zhang Jackal successfully entered the area of ​​the West Palace.

Although Zu Qing is a general of the imperial guards of the Chinese army, when it comes to understanding the location of the residences of the nobles in the west hall, he really can't compare to Zhang Jack who had arranged the internal response earlier.This is also why Zhang Jack dared to use Zu Qing as a charge pawn. He has been in the Jie country for a long time, and the details accumulated in the details are not even cleared by the Jie master Shi Hu, and it is far from the upstart Zu Qing. .

After entering the area of ​​the west hall, Zhang Hao wisely did not go straight to the main hall to meet Zu Qing.In the short time right now, the power he can mobilize here is really not as good as Zu Qing, that kid is so bold, especially the viciousness and decisiveness shown tonight that even Zhang Jack is afraid, and Zhang Jack will definitely suffer if he meets him now.

"Where is the concubine? Where is King Zhongshan?"

Years of accumulation finally yielded rich and sweet fruits at this moment. Once Zhang Jack appeared, the chess pieces he arranged soon presented several big harvests. The imperial seal, including the jade seal, is the imperial seal.

As early as when Shi Hu was awakened by the change in the West Palace, Shi Hu handed over these artifacts to the palace staff for proper collection to keep them safe.Zu Qing hastily entered the palace, it was no lack of luck to be able to control Shi Hu smoothly, such details are ultimately beyond his capabilities.

However, Zhang Jackal's good luck did not last long. When he was in the residence of the same concubine, he found that this place had already been controlled by a group of fierce soldiers, and the general here had replaced Sun Fudu earlier. The butcher Hu Yansheng.

Zhang Hao originally wanted to try to force his way in. After all, as his pawns in the central army gradually gathered, he had nearly a thousand soldiers behind him. Once he showed full ferocity, Hu Yansheng might not dare to continue to force him.

But at this time, the Zuqing tribe stationed in Dongtai had forcibly broken through the obstruction of the army and entered the range of the West Hall.Zhang Jackal was not afraid of Hu Yansheng, but he was really embarrassed by Zu Qing, a young man who chose to devour the Lord without any hesitation, so he had to withdraw decisively from the area of ​​the West Palace.

After leaving the West Temple, Zhang Jackal quickly forged several edicts based on the Zhangxi utensils in his possession, first forcibly took over the officials in the temple who had been controlled by the Wuwei Army, and took advantage of the Longxiang Army's withdrawal from the temple to block back to aid the west. Hall, send a message to let the soldiers on standby come here quickly.

When Zhang Jackal arrived at Huguo Temple, the sky had gradually brightened. After a night of turmoil, although the current Huguo Temple has not yet returned to stability, the several forces have basically retreated within a certain range, and there has been no more tragic outbreak. Fire and.

Along with Zhang's trilogy, there was Cheqi General Shi Bao, who looked excited. After seeing Zhang Jack, he asked people to present two heads as if offering treasures. The blood-stained heads and faces were slightly wiped with snow water. According to the five sense organs, it was Shi Bin, King of Yan who was ordered to return to the country, and Shi Cheng who went to meet him.Poor Shi Bin was high-spirited and intended to return to the country to take charge, but he was decapitated before entering the city!

"I have killed the rebellious son of the family. According to the previous agreement, Mr. Zhang will not let me down!"

After Zhang Jack saw this, he showed a determined smile on his face, and directly took out an imperial edict from his pocket, and said with a smile: "I kowtowed to the Lord last night, and I was willing to admonish King Yan to be domineering, and I am definitely not a trustee. Diligent, serving in the middle school for a long time, admired by the scholars and people, is the real talented minister of the country. The Lord has realized the past mistakes, and has already left an imperial edict. He only needs to wait for His Highness to step down from his old position and immediately enter the palace to thank him for his new appointment."

When Shi Bao heard this, he smiled even more, took the edict with his big hand and unfolded it, and found that it was indeed the transfer of all the old duties of King Yan to him.Of course, he also understood that this was definitely not the Lord's true intention, but since Zhang Jack was able to come up with such an edict, it can be seen that he has controlled the situation in Huguo Temple.

Afterwards, Zhang Jie urged Shi Bao to meet the Lord as soon as possible, but Shi Bao was not a fool, knowing that even the Lord had been controlled by Zhang Jack, and the current Huguo Temple was definitely not a good place for him, because Therefore, he carefully put away the imperial edict, using the excuse that the current internal and external situation is still not stable, and because the Lord had a terrible night, he did not want to rush to disturb him, so he asked the generals of the six internal armies to visit his official office and wait for orders. To exit Huguo Temple.

But how could Zhang Jack allow Shi Bao to withdraw easily? Of course, he has not yet entered the city completely, and has not yet reached the moment of direct confrontation with Shi Bao, who controls the city defense. Moreover, there are still some forces in the Huguo Temple. Killing the prince Shi Bao may not be able to completely take over the city defense in a short period of time, and at the same time face the risk of counterattacks from the temple at any time.

So right now he still wants to pull Shi Bao on his front line, keep her by his side with soft words, and send Shi Bao's autograph letter including Shi Bin's head to Hu Yansheng of the Chinese Army.

Compared to Zu Qing, Zhang Jackal is quite sure about Hu Yansheng, the general of Tu Ge, who understands the mind of Tu Ge. These Tu Ge, who have regained power, are nothing more than wanting to hug the noble concubine Liu's relationship.Now I can be regarded as showing full sincerity, not only win over Cheqi Shibao, but also offer Shi Bin's head. It can be said that I have helped to clear the obstacles to Shi Shi's succession, and the Huns should make some concessions.

Sure enough, shortly thereafter, the imperial concubine Liu's oral order came out from the West Palace, ordering Zhang Jackal to arrange the Lord's return to the garden, in fact, he was entrusting Zhang Jackal with the rescue of Shihu.Even if the master cannot be rescued, it is still necessary to determine whether the master is alive or not. Once it is confirmed that Shi Hu is dead, the two sides will naturally hit it off and prepare for Zhongshan King Shi Shi's enthronement as soon as possible, so that Liu can also become the empress dowager and take charge of state affairs.

After pacifying one party, Zhang Jack was determined, and sent someone to Zu Qing's house to fetch the dowry tokens given by Zhang when they got married before and sent them to Zu Qing's camp.And Zu Qing's reaction was straightforward, he just sent someone to send a bloody finger. There was a tooth mark on the middle of the finger, which could prove that the person it belonged to was Shi Hu, and the residual warmth of the finger was still there, obviously Shi Hu was still alive.

After receiving this token, Zhang Jack remained silent for a long time. Although all parties had cards at hand, it was clear that Zu Qing held the heaviest weight.If there are only these few forces in the country right now, then there is nothing to say, he and Hu Yansheng are enough to kill Zu Qing in the Huguo Temple.

However, in Fuliu City, not far from Xindu City, there is still Zhang Ju, a powerful vassal. If Shihu survives for a day, Zu Qing may use this to contact Zhang Ju and call on him to raise up the teacher of King Qin. It is far from enough to cover the sky with one hand.

What's more, their current infighting is based on the fact that the wind, snow and cold make it difficult for the Jin army to move northward.Once the struggle in the middle of the country is too severe and the Jin army learns about it, not to mention the wind and snow blocking the way, even the mountains of swords and fires may not be able to stop the enthusiasm of the Jin army's surprise raids and reaping profits!

And now, Zhang Xie finally grasped a trace of Zu Qing's true heart, this kid is nostalgic for the power and position of Jie country, it is very likely that he wants to stir up the strife in Jie country as a ladder for himself to join the Jin Dynasty!So if the situation is even slightly worse, this kid will definitely choose to do that!
"Miscalculation, miscalculation..."

Judging others by himself, Zhang Hao didn't trust Zu Qing. On the one hand, he suspected that the other party was the confidant of the Lord Shi Hu, and on the other hand, he suspected that the other party wanted to squeeze the remaining power of Jie Kingdom as much as he did.After all, the Zu family is the opposite door of the southern country. Normally, Zu Qing would not give up everything that Jie country currently has and switch to the unpredictable Jin country.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Zu Qing is just deliberately using this as a bargaining chip in negotiations. He is sure that no matter who can benefit from this coup, he will choose to maintain the stability of the situation at the first time, and will not maintain this state for a long time. And give the southern country an opportunity to take advantage of it.Because it is to put on a posture that is not afraid of death, in order to maximize the benefits.

The reason why Zhang Jackal is still so lucky is that one is still judging others by himself, the Jie country has not yet reached the desperate situation of extinction, they are like important ministers and dignitaries in the country, once they go to the South, they are just prisoners of crime, smart They all know how to choose, the two are the price he absolutely cannot bear to fight with Zu Qing to the death.

While Zu Qing was dealing with the negotiation with Zhang Jack, he did not sit idle.In addition to controlling Shi Hu, the Capricorn master, he had another unexpected achievement that night, which was to capture the prince Shi Zun in the side hall.If it was just Shi Zun, it wouldn't be much of a gain, after all, he was just a prince who had lost power, but he found a copy of Shi Hu's edict from Shi Zun, which made him see something that could be used. Opportunity.

At present, Zhang Jack didn't dare to attack the West Palace by force, because he was afraid of the strong vassals outside. Once this threat was gone, his situation would become dangerous.There is no irreconcilable conflict between Zhang Jackal and Zhang Ju, and what they are arguing about is nothing more than the amount of benefit.But once a prince breaks away from the control of these powerful ministers, the changes will be much greater.

So taking advantage of Zhang Jackal's failure to control the situation outside the Huguo Temple, Zu Qing made a prompt decision and sent someone to secretly release Shi Zun.Even if Shi Zun turned around and turned to Zhang Jack, it would not be a big loss to him, but if Shi Zun had other intentions, the fun he could create would be much greater, and it is definitely worth a try!
Shi Zun did not disappoint Zu Qing either. After he survived a catastrophe and left Huguo Temple, he already had a plan in his heart.Losing power has the advantage of losing power, that is, it is inconspicuous, and even his mother Zheng was not arranged to enter the Huguo Temple to drive and pray for blessings, and still stayed in the Forbidden Garden.

After he got his freedom, Shi Zun gathered dozens of wandering subordinates and left a letter to Du this right and wrong place. He took his mother and fled to the northwest in a hurry. Ran Min, who was going to Fuliu City, chose a good opportunity to kill Shi Jian who was also in Fuliu City, and then went to Zhao County to meet him as soon as possible.

Earlier, he was just a prince who had lost power. Even if he regained the Lord's attention and attention, it was too late.But things are rare and valuable, and it is the most reasonable thing in the world. When the master's heirs are dead or injured, his identity will naturally be highlighted. There is still a lot to do if he breaks away from the place of right and wrong in Xindu!
It's not that Shi Zun can't tolerate his brother, but he knows that the Jie country can no longer support the contending for power.It's not that the Lord didn't give him a chance to prove himself for Shi Jian, an idiot, but in the end he just couldn't help it.It is tiring for such an elder brother to live, it is better to die, and it will also allow the middle school elders to pin more hopes on him, and they can still get a fight.

Similarly, Shi Zun also has an understanding of Zu Qing's sinister intentions.But he has no choice, he is not willing to die with Xindu, a group of fools who think they have plans and fight among themselves. If he wants to display his ambitions and struggle to the death, he can only follow the path Zu Qing arranged for him.

(End of this chapter)