Just as Meng Silang was sighing, someone in the city shot three arrows in succession. The first arrow passed by Huo Quan's ear and flew into the air. The second arrow hit Huo Quan's knee. Huo Quan knelt down in response, and the third arrow hit the middle. On his left shoulder, Huo Yan immediately fell to the ground. Seeing this, the others quickly stepped forward and took out ropes to tie up Huo Yan.
When Meng Silang looked back, he saw that the shooter was none other than Fu Shi, the deputy general of the Dragon and Tiger Guards. Fu Shi nodded to Meng Silang with satisfaction and asked, "This Huo Quan is stubbornly resisting. How are you going to deal with it, general?"
Meng Silang didn't answer, and didn't want to talk to Fu Shi. He just hurried down to the city to see the situation. When Meng Silang came to the city, his men were very busy. They came and went and worked together to tie up Huo Yan.
The arrow on Huo Yan's left shoulder was unknowingly pulled out by that subordinate, so the blood was pouring out, dyeing the green clothes on his body bright red. He stared at Meng Silang without blinking, and cursed in his mouth: "Dog thief, You might as well cut me with a knife..."
Meng Silang took two steps forward and said disdainfully: "You don't need me to do anything, you will die..."
At this moment, Lu Zuo and Yin Ji outside the city suddenly noticed that there was no movement in the city, and they felt bad. So Lu Zuo shouted towards the palace gate: "Brothers inside, please don't do anything. I have something to ask the emperor to see..."
At this time, people in the city could hear clearly, and Meng Silang also heard who the voice was. When he was hesitating, Fu Shi appeared beside him at some point and whispered: "General Meng, we can't wait for Lu Lu Zuo will make a decision after meeting with the emperor. With his sharp tongue, he must be able to persuade your majesty to let Huo Yan go, and it is impossible for your majesty to ignore Lu Zuo's face. But the relationship between you and Huo Yan, general, has already ended. If you get off, will he let you go?"
"But..." Meng Silang suddenly hesitated, "I have to give Marshal Lu some face. If Huo Yan has been captured alive and committed suicide without permission, I'm afraid..."
Fu Shi lowered his voice again and whispered: "Huo Yan is the person the emperor wants to kill. Now is a good time to kill him. Killing him will be a great achievement. If you really stop here, I'm afraid the emperor will only think that you are doing something wrong." No, do you think the emperor wants us to kill him first and then show off, or do you really want to wait for Lu Zuo to plead for mercy, leaving the emperor in a dilemma as to whether he can come to power?"
Huo Yan sneered, "Kill me if you dare, don't worry about my mother-in-law..."
Meng Silang looked at Huo Quan's ferocious appearance and was filled with disgust, so he ordered: "Huo Quan broke into the palace gate without permission with a weapon. According to Han law, he must be beheaded. Come on, behead him..."
After hearing this, Huo Yan laughed loudly, "Okay, okay, just what I want!" Seeing that the knife and axe-hand had come up, he smiled and ordered him, "Brother, please give me a good blow. Look carefully if your knife is dull." No, haha..."
Meng Silang became more and more angry as he watched, "Come on, the car is broken..."
Fu Shi on the side was stunned after hearing this, "General Meng, it has been a hundred years since the punishment of chariot breaking was abolished. Is this appropriate?"
Meng Silang ignored him, and his men had to arrange the horses.
At this moment, Huo Yan no longer cared about the punishment, he just sneered and said: "I didn't expect that I, Huo Yan, would die in the hands of a young man like you, huh..."
Lu Zuo and Yin Ji were outside the palace gate. They heard people inside shouting and neighing. They didn't know what happened. They could only worry outside. They asked Yu Lin Wei Lekang again and again, but the other party always kept a dark face and said nothing. Lu Zuo saw that the voices inside were getting more and more strange, so he decided to let his apprentice Yin Ji break in.
After receiving the master's order, Yin Ji took out the rope from his horse like a wild horse and threw it to the top of the city tower. Before the guards on the top and bottom of the tower could react, he had already climbed to the top of the city.
"Stop him..." Lekang roared.
A group of tall, mighty, and brightly armored guards swarmed forward. Yin Ji didn't want to get entangled. He dodged left and right and passed through the crowd. Those guards were thrown into the air, and more than a dozen guards fell to the ground. Yin Ji climbed up to a battlement with few people in two steps. He saw soldiers surrounding the city in a circle. There was a black figure in the middle. His limbs and head were tied to horses in five directions. Therefore, the whole person was suspended in the air, and the five horses were respectively Sitting there was a mighty warrior.
Yin Ji was stunned. Under the light of the lights, it was clear that the person in the middle was Huo Yan.
"Execution..."
Following Huo Yan's laughter, each of the five horses rushed in front of him, followed by a crisp tearing sound, and then the palace fell silent for an instant.
Yin Ji was shocked by everything in front of him. He was paralyzed and weakly holding on to the wall. With a hoarse voice, he wanted to shout out Huo Yan's name, but he couldn't. Only two lines of hot tears dripped on the cold city wall. , until he was tied up by Wuhua Da.
Except for the neighing of horses inside and outside the palace, it was extremely quiet tonight.
The next day, before dawn, many officials were waiting at Jiulong Bridge. Everyone had heard about what happened last night, but many officials kept silent for fear of getting burned. Some officials who sympathized with Huo Quan and Lu Zuo were also looking around, waiting for Lu Zuo to appear. Now Lu Zuo's identity is just that of a commoner. If he wants to see the emperor, he is not allowed to enter without an edict. But such a big thing happened last night. It is impossible for the emperor to turn a blind eye, and it is impossible for Lu Zuo to watch his beloved disciple without saving him.
Sure enough, Lu Zuo came from afar wearing blue uniforms. In the eyes of everyone, he looked calm, as if nothing happened last night. He came to the officials and returned the greeting without any hesitation.
After the chamberlain came to Danchi and whipped three times, all the officials quickly dressed up and went to the morning court in order.
After a long time, the emperor slowly came to the throne and looked at His Highness unfamiliarly. When Lu Zuo was not seen, he quickly asked: "Where is Lu Aiqing?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Lu Zuo is now a commoner. He has no official position. Without your will, he is not allowed to enter the palace."
"Didn't I ask you to invite Lu Aiqing into the palace?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Marshal Lu is waiting outside the palace!"
Liu Xingyuan slowly sat back on the throne, "Xuan..."
Lu Zuo entered the palace slowly and saluted calmly.
Liu Xingyuan quickly stood up from the dragon chair and made a respectful gesture from a distance, "Lu Aiqing, please get up quickly, no need to be polite! From now on, if there is anything important, Lu Aiqing does not have to wait for my approval. As long as Lu Aiqing wants to enter the palace, he can do so at any time." .”
Lu Zuo said: "The country has national laws and every family has its own rules. How can I break the national laws because of me? Lu Zuo doesn't dare to do anything rashly."
"Lu Aiqing is so polite. You are the minister of the country, so you should be!"
"I don't dare. This is the result of the single-minded effort of the emperor and his ministers, not Lu Zuo's alone."
After hearing this, Liu Xingyuan was quite satisfied, so he pretended to be surprised and said: "By the way, someone broke into the palace gate last night. Do you all know about it?"
As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the hall again.
Meng Silang went out and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Huo Jin broke into the palace gate last night carrying a weapon and wanted to do harm to Your Majesty. The general has dealt with him in accordance with the law."
Although Lu Zuo was filled with dissatisfaction, his face was as calm as water, and the other officials did not dare to speak.
"Your Majesty, we also arrested a person who broke into the palace gate without permission." Meng Silang said.
"Who is it?"
