Xiao Yu's eyes showed disdain: "Duke Zhou, how did you get to be your new master?"
Zhou Neiguan's face changed slightly, but he did not show any anger. He cupped his hands to one side and said: "He who knows the current affairs is a hero. My young prince, your Majesty has a kind heart and has pardoned all the ministers who are willing to surrender, including naturally. Young prince, the premise is that the young prince needs to express his loyalty to His Majesty in front of all the officials and is willing to surrender. There will be no more killings in the future and the world will be peaceful. Isn't this the best result?"
Xiao Yu smiled and looked helpless: "I understand what Duke Zhou means. Now that the situation has been decided, do I still have a choice? Since His Majesty is kind-hearted and willing to let me go, what else can I do besides being grateful?"
Zhou Neiguan nodded with satisfaction: "The Prince of Jiangxia is indeed aware of current affairs."
At this moment, Lu Zixun suddenly shouted: "Duke Zhou, what are you going to do?"
Zhou Neiguan looked surprised: "What are you doing? Doesn't General Lu know what our family is doing? Did our family, following His Majesty's decree, invite the Prince of Jiangxia to see him at Hanzhang Hall?"
"Duke Zhou, how can we spare his life!"
Zhou Neiguan blinked: "If we remember correctly, it seems that His Majesty has also given a decree to General Lu to bring the young prince back to Hanzhang Palace intact."
Lu Zixun gritted his teeth and said: "This general has just seen what he is capable of. Keeping him will be a threat to His Majesty sooner or later. It is better to get rid of him now."
A look of surprise appeared on Xiao Yu's face. He originally thought that Lu Zixun really thought that he was pretending to be the prince, so he decided to kill him.
From this point of view, he has always underestimated this leader of the Lu family. Compared with the short-sightedness and mediocrity of many disciples of the Lu family, this man is indeed somewhat far-sighted, but it is a pity that he followed the wrong person.
But even so, Xiao Yu still couldn't remember this person in his heart.
Looking at Zhou Neiguan again, his eyes were already cold and he said coldly: "Lu Zixun, are you going to disobey me? Do you dare to disrespect His Majesty's will?"
Lu Zixun frowned.
He vowed to be loyal to the former Huainan King Xiao Wei, and there was naturally some entanglement between them.
Furthermore, now that the clan is in decline, the Lu family has no other better choice.
The great hatred lies ahead, but the opportunity only lasts for a moment. The Lu family must risk the fate of the whole family to fight for this opportunity to stand up and take revenge.
For the tragic death of King Luling, and for Concubine Lu.
Lu Zixun's brows relaxed slightly and his eyes were slightly closed. The man's knife-carved face twitched slightly, seeming to express a kind of pain and aggrievedness.
He hugged his fists and squeezed out a few words between his teeth: "The last general will be loyal to His Majesty!"
Zhou Neiguan nodded with satisfaction: "Well, that's right. The imperial power is supreme. Who else dares to disobey?"
"Wait!" Lu Zixun suddenly shouted again.
Zhou Neiguan's face immediately became frosty again: "What else does General Lu have to do?"
Lu Zixun stared at Xiao Yu with hatred on his face: "The young prince's martial arts skills are extraordinary. It seems that he has obtained the true inheritance of Prince Jiang Xia. He has been pretending to be crazy and acting stupid for many years. It seems that he has also mastered the ability of cultivating energy and forbearance."
"There's no need for you to praise him." Zhou Neiguan said impatiently.
Lu Zixun snorted coldly: "I'm afraid that the young prince's hands and feet are too nimble and will be detrimental to His Majesty when he drives. Why don't you let me break his tendons and hamstrings first, so that... I, the general, can rest assured..."
Xiao Yu felt a chill in his heart. The thought that had just flashed through his mind was put into words by the Suwei Zhonglang.
"Bold! Lu Zixun, who are you? Your Majesty has already said that as long as the young prince is willing to surrender, he will clear up the past grudges and pardon the young prince. You are doing this, let the world think of your majesty! You are putting your majesty in an unkind and unjust way , His heart is worth killing!" Zhou Neiguan shouted, his expression was cold and full of aura.
"I sincerely think about your Majesty. Some people have evil intentions in their hearts, and he should punish them!" Lu Zixun looked at Zhou Neiguan coldly.
Zhou Neiguan's aura remained the same and he sneered: "If you are questioning our family, then you are also questioning His Majesty!"
Many soldiers on the spot rattled their weapons and looked at the arrogant eunuch angrily.
Zhou Neiguan showed no fear on his face, with an awe-inspiring look on his face, showing contempt for the Qiu Ba in front of him.
However, at this moment, a "clang" sound was suddenly heard.
Xiao Yu threw the spear in his hand to the ground. He raised his hands in a surrender gesture that even ancient people could not understand.
"Okay, there is no need for you two to argue about this prince. My prince has put down his weapons and is willing to be captured without mercy. If General Lu is still worried about this, he wants to break my hand tendons and hamstrings... Although I am afraid of pain, I have already For fish and meat, what choice do you have? It is better to die than to live in vain."
"Then don't blame me for being disrespectful!" Lu Zixun said and was about to pull out the ring-headed sword that had been sheathed.
Xiao Yu's face was dripping with cold sweat. Fortunately, it was mixed with the rain stains, making it difficult to distinguish for a while, but he was really scared in his heart and secretly cursed himself for going too far.
Zhou Neiguan frowned coldly and stepped forward to block Xiao Yu's face with his wide sleeves.
"General Lu, what are you going to do? Your Majesty did not issue an edict for General Lu to do such an appalling thing!"
"The general will explain to His Majesty later!"
"Your Majesty will not listen to your explanation, and will even be suspicious...and afraid of you..." Zhou Neiguan did not flinch.
Lu Zixun's face suddenly darkened, and a fire burned faintly in his eyes.
"My general conducts himself with integrity and cannot be slandered by treacherous villains like you!"
"We never mean to slander, we just tell the truth, and His Majesty will make your own decision!"
"you……"
Just when Zhou Neiguan and Lu Zixun were at loggerheads, another soldier ran to Lu Zixun and whispered a few words in his ear.
Lu Zixun's face was ashen and he said coldly: "I know."
Xiao Yu had been observing the situation from the side, and the frequent messengers gave him a vague idea of the secrets.
Just now, a messenger came. Lu Zixun looked ugly, but he loudly preached that the throne was stable, in order to stabilize the morale of the army.
And when messengers came again, it seemed that the situation was not as optimistic as Lu Zixun had preached.
I saw Lu Zixun put the ring-shou knife back into its sheath. He stared at Xiao Yu coldly and threatened: "I have something to do, so I can't take care of you for the moment. If you have other intentions, I will chop off your hands and feet later."
Xiao Yu nodded and smiled lightly.
But in Lu Zixun's opinion, this smile was Xiao Yu's contempt and ridicule for him. His heart was ups and downs, and his murderous intention suddenly aroused. His fingers kept rubbing the handle of the ring head knife, just to suppress all the anger in his heart.
But it was Zhou Neiguan who cursed: "The little Suwei Zhonglang, a big-assed official, dares to threaten the royal family. Fortunately, you are from a noble family, and you don't know any etiquette."
"A big-ass officer? Hehe... Have you forgotten how you begged my soldiers for mercy last night? Believe it or not, I can chop your head off right away!" Lu Zixun said angrily.
"But our family now represents the emperor, and you want to rebel again?"
Zhou Neiguan's face was livid. At this time, he was confident and showed no fear. He calmly looked at the Su Guard soldiers around him who were all murderous.
"Eunuchs are a disaster to the country." Lu Zixun scolded.
Zhou Neiguan narrowed his eyes: "If you don't get hurt by that knife, will you be a good person?"
Lu Zixun's eyes flashed with cold light, his right hand was already on the handle of the knife, and he had murderous intentions again.
At this moment, another military officer squeezed in from the crowd. He was already covered in glory. He didn't say anything and just held his hand.
Lu Zixun understood and said to the people next to him: "There are some rebels who don't know what is good or bad. What should we be afraid of? Let's go to Chonghemen! Leave ten people behind to help Duke Zhou! Don't forget to include Zhu Shizhong here."
Zhu Yi originally thought that after what happened just now, he had been forgotten, and was thinking about how to get out of the chaos.
But when he heard Lu Zixun suddenly mentioning himself, he secretly smacked his tongue in his heart, but he could only laugh without any bottom line at everyone present, but he couldn't get any response from anyone.
With just one order, the Su Guard soldiers on both sides of the corridor followed their chief officer and retreated like a tide, taking away the wounded and wounded brothers with them.
A small colonel was left here with ten Su Guard soldiers. After the army retreated, he gave an order and several soldiers held ropes in their hands and were about to step forward to tie people up.
Xiao Yu stood motionless on the spot. He acted more submissive, but to be honest, the superb martial arts skills Xiao Yu had shown before still made these soldiers very afraid, and they behaved very vigilantly.
Zhu Yi, on the other hand, became furious and shouted: "Don't be rude to me. I am a high-ranking nobleman and an official of the imperial court. Who are you Qiu Ba!"
But no one paid attention to Zhu Yi's yelling. Two people stepped forward to hold up his arms, one on the left and the other on the right. The other person took a hemp rope and tried to put it around his neck.
Zhou Neiguan couldn't stand it any longer and said coldly: "Stop it! You can tie up the pillars of society at will in the palace. How unbecoming it is. You don't even want to lose the face of the imperial court!"
As ordinary soldiers, who really cares about the court's reputation? Soldiers eat food, follow orders and prohibitions, and do whatever the officials tell them to do. The movements of their hands are not ambiguous at all.
Their actions made Zhou Neiguan furious: "We have rebelled. We have all rebelled. We are going to the emperor to reason with him. No matter how arrogant and domineering Lu Zixun is, his soldiers would dare to step on the angel's head!"
The head of the school doesn't dare to take on this responsibility. He has been guarding the palace gate for many years and now he has just become a big man. Compared with the people below him, he is more tactful and he does not dare to offend the people above him in order to get promoted in the future.
He was the only one who smiled at Zhou's official: "Gong Zhou, the lieutenant in charge of the defense will have an order. I dare not disobey the order. The people below are not sensible. I hope Duke Zhou will take care of him. Duke Zhou was not here just now and did not see Zhou." How powerful the young prince is is obvious to all the little people. They do this because they are afraid that something will go wrong and cannot bear it. How can they dare to offend the father-in-law?"
Zhou Neiguan did not give him a good look just because the schoolmate laughed at him. He still looked aloof and said: "Is there anything I can't bear? Didn't the young prince tell me that he is willing to submit to Your Majesty? Such a tie, Where is the royal dignity?"
"I don't dare, but General Su Wei Zhonglang..."
Zhou Neiguan was a little unhappy and said sarcastically: "How come our family remembers that General Su Wei Zhonglang asked you to come and help our family, but we didn't hear that he asked you to kidnap the young prince? When will you Su Wei soldiers come and help us?" I have learned to be as slippery as a minister in the court, and I have begun to learn to figure out the intentions! Lu Zixun is really a good teacher!"
The face of the leading colonel suddenly changed, and he hurriedly said: "I don't dare. This is not because of General Lu. It's just because I secretly figured it out. I know my mistake and I won't dare to do it again in the future."
Zhou Neiguan sneered: "I'm afraid it's also duplicity!"
"I really don't dare to do that anymore!" The head of the school was frightened and lowered his head.
Zhou Neiguan looked up at the already bright sky and glanced at the primary school: "You are more flexible than Lu Zixun. You are a wise man."
"Yes Yes……"
"Seeing that you are so righteous, we will give you a few words today. No one is willing to say this to you outside."
"The villain knows."
Zhou Neiguan looked arrogantly and looked into the air: "When doing things in Taicheng, it is best to know how to act appropriately, know how to advance and retreat, and know how to be flexible. This will be useful for your promotion. What future can you have with Lu Zixun? Remember the following words, now The sky above is still the sky for Da Qi, and it cannot fall! You are soldiers of Da Qi, and your allegiance is only to Da Qi, and only to the emperor. Don’t be loyal for a moment and follow some ambitious bad guys all the way to darkness."
The principal's eyes rolled around, as if he heard something, but he kept silent and didn't dare to raise his head.
Zhou Neiguan continued: "As long as His Majesty is not punished, the young prince of Daqi will still be the young prince with golden branches and jade leaves, and the court ministers will still be the court ministers who assist the king. Do you remember clearly?"
The head of the primary school quickly said yes again and again.
Zhou Naiguan glanced at Zhu Yi with narrowed eyes and said: "Now that everything is clear, why are you still rude to me, the minister of the court? Why don't you let go quickly!"
Although the Su Guard soldiers were still unwilling, they still obeyed the order. They only reluctantly loosened the rope around Zhu Yi's body after the commander's order.
Zhu Yi shook his broad sleeves and snorted coldly at the soldiers on both sides. Then he stepped forward and bowed deeply to Zhou Neiguan, saying all his good things.
Zhou Neiguan's tone was meaningful: "Zhu Shizhong, there is no need to thank our family. Serving the emperor well is the greatest gratitude to our family."
Zhu Yi narrowed his eyes and seemed to immediately understand the meaning of Zhou Nei's Mandarin, and he quickly handed it over and said yes.
The guardsmen were quite polite to Xiao Yu, perhaps because of his spear skills and identity. After hesitating for a long time, no one came forward to tie him up.
Zhou Neiguan came to Xiao Yu at this time. His attitude and tone of voice were similar to the winter night when they first met, acting cold and distant.
"My young prince, I have been wasting here for too long. Don't keep your majesty waiting."
"Thank you again, Eunuch Zhou." Xiao Yu whispered, as if he didn't want others to hear his thanks.
A flash of surprise flashed across Zhou Neiguan's face. He just blinked calmly. His face still looked businesslike. When he realized that no one was looking at him, he lowered his voice.
"Little prince, just don't blame our family. Things in the palace have always been like this. Everyone is just a faggot, and our family is helpless. If one day the world turns the other way around, little prince, please don't forget what our family is like today. good."
