Chapter 544： end (below)

  The ministers were silent, but the second prince saw their slightly resisting attitude, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.

Obviously, the officials who released Qi Xiuyuan and General Yuan did not recognize him as the emperor in their hearts.

At this time, outside the city, Qi Xiuyuan was holding a secret letter and looking at it. He burned the letter and turned to Rong Xuan with a smile: "The Li family and the children are very safe."

Rong Xuan smiled and said: "Congratulations to the general," he lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and said, "It's just that Master Qi is still in Lin'an City."

Qi Xiuyuan lowered his eyes and said, "General Yuan's family is inside, we just need to follow General Yuan."

Rong Xuan nodded, the time has not come, this is indeed the best way.

"Is there any news from the Eighth Prince and Tenth Prince?"

Rong Xuan shook his head, "Our people have not been found, they have lost their traces, do you want to send more people?"

Qi Xiuyuan thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's just two children of a few years old. Let's deal with the affairs in Lin'an City first."

Unlike Qi Xiuyuan, General Yuan sent most of his staff out to find the two princes.

He would never allow the second prince who killed his father to kill his brother to be the emperor. In that case, he could only find two princes and protect them on the throne.

General Yuan sent out his staff, so that he had time to send a message to Qi Xiuyuan and invite him to come to discuss important matters.

Qi Xiuyuan went to General Yuan's camp with only a group of men, which made General Yuan admire him with satisfaction.

General Yuan only thought that Qi Xiuyuan wanted to assist the little prince to ascend to the throne, so he cut to the point with a simple retelling of the past. He planned to besiege the city before the arrival of King Qin's army, and then launch an attack together after all the army of King Qin arrived. The rebels and Xixia cavalry took it down. At the same time, they had to find the two little princes as soon as possible. After all, a country cannot live without a king in a day.

Qi Xiuyuan agreed only after being silent for a moment, but raised the hope that he would join forces with General Yuan to enter the city and rescue the families of the generals first.

Qi Xiuyuan looked worried and said, "Don't be afraid of the general's jokes, Xiuyuan's eldest son is only two years old this year, and I haven't seen him since he was born..."

General Yuan thought of the old mother, wife and grandchildren who were trapped in Lin'an City, his eyes were slightly red, he patted Qi Xiuyuan's shoulder with empathy, and said, "Okay, but there are a few people I can get here..."

General Yuan is a little hard to tell. His power is bigger than Qi Xiu, his management is longer than him, and his manpower is more and more skilled than him, but most of his manpower is sent out to find two princes, and few can be drawn. There are few, so to save people, I am afraid that Qi Xiuyuan will have to send more people.

Qi Xiuyuan obviously did not expect such a situation, and he felt that General Yuan was really dedicated to the great Zhou Dynasty, so he could only recruit as many people as possible to sneak into Lin'an City quietly.

Fortunately, Fan Zijin was still inside, and the people who ran the business before were still lurking in the city. After sending people into the city, they waited for the other Kings of Qin and the news from the city.

And the second prince moved very quickly. The next day, he invited Mrs. Shen and Qi Feng to the tower, and asked General Yuan and Qi Xiuyuan to enter the city alone to meet.

Both of them are unwilling to recognize the second prince as the emperor, so what is there to talk about?

Not to mention that they won't be able to get out if they go in alone, so General Yuan and Qi Xiuyuan just stared at the people on the tower with red eyes and didn't say a word.

The second prince's envoy grabbed Mrs. Shen and Qi Feng and threatened for a long time. Seeing that they were completely indifferent, they were angry and angry for a while, but they didn't dare to really push them down or chop them down, so they could only turn around and let them go. Report to the second prince.

And Shen Mu and Rong Xuan and their staff finally drafted a letter, listing the sins of the second prince, saying that their move was to follow the way of heaven to crusade the second prince.

The second prince's response was simple and rude. Yuan Qi and the others first asked them to withdraw twenty miles, otherwise they would each kill one of their family members until they retreated.

General Yuan's eyes were splitting, and he felt pain and hatred in his heart, but he was helpless. When he saw his little grandson on the city wall the next day, he could only wave his hand and let him be stationed twenty miles back. They all brought their troops to besiege the city.

This time, the second prince did not threaten them any more, but after two days, after General Guo and the army of King Qin also arrived, the second prince's envoy quietly left the city and entered the camps of the generals.

Including General Yuan and Qi Xiuyuan.

Qi Xiuyuan watched the envoy's back disappear, and then slowly let out a breath. He turned and walked to the small Tupo beside him, stood on it, and asked, "Jin Yu, what do you think General Yuan will choose?"

Rong Xuan lowered his head and thought for a moment: "That position is too tempting. Although General Yuan is devoted to serving the country, he often goes against the will of the late emperor, and I can't grasp his thoughts. Besides, even if General Yuan doesn't have that idea, his subordinates will not be able to grasp his thoughts. Not necessarily."

"General Yuan cherishes his reputation very much," Qi Xiuyuan pointedly said: "If we can rescue the Yuan family members and do things before him, do you think General Yuan will raise the flag to fight with us again?"

Rong Xuan frowned and thought about it. General Yuan really cherished his reputation, and he valued his reputation more than his own life. If they were so kind, maybe they would really succeed.

"However, we don't have full confidence, I don't know where Biao Gongzi is..."

"No," Qi Xiuyuan refused, "I can't bring Zijin into this matter, there is not enough manpower," he thought for a while, and said, "Order Baili, let him come immediately, the envoy has just arrived, we can delay for three days In about three days, the hostages must be rescued."

"Where the lady and the young master..."

"With Ah Ling, Baili is good at concealment and killing, and Ah Ling is good at defense. With her there, Baili is optional."

Rongxuan responded immediately, and the flying pigeon passed the book and asked Baili to come immediately.

At this time, General Yuan, who was also sending the hour away, seemed to be five years older, Yuan Zhao hurried over and shouted, "Father."

General Yuan said wearily: "The two princes died, at the hands of the Xixia people, and all the other princes in Lin'an City... In the entire Great Zhou, now only the second prince is left."

Yuan Zhao was silent for a moment, then said, "Father, the Guo family and other clansmen, the late emperor was not the son of Emperor Gong, but his nephew."

General Yuan cheered up a little.

Yuan Zhao lowered his eyes and said solemnly: "Father, the most urgent task now is to rescue grandmother and mother, otherwise the second prince is hostage, and we will not be able to attack at all."

General Yuan nodded slightly, "Retract everyone, find a way to sneak into the city, and be sure to rescue them."

Yuan Zhao felt a little anxious in his heart, "It will only take two or three days for our men to rush back. Under the tired army, we are afraid of making mistakes. Father, why don't you ask General Qi for help? Haven't his men already arrived in the city? My grandmother is getting old, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait too long."

General Yuan sighed and nodded, "I'll go see General Qi tomorrow."

Because the upper echelons of the army already knew that except for the second prince, all the princes were dead, and even the eighth prince and tenth prince who had escaped were found and killed by the Xixia people, so everyone's hearts were fluctuating and they were about to move.