As the wine cup and Wei Jun's shout fell, the attendants and guards who were guarding outside the hall quickly rushed in with knives in their hands, looking murderous.
Chu Xing, Lao Kang and more than ten others had been on guard for a long time, and at this moment, they had drawn their swords.
"Be patient." Chang Suining also stood up with his sword in hand, looked at Wei Jun who was protected by his followers, and asked, "How much benefit did Xu Zhengye promise you? My father can give you double."
Although Chang Kuo admitted that he could not offer so many benefits, it was not false at all. After all, His Highness was just bragging.
During the confrontation between the two sides, Wei Jun sneered and said, "Benefits? Unfortunately, that's not what I want! My Wei family has been loyal to Dasheng and the Li family for generations, but now the Queen is disrupting the government, which is unacceptable! All we do is to support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ascend the throne and restore Dasheng's rule!"
"The current situation in Jiangnan is all due to Xu Zhengye. Is this what you call a peaceful and clean country?" Chang Suining looked at him and said, "Do you really think Xu Zhengye is working for the Li family and the crown prince?"
"I don't know who he works for..." Wei Jun's eyes turned cold again: "But you guys who are willing to be the empress's lackeys must not be allowed to stay!"
Chang Suining understood: "I really thought you were stupid, but it turns out you're not stupid."
But he is just a jackal who wants to create chaos in the world under the guise of loyalty to the Li family and then take advantage of the chaos to eat the meat.
Anyone who stands in his way is considered the Empress's minions and must be eliminated as soon as possible.
Chang Kuo drew his sword: "If that's the case, there's nothing to say to this kind of person!"
"I wanted to give you a quick death... Since you are seeking suffering before your death, you can't blame others!" Wei Jun raised his hand: "Kill them!"
The hall, which was filled with harmony and joy just now, with the aroma of wine and the sound of music, suddenly turned into a life-threatening cage.
More killers poured in, and the hall was filled with blood.
Seeing Chang Kuo and his men's brave and fierce attack, Wei Jun felt a little uneasy even though he had the upper hand in numbers. He had naturally heard of Chang Kuo's reputation for killing people without blinking an eye, and these people had just repelled Xu Gong's army in Hezhou, so they should not be underestimated.
Wei Jun knew very well that it was risky to confront these people head-on, so he chose to lure Chang Kuo into the city first and then try to poison him when they were off guard.
But these people were indeed difficult to deal with. Even a young girl who had just started out was full of tricks.
He still hasn't figured out how the poisoning was exposed! Or... these people have always been wary of him and never believed him from the beginning to the end! But no matter what, at this point, he can only fight hard!
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Chang Kuo and others naturally would not come to the banquet alone.
Although it was not convenient for the main army to enter the inner city together, they also brought hundreds of personal soldiers with them.
Before entering the Governor's Mansion, Chang Suining and Chang Kuo had secretly arranged a plan to deal with unexpected events. As early as when Wei Jun's men drew their swords and rushed into the hall, Chu Xing and his men used the whistle to pass on the message.
At this moment, the soldiers guarding outside the governor's mansion had already rushed into the front yard and were heading here.
Seeing that he had not succeeded yet, Wei Jun became extremely anxious. He wished he could kill Chang Kuo and his evil daughter with a knife himself, but he did not dare to do so.
He was born a civil servant, and although he was not weak, he believed that he did not have the ability to fight with these military generals.
Hearing the sound of fighting coming from outside the hall, his staff saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly said: "…Sir Governor, why don't you go to the back hall to take shelter first!"
He lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry, sir. Even if they fight to the death to get out of the governor's mansion, they still can't get out of Chuzhou City!"
There has always been a rule of entertaining military generals during a journey, and there is no rule of bringing thousands of troops into the city. No matter how prepared Chang Kuo and his men were, they only brought a few hundred people.
Even if they found out that the wine was poisonous, they would be killed tonight! Under the protection of several of his followers, Wei Jun and his staff retreated behind the screen, intending to leave this place first.
But just after he walked a short distance and before he could leave through the back door, Wei Jun heard the sound of fighting behind him.
He looked back and saw someone chasing after him.
The man was tall, but had no weapon in his hand. He dared to chase him alone with bare hands, but even so, his men could not stop him!
Seeing that the other party knocked down his two guards with one punch and one kick, Wei Jun's face changed and he ran away quickly with his official robe in hand.
"Stop running!"
The warning voice coming from behind him had an innocent tone that did not belong to a normal person.
The staff suddenly realized that this man was probably a fool.
He had heard that when the late Crown Prince was still alive, he had a mentally retarded general under his command. Although he was not very smart, he was extremely skilled and ferocious, and even a hundred men could not get close to him.
Could it be this person? !
Thinking of this, the staff member panicked and tripped when he stepped over the threshold in front of him. He fell on his face and let out a scream.
Immediately, a second, even more shrill scream was heard.
It was Adian who came running and stepped on him, grabbing the back collar of Wei Jun's official robe.
Wei Jun felt a strong force pulling him back, and then he seemed to be lifted up! Wei Jun was frightened and tried to resist, but before his hand could touch the opponent, he was counterattacked by the opponent. He raised his other hand and tried to hit the opponent, but was restrained again.
When he tried to struggle and resist again, the opponent's men exerted force, and the pain of the broken arm bones immediately made Wei Jun's pupils shrink and he screamed.
"You are so disobedient!"
It’s not easy to catch someone, Adian sighed.
The aide lying on the ground wailed and was almost crying.
Ah Dian looked down and saw that he was still stepping on the other person. He was also startled and quickly moved his foot away: "I didn't mean to do that!"
The aide was in so much pain that he wanted to cry but had no tears. His bones were broken no less than the governor's! But fortunately, the other party seemed to have no intention of actively killing people, and did not attack him again. Instead, he dragged his governor away.
"......Sir!" The aide struggled to support his upper body and tried to get up to save Wei Jun.
A guard from the governor's mansion came over with a knife in hand, but was kicked away by Adian.
Seeing the guard spitting blood and falling to the ground, the aide trembled and felt even more pain in his body. It hurt so much that he couldn't get up at all. So he could only lie back down resignedly, groaning in pain and begging for help: "...Come, go and save the governor!"
Ah Dian carried Wei Jun back to the front hall and shouted, "Little Ah Li, I caught him!"
Everyone who came to the banquet today had already made preparations. Chang Suining had already told Adian in advance: "Today might be a Hongmen Banquet. If a fight breaks out, you will be responsible for keeping a close eye on the one with the highest hat. Don't let him get away."
To prevent himself from forgetting, Adian repeated this sentence dozens of times until he knew it by heart.
Wei Jun's people in the hall were all shocked to see the governor being captured.
"Stop it." Chang Suining put the tip of the sword in front of Wei Jun.
The fight in the hall had to stop.
Seeing the tip of the sword in the hand of the girl with other people's blood on her face move up and point to his throat the next moment, Wei Jun's face turned pale and he tried his best to lean back, but was held tightly by Adian.
Under the fear of death, he trembled and said, "...You can't kill me!"
Chang Suining looked at him: "Tell me, why not?"
Seeing this and hearing these words, Chu Xing's eyebrows twitched slightly.
"The city gates are closed now, you can't escape!" Wei Jun gritted his teeth and said, "If you kill me, you will die too!"
But the girl asked calmly: "Once the city gate is closed, can't it be opened again? Isn't the purpose of closing the gate to be opened?"
She said calmly, "The power of city defense is in the hands of the military officer. Let Li help us open the city gate. I had a very pleasant conversation with him today. I think he is willing to help with this."
The girl's words were full of innocence, and Wei Jun seemed to have heard a very funny joke: "...Ms. Chang, you think I am too stupid. How can I dare to keep a subordinate who is willing to help others deal with me at this critical moment?"
Because he trusted Li Xun too much, he never trusted him, and Xu Zhengye's private plans were completely unknown to him.
He had kept this man before because the time was not right and it was not appropriate to arouse the suspicion of the court. Now that he wanted to kill Chang Kuo, he was ready to break off relations with the court, so naturally there was no need to keep this person who might cause trouble! "So, you asked someone to kill him?" Chang Suining asked.
"He is already dead!" Wei Jun looked at Chang Kuo and said firmly, "If you still want to leave Chuzhou alive, you can't kill me!"
Although this operation failed, as long as he could keep his life, there would always be a chance... At this moment, these people were like trapped beasts, and he still had someone to rely on, so it was not considered passive! So Wei Jun's expression gradually calmed down.
But this peace was soon shattered.
"It's a pity that I'm not dead yet. I'm afraid I'll disappoint the governor."
As a voice sounded, Li Canjun, covered in blood, stepped over the threshold and walked in with a grim expression.
In addition to the soldiers he brought with him, there was also Chang Ren.
Wei Jun's face changed drastically. Li Xun was not dead? When Li Xun arrived, Chang Suining no longer wanted to chat with Wei Jun to kill time, so he put the sword back into the scabbard.
The sword at his throat was clearly gone, but the cold sweat on Wei Jun's head was getting thicker and thicker.
"I have controlled every place in the city, please rest assured, General Chang." Li Canjun saluted to Chang Kuo.
Chang Kuo returned the greeting: "Thank you for joining the army."
There were still sporadic sounds of fighting in various places in the Governor's Mansion. Those were Wei Jun's men who were resisting stubbornly, but they no longer posed a threat.
The aide whose bones were broken by Adian was quickly dragged over. He collapsed to the ground, knelt down and begged for mercy, and revealed all the details of Wei Jun's collusion with Xu Zhengye.
It was also Xu Zhengye who instructed Wei Jun to stop and kill Chang Kuo in Chuzhou.
One was to take advantage of the situation to get rid of Chang Kuo, who was a big worry for him, and the other was to ensure that Li Yi could arrive in Yangzhou smoothly without being obstructed by Chang Kuo.
Li Canjun clenched his fists and looked at Wei Jun with red eyes: "...It turns out that you have already colluded with Xu Zhengye in secret! So, when you used the excuse of fearing that the rebel army would attack Chuzhou and refused to allow me to send troops to rescue Hezhou, you were just colluding with Xu Zhengye to deliberately obstruct me!"
But he really believed it, and missed the chance to save his friend! Chang Suining said, "Adian, hand this man over to Li Canjun for disposal."
Rebels like these can be handed over to the court for punishment, or they can be killed on the spot. It is all a favor to hand them over to General Li for punishment.
Facing his enemy, General Li showed no mercy and stabbed Wei Jun's heart with a sword on the spot.
Wei Jun fell to the ground with his eyes wide open.
When his staff saw this, their eyes rolled back and they fainted from fright.
But he soon woke up again, being woken up by someone pouring tea on him.
The moment he opened his eyes, he vaguely felt that everything that had just happened was just a nightmare, but when he opened his eyes and saw the girl standing in front of him, he was suddenly filled with despair.
"I have something else to ask you."
The staff member hurriedly expressed his opinion: "I will tell you everything I know!"
In fear and tension, I only heard the voice above my head asking, "Can I eat the food?"
"?" The aide hesitated for a moment and answered cautiously: "It's stained with blood, I'm afraid it can't be eaten..."
Chang Suining: "Does that mean there is no poison in the food?"
"No!" the aide immediately replied: "...it was only in the tea!"
Chang Suining turned around and told Chang Ren: "Uncle Ren, find someone to lead the way and bring up the remaining food."
After saying that, she sat down in her original seat.
Now that you are here, you need to fill your stomach.
Chu Xing looked at the bloodstains in the hall that had not yet been cleaned up, and even the bodies of Wei Jun and others, and the uneasiness in his heart increased again.
What can he do when faced with a girl who can still sit down to eat at this time?
His own general gave him the answer.
Chang Kuo: "Someone, drag these things out of the way!"
Then, he sat down next to his daughter and invited his subordinates to eat together.
General Li was there to calm down and control the situation inside and outside the governor's mansion, so they took this opportunity to fill their stomachs.
Soon, the food was served, and it was still hot. Chu Xing hesitated for a moment, then found a seat and sat down and began to wolf it down. He really hadn't eaten hot food for a long time. There was no rush to correct the girl! When Li Canjun finished his work, he came here again and saw a room full of people eating together.
Li Canjun was silent for a moment, and then ordered people to bring all the edible things in the entire governor's mansion.
Finally, Chang Suining asked people to pack up the remaining food and take it to the brothers outside the city.
Faced with these people who ate and took things like bandits entering the city, the staff holding the pen in his hand wanted to cry but had no tears - the governor called this plan a catching a turtle in a jar, but the turtle was not caught, but the man was gone and the house was empty! Stealing a chicken but losing the rice, catching a turtle failed and the house was stolen! Seeing Chang Suining walking towards him, he quickly held up the letter with both hands and forced a difficult smile: "I have written it according to Madam Chang's instructions, and also stamped the governor's seal... Please take a look, Madam Chang."
Chang Suining took it, looked at it carefully, and nodded.
After putting the letter into the envelope, she handed it to Li Canjun: "Thank you Li Canjun, in the name of Chuzhou Army, to have someone rush to deliver it to Li Yi overnight. The sooner the better."
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As daybreak approached, Chang Suining and his men left Chuzhou, with an additional 20,000 Chuzhou soldiers following them.
This was what Li Canjun agreed to lend them. Ten thousand garrisons were left in Chuzhou in case of emergency.
Chang Suining looked back at the army behind him and felt deeply moved. After such patchwork, they finally managed to gather the number of the three armies.
The number of the three armies should be enough to scare Li Yi out of his wits.
With a little more wit, it should be almost done.
"Little Ah Li, the Hongmen Banquet is so good!" Ah Dian, who was sitting on the horse, held the reins with one hand and ate a bun with the other. His cheeks were bulging and he mumbled, "I can eat delicious food without spending money!"
As he said this, he turned around and looked at the army behind him: "You can still take away so many people!"
Finally, he concluded with longing: "Is there still a Hongmen Banquet like this? It would be great if there was one every day!"
Chang Suining nodded in agreement: "Yes."
Madam Shepherd's Purse and the others all laughed when they heard this: "Most people can't eat this Hongmen Banquet, except for Madam Chang and General Chang!"
As the warm winter sun rose, the army marched quickly on their way.
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