Chapter 631 Xu Mansion, the end!
"I want to know who it is, too!"
Xu Yuanzu was really unhappy at the moment.
He had just figured out what to do next, but now everything was messed up.
Emperor Yongping died, and Prince Yu also died.
At first glance, this seems like a good thing. After all, the two people who hold real power in the court are gone, and chaos is bound to follow. This is a great opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
But that’s the problem!
Xu Yuanzu felt that he could take advantage of the situation, but other people could do the same.
The most outrageous thing is that this other person seems to be hiding as deeply as he is, but the power he holds in his hands is absolutely incomparable to what he currently possesses.
"Who do you think it is?"
No matter how depressed you are, you still have to do what you have to do.
Xu Yuanzu stared at Prince Yan. "You know more about court affairs than I do. Who do you think has the ability to kill both the Emperor and Prince Yu?"
"Grand Princess!"
After confirming that Xu Yuanzu was not the one who did it, the King of Yan began to wonder who might have done it. As he thought about it, he actually found the truth.
However, he guessed the truth, but he had no evidence, so everything was just speculation.
"The Grand Princess...?!"
Xu Yuanzu couldn't help but be stunned because the Grand Princess guessed his identity.
If this was really done by the Grand Princess, then this woman must be crazy, and I'm afraid she will attack me next!
Xu Yuanzu suddenly became a little anxious
"Li Zhen, hurry up, pack up, we should leave!"
Realizing that his next situation might be bad, Xu Yuanzu immediately called on King Yan to prepare to escape.
However, Xu Yuanzu was a little slow after all.
Just as he was about to send someone to notify the people in Xu Mansion to prepare, Xu Mansion was surrounded by the Imperial City Bureau, the Whirlwind Cavalry, and the Northwest Town Army.
"Bitch, you're so treacherous and you actually want to harm me!"
After learning that Xu Mansion was surrounded by a large army, Xu Yuanzu was really furious.
Under the training of their founder, Xu Yuanzu, the Xu Mansion's Eighteen Iron Horsemen were gradually regaining their once-dominant might. Now that the Xu Mansion was under siege, Xu Yuanzu, feeling offended, immediately ordered the Eighteen Iron Horsemen to launch a surprise attack, to let the Grand Princess know that he, Prince Taiping Xu Zhengqi, was still an unrivaled warrior, even after his return.
In this world, no one can stop him, including the eighteen cavalrymen he trained.
"shoot!"
Facing the eighteen cavalrymen who rushed out of Xu's mansion with great momentum, Leng Ci waved his hand calmly.
The crossbows were fired and arrows rained down.
The Eighteen Iron Cavalry were indeed very strong, especially after being trained by Xu Yuanzu, the former founder. But the problem was that Xu Yuanzu encountered the unethical Leng Ci.
No matter how well the eighteen cavalrymen cooperate with each other, they will inevitably be shot into hedgehogs when faced with the rain of crossbow arrows.
Whether it is a person or a horse.
It's all death!
The Eighteen Iron Riders are not just eighteen people.
The Eighteen Iron Riders are the private soldiers of the Xu family.
Eighteen people form a team, integrating offense and defense. On the battlefield, once a charge is launched, eighteen people can easily face opponents of at least a hundred people.
But in front of Xu's mansion, teams of eighteen cavalrymen all fell under the rain of crossbow arrows.
The eight thousand Yulin Guards were annihilated by this kind of tactics, and their bodies were taken away in order to eliminate all clues.
"The Xu family is plotting treason, colluding with the traitor Li Zhen, and regicide. They must be executed!"
"The Grand Princess decrees that the thief Xu be executed!"
Leng Ci raised his hand and waved, and the elite soldiers of the Imperial City Division and the Northwest Garrison Army coordinated with each other, holding crossbows, and marched forward in formation, approaching the Xu Mansion little by little.
Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an had no idea how the Xu family had suffered such a devastating disaster. Both of them were controlled by Xu Yuanzu with poison, but at this moment, they understood that if they did not fight desperately, the Xu family might really be wiped out!
Although the two brothers were controlled by Xu Yuanzu, they had actually been pretending to obey and acting perfunctorily.
“Let’s fight!”
The two brothers looked at each other without saying a word, but they understood each other's intentions.
Then, the two men passed Xu Yuanzu and directly ordered the remaining eighteen cavalrymen to dismount and retreat back to the mansion.
Since a frontal charge doesn't work, let's change tactics!
The Xu Mansion is very large and covers a large area. There are many houses and even more gardens in the mansion.
Normally, the Xu Mansion would have many secret guards hidden in some secret locations for defense. Now, Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an decided to take advantage of the Xu Mansion's geographical advantage, and build layers of defense to delay the attack.
As a founding hero of the Tang Dynasty, the only family to be granted the title of king. Later, although the title of King Taiping was taken back, the family still had three dukes.
As the saying goes, everything that goes up must come down.
As early as when the first three brothers, Duke Changle, Duke Yong'an and Duke Antai, were alive, they secretly had someone dig a secret escape passage.
Only the three dukes know about this secret passage.
As for Duke Antai, Xu Yuanzu became Duke Antai by seizing the title from Xu Yuanzhen, so he did not know about the existence of the secret passage.
However, Xu Yuanzu used poison to control Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an, with ulterior motives.
At this critical moment, Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an naturally did not inform Xu Yuanzu of the existence of the escape passage in the mansion. They simply sent their own legitimate descendants out through the escape passage. As for the illegitimate children, they were left behind.
The strategies of Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an were correct, but the results were not ideal.
Because Leng Ci, under the instruction of the Grand Princess, was determined to wipe out the Xu family at the fastest speed at all costs.
At any cost means there are no restrictions on the means.
So not long after the Eighteen Iron Cavalrymen retreated back to Xu Mansion, Leng Ci had his men surround the Xu Mansion and start setting fire to it, pouring lamp oil on the outside and using rockets to quickly turn the magnificent Xu Mansion into a sea of fire.
"Brother, should we go too?"
When the fire spread in Xu's mansion, Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an gathered together.
There was a secret passage, and now the Xu Mansion was engulfed in flames. If someone fell into the fire, they would definitely be burned beyond recognition. The two of them could easily have someone else take their place and escape on their own.
"We can't leave!"
Duke Changle sighed, "You can escape for a while, but you can't escape forever. Don't forget, we brothers have been poisoned by a chronic poison!"
"Unless you take Xu Yuanzu with you!"
"However, if that thief Xu Yuanzu leaves with us, even if we brothers survive, we will be under his control."
"By then, not only us brothers, but also our sons and grandsons will be completely under his control."
"Brother, stop talking, I understand!"
Lord Yong'an took a deep breath and said, "Since this villain doesn't want us to have an easy life, let's just send him off!"
"good!"
When Duke Changle heard what Duke Yong'an said, hatred immediately appeared on his face. He also hated Xu Yuanzu very much.
(End of this chapter)
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