From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 581

After the curfew, Yangzhou City was dark, with only the imperial envoy's residence ablaze.

On the other side, the Xu family was also brightly lit.

Xu Guangchao's face was gloomy and he was very depressed. He thought he had already discussed with the Duke of Weiguo that after this matter was over, he would be able to get the title of imperial merchant in the future.

Who knew that other families had already started to take action and were determined to fight to the death.

Now the six major families gathered at the Xu family just to get the news as soon as possible.

Xu Guangchao sighed and said, "Why is it so? Why is it so? The way of doing business in this world is to make money with harmony. Now we have to fight to the death. What good will it do us?"

The people from the other five major families were furious when they heard this. Wu Qinghe gritted his teeth and said, "Xu Guangchao, is your brain stuck in the door? If Zhou Yuan hadn't refused to let go, why would we fight to the death?"

"I think you have been fooled by his words."

Xu Guangchao said, "It shouldn't be, it should be said that the Duke shouldn't..."

"Shut up!"

The head of the Deng family shouted angrily, "You are still lucky until now? Do you really think Zhou Yuan is a living Bodhisattva and you are allied with him?"

"Tonight, it's just a fight to the death. There is no other possibility."

Wu Qinghe said, "It doesn't matter. Zhou Yuan didn't bring many soldiers with him. He shouldn't be able to stop him tonight."

"He underestimated the enemy and was caught off guard by us."

Xu Guangchao couldn't help but feel a little Worried: "Duke Wei is a fierce general on the battlefield. Are you sure? If you fail to kill him, we will be the unlucky ones."

Wu Qinghe said coldly: "He is a fierce general on the battlefield! But he underestimated our determination and energy. He thought his Emperor Sword would work at any time, but in fact no one will listen to him tonight."

"The fire over there has been lit, and we will hear the victory news soon."

As soon as the voice fell, the servant's anxious voice came from outside: "Report! Report!"

Wu Qinghe stroked his beard and smiled: "Look, it was taken down so quickly. More than a thousand regular troops, that's not a joke."

The servant ran in and shouted: "Report! Something happened, a bunch of women rushed in from outside!"

"What!"

Wu Qinghe stood up and glared: "A group of women?"

As soon as the voice fell, a stream of light flew from a distance and directly penetrated the servant's body.

A series of black shadows rushed in from outside. Zhuang Xuansu led the way and said coldly: "The Inner Court is under the order of His Majesty! Arrest the salt smugglers! Whoever dares to resist will be killed on the spot!"

Accompanying her voice, more inner guards rushed in, shocking countless servants and maids to scream.

The people of the six major families widened their eyes and were completely stunned.

Wu Qinghe murmured: "No... Impossible... I... Where are the officers and soldiers outside! The official has sent a full 800 elite soldiers to protect us!"

Zhuang Xuansu said sternly: "Tie them all up!"

She strode to Wu Qinghe's side and sneered: "Eight hundred elite soldiers? Ha! They ran away when they saw us! It doesn't look like they want to protect you!"

Wu Qinghe's figure was shocked, and suddenly thought of a terrible result.

He opened his mouth wide, finally reacted, and roared: "No! We've been betrayed!"

The Duke of Wei insisted on investigating, which was obviously the will of His Majesty. Guan Lindu was afraid. He knew that something bad would happen sooner or later, so he wanted to fight to the death.

But he knew very well what the Duke of Wei was like. If something happened in Yangzhou, His Majesty would not be able to swallow his anger. Even if he endured for the sake of the overall situation, he would find a large number of scapegoats.

Guan Lindu was... This was to get out of it. He betrayed all the salt merchants in Yangzhou, and everyone was his scapegoat.

In this way, Zhou Yuan died, he was safe, and the salt merchants in Yangzhou were all dead. His Majesty's goal was achieved, and he would not kill them all.

This old bastard had planned to betray us from the beginning!

Wu Qinghe figured it all out in an instant, and his face turned pale and his whole body was shaking.

Zhuang Xuansu said calmly: "If you have any grievances, go to the prison to tell them."

Hundreds of inner court officials rushed up, and the six major families gathered here were wiped out.

In fact, this was a gathering organized by Guan Lindu, under the pretext of a critical moment, and in order to ensure that nothing could go wrong, elite soldiers were sent to protect them.

Who knew that this was actually selling them out in a package.

Wu Qinghe looked at the corpses on the ground, and for a moment he was overwhelmed with grief and couldn't say a word.

...

"All kinds of people, martial arts masters, are not enough in the face of a real war. Thousands of regular officers and soldiers are wearing armor, and their hidden weapons are not very useful."

Yue Lingkang said calmly: "It's a joke to rely on these people to help you defend the mansion."

"Duke Weiguo, to tell you the truth, I amStudent of a certain figure in the court, if you let me go now, I might be able to say a few good words for you. "

"Then your family will not be implicated."

"Otherwise, if you fall, what will happen to your family?"

Zhou Yuan looked at him with a cold gaze, as if he was looking at a dead person.

He said slowly: "Don't waste your breath, I won't kill you, the only reason is that you are destined to die, and I will chop off all of you."

Yue Lingkang said: "You can't even survive tonight, and you still dare to be stubborn?"

"Heh!"

Zhou Yuan smiled lightly and said: "Every failure is a lesson. Last time you used a gun to plot against me, didn't I have a gun?"

"In this big world, I am the only one who has the most guns, Zhou Yuan."

Yue Lingkang said: "Don't pretend, the Fifth Army Camp is being watched closely, and we know everything clearly. "

"In addition, didn't Gao Biao take over the North City Army? I tell you, we are keeping an eye on not only the North City Army, but also the Five City Army, and no one has left the capital."

"You only brought so many people, you can't have a musket team!"

As soon as the voice fell, bursts of dense gunfire suddenly rang out outside. It was a deafening roar, and it was the power that cut through the darkness.

Yue Lingkang choked and looked at Zhou Yuan in horror.

Zhou Yuan had no expression on his face, but said coldly: "Do you believe it now?"

"No... Impossible!"

Yue Lingkang's face suddenly turned pale, and he shouted in shock: "Impossible! You can't have anyone! We are all keeping an eye on you!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Then did you keep an eye on Lin'an Prefecture? I transferred 500 people from the Zhejiang Garrison Camp to Jinling, took the mother-and-child flintlock guns, learned the gun skills, and then lurked in Yangzhou one after another. ”

“Can these five hundred musketeers withstand the charge of a thousand people?”

Yue Lingkang murmured, “No… Impossible, your subordinate is indeed the commander of Zhejiang, but we have been watching Li He, and he didn’t move at all!”

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, “Silly boy, before Li He took office, the commander was temporarily held by the governor of Zhejiang. Who is the governor of Zhejiang?”

Zhao Cheng next to him smiled and said, “It’s my classmate and friend, brother in life and death, Li Zhaolu.”

Zhou Yuan said, “I have prepared a lot for the south salt inspection. These five hundred musketeers are a surprise for you.”

“Do you think they left the barracks recently? No, they had already arrived in Jinling when I was still in Shenjing, and you hadn’t started monitoring them at that time.”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan patted his head and said softly, “Are you satisfied with the result of this drama tonight? Did you hear the screams outside? I have to clean up the mess in Yangzhou. "

Yue Lingkang was stunned for a moment, then roared fiercely: "You can't win! Zhou Yuan, you can't win!"

"The garrisons of Taizhou, Fengyang, Huai'an and other places have all come, a total of 12,000 people, all to kill you."

"Even if Yangzhou City is a river of blood, we will never let you escape!"

Zhou Yuan said coldly: "Do you really think they can come! Let me tell you! They can't protect themselves now!"

"No one can escape the law!"