The tiger cavalry attacked the Zhen family camp at night, and the movement had already alarmed the other major families camping at the foot of Tiandu Peak.

The Fan family can be slower, but the other major families in the three counties of Xiling do not have the courage.

The aristocratic families that can participate in the mountain sacrificial ceremony are at least the big families that have lived in Xiling for nearly a hundred years. These families must not only have deep roots in Xiling, but also have a certain level of strength, otherwise they will not even be qualified to participate in the mountain sacrificial ceremony.

In fact, these people at the foot of Tiandu Peak can completely control everything in Xiling.

Any one of these families is a powerful one, with sufficient authority and strength in the local area, but in front of the three major surnames in Xiling, they can only bow and obey orders.

The family structure of Xiling has been formed many years ago. The three major surnames are at the top of the tower. No other family dares to challenge the three major clans. Even if some families want to replace them, they do not have that kind of strength, nor do they have that kind of power.

courage.

Under the night, when the sound of killings broke out, many people already knew that something was wrong.

Some people even found their horses immediately, not wanting to find out what happened, just knowing that they were as far away from the place of right and wrong as possible, and left in a hurry.

And more people were hiding in their tents, not even having the courage to peek out.

But after all, there are still a few people who have the courage to figure out what is going on. They know that the Yuwen family and the Zhen family are fighting. They don't know why the two families are fighting each other, but they know that such a fight is definitely not between them.

If you can get involved, the best way is to stay in your tent and not get involved.

Yuwen Chengchao shot Shi Ling, his face solemn.

He knew Shi Ling was strong, but he didn't expect him to be that strong.

Surrounded by hundreds of elite tiger riders, Shi Ling was not only able to protect Marquis Changxin safely, but even killed a dozen tiger riders.

He was very upset.

Although he comes from a wealthy family, he has more of a Jianghu spirit.

He arranged an ambush for tonight's siege. He also thought of arranging archers to shoot Shi Ling and Marquis Changxin directly, but when he thought of hundreds of people attacking just two people and using bows and arrows, it was really shameless. He was confident.

Under the siege of the Tiger Cavalry, Shi Ling couldn't hold on for long.

But after all, he still underestimated this Zhongtian realm master.

He knew very well that if he didn't take action, even if he could kill Shi Ling tonight, he would still lose a lot of men.

Tiger Cavalry is the capital of the Yuwen family, and he does not want to lose too much.

The male and female arrows are his special skill, and not many people know about it.

He knew that with Shi Ling's ability, Shi Ling could easily handle it with one arrow. To deal with such a master, he could only use male and female arrows, one bow and two arrows, but the two arrows were separated by an instant, one after the other.

, Shi Ling could deal with the first arrow, but he would never have thought that there would be a second arrow following closely behind.

Yuwen Chengchao had been practicing the male and female arrows for nearly twenty years, and he had put in a lot of effort. When the arrows were shot, he knew that Shi Ling would definitely die.

Shi Ling was shot through the heart by an arrow and lay on the ground. When Marquis Changxin rushed over with Zhen Yujiang's head in his arms, Shi Ling had no breath, and there was a look of unwillingness on his face.

Seeing that Shi Ling was dead and his last protection had disappeared, Marquis Changxin knew that his time had come. He laughed angrily, looked at Yuwen Chengchao and said, "Shi Ling is right, the people of the Yuwen family are all despicable and shameless people."

Disciple, stab someone in the back...!"

"People from the Zhen family have never been righteous people." Yuwen Chengchao said nothing.

, but a voice came from behind him, and a figure slowly walked out from behind Yuwen Chengchao, and it turned out to be Changyi Hou Yuwen You.

"You finally came out." Chang Xinhou's eyes were full of resentment: "Yuwen Tong, why did you do this?"

Old Marquis Yuwen said calmly: "I am a minister of the Tang Dynasty. Since I know that someone is planning to rebel, I naturally want to kill the rebels for the imperial court."

"Rebellion?" Hou Changxin said: "You mean the Zhen family is going to rebel?"

"If the Zhen family hadn't rebelled, how could the Yuwen family have attacked the Zhen family?" Old Marquis Yuwen sighed: "We felt ashamed of the Tang Dynasty during the Wutuo Incident, but the saint still showed great kindness to us. The Yuwen family

How can you, the Zhen family, actually understand your gratitude to the saint? For the sake of the Tang Dynasty, the Yuwen family could be shattered to pieces. Zhen Huaqing, you colluded with the Wutuo people and plotted rebellion. Since our Yuwen family knows about it, we naturally cannot stand idly by and must wipe out the rebels for the imperial court.

.”

Marquis Changxin said sternly: "Yuwentou, you framed me, when did my Zhen family collude with the Wutuo people? You are a slanderous person, and you are good at using weapons. The court knows it, and it will not spare your Yuwen family."

"You want evidence, but it's a pity that the evidence will not be given to you." Old Marquis Yuwen said calmly, "Tonight I will write a memorial, and together with the evidence of the Zhen family's rebellion, I will immediately send it to Kyoto and present it to the saint."

Chang Xinhou was startled, and suddenly he seemed to understand something, and he laughed and said: "So that's it, hahahaha... Yuwen Tong, you are indeed sinister and despicable. What kind of bullshit evidence must have been forged by your Yuwen family."

Come out." He looked down at Zhen Yujiang's head in his arms and said bitterly: "Yuwen Tong, I understand what you are thinking. You want to use the Zhen family's head to ask for rewards from the imperial court, and you want to use this to resolve the imperial court's hatred of that man back then.

Resentment over something.”

"When you fight for the country's thieves, you never care about rewards." Old Marquis Yuwen said calmly.

Chang Xinhou laughed loudly and said sarcastically: "You think that by stepping on the heads of the Zhen family, you can make the Yuwen family and the court put aside their old grudges. You think that the Yuwen family can still control the wind and rain. It's a pity, it's a pity...!"

"What's the pity?"

"Over the years, you have been afraid of the imperial court settling accounts in the future, so you came up with such a method." Marquis Changxin's eyes were full of resentment, and he stared at Old Marquis Yuwen and said: "You think you are very smart, and you also think you are very smart.

With such merit, even if the court still has grievances against the Yuwen family, it is hard to attack the Yuwen family again. After all, they are the heroes of the empire, and the court will never attack the heroes easily." He shook his head and said: "It's a pity that you forgot.

, when we took Xiling from the imperial court, we were destined to never look back. There is Tang Dynasty in the east and Wutuo in the west. If Xiling is to survive, we can only balance the left and right, use Wutuo to contain Tang Dynasty, and we must also use Tang Dynasty to control it.

Check and balance Wutuo, so that we can step on the single-plank bridge and not fall into the river. Unfortunately, you wanted to get the Yuwen family out of this situation, and you destroyed the single-plank bridge yourself. Today, our Zhen family fell into the river, and it will be our turn tomorrow.

You Yuwen family."

Old Marquis Yuwen snorted coldly and said: "What a single-plank bridge? The Yuwen family has always been the people of the Tang Dynasty. They have nothing to fear from the Tang Dynasty behind them."

"It seems that the wine has made your brain dull." Changxinhou sneered: "The three surnames of Xiling are advancing and retreating together, and there is still room for maneuver. Now you are destroying your foundation and using troops without authorization. Yuwen Tong, I will wait underground.

You." He picked up Shi Ling's knife, looked up at the night sky, and murmured: "Xiling will be destroyed in the hands of you stupid old man." He put the knife on his neck, pulled hard, and cut it immediately.

his own throat.

Old Marquis Yuwen's eyes twitched, and then he said in a deep voice: "Put these two heads in boxes and send them to Kyoto together with the memorial."

"Report to the Marquis, the rebel army has been captured

To pacify." Yuan Shangyu came up from outside the crowd, bowed and clasped his fists: "In addition to the rebels who were killed on the spot, nearly a hundred people were captured, please ask the Marquis to deal with them."

"They are all imprisoned for the time being." The old Marquis said solemnly: "We will wait until the court's decree comes down, and then we will release them."

"Father, there are hundreds of wolf riders over there in Zhen County, what should we do with them?" Yuwen Chengchao said with cupped hands.

The old Marquis said: "The Zhen family father and son and Shi Ling have been killed, and those hundreds of wolf riders dare not act rashly. If the children are sent out tonight, the court will naturally have a way to deal with them." He added: "According to that list, go and kill them.

Invite all the clan leaders over."

At the foot of Tiandu Peak, after a fierce fight, it finally calmed down.

The Tiger Cavalry tied up all the captives, and set aside a clearing, where they placed all the captured Wolf Cavalry prisoners, and arranged for people to guard them.

The corpses of the wolf knights were piled together and burned with a fire, while the corpses of the tiger knights who died in the battle were collected and buried later, and they were given generous compensation.

As for the heads of Ruozhen's father and son, they were put in boxes, while the headless body of Marquis Changxin was buried somewhere nearby.

When he first entered the house, more than twenty family heads had gathered in the tent of Old Marquis Yuwen, and everyone was in shock.

No one could have imagined that such a bloody scene would occur before the mountain sacrifice, let alone that the Yuwen family would attack the Zhen family.

The heads of the aristocratic families summoned by Mr. Yuwen are all powerful local wealthy families, and more than half of them are from Zhen County. In fact, they have always followed the Zhen family for many years.

Although the three aristocratic families in Xiling have always been regarded by many as an alliance to advance and retreat together, the three counties are independent of each other. Naturally, the wealthy families in Zhen County respect the Zhen family and advance and retreat with the Zhen family.

The heads of these wealthy clans in Zhen County are all fearful at this moment.

Outside the tent of Old Marquis Yuwen, there are elite tiger cavalry guards. Behind him, the two brothers Yuwen Chengchao are among them, as are the tiger cavalry commanders Yuan Shangyu and Qin Xiao.

Yuan Shangyu and Qin Xiao were both wearing armor and sabers on their waists, and a murderous aura rushed towards the heads of these wealthy clans.

The clan chiefs of Zhen County were uneasy. The Zhen family's father and son were killed. They really didn't know what the Yuwen family would do next. Do they want to wipe out all the Zhen family's wealthy families?

"Everyone, I have disturbed you tonight." Old Marquis Yuwen sat behind the case and raised his hands and said, "Everyone, please sit down first."

The clan leaders looked at each other, but they didn't dare to disobey, so they sat down on the left and right sides.

"You must be wondering why I sent tiger cavalry to kill the Zhen family." Old Marquis Yuwen sighed: "If it was a last resort, I wouldn't have come to this step. As you all know, Marquis Changxin and I have been friends since we were young.

Well, the relationship between the two families has always been good, but I never expected that Changxinhou would actually commit treason. I can turn a blind eye to other things, but for treason, I said

Nothing can be turned a blind eye.”

"Old...Old Marquis, are you saying that the Zhen family has treason?" A patriarch of a wealthy family in Zhen County couldn't help but asked: "Is there any evidence?"

Old Marquis Yuwen glanced at Yuwen Chengchao who was beside him. Yuwen Chengchao took out two letters from his arms and said: "Seniors, some of you may already know that the Tangren City of the Wutuo White Wolf Tribe was destroyed not long ago.

I was sent by my father to go to Wutuo, and by chance I found two secret letters from Qifushan's house in the White Wolf tribe. I don't need to go into details about how I found them, but I would like to ask all the seniors to read the contents of the letters." Give two copies.
Chapter completed!