Chapter 496 Undercurrent Surges

Gradually, a frightened look appeared on Liu Xu's face, and his two rows of teeth rubbed slightly, making a creepy sound.

"Call Wei'er here." Liu Xun said softly.

"promise."

The entourage left at the sound, and after a short while, a young general who was five points like Liu Xun in appearance came in, clasped his hands and clasped his fists.

"Uncle, what is the summons?"

Liu Xun chuckled, stretched out his hand to support the shoulder of his brother's son Liu Wei, and said in a low voice: "Wei'er, Yuan Shu was defeated today, Ji Ling came to our Lujiang River to seek asylum, and he will enter the city later, I want you in the living room In the room, lay axemen in ambush, and if you hear your uncle's order, you will immediately come out and chop Ji Ling into meat paste, you understand?"

Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and looked a little embarrassed: "Uncle, such an act of taking advantage of others' danger, my nephew thinks it seems a little inappropriate."

Liu Xun sneered: "Wei'er, do you know how many people Ji Ling has under his command?"

"More than ten thousand?"

"Huh!" Liu Xun snorted coldly, "More than ten thousand? Then Ji Ling has only less than two thousand remnants and defeated generals left. If he enters this Lujiang City, he will have to boss him around and take over a certain man in a logical manner." military power!"

"Uncle has been operating in Lujiang City for many years, and finally managed to have tens of thousands of powerful soldiers!" Liu Xun said angrily, "If Ji Ling is allowed to take away the military power, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"

"Wei'er, is it possible that you want to see your uncle's foundation ruined?" Liu Xun questioned.

"Okay." Liu Wei cupped his hands, his expression solemn: "In that case, I will go down and prepare."

"Go." Liu Xun waved his hand.

After everything was properly arranged, Liu Xun decided to welcome Ji Ling and his party into the city.

"For such a trivial matter, it's fine for the general to wait for someone to go there in person. The eunuch just sits in the city, so why go out of the city in person?" General Liu Xun persuaded.

"Impossible." Liu Xun stepped on the back of the horse, holding the whip in his hand, and said, "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. I will have to go and see for myself before I can rest assured."

"drive!"

Liu Xun led more than a hundred riders, rode his horses and galloped out of Lujiang City, and traveled several miles forward, only to see a group of soldiers and horses stationed in place.

"General Ji, Yang Changshi, is Your Majesty here?" Liu Xun rode out and shouted to a group of defeated soldiers.

At any rate, Liu Xun's Lujiang Army can be considered to have bright armor, while Yuan Jun who fled from Shouchun City has torn armor, not like an army, but rather refugees who escaped.

Seeing a group of remnants and defeated generals, they were stunned and at a loss. Liu Xun frowned even more, stepped forward immediately, and shouted: "General Ji Ling, where is Your Majesty?"

"Ben will be here!"

There was a sudden commotion among the crowd, and then a road appeared like waves splitting, and a general rode out. Even after fleeing, Ji Ling's body was covered in blood and his clothes looked disheveled, but the bravery on his body remained undiminished, and his vigor was overwhelming.

"General Ji." Liu Xun cupped his hands and said, "May I ask where Your Majesty is?"

Ji Ling said majesticly: "Please leave Taishou Liu's followers and come with me alone, don't startle the holy car."

"It's easy to say." Liu Xun turned his head, and after a few instructions to the entourage behind him, he followed behind Ji Ling.

"Prefect Liu." Ji Ling said suddenly.

"May I ask General Ji what's the matter?" Liu Xun asked without knowing why.

"No matter what Liu Taishou sees later, don't be shocked, you must stay calm, understand?" Ji Ling said in a low tone.

"No." Liu Xun agreed, but said in his heart: What exactly happened, this is what Ji Ling told me.

Ji Ling led Liu Xun into the remnants of the defeated soldiers until he reached a broken carriage.

"Liu Xun greets His Majesty!"

Liu Xun guessed that Yuan Shu was in the carriage, so he jumped off the horse in a hurry, bowed his head, but there was no echo from the carriage for a long time, Yuan Shu didn't make a sound, and Liu Xun didn't dare to get up.

"Prefect Liu, please get up."

A gentle voice came into his ears, Liu Xun looked up and saw that it was the prince Yuan Yao.

"Father, the funeral has already happened a few days ago." Yuan Yao choked up.

"What?" Liu Xun was taken aback, and looked at Yang Hong in disbelief: "Yang Changshi, is what the crown prince said true?"

Yang Hong nodded heavily: "Prefect Liu, His Majesty has been in poor health since he broke out from the Shouchun City, and died of hemoptysis a few days ago. I was worried that the soldiers would flee after knowing about it, so we kept it secret and sent His Majesty's body Cremated and escorted."

"Your Majesty!" Liu Xun cried loudly, threw himself on the carriage, tears streaming down his face, it was truly sad to see.

"Prefect Liu!" Ji Ling snorted, "Have you forgotten what I told you just now?"

"Yes." Liu Xun stopped crying when he heard Ji Ling scolding, but his face was still full of tears.

"Prince!" Liu Xun suddenly grabbed Yuan Yao's palm, and said righteously: "Your Majesty has already passed away, and the Crown Prince is His Majesty's heir, and he should inherit the throne."

Yuan Yao was also quite moved when he heard this, and held Liu Xun's palm with his backhand: "Prefect Liu, please take care of everything!"

Liu Xun cupped his hands and said: "Please mount the prince, General Ji, Yang Changshi and Ben will personally escort the prince into the city, ready to ascend the throne."

"Okay." Yuan Yao is actually not very keen on proclaiming himself emperor, especially when he witnessed his father Yuan Shu from prosperity to decline, and was besieged by princes from all sides. idea.

His father is dead, so Liu Ye's anger should disappear, right?

But right now there is no hurry, first follow Liu Xun into the city, and then settle down.

Liu Xun led hundreds of riders to lead the way, while Yang Hong, Ji Ling and a group of soldiers escorted Yuan Yao into Lujiang City. In terms of prosperity and wealth, Shouchun City is the capital of Huainan, and Lujiang City is just a county in Yangzhou, so the prosperity and wealth are naturally far inferior. However, Yuan Yao and others lived in the wilderness these few days, suddenly entered the city, and watched the streets come and go The pedestrians felt a lot of emotion for a while.

"Come on." Liu Xun shouted, "Get everyone settled down."

After ordering the officials, Liu Xun immediately led Ji Ling and others to the post house. The post house in Lujiang City had been cleaned by Liu Xun in advance. Liu Xun cupped his hands and said respectfully: "Please enter the post house temporarily Rest for a few days, take a bath and change clothes, and we will discuss the big plan together."

Yuan Yao nodded and sighed: "My father has passed away, so I will leave everything to the generals." After finishing speaking, Yuan Yao walked into the post house under the service of Sheren.

Liu Xun has been watching Yuan Yao walk into the posthouse, a slight sharpness flashed in his eyes.

"Yang Changshi, General Ji." Liu Xun stretched out his hand and said, "Let's go to the mansion to discuss business matters."