Zhang Huangyan cried.

He cried when he heard the news of Zhang Guowei's death.

He then did one thing, which was to mobilize 300 law enforcement soldiers from the Censor's Office and rush to Zhou Ruzhang's mansion.

This is probably something Zhou Ruzhang could never have thought of.

The whole city is under his control, but it is precisely his own nest, which is the most empty place in the military strength.

That's right, how could Zhou Ruzhang have thought that there was still an existence in the city that threatened him at this time.

The Zhou Mansion has no guards, but not many. At first, Zhou Ruzhang did not have enough official titles, but Zhou Ruzhang, who had just been promoted to chief minister, had not even had time to put the deployment and support on the agenda.

Perhaps, the safer the place, the more dangerous it is.

That night, countless people gathered spontaneously in all directions, and smoke began to fill in every direction.

Zhou Ruzhang was panicked, but fortunately Fan Yongdou and the others did not let him go. Fan Yongdou even transferred all the Qing soldiers who had just entered the city in the villa to reinforce Zhou Ruzhang.

But the troops are still in short supply.

The local people spontaneously rose up, obviously these Qing soldiers were more familiar with the terrain and streets in the city. They fought if they could beat them, and fled if they couldn't. As soon as the Qing soldiers left, they returned.

It is really difficult to kill these "anti-civilians" in such a large city alone by relying on the "rebellion army" and thousands of Qing soldiers.

....

When Zhang Huangyan led his troops to defeat more than a dozen Zhou Mansion Guards and rushed into Zhou Mansion.

When he put the knife on Zhou Ruzhang's neck with a look of shock, Zhang Huangyan even wanted to swing the knife quickly.

But his mind and reason defeated his impulse.

Because the "rebellion army" and Qing soldiers in the whole city are still tragic.

"I want to die and live?" Zhang Huangyan shouted with a pressing pressure on his blade.

Zhou Ruzhang exclaimed pain, and a bloodshot flowed down his neck slanted, and the blade quickly cut into the flesh.

"Even ants are alive... Zhou naturally wants to live."

"Then let the rioters surrender!" Zhang Huangyan shouted with relief.

However, Zhou Ruzhang cried and said, "Brother Xuan..."

There was a crisp sound of "pop", and Zhou Ruzhang covered his face and said "Ouch".

"You are worthy of being brother to me?"

Zhou Ruzhang quickly changed his words, "Mr. Zhang... it's not Zhou's refusal, but the rebellious army... no, it's the rebellious army. At this time, they... were no longer willing to listen to Zhou's order!"

Zhang Huangyan was horrified and said sternly, "They were gathered by you, how could they not listen to you... Say, who did they listen to?"

Zhou Ruzhang's body trembling, which was a world of difference from his previous appearance of being a domineering force in the court.

"These people were not all gathered by Zhou... but in the city, there are surrounding families, wealthy families, wealthy businessmen, guards of various families... To be honest, they did listen to Zhou before they were scattered, but after they were scattered, Zhou could no longer command them... Lord Zhang had also led troops before, and this was not an army... It was impossible to enforce the orders!"

Zhang Huangyan was stunned. He thought that capturing the thief and king could quell the chaos in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect that this was just a puppet.

He kicked Zhou Ruzhang down angrily, pressed the tip of his knife against Zhou Ruzhang's nose, and said, "Who can use them?"

Zhou Ruzhang said with a bitter face: "Unless the chaos in the city is pacified... Otherwise, no one can stop them..."

Zhang Huangyan was furious and raised his sword and shouted: "Since that's the case, what's the point of keeping you?"

A knife was about to be swung.

Zhou Ruzhang, who was full of fear, suddenly changed his mind and shouted anxiously: "Someone...someone can stop them!"

The knife had barely swung to the top of Zhou Ruzhang's head, and a few strands of hair slowly fell down.

Zhou Ruzhang burst out with cold sweat, his face turned like earth, and he collapsed to the ground.

"Speak quickly, who?"

Zhou Ruzhang said almost unconsciously: "Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu and the others..."

Zhang Huangyan was shocked, "Do you dare to collude with the enemy?"

Zhou Ruzhang looked at Zhang Huangyan woodenly.

Zhang Huangyan stomped his feet and said hatefully, "I worked hard in the dynasty. How many people have died for the great cause of the Northern Expedition... How dare you collude with the enemy... How can you forgive you?!"

As he said that, he raised his knife again.

Zhou Ruzhang suddenly woke up, and he shouted again: "Let's wait... Lord Zhang spares your life, Zhou still has a secret message."

"speak."

"There are not only Qing soldiers in the city, but also people who have Pingxi King Wu Sangui..."

"Who... tell the truth, otherwise he will kill you!"

It seems that Zhang Huangyan is really anxious to let a righteous law enforcement officer shout such harsh words.

"Superior Xia." Zhou Ruzhang said it hurriedly.

Zhang Huangyan was shocked again. Although he knew that the people in Hangzhou City and surrounding areas were in chaos and mixed in recent years, he really did not expect that it had reached this level.

"Where are the people?"

Zhou Ruzhang's eyes flashed, "Please agree not to kill Zhou first!"

Zhang Huangyan was stunned and laughed in anger.

Looking at Zhou Ruzhang, Zhang Huangyan nodded and said, "Okay, I agree."

"A gentleman's words?"

"Tell me!" Zhang Huangyan's roar made Zhou Ruzhang, who was trying to hold up, soften again and collapse to the ground.

After all, he did not dare to do it again, "...it is right by the West Lake...the west side of Yunhua Pavilion where the eldest princess originally lived."

"How many people guard?"

Zhou Ruzhang shook his head, "Zhou doesn't know...I really don't know. The pier has been controlled, and Qing soldiers are constantly entering the city from the pier..."

Zhang Huangyan's face changed drastically.

He was so eager that he kicked Zhou Ruzhang hard and asked anxiously, "Where is the royal palace... do you have an order to attack the royal palace tonight?"

"No, no..." Zhou Ruzhang shook his hand hurriedly to deny, "In fact, the royal palace has been broken, but Song An and the two princesses escaped into the small building behind the royal palace... The firepower is too strong, and they attacked dozens of times, and hundreds of people were lost, but they cannot attack."

"Come... go to the West Lake!" Zhang Huangyan sighed and shouted loudly.

When he walked to the door, he turned around and pointed at Zhou Ruzhang and said, "...Leave a few people and take care of him... If he escapes, you have the life to repay!"

....

By the West Lake, the unknown villa.

A crowd was having a feast.

As the head guest, Xia Guoxiang has drunk a lot of wine.

But there was no intoxication on his face. It turned out that this scholarly product has a lot of alcohol.

In contrast, several "masters" are already drunk.

He spoke with his tongue, "Brother Xia... In the future, King Pingxi will take control of the court. Brother Xia will have to support him and take care of us...?"

Xia Guoxiang smiled and said, "The Qing court behind you... Why don't you want to go back?"
Chapter completed!