Zhu Houzhao said in a trembling voice: "Does the old man have other wishes?"

Zhang Mao said to Zhang Lun beside him: "Lun'er, kowtow to Your Majesty."

Zhang Lun turned around and kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao.

I heard Zhang Mao say: "After the death of the old minister, the title of Duke of England will be inherited by Lun'er, please Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao nodded. The British Duke's title was hereditary and retired with the country. Zhang Lun was Zhang Mao's chosen heir long ago, so it was natural for him to inherit the title.

Looking at Zhang Mao, Zhu Houzhao said in a deep voice: "I have agreed to this matter, and the title of Duke of England will be inherited by Zhang Lun."

Hearing this, Zhang Mao had a bright smile on his face, as if he had put down the biggest thing in his heart. Then his breathing became rapid, and his face that had regained some rosiness began to quickly turn pale.

Seeing Zhang Mao like this, Zhu Houzhao, Li Huan, and Zhang Lun felt their hearts sinking.

Zhang Lun saw this and said hurriedly: "Grandpa, do you have anything else to say?"

Zhang Mao breathed rapidly, and his eyes fell on Li Huan. Li Huan was very puzzled and said hurriedly: "Old Duke, do you have something to say to me?"

Zhang Mao stared at Li Huan for a while, and suddenly sighed: "I have a daughter at my knees, and it's hard to find a good husband. I had a joke with Lun'er before, and Mr. Li is a good man. I wanted to find an opportunity to ask your majesty to take care of her."

A red thread, now..."

With a "wow" sound, while Zhang Maozheng was speaking, a mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out. The big hand that was originally held by Zhang Lun and the Emperor suddenly grasped their hands. His breathing suddenly became rapid, and blood gushed out. He could no longer say a word.

Words come.

"Old Duke...Old Duke..."

"Grandpa...Grandpa..."

The next moment, Zhang Mao, who was originally tense, trembled violently, grasped his grip, and Zhu Houzhao's big hand suddenly became weak. With a trace of calmness and a trace of regret in his eyes, he just let go.

Li Huan stepped forward, tested Zhang Mao's breathing and pulse, and pointed it at Zhu Houzhao. Zhang Lun slowly shook his head and sighed: "Your Majesty, the old prince is gone!"

After listening to Li Huan's words, tears suddenly rolled down from Zhang Lun's eyes, which were already full of sadness, and he cried loudly.

Zhu Houzhao also had a somewhat sad look on his face. He just looked at Zhang Mao and slowly stretched out his hand to close Zhang Mao's eyes.

However, it was said that Li Dongyang, the chief assistant, suddenly learned that Changxing Marquis Feng Haixin had entered the city with the intention of rebelling, and almost immediately he rushed to the imperial city with more than a dozen servants at home.

In the night, Li Dongyang kept urging the servants around him, and suddenly saw a group of people coming with torches from a distance.

Li Dongyang's heart tightened. When he got closer and saw clearly that the person coming was Yang Tinghe, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Tinghe also saw Li Dongyang and hurriedly led people to come forward and salute Li Dongyang: "Xi Yagong, have you received the news of Changxing Marquis Feng Hai's rebellion?"

Li Dongyang nodded and said: "I guess you have also received the news from Jiefu, so hurry up and go to the imperial city to see His Majesty."

Yang Tinghe said with a solemn look on his face: "Yes, when such a terrible disaster occurs, as important ministers of the cabinet, we must go to see His Majesty as soon as possible and try to stop Feng Hai, Fei Hong and the others as much as possible."

Li Dongyang looked at Yang Tinghe, breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's so good, so good, I'm really worried..."

When the words came to his lips, Li Dongyang took another breath, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't.

Yang Tinghe glanced at Li Dongyang in confusion, but at this time Li Dongyang said to Yang Tinghe: "Let's go, you and I will go to find His Majesty."

The two sides met at one place, and there were dozens of people in total, rushing towards the imperial city.

However, when Li Dongyang and others arrived at the imperial city, they found that the rebels seemed to be heading in another direction in the distance.

Li Dongyang looked at the killed soldiers and chamberlains guarding the palace gate, his face became extremely ugly and he said: "Your Majesty..."

Yang Tinghe showed a bit of relief on his face, and said to Li Dongyang with a bit of joy: "Xi Yagong, your Majesty is fine, your Majesty should be fine."

Li Dongyang suddenly raised his head and looked at Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe said seriously: "If my prediction is correct, His Majesty must have left the imperial city. Looking at the direction in which the rebels went, most likely they went towards the direction of the Tengxiang Fourth Guard Camp."

When Li Dongyang heard what Yang Tinghe said, he was surprised and said: "So your Majesty should have gone to look for the Fourth Guards Camp in Tengxiang."

Yang Tinghe nodded and said: "Your Majesty obviously has capable people around you. If your Majesty can arrive at the Tengyang Fourth Guards Camp in time, we will have nothing to worry about."

When Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and others avoided the rebels and took a detour to the Fourth Guard Camp of Tengxiang, the British Duke Zhang Mao happened to come over with the army of the Beijing Camp.

After taking a long detour and finally avoiding the rebels, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe rushed to the Tengyang Fourth Guards Camp.

At this time, the rebels were almost put down, and only some soldiers from the Tengxiang Fourth Guard Camp were still in the city hunting down those who had slipped through the net.

At the entrance of the camp, a group of soldiers were on high alert. When they suddenly saw Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang's group arriving, they almost instinctively aimed their weapons at them.

"Who is coming? The military camp is a powerful place. Anyone who approaches without authorization will be killed!"

The Emperor Luan is here, and the remnants of the rebels have not yet been wiped out. It can be said that anyone who approaches this place will become the object of suspicion. Even if he is shot and killed on the spot, he cannot blame others.

When Yang Tinghe saw the black firecrackers and bows and arrows, he felt a chill all over his body, and he quickly said loudly: "My official is Yang Tinghe, and the chief assistant, Mr. Li Dongyang, is here, and I have come to see your majesty."

When the soldiers heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, as if they didn't expect that the people coming were actually two pavilion elders.

Naturally, the soldiers did not dare to treat Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe lightly, but they also did not dare to be careless.

The leader of a small flag officer pointed at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe cupped his hands and said: "You two adults will wait for a while, and I will send someone to communicate with His Majesty."

Li Dongyang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Listening to what this little flag official said, it was obvious that the emperor had safely entered the Tengyang Fourth Guards Camp, so he must be fine.

Taking a deep breath, Li Dongyang cupped his hands towards the flag officer and said, "This will help you."

The small flag officer didn't even dare to say anything, so he quickly summoned a subordinate and ordered him to go to Bing.

When the soldier arrived, the emperor happened to be talking to the dying Zhang Mao, so he could only tell Gu Dayong.

When Gu Dayong learned that two pavilion elders were asking for a meeting outside the camp gate, he wanted to tell the emperor, but when he saw the emperor and Zhang Mao, he suppressed the news for the time being.

Here, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe stood outside the camp gate, naturally feeling quite uneasy.

Previously, they were so worried about the Emperor's accident that they had no thoughts to think about anything else. However, now that the Emperor's safety was confirmed, the two of them had to think about what to do when they met the Emperor later.

Originally, after the emperor woke up, he seemed to be quite dissatisfied with them, especially Liu Zhong and Liang Chu who were killed by Li Huan because they prevented Li Huan from seeing him. If the emperor had no objection to them, I'm afraid it would be

They themselves don't believe it.

I was originally thinking about how to apologize to the emperor, but I never thought that before this day had passed, Changxing Hou Feng Hai and Fei Hong rebelled.

As a bachelor, Fei Hong is an important figure in the civil service group. Fei Hong is just one person. The key is that he participates in the rebellion. What will other people think of it? What will the emperor think of them? Will they think that they are civil servants?

The group had turned against him, the emperor.

Others may not consider these issues, but as the head of a hundred officials and members of the cabinet, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe must consider them.

In the night wind, the two of them just looked at the beating torches in front of them. From time to time, they could hear screams coming from the distance. Needless to say, this must be the tragic scene when the remnants of the rebels were discovered and killed.

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Yang Tinghe suddenly looked in the direction of the camp, glanced at Li Dongyang and whispered: "Xi Yagong, how long has it been?"

Li Dongyang sighed slightly and said, "I'm afraid it's time for a stick of incense."

Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang looked at each other, with worries in their eyes.

A stick of incense was enough for the soldiers to go back and forth a few times, but until now they had not been summoned by the emperor. What this meant, the two of them didn't know.

Is this the emperor expressing his attitude to them?

However, Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang did not know about the British prince's request to see the emperor. The emperor did not know about their request at this time, so how could he summon them.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Lun who was lying there crying, sighed softly, and stood up slowly. At this time, Gu Dayong saw him, and just stepped forward to support Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, although the old Duke is dead, he is still alive."

No regrets, Your Majesty must not be sad."

Li Huan stood aside and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, Manager Gu is right. The old Duke passed away with a smile on his face. He certainly didn't want your Majesty to injure the dragon's body because of this."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao showed a smile on his face and said, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Gu Dayong suddenly said, "Your Majesty, just now you were talking to the old Duke. Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and they asked for a meeting outside the camp. The old servant made the decision without permission and did not inform Your Majesty at the first time. Please forgive me."

Zhu Houzhao frowned when he heard this and said, "Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and the others are here?"

Gu Dayong stood with his head lowered and said: "Waiting outside the camp gate, it will take about a stick of incense."

Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly when he heard this and said, "Then let them wait for another stick of incense."

Even a fool can detect the anger in Zhu Houzhao's words, which is clearly dissatisfaction with Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe.

Looking at Zhang Mao's body on the ground, Zhu Houzhao said to Zhang Lun: "Zhang Lun, please order someone to clean up the old man's body. It's not good for the old man to be seen in such an embarrassing state."

Zhang Lun respectfully kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Several chamberlains hurriedly stepped forward and carefully pulled out the dozens of arrows stuck in Zhang Mao's body one by one. Then they helped Zhang Mao clean up his face and tidy up his clothes. At least they looked more pleasing to the eye than before.

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At this time, Zhu Houzhao said to Gu Dayong: "Go and bring Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and them!"

Gu Dayong nodded quickly when he heard the words.

At the gate of the camp, they seemed to understand that the emperor wanted to give them a break and vent their dissatisfaction with them. Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe were helpless and could only hope that the emperor would not break out into a thunderous rage when he saw them later.

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Finally, there was a sound of footsteps, and a familiar figure came into their sight. Who could it be if it wasn't Gu Dayong, the Chief Supervisor of Horses?

When they saw Gu Dayong, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the emperor was going to summon them.

Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe waited until Gu Dayong approached, stepped forward and cupped their hands and said: "I have met Manager Gu, but His Majesty summoned us?"
To be continued...