Outside the Wu Mansion Gate, the fire was bright.

A long dragon composed of torches came from the south and quickly gathered in front of the Wu Mansion gate, and then spread out in all directions, surrounding the three layers inside and outside the Wu Mansion.

There were only a hundred Jinyiwei guards guarding outside Wu's mansion, and the rest were guarding in Wu's mansion, or searching and exploring everywhere.

The newly arrived group of people were over a thousand people. They were all armoured, wearing military armor, uniforms of officers and soldiers, holding torches in one hand and weapons in the other. When they heard the shouts of Jinyiwei, they not only did not give in, but approached step by step.

The Jinyiwei guards guarding outside the gate were all the elites of the Tiance Army and the Shence Army. When they encountered such a scene, they were not afraid, and they pulled out their weapons to threaten them and scolded them loudly.

"Who are you? You don't stay at home in the middle of the night, and come here to disturb the people..." Outside the door, the general with a tall head and horse shouted knowingly.

Everyone talked about the Jinyiwei and Jinyiwei, and he also asked.

Of course, I came to find fault.

A group of Jinyiwei immediately surged out of the Wu Mansion. Zhou An and Yuan Sheng were surrounded and walked out of the gate. Seeing the situation outside the gate, Zhou An raised his eyebrows, and Yuan Sheng's eyes turned cold.

The troops coming were the imperial guards in Xicheng!

The general on the horse was Li Hubiao, the commander of the imperial guards in Xicheng!

"Li Hubiao, what do you mean?" Yuan Sheng asked with his eyes raised.

"Oh, it turns out it's General Yuan, I'm so respectful." Li Hubiao sat on the horse and bowed to Yuan Shengshi. He was quite polite, but he heard his voice change: "I heard someone come to report not long ago that there was a mess on Malian Street. A group of people openly held the house of Lord Wu Guoyu, as if they were going to do something wrong. I was worried that there would be a slut in chaos, so I brought people to come... Protecting the safety of Xicheng is the responsibility of this official, so General Yuan should not blame him."

"You can see clearly. This is the case handled by the Jinyiwei." Master Yuan Sheng asked.

"Clear, it's clear." Li Hubiao said.

"If you know, please do it, don't interfere here." Master Yuan Sheng said this directly, and there was no expression on his face.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's not an obstacle." Li Hubiao seemed easy to speak. He pulled the reins, but hesitated for a moment, and then said seriously to Yuan Shengshi: "But... General Yuan, it's time for curfew now. Your Pacification Department ran here to handle the case in the middle of the night, disturbing the people, but did not report to our Xicheng Military Office. I'm afraid it's inappropriate?"

"The power of the garrison and guarding department for inspection and arrest is not subject to any yamen and is only responsible to the emperor, so it does not need to report to your Xicheng Military Office." Yuan Shengshi answered smoothly.

"That's right..." Li Hubiao seemed to have no idea about this, "But our Xicheng Military Police did not receive the notice from above."

"You can go to the Ministry of War to inquire about this matter." Yuan Sheng said.

"Ministry of War... It's been midnight, who else has the Ministry of War? General Yuan, what do you think? You retreat tonight first. I'll go to the Ministry of War to ask about the situation tomorrow morning. If it's true, then when do you want to come to Xicheng to arrest people? What about it?"

"Not really, the power of the vassal department to patrol and arrest is obtained by the emperor, and it is not subject to your Xicheng Military Command."

Zhou An, who was standing aside, understood that Li Hubiao was just here to find trouble and mess around.

Wu Guoyu is a member of Wu Xukuan, and Li Hubiao is also a member of Wu Xukuan, and the two have personal relationships, so Li Hubiao brought people here at this time, and his real purpose is self-evident.

The Pacification Department wanted to take Wu Guoyu's surgery, but the incident happened suddenly and no one was prepared.

I think that Wu Xukuan has received news now.

Li Hubiao brought people here just to stir up trouble, delay, and cause some trouble for the Jinyiwei, and even wanted the Jinyiwei to withdraw first today and come again tomorrow... Of course, this is impossible. If the Jinyiwei comes again tomorrow, Wu Xukuan must have been fully prepared. Those evidences of Wu Guoyu who could have found would probably be eliminated.

If Wu Guoyu is arrested, whether Wu Guoyu can be convicted and whether there is evidence to convict Wu Guoyu is the key.

If there is no evidence and no conviction, the Jinyiwei's first action will fail. The consequence is likely to be that the civil and military officials in the court will impeach the Jinyiwei and the yamen of the Fushi. If the empress still insists on her own, she may be stigmatized by the foolish emperor.

Therefore, Li Hubiao suddenly brought people to surround the Jinyiwei who was handling the case with the Wu Mansion. It seemed very rash and could not stand firm in law, but it had profound meaning.

Besides, Li Hubiao is also good at speaking the law and is inappropriate, and he must have been instructed by Wu Xukuan to lead his troops here, so he is not afraid of any trouble in the future.

"General Yuan, it will be difficult for us to do this..." Li Hubiao, who was on the tall horse, said, pinching his beard.

"What's hard to do? I am the first-rank general of the country protection and commander of the Jinyiwei! I will bear all the consequences of today's affairs. You can retreat quickly." Yuan Shengshi said calmly.

Zhou An listened to the two of them’s rebuttals, and could not listen.

Master Yuan Sheng has a very good temper.

Unfortunately, Zhou An is not the head of the Fufu Division. Although he has the power to inspect the Fufu Division, the person in charge of the Jinyiwei's affairs is still only Master Yuan Sheng, so now he always speaks, and Zhou An just watches.

He was worried about Master Yuan Sheng.

If he had changed this, he wouldn't have such a good temper.

"General Yuan, even though he said that, I have the responsibility to guard Xicheng. Your Jinyiwei rashly ran to Xicheng to cause such a big thing without reporting. If I think nothing happened, wouldn't it be good? I don't want to be guilty of dereliction of duty!"

Yuan Shengshi looked at Li Hubiao coldly, suddenly turned around and walked towards Wu Mansion, and raised his hand to the surroundings and signaled: "Close the door!"

It seems that he has lost his patience and is too lazy to talk nonsense to Li Hubiao.

When the gate is closed to handle the case, you Xicheng Imperial Guards will surround them outside, and they will not care.

Zhou An turned around and followed Yuan Sheng's army inward.

But Li Hubiao, the rear, said, "Come here, follow me to go in and take a look."

Li Hubiao said and got off the horse and surrounded by a group of soldiers and generals.

Master Yuan Sheng suddenly stopped, then turned around, walked to the steps without saying a word, pulled out his sword, drew a long way on the ground, then looked up at Li Hubiao, and said indifferently: "Those who crossed the line should be blocked from the custody department's handling of the case, and they will be killed without mercy!" His tone was not at all turbulent.

After saying that, he turned around and walked into Wu Mansion.

Li Hubiao sneered, but he didn't believe that Yuan Shengshi dared to attack the Xicheng Imperial Army in public, so he still led his people forward.

And just as Li Hubiao and several generals crossed the line drawn by Yuan Sheng's army.

Yuan Sheng, who had already crossed the gate of Wu Mansion, shook his body and turned into afterimages. He quickly turned around like a ghost, flashing in front of the line, and the sword light swept across!

Chih! Huh!

"You--" Li Hubiao was shocked. He was also a powerful person in the Earth Demon Realm. He reacted very quickly. In an instant, he would block him with a sword, but he was directly hit and flew backwards, rolling a few feet away, and turning the person hitting behind him upside down.

Apart from him, several soldiers who crossed the line with him had no chance of reaction, their heads separated, and blood splashed, dyeing the frosty white ground covered with snow red.

"Puff!" Li Hubiao rolled to the ground and vomited blood, then raised his head and glared at Master Yuan Sheng, "You dare--"

"Those who cross the line will be killed without mercy." Master Yuan Sheng repeated coldly, put his sword into the sheath, turned around and entered Wu Mansion again.

Zhou An, who followed him, pursed his lips and had a strange expression.

He felt that he should take back his evaluation of Yuan Sheng.

Who said that Master Yuan Sheng has a good temper?
Chapter completed!