Chapter 94: Seizure of the throne
In the palace of the royal city, the emperor walked back and forth in his room, his restless pace and the tightening of his brow made everyone tremble, and several of his subordinates had already been punished for a small matter, and the courtyard where the smell of blood had not yet dissipated made everyone dare not make any big moves. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
One of the guards ran in from outside, and when he was outside, he was still very anxious, but when he got to the courtyard, he didn't dare to breathe like everyone else, and walked in lightly but very quickly, as if he had been trained.
"How is it, what have you observed?" asked the Emperor eagerly as soon as he saw the guards enter.
"Your Majesty, the Julius family is indeed gathering a crowd to rebel, their family members have all condensed into the castle, the outside is guarded by domestic slaves, our men who are ambushed inside, and the eyes of the other families have all been removed, and we found their bodies in the woods behind the castle. ”
"Hmph, sure enough, it's a wolf's ambition, and someone will immediately dispatch the Praetorian Guard to raze the Julius family to the ground for me!" shouted the Emperor after slapping the table hard.
"Your Majesty, no, at the moment many nobles are in the hands of that rebellious man, if we forcibly attack his family's station, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble, and if those nobles make trouble, the empire will be unstable, and the people of the church will not be clear, we can't mess with ourselves. ”
An old man who accompanied the emperor on the side said, it seems that he is the emperor's military advisor, after hearing him say this, although the emperor was very angry, he did not insist on asking to send troops to attack, but looked at the old man and said, "Then what do you say?"
After hearing the emperor's question, the old man thought for a while and said: "Now we should send an envoy to recruit and surrender, and promise to make that heretic a nobleman, if we can succeed, then we can use this heresy to deal with the people of the church, and when they are both defeated, we will take it in one fell swoop, and then the light realm will be all Your Majesty's." ”
"That's a good idea, but what if he doesn't accept it?" The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this, but unfortunately then he thought of the possibility of failure, after all, people have already occupied more than half of the country, and it is strange that he is willing to spit it out, do he want to give him all those lands?
"No, Your Majesty, you forgot, at the beginning, it wasn't like this, but later the people of the church seized that person's strange chariot and killed his heretical army that made our relationship strained, now as long as Your Majesty you tell your own hardships and express your willingness to cooperate, I think he will not refuse, what the Julius family can do, Your Majesty, you do a better job, what reason does he have to refuse?"
The old man saw these very thoroughly, and knew that Li Hao just wanted to agree to the Bright Realm as soon as possible, as for who was the emperor, I was afraid that he didn't care, the reason why he fooled the emperor to show favor was completely for his grandson, and his grandson was also among the noble children who were detained this time.
The only difference from the others is that his grandson has surrendered, and now he has become a knight commander under Li Hao, how can he not help his grandson as a grandfather, he has no choice.
"Okay, just do as you say, since you proposed it, then you go in person, it can be regarded as a value for him, remember that it must be done well, and I will reward you when I come back!" said the emperor solemnly looking at his military advisor.
The old man also looked at the emperor with a grateful face, in fact, both of them are acting schools, the emperor didn't think about giving a reward at all, in his opinion, since they are all his own subordinates, then it is right to do things for himself, what about the old man? I heard that he scolded his mother in his heart after filming himself, if it wasn't for his grandson who had already taken refuge in Li Hao, I am afraid that he would die for a lifetime, and if he changed someone, he was afraid that he would have been paralyzed by fright.
The old man left the palace gratefully, and after returning home, he gave the same order as the Julius family, and then chose a fast horse and went out of the city with the emperor's edict, this time with the emperor's hope, but the emperor didn't know that he went and took Li Hao back to the royal capital directly.
When the old man came to the royal city again, he was already Li Hao's number one dogleg, how could Kewen, who was the most knight in this regard, compare to him, the number one military advisor of the former emperor, and the court minister who was the number one part-time patter.
"It's already Lord Shijun, this is the royal capital of the griffin empire, there is a super ninth-order bright griffin in the city, it is the royal family's enshrined monster, and the royal family is the strongest combat power, all these years rely on that griffin has not been overthrown. ”
Ma Li betrayed his previous master, the old man didn't mind how Li Hao would look at him, as long as he could help his grandson, he didn't mind that his image was ugly, anyway, there were no days to live.
Li Hao doesn't care what kind of person he is, as long as he can be used by him, if he betrays himself one day, either his ability is not enough, so that his subordinates can see the benefits of betrayal, or he dies himself, no matter which one he is, he will not show mercy to his subordinates.
"Are your people ready? I'm going to get in at once. Of course, Li Hao's words were not said to the old man, the representatives of the merchants followed Li Hao's pace, and wherever he went, the representatives of the merchants would take their own teams to wherever they went.
"Don't worry, Lord Shijun, I'll send a signal right away, and the people inside will help us open the city gate immediately. "Not all of the people of the Merchant Alliance have evacuated, there are still secret subordinates inside, and they are inside the city defenses.
When the people of the Merchant Alliance released a nighthawk, soon a torch was lit in the city defense, and the old man was also shocked when he saw this, if he was still in the city, I am afraid that he would be a prisoner now!
"Very good, now everyone is given to go in, remember to enter quietly. So a large group of men and horses entered the city gate quietly, and in the darkness the city gate was opened, and the soldiers guarding the gate had been transferred to another section of the city wall by a senior officer of the city defense.
"My lord, it's done, this is the map of the royal city, it marks the locations of the major families and the places where they may be hiding, this is the defense map of the city defense, except for this side, the others are the emperor's people, you have to be careful!"
The people of the Merchant Alliance were obviously very conscientious, and they directly inquired about the city defense and the nobles' family backgrounds inside, and it seemed that they were fully prepared.
Looking at Li Hao's strange eyes, the merchant representative knew what he was thinking, and was a little embarrassed, but he quickly covered up the past and said: "This is a necessary means, as a businessman, it is impossible for us not to get some means of self-preservation." ”
"It doesn't matter, it's the same for me anyway!" Li Hao said noncommittally, the merchant representative was stunned for a moment, and then thought of Li Hao's strength, and sighed, it's not indifferent, just with these means, you can use it against these nobles or emperors, but against lone rangers like the church or powerful wizards and knights, no matter how many means you have, it is not easy to use.
"This is the palace, let's go inside. "With the old man and Kewen leading the team, coupled with the cooperation of the merchant alliance, the battle of the city defense was quietly solved, and Li Hao successfully took over the city, and the emperor who slept peacefully in the palace obviously didn't know it.
When the emperor woke up, he found that none of his ministers had come to report, and he wanted to go out but was stopped by two big swords.
"What are you doing? You're not my guards, what about the guards, the guards..." The emperor came to his senses in an instant, and his two big swords with cold blades were almost up to his neck, and he was still not sober and waiting to be beheaded.
It's useless to shout, the palace has long been under Li Hao's control, the guards have all surrendered, and all those who don't surrender have been killed, of course, it's not that no one came over after hearing the shouting, when the figure of the old man appeared, the emperor's heart was a little excited, and he was about to open his mouth for help, but the other party said something that made him almost faint.
"No need to call Your Majesty, you are already a captive, the new king is already in place, just waiting for you to give in, your time is running out!" appeared in front of the emperor It was his former military advisor and court minister who appeared in front of the emperor, but now he is already a lackey under Li Hao.
As the first high-ranking court official to surrender, he was still given preferential treatment, and was designated to become the minister of the next court, although the same position, but the meaning is definitely different, the minister designated by others or the emperor will be dismissed, but Li Hao pointed out, who dares?
Although there is still a king on his head, and the king is also the first Julius to take refuge in Li Hao, he is already very satisfied with his current position, as long as Li Hao does not take back his fate and does not die accidentally, this position will even become his family's exclusive position.
"You, do you mean that you have betrayed me? Damn, don't think that I don't have the strength to resist, I'm going to summon the Holy Beast to come and eat you all!" said the Emperor as he looked at his inner appearance viciously.
"Are you talking about it?" the Emperor followed his finger and saw the corpse hanging on the top of the castle, the huge griffin body hanging on the top of the castle, swaying with the wind, and the emperor's heart with it.
"Yesterday, Lord Shijun killed it with only one move, Your Majesty doesn't want to be the same as him, it's better to be obedient, Your Majesty has promised to let Your Majesty live, of course, I can only live in this courtyard in this life, this is the maximum I can do." ”
As the prime minister, he thought that it was rare for him to be able to ask for this step, but the emperor looked at him unappreciatively, smiled miserably, and said: "Do you think you can really live? Let's go, let me see what kind of person it is before I die." ”