Chapter 196: Captured
Almost at the same time, all the guards under the round platform raised their shields, protecting His Majesty and the others in the shields, and the people's seats were also surrounded by guards at the same time, and the people shouted in panic, and were yelled by Master Yankong, and suddenly quieted.
"There aren't many assassins, so if you don't want to die, be quiet!"
Due to the strict investigation before, there were only dozens of killers who could be mixed in, Li Wei had four secret guards around him, and there was not much danger, and they had set up a mechanism on the round platform early in the morning, and the guards were hidden here, and they could quickly control the situation.
It's just that these killers are so skilled that they can't be caught for a while, and they can't hurt a single hair of them under the siege of the guards, and they even injured a lot of guards.
"His Majesty of the Beichen Kingdom has always loved the people like a son!" A loud shout rang out from the audience, and the people parted in an uproar, and one of the women was captured by an assassin in disguise, threatening her neck with a sharp blade and nearly passing out. The assassin shouted, "Why don't you come and be a hostage yourself?" ”
Li Wei was silent inside the shield for three seconds, "I'll come out." ”
At this time, no one in the audience dared to say a word, for fear that the assassin would kill the hostages if he disagreed, but seeing His Majesty come out of the guard shield, everyone couldn't bear it, and the people directly burst into tears, seeing that the bright yellow woman, full of heroism, cold eyebrows and angry eyes, the phoenix flower that had just disappeared between the foreheads was fully displayed, with a touch of imperial color.
But before he could take a closer look at His Majesty's stunning and heroic appearance, he saw an arrow rushing towards His Majesty, which frightened the people into screaming.
Dongdong and Nannan's two secret guards had already prepared, blocking the arrows for His Majesty and protecting Li Wei behind him. At the same time, several arrows with golden light were shot out of nowhere, and the killer who was taking the hostage was killed by an arrow through the throat.
While the people cheered, they saw the dark shadow on the top floor of the Qingji altar round platform, and were about to take a closer look at which hero it was, but they saw that the heroes changed a few turns, and several golden arrows were fired in unison at the assassins who were still resisting.
Several heroes on the top of the eaves of Qingji Altar jumped down and fell directly to the ground, silently, but all eyes were on.
Cui Yan led several secret guards, half-knelt at the foot of the steps, and Yu Li Wei walked forward with a great salute of the monarch and ministers, "Your Majesty, the ministers and others are specially ordered by the regent to come back to save the driver, Your Majesty is frightened!" ”
"It's Cui Mashuai who is back!" Baiguan naturally recognized Cui Yan's face, and when he saw him solve the assassin so neatly, he couldn't help but feel joy and gratitude.
Li Wei looked at the familiar face that she hadn't seen for a long time, and she was overjoyed for a while, and her body and mind were a lot lighter, "Cui Yan, you came back just right!" I," she paused, "I don't know what to say, get up first!" Li Wei was about to ask Guan Qianyi where she was now, when the two secret guards beside her suddenly stood in front of her, and raised their hands to cut off a dagger with cold light.
Li Wei's heart skipped a beat!
It turned out that Li Yuetian suddenly released a hidden weapon, and Dongdong, the secret guard who had already been vigilant about him, flew over and stabbed towards Li Yuetian's location, Li Yuetian got up suddenly and was about to move forward, but saw an arrow stabbing him in the flank, and his momentum in the air suddenly fell hard and fell to the ground.
Blood is dripping and spilling on the Qingji altar!
"Anti-thief Li Yuetian! Don't be tied yet! ”
Dong Dong grabbed him with a backhand, kicked his knife, unloaded his hidden weapon, and captured him alive!
Li Wei stepped forward and took a closer look at Li Yuetian, who was fixed by the acupoint, and saw that his face was stiff, and he was about to take a step forward to take a closer look, Cui Yan stepped forward to stop her, and he stepped forward and reached out to tear off Li Yuetian's human skin mask.
I only heard the crowd shake and gasp.
Li Wei didn't recognize Li Yuetian's true face, it could be seen that the people around her looked like they had seen a ghost, and they couldn't help but be secretly frightened, but suddenly saw Wei Taifu kneeling down in front of the thief with a thud, lying at her feet, Li Wei's doubts grew in her heart, and she heard a few sounds of the name of 'Wei Liqing' in her ears, and finally suddenly realized.
"Liqing! It's really you! Old Wei Taifu's face was surprised, tears rolled across the wrinkles on his face, and he looked at the person in front of him in disbelief, "I should have guessed that Zhuangzi is still there, but why don't you sue me?" ”
This person turned out to be the eldest son of Wei Taifu, a former captain of the Praetorian Guard, and the first person in the old department of Yusha. In the case of strangulation in the rivers and lakes back then, he was convicted of being beheaded as an anti-thief, and now he is still alive in front of everyone?
Beichen Luo also came to Li Wei's side, for this master Li Yuetian, he has long lost his affection, but now seeing that he is actually another face, his heart is very complicated. Li Wei could see that Li Yuetian's heart was like ashes, maybe she didn't plan to go back alive this time, but he didn't say a word, how could she understand the situation?
Li Yuetian swept Beichen Luo's gaze, and saw Li Wei staring at him directly, and looked away, "Since I was captured, I have nothing to say." Don't try to get anything out of my mouth. ”
Li Wei was secretly stunned, she really had to think of a way to trick him. I didn't think of a way, but another guard came to report: "Your Majesty, the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard has led the troops to the north gate without permission, please evacuate quickly!" ”
"Vice-Commander?" Isn't that the son of Beichen Qi? Li Wei swept the corner of her eyes to look at Zheng Guogong, but saw that the others were gone, she immediately ordered, "Cui Yan, wait for the rest of the people to be sent out of the Qingji Altar safely, quickly!" ”
"Yes!" Cui Yan received the order and took the guards to arrange the guards to help the people evacuate.
At this time, the hundred officials also retreated one after another, but the palace guards who were originally guarding the exit of the Qingji Altar had blocked the way, and the glossy guards who were originally guarding the safety of the imperial city turned out to be rebels, knocking on the main gate with thick wood, and the guards on the wall were also desperately resisting the forbidden army who kept trying to climb the wall.
"You dare to resist the will and rebel! Where is this anti-thief in Beichen! "The court officials were also frightened at this time, even the Praetorian Guards outside the wall had mutinied, how could they get out alive?
Captain Yan Guo also knew that Beichen was rebelling at this time, and his direct subordinates arrested Zheng Guogong and Beichen Qi among the hundred officials, and spoke to the Praetorian Guards outside the main gate.
"Does Beichen disregard the lives of his family?"
Outside the wall, the Praetorian Guards didn't make a sound, and it seemed that they couldn't see the hostages Beichen Qi and Zheng Guogong in Yan Guo's hands.
Lu Xiao secretly screamed badly, just because his subordinates were all people from the rivers and lakes, although he had already noticed the movement of the Praetorian Guards, but unfortunately he couldn't enter the palace to standby, and now it was difficult to get the pass of the city guards with his token to enter the palace, but now the time is very tight, and the hundred officials and His Majesty are all stranded here, if a large number of Praetorian Guards come to encircle and suppress it, it will be too late.
Time was of the essence, and the Praetorian Guards had already drawn their sabers, and the sound of banging on the door was particularly terrifying.
Li Wei carefully searched for this group of Praetorian Guards a few times, and she couldn't even find where the leader was, she still wanted to call out to their commander, but now there is no one to see, and she doesn't know how this group of rebels was ordered to act, could it be that Beichen is hiding?
Lu Xiao came to Li Wei's side, "Your Majesty, don't panic, the other Praetorian Guards Weichen has already sent people to keep an eye on them, and for a while, they can't all arrive at the main gate of Qingji Altar." It's a pity that we are now holding on and are completely unable to act. ”
Li Wei also knew that after the first battle, her secret guards and guards were scattered, and now there are a large number of people surrounded by the Praetorian Guards, and there are dozens of officials and criminals such as the Qi family, the Cheng family, and Li Yuetian, I am afraid it will be difficult to get out of trouble.
At this time, the young general of the Praetorian Guard outside shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, my majesty of the Beichen Kingdom and the pillars of my dynasty, now that the imperial city has been surrounded by the Praetorian Guard, if His Majesty orders to be captured, and promulgates a letter of abdication, the commander will treat you well, if not, all of them will be exterminated." ”
Xiao Liangyi reprimanded angrily: "If everyone knows who the true dragon son is today, there is no point in you doing this!" Even if you take the throne, it will be unjustifiable, and the people of the world will already know about your conspiracy! ”
"Hmph, there aren't many people in that group, only about a hundred people, and they all need to be killed. They are now blocking the north gate of Qingjitan, with the same fate as you. You don't need to argue anymore, we just follow the arrangement of the Commander-in-Chief! Give you half an hour to think about it! When the time comes, the auspicious altar will be washed with blood! ”
The suppressed Qi Taishi in the crowd was full of smugness at this time, but he didn't expect that in the end an inconspicuous chess piece was the most useful, he had cooperated with Beichen Qi earlier, and his plan was not very satisfactory, because Qi Taishi also knew that Beichen Qi's ambition was on the throne, if Ren Jiajia became the new emperor, maybe he would also be pulled off the throne by Beichen Qi, or directly in this verification meeting, so that Ren Jiajia and the emperor were defeated at the same time, and he Beichen Qi enjoyed the benefits of the fisherman.
It's just that a group of Praetorian Guards can indeed play a decisive role in the imperial city and can help him a lot, and Qi Taishi thinks that his son Qi Kaixuan's 100,000-strong army can suppress the Praetorian Guards with only a few thousand people, so he decided to cooperate.
In the verification meeting, their planned plan should have been to directly capture His Majesty and push Ren Jiajia to the throne in front of the people and the people of the whole dynasty, so as to achieve great things in one go. Unexpectedly, until Li Yuetian was captured, the Praetorian Guards had not moved, he guessed that Beichen Qi had given up the plan or was temporarily rebelled by the emperor, and he himself had already thought about being captured, but at this moment the Praetorian Guards brought him a big surprise!
Although there was a deviation from the plan, Taishi Qi still laughed, "Your Majesty, now you are like a turtle in an urn, you don't have to resist fearlessly!" Our dynasty has never had a woman inherit the unification, and since His Majesty ascended the throne, everything has not gone well, disrupting the national security ancestral system, and it is time to abdicate! ”
Seeing that Taishi Qi was so rampant, Cheng Guogong couldn't feel at ease, and the Praetorian Guards couldn't take down this group of people for a while, and his heart was uneasy. Although the rest of his family members were not involved in the civil strife, his letters had already been handed over, and if His Majesty had captured the evidence, he would have been guilty of a living crime.
He knew that Cheng Pei was very patriotic, but he didn't expect that Cheng Pei had already been subdued by the regent. Together with his granddaughter Dandan, he is also the most loyal guardian of the imperial court, even if he Cheng Guogong threatened his daughter-in-law's life, Cheng Pei was indifferent, so he knew that the Cheng family could not win this battle, although he agreed to join the Qi family's camp, but in fact, the Qi family and others did not have half help.
But he had a handle that was grabbed by Li Yuetian, so he had to follow him, otherwise the entire Cheng family would be implicated. He Cheng Guogong has been in the camp step by step, and in today's battle, he doesn't think that Zheng Guogong's Praetorian Guards will win, even if the victory is all on the side of the Praetorian Guards.
Mrs. Wei tugged at his old face, looking at Mrs. Qi's crazy appearance, his heart was also a little cold. Now the situation is unpredictable, and his life is difficult to protect, but it is a pity that he has not yet said a few words to his son, who has just met, if it drags on any longer, he is still fine, but his Liqing's injuries are almost unbearable.
The four secret guards in the southeast, northwest, and northwest had already returned to Li Wei's side, and when they saw this grim shape, they persuaded her to break through first.
Li Wei shook her head, "If the life of the whole dynasty is lost here, what's the use of me escaping alone?" The four of you, escort Master Yan Kong and Master Qingyi away first, and I will follow later. ”
The secret guard didn't believe her words, but he couldn't refuse His Majesty's order, so he had to grab Monk Qingyi and Master Yankong, and was about to break through the siege, only to hear the young general of the Praetorian Guard shouting again-
"The time is almost up, everyone, your majesty has to make a decision." After speaking, I only heard that the Praetorian Guard had pulled out the big sword, and at the same time, the guards guarding the hundred officials also picked up their shields to protect the more than 100 people behind them. So—"
Before the general's words fell, he saw an arrow flying in the air, and he was directly killed by piercing his throat.
The shouting of killing outside the main gate of Qingjitan suddenly remembered, the Praetorian Guards suddenly panicked, turned around to resist the oncoming arrows, because there was no defense space behind them, the arrows flew too fast, and most of the Praetorian Guards suffered casualties in an instant.
The guards in the Qingji altar heard this change, and cheered up happily, Yan Guo personally jumped on the wall, and after seeing the situation, he ordered them to open the main gate, and they all rushed out in one go.
The hundred officials followed the footsteps of the guards and finally came out of the Qingji Altar, but they saw that the Praetorian Guards outside had suffered heavy casualties, while the reinforcements were wearing gray armor and soldier clothes, and the general standing at the front was Cheng Diansi, who had killed a bloody body!
"Wechen and others came to the rescue! Let His Majesty Xià be frightened! ”
Cheng Diansi came to everyone and looked at her majesty, as well as Cheng Guogong, who had tears in his eyes.
Li Wei nodded, thinking that she would not rebel, but she never thought that she would personally bring the troops back to relieve the imperial court's burning difficulties. She wanted to ask immediately: Dandan, what do you think in your heart?
Cui Yan and others, with the help of the soldiers, also quickly broke through from the north gate and sent the people out of Qingji Altar safely. He was worried about His Majesty's safety, and when he hurried to the main gate of Qingjitan, he happened to see that Cheng Dandan was also in control of the situation, his eyes sank, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he turned around and went back to the north gate. (To be continued.) )