and the collapse and burning of the Liang Emperor's Mausoleum, not only completely out of Mu Yang's imagination. At the same time, it was also sudden and weird, and it was completely out of the expectations of Cao Ang, Xun Yu and others, who had already discovered the signs.

Cao Ang remembered that when he had just quietly taken a step from the hall of the Imperial Mausoleum, he was still feeling in his heart that Xun Yu was indeed his father's humerus help, and when things only showed a slight sign, a little skill turned the great disadvantage into the skill of the knife in his hand.

However, the unforgiving reality is a bit unexpected. Just when this trace of emotion in Cao Ang's heart had not yet turned into a reverent gaze at Xun Yu, another slight creaking sound suddenly sounded. This voice happened to appear in a gap when Liu Xie spoke, solemn and silent, and this subtle creaking sound was too abrupt. All the civil and military officers were suddenly startled, and they raised their heads one after another to search around.

Soon, it was discovered that the column in question was in the southwest corner of the lobby. And Cao Ang and Xun Yu's eyes were a little more anxious - this time it was more serious, and the entire ceiling seemed to be slightly tilted to the southwest. Xun Yu was still weighing, but Cao Ang felt that he couldn't hesitate any longer, he jumped out and shouted: "The imperial tomb is not strong, the ministers leave quickly!" ”

This shout was like a fuse that erupted, igniting everyone's panic. However, the strange thing is that when the royal guards came out from all sides to support Liu Xie and left, Liu Xie only looked at the ceiling of the lobby and did not move at all: "I don't believe that the imperial mausoleum built by the Cao family and blessed by the first emperor will collapse so easily. ”

Although the voice of the son of today was not loud, it clearly reached the ears of all civil and military personnel. Since ancient times, the monarch has been the minister, and the Son of Heaven has still collapsed in front of Mount Tai and the color remains unchanged, how can the ministers be scattered as birds and beasts? What's more, the civil and military officials also found out at this time that Concubine Cao didn't even hesitate for half a minute when Liu Xie's voice just fell, and stood by Liu Xie's side with the prince in her arms.

Seeing this, the ministers suddenly seemed to understand the meaning of the words of the Son of Heaven that day. This time, His Majesty personally said that this imperial mausoleum was built by the Cao family, and insisted on refusing to leave - this attitude was completely different from the untruthful speech he had just made, and the words pointed directly at the Cao family! Those loyal royalists suddenly seemed to have received the holy decree of sacrificing their lives for righteousness, and took the lead in kneeling on the ground: "The ministers swear to die with Your Majesty to learn the loyalty of the Cao family!" ”

The weather vane of the entire hall changed in an instant under Liu Xie's words, and the faces of Xun Yu, Cao Ang and the others were extremely ugly. This situation was obviously not expected by the two. Especially Cao Ang, he thought that the threat of the Imperial Mausoleum Festival came from the Ma family outside, but he didn't expect that the real head-on attack turned out to be their internal appearance!

At this time, the southwest corner of the lobby suddenly made a sharp sound of wooden pillars breaking, and the pillars could no longer support them, and they fell to the ground with a bang. The civil and military ministers shouted and dodged nearby, and then the entire ceiling collapsed half a corner with a "bang", kicking up a puff of smoke and dust. A mixture of black and blue liquid flowed down from it, and the smell was pungent, and it was quite abundant, and soon covered nearly half of the floor.

The "Book of Green Bags" written by the doctor Hua Tuo has a saying: "People are the most simple when they are young." It means that when a person is frightened, his instantaneous reaction is the most reflective of his heart. At this moment, in the lobby, although Liu Xie and other royalists have firmly controlled the commanding heights of public opinion, it is undeniable that there are still more ministers loyal to the Cao family, or loyal to human nature, than those who can give their lives for the sake of their hearts.

At this time, many ministers who swayed from side to side, or simply admired the Cao family, raised their feet one after another, not wanting to get involved in these things. When someone doesn't pay attention to stepping on the cloth shoes, they find that the sticky ones are difficult to wash off.

"It's varnish and tung oil!"

I don't know whose shout completely ignited the situation in the lobby that was both clear and chaotic. Everyone can imagine what kind of catastrophe these two things will bring once they are contaminated with a spark! What's more, in addition to the threat of being buried in the sea of fire, this imperial tomb may collapse at any time!

"The second floor of the Imperial Tomb is still being renovated, and the varnish and tung oil must have been hoarded by the workers. This time, the corner of the hall collapsed, and the water was low, and these things flowed down the gap. Cao Ang had a guess in his heart, and quickly said his conjecture at the moment.

"Eldest Prince, today, His Majesty's hundred officials came to worship, do you think those ceremonial officials and supervisors will make such a low-level mistake?" Xun Yu's face was very pale, he couldn't lower his voice at this time, and said loudly: "This must be someone who mixed into the imperial tomb in advance and knocked over these green lacquer and tung oil......

Xun Yu deliberately shouted loudly this time, which also meant to make amends. However, at the moment of life and death, which of the ministers can comprehend Xun Yu's wonderful sentence of the disaster? Even Cao Ang was in a state of confusion at this time, and just shouted outward with his heart: "Come on, quickly cover Your Majesty and the ministers to withdraw from the imperial tomb!" ”

It's a pity that he didn't see that the corners of Liu Xie's mouth on the stage only pulled a very ironic arc.

At this moment, more than a dozen pillars in the lobby made a dense sound at the same time, as if countless spiders were running wildly on it. Cao Ang's face changed greatly, he didn't care about others, turned around and ran towards the gate. The other ministers also realized that the situation was not good, and they all moved backwards, and for a moment the figures were scattered, and the entire hall was in chaos.

"The ministers swear to die with Your Majesty to learn the loyalty of the Cao family!" Sikong Zhang Xi, Yilang Zhao Yan and other last loyal ministers of the Han family slammed hard, ignoring the ministers who were running frantically around them, and interpreted their loyalty to the Han dynasty with their most precious and powerful weapon - the price of their lives!

It's a pity, it's still a pity. Liu Xie only gave these people a little pity and compassion, and without even half a reply, he turned his head to Cao Jie: "You still don't leave?" ”

But Cao Jie didn't show a scared look, she gently comforted the emperor who was crying because of the noise in her arms. There was a smile on her face that was the most beautiful as a woman, and she spoke almost resolutely with affection: "Your Majesty, don't you know that what the concubine wants in this life is this moment!" ”

Liu Xie was moved for a while, he looked at more and more ministers who were out of control and screamed desperately, and some of the older courtiers were trampled under their feet, moaning in a miserable mess. Seeing that the virtue of gentleness and frugality is lost here, everyone seems to be the madness of a rat on a sunken ship. In the end, he put his firm and sincere eyes on Cao Jie's beautiful face, and gently hugged her into his arms: "Don't worry, I am here, you can't look forward to that moment of ......"

As soon as the words fell, the upstairs seemed to be pressed hard by an invisible hand, and more than a dozen pillars that were barely supported broke at the same time. The girders, which were originally horizontally raised, were suddenly covered with cracks, and broke from the middle after a few struggles. As soon as the girder broke, the top of the entire Qianlong Temple completely lost its support and smashed down towards the lobby. For the ministers in the hall, this time it was a veritable Mount Tai top.

Huge smoke and dust exploded in the southwest of Xudu City, swirling in mid-air, and quickly spreading in all directions. In just a short moment, the tomb of Emperor Liang turned into a mass of ruins mixed with broken bamboo, broken wood, cracked stones, and a large number of human limbs, and everywhere you could see half-buried bodies or thighs crushed by giant trees, and some heads poking out of the rubble were shouting for help. The only one that can be regarded as complete is the gilded plaque with the words "Imperial Tomb of the Han Dynasty" written on it.

"Fire!! Fire!! I don't know who screamed again. All the buried ministers were horrified to find that the temperature around them suddenly began to rise, and then a fierce flame emerged from the cracks in the ruins, and began to devour everything around them in a frenzy.

"It's the shadow of the Ma family!!" At this time, Cao Ang finally saw a few agile figures like spirit apes in the chaos, and they all took the help of the ropes prepared in advance to swing out of the imperial tomb at the moment when the hall collapsed. Moreover, among the five such as black swallows, a plain white streamer was swept across.

It was the plain silk dress that Tang Xiaomi wore when he entered the imperial mausoleum today, and Cao Ang would not think that he was dazzled. At this time, Cao Chun, the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry outside the imperial tomb, looked at the figure of the seven rabbits rushing and rushing, and waved his knife: "Chase!! No matter the ends of the earth, no matter what the cost, you must catch up with these people! ”