The fourth part (10) is the bloody court
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The allure of the right thing is powerful, but as long as people fall into it, they often can't extricate themselves.
For Baiyun Mountain, the busy people in the palace seem to be a completely different world, at this time, Bai Yunshan knelt in front of Bai Qiwei's coffin in a daze, and outsiders looked at him and thought that he was sad about his father's death as a filial son, but in fact, Bai Yun's mind was full of conversations in Su Yuncheng after midnight at this time.
"Really? You're done? When he heard that Baiyun Mountain had suffocated Bai Qiwei to death, Su Yuncheng's face was gloomy for a while, but it quickly recovered to joy, gloomy because after all, he had cooperated for many years, and he was happy because his wish for many years was about to be fulfilled. Su Yuncheng's expression Bai Yunshan didn't see it, because his mind was full of Bai Qiwei's face, the face that was pale in the dim light after death. In the life of Baiyun Mountain, I am afraid that I will not be able to forget this face even if I smash it.
Su Yuncheng quickly regained his composure, and years of political struggle had trained his nerves to almost numb. Looking at Baiyun Mountain kneeling there with a wooden expression, Su Yuncheng's heart was filled with a trace of disdain, and even had a feeling that the mud couldn't support the wall, but Su Yuncheng had no choice now, he could only support Baiyun Mountain, and Baiyun Mountain still had use value.
"Cheer up, Yunshan, look at you like this, how can you fight for the throne?" Su Yuncheng scolded angrily, a mediocre partner is of course easy to control, but he has to work harder, as long as this kid doesn't spoil his own business, just put up with him for a while, after all, it's an extraordinary time.
"Uncle! I'm scared, I just don't know what to do next? Baiyun Mountain finally summoned his soul back, and looked at Su Yun's enlightenment in fear.
"What to do? Take control of the army, and then ascend the throne. Su Yuncheng said the answer that had been planned for a long time.
"What if anyone objects? After all, the boss is still in Jiangzhou, and he still has 50,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and there will definitely be no fewer people in the court who support him. Baiyun Mountain's worries are not unreasonable. It shows that he is not a brainless person.
"Of course there is opposition, huh! As long as there is opposition, it is a word killing! Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish. When Su Yuncheng said this coldly, Bai Yunshan couldn't help but look up at his face, and what he saw was a hideous face, a face with red eyes, a cold face, and distorted facial features. Bai Yunshan looked at this face and couldn't help but shudder.
A morning passed. The white color representing death covered the entire palace, perhaps the ghost of Bai Qiwei lingered, and the sun had just emerged today, and the sunlight was immediately blocked back by dark clouds, and there was a gust of wind in the gloomy sky, and it was also raining lightly. The white flags swayed strangely in the wind, and the drizzle gave an eerie feeling, and everything seemed to portend a kind of ominousness.
Before Baiyun Mountain knelt for half an hour, there were already chamberlains who came to report that Prime Minister Su had summoned all the important civil ministers and military generals to the court. Just wait for Baiyun Mountain to go over and discuss the matter.
Bai Yunshan, who heard the news, was stunned for a moment, although he knew that there were things that had to be faced. I just didn't expect it. Things will come so quickly, it seems that Su Yuncheng is more anxious than himself, thinking of this, Bai Yunshan's mind flashed with Su Yuncheng's distorted face again, and he couldn't help but shiver again. The road is chosen by oneself, and since it has begun, there is no possibility of turning back.
Baiyun Mountain hurried to the main hall. As soon as he walked to the door, he heard someone arguing inside, and Baiyun Mountain, who had left a little caution, stopped, hid on the edge of the door and listened, what he wanted to know most now was his status in the minds of other ministers, right?
"Prime Minister Su, the eldest prince is still in Jiangzhou and has not returned, so you are in such a hurry to call everyone here, and you also said that you want to make the second prince king, this is unreasonable, right?" The first thing Bai Yunshan heard was that someone was against him, and he couldn't help but pinch his heart.
"Wang Youfu, I have already said just now, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and besides, this is the meaning of the lord of the country before he died, don't misunderstand." Su Yuncheng laughed dryly and said twice.
Bai Yunshan understood and objected to claiming the king's land, it was Wang Youfu, the new deputy commander of the city guards, and the orthodox leader had always been concurrently served by Bai Yunfan, and now Bai Yunfan was outside, and the affairs of the city guards were greeted by Wang Youfu. When he heard Bai Yunfan, Bai Yunshan's heart thumped violently, Bai Yunfan has always been a heart disease of his, and his status in the Bai family has always been above him, not to mention, Bai Qiwei is called the queen, and most of the military power is also in the hands of Bai Yunfan, Bai Yunfan's influence in the army is far above himself, and it can be said that it is an obstacle that must be removed on the way forward of Baiyun Mountain.
"Hehe, everyone doesn't know if it's the lord's last wish, but this is definitely your Prime Minister Su's greatest wish." Wang Youfu didn't give Su Yuncheng any face, so he immediately pushed back, and it was to the point.
Bai Yunshan listened for a while, knowing that he should go out to ease the situation, he hurriedly snorted, and the eunuch next to him immediately shouted: "The second prince has arrived!" ”
Bai Yunfan straightened his clothes and walked into the court, which symbolized the ultimate right. Walking into the court, the first thing I saw was the big chair with bright yellow cushions, in order to be able to make this chair, people fought openly and secretly, for this chair, how many lives were lost, how much blood was stained on this chair is unknown, only know that now I have also embarked on the road of fighting for this chair, which is destined to be full of thorns and blood, and no one can avoid it.
Seeing the arrival of Baiyun Mountain, the quarrel was finally suspended. No one next to Baiyun Mountain walked to the chair under the complicated gaze of everyone, and then turned back and looked at all the people below.
The chair was in front of him, but Bai Yunshan didn't have the courage to sit on it at all, trying his best to suppress the panic that kept pouring out of his heart, Bai Yunshan smiled bitterly: "This seat is really difficult to sit on." ”
Su Yuncheng, who had been looking at Baiyun Mountain, spoke again: "Second prince, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and the ministers are ordered by the first king to ask the prince to ascend the throne." Saying that, Su Yuncheng took the lead in kneeling down, and then more than half of the ministers also knelt down, and only a small half of the ministers did not kneel. Seeing that most of the people knelt, some of the lords who had been wavering in that small half of the room also knelt down, leaving only Wang Youfu and a dozen other military generals standing still, still sneering.
"The eldest prince is not here, and I haven't seen the edict of the first king, so I forgive you for not being able to serve the second prince as the king." Wang Youfu looked at all this with a sneer. He didn't take Baiyun Mountain in his eyes at all, not to mention that Bai Yunfan still had 50,000 strong soldiers in his hands, and when the two combined, most of the domestic military power was in their hands, and Wang Youfu was also fearless.
Seeing that Wang Youfu was so tough, although Bai Yunshan was angry, he was still a little scared of this soldier who had a heavy army and had been following Bai Qiwei, and he didn't dare to sit on the seat for a while. The cowardice in Bai Yunshan's eyes looked in Su Yuncheng's eyes, although he was annoyed that this kid had no courage. But he could only go according to the prior arrangement.
"Wang Youfu supports the army and respects himself, intending to rebel, take it for me." Su Yuncheng also tore off his always kind face, and sneered out this passage from between his teeth. As soon as the words fell, hundreds of soldiers immediately poured in outside the door, surrounding Wang Youfu and others.
"I think you're the ones who rebelled, right? Su Yuncheng? Wang Youfu sneered and stared at Su Yuncheng.
Su Yuncheng was annoyed and angry. He yelled at the soldiers, "What are you waiting for? Take it down for me. ”
Wang Youfu was not afraid, turned around and shouted at the soldiers: "I think which of you dares? "These soldiers have always feared the king and the blessing, and for a moment no one dared to come forward.
"Get out of the way." Wang Youfu stretched out his hand to put on his sword, and looked angrily at the soldiers who surrounded him, as if he was planning to break out. Really. The dozen or so generals followed Wang Youfu and drew their swords together, intending to break out. These soldiers are confronting their former superiors. He had been retreating, seeing that Wang Youfu and the others were about to walk out of the main hall, and the smile on Wang Youfu's face was becoming more and more obvious, suddenly a sharp pain came from Wang Youfu's vest, and a cold sword penetrated Wang Youfu's body.
Wang Youfu turned around in disbelief and found that it was his most trusted subordinate who had stabbed him. And the generals who were still following them just now didn't even follow at this time, but just stood a little farther away and looked at themselves in shame.
"Wang Qilin? How could it be you? Wang Youfu said this with difficulty, and a stream of blood immediately welled up in his mouth.
"Uncle, if you want to blame, you can only blame you for not knowing the current affairs, the brothers have promised to protect the second prince to ascend the throne, and your nephew and I will also take over your position, so I can only be sorry for you." After speaking, Wang Qilin took out his sword and suddenly gave Wang Youfu another heart, this time Wang Youfu couldn't stand anymore, and fell on his back with a pair of big eyes.
There will be loyal men in any court, so the bloodshed will continue. Just when Wang Youfu was killed, Su Yuncheng thought that the situation had been controlled, and was about to invite Baiyun Mountain to sit on the seat, a minister who was still kneeling on the ground just now stood up suddenly, pointed at Su Yuncheng's nose and scolded: "I originally thought that you were really following the edict of the previous king, but now it seems that you are usurping the throne, and I Bai Qiying will definitely not agree......" Before Bai Qiying could finish speaking, a sword had already pierced his chest, and then kicked him down with one foot, it was Wang Qilin again. A bloody aura immediately filled the entire hall, and although the Manchu ministers had a lot of grievances in their eyes, no one dared to stand up against it.
Things would develop like this, and Bai Yunshan didn't expect that Su Yuncheng's so-called arrangement would be like this. In fact, as early as the day Bai Qiwei became king, Su Yuncheng had been secretly active, co-opting and buying a large number of generals in the army, Su Yuncheng did not dare to make a move when Bai Qiwei was there, after all, Bai Qiwei's prestige could completely deter the army, but now that Bai Qiwei is gone, it is another matter entirely.
Seeing that the big thing was settled, Su Yuncheng knelt down again with some excitement, and shouted to Baiyun Mountain: "Respectfully invite the new lord to ascend the throne." ”
All the ministers of Su Yuncheng's faction shouted one after another, and other ministers who were not necessarily convinced could only do so, in the current situation, who else dared to be this bird.
Looking at the civil and military kneeling down of the Manchu Dynasty and listening to everyone's shouts, Baiyun Mountain felt that everything was like a dream, although it had always been a nightmare, but the ending seemed to be good. The trembling Baiyun Mountain finally sat on the chair, and there were two dead corpses lying underneath, as well as two pools of red blood.
On the second day of Baiyun Mountain's accession to the throne, smoke and dust billowed outside Duliang City, thousands of war horses galloped in, and the soldiers on horseback were fully armed one by one, and the armor was bright, and at a glance they knew that it was the Bai family's division of a hundred battles.
This army was different from ordinary armies in terms of momentum alone, and the three thousand cavalry stopped in unison after the leader of a blue-robed general raised his hand. Really want to say that this cavalry unit is any different. That is a murderous aura, this is only a soldier who has experienced a hundred battles can have a local temperament, this is the Bai family's division of a hundred battles in the world, and it is Bai Yunfan who rushed back from Jiangzhou in the starry night.
Although Duliang City is still the same Duliang City when Bai Yunfan left, the atmosphere is completely different, the suspension bridge has been pulled up, and the city gate is also heavily guarded. When Bai Yunfan saw this scene, his heart sank, something big must have happened in the capital, could it be that something happened to his father? Bai Yunfan's heart was a little messy. Although Bai Yunfan did not agree with his father's approach. But this does not prevent Bai Yunfan from respecting and loving Bai Qiwei, Bai Yunfan has always grown up on the road arranged by Bai Qiwei, and it can even be said that Bai Yunfan is still spiritually dependent on Bai Qiwei.
What the hell is going on? This question disturbed Bai Yunfan's mind. In a hurry, Bai Yunfan urged him to step forward, came to the city and shouted: "I am your eldest prince, please open the city gate." Let us in. ”
After Bai Yunfan shouted, someone in the city replied: "There is an order from Shangfeng, no one is allowed to enter the city at will, and I will wait for me to report before I can reply." And when he had finished speaking, he was invisible. I guess I went to report.
Bai Yunfan didn't expect that he would be blocked out of the city, and he was annoyed. But there is no way. I can only return and wait with peace of mind. Quan Dayou leaned over at this time and whispered to Bai Yunfan: "My lord, I think something is wrong, we have to do it." ”
Bai Yunfan was shocked when he heard this, and his chaotic brain gradually calmed down, what happened in the city? I don't know. I don't know what my father's situation is, whether this city can be entered or not? Bai Yunfan began to calculate. After thinking about it for a long time, Bai Yunfan still decided that he would go into the city no matter what, and see what was going on.
"Otomo, what can threaten me in the city is the alliance between Prime Minister Su Cheng and the second child, and I have known this for a long time. You are outside with your brothers, and I have brought ten of my own soldiers in, and I have not seen our people come out for half an hour, and I guess I have met with an accident. What you have to do is to run back to Jiangzhou immediately, control the troops, and send someone to contact the Jiezhou side, when I see it, only Lao Qi can help me take revenge. When Bai Yunfan said this, he was a little tragic, and Quan Dayou's heart tightened when he heard it, and he hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, I don't think it's okay if you don't enter this city, let the city come out to see you, anyway, it is not difficult for us to fight a bloody way outside the city." ”
Bai Yunfan smiled bitterly when he heard this, looked at the tall city wall and said, "I also know that it is dangerous to go in, but what if my father is fine?" After my father ascended the throne, I was very suspicious, I want to come to this play, how can I stay in front of my father in the future? ”
Quan Dayou was speechless when he heard this, thought about it and said: "My lord, no matter what, I can't let you enter the city alone, I think it's good, quietly leave dozens of brothers outside, and let them go back to report if there is something, I will accompany the adult in, and there are three thousand brothers with me, and I can protect the adult to kill him when he dies." ”
Bai Yunfan shook his head slightly when he heard this: "In case you and I are dead, who will preside over the situation in Jiangzhou?" ”
"Please rest assured of this, I dare to guarantee that all the brothers in Jiangzhou are absolutely loyal to you, even if there is no us, they will find a way to avenge us." Quan Dayou hurriedly took over the conversation, and he was determined to go in with Bai Yunfan. Bai Yunfan saw that he couldn't resist Quan Dayou, so he had to nod and agree.
Bai Yunfan waited outside for almost an hour, and the suspension bridge at the city gate finally slowly fell, and a group of soldiers came out of the city gate, led by Wang Qilin.
When Wang Qilin saw Bai Yunfan, he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "The ninth marshal of the lowly city guard army is Wang Qilin, I have seen my lord." "Although Bai Yunfan is a prince, everyone still wants to call him Lord in the army, which is known to the whole army.
"Why are you coming out? What about you, Lord King? Bai Yunfan knew Wang Qilin, and naturally knew the relationship between Wang Qilin and Wang Youfu, so he naturally asked.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was shocked, Wang Qilin's heart jumped suddenly when he heard it, he didn't expect Bai Yunfan to come up and ask this, but fortunately, he was prepared in advance, and hurriedly replied: "Lord Wang is not feeling well, and he has been recuperating at home recently, so he sent me to pick up the adult." ”
Bai Yunfan just asked casually, and then the topic changed.
"How is Your Majesty's health? Why didn't you see the second prince? Bai Yunfan asked tentatively, it is said that when he comes back, Baiyun Mountain will not come to pick him up. I just wanted to see Wang Qilin's expression.
"Your Majesty occasionally felt a cold, and the assassin was frightened, and he fell ill at that time, and after a few days of rest, he was much better. Don't you see that the gates of the city are closed, and the city is full of Assassins. ”
Wang Qilin's expression didn't see any change, and it also gave a very reasonable reason for the city gate to be closed, Bai Yunfan also felt normal when he heard it, and his vigilance went a lot.
"My lord, my subordinates are going to the front to open the way for you?" Wang Qilin showed a flattering smile, with the status of Bai Yunfan. Entering the city really requires someone to open the way for him, so there is no flaw in Wang Qilin's words.
Bai Yunfan just wanted to nod when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, he hurriedly grabbed Wang Qilin and said: "I think it's still like this, I want to know something about what happened in the city recently, and you will follow me." Tell me about it along the way. ”
Wang Qilin listened to nothing on the surface, but in his heart he was secretly complaining, Bai Yunfan was clearly guarding against something, and he wanted to use himself as a hostage, at least as a backer. Although I cried out in my heart. But Wang Qilin didn't dare to say anything about not doing it, or he had to wear it. In case Bai Yunfan ran away. I guess I am also guilty of killing my head, so I might as well gamble.
"Since the adult is not afraid of the verbosity of his subordinates, the subordinates will accompany the adult and talk to the adult." Wang Qilin calmed down and followed Bai Yunfan into the city gate.
Three thousand men and horses escorted Bai Yunfan into the city gate, and Bai Yunfan naturally walked in the middle. Bai Yunfan, who had been highly nervous, talked to Wang Qilin absentmindedly, and when the troops came in halfway, Bai Yunfan suddenly found that Wang Qilin's eyes, which had always looked normal, suddenly swept to both sides while he was not paying attention, and a burst of anxiety appeared in his eyes, Bai Yunfan suddenly felt that something was wrong, raised his hand, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Stop advancing." ”
Bai Yunfan suddenly came here, it was nothing more than a little suspicious, and he wanted to test it, but he didn't expect Wang Qilin, who was a thief, to immediately think that Bai Yunfan had discovered something, and urged the war horse violently, ran to the side, and shouted loudly: "Do it." ”
How could Bai Yunfan, who had been prepared, let him succeed, before Wang Qilin's war horse could run, he had already grabbed his back collar with one hand, and the sword of Quan Dayou on the side had already been drawn, and one was on Wang Qilin's neck, and the other soldiers also drew their weapons together and began to protect Bai Yunfan and rush out.
Bai Yunshan and Su Yuncheng, who had been secretly watching all this, saw that such a situation happened, and they couldn't help but scold together, "Damn! While complaining about Wang Qilin's stupidity, he could only give an order together: "Do it". What was originally scheduled can now only be brought forward.
Before Bai Yunfan's men could fully react, hundreds of crossbowmen burst out from the rooftops on both sides of the road, and a wave of dense crossbow arrows shot towards Bai Yunfan.
Bai Yunfan can also be regarded as clever, and immediately picked up Wang Qilin to block in front of him, and suddenly Wang Qilin was shot into a hornet's nest. Wang Qilin's life ended like this, maybe he didn't expect to die that his life was in Baiyun Mountain and Su Yuncheng, and he could give up at any time.
The three thousand soldiers led by Bai Yunfan were all carefully selected, and the equipment was also the best, although the incident was sudden, but the soldiers who had been prepared in advance were not flustered, and they took out crossbows from their backpacks one after another, and counterattacked the crossbowmen who were ambushing.
It should be said that Bai Yunfan is lucky, due to the war in Jiangzhou, most of the crossbows in the army were taken away by Bai Yunfan, and Baiyun Mountain in the capital has been searched all over the city, and he has not yet gotten five hundred, so the lethality is not enough.
But Bai Yunfan is unlucky, precisely because the number of crossbows is not much, and the arrangement of Baiyun Mountain is that all crossbowmen have only one target, that is, Bai Yunfan.
Although Wang Qilin blocked it, but there were too many crossbow arrows shot, Bai Yunfan immediately made a reaction to jump off the horse to dodge, but he was still hit by several arrows in his thigh, although Quan Dayou was not the main target, but he was also affected, not to mention two arrows in the shoulder, he was also hit twice on his thigh, as for the dozens of soldiers around Bai Yunfan, all of them were shot down in a pool of blood, and even the war horse that Bai Yunfan and Quan Dayou used as a cover were also shot into a sieve and fell into a pool of blood and convulsed.
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