Pushing away the rows of corpses, Shen Cheng walked into the Qianqing Palace with blood all over the ground.

The people behind him had different expressions, some were hiding their faces and weeping, some were pale, and even trembling, but none of them wanted to be left behind, and none of them were willing to leave this queue at this time.

In the Qianqing Palace, as far as the eye can see, except for the main hall with the palace gate closed directly opposite, there is no one.

Yes, at this moment, who else could be?

If only it was weird, right?

Shen Cheng took a deep breath, took a step, and walked towards the main hall.

He knew very well that Zhu Yijun was here and couldn't go anywhere.

The final showdown is coming.

The procession slowly advanced, and the high-ranking officials and nobles and the mainstays arrived at the bottom of the steps of the main hall, where the high-ranking officials and nobles met the emperor in the main hall when there was a great court meeting, and the mainstays waited for the edict here.

Everything in the past is vivid, but now standing here again, the situation is very different.

They didn't kill anyone with their own hands, but there is no doubt that none of them had anything to do with it.

From the moment they keep up with the queue, they have no possibility of justification.

Shen Cheng stood at the foot of the steps, raised his head slightly, looked at the main hall with the palace door closed, and glanced at Luo Sigong again.

Luo Sigong understood, and as soon as he raised his hand, six soldiers with big shoulders and round waists stepped forward and stood on both sides of Shen Chengyi's front, ready to pass a word for Shen Yiyi.

"Minister, deputy assistant of the cabinet, Shen Zhengyi, ask to see Your Majesty!"

Shen Yi straightened out his official uniform and hat, and then asked to see him loudly.

Since it is not a rebellion, but a coup d'état, then there should be a little coup d'état, and the etiquette that should be there cannot be without, after all, it is a coup d'état, not a rebellion, and Shen has always done nothing to subvert the rules.

The six soldiers used their full strength to open their mouths and repeated Shen's words loudly.

"Minister, deputy assistant of the cabinet, Shen Zhengyi, ask to see Your Majesty!!"

Repeat three times.

The voice was very loud, and Shen always believed that the emperor should have heard it anyway.

There seemed to be no movement inside the door.

Shen Zheng was about to shout again, but before the words could be spoken, the side door of the main hall of the Qianqing Palace suddenly opened.

A gray-haired, trembling figure stepped out of it.

"Shousuke?"

"This ......"

"Why is Shousuke here?"

There was a small commotion among the high-ranking officials and the mainstays.

Unlike them, Shen Cheng seemed to have expected this scene a long time ago and was not surprised.

He calmly watched Zhao Zhigao close the side door, then turned around, walked slowly to the edge of the steps step by step with a cane, and looked at himself condescendingly.

"Shousuke."

Shen always bowed.

"You've finally come this far."

Zhao Zhigao's voice was also calm, and he seemed to be completely unaffected by the coup.

"It's not that the lower officials must go, but the traitors are forced to force each other, if not, I am afraid that future generations will be forced to do so, and I hope the first assistant will forgive me."

Shen has always been the same respectful.

Zhao Zhigao sighed.

"So, you killed Song Shixiang?"

Shen's pupils shrank.

"It's really a last resort, Shi Xiang's family, the lower officials will take good care of it, and they will say to the outside world that they will die suddenly of an epidemic, so that their relatives and relatives will not be damaged, and their children and grandchildren will raise their careers, and the lower officials will also take care of them a little, what do you think?"

Zhao Zhigao nodded: "Do you plan to do the same with the old man?" ”

"Shousuke!"

Shen has always raised his head: "Shen has always never harmed Shoufu!" There is a first assistant in one day, and Shen is still a second assistant. ”

"Don't say that."

Zhao Zhigao opened his mouth and said: "Shoulder Wu, the old man has always thought that although you love power, although you are good at pomp, although you have some preferences for luxury, but it will not come to such a point, the old man thinks that you are a ruthless person, and you will treat your enemies with conspiracy and power, but I didn't expect that the old man looked away."

The old man thought that you took Zhang Jiangling as a goal, as the pinnacle, trying to reproduce the glory of Zhang Jiangling that day, but the old man never thought that you would be Sima Yi, shoulder me, you tell the old man, what kind of heart do you have? Do you really want to be Sima Yi? ”

Shen shook his head resolutely.

"Shoufu misunderstood, the lower officials dare not be Sima Yi, and they will never be Sima Yi, the only thing that the lower officials ask for is to kill the rebels, stabilize the world, abolish the king of the Tao, support the new king of the Tao, and create a prosperous world again!"

Zhao Zhigao took a deep breath.

"Recreate the Prosperous World? Shouwu, in front of the old man, you don't say these useless words, tell the truth! Tell the truth to the old man! What do you want? ”

Shen Yi pursed his lips and nodded.

"The first assistant asked, the lower officials did not dare to conceal it, and those who asked the lower officials would take all the power from the cabinet, so that the unscrupulous monarch would not harm the overall situation of the country!"

Zhao Zhigao was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Isn't the authority of the cabinet enough?" ”

"Not enough!"

Shen has always replied very clearly: "Dongchang, Imperial Horse Supervisor, Master of Ceremonies, these are all scourges!" Not to mention the waste of state funds, those who deceive the king's heart and deceive the superiors and subordinates will be emasculated! If you don't get rid of it, no one in the world will agree! ”

"Can't you leave something for Your Majesty? The imperial horse supervisor led the emperor's personal soldiers, this is the rule of the ancestors! ”

Zhao Zhigao asked again.

"Can't! The times are changing, and the rules of our ancestors must also change! ”

Shen has always said firmly: "The matter has come to this, the lower officials really can't take half a step back, and I ask the first assistant to understand." ”

"It's common sense to leave some inner servants to serve Your Majesty, and it's also common sense to leave some guards to guard the palace, isn't this okay?"

Zhao Zhigao asked again.

"It's natural to have a little internal guard, but everything has to be arranged by the cabinet, whether it is the royal family's use or the royal family's employment, it should be handed over to the cabinet for arrangement, and the cabinet will allocate special funds to deal with it, and there is no other way."

Shen always looked at Zhao Zhigao: "Shoufu, the matter has come to this, don't be obsessed anymore, you have done enough for the Ming Dynasty, together with the lower officials, please abdicate Your Majesty and welcome the new monarch to the throne, Shoufu is still Shoufu." ”

Zhao Zhigao didn't look at Shen Zheng, leaned on his cane, trembled down the steps, and walked in front of Zhao Shiqing.

"Zhao Butang, do you think it's okay for Shen Ge to do this?"

Zhao Shiqing looked at Zhao Zhigao with a nervous expression, involuntarily took a few steps back, bowed, and said, "Naturally...... Yes, you can! ”

Zhao Zhigao looked disappointed, walked up to Cai Guozhen again, and tried to hold Cai Guozhen's hand.

"Cai Butang, you and I are both old ministers, do you think Shen Ge Lao means, is it okay?"

Cai Guozhen hurriedly took a step back and avoided Zhao Zhigao's hand.

"Shen Ge Lao's words are very reasonable, and Xia Guan thinks so!"

The disappointment on Zhao Zhigao's face was even stronger.

He walked in front of Yang Yikui again.

"Yang Butang, do you mean the same thing?"

Yang Yikui is very simple.

"Looking back, yes!"

Zhao Zhigao closed his eyes, leaned less, opened his eyes again, and looked around, as if he was looking for something in the crowd, and the people he saw couldn't help but retreat a few steps, for fear that he would find him.

Then, Zhao Zhigao saw Shi Xing hiding behind, Shi Xing didn't have time to dodge, he was looked at by Zhao Zhigao, and at that moment, Shi Xing saw a look of despair on Zhao Zhigao's face.

Zhao Zhigao sighed.

"You guys, do you think it's the right thing to do?"

Zhao Zhigao's voice was filled with crying, and he looked around at everyone he could see, every Wenchen and Wuxun who held the Ming Dynasty.

"Do you think it's okay to do that?"

"Can you watch the Ming Emperor deposed?"

"You take the Ming Dynasty's fortune and become the official of the Ming Dynasty, but you have to stand by and watch such a great rebellion, or even act for the tiger?"

"Have you forgotten the teachings of the saints?"

Zhao Zhigao's voice was not loud, his tone was not strong, it was not so much an angry reprimand, but rather a cry, and after speaking, he was still in tears, choked and couldn't speak.

But in front of him were the ministers who bowed their heads and were silent.

"The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and there is no bone joint...... There is no bone joint!! ”

Shen Yi walked to Zhao Zhigao's side and stretched out his hand to support Zhao Zhigao.

"Shousuke, you've done enough."

Zhao Zhigao shook his head again and again.

"I have been an official for decades, I have not done a single practical thing for the Ming Dynasty, I have not done anything that is beneficial to the people, the corpse vegetarian meal, no one is me, I am ashamed of the Ming Dynasty, ashamed of Your Majesty, ashamed of the teachings of the saints!"

Zhao Zhigao shook off Shen Zheng's hand, walked up the steps tremblingly again, walked to the front door, and slowly knelt down.

"Your Majesty! The old minister is incompetent! I can't continue to protect Your Majesty!! ”

Zhao Zhigao shouted at the door with his throat raised, then bowed three times, then got up and turned to look at Shen Yi.

This time it was a glaring glare in the true sense of the word, which had never been seen before.

Shen has never imagined that Zhao Zhigao could actually look at him with such eyes.

"Traitor! The old man hates to slash you!! ”

Shen's usual complexion changed suddenly, and he immediately realized something.

"Quick! Hurry up and stop Shousuke! Hurry up ......"

Before Shen Yi's words fell, his eyes widened in shock.

The Jinyi guards and soldiers, who had just rushed a few steps, also stopped suddenly.

Zhao Zhigao threw off his cane and rushed towards the pillar at the entrance of the palace.

Zhao Zhigao's head full of gray hair slammed into the column.

With a muffled sound, Zhao Zhigao's head bounced off the pillar and his body fell beside the pillar.

Blood dripped down his forehead.