Chapter 42: The Bloody Imperial Study
Yang Lian took off his helmet with a flat expression, as if some of it was in his expectation. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Li Jing's face changed, and at this moment, he had already made a decision. Li Jing struggled to stand up straight, with a relieved expression, and said, "Yang Aiqing, are you still alive?" That couldn't be better. King Yan rebelled, and he had no king, so he should be beheaded! β
Yang Lian glanced at him and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen should serve the country and remove the filth for Your Majesty!" β
Li Jing hesitated in his heart, but his face did not show it, he coughed and said, "Yang Aiqing, the rise and fall of the country is on your shoulders, don't let me down." β
Yang Lian nodded and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the Tang Dynasty is still there." β
"Enough!" Li Hongji saw the two talking, but he didn't care about his appearance, and couldn't help but speak. He hesitated, what to do now?
At this time, outside the imperial study, the shouting of killing gradually sounded, and the noisy footsteps were like thunder, and I don't know how many people rushed towards the imperial study.
Li Hongji was shocked, who are these people? If it is his own subordinates, there is no chance of turning defeat into victory.
Chen Keyan was also a little confused, so he nodded, turned around and walked out.
Yang Lian stared at Li Hongji unhurriedly, laughed, and said, "Li Hongji, what's the matter, is it still fun to kill?" β
Li Hongji gritted his teeth and said, "I just hate that I didn't kill you." β
Yang Lian glanced at Li Jing meaningfully, and said, "I have already died a few times, and if God wants to accept my life, I'm afraid it won't be so easy." β
Li Hongji lost his voice and said, "It's you, it's really you!" β
"So what, no what? After all these years, the hatred has disappeared. Yang Lian said, after all, his soul comes from the afterlife, not the real Yang Lian, although he has the wish to restore the country in the name of Yang Lian, but the hatred is not so strong.
Li Hongji sneered: "Hatred has disappeared? β
Yang Lian laughed out loud and said, "You don't believe it? β
"If the hatred is gone, why are you doing it?" Li Hongji asked.
Yang Lian looked at Li Jing and asked, "Your Majesty, do you understand?" β
Li Jing was silent for a while, and said, "It turns out that you have done so many things because you want to restore the country. β
"No, it should be said that it is not just as simple as recovering the country, when the board is swinging today, the heroes are competing for the deer, I am determined to live up to the ambition of men. It's just that on this road, there are a lot of hardships. Yang Lian said.
"And before that step, you have to return to the country." Li Jing smiled bitterly, he looked down at his dead wife, and groaned for a while, with sadness in his eyes.
"It's a process, but I didn't expect that in this coup, there are some things beyond my control, such as Zhou Situ, Li Congjia, and the death of Empress Zhong." Yang Lian shook his head, these things were not in his plan.
Li Hongji sneered and said, "Yang Lian, since you want to compete for the world, how can you tolerate the old people of the previous dynasty, don't pretend to be here." β
"True or false, become a king or defeat a villain, this fight, you live or die. Li Hongji, from the first day I entered Jinling City, I was destined for this result, and now, it is time to tell the winner. Yang Lian said, pulled out a long knife from the waist of a personal soldier next to him, and threw it to Li Hongji.
"Li Hongji, I'll give you a chance, if you kill me, you can live." Yang Lian said slowly, pulling out a long knife from his waist.
Li Hongji's hand that grabbed the long knife was exposed, and Yang Lian gave him a chance, but he knew that this chance was very slim, but no matter how slim it was, it was better than nothing. Li Hongji slowly clenched the handle of the knife, nodded, and said, "Okay!" β
The imperial study was already big enough, and immediately a few people dispersed, Li Jing slowly retreated to the side, Zeng Yiling's eyes were always staring at him, at this time, without the threat of crossbow arrows, Zeng Yiling could do what she wanted to do unscrupulously.
Li Hongji pursed his lips and held the long knife tightly, he had fought with Yang Lian, but they all ended in failure, so this time, he needed to fight enough to be able to defeat Yang Lian, after all, this was his last chance.
Yang Lian didn't dare to be careless, he clenched the long knife, tore off the cuffs again, and wrapped the handle of the knife with rags.
Neither of them made the first move, they both held their breath, waiting for each other's flaws.
At this time, Chen Keyan hurriedly walked in, and when he saw the two of them, he was stunned, and then he said in a loud voice: "Wu Hou, Chen Dongshen has been killed, and he has received reliable news that the Yanwang Mansion has been breached. β
Yang Lian nodded, these were expected by him, after all, Mi Shiwei's chess piece was not placed.
Li Hongji was stunned for a moment and said, "This is impossible." His voice became a little hoarse due to nervousness, and he went by himself without realizing it.
Yang Lian motioned for Chen Keyan to go out first, and then he spoke, "Li Hongji, do you know that the woman that Guo Rong dedicated to you was actually my arrangement. β
"You mean Zhang Wan'er?" Li Hongji's reaction was quite fast.
Yang Lian nodded.
Li Hongji suddenly understood, since Yang Lian said so, then this matter must be true, he licked his chapped lips and took a deep breath, because he knew that even if this matter was true, he couldn't mess up, because he still had one last chance.
The two continued to confront each other, and suddenly, Yang Lian moved, and he swung his knife directly to Li Hongji, this knife carried the sound of the wind, almost unstoppable.
Li Hongji saw that the momentum was strong and heavy, and he didn't dare to touch it directly, his body shook to the left, and with his wrist, the tip of the knife pointed at Yang Lian. Yang Lian's eyes were quick, the knife was not old, his toes were a little bit, the knife momentum was stunned, and he immediately slashed it flatly.
"Bell!" The blades intersected, there was a crisp sound, and the two quickly separated, Li Hongji's palms trembled slightly, and Yang Lian seemed to be more powerful than before.
"Die!" Li Hongji mustered up all his strength and swung his knife to kill Yang Lian, he knew that he would die for a lifetime, and only by working hard could he have a chance to live, so every knife went all out.
When the two were fighting, Zeng Yiling had already set his sights on Li Jing, and Li Jing also found out, he was grinding and wanted to escape. But Yang Lian and Li Hongji were fighting in front, and there was no road ahead, so he could only flee backwards. Where is Zeng Yiling willing to give him this opportunity? Although Zeng Yiling was a woman, she stretched out her hand quickly, Li Jing couldn't resist at all, and was stabbed in the chest.
Li Jing clutched his chest, with fear in his eyes, and retreated again and again, the ants were still stealing, let alone him?
"Help!" Li Jing finally shouted loudly regardless of his identity.
Zeng Yiling was unmoved, grabbed him, and stabbed the dagger at his body, blood splashed, splashing on Zeng Yiling's face, she didn't wipe it, and continued to stab Li Jing one by one, Li Jing screamed at first, and then the voice was hoarse, and finally he was weak, just lying on the ground and moaning.
Zeng Yiling stabbed Li Jing more than 20 times in a row, his face and neck were already full of blood, Li Jing finally remained motionless, Zeng Yiling slowly sat up, knelt on the ground, and bowed a few times to the front.
"Father, mother, my daughter has finally avenged you. Although he is not Li Yu, he is not the one who ordered you to be killed, but the father and son repay the debt, and he is not wronged in this account. Zeng Yiling said, kowtowing a few more times. Only then did he slowly stand up.
Zeng Yiling walked towards the outside of the house, at this time, the fight between Yang Lian and Li Hongji was fierce, but judging from the situation, Yang Lian had already gained the upper hand, and Li Hongji was already at the end of the strong crossbow. Zeng Yiling leaned on the bookcase, looking at all this coldly, revenge was avenged, but her emotions were very complicated, and she was not particularly happy.
Li Hongji fell into a disadvantage, his mood became more and more anxious, in the fierce battle, he saw Zeng Yiling leaning on the bookcase, with indescribable exhaustion, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, he knew that Zeng Yiling and Yang Lian had a good relationship, and in order to take revenge, the two even joined forces. Since he can't kill Yang Lian, then he must at least capture Zeng Yiling as a hostage.
Li Hongji shouted, and slashed Yang Lian with a knife, the momentum was very fierce, Yang Lian dodged the kung fu, Li Hongji drew the knife and left, killing in the direction of Zeng Yiling.
Zeng Yiling was leaning on the bookcase and pondering, Li Hongji suddenly killed, she didn't have much preparation, and when she found out, she fled in a hurry. Li Hongji's knife was powerful, and the knife slashed Zeng Yiling's hair on his head, and even the bookcase was slashed.
"Boom!" The bookcase was hit, and with a crunch, it collapsed, scattering books all over the ground.
Li Hongji couldn't hit it, and seeing that Zeng Yiling was very embarrassed, he chose to continue the pursuit. Yang Lian followed closely behind him, three people, you chase me, I chase you, the situation is very chaotic, but the space in the imperial study is limited after all, Zeng Yiling escaped, she knew that she couldn't go on like this.
While escaping, Zeng Yiling suddenly raised his hand and said, "Look at the dart!" β
When Li Hongji heard this, he reflexively dodged, but no darts came, Zeng Yiling was lying to him.
After Li Hongji reacted, he was furious, and he continued to choose to pursue. As soon as he ran two steps, Zeng Yiling shouted again and said, "Look at the darts!" β
Li Hongji dodged again, but found that Zeng Yiling was lying to him again.
"Look for death!" Li Hongji shouted and rushed over, this little lady lied to him several times, it was really hateful, and he was determined to kill him.
Li Hongji ran two more steps, Zeng Yiling turned around, and said, "Look at the dart!" β
Li Hongji shouted: "Slut, you dare to lie to me? As he spoke, he didn't dodge or dodge, and rushed head-on, and suddenly he felt that his eyes lit up, and he suddenly felt that it was not good, but it was too late at this time, and a sharp dagger flew towards him, and at this time there was no way to avoid it, and the dagger hit him in the forehead.
"Ahh Li Hongji screamed, reflexively covered the wound with his hand, and the dagger was inserted deeply, causing him to pain into the bone marrow.
Yang Lian caught up from behind at this time, and the long knife slashed and landed on the back of Li Hongji's head.
Li Hongji screamed miserably, fell to the ground and kept rolling.
Zeng Yiling breathed a sigh of relief, she stopped, gasping for breath.
Yang Lian also breathed a sigh of relief, he stopped, clenched the long knife, and made up for Li Hongji's two more knives, seeing that he finally didn't move, he stopped.
"Today's events are like a dream." Zeng Yiling said.
Yang Lian glanced around in the imperial study, several corpses were placed randomly, this time the coup d'Γ©tat, I don't know how many people died? Yang Lian shook his head and struggled to clear the unfavorable emotions, perhaps, this is the so-called pain brought about by the change of dynasty. The mutinies in the past, that time was not bloody, and that time was not stepping on countless corpses?
History is always written by successful people, and today's events, no matter how they are evaluated in the future, are always a thick stroke.
Yang Lian was silent for a moment, put down the long knife, and clenched Zeng Yiling's trembling hand, he looked at her bloody cheeks, stretched out his other hand, and stroked her hair.
"It's over." Yang Lian touched her hair, after all, she was still a woman, even if she was vicious, there were times when she was vulnerable.
"It's over." Zeng Yiling muttered to herself, her eyes were foggy, and she soon laughed again, her smile was mixed with too many feelings, happy, uncomfortable, or happy for the rest of her life.
"In the future, leave it to the man, you, don't have to bear too much." Yang Lian said, took a deep breath, and squeezed her soft hard.
"Good!" Zeng Yiling replied briefly.
When the two were talking, the door of the imperial study was suddenly pushed open, Mi Shiwei broke in, and when she saw the blood stains all over the ground, her heart tightened, and she walked over quickly, and when she saw that Yang Lian and Zeng Yiling were safe and sound, she was also relieved.
"Miss Mi, hard work." Yang Lian let go of Zeng Yiling's hand without moving.
Mi Shiwei saw it in her eyes and asked, "I rescued all the imprisoned Praetorian Guard families in the Yanwang Mansion, and the guards of the Yanwang Mansion were also captured. β
"Miss Mi has made a lot of contributions, Yang Lian is very grateful." Yang Lian pulled his messy hair, and the poofs on his head were loose.
"I don't know how Wu Hou should reward him?" Mi Shiwei asked.
Yang Lian smiled and said, "Just make Miss Mi the number one woman in the world." β
Mi Shiwei was stunned, shook her head, and sighed softly.
Yang Lian walked over slowly and said, "Miss Mi, you stay here, the situation outside is still very chaotic." β
Mi Shiwei nodded, and Yang Lian left quickly.
Zeng Yiling leaned against the wall, gasping for air.
Mi Shiwei slowly stepped forward, looked at her appearance, and asked, "Isn't it amazing how it feels to kill someone?" There is pleasure, there is regret, there is fear. Before taking revenge, I wanted to take revenge, but when I killed someone and took revenge, I felt that I had put down a stone in my heart, but it was empty. β
Zeng Yiling nodded silently, her current mood is like this, what Mi Shiwei said has some truth, but it is not complete, this feeling is difficult to describe.
Mi Shiwei squatted down and picked up the dagger, the blood on it had begun to coagulate, and she said slowly, the first time she killed someone, she also felt like this, but then she finally survived.
"In fact, let go of hatred, and you will be much happier." Mi Shiwei said lightly, she remembered the past, back then, Mi Shi was almost killed, her father Mi Zhicheng, as well as her brother and brother, were all killed. After so many years, the person who killed her whole family is dead, and she has long since given up her desire for revenge, and only by letting go of hatred can a person be happy.
Zeng Yiling slowly raised her head, looked at her, and said, "So you don't hate me, you will help me?" β
Mi Shiwei smiled faintly, as if she had known it for a long time, and said lightly: "When I learned your identity, I was also very unhappy, but the master told me that only when I let it go can I get something." So I chose to give up. Moreover, what happened back then had nothing to do with you, and your experience was very similar to mine, so I chose to be tolerant. β
Zeng Yiling was stunned, it turned out that everyone knew each other's identities. Perhaps, let go to gain something.