Chapter 475: Heavenly Wrath (2)

Zhu Huiguang could only follow. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, Zhu Huiguang still thinks that the emperor will not really kill Kong Sheng. In Zhu Huiguang's opinion, if the emperor wanted to kill Kong Sheng, why would he make such a big move? Look at it now, it is the execution of the school field, the beheading of the crown prince Li Yu, and the Manchu civil and military ministers and the people of Chang'an onlookers, the momentum is huge, it can be said that the emperor has manipulated and acted out enough drama behind the scenes.

Even the emperor went out of the palace to hide outside the school grounds, and added a role to this big scene, and so on, Zhu Huiguang expected that this would be a farce in the end, no matter whether Kong Sheng gave in or not, the emperor would definitely give in anyway.

Zhu Huiguang wouldn't have thought so, but the facts were in front of him, so he couldn't help but think so.

The sky was originally clear, but it suddenly became hazy, the wind blew stronger and stronger, and the smoke and dust swept through the sky, and many onlookers and courtiers secretly frowned, barely holding their breath in the wind and sand. A powerful person of this level like Li Mi and Du Hongjian naturally have subordinates to send masks to cover the wind and sand.

Crown Prince Li Yu stood proudly on the prison platform, his clothes were flying, he looked up at the hazy sky, let the wind blow his hair crown, frowned, and said in his heart: Good manner, do you have to rain?

There is still some time before the three quarters of the unitary hour, if it is according to Li Yu, it should be executed at this moment, and it will change later. However, in front of everyone's eyes, the emperor said that the three quarters of the unitary hour is the three quarters of the unitary hour, and he cannot advance or delay it at all, and he cannot openly disobey the emperor's holy decree, which will leave people with a handle.

Li Yu waited a little impatiently, and the time seemed to have become very long at this moment.

Li Shi and Li Kui, who were behind Li Yu, kept turning their heads to look to the side to check the hour, and the more than a dozen fierce and vicious executioners were holding scimitars, murderous and ejaculating.

A person who is capable of doing such a job as an executioner must be an extraordinary person with a "particularly ruthless heart and a particularly hot hand", and in their eyes, there are only murderers and headless ghosts, and there is no distinction between high and low. Even a high-ranking magnate like Kong Sheng, in the eyes of the executioner, is a criminal who is about to fall to the ground.

Li Mi and Du Hong in the phalanx of magnates in the crowd of onlookers gradually looked at each other, their eyes were anxious and complicated: The emperor is serious, but once Kong Sheng is killed, who will the emperor rely on to check and balance the East Palace? Kong Sheng holds the power of the forbidden army, but after Kong Sheng's death, Li Yu will inevitably compete for military power, and the forces in the DPRK and China will be reshuffled again.

The wind blew violently for a while, and gradually subsided.

But the sky was even darker, with lightning faintly streaked across the hazy sky, and the occasional sound of low thunderclapping sounded. The crowd of onlookers from afar was discussing, looking up at the sky, all a little anxious. There were a few good deeds who even stood in the crowd and made low noises, saying that they should be executed quickly, and everyone would scatter in two.

Li Yu looked back at his son Li Shi, Li Shi nodded, the time has come, and the execution can be carried out.

Li Yu's expression was dark, he raised the token in his hand high, and shouted: "This palace is ordered to be beheaded, and the time has come to behead, behead!" ”

The token in Li Yu's hand was thrown violently and landed on the grass under the prison beheading platform.

The hearts of the powerful or ordinary people who were watching immediately became nervous, held their breath, and stared at the execution table.

The leading executioner shouted: "Execute by order, kill!" ”

The sharp scimitar in the hands of the two executioners was raised high, the cold light flashed on the knife surface, seeing that Kong Sheng was about to fall to the ground, the emperor suddenly threw a majestic but hidden helpless glance at Zhu Huiguang on his side, Zhu Huiguang had been on standby for a long time, galloped out, raised the imperial gold medal in his hand, and the shout of "Your Majesty has a will, keep people under the knife" was about to rush out of his throat, but suddenly the sky was dark, Zhu Huiguang felt that the whole world seemed to be about to fall down, and the rainstorm poured down in an instant, At the same time, with a loud rumbling sound, Zhu Huiguang's eyes turned black, and he suddenly fell down from his horse.

The earth shook and roared, the walls of the school field collapsed one after another at a speed visible to the naked eye, the distant peaks began to roar, huge stones flew and rolled down, and ruthlessly flew to the plain and Chang'an City across the plain, everything only lasted for a moment, the crowd ran and shouted and wailed all over the field, crowded and frantically fled to the entrance of the school field, the school field was razed to the ground, the dust of the shock flew in the sky, and everything seemed bleak.

And in the whole very short time process, I don't know how many people died unexpectedly, or were innocently trampled by everyone.

The shadow guards surrounded the human wall, guarding the emperor who was so frightened that he could not stand on the ground, and it was no longer clear whether it was the forbidden army or the common people or the courtiers running for their lives, and the scene was in chaos.

Earthquake, suddenly!

In the collapse of the sky and the earth, countless Chang'an people fled from the crumbling Chang'an City like a tide, and countless people were trampled and injured by the crowd.

Whether it was the emperor, the crown prince, or the courtiers and magnates who had gone out of the city to watch the execution, they fled to the open area of the plain on the west side of the city, which gradually attracted more and more people who had taken refuge.

Li Yu discovered the existence of the emperor, he was taken aback, and rushed over with the members of the East Palace to separate the crowd, shouting: "Forbidden army guards, Your Majesty bows, don't slack off!" ”

The forbidden army, which had been in a panic for a while, gradually gathered around, and under the leadership of Nan Jiyun, Tuan Tuan protected the emperor and the crown prince and his party in it. Li Mi Du Hong, these courtiers gradually came over, and the looks of the people were embarrassed, looking at the emperor who was also disheveled, looking at each other, unable to say a word.

Li Yu coughed dryly twice, bowed his hand and said: "Father, at this moment, the sky is falling apart, there is a sudden disaster, the imperial court cannot sit idly by, and should immediately arrange personnel from the household department and the Ministry of Industry to investigate the disaster situation and appease the people." ”

Li Yu thought that the emperor had escaped from the palace after the earthquake, but he didn't know that the emperor was also on the school grounds when the earthquake occurred. If it weren't for the desperate protection of the shadow guards, under the chaos at that time, the emperor might not be able to afford to be injured, or even worse.

Naturally, the emperor would not reveal where he was before, he was actually a little frightened at this time, and he didn't listen to Li Yu's words too carefully. Seeing that the emperor did not react, Li Yu had to repeat two sentences in a respectful whisper again, signaling that the emperor could not continue to wait like this, and that a "leading group for disaster relief and earthquake relief" must be established as soon as possible, and that the aftermath should be dealt with, and the people should be appeased to avoid causing greater social turmoil.

This time the emperor heard it so really, he let out a sigh of relief, and his voice trembled a little: "Quasi-play, immediately deal with the aftermath, investigate the situation in and out of Chang'an City, and order the two counties of Jingzhao Mansion to send personnel to pacify the people and avoid riots." ”

Li Yu received the order, and immediately waved his hand, signaling his East Palace to take the lead. At the critical moment of crisis, the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Imperial Court could not find where for the time being, and it was reasonable for the East Palace to belong to the temporary agent, anyway, the emperor couldn't care about these at the moment.

The East Palace can make full use of this sudden catastrophe and further establish the prestige and influence of Li Yu, the prince of the East Palace, in the people through post-disaster emergency response.

The aftershocks outside the city lasted for more than an hour, and the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and what appeared in the dim moonlight was an astonishing scene: houses collapsed, the earth cracked, patches of forests were uprooted, Weishui burst its embankments, and the Baqiao area gradually became a Zeguo.

This is not the first time that an earthquake has occurred in Chang'an City.

However, this time the magnitude of the earthquake may not exceed that of the previous one, but the tremor and the damage caused by it are unique. Moreover, from the earthquake to the early morning of the next day, aftershocks continued to occur, and the emperor and the courtiers did not dare to return to the city for the whole night, and camped in this temporary refuge until the next morning, when the real aftershocks dissipated.

When a new round of red sun hung high in the sky, the blue sky was cloudless, and the heaven and earth were restored to peace and calm, and there was no longer the disaster scene of yesterday's dark sky and the earth cracking, the frightened people of Chang'an returned to the city one after another, and began to check whether their homes and properties had collapsed and damaged in the earthquake.

The emperor and crown prince Li Yu also hurried back to the city and the palace under the protection of the courtiers' forbidden army. The scenes of destruction along the way can not be described in words, even the palace city and the imperial city have a large number of damages, and the palace collapsed I don't know how many.

Most of the Suzaku Gate was also destroyed in the earthquake, leaving only half of the ruins remaining. The emperor hurriedly entered the palace with a black face, and when he was about to enter the Lin De Palace, he suddenly remembered something, his face changed suddenly, and he immediately stopped, and said urgently to the crown prince Li Yu and the ministers who had been following behind him: "Kong Shengke was executed and killed?" ”

The Emperor's voice was anxious and hoarse.

Li Yu's face tightened, but he was a little dazed. He had indeed given the order to be killed, but at that time, the earthquake suddenly broke out, the sky was shattered, and the scene was chaotic, who knows if the executioner would have time to make a move on Kong Sheng? He's not sure.

Li Yu froze, bowed down and said: "The earthquake has sudden, and the sons don't know if Kong Sheng has been punished by the Ming Dynasty - the sons will order someone to check the situation and report to their father immediately!" ”

The Emperor stomped his feet and waved his hand, "That's it! You go back to the East Palace, I have my own arrangements! Li Mi, quickly take someone to check, Kong Sheng wants to see people alive and die, and he will report to me as soon as possible after finding out! ”

Du Hongjian ordered the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry and their respective departments and Jingzhao Mansion to quickly inspect the deaths and injuries of the people in Chang'an and the damage to the houses...... I'm waiting for news in the Lin De Palace! ”

The emperor issued several edicts one after another to deal with the disaster, and immediately entered the Lin De Hall and closed the door.

Li Yu was helpless, so he had to take people back to the East Palace alone without mentioning it. (To be continued.) )