Chapter 5: Bloody Rain

The emperor looked at the two pillars of his country in front of him, and after being silent for a long time, he sighed and said:

"My health is getting worse and worse, and this illness is just going to be difficult to get through."

He waved his hand to stop Yaheng, who wanted to open his mouth to comfort, and said:

"It is I who have been indecided, which caused today's situation, although the prince was established early, but Liu Rui is arrogant, short-sighted, and I don't like it, and although Liu Zhao is scheming, but his personality is bold, and I have the style of the year, I have some preference for Liu Zhao, and mistakenly let the world think that I have the heart of abolishing the establishment, Liu Zhao is lawless, and finally broke into a big disaster, mutilated the country's important ministers, destroyed the foundation of the society, and cut off the blood of the country."

Yaheng sighed:

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, you are indeed too indulgent to His Royal Highness the Second Prince, and sometimes even the old minister can't see through whether His Majesty has the heart of abolishing it, let alone the people of the world."

After hearing this, the emperor was silent for a long time, and after a while, the killing intent flashed in his eyes, and he said:

"The matter has come to this, it is useless to say more, while I can still move now, let's pave a way for the prince, what do you two think?"

Yaheng's heart moved, and he looked up at the emperor, only to see that he was looking up straight ahead, and there was an indescribable meaning in his eyes.

The prime minister shook his head, took a step forward, and persuaded:

"Your Majesty is now at the peak of your life, but if you have a minor illness, you will recover in a few days, and other things, the old minister will do his best to do it, please rest assured."

After speaking, he paused, glanced up at the emperor, and saw that he was looking at him with shimmering eyes, hurriedly lowered his head, and continued:

"In addition, as far as the old minister knows, the prince has made great progress recently, especially when he sees the square today, he feels that he has grown a lot, and he is no longer as arrogant and irritable as before, and in a few months, the prince has made great progress, which is gratifying."

The emperor's face was slightly pale, he nodded, and said:

"In this way, there will be Prime Minister Lao."

Yaheng hurriedly got up and answered:

"Don't dare, don't dare, it's within the minister's business."

The emperor turned his eyes and saw the hundred masters of the three armies sitting there without saying a word, shook his head slightly, sighed, and said:

"Hundred masters, I can't stand you."

The old general shuddered when he heard this, and felt that his eyes were wet, and there were hot tears left, but behind the gauze, in the hollow eye sockets, there was nothing, only boundless darkness, lingering.

The eyes are blind and dark!

Even shedding tears is an extravagant hope!

He fell to his knees with a thud and choked up at the emperor:

"Majesty!"

And he could no longer speak.

The Emperor sighed leisurely and turned his head to look out the window.

Outside the window, the sky was overcast, and it seemed that another rainstorm was coming.

This summer in Luo Jing seems to be destined not to be peaceful.

Just when the people spread the news about the assassination of the governor of the three armies of the empire, and everyone was still suspicious, the imperial court issued a curfew order for Luojing.

This is tantamount to confirming the authenticity of the assassination of the Hundred Masters.

Although the official explanation for the curfew was to search for assassins, to check suspicious figures, and to prevent the re-murder of important imperial ministers, it is quite plausible.

But many people still smell a different breath from it, just like before the rainstorm, the kind of depression and dullness that people can't see.

No one dared to say a word in this dangerous atmosphere, and after blowing out the candles, everyone went to bed early, for fear of hearing things that should not be heard and seeing things that should not be seen.

One mistake will make the whole family lose their heads.

Night.

Because of the curfew, the streets and alleys of Luojing City are silent, and people are silent at home, even if they have something to say, they are cautious, for fear of being heard by others, and even the crying of children is gradually inaudible.

The whole city is surrounded by a great silence, and darkness comes to the city early, passing through the quiet streets and alleys, where you can walk leisurely and unobstructed.

It looked as if it was another peaceful night.

Only the patrolling soldiers walked in regular columns, and on the wide bluestone paved streets, the sound of footsteps disturbed the cats and dogs in the city, and after a few calls one after another, there was no other movement.

Under the darkness, the boundless silence flowed quietly, as if this night was going to be spent so quietly again.

However, not long after the barking of the dog, the sound of messy footsteps suddenly sounded in the middle of the night, waking up the sleeping night.

The huge and gorgeous palace of Liu Zhao, the second prince of the empire, was surrounded by heavily armed soldiers almost instantly.

Every soldier has an open fire in his hand, and in front of them is Luo Huo, the former governor of the empire's expedition to the west, and the general Luo Huo, who was once recognized by Liu Zhao as a useless person!

The firelight reddened the street, driving away the darkness from the place.

Hearing the commotion outside the mansion, the palace steward hurriedly put on his clothes and wanted to come out to find out.

But Rojo didn't give him a chance at all, and after the army stood still, he waved his right hand and directly ordered the attack.

The blood that liked to destroy a qiē in his bones began to flow unscrupulously, and all the soldiers had a hideous smile on their faces.

Attacking the palace in the name of justice is a dream that everyone suppresses in the bottom of their hearts.

There are countless treasures inside, kill them and grab them.

They, wielding knives, shouted to kill.

Funai.

Liu Zhao was woken up by the noisy sound outside, he sat up irritably, did not light candles, put on clothes at will, opened the door and walked out, just about to open his mouth to scold, he saw a mess in the courtyard, and people turned over on their backs.

The butler ran over in a panic and shouted:

"Your Highness, Your Highness, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good, I don't know what's going on, a soldier has come from outside, and they are attacking the gate of the mansion!"

Liu Zhao was stunned suddenly, looked up, and only heard the fierce killing sound outside, which was deafening!

He turned his head and watched the people in the courtyard running around, his heart panicked, his brain went blank in an instant, and his hands and feet were cold.

He subconsciously rubbed his hands, looked down, and saw that he was only wearing a single coat, which was really unorthodox in front of his subordinates, and in a panic, he didn't expect to let his subordinates see who was attacking the door outside the house, but first thought of changing a piece of clothing, so he hurriedly turned around and went back to the house, and he was going to come back again.

Everyone saw that Liu Zhao was frightened, and knew that he couldn't count on it at this time, thinking that if he didn't run away, he was afraid that his life would not last long, so they all shouted and ran to the secret doors of the mansion together, wanting to escape from there.

Some of them were clever and ran to the account office first, thinking that they would be caught by the soldiers, and they could use it to bribe and bribe them to save their lives.

All of a sudden, the entire palace was in chaos.

At this time, Princess Wu Xiufeng woke up when she heard the movement, and in the dark, this woman's face was as usual and she was not flustered.

Seeing Liu Zhao running in in a panic, she sighed in a low voice and asked gently:

"Was it sent by my father?"

Liu Zhao was startled when he heard her voice, his body trembled, and only after a while did he turn his head tremblingly, relieved his breath, and replied:

"I heard the butler say just now, it seems to be Rojo's soldiers and horses."

Wu Xiufeng frowned slightly, stood up, took a few steps back and forth, and suddenly hugged Liu Zhao from behind.

Hold tightly.

Don't let go.

Time flies, time passes, Liu Zhao settled down instantly, and the scene changed and turned around, until he first met Wu Xiufeng, and the two of them were in this posture in the garden, hugging each other and watching the purple and red in the garden.

Her gentle voice rang in her ears:

"Liu Zhao, don't be afraid, this time it must be the subordinates who think that His Majesty is seriously ill and is about to die, and he wants to show himself in front of the prince, and he is greedy for merit, how do you know that his father and the emperor are in good health, and he will be healed in a few days, we don't need to resist, and Luo Huo will not dare to risk the world's disapproval, and kill the prince without permission, his father is wise and wise, and he will not let the traitor succeed, His Royal Highness is relieved for the time being."

After Liu Zhao heard this, his face softened, he turned around and hugged Wu Xiufeng tightly, kissed her, and said with a smile:

"Xiufeng, thanks to you."

Wu Xiufeng chuckled, pushed him away, and said coquettishly:

"Naughty!"

Then he turned around and went to get dressed and freshen up.

Outside the house.

The hard gate was finally smashed open under the impact of the soldiers, and the smiling soldiers, their eyes turned blood-red, rushed towards the palace with murderous intent and greed.

Seeing that a bloody killing was about to begin, there was a sound of "aggressiveness" behind him.

Those who have experienced the battlefield should be able to hear that it is the sound of sharp arrows shooting into the human body.

The screams and shouts sounded instantly, and at that moment, countless masked archers suddenly appeared outside the palace.

Countless sharp arrows flashed with a cold dark light, shooting down in the darkness of the night, and they rained down, and the Rojo soldiers were suddenly attacked, defenseless, but in a matter of moments, most of them were killed and wounded, and a street not far from the palace was hidden in front of them. , suddenly rushed out countless masked soldiers, the number was several times higher than the Rojo army, and two armies besieged and killed the Rojo army!

When Luo Huo saw it, the pupils of his eyes instantly tightened, and he looked at the masked soldiers who rushed over, as if he had returned to the border of Shu Kingdom, and he was miserable.

He only felt that the hatred in his heart was monstrous, and his fiasco in Shu was indispensable to the "credit" of Liu Zhao, the second prince of the empire.

His face was gloomy, he sneered, and said to the soldiers beside him:

"It seems that Your Highness has been prepared for a long time, brothers, the enemy is twice as large as mine, do you dare to fight?"

The soldiers around him laughed in unison and shouted:

"Lao Tzu hasn't moved his muscles and bones for a long time, and these miscellaneous fish just give Lao Tzu blood circulation and blood stasis!"

"Don't worry, if you don't give ten heads to the general, I will apologize with death!"

"Ten heads is a fart, you dare to speak, Lao Tzu gave the general twenty heads!"

A few bold people shouted directly, and when they saw the masked soldiers rushing straight over, they unhurriedly set up a formation, and killed them according to the battle phalanx.

The sound of killing, echoing in this night, shook the entire Luojing City.

And in the palace, Liu Zhao paced anxiously, the situation far exceeded his expectations, I thought that after the Luo Huo army broke through the mansion, he would not resist, and he would be arrested directly, and when the time came, he would meet his father and explain the misunderstanding clearly, and everything would be fine.

But out of nowhere, he killed an army, which seemed to be well-intentioned, but in fact it was vicious, and directly plunged him into a state of no return.

But at this moment, he had no choice but to listen to the shouts and killings outside the mansion getting louder and louder, and Wu Xiufeng's face was pale, and there was nothing he could do.

The situation has taken a sharp turn, and people are caught off guard and helpless!

At this time, the people in the house had already become a pot of porridge, and the whole courtyard was in a mess, and Liu Zhao had no intention of restraining it, but not long after, he heard screams from all over the small door from time to time.

Rojo actually blocked all the doorways and killed people when he saw them!

There was a mournful sound in the courtyard, and everyone found out in an instant that the emperor's intention was to kill all the people in the palace, leaving no one behind.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhao's face turned a little whiter.