Chapter Forty-Three: Killing Branches and Leaves

Thinking of this, Fang Ming broke out in a cold sweat on his head.

At this time, the three factions had already been killed, and everyone's face was covered with blood, especially the other two factions were even more cold-eyed, just because Fang Ming came with troops, for fear that something would happen, he was temporarily re-separated into three factions.

As a result, Fang Ming rushed in recklessly, and everyone sneered when they saw this, and raised their weapons again.

Seeing this, Fang Ming's heart sank, and he didn't get off the horse, he looked around under the escort of his own soldiers, only looked at it a few times, and his heart sank, and on the square in front of the palace gate, the two soldiers and horses looked at their army viciously like hungry wolves.

As far as the eye can see, on the street, there is a mess under the firelight, dirty blood flows everywhere, almost into a river, the smell of blood is pungent, stumps and broken feet can be seen everywhere, corpses are lying in pools of blood, one is pressing the other, but more of the dead are the soldiers on their side.

And the living are like lambs caught in wolves, full of despair.

Fang Ming endured the fear in his heart, retreated from his subordinates, and rushed towards Liu Xiu.

Seeing this, the people around Liu Xiu coldly flanked him from both sides, blocking Fang Ming's whereabouts, Fang Ming didn't step forward anymore when he saw it, snorted coldly, and shouted:

"Your Highness, you led the crowd to besiege the palace and slaughter the Imperial Forest Army, do you want to rebel!"

"Heh", Liu Xiu glanced at him lightly, his eyes were as deep as water, he shook his head, and ignored him.

A personal soldier beside Fang Ming was furious, he recognized Liu Xiu, and heard others say that His Royal Highness had been defeated by the crown prince, and he had no real power at all, and he was a soft persimmon who was bullied by others.

Fang Ming was shocked, and hurriedly kicked him to stop the pro-soldier from moving forward, he immediately looked at the people around Liu Xiu one by one, and his heart became more and more shocked, there were several faces in the crowd, he clearly recognized them, but he couldn't say them here.

"Isn't it time for this day to be? The crown prince was finally defeated. ”

He read a sentence in such a painful heart, but his face still showed a violent appearance, and he shouted, and said:

"King Ying, it's still too late for you to let your men lay down their weapons now, otherwise after the prince himself leads the army to arrive, your name as a thief will be implemented!"

After saying a move with his right hand, the surrounding soldiers immediately began to act, rushing forward, shouting in their mouths, but Liu Xiu's side didn't move, still looking at them coldly.

These people have made it clear that they don't take these Imperial Guards seriously.

"Is that enough?"

Liu Xiu turned around and looked at him with blazing eyes.

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers beside him suddenly raised their long swords, and under the firelight, the light of the sword flickered and flickered, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense again with this short sentence.

The night suddenly became thick again, except for the palace gate, there was no sound at all in the silence, and even the sound of everyone's heartbeat could be heard.

Poof, poof, poof!

This heartbeat was like a dense drum beat on the battlefield, cracking everyone's eardrums!

Standing still for a moment, Liu Xiu saw that Fang Ming was not talking, nodded, turned around and waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him immediately stepped forward to surround Fang Ming and the others.

Cheng Wu in the back was dumbfounded when he saw this, Fang Ming's army was not only useless, but even disturbed the morale of the army! He was just about to lead the Imperial Forest Army, which had just been gathered, to step forward, when he heard an exclamation from above:

"Your Excellency!"

Cheng Wu was stunned for a moment, and just wanted to step forward to ask, but he saw a panic in front of him, and then Liu Xiu's army came over like a tide with torches.

Blood gushed out from the crowd like a spring, Fang Ming and his party didn't even make a sound, they fell down one after another, but in an instant, Liu Xiu's army killed coldly, and at the same time, the mysterious army that came out of the palace also began to act.

This time, no one else appeared to help him escape, and before he died, the last consciousness that came to his mind was still thinking:

In this world, it still can't reach the hands of the prince, but I don't know what he is doing now?

On this night, a total of 2,000 people from the three factions in front of the palace gate fought all night, and the once forbidden place became a sacrificial plate for killing and blood, the prince's army was already underprepared, and the number of people was at a disadvantage, and the death of Fang Ming made them demoralized, and finally they were slaughtered by the other two factions.

And the Imperial Forest Army brought by Fang Ming saw that the situation was not good, and saw that the enemy had the British King Liu Xiu personally in charge, they saw that Fang Ming was killed in battle, so they no longer hesitated and surrendered.

This night's bloody turmoil once again shocked the entire Sacred Continent, everyone's eyes were all on this land, and the secret sentinels of various countries were transmitting the news almost non-stop, but they still couldn't catch up with the speed of the sudden change in Luojing City!

Dawn.

There was silence in the square, the blood under it had coagulated, and every step felt sticky and obscure under his feet, and everyone quietly watched Liu Xiu walk out of the crowd.

No one stopped him, and Liu Xiu strode forward surrounded by a column of guards, walked into the palace, and never looked back.

Behind him, the army re-sealed the palace gates, preventing anyone from approaching.

Passing through the familiar corridor and looking at the scenery in front of him, Liu Xiu was full of emotion, even now, he didn't know how long he could stay here.

When he passed through the inner imperial river in the hinterland of the palace, he suddenly saw the eunuch Shun Gonggong, who was deeply favored by the emperor, and rushed over at a trot.

Liu Xiu's heart moved, and he was about to open his mouth to ask a question, but when he saw that Father-in-law Shun had not yet arrived in front of him, he saluted and whispered:

"Greetings to Your Highness!"

Liu Xiu hurriedly rushed up to help Shun's father-in-law up, and said:

"Father-in-law, please." After speaking, he pointed to the inner Yuhe, and was about to ask him why he came from there, but he saw Father-in-law Shun stand up tremblingly, bow down and say:

"Your Highness, the Holy Lord is waiting for you in the riverside pavilion."

Liu Xiu's whole body was shocked, and he was speechless for a while, and he was stunned for a moment before he said:

"You're talking about your father?"

Father-in-law Shun pointed behind him and said:

"Yes, the emperor is waiting for His Highness there."

Liu Xiuhuo straightened up, a pair of black eyes were full of light, like two burning flames, staring at the faint figure in the small pavilion in front of him.

The emperor sat firmly in the palace, so he lightly tried out all the bottom lines of his two princes, and at the same time let the two of them know that only he, Liu Zhuang, was the real master in this land!

The late summer wind blew gently from outside the palace, blowing across the river, stirring up waves of ripples, and the emperor Liu Zhuang was dressed in civilian clothes, leaning on the reclining chair on the riverside pavilion, quietly watching the undulating water.

The surface of the water rippled wave by wave, never calm, and under the ripples, there was also an undercurrent surging, never half a minute off.

In the water, an old man with deep eyes, white beard, and a wrinkled face was reflected, and the palace maids and attendants around him had all retreated under the leadership of Father-in-law Shun, and in the pavilion, only this old man leaned over and looked at the river, looking a little lonely.

The emperor looked at the deep wrinkles on his face in the water, and unconsciously stroked his face gently, and when his fingers touched his face, the skin that had been carved by the long years was as hard as a stone, without a trace of softness.

There is still a trace of unreality, he shook his head, and subconsciously pulled the hair on his temples, it was a little painful, very real.

This is really himself, the emperor couldn't help but laugh, threw these thoughts out of his mind, and leaned back in the chair.

Before he could sit down, he saw Father-in-law Shun walking in on tiptoe in a hurry.

"Your Majesty," Seeing the emperor looking back at him, Gonggong Shun eased his breath and said in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, the old slave has brought His Royal Highness the King and his attendants and a group of people here."

The Emperor turned his head back to the river, nodded faintly, and said:

"Liu Xiu's people all step down and let him come in by himself."

The emperor moved his gaze to the water again, looking at the old face in the water, from the white hair and wrinkles and the vicissitudes of life on the face, it was obvious to see the old state, as if if when you look carefully, you will see that life is passing away little by little from this face.

There is not much time left for him, and there is not much time left for Liu Zhuang to be in the world.

Before he could sigh for long, footsteps sounded behind him, and Liu Xiu's voice sounded from behind:

"Father!"

This father and emperor are as indifferent as water, not as the emperor thought, there are surprises, joys, fears, and fears, but there is nothing dull.

The emperor turned around and looked at his young son, making contact with his gaze in the air, looking at those young, calm and even eyes with a hint of ambition and unwillingness, the emperor couldn't help but sigh in his heart, such a fresh life jumped there, that was the vitality that he would never have again!

He leaned back, lay down in a comfortable position, and laughed, the helplessness and envy just now disappeared in an instant, restoring the majestic imperial power that he had, which was unique in the great Han rivers and mountains.

Liu Xiu took a step forward, knelt down respectfully, bowed, and said goodbye.

The emperor waved his hand and said with a smile:

"Now it's so polite, get up."

Liu Xiu stood up at this time, bowed his head and stepped aside, the emperor looked at Liu Xiu carefully, and then said to him with a smile:

"I'm still alive, are you curious?"

Liu Xiu took a step forward, did not hide it, and replied:

"Yes, father, the son has another ear and eye to come to the exact news, saying that His Majesty has been assassinated, the prince has sealed the city gate, and does not track down the assassin, the son has doubts, and does not want to be unclear, he is presumptuous to lead the crowd to besiege the palace gate, want to chase down the assassin, avenge the father, give the people an explanation, and return the world to peace."

The emperor looked at him deeply and said with a smile:

"You're right, but the news you got isn't correct, I was attacked last night, but it wasn't me who died."

When Liu Xiu heard this, Huo Ran raised his head.