In the Chunhua Palace, a father and son are sitting and kneeling, looking at each other, but they seem to have long since departed from morality and are no longer what they used to be

Zhao Mu stared at Zhao Hui for a long time, looked at him indifferently, and said for a long time: "It seems that it is this obsession that supports you and affects you." Over the years, after every victory in your battle, you will kill all the captives, slaughter the other party, when in Fuzhou, under my nose, you still have a few points, in Jizhou, you killed more than 500 people in the whole family of Jizhou Thorn Shi, the old and weak women and children were not spared; After capturing Zezhou, you slaughtered the whole city, killing more than 2,000 generals and soldiers; Under Zhenxiong Pass, the barbarians were repulsed, and you captured more than 5,000 soldiers and buried them alive; The same is true for Gyeongju and Yeongju. Could it be that in the blood of my Zhao family, what flows is such cruelty? Uh-huh, cough-cough."

Zhao Mu tightened the white silk handkerchief in his hand, but he still couldn't stop coughing, covered his mouth with the silk handkerchief, and coughed for a long time before turning around. He pointed at Zhao Hui and said: "You are like the gluttony of ancient fierce beasts, you have to devour all the people who oppose you before you stop!" Over the years, every time I heard such news, the hatred in my heart increased, and now my heart has already been dug dry and hollowed out by your brutal injury."

Hearing this, Zhao Hui thought that what he had done was leakless and unknown, but he was counted out by his father and the emperor of 1510, his face was pale, but now that things have changed, he has nothing to fear. Bite the bullet and remain silent.

"Above the court, the two Shangshu of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry under your command are hiding dirt and dirt for you, especially Chen Da, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, what a sophisticated talent, the pillar of the country, for your future plans, he insisted on deducting millions of taels of silver from the two grams of silver for building the embankment every year, all for you to use in the war! How many river embankments have fallen into disrepair, how many people have been flooded, and they have been displaced, homeless, and separated! And that Du Hongwen, in order for you to fight smoothly and get the support of the most courtiers, he excludes dissidents, and can do all the murderous deeds, why are your subordinates all ruthless outlaws? Ah-" Zhao Mu said angrily, angry, and coughed again

Zhao Hui was speechless, still kneeling on the ground, silent

Guo Chunhai came in and brought in the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, and after Zhao Mu brought it over and drank it in one gulp, he felt much more comfortable, waved his hand, and asked him to retreat.

After no one left and right, he said again: "I know that you have always been careful to cherish the ambition of the world, but your virtue really makes my father worry about you!" You haven't been an emperor yet, you are so cruel and unkind, if you become an emperor in the future, how many people will you kill? Is it to ambush millions of corpses, or to let the entire continent bleed for thousands of miles! Yes! ”

Hearing his father say this, he also turned his heart sideways, raised his head to stare at his father, and said without fear: "Since my father said so, my son also has a few words I want to say to my father." When the queen mother was alive, you loved your sons a lot, but after the death of the queen mother, especially after the eldest brother took office as Shang Shuling, do you still have a little thought about your sons? For so many years, I have worked hard for the court and the world, fought to the death, fought bloodily, and had more than ten sword wounds on my body, but even if you have come to see your sons once, and have you visited your sons once? On the contrary, he repeatedly issued orders to reprimand his sons, and he was negligent in fighting? What credit does he have for Zhao Jingyu, sitting in the position of Shang Shuling, and standing above the court? ”

"You call me cruel? Isn't the enemy cruel? If one day, my Zhao clan is defeated by the enemy, the knife will be on the neck of my father, and you will kill your son. Insult your wife and concubine! The enemy will not stop killing you because of your kindness! You are not cruel, then you summoned your retainer into the palace tonight, didn't you just prepare a cup of poisoned wine, or a seven-foot white silk, to give your retainer a result? Zhao Hui was also carried away by resentment, and he didn't choose what to say.

"Bastard! You brute! You cough cough cough cough" Zhao Mu was burned by Zhao Hui's anger, and coughed violently again, this time he coughed for a long time, and coughed up several mouthfuls of blood. The silk handkerchiefs were dyed red.

"Good. Wow, my good son. In this case, I have already thought about it for you, Guo Chunhai, bring me the brocade box. After Zhao Mu coughed and vomited blood, his eyes became much grayer, and his spirit was also depressed a lot, and he was already weak to say this.

Guo Chunhai was sad in his heart, he really heard the words of the two fathers and sons outside the door, but what could he say? Every time His Royal Highness fights outside, isn't His Majesty always worried in his heart, far more than his own body? Every time he returned triumphantly, when he heard that His Royal Highness was injured, he would summon the Imperial Doctor to his side, and repeatedly told him to use the best medicine, and every time he sent himself many times to secretly inquire if His Royal Highness's health was better, how was it? Can you go to the ground? Is it as good as new? Will it leave a dark disease? Isn't it good to have such a father? The heavenly family has no selfish thoughts, and to be able to do this, His Majesty has done his best. But he couldn't say these words, and he didn't dare to say them.

Guo Chunhai took the brocade box and handed it to Zhao Mu, turned around and glanced at Zhao Hui who was kneeling on the ground, and shed tears. Such an ending is too cruel for this father and son.

"This is the holy decree prepared by the Zongren Mansion a long time ago, and you will be crowned as the King of Qin, and from then on, in the Qin Palace, you will think about it behind closed doors, and you will not leave the capital without a will." Zhao Mu finished reading the holy decree in one breath, and said to Guo Chunhai: "At the enthronement ceremony tomorrow, it will be announced as follows, and the ministers will be announced." Come on, help the king of Qin to the apse, temporarily rest in the palace for a few days, and then go back to the house. ”

Hearing this, the guards of the Thousand Niu Army opened the gate of the Chunhua Palace, and more than a dozen people rushed in with horizontal knives. Ye Xun raised his head and walked into the main hall, and said to Zhao Hui: "What does Your Highness command?" ”

Zhao Hui got up from the ground, and he said to Zhao Mu, who was sitting on the top of the main hall, "Father, didn't expect it, right? I'm afraid you don't know that as early as after you removed the governor of Erchen and asked Erchen to return to Beijing to report on his work, Erchen was not idle in the capital for a day. The Thousand Bull Army you always thought was loyal to you is now my man! The 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Qianniu Army are now only obeying the orders of the sons and ministers, and they will not listen to you! ”

"Do you think you've planned for your eldest brother in a seamless and thorough way? Hmph, you would never have thought that it would end like this, would you? ”

Knowing that Ye Xun has rebelled, it is one thing to know it, and it is another thing to see it. Seeing this, Zhao Mu was sad and angry in his heart, his cough intensified, he vomited blood, and he fainted directly

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Guo Chunhai stood beside Zhao Mu, shaking his body, but Zhao Mu showed no signs of waking up.

"Come on, help the emperor to the apse to rest" Zhao Hui was just halfway through speaking, and suddenly heard a few crossbow arrows swishing outside the door, and the guards on duty at the door were shot over, Zhao Hui heard the prestige, and saw that outside the main hall, dozens of people were hanging on the suspended rope, one end of the rope was on the beam of the main hall of the Taihe Palace, and the other end was hooked on the beam of the house outside the gate of the Chunhua Palace. From the Taihe Hall to the Chunhua Palace, it is like a heavenly soldier who fell from the sky. They were armed with small crossbows, first shot over the guards outside the main hall, and then landed at the gate of the Chunhua Palace, led by several people holding small crossbows, standing side by side, pulling the trigger, and more than ten small arrows shot quickly.

When Zhao Hui reacted, he shouted loudly: "Hurry up!" ”

It was already too late, and more than a dozen crossbow arrows found their respective targets, and they acted extremely quickly and tacitly. More than ten crossbow arrows hit more than a dozen guards in the main hall, one of which happened to hit Ye Xun's left chest, and penetrated the breastplate, the arrow entered the flesh for three points, and Ye Xun suffered a lot of damage on the spot. Zhao Hui was not taken care of, because the position where Zhao Hui was standing was blocked by the gate.

Although Ye Xun was injured, his reaction was not slow at all, and he lay on the ground and shouted loudly: "Come on, come on!" Kill all these rebellious ministers and thieves, and leave no one behind! ”

Originally, there were two brigades and 200 people on duty in the Chunhua Palace, and when they saw any changes in the Chunhua Palace, they immediately heard the news. The Flying Tiger Brigade rushed into the main hall with lightning speed, and seized the opportunity as quickly as possible, Feng Jingyu saw Ye Xun when he entered the main hall, and seeing that he was already injured, he picked up the crossbow arrow again and shot him with one arrow.

Originally, he wanted to help Zhao Hui win the throne, so that he could naturally get rid of the official position of the Qianniu Army, which was despised by the army, and enjoy the glory and wealth, but he never thought that he would end his short life.

The Flying Tiger Brigade is already on the main hall. When Zhao Mu and Guo Chunhai were surrounded and protected, the Qianniu Army had already rushed into the main hall with horizontal knives in hand, and two hundred people rushed in and confronted each other.

Zhao Hui suddenly suffered a great change, and the situation seemed to have suddenly taken a sharp turn, which made Zhao Hui unacceptable, and wanted to kill all these soldiers who suddenly appeared without leaving behind. He roared angrily: "Kill them for me, and when the matter is done, a reward will be given and the official will be promoted to the third level!" ”

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, although the Thousand Bull Army is not good at fighting, but under such a huge temptation, they will also serve desperately, so the two armies fought fiercely in the Chunhua Palace.

At this time, Zhang Cheng, who was already confronting the 3,000 Thousand Niu Army outside the imperial city, faintly heard the sound of fighting in the palace, and his mood became nervous. Zhang Cheng, who was originally blocked at the door by the Qianniu Army, under the pretext that no matter what the secret edict, without the order of the general of the Qianniu Army, he was not allowed to enter the palace and did not forcibly break into the palace, he couldn't take care of so much at the moment, after all, the Flying Tiger Brigade only had about a hundred people, even if the Qianniu Army was incompetent, it would not be able to withstand the massive consumption of thousands of people, and it would inevitably fail at that time.

"Do it!" Zhang Cheng roared angrily.

After Boss Zhang, who had been impatient for a long time, got the order, he pulled out the pig-killing knife, took the lead in grabbing one of the Qianniu Army, stabbed him in the abdomen, pulled out the pig-killing knife, and shouted: "The guard battalion belongs, follow me!" ”

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

For a time, a fierce battle broke out at the Suzaku Gate of the Imperial Palace

Xiaoguo Army Barracks

At this moment, Cheng Shide, who was also restless, was wearing armor, holding a horizontal knife, hovering left and right. Ding Liang, the captain of Zhao Hui's own army, suddenly heard the sound of fighting in the palace, and he immediately shouted: "General, listen." There has been a fight in the palace, and it must be the Yulin Army and the Qianniu Army who are fighting fiercely. Can't hesitate anymore. The Metropolitan Governor is in the palace at the moment, and it is absolutely impossible to hold on for a long time with the combat effectiveness of the Thousand Niu Army, once the Thousand Niu Army is defeated, and our army fails to rescue in time, then the consequences are unimaginable! ”

"However, the promised signal did not sound! Now that the troops are suddenly dispatched, the blame will be laid down when the time comes, but how can it be good? Cheng Shide is also in chaos at the moment, all this is out of control, beyond expectations, how can he not panic.

"General! I'd rather do it than not do it! Don't hesitate, if you don't send any more troops, I'll take my own soldiers to help! Ding Liang shouted anxiously.

"Alright! Even so, the old man also fought hard. I expected that the Yulin Army would inevitably block the way for us to go, so I would lead the cavalry first, and you would follow closely. The infantry is right behind you. That's it, immediately gather troops and horses, and get ready to go! Cheng Shide gritted his teeth and ordered.