Xiahou Ying's roar immediately alarmed the Praetorian Guards outside the main hall, and in an instant, hundreds of soldiers of the Praetorian Army had already rushed in with bright swords, and the hall was suddenly in chaos, and the two assassins pulled the crossbow machine one after another, and the two shots made Lu Tai block it with his body.

"Father?!"

"Brother?!"

Lu Tai and Lu Shizhi, who were sitting at the head of Lu Ze, screamed in surprise, jumped up and pounced on the two assassins, especially Lu Tai, who was extremely fast, and grabbed one of the assassins in two steps, the assassin had to abandon the crossbow and took out a pair of short knives from the bracer to kill Lu Tai, but the other assassin took the opportunity to bypass Lu Ze and pounced on Liu Bang again.

Xiahou Ying was in a hurry, and while blocking Liu Bang, he turned his head and shouted: "Liu Bi? Liu Bi! ”

Xiahou Ying wanted to protect Liu Bang and must not dodge, so he could only ask Liu Bi in the corner of the hall for help.

Liu Bi had already discovered the abnormality on the hall, and wanted to come to the rescue but was entangled by the swordsman, and after two more rounds, Liu Bi was finally furious, and finally took a sword in his right chest and finally cut the opponent in two, and when he turned around again, he saw that Liu Bang had fallen to the ground, and although Xiahou Ying was desperately wielding the sword, he was still hit by several arrows.

The crossbow arrows in the assassin's hand seemed to be endless, and they could be fired again with just a pull back and forth, but the Praetorian Guards who swarmed into the main hall were still dozens of steps away, and it was too late to rescue Liu Bang in a hurry.

In the piercing sound of breaking the air. The sword flew a dozen paces and stabbed the assassin in the neck with precision.

The assassin was extremely fierce, his neck was pierced and he was not dead, and he shot two rounds of poisoned arrows at Liu Bang, but unfortunately Xiahou Ying blocked it with his body, and at this time the poison on Xiahou Ying's body had already attacked, and he couldn't even hold the sword. Driven only by instinct, he used his body to stand in front of Liu Bang.

All this is said slowly, but in fact it is only a matter of a moment, and by the time Liu Bang calms down, Liu Bi has already protected him. The Praetorian Guards who swarmed in had already protected him three layers inside and three layers outside, and even if there were ten or eight assassins at this time, they would definitely not be able to get close to him, and they couldn't help but feel reassured.

The situation in the main hall was also quickly controlled, and the servants and attendants waiting outside the hall were also surrounded by the Praetorian Guards, and several female officers and attendants wanted to escape because of panic, but the Forbidden Army couldn't help but say that there was a flurry of arrows. On the spot, he shot these female officers and attendants who tried to escape into hedgehogs.

"Imperial Doctor, pass on Imperial Doctor!" An extremely anxious voice sounded in the crowd, but it was Liu Bang who found Xiahou Ying and Lu Ze who fell to the ground and convulsed, if it wasn't for Lu Ze and Xiahou Ying who went forward and sacrificed their lives to save each other just now, then it should be him Liu Bang who would fall to the palace and convulsed, at this moment, Liu Bang was indeed a little moved in his heart.

"Aze!" Liu Bang pushed away the Praetorian Guards who were like a great enemy, walked to Lu Ze and squatted down.

"The King." Lu Ze's limbs had begun to twitch, and blood bubbles began to overflow from the corners of his mouth. His eyes were also a little sluggish, but the whole person's thinking was still extremely clear, and he smiled miserably at Liu Bang, and said in a low voice, "Do you still remember the poisonous oath that the minister and Shizhi made in front of Daddy when Pei * County raised troops?" ”

Liu Bang couldn't help but tremble slightly. Scenes from the past suddenly came to mind.

More than 30 years ago, Lu Pheasant was still a beauty like a flower, and Lu Gong, who had just moved to Pei * County, not only married his daughter to him, but later took out all his property to recruit troops and horses for him, and also made the brothers Lu Tai and Lu Shizhi swear a poisonous oath in front of themselves. Eternal allegiance to him Liu Bang and never betray. ..., "The king, the minister did it!" Lu Ze smiled slightly, and gasped and said, "However, the minister still has one more thing to ask for, for my Lu family's plan, but also for the sake of the Han country, the king must agree no matter what." ”

Liu Bang's expression was miserable, if a courtier can do this like Lu Ze, what else is there to be picky?

At that moment, Liu Bang was also emotional, holding Lu Ze's outstretched bloody hand, and said, "Aze, you say, listen to the widow." ”

Lu Ze held Liu Bang's hand and said with difficulty: "The king, the prince is arrogant and uninhibited by nature, not the posture of a human king, if he succeeds to the throne, my Han national fortune may not last long, only the prince Hengsheng is resolute and humble and benevolent, can inherit the unification, and I hope that the king can abandon his personal likes and dislikes, plan for the national fortune of the Han country, and make Gongzi Heng the crown prince." ”

Liu Bang's face changed slightly when he heard this, he never expected Lu Ze to say this.

However, Liu Bang's intentions Liu Bang can also guess that because of the relationship between Lu Pheasant, the Lu family and the Qi family have become a fire and water, and after Liu Bang's death, once Liu Ruyi succeeds to the throne, Mrs. Qi will definitely not let go of the Lu family, and there will inevitably be a civil strife in the Han Kingdom, so Lu Ze will say that the establishment of Gongzi Heng as the prince is not only for the Lu family, but also for the Han family.

Liu Bang had the heart to refuse, but when he thought of Lu Ze's love of sacrificing his life to save him, he couldn't open his mouth.

I don't know when, Xiao He, Zhou Bo and Bai Mo also squeezed in front of Liu Bang, and said in unison: "The king, the ministers and others all think that Lu Gong's words are reasonable, for the sake of the Han Dynasty, and he should make Gongzi Heng the prince." ”

Seeing that Liu Bang was still hesitating, Lu Ze struggled and said, "King, do you want to let your ministers die without turning a blind eye?" ”

Liu Bang sighed for a long time, Liu Heng is also his son, and Lu Ze is about to die, it is better to make Liu Heng the prince first, as for the future, the future will be talked about, and he said loudly at the moment: "Okay, the widow will solemnly promise to canonize Liu Heng as the prince in front of everyone today, and wait for the first day of the new year, and then officially crown!" ”

Lu Ze breathed a long sigh of relief, turned his head and shouted: "Tai'er, Tai'er......"

"Father, here the child is." Lu Tai crawled in front of Lu Ze and held Lu Ze's outstretched bloody hand tightly.

Lu Ze weakly held Lu Tai's hand and said in a low voice: "Tai'er, you are now making a poisonous oath in front of your father, my Lu clan will be loyal to the Han dynasty for generations, no matter what happens in the future, my Lu clan will never ...... Traitor! ”

"Father!" Lu Tai was shocked when he heard the words, but he still raised his right hand and sobbed, "The child hereby swears, my Lu family will be loyal to the Han from generation to generation, no matter what happens in the future, even if it is a sword and axe, my Lu family will never betray the Han, if this oath is violated, my Lu Tai will not die a whole corpse, and I will not be buried in the ancestral grave, and let my Lu family cut off children and grandchildren!" ”

Liu Bang was slightly moved, Lu Tai made an extremely vicious oath.

Bai Mo sighed in his heart, thinking that this Lu Ze is also a generation of heroes, not only capable and visionary, but also has extraordinary wisdom, if it weren't for the fact that he is the brother of Queen Lu Pheasant and the brother-in-law of the king, I am afraid that he would have split the country and become the king of the princes who are not inferior to the king, the king of Qi or the king of Chu.

After Lu Tai made a poisonous oath, Lu Ze finally swallowed his last breath.

Liu Bang gently closed Lu Ze's eyes, and when he looked up to search again, Lu Pheasant's figure had already disappeared from the hall, only Lu Xu knelt down beside Lu Ze, crying pear blossoms with rain, crying and feeling sorry for himself: "Big brother, it's the little sister who hurt you, it's the little sister who hurt you, woo woo woo woo ......"

Liu Bang waved his hand in disgust and said, "Arrest her." ”

Liu Bang knew that Lu Xu was only bewitched by Lu Pheasant, and at most he was just an accomplice, but such a big thing happened today, and Lu Xu couldn't get out of it anyway, although she was Fan Xu's widow, she couldn't be exempt from responsibility.

As soon as Liu Bi waved his hand, the Praetorian Guards had already pounced on him like a wolf and arrested Lu Xu. ..., Lu Xu was arrested, but Lu Tai did not react, Lu Shizhi and the Lu Xuan brothers had not yet recovered from the huge change just now, only Fan Xu's only son Fan Yan was still yelling there, wanting to rush forward to save his mother, but was held down by two forbidden army captains.

Liu Bang's anger has not subsided, although Lu Ze is loyal, and Lu Tai will most likely not have dissenting intentions, but Lu Pheasant is really hateful, if she hadn't deliberately murdered Qi Ji and Ruyi, how could she have caused today's incident? When Liu Bang was about to ask Liu Bi to take someone to Changle Palace to arrest Lu Pheasant, suddenly a waiter hurriedly ran into the main hall and exclaimed: "Oh no, Changle Palace is on fire......"

A fire in Changle Palace? Liu Bang's heart sank when he heard this, Lu Pheasant, this woman is so ruthless, she knows that she can't escape, and she is actually raising fire? !

Lu Tai is even more sad, today is really an unprecedented catastrophe for the Lu family, not only the father who existed as the pillar of the pillar died, but now the aunt is also **, in the future, the entire Lu family will rely on him Lu ** to support himself, and Lu Tai does not know how the king will treat the entire Lu family after this case.

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Two days later, the detailed inside story of the Weiyang Palace assassination case was finally transmitted back to Ziling.

"It's a pity, it's a pity." Xiang Zhuang sighed, "The widow sacrificed a commander and two elite dead soldiers, but in the end he still failed to kill Liu Bang. ”

Wu Shi said: "However, it is not bad to be able to kill Lu Ze and Xiahou Ying." ”

Xiang Tuo said: "It's a pity that you can't send too many dead soldiers into the palace, otherwise Liu Bang Lao'er will die!" ”

Xiang He said: "Lu Ze, he is really loyal to Liu Bang, it doesn't matter if he dies, but he actually resolved the dispute between the Liu family and the Lu family, it's a pity, it's a pity." ”

"There's no need to be sorry." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "The widow just cut off Liu Bang's most powerful arm with just a piece of paper to seal the king's order, and also killed one of his generals, Liu Bang wants to find a Sanchuan county guard like Lu Ze who is both capable and reassuring, but it is not so easy." ”

Bai Lixian shook the feather fan, and then said: "What's more, the follow-up impact of this Weiyang Palace assassination case has just begun, now that Lu Ze is dead, and Lu Tai is young, if nothing else, Liu Bang will definitely take the opportunity to divide the forces of the Lu family, that is to say, Liu Bang still has to be busy, and I am afraid that he will not be able to take care of the chaos in Kanto in a short time." ”