Pyongyang City, since Quan Huan unexpectedly disappeared, Yuan Taizuo gradually seized Quan Huan's financial power in his own hands, hundreds of officials rushed to flatter him, and wrote blood letters to express their allegiance, and even Gao Huizhen, a general who was originally loyal to Gao Yuan, also wrote a blood letter willing to be loyal to him, and Gao Yuan, the king of Yingyang, fell ill, and the illness was very serious, and Yuan Taizuo began to consider the candidate for the new king.

However, the most anxious and urgent is still the war situation in the north, 120,000 troops have been sent to the north, and now the situation in Liaodong is unknown, and there is no news from Yalushui's army, one is his eldest son, and the other is his younger brother, and there is no news, which really makes Yuan Taizuo feel uneasy.

This afternoon, Yuan Taizuo woke up after a nap, ready to get up and go to the palace, today is the day to discuss with hundreds of officials, the so-called consultation is just a form of walking, who he Yuan Taizuo fancies, then who is the successor king, Yuan Taizuo and Gao Yuan's brother Gao Jianwu have a good relationship, Gao Jianwu has expressed to him many times that he is willing to share his worries, which means that Gao Jianwu is willing to be a puppet and give him the power arch Yuan Taizuo.

This statement also made Yuan Taizuo satisfied, but Yuan Taizuo was a little too old Gao Jianwu, nearly forty years old, if he was only four years old, it would be about the same, so who to make ****, Yuan Taizuo has not yet considered maturity.

A maid carefully put on a hat for Yuan Taizuo, and the two maids on the left and right helped him to stand up, Yuan Taizuo walked to the hall at this time, just walked to the courtyard, only to see the housekeeper rushing in in a hurry, Yuan Taizuo's face sank, and he snorted heavily, the housekeeper was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and raised a small volume of letters in his hand, "It's the eagle letter sent by the second general!" ”

Yuan Taizuo heard that it was his brother's eagle letter, he didn't care about his demeanor, he stepped forward in two steps, and grabbed the eagle letter in his hand, this is the eagle letter sent by Yuanqing Palace when he just withdrew from the camp, just an hour after this eagle letter was sent, Yuanqing Palace also walked into the encirclement trap of the Sui army.

Yuan Taizuo opened the letter with trembling hands, and read it in a hurry, his eyes gradually straightened, the Sui army attacked the camp, Gao Yanshou's whole army was annihilated, and the army of Yuanqing Palace withdrew from the camp in time and was retreating towards Pyongyang.

Yuan Taizuo doesn't know whether to be happy or sad, Gao Yanshou's army was wiped out, which means that the last strength of the Gao royal family has also disappeared, so he still has to worry about who will inherit the throne, isn't it good for him Yuan Taizuo to ascend the throne as the king of Goryeo?

However, the defeat of the army in Yalu brought great pressure to Yuan Taizuo, which meant that the Sui army was about to enter the city.

Wait a minute!

Yuan Taizuo suddenly thought of a very serious problem, if the main force of the Sui army appeared in Yalushui, what happened to the Goguryeo army in Liaodong?

He continued to look down, and at the end of the letter, Yuanqing Palace hurriedly wrote a line of words, 'Zhang Xuan's King Banner appeared on the battlefield, and his brother was very confused, if Zhang Xuan really went down from the southeast of Liao, then Da Lang was in danger!' ’

Yuan Taizuo's chest ached, like a dagger into his chest, his body shook, and he almost fell, but the guards hurriedly supported him, "My lord! My lord! ’

Yuan Taizuo waved his hand to stabilize his emotions, and secretly thought in his heart, "My son is the commander after all, even if the whole army is wiped out, he should still be alive, but he is just a prisoner of war, just redeem him." ’

He kept comforting himself and pondered for a moment that he must make up his mind to seize the throne of Goguryeo.

"Prepare a carriage for me and go to the palace!"

The carriage was speeding down the street, Yuan Taizuo temporarily put down the war situation in the north, put down his son's life and death, and turned his mind to seize the throne, at present, Pyongyang's army still has 20,000 people, led by Zhao Beiyi, Gao Huizhen, Jian Wuqi and Quan Wenshou, three of whom have expressed their allegiance to him, only Quan Wenshou is still silent, Quan Wenshou is the eldest son of Quan Huan, of course he will not be loyal to himself, but this person is a playboy, there is nothing to worry about, and the troops are stationed outside the city, and it has little impact.

Jian Wuqi and Zhao Beiyi, who are currently stationed in the city, are their own subordinates, of course they will support themselves as kings, the key is Gao Huizhen's attitude, although he submitted a letter of allegiance to himself, he is a royal family after all, whether he is loyal to himself or not, he must cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and Gao Kaidao, I heard that this person fled to the Turks, which is also a hidden danger.

Yuan Taizuo thought about it clearly, and did not mention the abolition of the Gao royal family for the time being, and waited until Gao Huizhen was killed before officially abolishing the king.

The carriage entered the palace and came to a slow stop in front of the steps, where a guard ran and opened the door for him.

"Have all the ministers arrived?" Yuan Taizuo asked.

"Returning to Lord Mo Lizhi, they have all arrived, waiting for adults in the White Tiger Hall."

The White Tiger Hall is the place where the Goguryeo Imperial Court discusses the important affairs of the military aircraft, close to the inner palace, the general guards are not allowed to enter, Yuan Taizuo is quite martial, and the sword is on his waist, but he is not afraid, he asked the guards to wait in the outer hall, he walked up the steps quickly, walked towards the White Tiger Hall, walked through a long corridor, and the front courtyard was the White Tiger Hall.

Yuan Taizuo walked into the courtyard, but suddenly found that there was no guard inside and outside, he suddenly felt a little bad in his heart, and was about to turn around and leave, when a familiar voice suddenly came from the hall, "Lord Mo Lizhi, don't come unharmed?" ”

He looked up at the lobby, and there were no hundred officials waiting for him to come to discuss the decision, but there was a person standing in the lobby, it was Quan Huan, who had been assassinated by Gao Lie's men ten days ago, and he looked at him with a smile.

Yuan Taizuo seemed to have seen a ghost, he was so frightened that his soul flew away, and the door of the back courtyard was slammed shut, Yuan Taizuo already understood, Quan Huan was not dead at all, he pulled out his long sword and threw himself at Quan Huan with a loud shout, "Gao Lie can't kill you, let the old man kill you with his own hands!" ”

Quan Huan sneered, slammed the cup in his hand to the ground, and shouted, "Do it!" ”

Hundreds of black-clothed sword and axe men suddenly rushed out of the side doors on both sides, killing Yuan Taizuo, Yuan Taizuo struggled to resist, he only stabbed two people to death The sword in his hand was broken, and the knife and axe hands swarmed up, and the axe chopped down, poor Goguryeo generation of heroes, but finally died under the sword and axe.

A knife and axe hand presented Yuan Taizuo's human head, Quan Huan Yin Yin laughed, and said to the human head: "You idiot, do you think that a crossbow can shoot through the dragon scale armor on my body?" I'm just watching what you want to do, waiting to clean up your day. ”

The courtyard door opened, and the general Jian Wuqi walked up quickly, knelt down on one knee and said, "Lord Qiyu, the palace has been completely controlled, and Gao Jianwu has been secretly executed by his subordinates." ”

Quan Huan nodded with satisfaction, pointed at Yuan Taizuo's head, and said with a smug smile: "General Sword, look at who this is?" ”

Jian Wuqi saw the face of the human head clearly, and he was so frightened that he stood up, and after a while, he suddenly woke up, and immediately knelt down and said: "Jian Wuqi is willing to serve the adult to the death!" ”

"Go ahead! Give me the mansion to surround Zhao Beiyi, and the whole family will not be left behind. ”

"Obey!"

Jian Wuqi secretly glanced at the head again, and then turned around and hurried away.

Quan Huan walked into the inner palace with the head, and came to Gao Yuan's hospital bed, only to see a maid feeding medicine to Gao Yuan, who had a weak breath, and looked like Gao Yuan was dying, and he couldn't see it.

Quan Huan stepped forward and smiled: "Let me come!" ”

Quan Huan took the bowl and fed Gao Yuan a few mouthfuls of medicine, Gao Yuan slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw that it was Quan Huan, he asked in a low voice, "How is it." ”

Quan Huan waved his hand, "You all stand down!" ”

The surrounding eunuchs and palace maids all retreated, and there were only two of them in the hall, so Quan Huan smiled and said, "I'll show you something." ”

He turned around and waved his hand, "Bring it up!" ”

A little eunuch tremblingly walked up with a plate, the plate was Yuan Taizuo's head, Gao Yuan glanced at the head, his eyes suddenly widened, he suddenly sat up, grabbed the head of the head, and laughed: "Yuan Taizuo, you also have today!" ”

He laughed so heartily, his voice was so loud, where did he look a little sick, if the eunuchs and palace maids who served him were around, they would definitely be stunned, it turned out that the king was seriously ill and died frequently, but in fact he was not sick at all.

Next to him, Quan Huan said lightly: "You'd better be careful, don't really get sick." ”

Gao Yuan spread his hands and laughed: "I have never been sick, the abyss thief is dead, do I still need to disguise again?" ”

"Not necessarily!" Kwon Huan's tone became a little cold.

Gao Yuan was stunned, looked back at Quan Huan, and saw that he had a smile on his face, he was a little uneasy in his heart, and asked, "What do you mean by this, adult?" ”

Quan Huan slowly spread out his palm, only to see that he was holding a small red porcelain bottle in the palm of his hand, "This is-" Gao Yuan didn't understand what this was.

Quan Huan said casually: "This is Heding Red, the most powerful poison, I saw blood and sealed my throat, just now I accidentally poured it into the medicine bowl of the king." ”

"You-"

Gao Yuan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen, so painful that he couldn't straighten his waist, he hurriedly held on to the bedpost, pointed at Quan Huan and said, "Why do you want to kill me, are you afraid that I won't block you if I don't block you?" ”

Quan Huan said unhurriedly: "Yuan Taizuo is dead, of course I am Mo Lizhi, but I prefer a young little Wang, anyway, the king is about to die of illness, and now that he is dead, everyone will not think it is strange, I will bury the king, please go on the road!" ”

"You don't have a good death."

Gao Yuan desperately stood up and threw himself at Quan Huan, but after only one step, he fell to the ground, convulsed for a moment, and finally bled to death.

Quan Huan lowered his head and said with a dark smile: "I will not die, on the contrary, I will live well." ”

He stood up and turned back and ordered, "Pack him up and get to bed!" ”

The little eunuch hurriedly stepped forward to clean up the body, and when he was almost cleaned up, Quan Huan stabbed the little eunuch to death with a sword from behind, picked up Yuan Taizuo's head, and strode out of the hall.

Two days later, Kwon Huan established the two-year-old Gozang as the king of Goguryeo, and he proclaimed himself Mo Lizhi, completely controlling the military and political power of Goguryeo.

(To be continued.) )