I saw that the other party was short, and at first glance I knew that he was a widow, he was not very old, he looked similar to himself, and his appearance was more handsome than when he saw Brother Su and I before he saw him, and he also had a natural nobility, which looked like a superior person, but when facing Li Su, he had a humble attitude.

"You are the eldest brother prince of the Wa Kingdom?" Li Su glanced at the other party and said in a light tone.

"Your Highness, the minister is exactly!" The young man named Brother Zhong bowed down and said. The Wa Kingdom was greatly influenced by Baekje, and the aristocracy in the country also spoke Chinese as a beauty, so most of the nobles had received a strict Chinese education, and this middle brother was the son of the former Emperor Shumei and the current Emperor Huangji, so naturally he also received a Chinese education.

"What conditions do you intend to use in exchange for the King's support?" Li Su and the other party came to the living room in the courtyard, and then asked again.

Although the eldest brother prince in front of him has a noble status in the Wa Kingdom, he has been suppressed by the Su My Clan everywhere, so he has long set his ambition and is determined to completely eradicate the Su My Clan, but it is a pity that the Su My Clan is powerful, and he has no chance at all, and the intelligence officers sent by Wu Meiniang to the Wa Kingdom immediately contacted the middle brother after discovering this situation, at the beginning, the other party was still a little unconcerned, and the contact between the two sides was not very close, until Li Su landed in the Wa Kingdom with a large army, the middle brother prince began to take the initiative to contact Li Su's intelligence officers, This time, I came to Iwami Castle secretly.

Hearing that Li Su was so direct, the eldest brother and prince did not turn around, and immediately spoke: "As long as Your Highness is willing to help us destroy the Soga clan, we are willing to cede Tsukushi Island and the Iwami Castle and the area south of it occupied by Your Highness." At the same time, if Your Highness wants Ezo Island, we are willing to send troops. Help you expel the natives of the island, and pay you an annual tribute in the future. The value of the tribute will definitely not be less than 200,000 ......"

The eldest brother talked eloquently and told the price he was willing to pay, these conditions were negotiated with the intelligence officers sent by Wu Meiniang when he was flying birds, these conditions were similar except for the fact that they sent troops to help Li Su seize Ezo Island, and they were not even as good as the conditions that Li Su proposed to Brother Su Wu just now.

However, Li Su nodded after hearing this, as if he was very satisfied with this condition. I saw a smile on his face and said, "Okay, you must have discussed these conditions with my people many times." So I won't increase the price anymore, but if you want to eradicate the Su Wu clan, how do you need me to cooperate? ”

Hearing Li Su's agreement, the middle elder brother immediately showed a victorious smile, only to see him step forward and whisper: "Your Highness Qiqi, since the last time Su I was killed in the deer battle, Su I's prestige has plummeted, but he still has extremely strong military strength in his hands, and he has been in the army for this time. As a result, although we have contacted many ministers, we have no chance to make a move, so we hope that His Highness can delay the negotiations and put forward some conditions that will make Soga Ezo unable to make decisions. Let him have to go back to the court and discuss with the ministers, and then it will be time for us to do it! ”

Li Yu smiled and nodded after hearing this, in fact, Wu Meiniang had already known what the eldest brother was going to do. That's why when I saw Brother Su and my red brother just now, the lion opened his mouth and put forward so many conditions. The purpose is not to ask the other party to agree, but to cooperate with the middle brother and their actions in the afternoon.

At that moment, Li Su immediately agreed to the proposal of the eldest brother. Then he immediately sent someone to send him out of the city, after all, after he got Li Su's permission, he still had a lot of things to prepare when he went back, so it was inconvenient to stay here any longer. As for Brother Su and my red brother, Li Su asked Wang An to show a tough attitude and refused to back down at all.

Brother Su I Chi saw that Li Su put forward such harsh conditions, and he refused to back down at all, which made him unable to make his decision, so he had to send someone to send Li Su's conditions to Su I Ezo, and wanted to ask him to make a decision himself. However, Su I Ezo didn't want to mention responsibility, after all, if he agreed to such a loss of power and humiliation of the country, he would definitely become a sinner for the ages of the Japanese people.

It was with this intention that Soga Ezo had to leave the army, return to the Emperor's Palace, and convene all the ministers to discuss with the famous words of Emperor Huanggoku, such harsh conditions, even he, the minister with power over the whole country, could not be the master, so the only one who could call the shots was naturally Emperor Huanggoku.

The Emperor's Palace is still under construction, so he still handles political affairs in the former Emperor's Palace. Soga Ezo was very familiar with this place, and entered the Emperor's palace with a sword.

Emperor Shumei's Imperial Palace was designed and built by craftsmen invited from Baekje, imitating the style of the Tang Imperial Palace, the largest of which is also similar to the Taiji Hall in Chang'an, and even the name is almost the same, called the Great Pole Palace, where the Emperor of the Imperial Pole convened the ministers to discuss the matter.

Soga Ezo is not as domineering as his son Soga Irishi, at least on the surface he is still very noble to the emperor's majesty, so before entering the Daigoku Hall, he untied the sword on his body and handed it to the doorman, and then entered the main hall alone.

The civil and military ministers on both sides of the main hall had already sat down, and even Emperor Gogoku had already sat on his seat, just waiting for Soga Ezo to preside over the meeting. Seeing this situation, Su I Ezo was also a little complacent in his heart, his son's defeat before made his prestige greatly damaged, but now it seems that their Su I clan is still the first wealthy family in the Wa Kingdom. It's a pity that Suga Ezo didn't know that after he entered the Great Pole Palace, the gate of the palace outside was tightly closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Su I Ezo walked proudly to the seat of the emperor's right head, which was the exclusive position of the first minister, but what he didn't expect was that his seat was taken by a young man, and when he saw this person, Su I Ezo immediately said angrily: "Huangkou Xiaoer, how can you participate in the affairs of the court, don't give me a quick retreat!" ”

It is the eldest brother prince who occupies the position of Soga Ezo, this prince has always been at odds with Soga Ezo, but unfortunately although he is a prince, he has no real power, so he has been repeatedly bullied by Su I father and son, and it is precisely because of this that Soga Ezo does not pay attention to the middle eldest brother prince at all, even in front of Emperor Huangji, he is afraid of shouting loudly.

But what Su I Ezo didn't expect was that his rebuke not only failed to scare off the eldest brother and prince, but also made the other party stand with angry eyes, and suddenly shouted loudly: "The thief is today, all the ministers hurry up!" ”

With the roar of the eldest brother's prince, the henchman Zhongchen who had been standing behind the eldest brother immediately pulled out a sharp sword from under his robe and stabbed Su I Ezo's head at once, but because of the panic, the sword did not hit the vital point, but only made Su I Ezo bleed. At the same time, another assassin, Saeki Zimaro, also slashed Soga Ezo's thigh with a sword, causing the opponent to fall to the ground at once.

When such a change occurred in the court, except for a few ministers, most of the others did not show any surprised expressions about it. However, Soga Ezo was so frightened that when he fell to the ground, he happened to be in front of Emperor Gogoku, which made him shout loudly as if he was grasping a life-saving straw: "What am I guilty of?" Please the Emperor's Judgment! ”

After hearing this, the Emperor looked at Su Ezo coldly, although she was supported by the other party, but Su I Ezo is now returning to the dynasty with such harsh conditions, obviously wanting her to agree to the conditions of the Tang people, if she agrees, then all the black cauldrons will have to be carried by her, the emperor, she is naturally unwilling to do this kind of fool, so today's matter can be regarded as her acquiescence.

At this time, the eldest brother and the prince shouted loudly again: "Soga Ezo despises the imperial family, bullies the emperor, and intends to seize the throne, everyone will punish him!" ”

After the eldest brother queen finished shouting, she personally raised her sword and rushed forward, and then cut off Su I Ezo's head with a sword, and at this time, other people also came, and the long swords in their hands slashed at Su I Ezo's body, this is not that they are abusing the dead body, but at this time to show their attitude.

With the killing of Soga Ezo, the guards he brought outside the Emperor's Palace were also attacked and killed by the manpower organized by the middle brother and the ministers, just at this time it rained heavily from the heavens, and Soga Ezo's body was thrown outside the Emperor's Palace, at the mercy of the rain. Pity a generation of powerful ministers of the Japanese state, and after his death, he ended up like this.

However, after Soga Ezo was killed in the Emperor's Palace, the 60,000 troops in front of him also had turmoil, originally only 20,000 of these 60,000 people were the tribes of the Soga clan, and the other 40,000 were the tribes of other wealthy clans in the country, although the 20,000 people of the Soga clan were elite, but they were leaderless in the group of dragons, and they were not aware of it in advance, they could easily be solved by the other 40,000 people.

But what the eldest brother didn't expect was that he sent Zhongchen Kamazu to preside over the army, preparing to eliminate the last military force of the Su I clan in one fell swoop, but for some reason the news was revealed, and the two people of the Su I clan actually learned the news that Su I Ezo was killed in advance, which made all the backbone of the Su I clan very angry, and launched a rebellion in advance, and the result was that he won more with less, and killed 40,000 people with 20,000 people, and even the middle minister Kamazu died in the chaos.

After the rebels of the Su I clan defeated the coalition army of the 40,000 Hao clan, they immediately returned to the walled city of the Su I clan, and then supported the young son of Su I Irilu, who was only twelve years old, Su I Hinata as the family governor, and then waved his troops to kill the Asuka area, but at this time, the Hao clan had gathered their troops again to resist the attack of the Su I clan, which caused the attack of the Su I clan to be frustrated and had to retreat.

Although the Soga clan failed to attack the Asuka area, it also caused great damage to the central area of the Wa Kingdom, hundreds of people moved to escape the war, and the ministers in the Emperor's Palace quarreled over it, and even the eldest brother of the prince, who had killed Soga Ezo before, was also blamed, thinking that he should not have killed Soga Ezo so recklessly before, otherwise there would be no disaster today.

And when the political center of the Wa Kingdom was in chaos, Li Su in Iwami City laughed, and then hugged Wu Meiniang and kissed him, because the mastermind behind all this came from this delicate little lady in his arms. And this kind of chaos in the Wa Kingdom is exactly what he wants to see in his dreams! (To be continued.) )