Chapter 242: Usurpation
June 5 of the fourth year of the new calendar is just a relatively ordinary day in the eyes of the people who do not set the sun, and it is nothing in the eyes of the Xiyi people, but in the eyes of the Atlantans, today is indeed an important day that determines the future of this nation, because today, after a lapse of nearly 400 years, the Atlanta Palace ushered in the third and most last coup d'Γ©tat since the founding of the Atlanta Empire.
The weather in the Imperial City of Atlanta today was exceptionally gloomy, and although it did not rain, it revealed a sad atmosphere. When the people of the Imperial City of Atlanta opened their eyes and walked out of the door, the scene that had been prosperous from morning to night disappeared, replaced by countless Atlantan soldiers in dark blue armor, these armed heavy Atlanta pikemen with spears had completely sealed off all the streets of the Imperial City, and from time to time there were Atlanta halberders equipped with kite-shaped shields and halberds patrolling the streets in a squad of 10 people.
Many Atlanta civilians approached to ask what was going on, and the Atlanta soldiers replied with mere body language - using spears and halberds to drive the civilians back to their houses. Although many civilians are uneasy about this situation, they are also powerless civilians, what else can they do except obediently take the house, of course, there are also some shrewd citizens in the city through the observation of the surrounding environment, found that the houses of the nobles near their homes were obviously smashed and burned, but they did not feel anything last night.
Of course, this kind of thing can only become a tavern gossip in the end, and perhaps it will become exaggerated, saying that the old emperor of Atlanta is going to clean up the nobles, or it may become uninteresting, saying that it is just that the old emperor of Atlanta is preparing a banquet for the nobles of the whole city to celebrate the appearance of a beautiful woman in his bed. But they would never have guessed, nor dared to guess, what had happened in the palace at this time, because it was too sudden and unbelievable.
"Ping Pong ............"
"Brute! Evil creature! How could you do such a thing! That's your own brother! β
At this time, on both sides of the palace hall, there were already standing Atlanta ministers and Atlantan admirals in gorgeous clothes or silver armor, and of course the nobles in the imperial city, they were divided into two groups at this time, one wave was on the left, and the interior was all composed of those admirals in silver armor, led by a young man in a dark blue robe; The other wave was on the right, composed of ministers who usually controlled Atlanta's finances and logistics, led by a young man who looked younger than the young man in the dark blue robe, and wore a blue robe. As for those nobles, as well as the few generals of the Atlanta Imperial Army, they all stood behind the two groups of people with their heads bowed, so that everyone present could not see the expressions on their faces clearly. However, although the eyes of the two waves of members showed disgust and even murderous intent, the two young people led by them focused their attention on an old man who knelt on the ground and sobbed in the center of the main hall.
Before that, the old man had smashed the decorations placed in the main hall to the ground, and fragments of porcelain, glass and other items could be seen everywhere in the wide corridors of the main hall. At this time, the dark blue robe on the old man's body was already in tatters, and his hands continued to drip blood because of the scratches of the splinters, but the old man still used it to hide his face and sobbed and muttered, "That's your own brother............ Your queen mother entrusted her to me before she died............ But you are, you are ............"
"Come on, it's because of his existence that the two of us have not been valued by you, father, if it weren't for ............," the young man in the dark blue robe said impatiently, but the old man hadn't finished listening, and roared at him like crazy: "Don't call me father!" I don't have you two brute sons! He's obviously abdicated the throne, hasn't he? β
"Give up? He does seem to give up, but you don't! Look at what is written on this? The other young man immediately retorted to the old man, and took a roll of parchment from his waist and threw it in front of the old man.
"................... I decided to pass the throne to 3......... Prince............. this is indeed my note, and the clay marks on it are indeed mine, but ............. is .........?"
"You just admit it, you don't have to worry about the rest of the matter, and the position of the heir is up to us!" The young man in the dark blue robe stepped forward and kicked the old man, causing the old man to fall to the ground and cry bitterly, and said intermittently: "You, do you want to kill the king!" How can you do it? Before he finished speaking, the young man in the dark blue robe drew the sword at his waist and used it to cut off the old man's head: "You are already old, and this era should be counted by me." β
After kicking the old man's head to the side, the young man in the dark blue robe pointed the sword in his hand at the other young man, and said lightly: "It's the turn of the two of us next, my dear brother, let's say, did you choose to commit suicide to leave a whole corpse?" Let me use my sword to cut your flesh piece by piece until only bones remain. At the same time, the silver-armored admirals behind him also drew their swords at their waists.
In this regard, the ministers behind the young man did smile coldly, and the young man in the blue robe shook his head and smiled and said, "Hehehehe......... My dear brother, you are still so reckless, how can the empire of Atlanta be delivered to you? After saying that, the young man suddenly tore off his robe, and the silver luster peculiar to the steel armor immediately began to flicker, and the ministers behind him did the same, and at the same time, these people all took off a very small thing wrapped around their waists, and those things turned out to be small crossbows!
Then the door of the palace hall, which had been closed for a long time, was suddenly kicked open, and an Atlantan soldier wearing silver chain mail and holding a crossbow rushed in, and the nobleman and the Atlantan army general who had been keeping their heads down before also suddenly pulled out their crossbows.
"Damn.......... when did you buy off these noble army generals and palace guards?" The young man in the dark blue robe said to the young man who was called his younger brother with a gloomy face, but he was stunned to find that his younger brother, who had been smiling all the time, actually had a panic on his face.
"What? Aren't these soldiers in your control? The young man in the blue robe said in a panic, but before he could finish speaking, he was shot through the neck by a crossbow arrow.
"Of course it won't be my dear eldest brother who will do it, second brother. It's your dear little brother who does this. As a voice sounded in the main hall, a young man in a sky-blue robe, surrounded by the palace guards, slowly strolled into the main hall.