Chapter 239: Murder in the face
At this moment, there was a neighing sound from outside the hall, and a middle-aged general in golden armor rode in through the gate on horseback, followed by a group of forbidden troops.
"Lu Qian, what's the matter, the emperor, did you find the emperor!"
This general is none other than Zhao Huawen.
Lu Qian stepped forward and saluted, and said in a panic, "General Qiyu, the emperor and he are on the Qingshou Tower, and he also passed down an edict asking me to leave the palace and ask the general to meet him!" ”
Zhao Huawen was taken aback, and Concubine Yuan told him that Xuanling's poisoning was unsolved, and even if he found it, he was a wasted person, how could he pass on the message?
"You, are you sure it's the emperor's own message?"
"Yes, the last general has seen the emperor on the parade ground, and there will be no mistake!"
"Did you hear what the emperor said with your own ears?"
Zhao Huawen accentuated his tone.
"yes."
Lu Qian nodded affirmatively.
Zhao Huawen's eyes flashed with disappointment, and he turned over and dismounted.
"Let's go, let's go in and have a look!"
"Yes."
Lu Qian responded, not noticing that the corners of Zhao Huawen's mouth flashed with murderous intent.
The two entered the Qingshou Building, Zhao Huawen saw the chopped stairs, and saw the corpse of Niu Tao lying downstairs, his brows furrowed, and asked, "What about the emperor, where is the emperor?" ”
Lu Qianyi pointed to the gap upstairs.
"There!"
Zhao Huawen raised his head, and saw a gaze upstairs looking at him coldly, this look was too familiar to him, as the commander of the imperial capital, he often entered the palace on duty, and this look would not have a second person except for Xuan Ling.
Xuan Ling shouted, "Zhao Huawen, what do you want to bring the forbidden army into the palace!" ”
Zhao Huawen's body shuddered, but he immediately calmed down, and said with a smile, "Who is Your Excellency, dare to pretend to be the emperor here!" ”
Lu Qian turned around and said, "General, the upstairs is really the emperor." As soon as he turned around, he saw Zhao Huawen holding a snow-bright short sword in his hand, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
Before Lu Qian could understand, Zhao Huawen stabbed Lu Qian's heart with a sword.
"It's not the emperor upstairs at all!"
"You, you-"
Lu Qian's eyes bulged out, and only at this moment did he understand what Zhao Huawen's accentuated tone just now, Zhao Huawen entered the palace to kill the king, and he was an accomplice.
Zhao Huawen has no foundation in the state army, although these people were originally the forbidden army of Gale City, but Zhao Huawen is under the control of the imperial capital, and he can't control these people at all, this time Zhao Huawen has placed the generals he brought to the key positions, but the manpower is still insufficient, and they have no prestige in the army, so they still use some officers from the original forbidden army, Lu Qian is one of them.
Zhao Huawen conspired with these people, as long as he supported King Qi to the throne, he would be able to make immortal achievements, and in the future, he would be promoted to the rank of lord and enjoy endless glory and wealth, but he didn't say that he wanted to kill the king, so Lu Qian didn't dare to have the idea of doing anything when he saw Xuan Ling.
Most of these people who were brought into the palace by Zhao Huawen were his cronies, this Lu Qian was originally a captain of the forbidden army, Zhao Huawen arrived at the barracks, he tried his best to stammer, Zhao Huawen felt that this person could be bought when he saw the wind and the rudder, so he stayed by his side, but he didn't expect that he didn't understand at the critical moment, so he could only get rid of it.
Xuan Ling didn't expect Zhao Huawen to kill Lu Qian in front of him, but as soon as he thought about it, he immediately understood that Zhao Huawen's control of the forbidden army was far from doing whatever he wanted, and the highest position of the forbidden army had been vacant, and only the general with the holy decree and the tiger talisman could be mobilized, and Zhao Huawen could not cultivate his own henchmen before serving as the general of Zhenguo.
Thinking of this verse, Xuan Ling's confidence suddenly increased.
"Zhao Huawen, you dare to commit murder in front of me, what do you want to do!"
"Your Majesty, the last general is here to escort you."
Zhao Huawen had a wicked smile on his face, he pulled out his short sword, and his body retreated backwards.
"Hey, don't go!"
Zhao Zhen screamed, but Zhao Huawen had already exited the door.
The forbidden army outside was a little surprised when they saw Zhao Huawen coming out alone, still covered in blood, because they saw that Zhao Huawen went in with Lu Qian, and now Lu Qian didn't come out, he came out alone.
Zhao Huawen brandished his short sword and shouted, "General Lu was killed by them, Qingshou is not the emperor at all, it is a rebellion, come here, give me a fire!" ”
The forbidden soldiers were dumbfounded, but since General Zhenguo gave the order, everyone lit torches and prepared to burn the building.
At this time, the upstairs window was pushed open, and Xuan Ling leaned out and shouted, "Traitor, I am here, who dares to pretend!" ”
Zhao Huawen sneered.
"Release the arrows, release the arrows to me, this demon is so bold that he dares to pretend to be the emperor!"
Some of those forbidden soldiers had seen Xuan Ling, but at this moment, they were far away, and Xuan Ling was not wearing a dragon robe, so they were not sure.
Zhao Zhen heard Zhao Huawen shouting to release the arrow, hurriedly pushed Xuan Ling away, and shouted, "Everyone, I believe in Wang Zhaozhen, don't you know this king!" ”
Few of the forbidden troops below really knew Zhao Zhen, but Zhao Zhen's momentum made them stunned.
Zhao Huawen pointed with a short sword.
"Listen, everyone, kill the rebel, everyone here today will be rewarded!"
An archer draws an arrow with a bow and shoots an arrow with a whoosh.
Zhao Zhen hurriedly dodged, and he wanted to stand up, but the archer shot another arrow.
"Upstairs is rebellious, give me a fire to Qingshou Tower!"
Zhao Zhen was very anxious upstairs, and he shouted in the window, "The emperor said, Zhao Huawen is a thief who is a rebellious minister, whoever takes down this thief will be promoted to three levels in a row, rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, and a thousand horses of brocade!" ”
Zhao Huawen sneered, Lu Qian is dead, these forbidden soldiers are of low rank, but they only listen to themselves, and they said loudly at the moment, "Shoot arrows, shoot rockets!" ”
Hearing this order, Lin Zhaoyi knelt in front of Xuan Ling and cried, "Your Majesty, it was all the concubines who harmed the emperor. ”
Xuan Ling grabbed Lin Zhaoyi's hand and patted it.
"Alas, your fault is that you burned those hidden paintings, not today's fault!"
"No, it's the concubine's fault, it's not the concubine who burned His Majesty's paintings, how could Your Majesty go to the calligraphy and painting tasting meeting, not the calligraphy and painting tasting meeting, how could you be poisoned by the plot, if you are not poisoned, how can you be killed by the queen?"
"Whoosh-"
A rocket came in and stuck it in the pillar, and Zhao Zhen stepped forward to pull it out and trampled it out with a few blows.
But there was a whooshing sound, and two more arrows came in.
"Stop, what are you doing!"
Suddenly there was a clear voice outside the door, and it was a woman's voice.
As soon as Zhao Huawen turned around, he saw a middle-aged woman standing at the door of the Qingshou Palace.
This woman is dressed in a vegetarian body, with a cloud bun on her head, and only a silver hairpin adorned on her bun, her complexion is fair, she looks like she is in her thirties, and she is very well maintained.
Zhao Huawen was taken aback, this woman turned out to be Concubine Shu Xian, the mother of Prince Zhaoheng.
Concubine Shu Xian stepped into the door, and there were five women behind her, they were Concubine Rong, Concubine Jing, Concubine Zhuang, Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui.
Zhao Huawen didn't expect that Concubine Shu Xian would come here with all the concubines in the harem.
In fact, Concubine Shu Xian is the last fight, although she has no strength to fight back, she still has to make the last effort.
Zhao Huawen frowned, he was in charge of the imperial capital, and he knew all these six concubines.
"Concubine Xian, martial law is under martial law in the palace today, why did you take everyone out and walk around!"
"It turned out to be Zhao Dutong, and today the ban in the palace was ordered by you?"
Zhao Huawen snorted, Concubine Shu Xian only called him Dutong, which was deliberately belittling herself.
"No, the order of martial law in the palace today was issued by the queen."
"What about the Queen?"
Zhao Huawen's eyes flashed with fierce light.
"Hmph, the queen's conspiracy to seize power has been abolished, and now it is King Qi who will succeed to the throne, please go back to your palace to avoid accidents!"
"The queen was deposed, and King Qi succeeded to the throne?"
Concubine Shu Xian thought that all this was instructed by the queen, and suddenly heard that the queen was deposed and King Qi was on the throne, she was very shocked, and the five concubines behind her also changed color.
"Who deposed the queen, what happened in the palace, and you want to make such a big move?"
As soon as Zhao Huawen turned his head, he saw the eunuchs and men in the imperial dining room who were forced to surrender in the corner of the wall, and immediately pointed at his short sword and shouted, "They are rebellious!" ”
A little eunuch shouted, "We're not, we're here to save the emperor, and he's on top!" ”