Chapter 257: Killing the father and usurping the throne
The evening of the palace was very quiet, except for a few palace maids chatting in the courtyard, there was not a single guard to be seen, because the guards had all gone out with the army, and Lu Meng walked very calmly with four retinues, and even a little excited, because tonight he was about to ascend the throne he had been waiting for for a long time.
When she arrived at the door of Lu Jia's bedroom, after the palace maid gave a salute, she was about to turn around and go to the king, but Lu Meng stopped her and said, "No need, I'll go in by myself!" The palace maid bowed her head and retreated to both sides when she heard this, Lu Meng is the future king of the south, and the palace maids understand this truth.
Lu Meng entered the dormitory alone, although the lamp was burning in the dormitory, but it was still dim, this was Lu Jia's habit, he slept very early and there was always a lone lamp burning next to the bed, his life at this time was like the lone lamp, faint and uncertain.
To Lu Meng's surprise, although Lu Jia slept, he slept on a chair, and his younger brother Lu Zhe sat opposite him, and there was a chessboard on the table between the two.
Seeing Lu Meng walking in, Lu Zhe said in a low voice: "Brother Wang came to see his father so late, what's the matter?"
Lu Meng said: "I haven't asked you yet, why don't you go back to your palace so late, and stay by my father's side?"
Lu Zhe said: "My father passed my brother to play chess tonight, maybe my father was too tired these days, and I fell asleep when I played, and it was unfilial to leave without my father's permission, and it was unfilial to disturb my father's rest, so my brother had to wait here for my father to wake up and leave." β
Lu Meng said: "You are filial! Go back, I have something to report to my father." β
Lu Zhe said: "What is so important that you want to disturb your father's rest?"
Lu Meng said: "You don't need to listen to this matter, you can retreat, and when your father wakes up, I will tell my father." β
Lu Zhe had no choice but to get up, and when he walked by Lu Meng's side, he seemed to vaguely guess something, and paused and said: "My father only has our two princes, although Brother Wang and I are not born to the same mother, but we are all in the blood of our father, I hope Brother Wang knows that we are the closest people in the world at any time." β
Lu Meng sighed and said, "You don't need to be reminded of this sentence, you boy, go down!"
After Lu Zhe left, Lu Meng stood in front of his father and looked at him for a long time, he was hesitating, anyone would hesitate at this time, after all, he was his biological father who raised him now, maybe in a few years, this twilight old age will leave.
But he couldn't afford to wait, anyone who had been waiting for that position since birth would get bored, he had waited for more than thirty years, he had almost nothing to do but wait, and he had a young brother, his brother was so intelligent that if he couldn't sit in that position for a day, he felt that this brother was a threat.
Lu Meng finally asked tentatively, "Father?"
Lu Jia didn't wake up, leaned on the chair and fell asleep, Lu Meng's hands began to tremble, at this time he felt that he was a beast, and the beast may not be as vicious as him, he muttered in his heart: " Father, don't blame the sons, you are forced to do this, you are already old and confused, you should have given up the throne to the sons and daughters a long time ago, in a few years, the sons are almost old, even if they sit on the throne, they can still sit on the king for a few years, so the sons can't afford to wait, you must end such a painful wait, if you want to hate, you should hate that position, that position will never have family affection!"
Lu Meng took out a red handkerchief with a trembling hand, this was the handkerchief given to him by Yu Sisi, as long as he sniffed it, he would stop breathing instantly, and no one would notice that he was poisoned and died.
When Lu Meng was about to put the handkerchief on Lu Jia's mouth and nose, he found that Lu Jia had opened his eyes and was staring at him, his eyes were shining coldly, Lu Meng was so frightened that he almost sat down on the ground, but he had already made up his mind, and he couldn't retreat anymore at this time, he quickly pounced, pressed the handkerchief on Lu Jia's mouth and nose, and pressed his head with the other hand.
Although Lu Jia is old, but when people are dying and struggling, their strength is amazing, the table was kicked down, the '......' chess pieces fell to the ground, and Lu Meng's face was also scratched with a bloody mark, he was full of tears, and pressed Lu Jia to the ground, although it was only a few moments, it was even more difficult than he had waited for so many years, until Lu Jia stared at his eyes and stopped struggling, and lost his strength, he cried and said: "Father, you can go in peace!" Slowly withdrew his hands that were still trembling, straightened up, and put away the handkerchief.
"Father!" A cry came from behind Lu Meng, only to see Lu Zhe rushing back, throwing himself in front of the corpse and kneeling, shaking the corpse and shouting: "Father, wake up, wake up!" Seeing that there was no response, he suddenly raised his head, pointed at Lu Meng and said, "You killed my father!"
Lu Meng wiped away his tears and said in a deep voice: "When I came, my father had already passed away, but you didn't notice it when you were young. β
Lu Zhe cried: "The throne will be yours in the end, and I will not fight with you, why do you want to kill your father and do such a rebellious thing!"
Lu Meng said: "You are just a child who is not as weak as the crown, no one will believe what you say, if you want to live, close your mouth, and guard your father's coffin in a proper manner!" After speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief, walked out of the dormitory, and told his entourage the news of Lu Jia's death.
The bad news spread quickly, and within half an hour, all the ministers of South Vietnam had rushed to the palace, worship was secondary, and supporting the new king was the key, and LΓΌ Meng successfully ascended the throne that night.
After discussing secretly with Shi Zecheng and Fang Yu, LΓΌ Meng issued the first royal order, blocking the news of the death of the king of Nan, and ordering the soldiers who were on the expedition to stay in place, and General Xu returned to Panyu quickly.
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On the second day, the palace is wearing white filial piety, the mourning is endless, Lu Meng, Lu Zhe stay in front of the coffin, the ministers worship, He Xun's crying is the loudest, while crying while singing praises to the merits of the king of the south during his lifetime, hoarse, the ministers have to kneel and cry with them, crying for a long time.
Just when He Xun couldn't cry, there was a 'dong dong' sound in the coffin, this sound was not trivial, Lu Meng was closest to the coffin, and he was so frightened that he fell directly to the ground.
The ministers also exclaimed, only to see the coffin lid move slowly, and with a 'bang', two hands stretched out and grabbed the coffin boards on both sides, Lu Jia stared and sat up in the coffin.
Although in the daytime, seeing this kind of thing, all the people were frightened, scared into a cold sweat, Lu Meng pointed at Lu Jia and said: "Father, you ......" He was sure that the handkerchief that Yu Sisi gave him was definitely not bad, and he killed his father with his own hands, and he would never believe that the father in front of him was a person.
Lu Jia stared at Lu Meng with his glasses, and said in a trembling voice: "You rebellious beast, you actually killed this king without turning a blind eye!"
Lu Meng trembled and said: "Father, it wasn't me who harmed you, no, don't scare me,......"
"If you hadn't done it, where did the blood on your face come from!"
Lu Zhe pointed at Lu Meng and said: "I can testify that it was indeed he who killed his father, and the blood stains on his face were injured by his father when he struggled!" The ministers were shocked, and when they heard a terrible thing, they were at a loss for a while.
Lu Meng said: "It's not me, it's not me, they forced me!" suddenly pointed at Shi Zecheng.
Shi Zecheng squinted his eyes and stared at Lu Jia, who had come back from the dead, and when he saw Lu Meng shifting the blame to him, he snorted coldly and said, "Useless thing!" Standing up, staring at Lu Jia, he stepped forward steadily, and said in a deep voice: "The first king has passed away, you don't pretend to be a ghost here, frame Zhongliang, tell me who you are, where did you hide the body of the first king?"
Someone among the ministers shouted: "He is the first king, he can't be wrong!"
Before Shi Zecheng could find out who the speaker was, he listened to Lu Jiadao: "Shi Zecheng, this king treats you well, you can't kill you once, and you want to kill this king again in front of the ministers, if it's really a wolf's ambition, come here, take him down quickly!"
Shi Zecheng looked up to the sky and smiled: "You want to see people, okay, I'll let you meet people!" He drew his sword and shouted, "Someone!" As soon as the words fell, he saw a group of people with swords rushing in, and in a blink of an eye, the palace was surrounded by more than 1,000 people.
Shi Zecheng did not hurry or slow to face the ministers, pointed at Lu Jia with his sword and said, "Who still thinks that he is the first king now?"
Seeing so many soldiers, where did the ministers dare to speak out, this is clearly to kill the king and usurp the throne, I am afraid that before they can stand up, their heads will fall to the ground.
Lu Zhe said: "What a group of cowardly rats, my father was threatened, and no one dared to stand up and speak!"
Fang Yu got up and said with a smile: "Those who know the times are Junjie, if these soldiers are all the people of the third prince, I am afraid that all the ministers will stand up and speak for the third prince." β
Lu Jia said: "Fang Yu, this must have been arranged by you secretly, right?"
Fang Yu said proudly: "The position of the king has been sitting for too long, it should have been replaced by a virtuous person a long time ago!"
Lu Jiadao: "Do you think this rebel is more virtuous than this king?"
Fang Yu laughed and said: "He even dared to kill his own father, where is the word virtuous, you take a closer look at me, is it more virtuous than you?"
When Lu Meng heard this, he pointed at Fang Yu and scolded: "You traitor and thief, you dare to deceive me, cousin, kill him quickly!"
Shi Zecheng smiled and said: "Lord Fang, no, it should be called the king, that's right, do you think you, a rebel, are still qualified to sit on the throne? You even dare to kill your father, what else can't you do?"
Lu Meng was stunned, all the waiting turned into a dream bubble at this moment, and all that was left was remorse and despair.
Fang Yu said to Lu Jia in a deep voice: "If you take the initiative to let Xian in front of the ministers, this king will remember the kindness of the past and spare your lives, if you don't, then this king will have to send your family to reunite!"
Lu Jia suddenly smiled and said: "Your conspiracy is too boring, Poor Dao really can't stand it, this father is really not good, and the king is not easy to do, forget it, Poor Dao won't play with you anymore, you just wait to die!" After speaking, he jumped out of the coffin.
Yang Yingjie, who was disguised as an entourage beside Fang Yu, shouted: "He is Jin Xingzi, kill him quickly!"
'Whew'......, Jin Xingzi spewed out a long flame, and pounced on Shi Zecheng and the others who came forward, Shi Zecheng was shocked, where did he dare to resist, and hurriedly fell to the ground to dodge, because he was a step slower, his hair was hot, and he instantly turned into ashes.
At this time, Jin Xingzi had already picked up Lu Zhe, stepped on the bald head, jumped high, and shouted, "Just because you also want to keep the poor road!" Then he spewed out a fire dragon to the soldiers who rushed over, and the soldiers could only lie on the ground and cover their heads, Jin Xingzi jumped several times in a row, and had already gone to the roof and ran towards the city gate.
Fang Yu shouted: "Chase!" Yang Yingjie and the black-robed old man also jumped on the roof to chase Jin Xingzi, those soldiers didn't have that light skill, they could only follow left and right below, and in the blink of an eye, they couldn't see the people on the roof.
Shi Zecheng's bald head was stepped into the soil by Jin Xingzi's foot, and it took a while for a while to sit up with Venus in his eyes and grogginess, and the ministers did not run at this time to wait for when, but they all had a question in their hearts, this king is pretending, so where is the real king?