On this day, there were no clouds.

Men, women and children in the capital gathered at the gate of the city, and the pedestrians on the street also avoided on both sides of the road, crowded, tilted their heads, and looked curiously at the army in the middle of the avenue, neatly and orderly.

The army numbered 1,000 men in a long line, with dozens of shackled prisoners and fifteen carts full of cargo boxes.

The most majestic of the whole army is undoubtedly the leader in front of the head, without armor, only wearing a sword, riding on a white high-headed horse, his clothes fluttering in the wind, he can really be described as a beautiful son.

"You're so young."

"It's not young, it's only in his twenties, his father died and his son succeeded, and now he holds two major military powers, so he can be said to be the hottest person in the entire court today."

"Such a young man, will he lead the troops?"

…… The crowd of onlookers on both sides of the road looked up at Gong Jiu and walked slowly, and there were many discussions, envy, jealousy, and worshippers.

became the focus of everyone, but there was no joy or sorrow on Gong Jiu's face, and his eyes looked at the direction of the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City in front of him, as if he had seen the emperor on the dragon chair......

Gong Jiu's hand unconsciously clenched the saber at his waist.

All the way to the gate of the Forbidden City.

There have been people waiting at the gate of the palace for a long time, and it is Wei Ziyun, the head of the Ouchi guards.

As soon as he saw Gong Jiu, without waiting for Gong Jiu to get off the horse, Wei Ziyun hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "First-class guard Wei Ziyun, meet the King of Taiping." ”

Although Gong Jiu holds the military power of the two places, he only inherits the title of King Taiping.

"Excuse me, before you are officially canonized by Your Majesty, you should still call me the prince." Gong Jiu turned over and dismounted, and everyone behind him stopped in place.

"The King of Taiping has worked hard and captured the traitor, this time he entered the palace, and the canonization is not a matter of course." Wei Ziyun's title remains unchanged and he is extremely courteous.

Anyone can see that the future of this newly ascended prince is limitless.

"I don't dare to disobey the rudeness." As Gong Jiu spoke, he strode up to Wei Ziyun and reached out to untie the sword at his waist without hesitation.

Naturally, you can't bring a sword when you enter the palace.

Wei Ziyun stood aside with his head down, and he didn't dare to urge Gong Jiu, like a subordinate, and glanced at the prisoners in the army behind Gong Jiu.

Among the prisoners, one prisoner was very conspicuous, and the other prisoners were tied together in a long iron chain, lined up in a row, and walked with difficulty, but this prisoner was sitting in a prisoner cart, and it was an iron prisoner cart, and the wooden flail around his neck was larger than the other prisoners, and the shackles were chained to his feet at one end and the iron fence of the prisoner cart at the other, as thick as an adult man's arm.

The wind blew the prisoner's messy hair covering his face, and the face revealed was actually Li Yang.

"A top master, but in the end, he ended up in this step......" As soon as Wei Ziyun saw Li Yang, he couldn't help but think of the duel on the roof of Taihe at the top of the Forbidden City.

At that time, Li Yang was so detached, and then looked at what he was in front of him, how depressed he was, which made Wei Ziyun, who was also a martial arts practitioner, full of sighs in his heart, and at the same time even more in awe of the imperial power.

The supreme master is still like this, let alone a first-class master like him.

"Give." Gong Jiu had already untied the sword, held it with both hands, and handed it to Wei Ziyun.

Looking closely, Gong Jiu's left hand was held at the lower end of the scabbard, but his right hand was held at the hilt of the sword.

Wei Ziyun didn't notice this small detail, he even deliberately lowered his head in front of Gong Jiu to show humility, and took the sword with both hands as if receiving a decree, and when his hands touched the sword body,

"Boom."

The five fingers of Gong Jiu's right hand suddenly clenched, and with a pull, he pulled out the sword, and the sword body slashed through Wei Ziyun's throat in the process of pulling it out.

"Poof."

Blood gushed out from his throat, Wei Ziyun looked at Gong Jiu in disbelief, whimpering in his mouth, and he didn't know what to say, but before he could spit out half a word, he turned into a corpse and fell to the ground.

The shock came suddenly.

The guards on duty at the gate of the palace, their eyes were dull, their mouths were slightly open, and they looked at Wei Ziyun's corpse in front of them stupidly, but they didn't react.

"Wow!"

Gong Jiu turned into a figure with his sword and flashed through the palace gate, and the guards on both sides of the palace gate fell one after another like cutting leeks.

"Kill!"

"Follow the little prince and rush in!"

"Whoever kills the emperor will be rewarded with ten thousand households!"

…… Those thousand-strong troops standing quietly outside the palace gate broke out with a sound at this moment, and they drew their swords one after another, and under the shouts of the king's commanders, they rushed to follow the palace nine behind the palace gate.

And those prisoners with shackles and leg shackles, as soon as they stretched out their hands, there was a key lying in the palm of each hand, as if they had been rehearsed countless times in advance, exchanging with each other, unlocking each other, and then shouting to kill, rushed into the palace gate, and also came from behind, rushing to the front of the king's commander and other soldiers.

Where are these prisoners, it is clear that they are a group of masters with martial arts.

"Bang dang."

The iron prisoner car made a loud noise, the iron fences on all sides fell down violently, the iron chain was untied, and Li Yang directly picked up a thick iron chain nearby, wrapped it around his arm, and entered the palace gate.

As soon as you enter the palace gate, corpses and blood can be seen everywhere.

The current guards are not the guards when they besieged Li Yang and other martial arts masters, but they were heavily defended that night, as if they were unprepared today, they were all scattered in one palace after another, and they lost the leader of Wei Ziyun, for a while, they couldn't be organized, and they were easily slaughtered like chopping melons and vegetables.

Gong Jiu and the others were so powerful that they killed all the way from the gate of the palace to the front of the Taihe Palace.

The emperor was in the imperial study.

The imperial study has already been repaired, and there is no trace of destruction at all, at this moment, the emperor is sitting on the throne, in front of him is a neatly stacked pile of folds, but he has no intention of reviewing, under the quiet appearance, there is a restless heart.

"Soldiers."

"He is only in his twenties, and he has the military power of the two places, will he still be able to control it in the future?"

"I just took this opportunity to seize the power of the army."

"These people have all been in contact with Li Yang, and there is no guarantee that they will not know my secrets, so they must all be killed."

"By the way, there is still the one surnamed Sun, who can't stay."

…… The emperor's restless heart was full of murderous intentions, including Li Yang, Gong Jiu, and Wang Commander, even the most inconspicuous General Sun, who he didn't even remember his full name, was also on the must-kill list, but as everyone knows, General Sun had already been intercepted and killed by the attentive Li Yang in advance.

Once the success is done, the bones are withered, and under the dragon chair high above, how can it not be a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood?

Having succeeded in seizing the throne, he must ensure that his rule is foolproof and unbreakable.

The people around the imperial study have already been arranged, just waiting for Gong Jiu to come here to make a move, as long as there is no Gong Jiu, his subordinates are outside the palace gate, and the army in the southern Xinjiang and the fiefdom, is not he, the emperor, can be released from receiving an edict?

Perhaps for his own reasons, the emperor was extremely jealous of the vassal king who held the military power, especially the current Gong Jiu, who was also the son of the vassal king.

The emperor even had in mind a series of policies to reduce the power of the feudal domain in the future, and Gong Jiu was the first victim of this policy.

Then

"Your Majesty, it's not good, it's not good......" A little eunuch hurriedly ran in, without even a report, because he ran too quickly, and finally fell at the emperor's feet.

"Presumptuous!" The emperor, who was immersed in his future national policies, was startled, saw that he was just a little eunuch, and kicked angrily.

The eunuch who was kicked to the side crawled back with his hands and feet, kowtowing heavily in front of the emperor, knocking his head with a bang.

"The little slave should die, the little slave should die...... But...... There's a rebel army out there?! ”

"Rebels? How could there be a rebellious army?! The emperor grabbed the eunuch, and in a fit of rage, he lifted it up to the little eunuch at once.

"Yes...... Be...... The prince of the Taiping Wang ...... "The little eunuch stammered and told the emperor that Gong Jiu suddenly killed Wei Ziyun and entered the palace gate.

"It's him."

The emperor's eyes were a little distracted.

He wanted to cut the domain and seize power, but he didn't expect that the other party was also thinking about seizing power, and he also attacked him before him, which caught him off guard.

"Get out."

was a step too late and fell into passivity, the emperor was so angry that he kicked the little eunuch again, and the little eunuch was so frightened that he escaped from the imperial study.

"What should I do?" The emperor paced back and forth, and after a few clicks, he had an idea.

"Someone."

A guard immediately flashed in outside the door, and it was the inner guard in the palace who was second only to Wei Ziyun in status, Yin Xian.

"I have appointed you as a first-class internal guard, and from now on, all the palace guards will be dispatched by you."

Ha?

Yin was stunned.

Is this a promotion?

The emperor didn't have time to give him reaction and joy, and said: "You immediately take my edict and mobilize the palace guards, forbidden troops, even eunuchs, to block the rebel army, this is a token, if you can successfully repel the rebel army, I will crown you as a marquis, hereditary replacement." ”

As the emperor spoke, he solemnly handed over a piece of peiyu he had with him to Yin Xian.

Is this a promotion?

Yin Xian was still a little stunned, and after reacting, he felt ecstasy in his heart, and immediately kowtowed to thank him.

The emperor waved his hand, "Okay, the false courtesy is waived, go quickly." ”

Yin Xian took the order and left.

The emperor was not at ease.

Although Gong Jiu brought only a thousand people, far less than the palace guards, but Gong Jiu came under the banner of escorting Li Yang, and Li Yang was a person who had direct contact, and now he rebelled again, which made the emperor have to worry that the two might collude together.

The army is easy to deal with, but the martial arts master is difficult.

"I also have martial arts masters by my side...... The emperor walked quickly to a wall on the left side of the bookshelf, lifted a piece of imperial painting on it, and knocked it nine times on the seemingly ordinary wall behind it.

The wall of "Rumbling ......" suddenly opened like a door.

There is a hole in this imperial study.

I haven't seen the appearance of the hole behind the wall, and a person walks out of it first.

This person is dressed in a Taoist robe, holding a whisk in his hand, with gray hair and a childish face, giving people the feeling of a young man among the elderly.

"I've seen Your Majesty." The old Taoist priest rushed to the emperor and said.

It's just a gesture.

The emperor was not surprised in the slightest, but called out very respectfully:

"Gu Daochang......"

ps: This emperor is the son of the king of Pingnan, and the two words are better than the five characters, so he will write the emperor later......

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