Chapter Ninety-Six: Too Late to Save (I)
With Huan Ke fast, day and night, fortunately Yi drunk has the ability to travel thousands of miles a day, and the two of us were able to enter the territory of the pan night in only five days.
It's just that as soon as we stepped into the land of the night, Huan Ke and I couldn't help frowning. All the way to the south, the gates of the cities in the country are wide open at night. The streets were deserted, and there was hardly a single person in sight, except for the tightly closed doors of the houses beside the road, and the occasionally fearful eyes that could be seen looking timidly at us from the houses.
I thought that the imperial capital Xiqu would be more or less heavily guarded, but who knew that the situation was not as good as that of other cities. Huan Ke and I were neither interrogated nor stopped, but we had to go in and out of the palace.
Huan Ke took the horse, and when he had set Yidrunk in place, the two of us walked to the first guard in armor that we had seen in a few days. The guard still had blood on his face, and was spitting bloody sputum on the ground. Seeing the two of us waving their swords vigilantly, their whole bodies stiffened: "Who are you?" ”
"The two of us are the deceased of the Emperor of the Night." I replied loudly: "This time I came to inform the emperor of something important. I hope you will go and spread the word. ”
"Your Majesty? What kind of identity do you dare to ask to see the emperor? Sneering, the guard clenched the hilt of his sword for half a minute and did not relax: "Although the hour has not yet arrived, the palace has begun to prepare early. Today, all day long, the emperor has no time to see idle people and so on! You two go quickly! ”
"The hour has not yet come? What time has not yet come? ”
With a sense of foreboding, I stepped forward, and the guard bluffed the tip of his sword at me. The cold flashed. In the blink of an eye, Huan Ke had already grasped the empty trace with one hand, the blade of the sword was on the guard's shoulder, and he took advantage of the situation to hand over the weapon in his hand: "If this is the case at every turn, it will be for you to provoke yourself if you let the Emperor of the Night know in the future." What did you just say? ”
I was so shocked that I didn't have time to react for a while, and after a while, the guard Fang spoke tremblingly, and finally looked at me and Huan Ke: "Yes...... It was noon today, and the emperor was going to execute the rebel minister Zong Zheng Gengfu at the noon gate...... The emperor announced this to the world five days ago......"
"Execution of Zongzheng Gengfu?!" Shocked, Huan Ke and I glanced at each other, and said hurriedly: "Where is the emperor now?!" ”
Almost shaken into chaff, the guard wept and mourned, his face distorted: "It's almost halfway up now...... The emperor should have prepared ...... at the noon gate."
Skipped him and quickly ran towards the palace, and Huan Ke followed after a while, probably knocking the guard unconscious. Regardless of my identity and situation, I only thought that I would be able to turn the tide in time, but when I saw the noon gate, I suddenly heard the bronze bell ringing in the palace.
It's noon.
The air seemed to be immediately stained with blood. I stopped and slowly turned my head to look at Huan Ke. He pursed his lips, his eyes were complicated, and after a moment he was still holding my hand and running towards the noon gate. I was so close that I almost suffocated.
On the huge execution platform, there were only two people left at this moment. Faintly coming from the wind was the despair and pain of Zong Zheng Gengfu's old man: "...... The king calls the minister to die, and the minister is not dead and disloyal. The emperor has not long ascended the throne, and it seems that he ...... Is it unwilling to let the old minister make a modest contribution to the pan night country? ”
"It's just a matter of coaxing the ignorant people with this nonsense, to coax Yu Gu, am I really stupid in my Meng clan!" Meng Yehan pressed forward step by step, and pulled out a beheading knife: "For the night, for the father, for the tens of millions of courtiers who were coerced by you and deceived by you, it is not enough for you to bear a thousand cuts!" It's a pity that you only have one life, which makes people unhappy! ”
Before his words fell, as if he had woken up, Meng Yehan dropped the big knife and sneered bloodthirsty: "Lonely and forgetful, the heinous criminal, since ancient times, he has never died happily!" I have not been punished so far since I established the country overnight, and this time I will be headed by you! ”
trembling very sharply, Zong Zheng Gengfu smiled bitterly for a long time, and sighed to Tianchang: "Unexpectedly, my Zong Zheng Gengfu was powerful all his life, and in the end, he died of ...... How did it end up like this...... Retribution in this world......"
Far away, I only saw Zong Zheng Gengfu barely bracing himself up, struggling to hit the blade. Meng Yehan flexibly picked up the blade of the knife with his toes, held it with his backhand, and swept it down like a cloud.
Without the slightest struggle, Zong Zhenggeng fell lifelessly. Scarlet blood gushed out from his neck.
All the lightning and flint happened and ended the moment Huan Ke and I got rid of the blocking soldiers and stepped on the execution platform. I covered my lips, closed my eyes and turned away. Huan Ke paused and took me behind him: "Hu Ru Kaiyuan King Huan Ke, I have seen the Emperor of the Night." ”
It was as if there was an invisible thick barrier between us and Him. After a long time, Meng Ye turned back slowly, his eyes were red, his cheeks were bloodstained, his sleeves were stained, and bean-sized droplets of blood fell to the ground from his cuffs.
Hu Ru...... Kaiyuan King? ”
After another long time, Meng Ye Hanfang spoke in an intriguing tone without hurrying. He slanted into a smile and wanted to say more, but he turned his eyes to see me.
"Isn't this the royal sister? …… No, at this moment, the imperial sister has changed again, and she is the emperor of Lianghong again. What a blessing. ”
The tone was sarcastic, Meng Yehan raised his arm and raised his eyebrows defiantly: "At the beginning of Yiliu Pond, Gu Zeng congratulated Emperor Ji on choosing to be wise and take refuge in Zong Zhengxu. But looking at the current situation, it was indeed arbitrary back then. It's just that Emperor Lingyue has always been good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. At that time, he was able to abandon Zong Zhengxu and throw himself into the arms of King Hu Ru Kaiyuan, and this time he can also distinguish things and return to loneliness? ”
He gradually became excited and became impassioned: "If you know how to please Gu and make Gu happy, Gu can reluctantly consider making you a concubine of the night." Even if your actual identity is humble and lowly, Lone can take Lianghong as a big county and make you the county lord first! After that, it is logical to accept you as a concubine! ”
The words were incoherent, the words were reversed, and before I could respond, Meng Yehan staggered another step and turned to Huan Ke: "King Hu Ru Kaiyuan, he should also be under my command of Pan Ye!" Gu Yuan also plans to recruit wise men and accept good ministers and fierce generals from all over the world! When everything is ready, when the time is ripe, then raise troops in one fell swoop and attack Hu Ru! At that time, the three kingdoms will be one, and the world will be unified! Lone will make you an important minister in the court, and share the glory and wealth of the world with Lone! ”
"Meng Ye Han ......"
No matter how unbearable it was, I interrupted his delusional fantasy with a low voice: "I'll just ask one thing." Zongzheng Gengfu ...... These many scars on the body...... Are you all hands-on? ”
He was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud. Meng Yehan pointed to the shattered corpse on the ground, and laughed proudly: "Naturally! Be so! Such traitors have controlled the night government for decades! Why shouldn't Lone avenge his father, avenge his subjects, and be a bright night?! Lone hated to exchange a few big knives, and they were all cut to the point of dullness. I wanted to make it late, but I missed it for a while, and he ended up happy! But it doesn't hurt! Lone has already ordered someone to fetch a long whip and a big axe, and is ready to whip the corpse of this untouchable person to the public, exposing the corpse to the wilderness! When the time comes, does Emperor Lingyue want to come to observe? ”
I almost couldn't help retching, I lowered my head deeply and looked at Huan Ke's fists clenched: "Before Zong Zheng Gengfu died, he didn't defend a word?" ”
What else can he say? But I have been looking at Gu with red eyes, and I also know that he has a heinous crime, and the crime is unforgivable! When it came, I really cried! A coward at the end of the day! King Kaiyuan can still take a look, although the head has been cut off by Lonely, he can still see that this old thief is dead! ”
Despise and disgust, spit and scold. Meng Ye shouted frantically: "The father is dead, and the son is next!" Lonely has ordered the whole country to arrest the criminal minister Zong Zhengxu! When he is brought to justice, Lone wants him to see his father's rotting and stinky corpse with his own eyes, just like his father's death! In this way, we can talk about the anger in my heart for several years! ”
He wanted to speak, but he lost his voice. The night is now devastated. Zong Zheng Gengfu is the reassurance of the government and the opposition in the night, and the controller of the real power in the night. Meng Ye didn't think about the consequences, seized his power, and brutally killed him, which was bound to set off a monstrous wave in the Three Kingdoms. Zong Zhenggeng was in a high position and power, and his death was so miserable that no matter the subjects who had befriended or had interests with him in Su Rili, even the people who had nothing to do with him must be terrified. In the middle of the night, the courtiers had fled, and the people were scattered.
According to Meng Yehan's wisdom, if he was still rational, he would never be so extreme and push himself into a desperate situation. But his personality is the most intolerant of sand in his eyes, and he has to spit out every little thing. Zong Zheng Gengfu's oppression of Meng Deng and the Fanye royal family over the years has long become a thorn that can never be eliminated in Meng Yehan's heart. When it was still necessary for Zong Zhengxu to fight outside, Meng Yehan naturally moved Zong Zhenggeng to pay it; As soon as the news of Xiao Xuan's death came back to Xiqu, Meng Yehan immediately attacked Zong Zhenggeng, acting vigorously and resolutely, and caught the eyes of the people who were spying on the throne of the night by surprise.
In fact, Meng Yehan was only one step away from collapse at this moment.
hesitated, and stopped talking. After being entangled like this for a moment, I raised my eyes and saw that Meng Yehan had really taken a long whip from the eunuch's hand. He chuckled, but the corners of his eyes were full of hatred, and his arms were raised high, and he was about to swing down. I didn't care about other things anymore, and shouted loudly while Huan Ke restrained his wrist: "Zongzheng Gengfu is your biological father!" ”
Throwing Huan Ke away, Meng Yehan turned his eyes to see Huan Ke standing side by side with me in relief, still elated, and asked triumphantly: "What did you say?" ”
I suspect that he clearly heard it, but it was only a mixture of words in the void. Even though I am not an insider, I really feel the pain and worry of Queen Lianghong Lingshui at that moment: "I said...... Zong Zheng Gengfu is your biological father, and Zong Zhengxu is your brother. Your biological mother is Queen Lianghong Lingshui. …… Your surname is Zongzheng, not Meng. ”
The curvature of the corners of the mouth was fixed in place, and Fang Fang reluctantly raised it upwards for a long time. Meng Ye turned his head away with disdain, there was a trace of anger and panic in his eyes: "Emperor Lingyue has always argued with reason, when did she start to deceive people with such jokes?" ”