709 - Clear conscience
The empress was sitting in the Taiji Palace, and she had just changed her posture, and Narcissus walked in from outside in a panic and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good." โ
The empress wiped the corners of her eyes and looked back at Narcissus.
Narcissus said: "Zhao Lei, the king of Dong'a, gather a group of clans and ask His Majesty to give an explanation." โ
The empress was a little distracted: "What do you say?" โ
Narcissus was embarrassed: "They said that Shen Xiping made a rebellion, and Shu Jiuchai openly resisted, and he should be killed, but why didn't His Majesty punish them and protect them, so, so..."
The empress sneered: "So, then Zhao Lei forced the palace?" โ
Narcissus's body was shocked, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Zhao Lei, they didn't carry weapons, they just surrounded the noon gate with a group of people. โ
The empress laughed loudly: "Just surround the palace gate? Haha, this group of people really thought that I was easy to bully, first Zhao Sui, then Zhao Lei, it turned out that those who have been dragging their feet are all my relatives. โ
"Narcissus, pass on my order, the internal guards assemble, give Zhao Lei a quarter of an hour, if they don't retreat, kill them on the spot."
Narcissus was taken aback, and the empress squinted at her: "What, my order, don't you listen to it too?" โ
Narcissus shook her body, didn't dare to hesitate, and turned around.
When Narcissus arrived at the gate of the palace with the internal guards, Zhao Lei was leading his relatives to quarrel.
Narcissus took a deep breath, stood on the tower of the city gate in the middle, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has a will, if you don't retreat within a quarter of an hour, you will be killed." โ
This sentence can scare others, but Zhao Lei can't be scared.
The old man stiffened his neck and straightened his chest: "We just want His Majesty to give an explanation, nothing else." โ
Narcissus didn't answer, and with a wave of his hand, the guards in the city all raised their bows and crossbows to aim at the royal clan on the noon gate square.
The old man was not afraid at all, and he looked at death as if he were at home, seeing the old man like this, those clans also behaved in the same way.
It's the nurses they brought with them, and they're a little scared.
Time passed little by little, and soon, it was already a quarter of an hour, and Narcissus waved his hand: "Kill." โ
Arrows rained down, and people without the armor of the giant shield were shot down one after another, lying in pools of blood.
This is not a battle, but a naked slaughter.
Three waves of arrows rained down, and the corpse fell to the ground, and the old man was hit by two arrows, but he still held on.
I can't bear to look at the narcissus in the city.
She ordered to stop the Yulin army, and said distressed to Zhao Lei: "Lord Wang, you better retreat." โ
Zhao Lei gritted his teeth: "Even if the old man dies here today, he must let His Majesty understand that it was the old man who handed over Sui Yang to His Majesty, and the old man should be responsible for Sui Yang and His Majesty. โ
Narcissus: "ยทยทยท"
"Take it all, take it all."
Narcissus waved his hand.
At noon, the gate was wide open, and the Yulin army rushed out, armed with swords and guns.
Originally, the combat effectiveness of the internal guards was high, not to mention, these people brought by Zhao Lei were all unarmed subordinates, how could they be the opponents of the internal guards?
In just an instant, he was smashed and captured alive and became a prisoner.
Several Yulin soldiers came up to subdue Zhao Lei, who straightened his spine, no matter what, he just refused to bend his knees even a little.
A few Yulin soldiers were annoyed and wanted to overwhelm people.
The one who followed Zhao Lei stopped doing it, shouted, and picked up his hands and feet to shoot at Yulin Jun.
With this move, it was as if he had given a signal to the guards of the home, and all the uniforms who were pressed to the ground rebelled.
Zhang Chuang, the commander of the internal guard who led the team, was furious: "If there is resistance, there will be no mercy!" โ
As soon as he spoke, all the sergeants were killed.
The sword was shining with blood, and the corpse lay on the ground in a moment.
Narcissus couldn't stand it anymore and shouted: "Stop!" โ
While speaking, Narcissus walked down and came to Zhao Lei, with a trembling tone in his tone: "Lord Wang, let them all stop, you know that if you continue to make trouble like this, it will only increase the casualties that don't matter." โ
Because of the arrow, Zhao Lei's face was a little pale, he was bleeding, and he snorted: "So what?" Today, the old man just wants His Majesty to see this bloody scene and understand. โ
Narcissus gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "Take it." โ
Behind him, Yulin Jun pounced and grabbed Zhao Lei.
Narcissus looked back at the rest of the clans in the square and said, "If there is anyone who breaks into the palace, there will be no forgiveness." โ
With that, he took Zhao Lei into the palace and went to the Taiji Palace.
When Zhao Lei saw the empress, he didn't kneel or worship.
The empress glanced at him: "Uncle Huang, what do you want to do when you don't rest at home so late, and gather the crowd to make trouble in front of the noon gate?" โ
Zhao Lei snorted: "The old man is just here to wake up Your Majesty, don't be depressed because of the thief's will to die, and ignore political affairs." โ
The empress shouted in a low voice: "Xiao Laizi, he is not a thief. โ
Zhao Lei shouted when he heard this: "Not a thief? Isn't he a thief? Your Majesty, if you are not confused, you should be able to see clearly what has happened in Daxing City in the past few days after the death of Wang Xiaolai! โ
The empress looked up at Zhao Lei.
Zhao Lei was furious: "Is the newly established National Protector Corps still Sui Yang's soldiers?" According to the old man, they have all become Wang Xiaolai's soldiers, because Wang Xiaolai is alone, these people dare to besiege Daxing City, is that Wang Xiaolai gave an order, and they all dared to rebel? โ
The empress shook her head: "Xiao Laizi will definitely not rebel." โ
Zhao Lei sneered; "How did Your Majesty know?"
The empress said firmly: "I just know that Xiao Laizi will never rebel against me." โ
Zhao Lei laughed: "Your Majesty, you have a lot of self-deceptive words, folk rumors, don't you know a word?" Wang Xiaolai sent people around to spread the word that he wanted to be the Son of Heaven and take over Sui Yang, didn't you really hear a word? โ
"The rumors on the market should not be true." Empress Dao.
When Zhao Lei heard this, he was even more crazy: "Your Majesty, you are confused, all the actions that Wang Xiaolai did were for Sui Yang." The war has been settled, he still has to spend financial resources to build the Saibei Corridor, Suiyang's old enemy grassland has been destroyed, and he has to form a new army, this move is already stealing my Suiyang's national fortune, he is a thief, a thief who steals the country! โ
The empress shouted violently: "Enough! โ
As she spoke, the empress's voice weakened again: "Uncle Huang, you don't understand. โ
What the empress said was a matter of strangers, but Zhao Lei didn't know this, but sneered: "Yes, the old man doesn't understand what His Majesty thinks, and he can still be indifferent when he sees the Suiyang foundation that has been inherited for hundreds of years being stolen." Your Majesty can pretend not to see it, but the old man can't. โ
The empress's eyes narrowed.
"The old man knows that His Majesty was deceived by the thief's rhetoric, and he can't tell the difference between good and bad, since this is the case, then the old man, as an elder, needs to solve problems for His Majesty." Zhao Lei said.
The empress was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly asked, "Uncle Huang, what do you mean?" โ
Zhao Lei laughed: "What do you mean?" Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, on the night of His Majesty's engagement to the king thief, the old man sent assassins to kill Wang Xiaolai and save Suiyang Jiangshan. โ
In a word, the empress was furious: "Damn, you dare to kill Xiao Laizi!" โ
Zhao Lei was not afraid at all: "It's the old man who did it, Your Majesty, you want to kill or chop whatever you want, the old man does this, it's all for Sui Yang, it's impossible for the old man to watch Sui Yang Jiye surnamed Wang, do this, the old man has a clear conscience!" โ
The empress was already mad, and roared and shouted, "Narcissus! โ
Narcissus who heard Zhao Lei tell the truth next to him was also stunned, and when she heard the empress calling her, she hurriedly reacted: "Your Majesty." โ
"Take down the Assassin Zhao Lei to me!!" When the empress said this, she almost crushed her silver teeth.
Looking at her face again, it was as if a volcano was about to erupt, covered with haze.
It is rare for the empress to have such an expression, and Narcissus couldn't help but be stunned.
The empress said angrily: "What are you waiting for! โ
Narcissus didn't dare to refuse the empress's order, and when she was about to step forward, suddenly, on the empty Taiji Hall, a familiar voice came to mind.
The voice was very lazy, and there was a bit of a ruffian in the tone.
"Your Majesty, I am also at fault for this matter, and I want to hide the truth of the matter, which leads to such a misunderstanding of the old prince, otherwise, for my sake, spare the old prince this time."
Zhao Lei, who heard the voice, subconsciously exclaimed that it was impossible, and the empress and narcissus were also stunned at the same time, and all three of them looked in the direction where the voice came from.