Chapter 1367: Quelling the Chaos
"Even if it's just angry words, Xiang'er can't say it again in the future. Shangguan Xiu hugged Tang Ling's body tightly and said, "I can fight the world, but I can't govern the world, but Xiang'er can do a good job." β
Tang Ling couldn't help but raise his head, looked at Shangguan Xiu, and asked uncertainly, "Really? Ah Xiu, does Ah Xiu really think that I can do a good job?"
Shangguan Xiu said affirmatively: "Xiang'er has done a good job. β
Tang Ling said with a lonely expression: "If that's the case, why are there so many people who oppose me?"
Shangguan Xiu was silent. When asked why this is the case, he can't say clearly, because there are too many reasons.
First of all, Tang Ling's throne is not right, secondly, she is a woman, there are many female emperors in history, but they are all in a peaceful and prosperous era, and Tang Ling is in a troubled era of constant war, and the world's prejudice and contempt for women will still be more or less insinuated on her. In addition, the husband she is looking for is too strong, Fengguo can have today's territory, and today's achievements are basically based on Shangguan Xiu, even if Shangguan Xiu is not greedy for credit, he is willing to give all the credit to Tang Ling, but his light still completely obscured Tang Ling, in short, there are many factors in all aspects.
Shangguan Xiu didn't answer Tang Ling's question, he took a deep breath, squeezed Tang Ling's hand, and said, "Today's matter, there should be an understanding, I only ask Xiang'er for one thing." β
Tang Ling looked at him puzzled and asked, "What's the matter?"
Shangguan Xiu said: "All those who make mistakes, Xiang'er will be handed over to me to deal with." β
Tang Ling was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head, paused for a long time, and said, "I believe that Ah Xiu will handle this matter well." β
Taihe Temple.
Although the ministers were all under house arrest here, and the ministers' families were also controlled, the two of them were still anxious. Now there is the biggest uncertaintie, that is, I don't know whether Tang Ling is dead or alive. He should have pulled Ziyin outside the hall, and asked with a frown: "Hasn't the brother over there in the dormitory sent back the news yet?"
Ziyin shook his head slowly. It stands to reason that Tang Ling was so seriously injured that he should have died a long time ago, and the brother who was arranged in the dormitory should have sent back the news a long time ago, but until now there has been no news back, could it be that something happened in the dormitory?
He pondered for a moment and said, "Send someone to the dormitory immediately to see what is going on." β
He nodded, waved his hand to the side, called a general, and said, "You immediately take five hundred brothers to the dormitory, and you must find out whether Your Majesty is dead or alive!"
The general's eyes were vague, and he asked in a low voice, "General, what if...... What if Your Majesty is still alive?"
Two cold lights shot out of his eyes, and he said word by word: "Then ......"
"So what?" said not the general, but the voice of the voice from the gate of the courtyard.
Hearing this, the bodies of Cai Dang, Ziyin, and all the gendarmes present were shocked, and people subconsciously turned their heads to look over, only to see Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling walking into the courtyard hand in hand.
The gendarmes in charge of guarding the gate of the courtyard did not dare to stop the two of them, and the people lowered their heads and bowed their bodies, and retreated step by step.
For Shangguan Xiu's arrival, he and Ziyin were not surprised, but when they saw Tang Ling walking beside Shangguan Xiu as if he was fine, the faces of the two of them changed greatly.
In the Taihe Hall just now, Tang Ling was shot six times in his body, they all saw it with their own eyes, they were so seriously injured, it was a miracle that Tang Ling survived, how could there be nothing at all?
Everyone couldn't react for a while, and one by one they stood in place like wooden stakes, unable to return to their senses for a long time, and forgot to give a salute.
Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling walked unhindered to the front of the approach, and the former continued to ask, "Then what?
It's time for the spirit to shudder, and finally come back to his senses. He hurriedly knelt on his knees, intervened in the salute, and said, "The last general will see His Highness, see ...... See Your Majesty!"
"Huh?" Shangguan Xiu didn't give up, and asked questions.
You should be on your knees, your body shaking. He knew very well what kind of crime he had committed today, if Tang Ling didn't die, he would definitely die.
Thinking of this, he couldn't say the whole thing, but his hand slowly touched his back without leaving a trace. At his back, a short musket was pinned with a loaded load.
His fingers had just touched the body of the musket, and before he could draw the gun, Shangguan Xiu waved his hand suddenly, and a wind whip was pumped out, and a crisp sound was heard in the ear chakra, and the wind whip was impartial and hit the chest that should be.
The latter snorted, flew out upside down, and fell more than two meters before falling to the ground.
Looking at it again, the military uniform on his chest was pulled open with a large hole more than a foot long, and blood beads seeped out from under the skin.
He lay on the ground, his face pale and bloodless, and said in a trembling voice, "Temple...... His Highness ...... Before he finished speaking, he let out another wow, spewing out bloody arrows.
"Under house arrest and the Janissaries are controlled by force, what are you going to do with the gendarmerie?
Ziyin was much more clever than he should be, and when he saw that Tang Ling was safe and sound, and he came with Shangguan Xiu, he already realized that what he was planning today was gone.
He knelt on his knees and followed Shangguan Xiu's words and said: "Your Highness, Your Majesty was assassinated, the mastermind behind the scenes is unknown, everyone in the palace is suspicious, in order to find out the truth, in order to protect Your Majesty, we have to make this decision, there is an act of trespassing, please Your Highness, and please forgive Your Majesty!"
Ziyin's words, I'm afraid I can only go to be a fool, but after Shangguan Xiu heard it, his face softened a little.
When he was about to pull out his gun just now, and wanted to assassinate the king in public, how could Shangguan Xiu not see it? Once he really pulled out his gun, then no one would be able to save him. Shangguan Xiu slapped him with a whip, so he wasn't saving him and the gendarmerie.
"No matter how many excuses there are, what you two are doing is too much, lawless, audacious, what's the use of keeping them?" Shangguan Xiu turned his head sideways and shouted: "Take down the two of them immediately!"
As soon as these words came out, the scene was silent, and in the courtyard, hundreds of gendarmes sweated like rain and did not move.
Seeing this, Shangguan Xiu shouted in a deep voice: "Didn't you all hear my words clearly?" As he spoke, his eyes were like electricity, scanning left and right.
All the gendarmes who were swept by his gaze were trembling. Shangguan Xiu shouted again: "Where are the gendarmes?"
"The gendarmes are here!" The gendarmerie officers and soldiers present instinctively reacted and intervened in unison.
"The gendarmes listened to the order, and immediately took down the depot and Ziyin and sent them to the Metropolitan Health Division, there must be no mistake!" Shangguan Xiu said categorically.
The gendarmes were finally no longer standing like wood. Several generals came out of the crowd, and when they arrived at the approach, they lowered their heads and whispered, "Please...... Please the general hand over the weapons, the order of the gendarmerie, and return ...... There are also military cards. β
He should have sat up from the ground, the corners of his mouth were full of blood, and he didn't care about wiping it, crying and saying: "Your Highness, as long as you ......" As soon as he spoke, Shangguan Xiu waved his hand suddenly, and another wind whip was thrown over, this time the wind whip was directly whipped on his face.
He snorted and fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Now if the two of them don't say anything, they will be arrested obediently, and they will be saved, at least they can be exempted from the death penalty, and if they say anything rebellious, even if Shangguan Xiu wants to protect the lives of the two of them, he can't find a suitable reason.
Ziyin exhaled a long mouthful of turbidity, smiled bitterly, turned his head to Guan Dang and said, "It's time to say nothing, we just need to follow His Highness's orders." β
As he spoke, he handed over the musket pinned to his waist, the sword under his side, the gendarmerie token, and his personal military badge, and finally, he took off his helmet, bowed respectfully to Shangguan Xiu, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, take care." β
Seeing this, the tears that should have come out of his eyes couldn't help but burst out, only one step away, today's move, only one step away!
The generals standing on both sides of him, under the angry gaze of Shangguan Xiu, searched for his weapons, tokens, and military badges, took ropes, tied him and Ziyin together, and escorted him out of the palace and sent to the Duwei Division.
For fear that something would happen again halfway, Shangguan Xiu specially asked Duan Qiyue to send shadow flag personnel to accompany the escort. After dealing with the gendarmes outside the Xianghe Palace, Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling glanced at each other, and the two of them took a deep breath and walked into the Xianghe Palace.
Like the reaction of the gendarmerie, when everyone in the hall saw Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling walking in together, they were all stunned. In just an instant, the blood on Tang Mingzhu's face faded, and a small face that was acquainted with Tang Ling became white and bloodless.
Among the ministers, Cai Xiao was the first to come back to his senses, the old man couldn't believe his eyes, rubbed it vigorously, and saw that the person who walked into the hall was His Majesty, he fell to his knees with a puff, cried loudly, and said silently: "Your Majesty is fine, God bless me with a strong wind, Your Majesty is without hindrance, God bless me with a strong wind......"
At this moment, Cai Xiao's true feelings were revealed, which moved Tang Ling.
Cai Xiao's feelings for Tang Ling are indeed very deep on the one hand, on the other hand, the Cai family and Tang Ling are linked, only when Tang Ling is here, the Cai family can live, and the scenery in the wind country is infinite, once Tang Ling is gone, then the first unlucky and the first to fall must be the Cai family.
Tang Ling walked up to Cai Xiao, stretched out his hand to help him up, and said softly: "Cai Aiqing has been wronged. β
The old man had already cried into tears at this time, his expression was excited, crying and laughing, he said in a trembling voice: "As long as Your Majesty is safe and sound, even if you let Wechen suffer more grievances, even if Wechen is broken, Wechen is willing!"
Many times, what Cai Xiao did made Tang Ling angry, but Tang Ling was able to keep him all the time, and the reason was here, she knew Cai Xiao's loyalty to her very well.
Looking at Cai Xiao, who had a handful of snot and tears, and no longer had the image of the first minister, Shangguan Xiu sighed secretly, from now on, it will be more difficult for him to defeat Cai Xiao.
Cai Xiao has one thing that Shangguan Xiu admires him very much, that is, no matter when, no matter how dangerous and difficult it is, Cai Xiao will unswervingly stand on Xiang'er's side, this kind of loyalty to the emperor is like penetrating into the blood and bone marrow of the Cai family.
At this time, Tang Mingzhu walked over step by step, bowed to Shangguanxiu and Tang Ling, and said, "Weichen see Your Majesty, see Your Highness!"
Tang Ling glanced at Tang Mingzhu deeply, didn't say anything, walked straight past her, climbed onto the pedestal, and sat down on the dragon chair.
Shangguan Xiu's gaze fell on Tang Mingzhu, as if he was looking at a stranger, in fact, he did feel that he never seemed to understand Tang Mingzhu.
In his mind, Tang Mingzhu was just a half-grown child who was too precocious, but this half-grown child was able to quietly do such a big thing and launch a palace coup d'Γ©tat unknowingly.
If it weren't for Bai Mengrong's reminder, if he hadn't known the existence of the crisis in advance and hadn't switched identities with Tang Ling, this coup d'Γ©tat would have been very likely to have succeeded, at least Tang Ling would have died at the gunpoint of the assassin.
Why? Why did you do this? Shangguan Xiu had too many questions in his heart, but at the moment he couldn't ask anything. He said faintly: "I heard that the county lord just advocated the establishment of a new monarch?"