Chapter 173: The Palace Gate Fights for Merit
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For a full ten years, Xue Huaiyi has been powerful, in the Tang Empire, he is second only to the empress Wu Zetian, no one dares to provoke him, let alone the city gate, even if he breaks into the palace city and the imperial city, no one dares to intercept him.
When the soldiers in the city heard that it was Xue Huaiyi, they were so frightened that they hurriedly reported to the captain on duty, and after a while, an officer appeared at the head of the city and asked with a nervous expression: "Does the general have a holy order to leave the city?"
Xue Huaiyi was furious, pointed to the city and scolded: "Bastard, I want to go out of the city, you dare to use the saint to press me?"
"I dare not be humble, because"
The officer guarding the city timidly looked at the raging fire burning in the direction of Miyagi, it was obvious that something had happened to Miyagi, and at this time, who dared to open the city gate without authorization.
He didn't dare to offend Xue Huaiyi, so he had to tremble and say: "Because tonight is the night of Shangyuan, the night of Shangyuan, without the order of the Son of Heaven, it is not allowed to open the city at will." ”
He temporarily found an excuse, but Xue Huaiyi had never heard of such a statement, he was anxious, so he was even more annoyed, pointing to the city and scolding, "If you don't open the city again, I will have to kill you today!"
The captain of the city guard was scared and didn't know what to do, at this time, a man in black hurriedly walked up to him, whispered a few words to him, and showed him another thing, the captain was stunned, and immediately nodded.
He immediately said to Xue Huaiyi: "General, wait a minute, I will open the city gate immediately!"
He saw the man in black running away and disappearing, and immediately ordered: "Open the inner city gate!"
Luoyang City is a duplex city gate, divided into the inner city and the outer city, in the middle is the urn city, the urn city is about 500 steps long, 300 steps wide, there are city gates on all sides, the general emperor out of the city, are to take the sandwich between the inner and outer city walls, so that the residents in the city will not be alarmed, and it is relatively safe.
The inner city gate opened, Xue Huaiyi led more than a dozen warrior monks to rush into the urn city, and the inner city gate was immediately closed, but to Xue Huaiyi's surprise, the outer city gate was not opened, and they were trapped in the urn city.
Xue Huaiyi was shocked and angry, and yelled at the city: "Dogs, do you want to rebel?"
At this time, a cold voice came from the city, "Xue Huaiyi, don't be delusional!"
As soon as Xue Huaiyi looked up, he saw dozens of internal guard soldiers standing at the head of the city, one person, wearing armor and holding bows and arrows, it was Li Zhen, the deputy commander of the internal guard.
"It's you again!"
Xue Huaiyi gritted his teeth and said, "Li Zhen, do you really want to go against me?"
"How can I forget the revenge of the ambush, today is the time for you to accept your life!"
Li Zhen pulled out an arrow from the quiver behind him, opened his bow and arrow, pulled the bowstring, and a wolf's tooth arrow shot out like lightning, the arrow was strong, and the warrior monk beside Xue Huaiyi couldn't dodge, and was shot through the throat by an arrow.
He screamed miserably and fell headlong from his horse, Xue Huaiyi and the rest of the warrior monks were so frightened that they turned their horses and fled towards the inner city gate.
At this time, Li Zhen shot two more arrows, and the two warrior monks were hit by arrows in their backs, screaming and falling off their horses.
Xue Huaiyi ran to the inner city gate, at this time he didn't want to go out of the city again, he just wanted to leave the urn city, he would rather go to Wu Zetian to be punished than be killed by Li Zhen like a cat and mouse.
"Kaesong! Let me in. Xue Huaiyi hissed, so anxious that his voice changed.
But there was no one at the head of the city, and the captain just now was gone, and at this time, a row of arrows shot at the head of the city on the left, and several warrior monks fell from their horses with arrows.
Xue Huaiyi was so frightened that he saw more than a dozen internal guard soldiers appearing above his head, holding crossbows, he was so helpless that he had to turn his horse's head and flee towards the center of the urn city.
But they still couldn't escape the hunting of the internal guards, and cold arrows kept shooting from both sides, cutting off the warrior monks beside Xue Huaiyi one by one.
Half an hour later, there were only two people left by Xue Huaiyi's side, and they had already dismounted, hiding among the war horses, and using the war horses as their meat shields.
"Commander Li, let me go! I can agree to anything-"
Xue Huaiyi began to plead with Li Zhen, but before he could finish his words, a wolf's tooth arrow shot from the city head on his left, grazed his cheek, and pierced the head of the warrior monk behind him.
'Ah!' The warrior monk screamed and fell on Xue Huaiyi, killing him instantly, and Xue Huaiyi was so frightened that he almost fainted.
The last warrior monk could not bear the tremendous pressure, and ran out from between the horses, holding it up and shouting, and ran in the direction of the inner city gate.
Several arrows came at him, and he was hit by at least three arrows, fell to the ground, and his body convulsed a few times, and then he was killed.
At this time, all the fifteen warrior monks around Xue Huaiyi were shot, leaving only Xue Huaiyi alone, as well as more than a dozen soulless war horses.
The inner city gate finally opened, and Li Zhen rushed to the scene with dozens of internal guard soldiers, and soon surrounded Xue Huaiyi.
Xue Huaiyi's face was like ashes, he sat on the ground, unable to say a word, Li Zhen wanted to cut off his head with a sword, but he also knew that Xue Huaiyi could not fall by himself, and he had to be handed over to Wu Zetian for disposal.
"Tie him up!"
Several internal guard soldiers jumped off their horses, tied Xue Huaiyi with ropes, and blocked him with rags, and put him on a horse.
There was chaos in the imperial city and the palace city, and all the monks and devotees who participated in the puja were arrested by the guards and temporarily detained in the prison of Dali Temple.
The warrior monks in the Lintoe Temple were also afraid of death and were willing to be bound, and when they came out of the Guanyin Hall one by one, they were immediately pressed down and tied up by the Qianniuwei soldiers waiting outside.
Thousands of monks filled the courtyards of the temple, and piles of armor and swords piled up in the front courtyard as evidence of their attempted rebellion.
The sky-high flames had engulfed the Ming Hall and the heavens, and when Li Zhen had just entered the imperial city with Xue Huaiyi, he heard an exclamation from the palace city, followed by an earth-shattering collapse.
This is the dozens of girders of the base of the Mingtang were burned off, and they could no longer bear the weight of hundreds of thousands of catties in the upper part of the Mingtang, the huge Mingtang collapsed, and the heaven next to it also collapsed, the earth shook, and the city wall and the government office also shook it, only to see the dim yellow dust rise into the air, straight to the sky, and the entire Luoyang City felt the shock of the collapse of the Mingtang and the heavens.
Li Zhen reined in the war horse, he and the guards stabilized the frightened horse, and after a while, the palace city finally calmed down, but the palace city and the imperial city were still filled with thick dust.
Xue Huaiyi was on the horse, his eyes closed tightly, and he didn't have any expression, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Li Zhen covered his mouth and nose with his robe, led everyone to bow his head and walked towards the palace, and walked to the Yingtian Gate, where he happened to meet Princess Taiping, who rushed to hear the news.
Princess Taiping already knew that she had fallen for Li Zhen, and there was no warrior monk who transported armor from the White Horse Temple at all, and the one qiē born today had nothing to do with the White Horse Temple, all of them were born in Miyagi and Lintoe Temple.
She was very angry in her heart, hurried to the palace, comforted her mother for a while, she wanted to go to Wu Yanxiu to inquire about the situation, so she came out of the palace, but she didn't expect to meet Li Zhen.
"It's you!"
Princess Taiping's face was gloomy, and at the same time, she also saw a person on the horse behind Li Zhen, she reacted very quickly, and immediately guessed that this person might be Xue Huaiyi.
Li Zhen also secretly complained in his heart, just because the dust was too big, he didn't show Princess Taiping in time, so he had to step forward and bow down, "Li Zhen see Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
Princess Taiping sneered twice, "Li Zhen, you still didn't stop Mingtang from being burned down by fire in time!"
Regarding this point, Shangguan Wan'er already had a countermeasure, as long as Ma Yinglun's killing was not revealed, then they would be able to cover up the plan that they had guessed Xue Huaiyi in advance, and their attention would be on dealing with the warrior monks of Lintoe Temple.
Li Zhen said unhurriedly: "Your Royal Highness Princess Qiqi, we didn't expect the Ming Hall to be burned, how could we not have imagined that he would be so frustrated!"
"Yes, this person is really mad, and he dares to burn down the Ming Hall. ”
Princess Taiping slowly walked up to Xue Huaiyi, raised his face with a horsewhip, she suddenly slapped Xue Huaiyi twice, and shouted left and right: "Catch him off the horse for me, I will escort him to see his mother!"
Several of Princess Taiping's entourage guards were about to step forward to make a move, and Li Zhen shouted, "Wait!"
Princess Taiping obviously wanted to snatch the credit for bringing down Xue Huaiyi, how could Li Zhen allow her to take Xue Huaiyi away, he stepped forward, blocked several of Princess Taiping's guards, and said coldly: "Her Royal Highness the princess's anger is understandable, but Xue Huaiyi is a criminal of the internal guard, and the humble duty has already sent someone to report to the Holy Lord, please Your Highness do not interfere with the official affairs of the internal guard!"
Princess Taiping's face suddenly became gloomy, and her eagle-like eyes looked at Li Zhen coldly, and she snorted, "Is Commander Li going against me?"
"He's just a small internal guard commander, how dare he go against Her Royal Highness the Princess?" A slightly mocking voice came from the side, and I saw Shangguan Wan'er walking out of Yingtianmen, followed by a group of palace maids, looking at Princess Taiping with a smile in their eyes.
Princess Taiping turned around, she took a few steps back, her face was full of anger, Shangguan Wan'er's timely arrival made her a little embarrassed.
She originally wanted to use Her Royal Highness as the princess to force Li Zhen and force him to hand over Xue Huaiyi to herself, but now that Shangguan Wan'er has arrived, it is obviously unrealistic to take Xue Huaiyi away.
Her face was white and red, and she turned around and shouted, "Let's go!"
More than a dozen guards followed her towards the imperial city, Xue Huaiyi suddenly became anxious, whining and shouting, he hoped that Princess Taiping could take him away, no matter what, he and Princess Taiping had been an alliance to deal with Shangguan Wan'er, if he was taken away by Princess Taiping, maybe there would be a glimmer of life.
But he didn't have a chance, Li Zhen turned around and slapped him a few times, Xue Huaiyi was beaten dizzy, and when he looked for Princess Taiping again, she had already walked away with the guards.
At this time, Shangguan Wan'er slowly walked in front of Xue Huaiyi, stared at him for a moment, couldn't help sneering, and turned back to Li Zhen and said, "Escort him into the palace, I think-the Holy Lord is waiting for him to arrive." ”
Li Zhen gave Shangguan Wan'er a look, and Shangguan Wan'er walked to the side with Li Zhen and asked him, "Is there anything to worry about?"
Li Zhen glanced at Xue Huaiyi and said in a low voice, "Is it wise to hand him over to the Holy Lord?"
Shangguan Wan'er shook her head, "He burned down the Ming Hall and the heavens, the heavens are intolerable, and the Holy One will never forgive him, don't worry! ”
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