Suddenly, the guys of the "Liu Ji" firm didn't have time to react and were put down a few people, and the "Liu Ji" side, which was not dominant in numbers, was immediately in a state of full passivity

In the face of the attacking strong enemy, two burly men standing beside the young man greeted him without fear, and one of them shouted loudly: "Second elder brother, go quickly!" subordinates desperately blocked the thief" This roar was not tight, and the servant immediately fell into a crazy situation, except for the two guards who entangled the two guards, the rest all ran towards the second elder brother

"Thieves dare!" The carriage roared angrily, his figure flashed, and the person had flown into the air, taking advantage of the situation, a swallow three copies of water, pulled out a long sword from his waist, turned around in the air in a dashing manner, and the long sword in his hand shook out a sword flower to cover the oncoming group of officials, it was the mastery of Wudang swordsmanship - Feng nodded, and instantly stabbed the three assassins who rushed to the front to the ground

The horn is a good sword, blowing hair and breaking hair, the name of Wudang Divine Sword is even more famous in the world, and the first master of Wudang has been taught by two generations, and the high level of martial arts is naturally not to be said, but even if it is strong, it cannot resist the siege of more than ten masters at the same time, but it has fallen into a bitter battle in a moment

This sudden killing started quickly and ended faster, although the two guards were strong in martial arts, and the "Liu Ji" people were also extraordinary, but unfortunately the opponent was stronger, these more than 20 assassins were all first-class masters in the rivers and lakes, and it was a sudden attack, there was no time left for the "Liu Ji" people to organize resistance, although the "Liu Ji" people resisted desperately and killed a lot of opponents, but it was less than a pillar of incense, all "Liu Ji" All the men and horses on one side died under the sword, and the two guards under the promotion only resisted for a few more moments before returning to the earth, and in the end, the remaining twelve or thirteen generals carried forward the group and earned it, at this time, even if the martial arts were carried forward, they could not break out of the encirclement

"Second master, you should cut yourself, can you still get a whole corpse?" The official who was the leader was pulled out with a big sword on his face at this time, and his face was covered with blood, and seeing that he was already in a catastrophe, he said in a cold voice

"Hmph, don't think about it!" Carry forward roared, a long sword flew up, trying to stab the leader of the official under the sword, he moved, the assassins around him immediately moved, sword light and sword shadow all kinds of killing moves towards Hongyang

"Kill!" Carry forward didn't pay attention to the sword attacking from all directions, the long sword in his hand shook, unloaded the oncoming iron chain and picked it up, the long sword in his hand pierced the leader's throat like a smart poisonous snake, but the long sword that attacked from all directions also unceremoniously inserted a pair on Hongyang's body, blood gushed out like a fountain, and Hongyang's tall body stiffened suddenly, stood for a moment, and fell to the ground with a bang

The Assassins who were surrounding saw that Hongyang's tall body had fallen, and they didn't move for a while, and stood silently in place for a while before someone stepped forward to check on Hongyang's life and death, and after confirming that Hongyang was dead, the assassin let out a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and someone in the crowd rushed back to the outpost, took out a cage covered with cloth, opened the cage door, and a carrier pigeon flew into the sky

"Withdraw!" Seeing that the pigeon had flown away, the dozen or so surviving assassins hurriedly loaded their own war dead into the carriage and hurried to leave Xianchao, but it was a pity that the praying mantis caught cicadas, and the yellow finch was behind, and the assassin just turned the Qinglong Cliff and found that he had fallen into a heavy siege, and more than 20 masked black-clothed men had come out at some point, blocking their way, and there were more than a dozen masters on the top of the cliff who fell from the sky and blocked their back road

There is no nonsense, a bloody battle broke out immediately, and after the fierce battle, how is the sub-servant the fierce opponent of this gang of fierce and vicious opponents for a while, the three dead and seven wounded and the rest were all knocked unconscious to the ground, and a big man walked out of the group of black-clothed masked people behind him, walked quickly to the corpse of Hongyang, looked at it carefully for a while, let out a strange laugh, waved his hand, led his subordinates, and escorted the prisoners to hurriedly evacuate the battlefield

After the fierce battle, the battlefield was full of corpses, and there was a dead silence, except for a few horses pulling carts and horses, occasionally making one or two noises, there was no other movement, blood flowed all over the place, it was the height of summer, the scorching sun was scorching, and the bloody air immediately attracted countless flies to fly between the corpses, and the whole was so miserable that gradually, there was a sound of horses' hooves, dozens of horsemen gathered around a wide carriage galloped from a distance, but a moment of effort arrived here, a bearded man flew off his horse, fell into the center of the battlefield, looked around for a while, walked to the side of the corpse of the promotion ground, leaned down, examined it in vain, shook his head with a bitter face, and slowly walked to the carUnder heavy curtains, the carriage reported a few times in a low voice, and there was no movement in the carriage for a long time, and at the end of the sigh rang out: "Hey, go back to Beijing!" ”

On the night of May 27, the tenth year of Yuanzhuo, the news of the assassination of the second elder brother spread throughout the Beijing Division, and the government and the opposition were shocked, and then there were rumors that the Holy Driver had been seriously injured and could not afford to be in danger, and for a time the people of the Beijing Division were panicked, and the princes and ministers of the various prefectures were all disturbed by the news of these two successive news, and no one knew how to deal with this most dangerous crisis since the founding of the Qing Dynasty

The situation was urgent, and most of the important ministers arrived very early, except for Fang Linggao and Lin Xuanyi, who were sick and did not come, the rest of the people had already rushed to the Qianqing Palace at three o'clock, but the big guy waited for nearly an hour, and did not wait for Hongli, the elder brother of the prison country, to come forward, just as the courtiers were talking about the murder of the second elder brother in a chaotic manner, his face was tired, his eyes were red and swollen, and the eldest brother Hongli finally came in a hurry, and as soon as he entered the main hall, he immediately knelt on the ground and leaned over and cried: "Uncles, Emperor Ama was assassinated, unknown life and death, and now the second brother has suffered another accident, the little nephew's heart is in turmoil, and I ask all the uncles to take a proposition for the little nephew, the little nephew swears to eradicate the White Lotus Sect as the emperor, and Ama avenges the second brother for this deep hatred, please help the little nephew."

Among the sons of Yinzuo, only Hongli carried forward the most virtuous, and now he is dead, and the saint is estimated to be qualified to succeed to the throne, and there is only Hongli who is the person present who dares to accept the great gift of Hongli at this time, seeing Hongli crying bitterly, the courtiers are busy and fighting to help Hongli up, and they comfort each warmly

"The little nephew is a useless person, and he has been in a mess by this big change," Hongli choked up and said: "Poor my second brother's talent and wisdom actually died tragically at the hands of thieves, this revenge is not avenged, the little nephew swears not to be a person, alas, my poor second brother, why did you leave like this, how can the eldest brother explain to the emperor..."

Just as the ministers surrounded Hongli and persuaded him, a military aircraft Zhang Jing hurriedly ran in, and said with a earthy face: "Oh no, my lords, the emperor has died."

"What?" A group of ministers were all dumbfounded, looking at the military plane Zhang Jing in a daze, all of them fell into a petrified state, Hongli jumped up violently, rushed forward, grabbed the man's chest and roared like an angry lion: "Fart! You're lying! How could Huang Ama just go, impossible, absolutely impossible! ”

"Big brother, the lower official didn't lie, this, here is a report from Yangzhou as proof" The military plane Zhang Jing was so frightened by Hongli's madness that he trembled, and hurriedly raised an official letter in his hand and shouted loudly

"How could Tian Ai be like this" Hongli snatched the letter and looked at it, and immediately broke out into a miserable howl, and the whole person was shaky, so shocked that the courtiers rushed forward to support Hongli to the position of the elder brother of the prison country in front of the main hall, and they kept comforting each other

It's easy to wait for Hongli's mood to calm down, and the big guy took the turn to go through the report again, all of them burst into tears, and wept endlessly, and the mourning in the entire Qianqing Palace was at the end of the mourning, or Ma Qi was able to hold on to his mind, and took the lead in wiping away his tears and said: "Order: The Internal Affairs Office is immediately ready to hang the filial piety of the Nine Gates, the Admiral Yamen, and the full martial law to prevent villains from being a troublesome country for a day. ”

What else can I do? The ministers looked at each other, and they could only nod their heads in agreement, and Ma Qi gave an order, and the Ouchi guards who had their own guards to guard the hall went to fetch the cloud ladder, and took down the edict sealed in the box from the "Zhengda Guangming" plaque, and handed it to Ma Qidi

Ma Qi held the box in his hand, remembering the situation of getting along with Yinzuo in the past, the tears in his eyes couldn't help but flow down again, and it was easy to stop the sadness, slowly tore open the seal on the box, and spread out the edict rolled into a roll, only to see it and immediately dumbfounded - empty, there was not a word on this edict, it was just a blank yellow silk

"What?"

"How so?"

"What's going on?"

The ministers all hugged Ma Qi in a daze, but at first glance, they were all stunned, and it took a long time for them to come back to their senses, and they all discussed in a chaotic manner

"Calm down, everyone be quiet" Ma Qi is an old man, knowing that there is a lot of strangeness in this matter, but at this critical moment, it is definitely not the time to investigate, and he immediately shouted at the top of his throat, and finally suppressed everyone's discussion, looked around at the people with different expressions, Ma Qi took a deep breath and said: "Now the holy land is a blank edict, and it does not specify who should succeed to the throne. ”

Prince Yi Yunxiang was the first to stand up and said: "Ma Zhongtang's words are very appropriate, I will rush to Changchun Garden to meet the Queen Mother immediately, and everything will be decided by his old man."

Prince Yong Yun frowned, and after a little hesitation, he also stood up and said: "This king also thinks that what Master Ma said is reasonable, so it's okay to make it like this."

Fan Shijie, Li Guangdi, Shi Shilun also spoke out to agree, just as the big guy was about to get up and go out, Prince Yong, who had not expressed his position, stood up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this king thinks that it is necessary to ask the queen mother, but we must first come up with a charter, you must know that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, this is the ancestral system, and it must not be violated, what do you adults think?" According to the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, even if the Queen Mother came forward to decide, the ministers had to pick out a few candidates for the Queen Mother to decide, and they did not give all the decision-making power to the Queen Mother's Li'er

The ministers all stood still, each looked at it, and no one was angry, after all, this is a matter of standing in line, standing right, it is from the dragon's work, if it is wrong, it is the crime of rebellion, and it is to destroy the nine clans, for a while, the hall was quiet, only the courtiers were getting thicker and thicker gasps

At that time, Yinzuo had seven sons, except for the sixth elder brother Hongshen and the seventh elder brother Hongrong (the son of the imperial concubine Minglan), the rest were all adults, but in addition to Hongli Hongli to participate in government affairs, the remaining three sons were idle elder brothers, and had not managed court affairs, I had to honestly sit on the chair of the prison brother and continue to sobble in a low voice

Silence after silence, seeing that it is not a way to remain silent like this, Ma Qi, who is the chief minister of military aircraft, is the head of the ministers, and at this time, he can only take the lead in speaking: "This official proposes Hongli Hongrong as a candidate, what do you think?" ”

Hongli's ability is known in his heart, and Hongrong is the son of the imperial concubine Minglan, Minglan's maiden family is extremely powerful in the court, this big guy naturally understands that Ma Qi's proposal is a more fair view, the big guy saw Ma Qi open his mouth first, and naturally he did not mention it one by one, and in this piece of agreement, Prince Yong Yunzhen stood up and said: "This king thinks that Master Ma is wrong!" ”

Ma Qi was stunned for a moment before he spoke: "How can the fourth master say this?" ”

Yun Zhen glanced at Hongli, who was pretending to be grieving, and said slowly: "Hongrong is only three years old, and you have not forgotten the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty when you are waiting for an emperor?" As for the eldest brother, hehe, what virtue does the person who killed his brother have, how can he ascend to the throne? ”

"You talk nonsense!" Hongli was immediately anxious, jumped up, and trembled and pointed at Yun Jin

"Nonsense? Oh, this king has never known what nonsense is" Yun Zhen sneered and said: "This king has evidence in his hands, you may wish to look at it or two" As soon as the voice fell, he took out a stack of manuscripts from his arms and handed them to Ma Qi, and the courtiers immediately surrounded him, and when they took a closer look, they all showed a look of horror

When Hongli saw that the situation was not good, he immediately shouted loudly: "Fake, all fake, how could Ben Baylor kill his brother, this matter must be the fourth uncle's fault for Ben Baylor, you adults want to seek justice for Ben Baylor"

"Well said!" Just when the ministers didn't know who to listen to, a familiar voice rang out... Liu's heart was very apprehensive, panicked and panicked