Chapter 173: The Finale
Ye Yuanzhou took advantage of the fact that King Rui was being restrained from the outside, and quickly attacked with a sword, and when he saw that he could stab the opponent's chest with a sword, he saw that this old man, who should have been in his prime, was extremely alert and quickly dodged, and swung his sword to block.
The swords of the two people collided together, the force was so great, with a crisp sound, a little spark burst out between the blades of the sword, Ye Yuanzhou took a step back, and his heart was shocked.
His tiger's mouth was shocked to the point of being extremely sour because of Fang Cai's blow, which was by no means something that a pampered and arrogant prince could do.
Even if it is his own father, if he fights with himself, I am afraid that the internal strength of the person in front of him will not be a little deeper.
"Who the hell are you?!" Ye Yuanzhou stabilized his body, held his long sword steadily, pointed at the Rui Wang Ye opposite with the blade of the sword, and asked sharply.
"I am the king of Hades who will take your life!" Lord Rui did not panic at all, and took the initiative to fight with his sword.
Ye Yuanzhou raised his sword to face the battle, and the two of them fought together.
Although Lord Rui seemed to be fighting Ye Yuanzhou fiercely, he had actually been looking for Ye Yuanzhou's flaws, so as to take the opportunity to bypass him and directly take the emperor's head.
However, Ye Yuanzhou held on to it and didn't give him a chance to cross him.
For a while, the two people were inseparable, and neither of them showed flaws, but neither of them was able to bargain from the other party.
Yuwen Que saw that the reinforcements outside had rushed in and fought with the men and horses of the "Rui King", so he pulled Du Ruo around behind the screen behind the dragon chair.
"The two of us don't have any martial arts, and we can only make live targets in front." He whispered to Du Ruo as he took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, buttoned the lid of the porcelain bottle, scraped a little grease from it with his fingers, and rubbed it carefully on his cheek.
Soon, a small fine line appeared in the place where he was rubbing, which at first glance looked like a natural fold in the skin, and soon that "fold" curled up.
Yu Wenque touched the rolled up part and carefully tore it apart little by little.
A thin mask of human skin peeled off his face, revealing its original slightly pale face.
He threw the human skin mask aside with a slight disgust, and took off the dragon robe on his body, which was still a plain white robe.
Yu Wenque touched his waist with his backhand, took out a dagger like a trick, and handed it to Du Ruo: "Take it, defend yourself." β
Du Ruo hurriedly nodded, and took it, the sound of fierce fighting outside the screen, the sound of weapons colliding, and the screams from time to time all made her heart tremble, but she had to try to keep herself calm: "What about you?" Do you still have a self-defense guy? β
"Don't worry, I have." Yu Wenque nodded, took out another dagger from his waist, just held it in his hand, his eyes suddenly trembled, he suddenly raised the dagger in his hand, and grabbed Du Ruo's shoulder with the other hand, pushing Du Ruo behind him.
Du Ruo took two steps, turned around and found that behind him, someone quietly walked around the screen without knowing when, and saw that the posture was preparing to hold him hostage, in order to coerce Ye Yuanzhou, who had a fierce fight with King Rui.
Although Yu Wenque's movements did not meet the level of Lianjiazi, they were also neat, and the silver blade of the dagger brushed into the chest of the bandit.
The bandit didn't say a word, only trembled, and fell to the ground on his stomach.
"He ......," Du Ruo was a little surprised.
Yu Wenque sneered: "I am the most talented of my clansmen, the one who makes good use of strange poison, do you think that only the minions of the 'Rui King' will quench the poison on the sword?" β
Du Ruo didn't like this practice of feeding poison on weapons in the past, but now he has to admit that fortunately Yuwen Que did this, otherwise with the skills of the two of them, it would be difficult to protect themselves in such a chaotic situation.
So the two of them hid behind the screen back to back, I don't know how long, and during this time, they also managed to kill three bandits who came over and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to catch them.
I don't know how long it took, the sound of the fighting outside gradually became quieter, Du Ruo poked his head out of the screen with courage, and just saw Ye Yuanzhou pull out the long sword from King Rui, who fell to the ground covering his wounds.
And farther away, General Ye won a great victory, and his elite soldiers had already tied the remnants of the bandits and threw them aside, like a group of piglets.
The original murderous spirit has long since ceased to exist, and at a glance, you can see that it is they who have won.
hurriedly motioned for Yu Wenque to go out with him.
Ye Yuanzhou saw the two of them come out from behind the screen unscathed, Du Ruo's face had a little bloodstain, and when she saw that it was someone else's blood splashed on her face, she was completely relieved, and pointed her sword at King Rui, who was dying on the ground and still had a breath left.
"Yu Wenque, come and see, who is he!" Ye Yuanzhou said to Yu Wenque, "Although I don't know who he is, this person is definitely not King Rui!" β
When Ye Jin heard this, he was also a little surprised, and when he saw Yu Wenque coming over, he hugged his fist and arched his hand.
Although he had always been suspicious of this national teacher in the past, this time the national teacher was indeed highly meritorious, and he had to admit it.
Yu Wenque walked up to the "Rui Wang", and treated him with the same care as he was before, leaned over directly, reached out and picked a few times on the side of the "Rui Wang"'s face, the force was not small, but it really picked up a small side.
Yu Wenque pulled vigorously, and the human skin mask on the face of the "Rui King" was torn in half by him, revealing half of his face, and he didn't look like an old man at all, and he was only in his fifties.
"It's him!" General Ye Jin was taken aback when he saw the appearance of that half of his face.
"Who is this?" Ye Yuanzhou was a little puzzled, and Du Ruo on the side was also at a loss.
"The Great Leader of the Alien Race." Yu Wenque stared coldly at the people on the ground, "The culprit who killed my father and killed my people." β
"Why do you disguise yourself as King Rui? Where have you hidden the king? General Ye hurriedly asked.
There were still traces of blood on the corners of the big leader's mouth, and he had already lost his previous spirit at this time, and after he took a few breaths, he showed a mocking smile: "You Central Plains people have a saying, called unloading the mill and killing the donkey."
At the beginning, it was the king of Narui who found me and offered to cooperate with me, so I let him be used by me and let him be my donkey.
I took my men to the Central Plains by his power, and planted them in the capital, beside the bad old man of King Rui.
Later, I was ready for everything I had to do, and he had no use for me, and if I didn't kill him, would I keep it for him to retire and die? β
"You can be so ruthless even with your own allies!" Ye Yuanzhou looked at the big leader with disdain.
The big leader smiled back at him: "He and I also take what we need, that old man only wants one to be in power behind the scenes, and what I want is the whole world!" β
As he spoke, his gaze fell on Yu Wenque's face, staring at him, staring carefully: "...... you?" It's you?! The kid who escaped from the palm of my hand!
It's you, right? You're still alive in this world!
Do you know how your father was broken by me one by one, breaking every bone in his body, inch by inch, because he would not tell you where you had fled!
I can still remember the sound of his bones breaking, how brittle it sounded! β
Ye Yuanzhou handed the long sword in his hand to Yu Wenque with an expressionless face: "You come and do it, none of us want to hear him talk like this, and I guess you don't want to hear it either." β
Yu Wenque took the long sword with an expressionless face and swung it vigorously.
Du Ruo thought that she would see the big leader's head in a different place, and subconsciously looked away, but when she turned around again, she found that Yu Wenque didn't do that, he just cut off half of the big leader's hand from the middle of his palm with a sword.
"You want me to kill you with a sword in anger so that you can be freed, right?" He leaned down and said to the chieftain, whose face had changed color from pain, "But I don't want to fulfill you.
Don't worry, with me, not only will you not die, but you can also live humbly in the prison for a long time! β
The big shopkeeper's eyes were on fire, and he let out an angry roar.
After another hour or so, the prisoners of war in the palace were imprisoned, their bodies were cleaned up, and the capital was also under the control of Ye Jin's soldiers and horses, and the daily order was restored.
Those high-ranking officials of the court who had been in the court for many days were rescued from the Rui Wang's mansion, and it turned out that the person's Rui Wang's birthday was originally a Hongmen banquet, and the officials who went to the banquet were all overturned and imprisoned, and they passed several days without seeing the light of day.
And their homes are also strictly guarded by people with obvious facial features of different races, and they are not allowed to go out for half a step, let alone find a way to carry the letter out.
And Ye Yuanzhou also learned from his father Ye Import that he had already discussed with the emperor before Yu Wenque left Beijing for Songzhou, and once there was any abnormal wind and grass in the capital, he must find a reason to send Ye Jin out of the capital as soon as possible, only in this way can he ensure that someone can break out of the encirclement and cooperate with the people they are trapped in.
When everything in the palace was dealt with, the real emperor also returned to the main hall surrounded by those few Du Ruo's familiar chamberlains.
Du Ruo was a little curious about where the emperor was hiding during this period, and he could be so secretive and not discovered at all.
But she knew very well that this kind of thing could not be inquired about.
After listening to the report of Ye Jin and Ye Yuanzhou's father and son, the emperor learned that King Rui had colluded with foreign races in private and wanted to seize power and usurp the throne with the outside world, but he didn't expect to be unloaded and killed by the more insidious and vicious leader of the alien race, and his emotions were also a little complicated, he was silent for a long time, and sighed, but he didn't comment too much on the matter in front of the courtiers.
This time, everyone who rescued King Qin was highly praised by the emperor, and it was naturally indispensable to add officials to knighthood and be rewarded.
It's just that Ye Jin is already the number one military general of this dynasty, and he has a heavy army, so there is naturally no room for promotion in terms of promotion.
Yuwenque, the national teacher, has no room to be promoted.
So the emperor simply named Ye Jin as the loyal prince and Yu Wenque as the marquis of the fate, which can be regarded as a promise of their supreme dignity as a reward for the loyalty of these two people.
When it came to Ye Yuanzhou and Du Ruo, the situation was different.
One of these two people was obviously a martial champion, and originally because he was worried about the persecution of King Rui, he could only condescend to the rank of captain of the light car, and the other because there was no precedent for a woman to be a male official in this dynasty, he only did a false position as a Songzhou Sima in the end.
Now the two of them have a lot of credit, and the emperor also wants to reuse the two of them, so he plans to arrange for Ye Yuanzhou to be a major general in Ye Jinjun, and Du Ruo is directly transferred to the Criminal Department.
Who knows, this day's great grace, but these two people knelt down in unison and declined.
"Isn't it because I didn't pay enough attention to you before, so I still have nostalgia in my heart?" The emperor knew that the two of them were open-minded people, and if they could make such a plan, they must have their considerations, and he couldn't help but want to tease them when he spoke.
"Your Majesty, the minister has a reluctant request." Du Ruo respectfully said to the emperor, "The minister thinks that if he stays in the capital all day long, although he can share his worries for His Majesty, what the minister sees is also what His Majesty sees, and what the minister hears is also what His Majesty hears."
In this way, how many places and how many people's voices are inaudible in the vast land of my Great Yin Dynasty that cannot be heard in the capital?
The minister is willing to leave Beijing by himself, and do things for the people and share worries for His Majesty outside the sight of His Majesty! β
Ye Yuanzhou also clenched his fists: "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks like this!" β
The emperor looked at the two of them with satisfaction, nodded, and his eyes were full of satisfaction: "Okay, I really didn't mistake you.
Since the two Aiqing have such thoughts, I am very relieved, then the previous appointments will not be counted, I now appoint the two of you as patrol envoys and patrol generals, three-grade civil and military attachΓ©s, for me Weifu private visits, to various states and counties to verify the virtue of officials everywhere, and to deal with the outstanding cases solved by force in various places!
I don't know if the two Aiqing are willing to accept such an arrangement? β
Du Ruo and Ye Yuanzhou were overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to thank him.
After experiencing a turmoil of King Rui's rebellion, the officials in the capital were also purged by the emperor, and it didn't take long for the entire court to glow with vitality that had never been seen before.
The people of the capital are living a stable life again.
Another year later, for the first time, Dayin opened the same subject examination for men and women, as long as women use real talents to learn, and they can also get fame and be crowned officials with men.
As a result, girls' schools have sprung up all over the country.
And the deeds of the imperial seal inspector and the patrol general in solving problems for the people everywhere and resolving unsolved cases and doubts are also passed down as good stories among the people.
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