The capital, the Imperial Palace, the Golden Dragon Palace.

It was already late at night, and the huge Forbidden Imperial City was silent, and under the deliberate actions of the masters of the forbidden army, not even a single singing bird had been heard.

However, at this moment of silence, the old emperor, who has a lot of opportunities, is still continuing his labor at night.

On the desk in front of him, there are full of unapproved and unread memoirs, neatly piled up into two stacks, and two other carved dragon gold candlesticks burning with bee fat wax, a small copper incense burner with a jade unicorn on the top, and two high-grade Fengying pens dyed with ink and cinnabar, are all the furnishings on the royal desk.

(Lang Jun's translation note: Feng Ying, the best material of the brush, using the tip of the animal's hair, is the hardest and sharpest, the most capable part of the writing, history records, Feng Ying pays tribute to the royal family every year, but two taels.) ）

At the desk, there were two maids gently shaking the pampas fan, and an old eunuch who was smeared with grease and powder, both looking drowsy and sleepy.

"Your Majesty, the time has passed, don't you want to rest?" the old eunuch seemed to be a little unable to hold on, and slowly stepped forward and persuaded softly.

The old emperor was holding a local water conservancy repair report reported by Hongzhou in his hand, and when he heard this, he only frowned slightly, and then said: "Don't you see that I still have business to do? I am not sleepy, if you are sleepy, go and rest first......

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about...... the old eunuch smiled bitterly, and hurriedly said: "The slave is the one who serves His Majesty's daily life, if Your Majesty does not sleep, the slave ...... How dare you go to bed first?"

"Now that you know everything, what are you going to ask me for?" The old emperor's eyes were still fixed on the song, but the voice in his mouth was as cold as falling into an ice cave: "Don't close your mouth to me yet." ”

"This ...... ......The old eunuch blushed, and immediately trembled and "snorted", and then retreated, but at the moment, he sighed slightly in his heart.

Since the death of the last governor of Ouchi, Gao Fu, he is also the most experienced eunuch in the palace...... However, he has served the old emperor for several years, but he still can't figure out the temperament of this emperor, which makes the old eunuch often feel panicked.

There seems to be a breeze blowing outside the window, the shadows of the trees are swaying, soaked in the cold moonlight, like the algae in the lake, and it is quite poetic to look closely.

However, the old emperor didn't like these subtle noises, and frowned at the moment, but he still didn't raise his head, but just ordered lightly:

"Wei Ran, go close the door tightly, don't let the wind blow in!"

"Huh......" The old eunuch responded, and stepped forward quickly and lightly with small steps, his eyes fell on the door, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Because the doors and windows are as tight as gold and iron, even the slightest wind will not blow in.

However, the emperor's order was above, and the old eunuch could only pretend to open the window one person wide, swayed it twice, and closed it again lightly or heavily.

But at this moment, there happened to be a gust of wind, and in an instant, all the candles of all sizes were blown out, and the huge study room was suddenly pitch black.

"Fool, it's not good for you to close the window!" came the old emperor's angry voice in the darkness, "Why don't you hurry up and put the lamp on me!"

"Huh...... Whew......"

The old eunuch hurriedly bolted the window, and trotted all the way back to the desk with his memory. He took out the flint and fumbled for the warm candlestick, and with two clicks, he lit the candle, followed by another.

The study quickly regained some light.

However, just as the old eunuch was about to turn around and light all the candles, his body suddenly froze, and his eyes stared directly behind the old emperor.

"What are you doing, why don't you go and give me the lamp?" the old emperor was furious, but he also quickly noticed the shocked and panicked eyes of the old eunuch.

The dragon's spine froze, the old emperor's hands froze, he finally raised his head, slowly, slowly, turned around.

Sure enough.

Behind him, I don't know when, there was already a ghostly person.

A man.

A man with a bloody sword.

The man has a pair of indifferent and ruthless eyes, cold and piercing, like a hell Yama under the nine shadows, just looking at it, it makes people shudder from the bottom of their hearts.

However, now, these cold and terrifying eyes are staring straight at the old emperor.

He didn't wear a face covering, or perhaps he didn't have to hide his identity at all.

"You ......" The old emperor's cloudy pupils contracted, and as soon as he spit out a word, the old eunuch behind him fell down.

At the same time, on the man's long sword, there was another string of slippery blood beads.

And in the eyes of the old emperor, this long sword under his nose has hardly moved.

His hands trembled, and the gorgeous twists and turns in his hands suddenly "poofed" and fell to the ground.

Silence, long silence.

Two heavy souls collided together, one standing still, the other trembling slightly.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, you should remember me......"

After all, it was the man who said coldly.

"Of course I remember you......" The old emperor's eyelids jumped, but the only remaining royal majesty supported him, and he was not allowed to show a trace of fear and compromise: "'Yama Sword'...... Ke Yan, right...... When you were hunting, you broke through many obstacles and killed one of my ministers......"

"Yes, it seems that you remember it very clearly......" Ke Yan's tone was very flat, but in front of the Emperor of the Mountains and the Ninety-Five, calmness is a threat, and a bland calmness is a mortal threat.

"Huh...... How dare I forget you......" the old emperor narrowed his eyes, "so I remember the way you are...... So far...... Never set foot in the hunting ground again......"

"That's because, I didn't have any interest in you, Your Majesty the Emperor, before. Ke Yan stared at the old emperor's eyes and said indifferently.

"It seems that I am interested in killing me tonight......" The old emperor smiled dryly, and then said: "Say, who colluded with the forbidden army to rebel and let you in?

Under Ke Yan's gaze, the old emperor slowly stood up, but the corner of his eye kept resting on the long sword that was already as smooth as new.

Although the sword was not on the old emperor's neck, the latter knew that even if it was farther away, it would only be a matter of an instant to be killed by him.

The old emperor slowly walked to the window, looked at the silence of the imperial city, shook his head and sighed: "You can actually buy all the forbidden army, it seems that your action this time should have been planned for a long time...... Let me guess who is waiting outside the door, and now are you going to force me to draw up a decree of succession?"

Ke Yan hooked the corners of his mouth contemptuously, shook his head and said, "You are really as rumored to be, too suspicious...... No matter how many troops you have, no matter how strong your walls are, no matter how strong you are, there is one thing that you can't resist no matter what......"

"What's that?" the old emperor asked, turning around and raising an eyebrow.

"The people's heart," Ke Yan said lightly, "the people's heart of the people of the world." ”

"Heh, hahahahahaha......" The old emperor couldn't help laughing, under Ke Yan's indifferent gaze, he laughed for a long time, and finally gasped and said: "You mean, it's the hearts of the people of the world who want you to kill me?" ridiculous...... Amusing...... Although I am not a master of the generation, I am by no means a faint king who has brought disaster to the country and the people! Where is the resentment of the people? Where is the anger of the people?"

"Where you can't see is the ......people's indignation," Ke Yan replied coldly, "Where you can't touch it, it's the people's heart!"

"Ridiculous!" the old emperor angrily overturned the bookshelf, and the bamboo slips on it were scattered all over the ground, and then he stepped forward angrily, almost touching Ke Yan's face to face: "Are you accusing me? Are you teaching me how to be an emperor? You white-clothed rivers and lakes only know how to fight, kill, grievances, grievances, court situation, and political situation, you don't understand ......anything at all!

"These things are not my business, I don't need to understand ......" Ke Yan was still unfazed, and said lightly: "There is only one thing I need to understand at present......

"What's the matter?" the old emperor frowned.

"That's ......" Ke Yan slowly raised his head and said in a deep voice:

"King Zhang, he doesn't deserve to die!"

"......" The old emperor was stunned, but soon, he came back to his senses from the noisy thoughts, and then shook his head, and said with a wry smile:

"King Zhang...... King Zhang...... It's King Zhang...... again"

The voice stopped abruptly, but then there was a hysterical shouting:

"Could it be that in the hearts of all of you people in the world, there is only King Zhang, and you can't see me!"

Ke Yan raised his eyebrows, he naturally understood the old emperor's hysterical intentions, but he didn't take it to heart, just smiled contemptuously and said:

"Don't you, as a human father, think it's ridiculous to sit on such a throne because you can't trust even your most loyal son?"

The old emperor snorted coldly and said lightly:

"There have been many chaotic things in the royal family in ancient times, how can these relationships be understood by you, an outsider......"

"Yes...... Ke Yan pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I've said enough, I'm here this time, one is to give you a warning, and the other is a choice." ”

"Warning? Choice?" The old emperor looked at the torches that were gradually gathering outside the palace wall, and gradually gained confidence in his heart, so he just stood with his hands in his hands and sneered: "What warning? What choice?"

"It's very simple, King Zhang is indeed guilty, but it is excusable, and the crime will not lead to death...... Ke Yan naturally noticed the voices outside the window, but he still said unfazed: "I don't care what you will do with him, but if he dies......"

"Dead?" the old emperor raised his brow with interest.