Volume 3: A Dream of the Divine Capital Chapter 36 (114): The Duel (I)
The inner city of Shendu, the residence of the second prince, the jade carp garden.
In the pavilion next to the fish pond, Gao Ran stretched out his hand outside the pavilion, let the raindrops hit the palm, quietly looked at the cloudy sky, turned his head to the pavilion and said, "Cherish the rain, God has not seen such a heavy rain for a long time." ”
Hua Xiyu, who was sitting in the pavilion, did not speak, remained silent, and bowed her head to make tea by herself.
"Alas!" Gao Ran sighed heavily, his voice a little lonely, then turned and walked back to the pavilion, picked up a cup of hot tea on the stone table and sat down.
Seeing that Gao Ran was so discouraged, Hua Xiyu still couldn't hold back, and opened his mouth to comfort: "Your Highness, with General Leng's martial arts cultivation, unless there are three innate great masters with the same cultivation besieged him, he will not be able to stay." ”
"Sorry for the rain, I'm not worried about Leng Yue's safety, but Leng Yue's attack and disappearance disrupted my arrangements.
I have a shallow foundation in Shendu, and if I want to bring down my eldest brother, I must strike a thunderous blow, otherwise the more I delay, the more I will fall into passivity. Gao Ran said calmly, and then drank the hot tea.
Seeing that Gao Ran's teacup was empty, Hua Xiyu got up and added tea to the cup and said, "Peace of mind, Your Highness." Lord Yi was out of the city yesterday, and he should have caught an important clue, and I believe that Lord Yi will bring you good news. ”
Before Hua Xiyu's words fell, three heavy bells penetrated the rain, entered the pavilion, and fell into the ears of the two people, like earth-shattering thunder!
"How is that possible?" exclaimed. My father's body has always been tough, how could he die?
Gao Ran thought for a while, and a terrible thought came to his heart, the eldest brother secretly attacked his father. This may be the reason why Gao Mu left the Shendu to go to the Northern Han Sect, she wanted to find her second uncle in the Northern Han Sect to preside over the overall situation.
"Pity the rain, I'll enter the palace first, and you go to the place mentioned on the note. ”
The situation is critical, and Takayame places a note on the table and walks away.
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Xia Huang's dormitory, fish rest hall.
The three princes and nine kings, military generals at all levels, all those who are of sufficient rank, and the military generals who have no ministers are all kneeling in the outer hall, and the audience is silent.
Turning to look at the inner hall, Emperor Xia was dead and silent, his eyes were closed on the bed, and there was no trace of life in his body, and he had already died in Huangquan.
Next to Emperor Xia's bed, Li Fei, who was the head of the inner court, bowed his head and served, Gao Yang and other princes and harem concubines all showed their grief and wept one after another, but how many of them were sincere?
After a short time, the door of the inner hall was opened from the outside by the attendants, and a white-haired old man dressed in a subservient walked into the inner hall. The old man's name is Chen Chuan, who is the head of the three princes and serves as the prime minister.
Seeing Chen Chuan enter, Li Fei immediately greeted him, and leaned over to hand a volume of documents to Chen Chuan: "Old Chen, this is Your Majesty's last edict." ”
After that, Li Fei stepped back and returned to the bed to serve.
Chen Chuan held the edict in his hand, walked slowly to the princes, opened the paperwork, and said loudly: "Now the old man reads out His Majesty's edict, and the princes accept the edict." ”
"The retainers take the order!" the princes leaned over and said.
"The seven stars are high, and the Xia Emperor summoned ....... Chen Chuan read out nearly a cup of tea before relaying the edict throughout.
There is nothing special about the edict, it is basically an instruction to the descendants to continue to struggle and not to forget the glory of their ancestors.
"The country cannot be without a king for a day, I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will ascend the throne as soon as possible and undertake the great responsibility. Chen Chuan turned around and handed over the edict to Gao Yang.
Gao Ran's eyes flashed, he definitely couldn't sit still, if he didn't make a move at this time, he would have no chance!
Gao Ran hurriedly shouted to Chen Chuan: "Prime Minister, my father is holding a green jade Ruyi, blessed by holy power, and is in the realm of an innate great grandmaster, and his body has always been tough.
However, the death of the father emperor is so sudden, there must be something strange in it, if the reason is not investigated, the father will not be able to rest in peace under the nine springs!"
Before the words fell, Gao Ran turned his head to look at Gao Yang, and asked with a slight smile, "Big brother, did you say yes?"
Gao Ran said and looked at Chen Chuan, who was standing aside. I saw Chen Chuan stroked his beard, and then said to Gao Ran with a slight look in his eyes: "What His Royal Highness said is not reasonable, but the crown prince's accession to the throne as emperor is still the first thing. ”
Chen Chuan's words made Gao Ran a little embarrassed, and he looked at Chen Chuan quite embarrassed, with a look in his eyes: Old Chen, what's the matter with you?
The old god Chen Chuan was there, his face expressionless. In fact, Chen Chuan, who was the head of the hundred officials, couldn't see that the death of Emperor Xia was quite strange. And as expected, it must be the hand of the crown prince.
If the incident hadn't happened, Chen Chuan would certainly not let the prince do this. But now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, Chen Chuan chooses to remain silent. If we continue to investigate to the end, it will inevitably make the Shendu turbulent and unstable.
Gao Yang glanced at Chen Chuan, this old man Chen is still acquainted!
Immediately afterwards, Gao Yang sent a few tears, pretended to be sad and walked to Gao Ran's place, patted his shoulder and said sadly: "Second brother, the eldest brother knows that you can't accept that your father has passed away for a while, but please take the overall situation first." ”
Looking at Gao Yang, who was sad on the surface, Gao Ran's heart burned with nameless anger, his fingers were tightly clasped, and his joints were white. Even if you kill your father, you are still here with false mercy!
Just when Gao Ran couldn't bear it anymore, a cool feeling permeated his heart and suppressed his anger, and then a neutral voice entered the inner hall.
"Old Chen, let's look at it below, let's find out the black hand who plotted against His Majesty first. This matter will not be very troublesome, the black hand must be someone from His Majesty's side. ”
With these words, a tall middle-aged man dressed in a black seven-star cloak walked into the inner sanctum.
The voice entered the ears, Gao Yang and Chen Chuan's faces changed slightly, and the man's arrival was obviously beyond the expectations of the two.
And Gao Ran's face was calm but his heart was happy, this was the helper he was looking for in the rain. Only this one made a move, and Gao Yang and Chen Chuan couldn't make big waves.
Chen Chuan's face recovered, and he clenched his fists plainly but respectfully: "I've seen Lord Min." ”
If there was anyone in the Xia Dynasty who could make Chen Chuan, a patriarch, call him an adult, this tall man was one of them, the Seven-Star Si Shangqing, the Seven-Star Sword Immortal, and Min Yan (the second order of the Human Immortal).
"I've also seen Lord Chen in the next place. Min Yan respectfully returned the salute, and then rushed to the Xia Emperor on the couch to salute the monarch.
As for the other princes and concubines, they are not qualified enough for him to treat each other politely.
"Lord Min, the country can't be without a king for a day, let's wait for the prince to ascend the throne to investigate the mastermind behind the scenes. Although Chen Chuan said this, it was a different situation in his heart. The human immortal made a move, and it seems that the Second Highness won.
"Lord Chen, this matter is just a gesture, I will do it now. Min Yan said as he looked at Li Fei with a smile in his eyes.
At this moment, Gao Yang suddenly burst out laughing. The wanton laughter caused the surrounding princes and concubines to look sideways, and Chen Chuan, Gao Ran and Min Yan were naturally among them.
Putting away his laughter, Gao Yang showed a fierce face, and said to Gao Ran: "Do you think you won? It's too simple, please ask the Yin seniors to make a move!"
As soon as Gao Yang's words came out, hundreds of voices were silenced around him, leaving a quiet place, only to see a woman in white appear on his side, which was the soft snow of Gurong Village.
The moment Yin Rouxue appeared, time and space froze, and everyone below the immortal fell into a standstill.
"Who did you think it was? It turned out to be Min Qianhu! The concubine was so polite. Yin Rouxue bent down and saluted Min Yan.
In the face of the soft snow, Min Yan, who was originally in control, was like falling into the abyss at this moment, and there was a cold sweat behind him. Isn't the Imperial City Great Array able to prevent human immortals from entering? Isn't it true that none of the three elders didn't notice it?
Speaking of which, when Min Yan was still a thousand households, he was friendly with Zhai Huafei, and he was still an old acquaintance with Yin Rouxue.
But after all, he is also a human immortal, and he is not ordinary. Min Yan's face barely remained calm, and he said majestically, "Does my sister-in-law want to meddle in this matter?"
"I am a woman, and the affairs of the court and the royal family have nothing to do with me. However, the man is short-handed, and he promises to shoot once. Yin Rouxue said calmly.
After saying that, Yin Rouxue waved her sleeves, and the invisible human immortal power was released. Min Yan naturally didn't sit back, and the starlight surging around his body, forming a long sword to protect his body.
Martial Arts ~ Seven Star Immortal Sword - Celestial Star Travel.
Min Yan snorted coldly, and his body was about to turn into starlight. But after all, what he was in front of was the first of the three major loose cultivators, the Yin Rouxue of the ninth order of human immortals.
"Min Qianhu still don't bother, the concubine will give you a ride. Yin Rouxue pinched her handprint, and pointed out her other hand into a sword.
Secret method ~ the sound of all things - dust.
Wisps of gray immortal power burst out from his fingertips, pulling Min Yan tightly and slowly attaching to it, and the starlight around him was like a layer of dust, no longer dazzling.
Min Yan only felt that his immortal consciousness and primordial spirit gradually fell silent, and even his consciousness was blurred.
Yin Rouxue lifted her handprint, withdrew her sword finger, and then waved her sleeves, only to see Min Yan turn into ashes and disappear into nothingness.
Min Yan met his husband in the end, so Yin Rouxue only broke up Min Yan's body and primordial spirit, and did not erase his life in the void.
It will take about three years for Min Yan to re-condense the primordial spirit from the void, and then condense the physical body and be reborn.
However, this has nothing to do with Yin Rouxue, Yin Rouxue let go of Gao Yang's time and space to return it to normal, and said to him: "The trouble has been solved, and the memories of the courtiers in the inner and outer halls have also been modified by me.
They won't know that Min Yan has been here, and as for the people outside the Fish Breath Palace, it has nothing to do with me, so give me the ichthyosaur scales. ”
"That's nature. As he spoke, Gao Yang took out a palm-sized scale and handed it over. There are countless laws and texts lingering on it, and the brilliance is dazzling.
Yin Rouxue took the scales, turned around, and vanished. As soon as the soft snow is gone, time and space return to normal.
Chen Chuan's face was calm, while Gao Ran was furious, and stepped up and punched Gao Yang's face.
Gao Yang was in joy, and then in a hurry, he was directly hit by Gao Ran and fell to the ground.
"Second brother is crazy, catch him. Gao Yang came back to his senses and hurriedly shouted. Without Gao Yang's order, Li Fei, the head of the inner court, flashed, imprisoned Gao Ran and took him down.
Gao Yang got up and wiped the bloodshot from the corner of his mouth, and then said to Chen Chuan respectfully: "Let Chen Lao see and smile." ”
At this moment, a voice pierced through the main hall and entered the Fish Breath Hall
"Gao Yang, assassinate my father, I, Gao Quan, want to do the right thing for heaven!"