Chapter 6: The Storming of the Palace
The counter-current river of blood and the roaring dragon flame finally collided together, and the blood river initially gained the upper hand, pressing the dragon flame to retreat all the way, and burst into a grand fireworks in the sky. From a distance, it was sunny all around, only the dark clouds shrouded above the prince's mansion, and a dragon beast roared in the dark clouds, swallowing dragon flames and a river of blood that rose against the sky formed a fierce confrontation, and the entire prince's mansion trembled in the confrontation between the two.
If Shen Fei hadn't gone down the mountain to preach on behalf of the Dao Sect, the Dao Sect would still have no idea about the true situation of this land, and could only sit back and watch the other factions divide the interests of the mortal realm.
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On the other hand, the Imperial Palace is the Shotomon Gate.
Armed with steel spears in hand, the Praetorian Guards stood tall in front of the Zhengde Gate, they were the Praetorian Guards responsible for guarding the palace, wearing leather armor, leather boots, and helmets, standing motionless in the scorching sun. There was not a drop of sweat on their bodies, and their bodies released a slight chill from the inside out.
A group of patrolling guards passed by them, and the soldiers did not turn their heads, staring intently at the void in front of them, ready to meet all sudden challenges without relenting. The Praetorian Guard soldiers were responsible for guarding the safety of the old emperor, and they were all elites selected from all over the country, and each one was a good one.
After the patrol soldiers walked away, several black shadows appeared in front of Zhengde Gate and quickly approached them.
"Murderous aura!" The soldiers were keenly aware of the murderous aura, and reacted as quickly as possible, changing their postures, holding spears in both hands, and yellow feathers grew on the only exposed face in an instant. The murderous aura was so heavy that they used all their strength directly, but unfortunately it was ineffective, because the enemy was too strong! In an instant, they were behind them, and the dagger reached out to their necks and beheaded them one by one.
The Ten Princes Tuoba Zhen appeared in front of the Zhengde Gate, he was over thirty years old without a trace of wrinkles on his face, his cheekbones were prominent, his appearance was handsome, his narrow eyes contained gloomy light, he was wearing a striking dragon robe, and his hands were behind his back, and all the entourages were waiting in front of him, and there were no weapons on his body.
He stepped into the Zhengde Gate with one foot, revealing his domineering spirit, his gloomy eyes stared at the towering Imperial Hall of Light, and a little yellow in the depths of his eyes showed that he had a noble bloodline as a royal family.
The people who accompanied him were all dressed in golden riding coats, dark brown breeches, and dark black cloth shoes, and all of them held their swords in their hands. The long blades in their hands are thick and sharp, cutting gold and breaking jade, all of which are sharp weapons made by the hands of famous craftsmen.
"Your Majesty, as you expected, Dongfang Changqing has led a large number of people to encircle and suppress the Great Prince, and now that the palace guards are empty, it is the best time for us to become the master. ”
"Don't make too much of a move, move forward as fast as possible, and quickly find your father to force him to issue an edict of abdication. ”
"Obey!" As soon as he walked through the Zhengde Gate and was about to continue to move forward into the palace, Tuoba Zhen suddenly twisted his eyebrows and looked behind him, only to see that the Praetorian Guard soldiers who had been cut down by his men before actually stood up one by one, and the severed skulls were either convex or concave, as if a new life was about to break out.
"Father, have you worked hard for decades to come up with these nondescript things!" Tuoba Zhen sneered and stretched out his hand forward, and the darkness under the city gate instantly surged towards the soldiers, wrapping them in three layers inside and three layers outside, and by the time the darkness receded, those strange lifeforms had completely disappeared from the world, and there were no residues left.
"Useless fellow! Losing the protection of the monks, mastering the palace is like digging into a bag!" "Since the old emperor said he was sick, all the monks who were responsible for guarding the palace withdrew, leaving only the Praetorian Guard, who had been replaced by Tongtian Sect members, and the only force that Tuoba Zhen cared about was no longer there.
As the so-called praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches behind, Tuoba Zhen led five hundred elites deep into the palace and smashed the dragon's nest, all the way like a bamboo, completely unstoppable. The supposedly elite Praetorian Guard soldiers could not integrate into an overwhelming force advantage before his surprise attack, and the soldiers always came in small groups and easily met the king of Hades.
Finally walked up to the Imperial Capital Hall of Light, where the supreme throne was placed, as if waiting for his return. The old emperor did not appear in the Hall of Light, and Tuoba Zhen's goal was that he should have gone straight away, but his eyes were deeply attracted by the dragon chair placed in the middle of the Hall of Light, and he could no longer walk.
"Your Majesty, something is important. A kind reminder from the people around you. Tuoba really ignored it, walked over the high threshold and entered the Hall of Light, walked past the stone lion and stone tiger, walked up the three steps of the stairs, reached out and stroked the delicate outline of the dragon chair, his eyes were full of greed. But soon, this greed turned into ferocity, Tuoba Zhen actually raised his right hand without warning and waved it down again, shattering the throne that symbolized imperial power with one palm: "After I become the emperor, everything will be new!"
To his surprise, the harem, which should have been thriving, was dead and silent at the moment, with a miasma of smoke, withered flowers, withered plants and trees, and not even a single figure.
"What's the matter? Father, did he know that he had arrived and evacuated the people in advance?, or did he kill all those people?" Tuoba Zhen muttered to himself, and with his ability, he couldn't guess the mystery for a while, "It shouldn't be, there are three thousand beauties in the harem, and it is impossible for my father to kill them all, there is no reason!"
In the harem, it was quiet, palaces with similar appearances were towering, the streets were dirty and messy, and there were still people to be seen, like a dead field.
Tuoba Zhen made a gesture, and his subordinates immediately turned into black shadows and left, rushing to all parts of the palace to investigate the movements, and immediately reported as soon as there was a clue. Unfortunately, there was no clue, and the news brought by his subordinates was that there was no one in almost all the nearby palaces, not even a single figure.
"So strange?" Tuoba really felt that something was wrong, he personally walked into a palace, and saw that the tea on the table was already cold, the clothes in the cabinet were still there, and the jewelry box was well hidden in the secret compartment, and muttered, "They must have been gone for a while, and they left in a hurry." ”
Tuoba Zhen turned and walked out of the room, his men in golden coats following him, vigilantly guarding his left and right, as seasoned veterans, they could all sense the danger here.
As they walked forward, the sky in front of them seemed to be shrouded in a haze, which was incompatible with the current sunny weather.
Tuoba really had a hunch that his father must be there, and he must be brewing something.
At this time, someone stepped forward and reminded: "Your Majesty, this street is not quite right, be careful." Only then did Tuoba Zhen recover from his contemplation, his gaze coldly scanning left and right. I found that the street I just stepped on was indeed different from what I had seen before, the palace next to the road was tight and short, and it should be the place where nobles or show girls of lower status lived.
Tuoba Zhen raised his right hand and shouted, "Stop!"
His subordinates immediately stopped, and automatically opened up into a fan to defend him, holding the knife nervously, and sweating in their palms.
Silence! The streets were so silent that even a pin could be heard on the ground.
Tuoba Zhen patted his subordinates on the shoulders and walked out from behind them, staring coldly ahead, and said in a low voice: "Come out, you don't have to hide anymore." "Tuoba is really a self-respecting person, and as a person with such a character, all the subordinates who follow him are foils. Looking closely, in addition to the cell boss who welcomed him out of prison, there were also four personal bodyguards who followed him when he came to the Liewang Mansion for the first time. One of these four people had fought against Chu Xie and was an immortal with good strength.
The prince has always been self-respecting, and when he went into battle to kill the enemy and charged forward, his subordinates were all left far behind by him. This is his style - domineering and exposed, and it is also the reason why he has gained many followers, and for strange people with strange powers, only the truly strong are worth following.
The five hundred dead soldiers who came with him were not ordinary people, otherwise they would not have easily killed the Praetorian Guard soldiers who were one of the demons, they were all really strange people who were willing to follow the prince. The prince really put all his efforts into this moment, on this last bet, when he learned the secret of his body, and after knowing the past of his parents, he finally made up his mind to kill his father. He is indeed different, different from the prince Lie, the prince Yuanji, and the prince Boyi, he is a special person.
The prince really walked out of the team and said to the figure hiding in the dark: "Come out, why hide it!"
After a short silence, a large number of soldiers poured in from both ends of the street, all the doors and windows of the palace were opened, and the soldiers were armed with crossbows and aimed at him with the windows as a platform, and the prince and the five hundred dead soldiers were surrounded by the inner and outer three floors.
The soldiers who appeared in front of him were all dressed in blue clothes, wearing black gauze hats, with clean faces, a single stubble on their chins could not be seen, and their ages were all around 20 years old. This is a guard trained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs himself, and it is directly controlled by the great eunuch Liu Yi, and the whole empire calls it the Shence Army.
Unlike the Praetorian Guards led by Dongfang Changqing, all the soldiers in the Shence Army were eunuchs, and all of them operated within the palace area, and they were not allowed to leave the palace without His Majesty's order. The Shence Army was closer to the old emperor than the Praetorian Guard, and was always responsible for carrying out some confidential tasks, and it is said that the death of the first prime minister after the old emperor ascended the throne was related to the Shence army. The Shence Army is low-key and mysterious, and it is rumored that its strength is not inferior to that of the Praetorian Guard, but because there are very few people who have really seen it, they can't know exactly the depth. The Shence army uniformly wore light blue coats, black pants, long hair coiled up and hidden in gauze hats, and weapons with a knife and a crossbow, which looked clean and neat.
In the blink of an eye, they made a move, surrounded the prince and his party, and surrounded the entire street tightly.
The great eunuch Liu Yi, accompanied by his two godsons, ascended to the highest palace on the street, and looked down from the open window, surrounded by Shence soldiers armed with repeaters. He smiled and said, "Your Royal Highness, do you know that it is a capital crime to break into the harem and kill the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard for no reason." ”
Surrounded by troops several times his own, the Ten Princes Tuoba Zhen looked as usual, and his deep gaze always contained gloom and coldness, and did not change at all: "As the so-called father is unkind, the son is not filial! My father privately practiced evil and evil ways, in vain attempt to kill his own son and take power forever, it can be said that people and gods are angry, and I Tuoba Zhen vows to put things in order, and give a sunny day to the empire." Mr. Liu, as long as you support my actions, after I ascend the throne, I will canonize you as a pillar country, and enjoy the power of ten thousand people under one person, and the wealth of eternal life. ”
"His Royal Highness's kindness Weichen has received it, but people live in the world to know how to repay their kindness, Weichen is supported by His Majesty, and is reused by His Majesty, not to mention the crow's reciprocal feelings, and he does not dare to have the slightest disobedience. On the contrary, it is Your Highness, not only wearing a dragon robe, but also calling yourself me, and it is difficult for Your Majesty to forgive you. ”
"I don't need the forgiveness of others, I am the master of the human kingdom! Liu Yi, since you are stubborn, then obediently go to the funeral for that person. ”
"Your Highness, the old slave really has to say a word about you, you really underestimate your father, if he wants your life, you have no way to live. Liu Yi raised his right hand high, and then waved it down vigorously, "Shoot the arrows to the miscellaneous family, release the arrows." ”
As soon as the words fell, ten thousand arrows were fired, and the way out on both sides of the street was blocked by the soldiers' shields, and thousands of arrows were shot at the surrounding palaces at the same time, and the crossbow arrows rushed in black and oppressive, about to shoot them into a sieve.
At this moment, a solid darkness flashed and swallowed all the arrows into it. Tuoba Zhen sneered, his hands behind him, and he didn't move: "To deal with you, I am enough for one person!"
But he didn't feel proud for long, because immediately after, an explosion occurred in the dark space that devoured thousands of crossbow arrows, and the sound of "boom ......" was endless, making Tuobazhen's face look ugly.
Liu Yi sneered and said: "Your Highness, I forgot to tell you that these arrows are all coated with black oil and added with explosive powder, and they will explode when they collide violently. Your Highness, that darkness is connected to you, and it must be uncomfortable to endure thousands of explosions. ”
"It's like a child. "Tuoba is not soft in his mouth, nor is his hands soft, he has always been self-respecting, he would not admit defeat because of a little setback.
The darkness was wide open, and all the crossbow bolts that had been absorbed before were spit out, but the enemy's second burst of fire came shortly after, and the spit out crossbow bolts and the newly arrived crossbow bolts collided with each other, forming a series of explosions very close to him. At the same time as the explosion produced a stream of fire and shock waves, there was a strange yellow smoke rising, and Tuoba Zhen's eyes narrowed, and he said: "It's not good, it's poisonous!" Find this site and search for "CM" or enter the URL:.