Volume 1 Chaowailang Chapter 30 The Game Above the Court
The large array buried in the ground of Chu Capital has been activated again since eight hundred years ago, and ordinary pedestrians will not feel anything when they walk in it, only monks will feel the viscous power suppression.
The famous Great Array of the Chu State here, the monks above the Lingxi Realm will be suppressed, as long as they are still in the Diwang Realm, they will not be able to escape the suppression of this Great Array, unless there is a special token made by the royal family to be able to move freely in the array.
Some famous historians of the Chu State lamented that the royal family still invested a lot of money to build this magic circle, but they burst into tears while sighing.
Others were puzzled and asked why the old man was crying, but the old man looked at these people who didn't learn and didn't even bother to explain.
The history books of the state of Chu clearly record that the last time the big array was opened, it was the death of the previous Chu emperor, and it was opened in order to stabilize the government and the opposition.
Combined with the fact that the current Chu Emperor is in the twilight for hundreds of years, the old man sighed and said, our wise and martial majesty has passed away.
The Praetorian Guards were constantly expelling the cultivators in Chu City, and when they encountered some monks who did not listen to the dissuasion by relying on a few or two of their own cultivators, they directly killed them. Let others marvel at the power of the palace.
The entire Chu Capital, from the moment the big array opened, began to be filled with an iron-blooded aura.
And in the palace.
Taifu and the old eunuch Wei took the edict and looked at each other speechlessly, before the three princes arrived, no one dared to disturb the edict left by the Chu Emperor, and the edict in the box felt like a hot potato. Who will become the new Chu Emperor?
The old Taifu is still mourning the death of Emperor Chu, who has served him all his life, but he has not really indicated which prince will inherit the throne, which is another bloody dispute. If it is really as His Majesty said before he died, then he can only follow the method that His Majesty said.
Taifu fell in love with his eyes and didn't want to think about those questions.
The Manchu Dynasty civil and military knelt down in the palace, and the three princes knelt down in front of the dragon body with white belts on their heads, their eyes were full of sorrow, as for their true thoughts, they didn't know.
Taifu saw that all the officials had arrived, and said slowly: "Since everyone has arrived, let's start this edict together." ”
The second prince's heart trembled, and he took a deep breath and shouted, "Slow!"
Everyone in the hall was surprised by the second prince's behavior, and the Taifu looked at the second prince in a slightly cold tone, "What's the matter? Second Highness can't believe my old bones? In front of His Majesty's coffin!
The second prince bowed to the prince and apologized, but in the prince's smiling eyes, he still suppressed the tremor in his heart, and said slowly: "I don't believe in the prince, the prince has served his father all his life, and he can naturally be trusted." ”
"Then why did the Second Highness do such a thing?" Taifu looked at the Second Prince with cold eyes.
At this time, the crown prince also spoke, but he was not scolding the second prince, but said lightly to the prince: "As far as I know, this edict was not given to the prince by the first emperor before he died, right?"
"This ...... Not really. Taifu stroked his beard, these things can be found out by those who have a heart, and there is really no need to hide them.
But the prince will also speak, this ......
"But the old man uses his life as a guarantee! It is definitely an edict written by His Majesty himself!" Taifu looked at the officials in the palace and whispered, and shouted angrily.
Only the third prince, Li Zeyuan, kept kneeling in the hall, and he didn't pay attention to the quarrel when he heard everyone's quarrel, showing a sad expression.
The prince sneered: "It's not that I don't believe in Taifu, but what if this edict is sent to Taifu when it is sent to Taifu......? Brother?"
The crown prince looked at the third prince Li Zeyuan with a faint smile, and was surprised in his heart that this inconspicuous third brother was actually the heir to the throne in the edict, and it seemed that there was something he didn't know.
The prince did know who was written in the edict, and the prince actually knew about this edict through secret information, but he didn't plan to revise anything. so that his third brother can inherit the throne normally.
The crown prince doesn't want this throne, after all, he is a dying person, and the country is useless. However, the crown prince guessed that there should still be part of his father's soul in Chuzang, and all he wanted was to personally ask that part of his father's soul if he had ever felt guilty about him.
The second prince looked at the prince and looked at the third prince Li Zeyuan in shock, he originally thought that the edict was written on the eldest brother, and he dared to stop it desperately with He Rui's strength, could it be that the third brother secretly modified it?
couldn't help but get angry in his heart, and he was about to kick it over, "Okay, third brother, say if you did something!"
The third prince turned sideways to avoid the kick of the second prince, looked at the prince innocently and asked, "Big brother, I don't understand what you're talking about?"
Then his tone was cold, and he said to the second prince: "Second brother, please respect yourself!"
"You ......" The second prince didn't expect the third brother to be so tough today, and he was a little speechless for a while.
"Today, the old man is entrusted by the first emperor to make the edict public, and I ask the three highnesses not to interfere. As he spoke, he was about to open the box.
The prince smiled and did not speak.
"Old man, I don't think it's better to open this! For the sake of the lives of everyone here!" General Zhang Ze suddenly said in a voice.
After seeing Zhang Ze's voice, a burst of shouts of killing suddenly erupted outside the hall, which made the officials in the palace panic. Some officials even rushed out of the main hall with the intention of fleeing for their lives.
Taifu's eyes gradually cooled, but the box in his hand did not continue to think about opening it, he didn't expect the general to come back this time, he actually participated in this kick, if he forcibly opened it again, maybe at least half of the officials in it would die. looked up at Shousuke, who had not spoken from beginning to end, and even closed his eyes as if he was dozing off because of old age and frailty.
As if sensing the Taifu's gaze, the old lady shook her head slightly, and then closed her eyes again.
Taifu put down the box in his hand.
"Are you going to rebel? Zhang Ze!" the second prince shouted, why didn't his own men rush in?
Outside the palace, there were constant shouts of killing, and Zhang Ze sneered and looked at the second prince, "Why did the second highness arrange a group of people outside the palace? As far as the old minister knows, they are all from the martial country, is the second highness going to rebel?"
"Hugh wants to spew blood!" the second prince quibbled.
Ignoring the second prince, Zhang Ze looked at the old man of Shoufuju and said, "What I'm worried about is that if this box is opened, the Chu Kingdom will become divided. ”
Old Man Ju heard Zhang Ze say this, and then slowly opened his eyes, "Oh, then what do you want?"
As soon as the old man beckoned, the box in the hands of the Taifu was in his hand, and the old man looked at the people arguing in the court, "Now, the box is in my hand." ”
"Teacher!" Zhang Ze knelt on the ground and shouted, if the old man opened this box, maybe only the prince and his own strength in this hall could stop it, but it was impossible to do it in seconds.
The second in the Chu State, it has always been the first assistant to occupy this seat.
The crown prince bowed to Shoufu, "There are only three of us brothers, and we don't want to let the Chu State fall apart again." It's not that I don't believe in His Majesty's edict, but according to the practice of our country, the heir to the throne needs to enter Chu Zang and come out alive, and I ask you to agree. ”
The second prince also followed and requested: "Please also ask Master Ju to agree!"
Then he glared at the third prince, the third prince smiled and didn't say anything, nodded to the old eunuch Wei who had been standing next to the coffin without a trace, and then bowed deeply to the old man.
And the eyes of the third prince flashed, Zhang Ze. Actually leaning over there, I guess he and my eldest son did Bai Lintang's death!
The old man of Shoufuju actually has another identity, that is, the mausoleum keeper of Chu Zang, and it is also with the help of Chu Zang's feedback that he has the second name of Chu State. I saw that the old man nodded his head: "The state of Chu can indeed inherit the throne with the prince who came out alive from Chu Zang, this is okay." ”
Then the conversation changed, "But the degree of danger must have been heard of by Your Highnesses, I will only save the last prince alive after entering Chuzang and all my attendants have died." ”
"Moreover, after the eighth layer of Chu Zang, the old decay will not be saved. That Highness wants to try it?" the old man looked at the three Highnesses.
The crown prince smiled lightly, "If you go, you can really be regarded as the Emperor of Chu, isn't it?"
If there is a prince who comes out of Chuzang alive, then no matter what the edict is, the successor to the throne will only be the prince who came out of Chuzang alive.
Because it is recorded in the secret history of the palace that in the nine layers of Chu and Tibet, there is a way to break through the Diwang realm!
The second prince laughed, "Big brother is so Yaxing, how can I not accompany him?"
The third prince, Li Zeyuan, said indifferently: "I'm free, since the two elder brothers have this plan, I'll go too." ”
"In that case, the day of the first emperor's burial three days later will be the time when you will enter Chuzang!" Old Man Ju looked at the three of them lightly.
Then he said to Zhang Ze, who was kneeling on the ground: "Regardless of the reason, it is wrong for you to do this, this matter is over, go back to your border, and you will not be allowed to return to Beijing for ten years." ”
"Yes, teacher. Zhang Ze agreed to the master who taught him to cultivate, and stood silently behind the prince.
Taifu received the signal from the old man, and said indifferently to everyone in the court: "Today's matter, who dares to let me hear any rumors after going out, hum!"
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Tang Li, who was sitting on the ground listening to the main hall, was indeed a little surprised by the final situation after listening to the report of the government, and then looked at the true face of the government, if it was the people who went to the court today, they would definitely shout: Taifu!
The status of the government is so high, and the senior brother at the beginning worked hard to support the position of the government.
Tang Li couldn't help but think, no matter how he listened, he felt that there was something wrong with the third prince, but he couldn't feel that there was anything wrong.
After all, the old emperor is dead, and the prince and the old man have personally verified it, so there should be no problem, could it be that Qiao Niang is seriously ill?
Don't think about it so much, Tang Li plans to follow the three princes into Chuzang, after all, what the old man said is that "after the death of the attendant, the last prince will come to the rescue." Then the third prince must be accompanied by enough attendants.
Everything was in the direction that Tang Li wanted, and he didn't do anything except that he motioned to Taifu to leave the box for a while.
Tang Lifu grinned, this luck, no one's luck.