Chapter Twenty-Three: The Mystery of Life (Asking for Tickets)
The emperor was also a little stunned by this sudden voice.
I saw Zhao Yi pushing away the banquet, Huo Bu walked in the middle of the hall, holding a folding fan in his hand, staring at the emperor coldly, to be precise, greedily staring at the emperor's throne.
None of the civil and military officials expected that Prince Yi would openly rebel at the prince's engagement ceremony.
Except for Li Xun, who was sitting there expressionlessly, everyone was shocked.
"Presumptuous, it's you rebel, someone will take it down for me!" said the emperor angrily.
After the emperor finished speaking, more than 20 armored guards quickly rushed out and surrounded Prince Yi.
After being surrounded by soldiers, Zhao Yi did not have a trace of fear, and waved the folding fan lightly with his right hand, only to see hundreds of soldiers rushing from outside the hall, enveloping the hall and making it impassable.
"You rebel dare to rebel openly! You think that you can succeed with this little force, you are really looking for death!" said the emperor with a little amusement.
"Since I dare to do something, I am naturally 100% sure of success. The soldiers are here, nearly eighty percent of the troops of Qingyang Kingdom are within my dispatch, and now there are 50,000 soldiers outside the palace who are rapidly attacking the city, and in less than three hours, you will all fall into my hands!" Zhao Yi opened the folding fan and said with a smile.
The civil and military officials stared at the golden, tiger-headed talisman on Zhao Yi's right hand. Presumably that is the tiger head talisman of Qingyang Kingdom, which can dispatch nearly half of the entire empire's troops, but hasn't this tiger head talisman always been in charge of General Li, isn't it
At this time, suddenly a soldier outside the temple shouted, "Report", and knelt on one knee at the entrance of the temple.
"Say!!" the emperor said with a pale face when he saw that it was a spy from the guards of the palace tower
"Outside the city, a large army of unknown origin is rapidly attacking the city, about 50,000 people, and our army has only 5,000 soldiers, and they are struggling to resist. The enemy is fierce, and we can only defend it for two or three hours, so please let your Majesty decide. The spy said.
"Got it, stand down and go and investigate!" said the emperor.
The spies answered.
After hearing this, the civil and military officials could no longer maintain their calm, and they exchanged heads and ears, discussing countermeasures, and only Li Xun was drinking slowly as if nothing had happened.
"Now you can believe what I said!" Zhao Yi said to the emperor with a sneer.
"Li Xun!" the emperor said as he stared at Li Xun with a grim face.
"That's right! This tiger-headed soldier talisman is indeed mine, and the 50,000 male soldiers attacking the city outside the city are also dispatched by me!" Li Xun slowly put down his wine glass and stood up.
"Li Xun, I don't treat you well, why did you rebel against me?" the emperor said coldly.
Thirty years ago, I fought on the battlefield to help you lay this country. Half of this country was built by me for you. You haven't believed me for thirty years, since you are ruthless, don't blame me for being unjust! When you die today, I will leave you with a whole corpse!" Li Xun laughed.
Li Lu saw that his father, who was upright in his heart, was openly rebelling at this moment, and he was frightened, and said aggrievedly: "Father!"
Li Xun heard that it was his daughter's voice, didn't look at her, shook his hand, and motioned for her not to speak.
The two forces in the main hall were about to meet each other, and the atmosphere was very tense.
"Even if you are already dissatisfied with me, you don't have to rebel with this rebel, do you really believe that this rebel has the talent of an emperor?" the emperor suddenly sighed.
Zhao Yi said angrily: "Rebel, rebel, you have always looked down on me. I am your own son, and you treat me like this!" he pointed at Zhao Yu and said, "I really regard this son as my own, what did I do wrong? I actually made you hate me so much!"
Zhao Yu, Li Lu, and the civil and military officials were all stunned.
Only the emperor calmly said to Li Xun: "It turns out that you told this rebel about Yu'er's life experience. I said, how could he be so dissatisfied and ambitious!"
"That's right, are you still going to hide the truth and bring the secret to the coffin?" Li Xun asked rhetorically.
Li Lu and the civil and military officials all vaguely guessed that the prince should not be born to the emperor.
Zhao Yu felt incredible, he kept staring at the emperor, hoping that he would stand up and tell himself that it was not true.
The emperor sighed, stood up, glanced at Zhao Yu with concern, and said: "It's been more than ten years, I didn't expect time to pass so quickly!
Seeing the emperor admit it in person, Zhao Yu was like suffering a thunderbolt from the sky, his eyes were dark, and he almost fainted. He stared at the emperor for a long time, as if he was stupid.
The emperor looked at Zhao Yu with loving eyes and began to miss the past. He spoke: "Thirty years ago, I was still a grass people, and although my family was not a noble family, it also had a slight status. One day, my family was wiped out by a monk of unknown origin. I still don't understand how our ordinary family could attract so much interest from monks. Hundreds of my people were slaughtered, and I was seriously wounded and almost dying, but I was fortunate to meet a powerful man surnamed Li, who suddenly intervened to rescue me, and with his medical treatment, I was quickly cured. At that time, the sudden change made my whole person change and I began to become ambitious. At that time, I vowed to find out the origin of those monks in order to avenge the destruction of my family. But after 30 years, I still haven't found the slightest clue. I later met Li Xun, who was a small soldier in the previous dynasty and was often bullied. I was very compatible with him, and when I saw that he was also talented, the two of us discussed and conspired together. But it is so easy to achieve great things! Which powerful man surnamed Li later learned that when I wanted to be the emperor of the army, he selflessly helped me to achieve it. With his help, I laid the foundation I have now and become emperor in just three years. At that time, I felt that he not only saved my life, but also helped me to build a country, and I must have a plan. But after seeing his ways, I dispelled this idea. With his Taoism, he naturally didn't look at the glory and wealth of the mortal world, and he killed the immortal god of war of the previous dynasty, General Anding, in just one moment. ”
Speaking of this, the emperor playfully looked at Li Xun, who was pale.
When everyone heard General Anding, they were shocked.
According to legend, General Anding was the protector general of the previous dynasty, protecting the previous dynasty for 50 years, winning every battle, and only once in his life, he was defeated by Li Xun. Why is it that now the emperor really said that it was a monk surnamed Li who killed the general of stability.
Seeing that all the civil and military officials were looking at him with strange eyes, Li Xun finally couldn't help but be angry: "You are talking nonsense!"
The emperor glanced at Li Xun coldly, and then sighed: "At that time, our army crushed the army of the previous dynasty, and then only General Anding was left, he was seventy-five years old at the time, and he would rather die than surrender, and the three thousand soldiers of our army surrounded him. His face did not change and he fought to the death, what a hero! It is a pity that our General Li was eager to kill General Anding in order to seek merit. Who knew that he took ten moves under General Anding, and was almost killed by Anding, and then a powerful man surnamed Li shot and killed Anding, it's a pity, it's a pity!"
Everyone saw him with a look of pity, and they didn't know whether they were pity for General Anding or for General Li's incompetence.
The emperor then added: "After General Anding was killed, I buried his body. It's a pity that our General Li, in order to establish his prestige in the army, spread rumors that General An Ding was killed by his own hands. In order to bury the truth, he later secretly slaughtered all the 3,000 soldiers besieging General Anding. At that time, I read about his military exploits, so I didn't track down this matter, and a powerful man with the surname Li didn't care about the prestige of this mortal world, and naturally he didn't care about it. This is our General Li!"
Li Xun stared at the emperor with a blue face, he didn't expect that on the day he was about to die, he would expose his shortcomings, which is really damned.
The emperor said: "Since then, I have known the true character of Li Xun. To my surprise, after helping me lay down the country, the powerful man surnamed Li left on his own, and he has not been heard from since. Until one night more than ten years ago, he came to me with a baby less than a full moon in his arms. He was so badly wounded that he was dying, and he refused to ask me to heal him. He told me that his entire people had been wiped out, and he fought to escape and save the only bloodline. He begged me to take good care of the baby as if it were my own. I have always thanked him for his great kindness, and when I saw that he was dying, I agreed to his request. After he told me a few things, he passed away. Remembering the life-saving grace of the past, I took care of the baby as promised. At first, it was just to complete the mission, but then I gradually liked that child, and I seemed to see the old me from that child, and I loved it even more. And now that the baby has grown up, he is the current crown prince Zhao Yu. The powerful man surnamed Li said that his real name was Li Yu!"
Everyone was stunned, and now they know the true life experience of the prince, but everyone's expressions are different.
Zhao Yu was full of pain and couldn't accept this fact. The civil and military officials and Li Lu were shocked, Li Xun was expressionless, only Zhao Yi sneered, and scolded: "It's really a sinister seed!"
"The story is over, it's time to send you and this evil seed on your way!" Li Xun looked at the emperor coldly.
"Didn't you give me time to finish telling this fact just to make the rebellion justified! Do you really think that with this little soldier in front of you and the 50,000 troops outside, you can put me to death?" said the emperor with a sneer.
Li Xun said: "I've been following you for so many years, and I still can't figure out the details of you?