Da Wei Chun

Chapter 451
So the emperor knows everything?

Li Chengzhi felt that his brain had lost the ability to think, his body was as dull as a stone, and his heart was as heavy as if filled with lead.

I knew it would be like this: if a random cat or dog could make the emperor green and fool him like a fool, Yuan Ke would not be Yuan Ke...

The emperor has been showing him softness, playing hard to get.

Who was captured?

Li Chengzhi suppressed the throbbing in his heart, his eyes swept quickly.There were more than a dozen ministers kneeling under the steps, but all of them looked like him: like a wooden stake struck by lightning, stupid and stunned, stupid and dumb.

Looking back and looking back, You Zhao, Liu Fang, Cui Guang, and Xu Jian and Wang Xian standing behind the emperor also looked similar.

Only Liu Teng, who was kneeling in front of the imperial couch, kept trembling. Beads of sweat rolled down one by one from his forehead, gathered under his jaw, and dripped down with threads.

The emperor's voice was not loud, but it was like thunder: "Liu Teng, where is Hu Xianrong?"

"Dead, De, De, De,... Dead... Dead..."

"It's a good death, one death is a hundred, and there is no proof of death? Then do you know if you are guilty?"

Liu Teng was trembling like a broken leaf in the wind, toppled, but he insisted on not opening his mouth.

"Dissatisfied? Don't talk about today's situation, how much you participated in. Just talk about being a prince, Yuan Yi was able to be captured in the palace and taken to Qingquan Palace, where he was forced to have an affair with the wife of a foreign minister. , you cannot escape the blame..."

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, this matter...This matter was definitely not planned by me...I was also deceived and fell into the tricks of the thieves...Including the sudden sudden death of Hu Xianrong on the day Your Majesty was assassinated, I have never suspected this It's about..."

Liu Teng burst into tears, "I just thought... that the son in Hu Chonghua's womb was the work of King Qinghe..."

"That's right, the emperor's concubine, how could she let others rape her in the palace, and get pregnant with her blood? Even if you committed a crime of dereliction of duty, you can't escape death...

The thief should use this to blackmail you and suppress the assassination case first.And asked you to tell me in advance the evidence that they took great pains to find out, and that they wanted to wait until the next day to blackmail Yuan Jia, Gao Zhao and others?
But why don't you think about it, how many guts did Hu Chonghua have to dare to commit this great crime of killing the nine races?What's more, Mrs. Hu is surrounded by your maids and servants from Changqiu Temple day and night, and how many of them are dark people who are directly controlled by me?
If the thief really has the ability to do such a great thing, it would not be difficult for me to die suddenly, or even die of a natural illness. Why bother to go to great lengths to plot an assassination, let alone let the Hu family borrow seeds from others, to deceive the sky and cross the sea, Li Daitao stiff Trick?

Liu Teng, Liu Teng, you have been smart all your life, you can be said to be as wise as a fool, and your heart is like a mirror.It should be possible to imagine that there must be something strange in it.Take ten thousand steps back, even if it is true as the thief said, you are only guilty of dereliction of duty.

Moreover, you have shown great kindness to me many times, so I may not be able to spare you the death penalty.But you are greedy for power, and you are unwilling to give up your current status and wealth, so you are willing to join forces with traitors..."

Liu Teng was speechless, and knocked his head on the stone brick with a "dong", clearly admitting it.

It can only be blamed that Liu Teng is used to opportunism, thinking that this time, he can steal the wealth and wealth like before, and go to a higher level.

It was Liu Teng who reported the rebellion of the former crown prince and Yuan Ke's elder brother Yuan Xun, otherwise Emperor Xiaowen couldn't have solved it so easily.

The crown prince was bestowed with death, so he must establish a new reserve.However, Yuan Hong took into account that Yuan Ke was weak and sick since he was a child, and he did not have the appearance of longevity, so he had no intention of making him the prince.

It was Liu Teng who risked his life to make a suggestion, calling the abolition of the elders and the establishment of the younger ones a sign of the country's subjugation.Yuan Hong weighed for a long time, and finally adopted Liu Teng's suggestion.Otherwise, how could Yuan Ke be the crown prince?

The third time was still Liu Teng: Yuan Ke had a soft temperament and was not liked by Queen Feng Run.Feng Run repeatedly blew on the pillow and persuaded Yuan Hong to abolish Yuan Ke.It's almost blown out, Liu Teng was the one who encouraged Princess Chen Liuchang, and the two traveled thousands of miles to tell Yuan Hong, who was going south, about Feng Run's adultery with Gao Bodhisattva...

Only these three piles are like kindness and rebirth to Yuan Ke.Therefore, in the final dynasty, Liu Teng was treated extremely affectionately, treating Liu Teng like a confidant, giving him whatever he wanted.

When he died, he was entrusted with great trust and granted great authority. Otherwise, how could he, a eunuch, have the ability to imprison Hu Chonghua and control the government for five or six years like the Supreme Emperor until he died of illness?
It's a pity that Li Chengzhi, who fell from the sky, messed everything up...

The emperor sighed sadly: "The edict I left ten days ago, you also leaked it to the thieves, right?"

"Yes Yes!"

"Ha ha……"

Yuan Ke looked up at the pile kneeling on the ground, "Have you thought of it all?"

All the ministers were in a mess like the wind, and they were as dumb as a wooden chicken.

Liu Teng rebelled only ten days ago?
There is also the edict, if as expected, the emperor must have written that if Hu Chonghua was born as a princess in his lifetime, he would inherit Yuan Yu or Yuan Huai's son as his heir and succeed him as Dabao.

That's why there was chaos tonight: Yuan Yu's four sons were killed cleanly, and Yuan Huai and his eldest son Yuan Ti escaped the catastrophe by a narrow escape.

If it is inferred from this, Yuan Yi is the most suspected, but judging by the emperor's attitude, it doesn't look like him?

Li Chengzhi was as anxious as a cat scratching, wishing he could grab Liu Teng by the collar and ask who it was.When the words came to his lips, he turned a corner: "Liu Teng, why did you check me today?"

"Stupid, even I thought you were bound to die, let alone Liu Teng and the thief?"

The emperor cursed, and then pointed to Yuan Jia and Gao Zhao who were kneeling below, "For example, their crimes were not committed by Liu Teng, but they were committed to me one by one.

The intention is nothing more than to make me be wary of rats, and not dare to grant military power, and even the responsibility of the imperial confinement to others, and it will only fall into the hands of thieves in the end.By that time, even if I saw through the villain belatedly, I would be powerless... But the sky is endless, and I actually woke you up? "

Li Chengzhi suddenly realized: No wonder the emperor dared to hand over the jade seal to him just after he woke up. It turns out that no one can use it anymore, no one dares to use it?

"And do you know why there is so much chaos tonight? It is because of your deceitful corpse that you revived your soul. I managed to hold my ground in the midst of the chaos, and did not condemn Yuan Jia and the others to prison because of the capital crimes committed by these rebellious officials and thieves... …

Also because of your excuse, I have not even released the military power of Yuan Jia, Gao Zhao, Yuan Yong, Yuan Yi and others.What's more, Yuanyuan, whom you strongly recommended to me, led the tigers to surround the Qingquan Palace like an iron bucket. For ten days, the enemy didn't have a chance to take advantage of it.

And if you continue to investigate, the culprit will have nowhere to hide, and the success will fall short, so I put all my eggs in one basket..."

Li Chengzhi's scalp was numb: Is his role so great?Just because he suddenly woke up, the emperor seemed to be grasping at straws, and forced the thieves to jump over the wall in a hurry?
The dog jumps over the wall... how to jump?
Just relying on the fire at Zongzheng Temple and the assassination at Hualin Villa?

What's more, there are tens of thousands of tigers in the palace?

"Don't look at it... Do you know why I called you a fool? You clearly hinted at you, but you were like a tendon, thinking that I was showing weakness to the enemy, and then ran back like a trap? If you hold the Tianzi Festival To escape from the palace, no matter which one of the Chinese Army, Tiger Guards, and New Army, they have already been transferred here..."

Yuan Ke sighed in dismay, "It's too late to say anything now. If I expected it to be true, the imperial city at this time is already besieged like an iron barrel..."

It turns out that the emperor's bruise was sprayed on purpose?

And the words Liu Teng and Qingquan outside the palace bewitched him to transfer troops, were they actually probing?

Liu Teng could have predicted it, not to mention the thieves behind the scenes, if he really dared to go out of the palace to dispatch troops, he might have been shot into a sieve or chopped into a meat paste?
Before he knew it, Li Chengzhi broke out in a cold sweat, his voice was hoarse and hoarse: "I...don't believe it!"

"Don't believe me? Think I'm playing hard to get? Hehe...it's up to you!"

The emperor shook his head disheartened, "Liu Teng, why haven't you started yet?"

As if he had received the signal, Liu Teng stood up abruptly, and shouted sharply: "Since I want to see you, what are you waiting for?"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a "boom", like an earthquake, and the whole hall shook twice.

Several strands of dust and smoke rose from around the hall, like the end of the world, covering the inside of the hall so tightly that you couldn't see your fingers.

"Escort... Escort..."

It should be Yuan Yi yelling loudly, all the ministers in the palace got up and ran towards this side as if they had just woken up from a dream.The smoke and dust are full of human figures, and the sound of footsteps is extremely chaotic.

God knows which of these people rushing over is loyal and which is traitor?

At the very moment, a surge of hot blood burst from his heart, and instantly flowed through his limbs and bones.It seemed that his body suddenly gained strength, and he regained his former bravery.

"Who dares to come over, grandpa will kill him..."

Li Chengzhi drew the knife with his right hand, reached out with his left hand, and grabbed Yuan Ke's collar like lightning.At the same time, he drew back and flew back, sternly shouting: "Wang Xian, Xu Jian, stop it..."

The poor two old men, both of whom are over 130 years old together, had to use all their strength to grab randomly, no matter what it caught, just smash it out.

There was only an "ouch", as if it hit Yuan Yi's head.

Normally, Yuan Ke, who was as thin as a handful of firewood, was as light as a chicken to Li Chengzhi, but now he was as heavy as Mount Tai.He only pulled back five or six steps, but he was so tired that his whole body was stabbed, his bones seemed to be falling apart, and his heart beat like a drum.

I can't take care of it... Even if I die from exhaustion, it is better than being pierced by arrows and dismembered by knives.

With all his strength, Li Chengzhi dragged Yuan Ke to the corner of the hall.He shouted at the top of his voice again: "Yuan Yuan, are you dead..."

As soon as the words fell, there were several "crackling" sounds in the ears, and then "swish" for a while, like ghosts crying and wolves howling, the screams at the gate of the palace could pierce the eardrums.

"Bah…"

A few drops of cold sweat rolled from Li Chengzhi's forehead and dripped onto Yuan Ke's face.

Crossbow?

Such a thing can actually appear in the palace, the palace of concubines?
Several stern roars came from above the head: "Yuan Yuan, you dare to act presumptuously, believe it or not, someone will kill the emperor and your father with random arrows?"

It turned out to be shouted from the ridge of the main hall, the key is that this voice...was actually Yu Zhong?
Li Chengzhi lowered his head mechanically, and looked at the emperor like a ghost: "Why... is it him... Hasn't he been imprisoned by you?"

"You dare to rebel, let alone bribe a few jailers? Say a word...rebel...do you want to kill me?"

Yuan Ke broke Li Chengzhi's hand vigorously, and shouted out of breath, "Yuan Hui, Yuan Yuan, don't act presumptuously, let Yu Zhong in!"

How dare Yuan Yuan dare to act presumptuously?

Suddenly, as if emerging from the ground, the hall was surrounded by soldiers in iron armor and crossbows.Like an iron wall, three layers inside and three layers outside surrounded a circle, enclosing the emperor and a group of ministers in the middle, and even blocking Huben firmly from the palace.

The smoke and dust became weaker and weaker. Li Chengzhi took a closer look. Under the walls around the main hall, several parts had collapsed... Under the Qingquan Palace, there was a secret passage?
He wanted to scold his mother, but he didn't know who to scold?
With the two internal thieves, Yu Zhong and Liu Teng, it is not impossible to remove the entire Qingquan Palace, let alone dig a tunnel...

"finally come?"

The emperor smiled softly, and patted Li Chengzhi's arm again, "What are you panicking, help me up!"

"Can you still laugh?"

"Did you make me cry? I am the Ninth Five-Year Honor, even if I die, I will die decently...Xu Jian, Wang Xian, move my imperial couch here..."

Li Chengzhi's teeth were about to be gritted: "The knife is already on the neck, if you want to do something later, do it quickly..."

"Following move? Hehe... Although I am cruel, I haven't been so cruel that I saw my first-born and nephews being slaughtered, and almost wiped out the family. If there is a second mover, I would have done it long ago. Why is it so miserable like this? "

The emperor smiled miserably, "I called you a fool, but I was also scolding myself. I should have thought it was Yu Zhong..."

"It's not too late now!"

Yu Zhong pushed aside the soldier and walked in unhurriedly: "Your Majesty must have asked Yuan Hui to interrogate Hu Chonghua before he suddenly realized it?"

"Except for the same mother and sister, I can't think of anyone else who can make Yuan Yi mistakenly think that the person he is dating is the Hu family.

Since she is Yuan Yi's wife, Yuan Ji is undoubtedly a traitor.But with only one right guard general Yuan Ji, it is impossible to set up such a big situation without anyone noticing, that's why I thought of you...

By analogy, there is an explanation for the change of assassination: only you can let the assassin enter the palace like no one else.Only you can persuade Liu Teng to frame whoever you want him to frame...

The emperor sighed softly, "I just didn't expect you to launch it so easily? I didn't expect that the [-] Yulin I placed in Jinyong City and Hualin Garden, which was originally used as a surprise soldier, would turn against me so quickly? Grandson How about Zhizhi, like Liu Teng, who was instigated by you?"

"Just like Yuan Hui, he is also one of the commanders of His Majesty's hidden guards. How can I instigate rebellion? I have no choice but to kill him... He shouldn't have died, it's all thanks to Li Chengzhi..."

Yu Zhong looked at Li Chengzhi with a cold look in his eyes, "I already think highly of you enough, who knows that by mistake, good fortune tricks people?

It was because of you that the assassination fell into the sand...

It is also because of you that the plan to undo the military power of Yuan Jia, Gao Zhao and others fell short...

It is because of you that His Majesty regards the tiger as the last barrier, and abandons the thirty thousand feather forests, so that the power of imperial confinement falls into the hands of Yuan Yuan...

If it weren't for you, the situation would never have been as miserable as it is now, and Yu would not have been forced to show his face and become a rebellious official and traitor left in the history books..."

"Haha... I never thought that Li has the ability to be a middle-class residence?"

Li Chengzhi smiled ferociously, "Your Majesty, how great are these achievements, even a vassal is more than enough, right?"

"If I can still be the emperor under the Nine Springs, so what if I make you a prince? Don't make any noise..."

After reprimanding Li Chengzhi, the emperor shouted again: "Yu Zhong, just like what Liu Teng said, now it's a pity, what do you want?"

"Please leave your majesty the same as before, and leave a will to pass on to you. After that, I will invite your majesty to drink a glass of fine wine..."

"Fine wine? It should be Dove Bar...Who will pass the throne to, you?"

"My surname is Yu, not Yuan. Why should Your Majesty ask?"

Yu Zhong shouted loudly, "At this moment, why should Your Highness be timid?"

Looking at Yuan Huai who got up from the ground with a face full of anger, Li Chengzhi couldn't believe his eyes.

"Rebellious minister, I'm afraid there is another crime for you?"

The emperor clenched his fists, his eyes flickering coldly, "If it weren't for your handwriting being too ugly, I have already left an edict that the son of the Hu family will inherit the Baoli. If the Hu family gives birth to a daughter, Yuan Huai's eldest son, Yuan Ti Inheritance...

As long as this edict is in hand, set fire to kill me and then put the blame on Yuan Yi, then the clothes will be seamless... That's why Yu Zhong said, it was you who forced him to show his face and bear the eternal infamy..."

Yuan Ke, I am your uncle, are you afraid that my death is not ugly enough, and you still keep hating me at this time?

Li Chengzhi's tongue was trembling: "Yuanhuai? His son and wife... were he killed?"

"Fool, of course it is to deceive me to pass on his eldest son. Do you think the imperial edict is just a piece of paper? With the edict, he has the name of orthodox..."

Yuan Ke gritted his teeth hard, and there was a bloodstain on his lips, "Looking through the history books, for the sake of the throne, father and son killed each other, are there not many tragedies of brothers killing each other?"

(End of this chapter)