Shendou Continent

Chapter 216
The Ouyue Dynasty is currently governed temporarily by a four-member ruling group composed of three auxiliary ministers in the cabinet and the King of Thailand, a descendant of the 27th Emperor Pingshun.

At the same time, the ruling group ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple to jointly investigate the murder of Emperor Shuntian.Although the two kings of Jianhuai are suspected of regicide, they are both the most powerful contenders for the throne. With many supporters, the investigation is naturally full of difficulties.Due to the complicated situation, the ruling group ordered the Habayashi Army to take over the ten gates of Hangjing and enforce martial law in the capital.Although King Jian conspired with Dai Chun, the commander of the Yulin Army, to arrest King Huai and kill him in prison, and the theory of committing suicide in fear of crime caused a fait accompli.In this way, there is no proof of death, and the biggest obstacle on King Jian's way to the top can be removed.

But obviously, it is impossible for Huaiwang party members to cooperate with this approach.After a fierce confrontation, Duke Huai only agreed to cooperate with the investigation.In order to ensure personal safety, every time Duke Huai travels, the great elder Fu Jing of "Lin'an Sect" will personally accompany him.Although I don't know Fu Jing's true cultivation level, but he looks like a fairy with his white hair and youthful face, and others dare not make mistakes when they see it.In this way, after several rounds of interrogation by the four divisions, officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the Neiwei have been busy for a long time, but Prince Huai is still safe and sound.

King Jian originally wanted to take advantage of the public opinion to gain a moral high ground, and then sent someone to arrest him and kill him. Unexpectedly, King Huai is really powerful, and Lin'an Sect has such a high-level person. It seems that he has to resort to thunderous means. .

Similarly, the Fourth Division's investigation of King Jian is also the same, and there is no real progress.However, the Changhua lineage was already severely injured after the fierce struggle between Emperor Xinfeng and King Lu. Now that Emperor Shuntian is gone, he has no right to speak in the royal family, and the remaining princes and nobles of the royal family are constantly weighing the pros and cons.In the court hall, the supporters of the two factions also quarreled.However, there were not many other powerful princes, and there was not a powerful third party for a while, so the focus of everyone was still on the Jianhuai Shuangwang, and their struggle was beyond the control of the law.From the looks of it, they can only fight by force, and whoever wins has the final say.

Originally, King Jian was also showing affection to Ke Wuxin, and Ke Shi also liked King Jian, and the two had been flirting for a while.Ordinarily, when Emperor Shuntian passed away, the Ke family should go to Beijing, just in time to assist King Jian.Unfortunately, upon learning of the new funeral of Emperor Ouyue, the army of the Guangchu Empire once again invaded the border from the southwest, and the southwestern border, which had been calm for more than a year, broke out in war again.Last time when Emperor Xinfeng was mourning, they had just taken advantage of it and hesitated not to send troops. This time they did not intend to waste the opportunity again.In this way, Ke Wuxin was dragged to the southwest by accident.

In fact, when Emperor Xinfeng died last time, the Hanhai Empire in the north found the right time to plunder the northern border of Ouyue several times.At the beginning, most of the army in the northern border was transferred to the southwest, leaving the north empty. After Han Hai knew the situation, he was naturally impolite and quickly went south to rob money and invade land.Because the soldiers in the north stood firm, and Hanhai only wanted to gain some benefits, there were no major problems in the north. Later, with the defeat of King Lu, the troops in the north were replenished, and the north stopped.

In the Ouyue court, apart from Ke Wuxin, there were originally two saints who had been officials to the governor, and they were already very old. Last year, in order to kill Lu Sheng, one of them, the governor from Wuyunmen, was also punished. He was injured and passed away soon, leaving only one named Jin Renlong, and now the two kings maintain neutrality.Although the King-Building Party gathered many masters of the mysterious realm, Ke Wuxin was dragged to the southwest, and there were no saints in the camp.Although there is a lack of top-level strongmen, King Jian has no choice but to launch now.

And Duke Huai has learned about the situation in the palace through Miao Yi these days, and also knows about the role played by Xiao Zhou.How similar are these to the time when Changhua seized the throne?This made King Huai and the others even more hate Jianwang Xiaozhou, and also strengthened their determination to showdown.

Soon, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Shuntian, another Lantern Festival is coming.Although the capital is under martial law and there is no place to appreciate lanterns, the lantern-raising activities of dignitaries and pious people are still sporadic.It was also under the cover of the festive atmosphere that the King-Building Party finally decided to take action.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Dai Chun mobilized the main force of the Habayashi army, and a team of as many as ten thousand people quickly surrounded the Jianghuai courtyard in the south of the city, intending to forcibly arrest King Huai.However, their actions had been detected by King Huai in advance, and Duke Zhen's contacts in the Yulin Army still had a certain rank.In the face of King Jian's attack, King Huai's party's countermeasures are: use their tricks, turn defense into offense, take advantage of the vacancy, and go straight to Huanglong!Win or lose in one fell swoop!
At this time, in the Jianghuai other courtyard, there is only a group of dead soldiers who regard death as home, and their main purpose is to hold down the Habayashi army.As for Duke Huai, he had already moved to a secret base to command troops.King Huai's party troops were divided into three groups, the first one was led by Zhen Guogong and Fu Jing, composed of the guards of the Duke's mansion and the main force of "Lin'an Sect", nearly half of them were fighters, about a thousand people.Lin You and Dai Ming were in charge of the four halls of "Lin'an Zong", and together with the guards of the Duke's Palace, they planned to enter the palace through the Donghua Gate on the east side of the palace at night.

And Miao Yi got the news in advance, and brought a group of confidantes to wait at the east gate.Because of Miao Yi's identity, the Ouchi guards on duty at the east gate did not dare to drive him away, but they just stepped forward to ask why he came, and Miao Yi also shirked a reason and stayed.And when the guards of the east gate saw a large number of uninvited guests from afar and were about to shout, Miao Yi and the others had already made a move and quickly dealt with the guards of the east gate.In this way, Prince Huai's party quietly sneaked into the palace.Soon after entering the palace, fierce battles broke out with the guards and eunuchs.

The other two groups of King Huai's party are composed of the guards of King Huai's palace and fighters recruited by Huaizhou.The total number of these two groups of troops is over ten thousand, half inside the city and half outside the city.The forces in the city were originally scattered around the Jianghuai other courtyards. At this moment, they have already been transferred to the Hangjing Branch of Tongzhi Hall in the east of the city. This branch and the surrounding area are all property of King Huai, which is a good place to deploy troops. place.Now, their goal is the Jianwang Mansion in the city.In this team, there are three Profound Realm elders Yan Nanfei, Bi Yingyue and Qing Mutong from Wuyun Sect, in addition to Wang Liang, plus Huai King's guard commander, there are as many as five Profound Realm fighters.The other half outside the city are the rest of the Huaizhou guards under the command of the eldest son Qian Fenglin. According to King Huai's order, they have come from Huaizhou day and night, and the troops are hidden in the northern suburbs of Hangzhou.Tonight, they are responsible for attacking the North Gate of Hangjing, the main purpose is to contain the forces of the Habayashi Army.

At this time, King Jian had already secretly mobilized his guard army in Jianzhou. Because of his relationship with the Habayashi Army, his troops could quietly enter the city in batches even during the period of martial law.At this moment, thousands of elite soldiers have gathered inside and outside his palace.Originally, he wanted to further win over Ke Wuxin, so that he would be sure of winning, but unfortunately, the sky failed, and the Southwest War broke out again, so Ke had to sit in command.But he is confident that he has controlled the Habayashi Army through Dai Chun, the inner guard Chu Yunfeng is neutral, and the people of Hangjing Mansion are not to be feared, and now that the Habayashi Army has also controlled the ten gates of the capital, he has Xiao Zhou in the palace. Sitting in the township, he will succeed if he forcibly arrests and removes Duke Huai.

Tonight, in order for the Habayashi Army to successfully capture King Huai, he also sent a powerful force of fighters to assist.Just to deal with that Fu Jing, he immediately dispatched the three masters of the profound realm in the mansion.At this moment, there are only three profound fighters in his family, but he is not worried. He believes that he has a large army in his hands, and his people are in control of the palace and the city, and he himself has reached the profound realm. , in his opinion, as long as the sun rises tomorrow, he will become the new master of the empire.

But he never expected that the pre-emptive attack he thought was actually a bad move!
(End of this chapter)