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Chapter 104 (2)
Chapter 91 (2)
Three days ago, on the first day Zhengde arrived at the Tenz paddock, on his way to the altar by car, he was ambushed by a large number of assassins in the valley and was poisoned with a crossbow.After the assassin succeeded, he took advantage of the terrain to escape, and Zhengde was sent back to the palace. Although the imperial physician tried his best to save him, he was no match for the poisonous gas attacking his heart. Overnight, news spread that Zhengde had passed away.Xie Zuiqiao, who was then the commander of the guards, was arrested and thrown into prison by the order of the accompanying third prince because of his inability to rescue him.

The emperor died after being assassinated, and the accompanying officials were like headless chickens for a while, and they were all in a mess.Until now, the emperor's body was put into the coffin and parked in the apse. It was agreed that tomorrow he would secretly send it back to Jinjing. The most important thing is the enthronement of the new emperor.

"A country cannot be without a king for a day. The first emperor encountered an accident, but fortunately the prince was established early. I will greet the prince as a new king, and hope that the prince will mourn and change."

Chen Gelao, who had been on good terms with the assassinated Taifu Xuanzheng before, came out, shouted to the crowd, and walked towards Prince Zhao Weihan.

The officials looked at the sad prince, then at the third prince who bowed his head, and all their eyes were on the third prince, King Xingjing.

Although King Xingjing has no real position in the court, but he is the third son of the empress dowager, the uncle of the crown prince and the third prince, and he has the highest prestige in this palace at the moment.

King Xingjing hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the crown prince, the rightful successor, finally stood up, and together with Mr. Chen Gel, wanted to salute him as a monarch and minister.

"Wait!"

Zhao Weijun, who had been lowering his head all the time, suddenly made a sound.Seeing everyone looking over, he said with pain on his face: "Uncle! Father was murdered by a traitor. The culprit has not been found yet, and the crown prince hastily succeeded to the throne. I am afraid that people in the world will not be convinced! "

Chen Ge was stunned, and then he said angrily: "The crown prince is the heir who was appointed by the previous emperor. Why is it so difficult to accept the succession like this?"

Zhao Weijun sneered and said, "My lord Chen, no one in the court knows that my father has long been dissatisfied with the crown prince, but at this moment, my father was assassinated. Once my father is gone, who else in the world can hate the crown prince?" What? It really has to make people suspicious!"

The prince was furious, and even his voice trembled a little: "Third brother, what do you mean by that? You said it was my instigation?"

Zhao Weijun sneered and remained silent.

The crown prince had already turned his head, and said to King Xingjing: "Uncle Three Emperors, I hereby swear a heavy oath that if the culprit who killed Emperor Father is not found, I will not ascend to the position of great treasure."

King Xingjing frowned slightly, and said hesitantly: "Of course this king believes in you. It's just that Mr. Chen Ge said that a country cannot live without a king. It is enough for the prince to have such filial piety. After succeeding to the throne, find out the assassination as soon as possible." The culprit is to comfort the spirit of the late emperor!" As he spoke, he and Chen Gelao knelt down to the crown prince.

Many of the courtiers behind him are usually on good terms with the Yan family, but seeing King Xingjing's behavior at this moment, they gradually surrounded each other and were about to kneel down to see the new king, when suddenly the door of the main hall was blocked Pushing it away, a gust of night wind rushed in, blowing the candle sticks flickering.

"Wait a minute!"

Someone shouted loudly outside the door.When everyone looked back, their faces changed immediately, some were happy, some were worried.

Standing outside the door was none other than the elder of the Yan family, Yan Ke, the prime minister at the right, with a purple robe and jade belt, and a Yanshuang mask.

Chen Ge was stunned, and then reprimanded: "Yan Ke, the late emperor did not order you to accompany you when you went north this time. How dare you leave the capital here without permission?"

As if he had never heard of it, Yan Ke glanced coldly at the crowd in the hall, walked in slowly with square steps, and then smiled slightly at the stunned King Xingjing: "Third Prince, the late emperor had a secret a few months ago. The imperial edict saw the minister, and he was heartbroken. He said that the prince was incompetent, and he realized that he had the intention of killing the king, so he secretly granted an edict to the minister. He said that if something happens in the future, he must be inseparable from the prince. He ordered the minister to assist the third highness New gentleman."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked.In the silence, Chen Gel suddenly said angrily: "You old thief of the Yan family! The late emperor has long been divided with you, how could he say these things to you! You poured dirty water on the prince, I doubt that this assassination is your initiative. Messenger! Where is the secret edict you mentioned, take it out and have a look!"

Yan Ke's eyes fell on him coldly, and he remained motionless proudly.When everyone heard the commotion outside the hall, they flocked to the door to have a look.In the night, the lit torches meandered like a fire dragon, and the whole palace was surrounded by soldiers.

King Xingjing's face was gray and defeated, he glanced at the prince, sighed inwardly, closed his eyes and remained silent.

"Old thief Yan, you must die!"

Chen Ge's old eyes were about to burst, and he was still yelling at the top of his voice.

"It's you who insulted the important officials of the court! Come, someone, drag him down and beat him to death with sticks!"

Yan Ke said angrily, the tiger wolf sergeant outside the door would immediately enter, and wanted to drag Chen Ge down.

"Wait!"

The crown prince suddenly stood up from his seat, his face was ashen, he stared at Zhao Weijun for a moment, and said slowly: "Third brother, I know that you are extremely intelligent, and I can't compare to you as an elder brother. The throne in this world, Since you want it, I will give it to you. I hope that in the future you can become a wise king and benefit the people of Dazhao. Old Chen Ge just lost his mind for a while, and then he offended Master Yan with nonsense, hope third brother Don't argue with him. There is also Commander Xie, although he has neglected his duty, he only thinks of his Xie family's loyalty for generations, please let the third brother let him go, I have nothing else to ask for."

With a gloomy face, Zhao Weijun finally nodded after a while.

Yan Ke laughed loudly and said, "They all met Xinjun with me!"

The ministers who came to their senses knew that the overall situation was settled, and followed Yan Ke one after another, and were about to kneel and worship when they were suddenly taken aback.

On the side of the curtain at the back of the main hall, there was an unknown person standing there, with the candles flickering, dressed in black, with stern eyes.

"Master Pei!"

Everyone blurted out and froze there.

Pei Tai asked to resign some time ago, Zhengde agreed, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were all surprised, they didn't understand why he wanted to quit when he was in his prime.This trip to Tenz is naturally not included.Did not expect to appear here at this moment.

Yan Ke was stunned, and then sneered, "Who am I to tell you? It's you! It's just in time, and I have worshiped the new king with the old man, and I may use it again in the future."

Pei Taizhi smiled, nodded slightly to the astonished prince, and slowly reached the center of the hall, then frowned and said: "King killer and traitor, why should I worship?"

"Pei Taizhi, the late emperor has gone, and you have no backing! Do you think that with a sword at your waist, you can withstand the 1000 troops outside the palace? , Now listen to my instructions. Those who know the current affairs are Junjie, you are a smart person, and you must know what to do."

"The sword in my waist is naturally irresistible, but if I tell you that Commander Xie has already transferred his former subordinates of the Western Day Camp, and now he is protecting His Majesty and is attacking this palace, do you believe it or not?"

"Nonsense! Your Majesty was killed by a poisoned arrow!"

"That person is just a death row prisoner, wearing a human skin mask and sitting in the car. The one lying in the coffin at the moment is also this double. It's ridiculous that you think you have succeeded in your scheme, but you never thought you were falling into the trap. Oh , by the way, listen..."

Outside the main hall, there was a faint sound of fighting like mountains and seas.

In the light of torches all over the sky, Xie Zuiqiao drew his bow, and the sharp arrow pierced the night sky with a sharp sound, and pierced into the throat of the leader who was leading someone to stop him dozens of steps away, and the man fell to the ground in response.

"Your Majesty is here safely, whoever stops me will be killed!"

He sat high on the horse's back, borrowing the sound of the wind, the whistling sound overwhelmed the sound of fighting.

The emperor, dressed in a bright yellow uniform, was sitting on a high chariot, and behind him on both sides were the dark army of the Western Daying Army.

The sound of knives and guns gradually stopped, and after a while, the sound of shouting long live came one after another.Soon, Zhengde entered the hall surrounded by Xie Zuiqiao and the soldiers.

The courtiers in the palace had weird expressions on their faces, and they stood there in a daze, forgetting to salute.It wasn't until King Xingjing bowed down first that they all followed suit.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is well. It is really great news!" Chen Ge, weeping, crawled up to Zhengde's feet and hugged his legs tightly.

Zhengde's face was also moved, and he leaned over to help him up, sighed, and looked at Zhao Weijun, not hiding his grief.

"Jun'er, why are you so black-hearted and disregarding the relationship between father and son?"

Zhao Weijun's face changed drastically, he clenched his teeth tightly, but he couldn't stop his teeth from colliding.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's all the minister's idea and has nothing to do with the Third Highness! He doesn't know it at all!"

Yan Ke knelt down and kowtowed heavily, blood was already gushing from his forehead.

Zhengde glanced at him in disgust, and immediately a soldier came over to support him down.

Zhao Weijun's formerly gorgeous face was now as white as snowflakes, he gritted his teeth and slowly knelt down.

Years of planning and painstaking efforts turned out to be nothing in the blink of an eye just because of one careless step.

He was suddenly a little dazed, but there was more hatred in his heart, and he finally couldn't help it, and laughed wildly.

Zhengde didn't expect him to be so mad, he was furious, he drew his sword and pointed at him, and shouted angrily: "Nizi, you don't seem to accept it? What else can you say!"

"Winner and loser, I have nothing to say. It's just..."

Zhao Weijun stopped laughing, turned his head to stare at Pei Taizhi, and said sadly, "Father, the crown prince has a noble status since he was a child. I can't compete with him. I have nothing to say, but this person, what is his identity? He is just a Unidentified lowly person, father, you have to raise him so carefully? If he hadn't had Pei's surname on his head, father, would you have given him the world? Why, just because he is you private..."

"Your Highness, the Third Highness is stupefied!" Xie Zuiqiao suddenly took a step forward, interrupting Zhao Weijun's words, "Your Highness, take a step back. His Highness is a very smart person, but he didn't know how to take a step back. That's why today's disaster happened. , what does it have to do with His Majesty?"

Zhao Weijun stared at Xie Zuiqiao, sneered and remained silent.

All the courtiers in the main hall peeped at Zhengde's pale face, and he was silent like a cicada, when suddenly Xie Zuiqiao came out to round up the situation, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

"Nizi! You are still talking nonsense at this time! What Zuiqiao said is that you are narrow-minded, and this is why you have fallen into a quagmire. Although you killed me, I can't help thinking about my blood and blood. To take away your princely position, I will send you to practice in Huangjue Temple for three years. When will your hostility disappear, and you will be reborn as a human being again! Someone, take him down!"

"How did you know that this plan lured me into the cave?" When passing by Xie Zuiqiao, Zhao Weijun stopped, hesitated, and finally asked sadly, "I ask myself that the plan was perfect, and the loss like this is unclear. Even death is not at ease."

"Why did Your Highness say death? In the future, we must remember to practice with great concentration, so as to live up to His Majesty's determination."

Xie Zuiqiao smiled slightly, and answered irrelevant questions.

He hadn't closed his eyes for several nights, but he didn't feel tired at this moment, the blood in his body was only boiling, and he wanted to go back to Jin Jing immediately.

At noon on the tenth day of November, there was a sudden sound of killing at the four gates of the capital that had been dead for nearly half a month, but the sound of killing soon quieted down.Liu Xiang was beheaded on the spot at the North Gate.The gates of the city were wide open, and the imperial flag was fluttering, and the emperor stepped back to Jinjing in his seat.After more than half a month of panic, the people peeped the holy car's team through the cracks in their homes, and were ecstatic, opened the doors and knelt down one after another, cheering loudly.

"Girl, girl, uncle is back!"

Dan Lan yelled all the way in regardless of her image.Ming Yu and Xie Jingzhu who were facing each other glanced at each other, then suddenly dropped the embroidery in her hand, and ran away.When he arrived at the corridor, he saw the dusty Xie Zuiqiao striding towards him with a smile on his face.She was about to cry with joy, when suddenly a stuffy air hit her chest and abdomen, her eyes went dark, and she softened.

(End of this chapter)