The old thief Cao in the Emperor's Palace

Returning to the inside, the ground was covered with blood.

Seven or eight warriors came forward, carrying long swords dripping with blood, eyes full of fierceness, swaggering, four feet tall, and eight feet strong.

Seeing Cao Cao and his entourage, the leading warrior raised his eyes and shouted: "Whose job is this? Are they the remnants of Baihe?"

When the other warriors heard this, they all raised their swords, as if they were about to chop down their heads if they answered incorrectly.

Seeing Cao Cao's expression turned cold, Zhou Tong took a few steps forward, pointed at his face and cursed: "Where did you get out of here? How dare you talk to my brother like this? Where is Fujiwara Nagami?"

The warrior listened to his well-spoken Chinese and then looked at the clothes of several people, and he suddenly smiled: "Ah! Could it be the Demon King and all the ghosts and gods? I'm sorry, I'm a samurai under Prince Saiyun.

, are being ordered to eliminate the rebellious officials and traitors who are following Bai He."

Zhou Tong said sharply: "Prince Zuiyun? Is there still Prince Zuifeng?"

The samurai laughed and said: "My lord, you are joking. Emperor Horikawa only had three sons, namely Prince Zonghito, Prince Saigumo, and Prince Kanxiao. Among them, Prince Zonghito became the Emperor of Toba, and Prince Kanxiao became a monk at an early age.

There is only Prince Zuiyun in my family, and there is no Prince Zuifeng."

Brother of Emperor Toba?

Cao Cao frowned and asked: "Where is Prince Zuiyun now?"

The warrior said quickly: "The prince is at the palace, preparing to inherit the throne of the emperor."

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this: "What a prince, he has long ears. Emperor Toba's body is still warm. Do you want to take advantage of the heat? Brothers, come with me to the palace to take a look at this prince who wants to be the emperor."

, exactly what it looks like.”

When the warrior saw Cao Cao and others walking away, his eyes were filled with uncertainty, and he called to someone beside him: "These Tang people are afraid that the coming ones are not good, so hurry up and summon our people to meet in the palace!"

Cao Cao was too lazy to pay attention to such small actions, and went straight to the palace and passed through the square in front of the palace. When he was about to enter the palace, more than ten armored warriors jumped out and shouted loudly in Fusang language, blocking Cao Cao's path.

Cao Cao looked into the palace and saw a graceful woman under the throne, holding a baby in her arms, standing side by side with Fujiwara Nagano. Guanzhong, Tingyu, Jiezhen, and Jiebao all stood up with their weapons and guarded them closely.

They were the remaining ten or so knights under Fujiwara Nagami, covered in blood and standing with swords in their hands.

Facing them, there were about a hundred warriors with bright armor and soldiers. Behind them stood more than ten people, richly dressed and imposing, obviously all ministers, surrounded by a noble boy of fourteen or fifteen years old.

Cao Cao shouted: "Father-in-law, who are they? What are you doing here?"

Fujiwara Nagami heard Cao Cao's voice and jumped to look outside. Seeing Cao Cao waiting to kill him, he was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "Wonderful son-in-law, Regent Sekishiro Fujiwara Tadashi, wants to help Prince Saigumo, the younger brother of Emperor Toba, ascend the throne.

I am trying to reason with him."

Among the group of ministers, an old man in his fifties laughed loudly when he heard this: "Are you arguing with me? In terms of rank, you are just a middle-aged man. I am the regent Guanbai. In terms of closeness, I can't care for the Fujiwara clan. I

You are an elder of the Teng family, how can you be qualified to argue with me? Who gives you the face?"

Fujiwara Nagami's face suddenly turned red. The so-called elder means the head of the clan.

Indeed, in terms of official position, bloodline, and the aggressive Fujiwara Tadashi, he was far from a match.

Cao Cao also laughed and said: "Old man, I have an answer to your question. Fujiwara Nagano is my father-in-law. As Wu's father-in-law, who gives you the courage to argue with him?"

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After hearing this, the old man's face suddenly turned red, and he said angrily: "Demon King, I know you! You have hooked up with the witch from Fujiwara Nagami's family, so naturally you have to stand up for Fujiwara Nagami, but I want to advise you, don't be too aggressive.

Too self-righteous! Haha, if my Fujiwara family hadn't taken action, do you think that with more than ten Tang people like you, plus Fujiwara Nagami's hundred and ten samurai, we could have invaded Ouchi?"

Zhou Tong was immediately unhappy after hearing this and shouted: "You old dog, stop talking nonsense! What do you mean you never took action? I guess you didn't dare to take action?"

Jiao Ting said curiously: "Brother Zhou Tong's words make no sense. Since he is an old dog and doesn't fart like dogs, how can he fart like a donkey? A sheep's fart? A rabbit's fart?"

Zhou Tong praised: "Hey, I often say that you have extraordinary vision, and it's true. Look at how old this old dog is, and his face is white and tender. Maybe he is an old rabbit."

Fujiwara Tadashi said angrily: "In a country of Chinese etiquette, you actually speak dirty words in such a solemn place, which really brings shame to our country."

Zhou Tong said: "We, the people of the Kingdom, have always said nice things to good people and bad words to rough people! So you also know that this is a solemn place? You are in this solemn place, surrounding the little emperor who is about to succeed to the throne.

Are you a good person if you make such a big noise?"

Fujiwara Tadashi glared and pointed at the aristocratic young man next to him: "Nakamiya has always behaved badly, who in the imperial court doesn't know this? Since Emperor Toba is so successful and his brothers are so successful, it should be Prince Saigumo who succeeds him to the throne."

At this time, Prince Saigumo coughed lightly, waved his hand to stop Fujiwara Tadashi, looked at Cao Cao with a smile, and said softly: "The Demon King has great martial arts skills. This time he brought order to the chaos, and he really made a great contribution to our country. But what is happening at this moment is, after all,

It is better for the Demon King to stay on the sidelines in our internal affairs for the time being. After I ascend the throne, our country will surely be richly rewarded."

After saying this, he bowed and his attitude was very gentle.

Cao Cao laughed and said: "If the emperor has no children, it will be natural for his brothers to succeed. But since the emperor has heirs, how can we start talking about the problem of brothers to succeed?"

Fujiwara Tadashi said disdainfully: "In front of Emperor Toba, he still called the child his uncle and son. Who in the court would not know?"

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "No, no, if I know correctly, Prince Saigumo is also the son of Emperor Horikawa, and Horikawa is the son of Shirakawa. Even if the child is the descendant of Emperor Shirakawa, he is still of ordinary blood, so there is no need to distinguish relatives.

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Without waiting for the other party to reply, he pointed at the other party and said with a smile: "You, Fuso, I also know a little bit about the affairs of the state: the Fujiwara family controls the position of Guan Shiro and holds the power of regent, and has always ignored the emperor. Unexpectedly, Emperor Shirakawa established a separate government, and you were replaced.

This is all in vain. This is the cause and effect of your Fujiwara family sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between tigers. Haha, I came to kill Emperor Shirakawa and severely damaged the vitality of the Pingyuan family. You, the Fujiwara Kita family, just happened to take advantage of it and established a new emperor.

, continue to hold power, these calculations are correct, but you forgot-"

He suddenly turned his face and shouted in a deep voice: "Is it possible that I have worked so hard to come to Ping'an Jing to make a wedding dress for you!"

Fujiwara Tadashi was exposed by him and became angry and shouted: "You were lucky enough to defeat the Taira clan and the Genji clan. Do you think you are invincible?"

A minister next to him suddenly took out a horn from his arms and blew it.

On both sides of the hall, hundreds of warriors suddenly poured out, surrounding Cao Cao and others.

Before these people could gain a firm foothold, more than a hundred warriors came in from outside the palace gate. The leader was the warrior who had previously spoken to Cao Cao outside the palace. He shouted loudly: "Prince, my subordinates are waiting to escort you."

At this time, there were nearly 500 samurai inside and outside the palace. Fujiwara Nagami could not help but lose countenance. Prince Saigumo and Fujiwara Tadashi looked at each other and smiled at each other.

Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Bai He has thousands of elites under his command, but they have not been able to stop Wu. What can you do with just a few hundred people? Brothers, let me kill you!"

As soon as he said this, all the brothers shouted in unison, and there was no need to discuss it. Shi Wengong and Aliqi turned around and killed each other. The two spears were like two dragons making trouble in the sea. They swept away the whole area. Fan Rui, Zhou Tong, Meng Kang, Duan Jingzhu waved his sword and saber, followed by two tiger generals. Although there were many warriors, they were killed and retreated one after another.

Sun An, Kleina, Jiao Ting, Shi Qian, four, two swords, four knives, and a sickle, danced together, instantly killed the few warriors at the door, and went straight into the palace. In the palace, Xu Guanzhong , Luan Tingyu, Jie Zhen, Jie Bao did not hesitate to kill from the inside out.

Fujiwara Nagami didn't expect Cao Cao to be so stubborn and took action directly. His face was flushed with excitement. He looked at his more than ten men who were motionless and jumped on his feet: "What are you waiting for? Follow the adults to kill the enemy. ah!"

Only then did the knights wake up and follow Xu Guanzhong and others to fight behind them. Fujiwara Nagano pulled out the sword, held it tightly with both hands, trembling all over, and said to Fujiwara Akiko: "Don't be afraid, Your Highness, the old minister is here, and no one can get past the thieves." Come."

Akiko Fujiwara glanced at him disdainfully, stood on tiptoes, and looked at Cao Cao at the door through the mass of people: Is this the Demon King who fought all the way from Echizen Kingdom to Heian Kyo, and was invincible, even killing Emperor Shirakawa? Okay? What a scary person for such a tall man! If he hadn't said that he wanted to make my son the emperor, I'm afraid Guan Bai and Prince, and even Zhong Nayan, wouldn't have allowed me to live.

Prince Saigumo and Tadashi Fujiwara were among the ministers. No one expected that Lao Cao would actually order the killing. At first, they thought he was suicidal, but then they understood why the famous Taira father and son, Genji Even Kunzhong can't stop these dozen or so people!

It's not that they couldn't imagine that Cao Cao and others were extraordinary in martial arts, but in their minds, what would happen if they were extraordinary in martial arts? Such a crowded environment is not as good as the wilderness at the top of the city, where there is enough space to display martial arts to the fullest, like this palace. Hundreds of people are fighting outside, with no room to dodge. There is a huge advantage in numbers.

However, the situation turned out to be completely opposite to what they thought - the one who forged ahead was the one with the fewest people!

Even if the samurai were not afraid of death and slashed the enemy with the sword, not a drop of blood would flow out. Instead, the opponent would kill the samurai with a backhand.

"Are we fighting ghosts and gods?"

Suddenly, some collapsed warrior shouted such a sentence with a cry.

With the current knowledge of the Fuso people, they would never have imagined that there was such a thin and light armor that could withstand swords in the world! In their view, Cao Cao's brothers were simply invulnerable ghosts and gods.

"Sixteen Ghosts" was originally considered by them to be a title that demonstrated the opponent's martial prowess. However, at this moment, the invulnerable body suddenly made them realize that the opponent might really be a ghost who imagined human nature.

Cao Cao stood proudly and saw six people outside the palace killing each other. The warriors couldn't help but retreat. The palace had already been cut down. Those ministers who had the slightest courage drew their swords and stepped forward to fight. The remaining ten people crowded around. They formed a ball and were trembling. Cao Cao slowly drew his sword and walked away. He said with a ferocious smile: "Regent Guan Bai, is it great? Haha... remember in the next life, Guan Bai is the one who has strong soldiers and horses!"

Following this scolding, Lao Cao raised his sword and dropped it, and Fujiwara's faithful head flew up from his mouth with an incredible expression.

"Master Guan Bai is dead!" The sharp-eyed warrior saw this scene and exclaimed loudly. Cao Cao remembered the fallen heads and shouted: "Those who surrender will not die, those who resist, the Yi tribe!"

"Everyone stop it! Everyone stop it!" Prince Zuiyun shouted at the top of his lungs as his face was splashed with blood.

Due to Cao Cao's threat and the prince's obstruction, the warriors put down their weapons and looked blankly into the palace.

There are more than a hundred warriors in the palace, but there are only about thirty people at the moment.

It imitates the golden brick floor of the Tang Dynasty palace, with corpses piled up and blood flowing everywhere.

Cao Cao glanced at Prince Saiyun strangely, and the prince tried his best to put on a flattering smile: "Master Tianma Wang, my brother's son, after all, is young. If I make you the emperor, I will make you the god of national protection, on par with Amaterasu."

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Cao Cao shook his head gently: "I have always been on par with her. She is my best friend. If she hadn't begged for her so hard, who would have the patience to come to Fusang to take care of your mess!"

"And -" Lao Cao looked at Prince Saiyun and shook his head regretfully: "You Fusang people really have too little experience. Even if you can't let go of your arrogance, you might as well call yourself 'Little King', and keep saying 'I am the King'

, after Wu killed so many people, is he here to hear you call me 'my king'?"

Then he picked up a knife and chopped down Prince Saiyun.

The warriors directly under the prince's command immediately started making noises. Shi Wengong and others showed no mercy and raised their swords and guns, killing more than thirty people in a moment, while the rest remained silent.

Cao Cao looked at the remaining two hundred warriors and said with a smile: "Brothers eventually become younger brothers. Now that I have lost my younger brother, I probably have no choice but to let that child become the emperor. Do you think so?"

Some samurai wanted to say that Emperor Toba also had a younger brother, Prince Kanxiao, but the words were on their lips but they did not dare to say them out.

Seeing that no one dared to resist, Cao Cao sheathed his sword and pointed at the remaining warriors and ministers: "Father-in-law, since the elder of the Fuji family is dead, who else can take over this position? These warriors of the Fujiwara family are all handed over to me.

You go ahead and ask them to take these people into custody and hold them accountable later. For now, summon the other ministers who have not participated in this matter and establish an emperor first. After all, a country cannot be left without a master."

Fujiwara Nagami nodded repeatedly: "My dear son-in-law is right! I will do it now, I will do it now!" He hurriedly summoned his men and asked them to hand over the weapons of the samurai and tie them outside the palace. He also sent people to invite those who were hiding.
To be continued...