Chapter 188 Mantis catching cicadas
It takes no time to find a place to find a broken iron shoe.
That's what these imperial guards think now. They don't care about this woman on the ground, and their real target is the emperor. At this time, the emperor took the initiative to stand up. Isn't this an excellent opportunity to make great contributions?
The Imperial Guards immediately surrounded the Liang Emperor, but this was the Nine Five Lord of Daliang, the noble and true emperor. Even if he was in a downfall at this time, his majesty was still there and his identity was still there. These Imperial Guards did not dare to approach him at will.
"If you traitors, if you repent at this time, I can spare your lives. If you plan to continue to help the evil, then I will definitely kill your nine clans!"
Emperor Liang's threat played the opposite role. The imperial guards, who were originally flinched, mustered up the courage to come forward and attack Emperor Liang. King Xiang, who had been hiding in the cave, saw that the time was ripe, rushed out of the cave and rushed to the closest imperial guards to him, snatched the sword from his hand and pierced his chest.
"Father, I have a son here!"
King Xiang showed his fearless spirit. He waved his sword and blocked Emperor Liang at the fastest speed. He tried to force them to retreat to the Imperial Guards' crazy sword dance, and shouted loudly: "You still have the last chance to surrender now. If you are still obsessed, then I will let you splatter blood on the spot later!"
Shiraishi had already felt the signs of a large number of people running around him. He had been trying to take action for a while, and he wanted to see what kind of scene would happen next.
Looking at Qianyuan Palace again, the King of Ling, who had completely lost the trace of Emperor Liang, was so angry that he ordered the killing of all the people present. At this time, Concubine Hui ran to the King of Ling and persuaded: "These people are not to be jealous of death. The success or failure of the Palace Transformation depends on the Emperor. You must hold the Emperor hostage immediately!"
"How can I not know about the Erchen? I have sent someone to search. At this time, the entire imperial city is under the control of Erchen. I hope they can't run far!" King Ling inspected left and right and left without finding Zhang Huaiyuan's traces, so he shouted: "Where is Zhang Huaiyuan?"
The answer was not Zhang Huaiyuan, but a spear. The spear pierced through the chests of the two imperial guards, brushed the body of the Lingwang, and flew out of the hall. The one who took action was Cao Zijing. As the Minister of War, he was not a false reputation. Several imperial guards had already died in his hands. At this time, Cao Zijing had already tore a breakthrough.
"Follow me out of the hall!"
Cao Zijing shouted, and several military generals and civil officials followed him, including Yan Di. Yan Di was indeed a civil official, but he was not a scholar with no power. At the critical moment, he also raised his weapons and started fighting, with no timid expression on his face.
Everyone fought together and fought a bloody path in Qianyuan Palace. Cao Zijing took the lead and rushed out of the hall first. His fierceness made it difficult for the imperial guards to defeat him for the time being. King Ling and Concubine Hui were also at the gate of the palace. Cao Zijing looked at King Ling and planned to use a move to capture the thief and capture the king first, splitting the obstacle in front of him, and his body suddenly jumped towards King Ling, and the blade approached King Ling's throat before his people.
Although King Ling was arrogant, he was really inferior among the princes at the critical moment. At the critical moment, Concubine Hui even planned to block the knife for his son.
Puff! Blood splattered, splashing all over the faces of King Ling and Concubine Hui. King Ling was stunned. After a while, he didn't dare to lower his head to look. He was afraid that he would see a hole had been pierced in his body. It was not until Concubine Hui, who was standing in front of him, hugged King Ling with joy and cried, that he came to his senses.
"Mother...I'm not dead?"
Concubine Hui stepped aside. When Prince Ling saw Cao Zijing curled up in a ball, blood gushed out of his neck.
"Your Highness is frightened!"
Zhou Xunliang arrived in time, and Zhou Xunliang was also the one who took action. He took the dagger he prepared and cut open Cao Zijing's throat. Zhou Xunliang jumped off his horse and saluted King Ling. Ling Wang looked glad that he had survived the disaster. After taking a few deep breaths, he waved his hand to let Zhou Xunliang get up.
"Your Highness, where is the Emperor?"
"The father must have escaped from the door, and I have ordered people to chase him."
"Your Highness, this matter is the most important thing! The general is willing to lead his troops to control all entrances and exits in the imperial city, and he will definitely not allow anyone to enter and exit!"
"Yes, you're right! Hurry up, you can block all the city gates immediately!"
Zhou Xunliang was about to leave but was stopped by King Ling.
"Commander Zhou, how about the eight gates of the capital?"
"There are people guarding them all, and there will definitely be no other army that can enter the city until we complete the major event!"
However, later facts proved that Zhou Xunliang was too optimistic. However, at this time he still thought that his plan was perfect. After Zhou Xunliang led his troops away, King Ling had completely recovered. When he thought that Cao Zijing dared to assassinate him, he was furious, especially when facing the desperate court officials led by Yan Di, he was even more furious.
"Dare to resist, kill them all!"
The imperial guards abide by the orders of the King of Tombs, and more swords were greeted at the ministers, and immediately more ministers poured into a pool of blood. Yan Di was injured and forced to retreat back to the Qianyuan Palace. In the chaos, he found King Zhuang, who hid under the low table and shivered.
The height of the low table at the banquet is only to the knees of an adult. It would be reasonable if a child hides under it, but King Zhuang is an adult in his thirties. If he wants to hide under the low table, he will not arch the low table, which will make his body feel aggrieved! But unexpectedly, King Zhuang did it, which has to show that at the critical moment of life and death, human potential is really unlimited.
King Zhuang was really hard. His hands were bent and trembling. Beads of sweat as big as beans had wet the floor of a small stall. Even he himself didn't know when he could hold on.
"Your Highness!"
Yan Di lay down and said to King Zhuang, "Your Highness, you must hold on! King Ling has already killed him. I am afraid that he will not even let go of His Highness's hands!"
King Zhuang was crying and could not make any sound, so he could only nod his head tremblingly. At this moment, a minister fell down and fell on the low table on the back of King Zhuang. After being pressed, King Zhuang was closer to the ground, but at the same time he also created a safe barrier for him. In order to protect King Zhuang, Yan Di stood up to resist and guided the Imperial Guard in other directions.
Seeing that fewer and fewer people were alive in Qianyuangong, King Ling was shocked, and he suddenly realized a question: Why are there so few imperial guards? Also, where did Chen Yuanzhen go?
"The emperor lay down!"
Before Emperor Liang could turn to the direction of the sound, King Xiang had already pounced on him and pressed him under him. As soon as the two fell heavily to the ground, the whistling sound immediately passed by their ears, and then the imperial guards who surrounded the father and son all fell to the ground and died.
"The emperor is frightened, I'm late!"
Emperor Liang stared at his eyes and didn't dare to blink for a moment. He saw that the person kneeling in front of him was Chen Yuanzhen, the commander of the imperial guards, and there were a large number of imperial guards standing behind him.
"I came late, but fortunately it was quite timely!" King Xiang blamed.
Chen Yuanzhen continued to apologize and said, "I would like to ask the emperor, Your Highness Xiang to calm down! After all, the imperial guards under my command are only 5,000, and they are not the opponent of the Imperial Guards at all, but I have already notified the army outside the city as His Highness Xiang's instructions!"
"How? King Xiang's order?" Emperor Liang could not turn his mind any longer after a series of frightened moments.
Seeing that the time was ripe, King Xiang immediately knelt down and said, "I'd like to calm my anger, please help me to listen to my son's explanation!"
"Okay, is there anything that can be worse than the current situation? Just say it!"
"Yes, Father! Erchen has discovered that the seventh brother had a bad behavior before, but Erchen has not had any real evidence. Besides, the celebration is about to be held, so Erchen did not dare to make arbitrarily, so he found Eunuch Chen. After all, he was in charge of the imperial guards. Erchen asked Eunuch Chen to closely monitor the actions of the Imperial Guards and make plans for retreat."
"How? You have long discovered that the rebellious son has the intention to rebel? Why didn't you tell me earlier!"
"Father, the father has always attached the most importance to brotherhood! My son is just suspicious. Without conclusive evidence, how dare I abduct a brother at will?"
"Hmph, do you still call him a brother? He is planning to kill you, me, and all of us together! He is no longer my son, nor your brother, he is already a rebel minister for usurping the throne!"
"Yes, the seventh brother..." King Xiang looked at Emperor Liang's face full of frost and immediately changed his words, "Xiao Yunrui dared to rebel and usurp the throne. This is a sin of unforgivable crime! Father, for the sake of this, we must first regain control of the imperial city."
Without reminding King Xiang, Emperor Liang naturally understood this point. He asked: "The army outside the city you just mentioned?"
"Report to my father, this is the second thing that I must apologize for! My son has privately ordered the god killing to come back!"
Chapter completed!