"Where is Yu Changji?" Just when Sima Deke was embarrassed, Cao Che, who realized something, suddenly asked.
"It has been killed, and the owl's head will be shown to the public." Sima Jinda stepped forward with his sword in hand and announced loudly.
"Where is King Qi?" Cao Che asked again.
"Prince Qi's entire family was executed last night." Sima Jinda continued.
Cao Che was startled and silent for a moment, but he still didn't give up: "Where is Duke Niu?"
"Duke Niu wanted to save him, but he was blocked by the palace and chamberlains in Cangcheng. I just met him and made an agreement... Everyone from top to bottom hates you deeply. Why do you do this? At this point, do you still have hope for others?" Sima Huada took a step forward and faced him with awe.
As he said that, Yi Zhengciyan actually drew his sword and pointed it at the opponent. Seeing this, Sima Jinda quickly drew his sword. The rest of Linghu Xing, Zhao Xingmi and others followed, and finally saw that most of the people in the front had drawn their swords. , Smadek could only draw his sword.
"What crime am I, Cao Che, guilty of?" Cao Che saw everyone in the front row drawing their swords and was finally frightened again, but he actually gritted his teeth and asked.
There was suddenly silence in the Xiangxiang Hall filled with hundreds of people, and even Sima Huada was stunned.
After a while, Zhao Xingmi suddenly stepped forward, stuck the knife on the case, pointed at the other person and scolded him so hard that the veins on his forehead throbbed:
"In the years since your Majesty has been in power, you have been constantly fighting abroad and being arrogant and licentious at home. Because of your personal will, you have ruined the elite of the entire army time and time again, causing millions and tens of millions of men to die on the roadside. When the men died, the women, the old and the weak supported them. If they can't stop, millions and tens of millions of them are filling up the ditches and fields. Scholars, farmers, industry and merchants have no place to stand. Thieves are on the rise. The Dragon Gang has almost defeated half of the Eastern Qi Dynasty. The Wu tribe has invaded the Wei River. The Bai family rebelled against Xiangfan in Jin, the Xiao family rebelled against Hunan in Jiangxi, and the emperor's uncle was thrown to death in the eastern capital... Do you know that even before the Three Expeditions, the world was calling you a weirdo?! Just like this, when you come to a quiet corner of the eastern capital, you still have to flatter yourself and refuse to remonstrate, how can you have the nerve to say what your crime is?!!!"
"I am indeed sorry for the people of the world, but I have always treated you preferentially, right?" Cao Che thought for a moment and slowly shook his head and asked.
"Does the preferential treatment mean that we will be detained in Jiangdu for many years without being allowed to go home? Or that once we are found guilty, we will be killed immediately without mercy?" Yuan Lizheng asked coldly.
"It's not just Jiangdu. You have been tyrannical since you came to the throne. Princes, nobles, generals and ministers will be reprimanded and executed if you are not satisfied... I ask you, where are your brothers and sisters? Even if they are cousins, which one can enjoy peace now? Wealth? Where were the prime ministers and the pillars when he ascended the throne? Where are they now?" Sima Huada held his sword and sneered. "Moreover, when did you punish someone for a crime that didn't implicate the entire clan? When did you vent your anger without implicating the whole clan too much?"
Having said this, Sima Huada turned back to look at the others: "Everyone, this man must be kept, but half of the military power and responsibility will be returned to his hands. All of us will die! Our family, children, disciples, and old officials will also die. !”
This sentence hit the mark, and everyone nodded, even holding their blades and clamoring forward.
Unexpectedly, it was Sima Huada who stopped these people: "If his name is not justified, he must be punished by someone from Zhongshushe, and then record it in a book."
As he said that, he gestured to Feng Chang, who was sitting in the corner of the palace door.
The latter stepped forward tremblingly, took out the confession written last night, and was about to read it out.
When Cao Che heard what Sima Huada said before, he knew it was unreasonable, but when he saw Feng Chang coming over, he still couldn't help frowning: "Feng Sheren, aren't you a scholar? Don't you scholars all say that you should establish discipline and treat the king like heaven? , can heaven and man be harmonious? Isn’t the emperor’s prestige built up by the help of you scholars who suppress the practitioners? Why do you want to do such a thing? "
Feng Chang blushed and turned to look at Sima Huada: "Sima Gong, I have already written the document, so it's better not to read it... The main reason is that the crime of a cowardly king has been revealed to the world, and what I wrote is too long... Things will change if it is too late."
Sima Huada, who was promoted from General Sima to Duke Ming and then Duke Sima, also laughed when he heard this: "That's right, it won't be difficult to seal the family. You go and post the documents, and then ask the queen for the queen's seal, and tell Xu Hong Let’s write a succession edict together..."
"To whom?" Sima Deke immediately became nervous.
People around him were also nervous.
"King Zhao...Isn't King Zhao still here?" Sima Huada answered calmly. "If it doesn't work, just anyone named Cao will do. Didn't he have two more babies in the past two years? Anyway, let the sergeants below have a buffer."
Everyone was relieved and had no objections.
At this time, everyone looked at Cao Che on the throne, but almost all of them froze.
"I'll do it!" After a moment of silence, Sima Jinda took the initiative and stepped forward with his weapon in hand.
"I can do that too." One person took the initiative to step forward, but he actually looked down on Linghu Xing when he just went to pick up Sima Huada.
Zhang Qianda was inexplicably panicked when he saw this, and took the initiative to step forward: "Killing him is like killing a dog, why should you care?"
With that said, the three people looked past the others in the complicated gazes of Zhao Xingmi and others, and then surrounded the throne with their white blades, their true energy condensed, and the three of them exchanged glances with each other before taking action.
At this time, unexpectedly, Cao Che stopped worrying. He was silent for a moment and said: "The emperor has an emperor's way of death. I cannot be injured by random blades, nor can I bleed to the ground..."
"This is simple." Sima Huada simply interrupted the other party. "Use Bai Ling."
"Can't we use poisonous wine?" Cao Che continued to bargain. "I see the imperial doctor is here."
Sima Jinda and others turned to look at Sima Huada.
How come the latter didn't know the pros and cons, so he waved his hand and urged: "Don't fall for his delaying tactics. Do you really think he is showing his true feelings?! Act quickly!"
Zhao Xingmi came to his senses and finally moved forward regardless. His knife was stuck on the case, and since he was unwilling to take action directly, he simply used his Qi to grab the opponent's hand and pin it on the case. When Linghu Xing saw him next to him, he imitated Cao Che's other hand and immediately grabbed Cao Che's other hand.
Being pulled by people on both sides, with a wide field of vision, Cao Che glanced at the people present, and his heart moved: "Three horses eating Cao! It's actually here!"
Before he could say these words, Zhang Qianda recently stabbed him without any hesitation.
Unexpectedly, I don’t know if he thought of the old dream of the three-horse trough. When Cao Che was about to live and die, he tried to mobilize a stream of true energy. Zhang Qianda was the only one who did not regulate the true energy. With one blow, he only entered the The flesh on the opponent's chest.
However, at the same time, Sima Jinda saw the opportunity quickly, abandoned his knife and pulled out the golden awl tied to his ankle, and then just inserted it into the opponent's neck, easily inserting half of the golden awl.
And with just such a thrust, the true energy below suddenly shrank, and the white blade in Zhang Qianda's hand pierced the opponent's chest.
Then, one person drew his sword, another stabbed, and the two let go. Blood spurted out from Cao Che's chest and neck, irritating the entire throne and the imperial cabinet, and the four people who took action were all covered in blood.
That's not all.
Cao Che's heart and neck were broken open, and the pain was unbearable, but don't forget that he once reached the realm of a master by relying on his position as emperor. At this time, under the severe injury, his body's instincts kicked in, and there was actually a stream of true energy in his Dantian. He had to protect his wounds according to his body's instinct. Unfortunately, even if he had spent all these years neglecting his cultivation and tormenting the world like this, it was impossible for him to really have any deep earth energy to protect him... As a result, his true energy was intermittently protecting him. , he himself suffered from the pain of blood splattering and wound cracking repeatedly, so much so that he struggled to move in the throne room repeatedly, and blood splattered everywhere. He wanted to scream several times, but he didn't know how many bones were broken in his neck. The tube, choked with blood, couldn't howl at all.
When people around him saw it, no one came forward to help him. They just dodged and escaped, but they were still covered in blood.
Finally, after struggling for a quarter of an hour, he gradually lost his strength and could only lie down on the throne. He struggled to take a few breaths, but he was still choked by his own blood. After coughing hard this time, there was no more sound.
Everyone is a little irritated by killing someone and making it look like this.
But it's just irritation. After all, everyone has experienced it on the battlefield, and few people think this has any meaning.
Not to mention, after a while, Fu Baolang Niu Fangsheng and Zhongshusheren Feng Chang came back together, bringing "the Queen's decree".
The two people came in and saw the blood stains on the ground and the motionless man lying in a pool of blood on the throne. They were shocked and didn't speak for a while.
"Are you inviting King Zhao to ascend the throne?" Seeing this, Sima Huada couldn't help but couldn't help but stepped forward to ask with his sword in hand.
"Yes." Niu Fangsheng was the first to come to his senses, perhaps because the prime minister's children were more experienced. "It is to establish King Zhao... Where is King Zhao?"
"The King of Zhao is somewhere else in the palace. We are just a group of generals. How can we establish the King of Zhao?" Sima Huada asked in return, spreading his hands.
Now Feng Chang was prepared. He quickly took out the "will" that had been prepared for some time. Niu Fangsheng next to him had no idea of its existence, and then he read loudly:
"There is a decree that Duke Zhu Guo and Rui Guo will lead Yiwei General Sima Huada and Zhu Guo as Zuopushe; Huben General Sima Deke will join Zhu Guo and Xiao Guogong as Zuopushe; prepare yourself. Sima Jinda, the chief military officer of the government, serves as the right servant...to jointly take charge of state affairs, determine rewards and punishments, establish a new king, and discuss matters regarding returning to the eastern capital."
The purpose was concise and to the point, in the name of recognizing that the three leaders of the rebel group were in control of everything.
However, Sima Deke was still a little nervous before and after the regicide. Hearing this, he completely relaxed and took the initiative to offer his hand to Sima Huada.
Sima Huada nodded, just returned the salute, and then looked around: "First send someone to ask Duke Niu and tell him that the palace and the chamberlain will be handed over to him. Today, the Queen will also ask him to protect you. I will not interfere with everything." Guilty, but the emperor..."
Having said this, Sima Zuopushe finally remembered something serious: "I know that King Zhao is in the palace, but where is he placed?"
The others didn't know, so they looked around, and finally saw Zhang Qianda, who then went to see Yuan Lizheng.
Yuan Li was confused and quickly replied: "Last night there was a lot of excitement. The foolish king regarded King Zhao as an accomplice spying on the palace and threw him in the stable. Let's go quickly."
Although they knew he was just a puppet, he was still needed temporarily to appease the sergeants below and facilitate rewards and punishments. Therefore, the backbones of the Forbidden Army did not dare to neglect, and they surrounded the three Forbidden Army leaders with the surname Sima and headed for the stables on the side of the palace city. .
As for Cao Che's body, it was actually thrown into the Chengxiang Hall.
When everyone arrived at the stable, they saw King Zhao tied up and thrown into the horse manure pile. His face was wet with tears all night. There were several corpses next to him. They couldn't help but be shocked. Several sergeants hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and the three Sima Pushe was right here in the manger, bowing down to the frightened King Zhao in the horse dung pile and saying long live him.
King Zhao wanted to say something else, but his words were hoarse and no one listened.
In fact, after a large number of backbones of the imperial army bowed down, Sima Huada quickly stood up, turned around and said: "Everyone, the new king has been established, and it is time to reward him. However, I think that the morale of the army is now turbulent. At this time, you and the old troops will be separated." If you open it, it will be easy to cause trouble, so the military officers who came today should not be touched, and the generals who are not here should not be touched. Some of the heroes last night only filled the vacancies... Please don't think that my rewards and punishments are unfair."
When the officers heard this, they were excited and praised him one after another.
But Sima Huada simply pointed to a few people: "General Youweiwei has been vacant, Yingyanglang General Zhao Xingmi has outstanding merits and can fill his place; General Zhang Qianda should fill Hengjun's position and become Zuoxiao Cavalry General; Yuan Li Zheng is a member of the Huben Army. I ask Duke Xiao to make the decision. There is also General Linghu Xing. There really is no general position left, but I am going back to the Eastern Capital. I ask you to come and protect Zhao... to protect His Majesty, and then form an army alone. General of Fulongwei."
Everyone praised him one after another.
Sima Deke hastily promoted Yuan Lizheng to be the right-wing general of Huben, in charge of Jinwu's right guard. Then Sima Huada proposed that Niu Fangsheng, who was born in Zhongshushe, and Feng Chang temporarily assist the three servants in managing the affairs of the Nanya government. , and all the way is smooth.
Immediately, Linghu Xing led his own troops and took the new emperor to another palace to settle him. San Sima took the lead, and everyone talked and talked. When they came back to Chengxiang Hall, they started talking about how to deal with it.
Before they arrived, General Jiwei and General Zhang Shian, Li Anyuan, Zhang Jin, Cui Hongsheng, and He Xi, who had not come last night, arrived one after another, but they were all in harmony.
Besides, the reason why they are so harmonious is because the entire Forbidden Army system knows that there are still Lai Zhan'er, Yu Jieruo, and Tu Wan Changsun outside, especially Lai Zhan'er and his Jiangdu soldiers, who have nothing to do with the Forbidden Army. Less than a tiger's cub.
Even if any of them are dissatisfied or have other ideas, they should unanimously disclose it to the outside world at this time.
Not to mention, everyone has to go back to Dongdu!
In harmony, everyone returned to the outside of the Chengxiang Hall. Suddenly, they heard someone in the hall crying wildly, and the crying was so sincere and heart-breaking.
For a moment, everyone was a little embarrassed, many even bowed their heads in sadness, but everyone stopped moving forward.
"Let's change places." Someone suggested.
The rest of the people were relieved, and then they surrounded the three servants and shot to another hall.
When I got here, I talked for a long time, looked at the sun shining brightly outside, and then, as agreed, hurriedly went everywhere to comfort the sergeants, promote the return to Dongdu, and prepare for Jiangdu soldiers, etc., while Sima Deke went to inspect In the palace city, Sima Huada stayed in the palace and took charge.
Everyone came out and Sima Huada came to see him off. His younger brother Sima Jinda was at the end and took the opportunity to complain in a low voice: "The one who just cried in the palace was the big roc... Do you want to kill it?"
"Don't kill him yet, but keep an eye on him." Sima Huada put his hands behind his hands and smiled, his posture and expression unchanged. "Now is the time to employ people. We need such good hands to deal with those who came to Zhan'er... Moreover, we must give him time to gather those who are dissatisfied with us and those who still have feelings for the foolish king, so that we can catch them all... Otherwise, how can we achieve great things?"
Sima Lao Qi understood clearly and added: "That Zuo Pushe should also pay attention."
Sima Huada, who was also a Zuopushe, simply waved his hand.
So, Sima Jinda bid farewell to his brother and left the palace on his own to appease his subordinates... Then he came to the street outside the palace gate. Listening to the cheers in the street, his heart moved slightly, and then he suddenly raised his head.
Without him, the wind was strong one day and two nights, and it stopped at some point.
Is Sima really favored by the Supreme Being?
