The bad news brought by Si Qinmi shattered everything. Li Rusi's expression changed drastically, and Zhuang Xun's heart was also clenched.
"I want to go back..." Li Rusi said reflexively after hearing the news from Si Qinmi.
"This." Zhuang Xun suddenly hesitated.
"Calm down, calm down. I have already warned my father-in-law. He should have countermeasures. Don't be impulsive!" Zhuang Xun grabbed Li Rusi's wrist.
"..." Li Rusi was a little quiet, her lips pursed, and her almond-shaped eyes couldn't help showing worry.
"Sister, listen to Mr. Lang and don't be impulsive for now. Let's wait and see what the situation is." Si Qinmi also came over to dissuade her.
"Go to the lobby and wait. It's not suitable here." Si Qin Mi, like Zhuang Xun, held Li Rusi's hand.
"Well..." Li Rusi could only agree first, but she was worried.
"Report, General Nancheng led the Nanmen garrison to rescue the Li family. The two sides faced off in the street." The messenger came in. After hearing the news, Li Rusi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Just say that my father-in-law has arrangements, so please be patient." Zhuang Xun comforted him.
After all the good news, there is endless bad news.
"Report, the south gate of Jidu was captured by the palace guards."
"Report, the west gate defenders and the inner guards are fighting. The winner is still undecided."
"Report, the east gate defenders and the palace guards are fighting. The winner is still undecided."
"..."
"The inner guards want to control the city gates. Are they guarding against the Forbidden Army? Is it already known to everyone that the Li family will mobilize the Forbidden Army to enter the city?" Si Qin Mi sighed softly. The attack and defense of the four city gates made everyone His face was ugly.
Needless to say, the north gate is where the palace is located and should have been controlled by the inner guards for a long time.
"The city of Jidu is so high that the imperial army cannot attack it for a while, father, mother..." Li Rusi was also panicked by this series of news.
"Report, there is a fight between the south gate guards outside Li's mansion and the palace guards."
"This..." A fight broke out at the most critical point, turning into a mess.
The inner guard's approach was very clear: control the four gates, not allow the imperial army to enter the city, and strangle the Li family with all their strength. As long as Li Pingyuan died, the Li family's prestige over the imperial army would be gone, and the royal family's prestige would prevail.
The Li family's strategy was to hold on and wait for the imperial army belonging to their own faction to attack the city. At least four gates were charged, and it looked like they were about to attack the city.
Upon hearing that the Nanmen Army and the inner guards were fighting, Li Rusi burst out with great strength, and Zhuang Xun was tripped and fell.
"Please advise her, don't forget the maxims." Si Qinmi helped Zhuang Xun up, who had stumbled. Knowing that Li Rusi's concern would cause chaos now, she warned Zhuang Xun.
"I'm sorry, husband, I've lost my composure." Li Rusi also paid attention to her brute strength, her face showed shame, and then her face was filled with sadness.
This news was known to the surrounded Li family.
Li Pingyuan put down the conch in his hand with a calm expression. For a general of his level, these things were not enough to move him.
He was still thinking about what King Qinghe was going to do.
Fifty thousand people were transferred from the Western Border to the General Zhenxi to report on his duties. Do you want to compete for the big position? So keep yourself out of his way.
I guess he also knew that the city was in his hands and wanted to let him into the city himself?
After all, he is a human being, not a god, and this time he was also confused.
The joyful celebration turned to solemnity, and Li Pingyuan's seriousness appeared on his face.
"Husband, can you win this battle?" Mrs. Zhu brought Li Pingyuan a cup of tea with a sad look on her face. Mother and daughter were in similar moods at the moment.
"We can win. The forbidden troops outside the city listen to me. Those who don't listen to me will just wait and watch. Chengzhi has also gone to the camp with my seal. The forbidden troops are dispatched and the attack on the city is fast. It's fast." The son came out. In the city, my daughter has already married outside, and I have no regrets. It is suitable for me to make bait myself.
"This emperor is also cruel. Our family has worked hard for his Dou family and won a great victory. At this time, he comes to kill the donkey. He is really not a human being. I pity my daughter." Zhu said resentfully, worried about her daughter who was in the palace. .
"If we are fine, she will be fine. Unless something happens to the emperor, he will not hurt her easily, at least until we are taken down." Li Pingyuan said confidently that no matter how stupid the emperor was, he would not hold a celebration banquet in advance, as long as He put an end to the prime minister's rebellion.
"I hope so, my poor son." Mrs. Zhu couldn't help crying.
"Okay, okay, the Dou family must pay a price this time." Li Pingyuan could only comfort his wife.
Perhaps he didn't expect that the price paid by becoming a king would be greater than he imagined.
Facing the soldiers who were fighting, the emperor was still reading the Taoist scriptures leisurely, thinking about the situation of the battle. There was no way, it was related to the fate of the country. Whoever wins this time can get rid of two confidants, one prime minister, one grand master, and two They are all extremely humane ministers.
Both of them vaguely threatened the throne under him. Before, the two of them fought without breaking up, and he couldn't find a chance. Now the prime minister is willing to take the initiative to stir up trouble. He is happy to see the two of them fight and fight to the death. .
But he has no idea who can win, not at all. He is not a wise man who can make every plan, so he can only take advantage of this situation.
The best thing now is that the prime minister wins, and he can kill the prime minister in the name of revenge for the general. Without the threat of You Guo, he can put the court in order.
The prime minister seems to have found a scapegoat, his own brother. It seems that no one wants to bear the reputation of killing a loyal minister. Does the Li family call private soldiers a loyal minister?
If this is true, it is worthy of scrutiny.
"Prime Minister, Your Majesty is meditating... ah."
The eunuch's screams made King Cheng frown and get down from the soft couch to see what was going on.
"Bang..." The door was opened.
"Your Majesty, I came too late to save you, so King Qinghe took your life!" The prime minister's old face began to cry as soon as he entered the door.
"I'm not dead yet, Prime Minister, there's no need to cry." King Cheng was frightened by Prime Minister Gao's crying.
"Why are you not dead? Your Majesty, you are going to die soon." Several heavily armored sergeants walked in, and the blood red on their bodies showed that they had suffered a massacre.
"Prime Minister, you!" King Cheng was a little frightened and his voice was shrill and unbelievable.
"My foolish Majesty mobilized the inner guards to capture the general, but was killed by the You army led by King Qinghe. The abominable King Qinghe colluded with You State. The merchant ships brought weapons and armor, and the caravans were actually the army. Taking advantage of the empty inner guards, he plotted to kill Your Majesty, fortunately the old minister was smart and ordered the remaining palace guards to retreat to Fenghe Hall and protect the queen and the prince."
The Prime Minister's words were like a knife stabbing into King Cheng's heart. King Cheng took half a step back with a look of horror on his face: "You are so cruel, you are so cruel..."
"No matter how ruthless I am, I am not as ruthless as my superior. I kill the general who has just won a great victory and is about to hand over power. Your Majesty, it is really difficult for two thousand internal guards to attack. Two thousand internal guards are much easier. "
Ridiculing King Cheng's stupidity, the Prime Minister smiled happily. King Cheng felt that he was very powerful. In fact, in the eyes of the Prime Minister, he was just an ignorant and ignorant king. He is good, and he can only do some small tricks.
"Where did you get two thousand people? Your nursing home only has five hundred people, and they are still wearing heavy armor!" King Cheng was shocked and angry.
"Didn't I just say that? King Qinghe smuggled it from Youguo. The soldiers turned into the merchants' guards. Taking advantage of the success of the marriage of the second lady of the Li family, there were too many merchants to attract attention." Prime Minister Touch your hands and say it's wonderful.
"The armored swordsmen and the gatekeepers are not checking?" King Cheng was angry. A knife was placed on his neck for no reason. How could he not be angry?
"Your Majesty, your sandalwood has always been a tribute from the Kingdom of You, the ladies' jewelry, and the princes' incense cases. Are these things that can be investigated?"
The prime minister didn't mind letting King Cheng die. It was clear that it was a pleasure to be able to detail the stupidity of this foolish king. Although he was the prime minister, he was also a human being.
"Are you colluding with Youguo?" King Cheng gritted his teeth. He never dreamed that the prime minister was ready to rebel against him earlier than Li Pingyuan.
Although he also felt that the Prime Minister threatened his power, it was more on a political basis rather than a military basis.
"Didn't Your Majesty already know that? After collecting every account from Youguo, I have reported it to you, Your Majesty. Now I will report it to you one last time. Youguo wants Li Pingyuan's life, and I want you." Three lives.”
Prime Minister Gao looked at King Cheng in confusion, as if he thought he was talking about a confusing question, but he still calmed down and said it respectfully, which made King Cheng blush with anger.
"You want my life? I am the True Dragon Emperor, and you want my life?" King Cheng was already fierce and cowardly.
"Not only your life, but also the lives of King Qinghe and Li Pingyuan, I want them all!" Prime Minister Gao cupped his hands and said to King Cheng with a smile. In his eyes, the lives of these three people were already in his hands. .
"You have such a big heart, I don't know if you can swallow King Qinghe and Li Pingyuan. Li Pingyuan's 60,000 to 70,000 forbidden troops are waiting outside Jidu and have already rushed to Jidu." King Cheng did not want Prime Minister Gao to let him down. So happy to win.
"And you and King Qinghe's troops guarding the western border, Your Majesty." The prime minister's smile contrasted with his decent face, which was particularly treacherous!
"How did you know!" King Cheng was surprised.
"How could you not know that you two brothers work well together. On the surface, it looks like you are fighting to the death, but in fact, you are using the power of the family to consume. You took advantage and slowly arranged the manpower. Once the time comes when a conflict is necessary, , just pull Li Pingyuan out and use it."
The prime minister said with disdain that obviously he had known about the two brothers' singing and harmonizing for a long time. He was just accompanying the two in acting and had been taken advantage of. Now he wanted to tell King Cheng that he was not stupid. He only came to play house with him out of necessity. .
"Now it's time to unload the mill and kill the donkey. It's really great. I didn't expect you to actually agree to use the internal guards to strangle the Li family. Are you stupid? Did the Forbidden Army arrange for your people to go in, or did the Western Border Army give it to you? You are confident, Your Majesty."
The Prime Minister laughed and said, looking at the king in Taoist robes with a face like pig liver, the Prime Minister was full of pleasure. He has always been the king's shield. Now the reward of shielding the arrow is here. Such a scene can only be enjoyed once in a lifetime. .
"When the inner guards come back, the border troops and the imperial guards come back, they will kill your entire family!!!" Anger filled King Cheng's eyes, and he completely lost his composure as a monk.
"Your Majesty, General Zhenxi, you have forgotten that you deliberately did not use the Li family and used the people of King Qinghe. The people of King Qinghe wanted to create a check and balance, but the people of King Qinghe are his people? This list was chosen by the minister. "The Prime Minister smiled honestly, as respectfully as he used to treat King Cheng in the past.
"What else did you do..." King Cheng felt a chill in his heart and trembled.
"I have done everything. Jidu is in charge of people who are also ministers. In addition to the soldiers of the four gates, it also governs ten thousand people. Now it depends on where the inner guards want to win. They are waiting for support at any time. Don't think that the inner guards can They are too late to come back to rescue you. The most important thing is that he was born in Qinghe Road and is a member of the King of Qinghe."
The Prime Minister's words had no effect on King Cheng. He had known that he had lost, completely.
"As for the border troops, they should compete with Li Pingyuan's imperial army. However, they do not have your imperial edict. Please do not move the remaining imperial troops who are not direct descendants of Li Pingyuan to surround Li Chengzhi. They will both lose in the fight and then be appointed by you. The Forbidden Army commanded the left envoy, and the people who were still ministers found out and annihilated them all. Of course, General Mu would ask him to surrender and reserve it for promotion in the future, so Li Chengzhi had to send him to death."
The Prime Minister did not stop expressing his desire. He continued to talk about his plan. He said this to a dead man and an enemy to let him know that his plan was worthless.
"How could you collude with so many people? Didn't I give Mu Shilin less? Promise him to be promoted to the commander of the Forbidden Army!" This is something that King Cheng cannot understand. He is the orthodox, and he is the orthodox!
"Why do you tell me, Hunjun! Use Qing Ling to give him dignity." The Prime Minister angrily scolded, and with a wave of his hand, the blood-stained sergeant showed a ferocious smile.
The two of them moved forward. King Cheng wanted to escape, but had nowhere to escape.
"I am the Son of Heaven, I am the Son of Heaven, you can't do this to me." The fear of death crawled up his spine.
"Look at your appearance, you don't look like a holy emperor at all!" He motioned to press King Cheng in front of a bronze mirror.
King Cheng looked at himself in the mirror, wearing a Hunyuan scarf and a green Taoist robe. The immortal demeanor he used to boast was completely gone. His frightened face only contained the humility of a mortal and the deepest fear of death.
The Bagua Mirror cannot protect the body, the Seven-Star Sword cannot kill the enemy, and the silk silk that he gave himself the title of Daluo was torn off by the thick hands of mortals and became a soul-catching lock.
"Originally, I wanted you to wear a dragon robe and look decent, but after thinking about it, you really don't deserve it. Your Majesty, tell me why your promise is not as good as my promise. It's not just because I promised a general, but more importantly, where are you from? I am a prime minister, how can your commitment be compared to that of a minister? The sage said: If you don't work hard, Xun escapes, you are not willing to be the emperor, how can everyone be willing to respect you as the holy emperor."
Prime Minister Gao said sadly as he watched Cheng Wang suffocate indifferently, his eyes rolled back, his tongue stuck out, his struggle became sluggish and he finally lost all strength to struggle and was strangled to death.
Thinking about how to collect the emperor's body, Prime Minister Gao thought about how to fake the scene, but felt that he had thought too much and there was no need to fake it. The queen would soon be listening behind the curtain, and she would be in charge of the country's affairs, so there was no need.
"Prime Minister Gao, we have not found King Douzhi of Qinghe." While the Prime Minister was deep in thought, someone came in to report.
"I just saw him at the wedding banquet. I must find him. Someone must finish this scene today." The prime minister's heart sank, and he secretly screamed.
"Prime Minister, people from Yu State have invaded."
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