All the officials were shocked and huddled aside to hide. Meng Silang's tall and mighty body, with a sword on his waist and his head in his left hand, walked to the center of the hall as if there was no one else around, glanced sideways at Liu Yan, and then threw the head at Liu Yan's feet like trash.
When Liu Yan saw this, he hurriedly took two steps back. When he looked closely, he saw that it was the head of Xu Zixu, the son of Uncle Xu Guoshu. Liu Yan's eyes were frightened and he pointed at the head with his trembling right hand, speechless: "You... You killed..."
"Yes, it's Xu Zixu's head." Xun Mou said disdainfully, "You asked Xu Zixu to lead people to cut off our escape, didn't you expect it!" Xun Mou gritted his teeth, "I can only say that he is unkind. Don’t blame me for being unjust.”
After Liu Yanqiang calmed down, he asked: "Now that Xu Bingde has been killed by you and his son has been beheaded, tell me, what do you want?"
Xun Mou lowered his head, slowly raised his sword, and said while wiping the blood with the corner of his clothes: "The courtiers are all here today. Now that the world is in chaos, with internal and external troubles, it's time to change the day." Then he slowly walked up the steps, Liu Yan and other ministers had long been stunned.
Xun Mou stood on the steps, turned around slowly, and scanned the hall with his eagle-like eyes. Then after taking a long breath, his stiff face relaxed slightly, and he seemed to be ready to move forward. He raised the corner of his mouth slightly, put the sword in his hand upright on the ground, folded his hands on the hilt, and said: "Dear colleagues, today's various situations, who caused the internal and external difficulties, I believe everyone knows the reason. Therefore, yesterday, Your Majesty and I have been discussing for a long time, just to punish the traitors and eliminate the evil today, and to kill the traitor Xu, in order to declare to the world that your Majesty is wise. However, there is so much chaos now, and your Majesty also knows that we need someone with high moral standing and outstanding ability. This person will take over His Majesty's position in order to turn the tide from collapse."
As soon as this statement came out, the emperor and his ministers were all shocked. Everyone looked at each other in shock. No one dared to express their position first, so they all continued to watch on the sidelines.
"Ha ha……"
Suddenly there was a burst of hearty laughter in the palace, and everyone turned around to see who it was. It turned out to be the old minister Yan Ziqi.
Yan Ziqi's face glowed red and his eyes were full of anger. He pointed at Xun Mou on the steps and cursed loudly, "You traitor and traitor, you are clearly trying to force the palace to usurp the throne, but you shamelessly say such beautiful words. You can't even think of succeeding. Today we, the emperor and his ministers, are in the same palace, I will never let you succeed..."
"Master Yan!"
After Xun Mou finished speaking, he looked at Quan Shidao and asked, "Master Quan, please tell me if there is a suitable candidate?"
Quan Shidao panicked for a moment, his trembling hands involuntarily wiped the big beads of sweat from his forehead, "This..."
Xun Mou saw that he was hesitating for a long time and couldn't explain what he was doing, so he impatiently raised his hand to signal, and His Highness Meng Silang nodded understandingly. Meng Silang couldn't help but draw out the sword from his waist, and in the blink of an eye, he chopped Quan Shidao to the ground. The faces and bodies of the people on the side were splashed with blood.
Lu Renxiang stood next to Quan Shidao's body. His ferocious face was covered with blood. He wiped the blood from his lips with his right index finger, and there was a hunter-like look in his eyes. Lu Renxiang walked to the middle of the panicked crowd, pointed at Quan Shidao's corpse and said: "A traitor like Quan Shidao who works both ways should have ended like this a long time ago. It is precisely because of scum like Quan Shidao and Xu Bingde that the DPRK The government's policy is weakened, and wars are rising. Since your Majesty intends to imitate the emperors of Yao and Shun, and my ministers are loyal to fulfill your majesty's eternal virtues, future generations will also praise your majesty for your abdication."
Liu Yan's pale face instantly turned red to the ends of his hair, and the anger between his brows wrinkled.
"Absurd..." A shout interrupted everyone's thoughts.
Yan Ziqi strode forward again and pointed directly at Lu Renxiang, "Lu Thief, you two brothers, one is a grass bandit and the other is a rebellious thief. His Majesty does not consider your eldest brother's treason and appoints you. You are not grateful, but you are here to confuse people." Everyone, you deserve it..."
Lu Renxiang interrupted him with a sneer, "I am loyal and sincere to Your Majesty. Now that Your Majesty wants to fulfill the virtues of Yao and Shun, I should be loyal and obey Your Majesty's will. Why are you saying nonsense to deceive the public?"
At this time, no one in the hall dared to stand up and speak, and everyone wanted to wait and see what would happen.
Xun Yu, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly coughed lightly. Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he walked to the bottom of the stairs in a hurry. The father and son stepped up and down, with the power of dominating the world, so everyone She gave up her thoughts again and began to wait carefully for him to speak with bated breath.
Xun Yu bowed deeply to everyone, stood up, straightened his clothes, and smiled amiably, "You are all colleagues, and some have been colleagues for decades. I am not talented, but I am also a veteran of three dynasties. I followed the late emperor in his expeditions to the north and south. It was only through the war that we became the Duke of Wei today, and our son Xun Mou was also known as the 'Unparalleled Scholar' because of his outstanding ability. Mr. Lu is right, since your Majesty intends to abdicate, we should loyally support him, no matter what, we must protect him The official salaries of all courtiers will remain unchanged, and Your Majesty must receive courteous treatment from the king from now on. Only in this way can we accept it."
At this time, everyone also heard the overtone of Xun Yu's words. Liu Yan was holding back a surge of anger, and he didn't know whether it was time to give up. Xun Yu's previous praise of himself was just to say that he had the highest qualifications and wanted everyone to recommend him. , the following words were clearly intended to win everyone over to his side, and he secretly cursed Xun Yu in his heart. The thieves were indeed cunning and cunning, but they were not prone to attacks. If they really decided to go against Xun Mou and his son now, it would not be a matter of death, but a loss of the net. The whole army was wiped out, and now they can only retreat in order to seek revenge in the future. Now they can only remain silent and watch what happens.
There was still a dead silence in the court, but the difference was that everyone was now looking at each other, trying to read each other's opinions from each other's expressions. At this moment, some of the people were sweating like rain, some were frowning, some were trembling, and some simply closed their eyes and said nothing.
Lu Renxiang suddenly felt enlightened. He took two steps forward and knelt down in front of Xun Yu. "Now that the world is in chaos, we need a wise king like you. I will be willing to follow you."
"This..." Everyone just started whispering to each other, thinking about what to do.
Xun Yu and his son seemed a little nervous when they reached this point, but also seemed a little relieved.
His Highness Zhang Dan and Meng Silang also knelt down, "The general is also willing to follow."
The two were military commanders after all, and their voices were so deafening that the hearts of everyone in the hall were shaken with pride. At this time, only a few people followed and knelt down sparsely. The remaining people looked at each other and then knelt down. At this time, only Yan Ziqi was still standing proudly, looking down at everyone with arrogance. When he saw everyone kneeling on the ground, he couldn't help but laugh, "You are so servile... how ridiculous."
