Li Gao and Gao Yu arrived at the Imperial Garden, but they didn't see King Tuo Xi and others. They only saw a pool of blood on the ground, and they didn't know who it belonged to.
"Where are you? Didn't you say you were in the Royal Garden?" Li Gao turned to look at Gao Yu.
Gao Yu also looked confused at this time, how could he know where these people had gone.
Just when Li Gao and Gao Yu were looking at each other, a eunuch came to deliver a message: "Your Majesty, King Tuoxi said that everything has been settled. Please come to Jinluan Hall to discuss important matters."
When Li Gao heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy, and said to Gao Yu: "Commander Gao, it seems that our ally is more reliable than you. Looking at this, is it possible that the young emperor should abdicate in the Jinluan Palace and allow me to ascend the throne? "
Hearing this, Gao Yu said, "Your Majesty, since King Tuo Xi has said this, why not go and take a look."
Li Gao and Gao Yu followed the young eunuch to the Jinluan Palace, but what they saw surprised them.
Tuoxi King Sangfu sat on the dragon throne, while Emperor Li Zhun stood submissively in the audience, with Eunuch Zheng beside him.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Li Gao shouted towards Sang Fu: "What are you doing, King Tuoxi?"
"Isn't it obvious enough? Now that the little emperor has become a defeated general, who can sit on this throne? If I sit on this throne, it will save me Dongyi and send his army to the west. From now on, this dynasty and Dongyi are one family. Isn't it convenient?" Sang Fu answered unexpectedly.
Li Gao, who has always been thoughtful, said: "How dare you, a small country in Dongyi, to covet the imperial power of our dynasty? You haven't recognized the situation clearly, so come down and accept the crime as soon as possible."
At this time Li Zhun said: "Uncle Wang, why are you here?"
Li Gao knew that things had changed, and said to Li Zhun: "Your Majesty, I am late to rescue you, so please forgive me. However, the imperial army is still in our hands. It is not a problem to capture Sang Fu and others. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." shock."
After Li Gao finished speaking, he signaled Gao Yu to summon the imperial army and blocked the Jinluan Palace.
Sang Fu was not frightened when he saw this, but said: "Now that this jade seal is in my hands, and there is a shadow team beside me, whoever dares to come forward will definitely die. If you obediently submit to me, I can spare your life. May you be worry-free for the rest of your life.”
"Bah, Dongyi Japanese slaves, you are so whimsical. Come on, come on!" Gao Yu directly ordered someone to rush forward.
Seven or eight Forbidden Army guards obeyed the order and rushed forward. Sang Fu waved his hand and fired some cold arrows from all directions. Seven or eight guards were hit by the arrows and died one after another.
Only then did Li Gao and Gao Yu realize that what Sang Fu said was true, but what they didn't know was that the people who shot the arrows were not the so-called shadow team, but the secret guards around the emperor, all of whom were secretly trained by Zheng Yi. , so no one knows.
Upon seeing this, the imperial guards did not dare to step forward. Gao Yu was very angry, and Li Gao looked solemn.
"How is it? Whether you surrender to me today or plan to die here, at this moment, it is only a matter of your thoughts." Sang Fu asked the people in the audience.
After several people came and went, Li Gao did not mention the previously agreed upon plan. As expected, he was cunning and cunning. Instead, he changed from a treasonous plotter to a diligent king. People had to be convinced by this prince's operation.
"Sang Fu, you'd better stop messing around. Don't think that a few shadow guards can stop three thousand forbidden troops. Stop talking nonsense." Li Gao said slowly.
"King Dongzhi, please stop scaring me. I am the new emperor now, and I, Sang Fu, am not one to be scared. Just use whatever means you have."
At this time, Li Gao protected Emperor Li Zhun behind him and ordered his men in the forbidden army to step forward and capture Sang Fu.
Suddenly, a dozen soldiers who seemed to be more powerful than the general imperial army stood up and headed straight towards the dragon chair.
Although the hidden arrows continued to be fired from the side, apart from a few casualties, a few of the soldiers who came forward were still unscathed and were approaching Sangfu while resisting.
Sang Fu had no choice but to summon the hidden secret guards to fight with Li Gao's men. Unexpectedly, as soon as the secret guards came out, Li Gao's men were unable to fight back and fell one after another. More than a dozen people wearing black brocade clothes guarded them. Sang leaned forward.
"How's it going? Is there anyone else who wants to die?" Although Sang Fu was acting, his expression looked really disgusting and deserved a beating.
"Commander Gao, if you don't come now, when will you wait?" Li Gao looked at Gao Yu.
Seeing this, Gao Yu hesitated, but he was inferior after all, so he had no choice but to rush forward with a spear and fight with the Shadow Guard. But he was no match for him alone, and he was defeated in a short time.
Sang Fu became more and more arrogant, but he was still afraid in his heart, and he had surrendered to the emperor in the first place, otherwise he would be the one who would be embarrassed today.
"Since you don't know good from evil, don't blame me for being ruthless." After speaking, Sang Fu signaled the team to move towards Li Gao and others.
Li Gao didn't panic and slowly took out the sword in his hand. He thought to himself: "Since I took over the Eastern Territory from afar, the sword in my hand has never been unsheathed. I didn't expect that after so many years, I would still have the opportunity to give you a taste of blood."
Li Gao's eyes were sharp as he looked at the incoming team. He rushed forward with force on his toes and clashed with the team. The swords and swords flashed above the hall. In a moment, more than ten people in the team were killed by Li Gao's hands.
Everyone was shocked. They never thought that Li Gao was also a master of swordsmanship.
Seeing everyone's surprise, Li Gao said: "Sang Fu, you may not think so little of me. Otherwise, why do you think I can lead the thirteen states in the east with my head and the long sword in my hand?" Sword. Why don’t you confess your guilt quickly and be executed?”
Sang Fu was at a loss when he saw this. There was Zheng Yi beside the emperor, and Li Gao was also a master, standing unsteadily in front of the dragon throne.
Seeing that Sang Fu was a little shaken, Li Zhun gestured to Sang Fu to surrender.
Only then did Sang Fu have an idea. He hurriedly ran down, knelt in front of Li Gao, and said, "Your Majesty, please spare me. I swear to return to Dongyi from now on and never set foot here again."
Li Gao looked at the surrendered Sang Fu and said: "King Tuoxi, I'm afraid it's too late to discuss this at this time. Today, I have to borrow something from you!"
Sang Fu was puzzled and asked, "I wonder what the prince wants to borrow?"
Li Gao said coldly: "You have a head on your neck, but the time is not right now, so let it stay on your body for one more hour."
Sang Fu was trembling all over, his face was pale, and he was speechless for a long time.
At this time, Li Zhun asked Li Gao: "What does Uncle Wang mean by this? Since the matter has calmed down, why do you still want to remove the head of King Xi?"
Li Gao turned around, sneered, and said: "Your Majesty, you have been sitting on this dragon chair for too long. This position should have been mine. If King Tuoxi didn't do something like this today, There was a temporary rebellion, and at this time, I was already sitting on the dragon throne, but since King Tuoxi has done this, there is a reason."
Li Zhun pretended to be frightened and said, "Uncle Wang, what do you want?"
"What do you want? Of course, to replace him! Now that this fool Sangfu is here, I will kill His Majesty first, and then put all the charges on King Tuoxi. I think I have done a good job in suppressing the thieves, and I am the royal family's orthodoxy. The minister will definitely support me as emperor, which is natural." Li Gao couldn't restrain the joy in his heart and said proudly.
"Uncle Wang, are you the one who really rebelled?" Li Zhun asked.
"So what if it's me? It's too late to wake up now. The entire Forbidden Army is already under my control. I advise Your Majesty to give up the struggle and suffer less."
After hearing what Li Gao said, Li Zhun was very sad. Uncle Wang, whom he had always admired, was thinking about murdering him all the time, and he was emotionally depressed.
Gao Yu, who thought he knew the current affairs, knelt down in front of Li Gao and shouted: "Please invite the new emperor to ascend the throne."
Hearing Gao Yu call him this, Li Gao was immediately satisfied and took a step forward, about to step over the corpses on the steps and head towards the dragon chair.
"Report to the commander, the imperial city is surrounded by people from the patrol camp. The leaders are none other than Commander Li Chouxin and Commander Yu Sheng." A guard from the first palace gate came to report.
"I didn't expect these people to react very slowly, but at this moment there is no way to save the day." Li Gao said softly.
"Go, order the imperial guards in the palace to resist, and be sure to stop them outside the palace." Gao Yu ordered.
After the guards left, Li Gao said to Gao Yu, "I think Commander Gao should go there in person. After all, Li Chouxin and Yu Sheng's patrol camp are not ordinary people."
Gao Yu was quite clever and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, I am humble enough to accept the order."
Seeing Gao Yu getting up and leaving, Li Gao felt very satisfied.
Li Gao did not continue walking towards the dragon throne, but stood there and talked with Li Zhun, waiting for news from the palace gate.
At the gate of the palace, Zhang Xiaopan had already dealt with the soldiers from the Dongzhi Palace and came to meet Li Chouxin and others. Yu Sheng also followed Li Chouxin's instructions and summoned all the civil and military officials to come while the two were drinking.
Gao Yu looked at the people at the city gate and realized that maybe it was all a scam. King Dongzhi thought he was the one who planned the plot, but nothing was known until the outcome was decided.
"Commander Gao, I would like to advise you to open the palace door quickly. Civil and military officials are watching here now. If you wait for defeat, the consequences can be imagined." Yu Sheng shouted towards Gao Yu.
Gao Yu believed that he had the city wall as a barrier, the imperial army was on standby, and the emperor was still in Li Gao's hands. He had the advantage no matter what. Although the imperial city was besieged at this time, he had not lost the initiative. He replied to Yu Sheng: "General Yu, your Majesty is in our hands at this time and it is not up to you to issue orders. Please better understand the situation."
After hearing this, all the officials gave up their doubtful attitude and criticized the plots of King Dongzhi, the Prime Minister and others.
Zhang Xiaopan was impatient and said to Li Chouxin: "Master, please talk to General Yu and let Xiaopan lead some brothers to break down the door."
Seeing Zhang Xiaopan's face full of heroism and fighting spirit, Yu Sheng laughed and said: "You don't need to ask your master about this, I will make it right." So he sent 300 people to Zhang Xiaopan to prepare for the attack.
"Xiao Pan, remember to be careful. Just break open the city gate, but don't go deep alone. The strength of the forbidden army cannot be underestimated." As soon as Li Chouxin finished his instructions, Zhang Xiaopan rushed over with his men and launched an attack on the palace gate.
Gao Yu was condescending and ordered people to release arrows and drop wood and rocks. Although the patrol battalion, which had no advantage, was equipped with elite soldiers and strong generals, it was difficult to escape the rounds of rocks and arrows. More than half of them were dead or injured as soon as they reached the door.
Zhang Xiaopan looked at the soldiers who kept falling, and was furious. He asked the soldiers to retreat, and he stepped forward and used a move to fly three thousand feet. In an instant, the sword transformed into three thousand and moved towards the defenders at the top of the city. Go, except for Gao Yu and a few surviving guards, the rest of the Forbidden Army guards died one after another.
Zhang Xiaopan swung his sword towards the palace gate again. It was a sword coming from the sun, and the powerful sword intent directly smashed the palace gate into pieces. The way into the palace was already open.
Li Chouxin and Yu Sheng also led a large group of troops and civil and military officials towards the imperial city.
After regaining consciousness, Gao Yu realized that something was wrong and ran toward the Jinluan Palace in embarrassment.
Above the palace, Li Gao only heard the sounds of fighting outside, but he didn't know that the imperial army he relied on had been defeated, and many of them were throwing weapons.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! It's not good, something serious is going to happen!" Gao Yuren arrived before he could say anything.
Hearing that Gao Yu changed his name to the prince, Li Gao also knew that something was wrong before he saw Gao Yu.
Gao Yuli rushed in in a panic and said to Li Gao: "Your Majesty, something serious has happened! Li Chouxin and Yu Sheng, along with the patrol battalion and the civil and military officials, have already broken through the palace gate and are heading here."
"How could this be? Are these thousands of forbidden troops just decorations?" Li Gao's eyes widened angrily.
"My lord, a boy suddenly appeared out of nowhere and broke through the palace gate with three hundred people. That boy was extremely skilled in swordsmanship. He defeated the guards on the city with one sword. It's really shocking," Gao Yu replied.
Li Gao then remembered the boy he met when he left the palace and nodded, "If it's that person, it wouldn't be surprising."
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
Li Gao kicked Gao Yu over and said: "Trash, why are you panicking? The emperor and King Tuoxi are both in our hands at this time, and we are already sure of victory. Since they are here, we can save ourselves the trouble. I will be here soon." I will proclaim myself emperor in front of them, and I will kill anyone who dares not to obey me."
Seeing Li Gao's calm face, Gao Yu also calmed down a little and led the remaining imperial troops to guard outside the Jinluan Palace.
Li Chouxin and Yu Sheng led the patrol camp and hundreds of officials to the outside of Jinluan Hall as if they were in a deserted place.
Upon seeing this, Gao Yu led the remaining several hundred forbidden troops to attack Li Chouxin and others, and the two sides fought again outside the palace.
In the palace, Li Gao knew that he could not wait any longer and said to Li Zhun: "My good nephew, I wanted to save your life for a moment or three, but now it seems that I have to take action in advance, before it is too late." When people come in, no one will know that I killed you."
After Li Gao said that, he stabbed Li Zhun with his sword. He thought Li Zhun would be killed.
Unexpectedly, Sang Fu saw a familiar scene again, and Li Gao was also surprised.
Zheng Yi stood in front of Li Zhun, held the long sword between his fingers, and applied slight force, and the long sword snapped into two pieces.
"You? Who are you?" Li Gao asked Eunuch Zheng.
"Your Majesty, isn't our family just the little Zheng Zi in front of Your Majesty? But our family used to have a common name, Zheng Yi."
"What? Zheng Yi! Golden boy Zheng Yi!" Li Gao had heard of Zheng Yi's reputation, so his arrogance was gradually weakening at this time.
"Your Majesty, we advise you to let it go. Everything in the palace just now is just an illusion. Your Majesty has known about your plan for a long time. It's just that Your Majesty is kind and doesn't want to believe that you would take action against His Majesty, so he acted like this. A play." Zheng Yi explained to Li Gao.
"Impossible, what about this Sang Fu?" Li Gao asked.
Li Zhun stood up at this time and said: "Uncle Wang, don't you understand? King Tuoxi has already been conquered by me in the Imperial Garden, and Prime Minister Li Changji is dead. I have already seen through your so-called plan. Please advise Uncle Wang to stop stubbornly resisting."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. All this was carefully arranged by this king. How could you see through it?"
Seeing that Li Gao was still unwilling to give up, Li Zhun threw Li Chouxin's letter directly at Li Gao. Li Gao couldn't wait to open the letter, his hands gradually trembled, and he said harshly: "Li Chouxin! It's this damn Li Chouxin again!" His eyes were full of unwillingness. .
But the matter has come to this, and it is difficult to turn back. Li Gao laughed wildly and came towards Li Zhun again with the broken sword. Seeing this, Zheng Yi quickly stepped forward, completely smashed Li Gao's broken sword, and knocked Li Gao away with one palm. Go out and vomit blood.
Li Gao looked at everything in embarrassment and the sword that was broken into several pieces, and sighed: "The sword is broken, and people will die." Then he picked up the only fragment of the sword in his hand and committed suicide with his neck, and blood suddenly spurted out. Then he turned his head and took one last look at the lofty dragon chair, filled with dissatisfaction and hatred.
Gao Yu outside the palace did not know that Li Gao was dead and was still resisting.
Zheng Yi walked out of the Jinluan Palace at this time, stood at the door, and shouted in a male duck's voice: "Stop! The rebels have been killed. Your Majesty has decreed that anyone who puts down his weapons at this time will spare his life."
Hearing Zheng Yi's voice, Li Chou knew that the matter had been decided, and when the imperial troops heard this, they also dropped their weapons.
The red-eyed Gao Yu didn't believe that it all happened so suddenly. He still stubbornly called on the imperial army to pick up weapons and fight again, but no one listened to his order.
Gao Yu looked at Li Chou Xin with eyes full of anger and said, "It's all you, Li Chou Xin, you ruined everything. Today, even if I die, I, Gao Yu, will definitely support you." After saying that, he jumped up and pointed a spear at him. Li Chou's heart stabbed him.
Li Chouxin drew his sword indifferently, and swung the sword out without even moving his body. He saw that Gao Yu was cut into two pieces with his gun in mid-air, it was too horrible to see.
Zheng Yi said at this time: "Your Majesty has a decree to invite hundreds of officials to enter the palace."
Li Chouxin and Yu Sheng walked in front, and the officials followed one after another and walked into the hall.
Above the main hall, corpses were lying around. The corpse of Li Gao, the king of the East Toe, was under the steps, looking towards the direction of the dragon chair, with his eyes closed.
When all the officials saw this scene, they were all shocked.
And Li Zhun sat on the dragon chair and said to the officials: "My dear friends, now that the traitor is dead, I hope that you will be loyal to me in the future, otherwise this will be your fate."
All officials looked at Li Zhun's stern eyes and knelt down one after another.
"I obey the order!" Many officials were trembling at this time.
Li Zhun thought that his goal had been achieved, and added: "This King Dongzhi is my imperial uncle. His death was not my original intention. It was actually suicide. I don't want to be blamed for killing my uncle to consolidate the imperial power. I don't know what you, my dear friends, think about it." ?”
Li Chou knew the emperor's thoughts and said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the king has become a king and the enemy has lost. Maybe the prince's choice is also decent for him. However, the emperor can tell the world that King Dongzhi came to the palace to escort him and died unfortunately, and bury King Dongzhi well. It also allows the world to see His Majesty’s benevolent heart.”
Li Zhun didn't even think about it and replied directly: "Okay, just follow what Li Aiqing said and let people go down and take care of it! I'm tired today, and other matters of questioning will be discussed tomorrow. As for King Tuoxi and others, they will return to Yudong Garden for the time being. , you are not allowed to leave the capital without my will, so please retreat."
After the officials retired, Zheng Yi ordered people to clean the Jinluan Palace. Li Zhun sat on the dragon chair and quietly looked at the corpses being carried out. He touched the dragon chair again and couldn't help but sigh.
