Chapter 182 Forced into the Palace (Second Update)
Hou Mansion
The mansion that Zhao Yi rewarded Yan Wu, the Purple-clothed Marquis, was the mansion of a former Duke. Although it was a little remote, it was spacious enough and it was not an insult to Yan Wu, a great hero.
Because Yan Wu was a military commander, there were not many decorations in the house. It was neat, cold and stiff, with a chilling air.
In the study, Yan Wu took off his clothes and sat there with his upper body naked. A person who looked like an attendant took medicine and gave him medicine.
His body was covered with large and small wounds, criss-crossed, and looked extremely horrifying. The gauze piled on the ground was soaked with blood.
The person who applied the medicine to him was Yan Wu's attendant Mu Yu, and there was another attendant Mu Feng sitting next to him with a casual attitude.
Compared to Mu Yu, Mu Feng was more unrestrained. Not only did he not help with the medicine, he also made sarcastic remarks.
"Three hundred miles, two trips back and forth, just to deliver a lamp. Are you a hero who is sad about being a beauty, or are you obsessed with your life?"
Yan Wu lowered his head and played with a pendant. The dark blue gem was clearly given to Yan Chen by the imperial concubine.
He couldn't put it down. No matter how much pain he felt, he could endure it as long as he held it.
He didn't answer Mu Feng's sarcastic words, he just stared at the pendant, not knowing what he was thinking of, and his eyes were full of smiles.
Mu Feng shook his head: "There is no way to save me. You will die at her hands sooner or later."
Yan Wu actually heard this.
Death in her hands? That was what he couldn't ask for, because he was afraid that she would not be willing to do it in the end. She was always hard-spoken and soft-hearted, and could not do such vicious things.
He was too excited before and couldn't help but want to get closer. He couldn't wait to tell her his feelings, but he forgot that he was just a stranger to her now.
And she was still the emperor's concubine, so his approach was really abrupt.
So...there is no rush, but there will be a day.
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King Wei was captured alive and temporarily imprisoned in the sky prison. Before Zhao Yi had time to deal with King Wei's matter, something happened to the victims.
As Ye Wanwan knew, someone embezzled the disaster relief funds.
The disaster relief money is not distributed directly to the people, but is used to purchase food, medicine, clothing and build resettlement houses for the people.
However, what many places receive is old and moldy food, which is difficult to swallow, not to mention clothing, just a few rags, and the houses built for the people are also repaired casually, let alone housing, they are just looking at it.
Feeling shaky.
Many people got sick and died after eating that food. Later, they would rather eat bark and grass roots than eat the food and porridge provided by the government, so many more people died.
The people complained, and finally some people couldn't stand it anymore. They took the lead in gathering a crowd to protest. They rushed in and overthrew the government together. They were then chased by the officers and soldiers and fled to the mountains. In just a few months, more than 20 bandit dens were established. These people
Although they were in separate camps, they shared the same enemy. They specialized in robbing the imperial court and killed many officers and soldiers.
Emperor Yang was furious when he heard the news and immediately conducted a thorough investigation to find out who had embezzled the disaster relief funds.
Then, after thorough investigation and no one was clean, Emperor Yang issued an imperial decree and beheaded more than 7,000 people.
The head of the Lu family, the Minister of Household Affairs, had a family of more than 60 people, and all of them were executed, and then they went down one level at a time, and everyone involved was executed.
More than 7,000 people, a real river of blood flowed.
Here Zhao Yi was busy killing people and dealing with disaster relief matters. Over there, King Qing Zhao Xu raised the flag of rebellion among the victims, raised his arms and shouted, and the people responded immediately.
They scolded the court for being corrupt, scolded the emperor for being stupid, trampled on human life, and regarded the lives of the people as nothing more than grass. They couldn't bear it.
What Zhao Yi was most worried about happened, and indeed someone took advantage of the disaster to cause trouble.
It seems that it was his neglect, because improper employment of people led to corruption, which made the people suffer, and Zhao Xu easily won the hearts of the people.
And Zhao Xu is someone that Zhao Yi unexpectedly
Qing Wang Zhao Xu was the tenth son of the late emperor. There were thirteen princes in total, but only five of them survived.
Zhao Li, the king of Wei, Zhao Yan, the leap king, Zhao Yi, the emperor, Zhao Ju, the king of Chu, and Zhao Xu, the king of Qing.
King Run was convicted three years ago and was deprived of his title and sent to guard the imperial mausoleum. King Chu was stationed far away in the bitter cold land of Yannan. King Wei was also devalued as a border land. He only came back in the past two years, and now he is sent to the imperial mausoleum again.
Went to Tianlao.
In order to suppress his brother, Zhao Yi resorted to any means.
Compared with the three people above, Prince Qing is considered good because he is young, comes from a humble background and has no backers. He is not conspicuous at all in front of his elder brothers and is not feared too much by Zhao Yi.
Prince Qing's fiefdom is located on a seaside in the southwest, far away from Shangjing, and has a shortage of supplies. In addition to fishermen and seafood, there are also elusive pirates.
Prince Qing's life had been difficult these past few years, but he was young when he went there, so he quickly adapted to the life there. He often went out to fish with the fishermen, and even farmed his own land, as if he had become a commoner.
Zhao Yi had sent people to keep an eye on him for so many years, and he had been like this, so he relaxed his vigilance. However, this was obviously all an illusion.
Among the men from the Tianjia royal family, who doesn’t have any wolfish ambitions?
Zhao Yi was on guard against the King of Wei and the King of Chu, and was on every possible precaution. Unexpectedly, it was Zhao Xu who rebelled first.
Zhao Xu came well-prepared, leading an elite army that appeared from nowhere, and recruited the bandits who were full of resentment. In a short period of time, he formed a large force and swept across a large area.
Zhao Yilian issued more than a dozen imperial orders, ordering the generals in the surrounding areas to unite their troops to suppress the attack. At the same time, he sent the Marquis in Purple Clothes with military talismans to lead heavy troops for reinforcements.
War breaks out again, this time it's civil war.
However, there was more to it than that. On the day after Zi Yihou left with an army of 100,000 men, a team of highly skilled kung fu soldiers entered the prison directly, used gunpowder to blow open the prison, and rescued King Wei.
This time, King Wei no longer fled, but rose up and led his people straight to the palace, intending to force the palace.
There were people from King Wei in the palace, so they cooperated with King Wei inside and outside, killed the guards at the palace gate, opened the palace gate wide, and let King Wei enter the palace.
Lei Hong was seriously injured and had yet to recover, and Yan Wu led his troops to fight again. Leng Yun was somewhat capable, but at the moment there was no distinction between the enemy and ourselves, and he could not control the chaos.
It is also necessary for Zhao Yi to guard against the Imperial Guards. For example, now, he is watching helplessly as his Imperial Guards turn against him and brandish their swords at him in public.
"Escort, escort!"
"Stop him quickly and protect the emperor."
Yuan De screamed at the top of his voice, asking the people around him to rush over to protect him. However, without paying attention, a little eunuch next to him took a knife and stabbed him in the back.
"Ah..." Yuan De's face changed color in pain, and he endured the pain and returned his hand to kill the person.
Even the emperor is surrounded by assassins, which is really hard to guard against.