Zhang Hucheng walked straight away, followed closely by Sun Guozhang behind him.
In a blink of an eye, he arrived at the front of Yangxin Hall and saw the two guards in front of the hall. Zhang Hucheng paused and turned around to look at Sun Guozhang.
"But Mr. Zhang?"
One of the guards asked politely, but Zhang Hucheng said nothing, his eyes were straight and his face was pale. Seeing this, Sun Guozhang quickly pulled Zhang Hucheng aside and whispered something in his ear again.
After a while, Zhang Hu seemed to have changed. He said calmly: "Yes, I am Zhang Hucheng, the son of Zhang Binghuan."
Sun Guozhang looked at his back with strange eyes. After seeing this, the guard slowly walked down the steps: "May I ask that Sun Guozhang is also here to see your Majesty?"
Sun Guozhang knew very well that if Zhang Hucheng was to be completely at his mercy, this sense of distance must be maintained, so he smiled naively: "You two brothers, I do have something important to see your Majesty, but Zhang Hucheng
He is the son of Guozhu, and he must have something important to do, so I will just wait here for a while, no problem! No problem!"
After hearing this, the guards looked at each other, bowed and said, "Then Mr. Lao Guozhang is waiting in front of the palace!"
Then he turned around and saw the long sword in Zhang Hucheng's hand, and frowned: "Master Zhang, this is the Yangxin Palace. It is not convenient to carry weapons. Please give us the weapons, Master Zhang!"
Zhang Hucheng looked at the long sword in his hand, then looked at Sun Guozhang at the bottom of the steps with his peripheral vision, and said expressionlessly: "Okay! Thank you very much!"
Then he pushed the door open and entered. His Majesty was still on the bed. He heard the sound of the palace door and looked sideways: "Are you Zhang Binghuan's son? Zhang Hucheng?"
Zhang Hucheng knelt down quickly, saluted and said in a low voice: "Yes, I am!"
Emperor Shang slowly raised his body up with his arms and turned around and said to Zhang Hucheng: "I have my own arrangements for your father's affairs. You don't have to be too anxious. I heard that you had a dispute with the Imperial Guards in front of the palace gate.
, by doing this, not only will you not be able to save your father, but you will also put your father in danger. I hope you can understand my intention."
After Emperor Shang explained, Zhang Hucheng said nothing, and the hatred in his eyes seemed to become stronger.
He gradually raised his head and his face suddenly returned to rosy, and it seemed that his straight eyes were back to their original state.
"Your Majesty, I just want to know why you want to imprison my father in the Inspection Department. That place is specially used to detain officials. Since ancient times, no one has come out. Your Majesty, by doing this, you are not afraid of chilling the hearts of those loyal ministers?"
After Emperor Shang heard this, his eyebrows twisted into twists.
"Your father dared to commit an assassination in the court for you, and even disciples from Haotian Pavilion infiltrated. If I hadn't paid attention at that time, the consequences would have been disastrous. Anyone else would have punished him severely, but your father did it for you.
He only agreed to the arrangement of Haotian Pavilion after he had the puppetry skills. I think he is excusable, but none of the ministers in the court agreed. As the lord of the world, I can only let him stay in the Inspection Department temporarily. Is it possible?
Is what I did wrong?"
After Zhang Hucheng heard this, his head buzzed, as if someone had hit him with a sap, and his eyes were flickering. He pressed his temples with both hands, and then said incredulously: "What! My father wants to do it for me."
To assassinate His Majesty! How is this possible! Ah!"
He suddenly rolled on the ground with a severe headache. When Emperor Shang looked at him, he was startled and silently muttered: "Could it be that this young boy also has a headache?"
So he hurriedly asked Zhang Hucheng to stand up and asked, "What's wrong with you? You also feel severe headaches that come and go?"
Zhang Hucheng stood up forcibly, rolled his eyes in a circle, and was about to speak when suddenly the eyes in his eye sockets turned black and his face became dull, as if the headache just now had never happened at all.
It turned out that Sun Guozhang, who was outside at this time, took a few steps forward and chatted softly with the guard.
Zhang Hucheng's changes made Emperor Shang a little confused. He raised his eyebrows and was surprised to see black gas constantly emitting from Zhang Hucheng's body. He knew that Zhang Hucheng had puppetry in his body, but what he didn't know was that there was no Haotian around him at all.
The people in the pavilion will not be affected even if they have the blessing of puppetry.
He slowly held the edge of the bed with both hands, suppressing his headache and asked again: "Zhang Hucheng! If you have anything else, just tell me. If it's okay, I still want to rest..."
But no matter what Emperor Shang said, Zhang Hucheng was indifferent, and his eyes stared at him fiercely, motionless, very penetrating!
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Hucheng slowly opened his right hand, and the long sword that the guard in front of the palace had just taken from him flew out of its sheath and broke through the door.
The guard was startled and quickly followed in.
I saw that the long sword had fallen into Zhang Hucheng's hand again. The sword's edge was pointed directly at Emperor Shang. He was standing at the door of the palace, staring at Emperor Shang with cold and fierce eyes. From a distance, it looked like he was going to eat Emperor Shang alive.
Same.
The guard immediately drew out his scimitar and stood in front of Zhang Hucheng, shouting loudly: "Master Zhang! Why are you doing this? It is forbidden to carry any weapons in Yangxin Hall. You had already agreed when you just came in, so why did you suddenly summon your long sword!"
"
The guards' questions were of no importance to Zhang Hucheng himself. He raised his long sword and gently struck the two guards in front of him, knocking the guards to the ground. In just the blink of an eye, the two guards were already dying.
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Sun Guozhang observed carefully through the window paper, and he must not let His Majesty discover him.
Zhang Hucheng walked stiffly to the bed and said expressionlessly to His Majesty: "Since Your Majesty cannot listen to what I say, there is no need to say more!"
After saying that, he slowly raised his sword, stared at Emperor Shang's chest fiercely, and stabbed it without stopping.
Sun Guozhang's eyes suddenly widened, and he watched helplessly as the long sword stabbed Emperor Shang's chest. But at this moment, Emperor Shang flew a short blade under the pillow. After the two weapons canceled each other out, they were all struck one after another.
It collapsed a few meters and fell to the ground.
But if he were a normal person, he would have reacted in this situation, but Zhang Hucheng remained motionless at this time, which made Emperor Shang feel nervous in his heart.
But now Emperor Shang still couldn't stand up, and the short blade just flew out while holding back his headache. He took a deep breath and sneered: "I didn't expect the people from Haotian Pavilion to have penetrated so deeply. Zhang Hucheng,
I know that this is not your true intention. As a Qi cultivator, your heart is so powerful. I don’t care who controls you? But I believe in you, and you will definitely not let them succeed!"
Emperor Shang knew very well that this was his only chance. In a situation like this, his head would feel like it would be exploded if he exerted force. If he did not persuade him, he would not be Zhang Hucheng's opponent at all.
But continuing like this was not a long-term solution. Looking at the two guards lying on the ground, he felt uneasy.
Because the distance between Zhang Hucheng and Sun Guozhang was too close, even if the manipulated Zhang Hucheng subconsciously did not want to do that, he was now a tool being used by others and could not help himself.
From the entrance of the palace, he slowly walked towards Emperor Shang again, and at the same time activated his whole body's Qi sea, ready to go.
Sun Guozhang was about to succeed, but at this moment, a dark shadow passed in front of his eyes.
Snapped!
This black shadow suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Hucheng, and with just a palm, Zhang Hucheng was knocked away, and the palace door was smashed into pieces.
After Zhang Hucheng was knocked down by this palm, his eyes and expression suddenly changed. He turned sideways and saw Sun Guozhang running away. He pointed with his finger and was about to say something. After a sharp pain in his heart, he fainted.
Emperor Shang rubbed his eyes and took a closer look. It turned out that the black figure was Huang Zongshu.
"Zong Shu! You are finally back. Ever since you went to arrest Bai Sha, I have lost sight of you."
Huang Zongshu immediately knelt down and saluted and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I came late to escort you, and your Majesty was needlessly frightened!"
Emperor Shang raised his hands slightly: "Huh? Zong Shu is not my minister, so there is no need to kneel down. If it hadn't been for you just now, I would have died in hell to meet the previous emperor."
After Huang Zongshu stood up, he turned around and walked out of the palace. He looked at the unconscious Zhang Hucheng and asked, "Your Majesty, how should we deal with this person?"
Emperor Shang lay down again, covered his temple with his left hand and said with a grin: "Zong Shu, you still don't know much about the affairs of the world. This man is Zhang Hucheng, the biological son of Lord Guozhu Zhang Binghuan. He is also used by Haotian Pavilion.
If he masters the puppetry, if he is not guilty enough to die, then throw him out of the palace!"
Huang Zongshu looked at the two dying guards in the Yangxin Hall, and said seriously: "Your Majesty! I have said before that the two guards around you are unable to take on important positions in terms of cultivation and realm. Your Majesty was almost killed today, and these two
The bodyguards are of no use at all. After Bai Qinghe and I resolve some matters in a few days, I will find two more Qi cultivators to serve as bodyguards for Your Majesty."
Emperor Shang waved his sleeves: "It's okay, it's okay. You don't know my cultivation and realm. To be honest, are you really my opponent? If I hadn't had a headache and couldn't get up and use Qi Hai, just now
That Zhang Hucheng is no match for me at all!"
"Head trouble?"
Huang Zongshu was a little puzzled, looking at His Majesty's severe headache and asked: "According to what I know, this disease is the most difficult to cure in the world, and this disease requires a doctor to open your Majesty's skull. I think most doctors
I dare not do this to Your Majesty, so I can only rely on medicine to maintain my condition."
Huang Zongshu's words were exactly the same as those of the deceased imperial physician before, which made Emperor Shang very irritated.
He waved his hands and sighed: "It's okay. I think it will be okay after a while. Just now you said you and Bai Qinghe were dealing with some things? Zong Shu was talking about the Bai Qinghe of the academy? The Bai Qinghe who was reborn from the well? Haotian
The founder of Ge?"
Emperor Shang's three consecutive questions made Huang Zongshu a little confused as to where to start, so he slowly sat down next to Emperor Shang and whispered.
It turned out that since what happened to Bai Sha in the tavern, Huang Zongshu still could not find any trace of Bai Sha. When he came back, he saw Bai Qinghe still waiting in the tavern, so Huang Zongshu discussed it with him and came to the palace together.
Emperor Shang thought for a moment and said doubtfully: "Does Zong Shu still not know that Bai Sha and Shi Wu are both dead? And as far as I know, they should have been killed by the Thirteenth Heaven of the Academy."
Huang Zongshu nodded: "Yes, I have known it for a long time, but Bai Qinghe did not know it, so after discussing with him, he was willing to come to the palace with me, and the black box in his hand is very important to Haotian Pavilion
.”
"The Sword Comes"
Emperor Shang didn't want to care about the box or not. He forced a smile and said: "Now that Zong Shu has come back, I can rest assured. I need to rest now, so Zong Shu will have to worry more!"
After hearing this, Huang Zongshu quickly lowered his head and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. As long as I don't die, nothing will happen to your Majesty. I will go to the gate of the palace now and invite Bai Qinghe in!"
Emperor Shang said nothing and slowly closed his eyes.
After he went out, he looked back at the gate of Yangxin Hall and saw several eunuchs not far ahead.
"Look carefully, the gate of His Majesty's Heart Cultivation Hall is now broken. You must repair the gate as soon as possible to prevent His Majesty from scolding you unnecessarily when he is free!"
After several eunuchs listened, they were so frightened that their legs became weak and they all knelt down: "Your Majesty is saying that, Your Majesty is saying that we will definitely repair the gate of Yangxin Hall as soon as possible!"
At the same time, Bai Qinghe, holding a black box in his right hand, was waiting anxiously outside the palace gate. When the palace guard saw it was Bai Qinghe, he originally wanted to invite him in, but Bai Qinghe shook his hand and said, "This is always the case."
Every place has its own rules. If people from the academy want to enter the palace, the entrance is not here at all. If I enter without permission, I will be punished if Master finds out."
After hearing this, the guards smiled at each other and murmured in a low voice: "When did the people in this academy become so polite? Before, you could just enter if you wanted to after mentioning your name..."
While Bai Qinghe was waiting for Huang Zongshu, several eunuchs slowly walked over carrying what looked like a corpse.
The guard turned around and saw that it was indeed a person, but it was not a corpse, but the unconscious Zhang Hucheng.
"Boy, your Majesty ordered this to be thrown out."
While several eunuchs were talking to the two guards, Sun Guozhang was also observing in the dark.
"Is this? Is this Mr. Zhang? Why did he faint?"
Two guards hurriedly picked up Zhang Hucheng and carried him outside the palace gate.
Several soldiers guarding the city gate were startled and took a few steps back. Bai Qinghe didn't know this person, but he could see some clues around his body.
"Puppetry?"
"Master Zhang?"
While Bai Qinghe was wondering, two guards saw Sun Guozhang at the palace gate and hurried over.
"Ah, this Zhang Hucheng is very insidious. His Majesty was almost injured just now. If someone hadn't helped him in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable. He is the son of Zhang Binghuan, the pillar of the country. His Majesty asked me to take him to the Inspection Department."
After that, he reluctantly helped Zhang Hucheng up with both hands. Although Zhang Hucheng was on the thin side, he was still strong because of his cultivation. In addition, Sun Guozhang himself was on crutches, so it was very difficult to help him walk.
Out of good intentions, the two guards quickly shouted: "Master Zhang, I'd better send a few soldiers to accompany you."
Sun Guozhang turned around, nodded and said: "No, no, no, how can I trouble you soldiers guarding the city gate with such a trivial matter? No, no, no! Haha."
The two guards looked at Sun Guozhang's staggering back and became thoughtful.
"Brother Qinghe, come in..."
At this time, Huang Zongshu also rushed over. This chapter has been completed!