The constant sound of horse hooves on the street frightened the people to close their doors and windows and not dare to stand up. What are these military masters going to do?
Outside the road gate
"Your Excellency, the ministers have arrived outside Gaomen, and the garrison has entered the imperial city." Li Hao looked solemn, "Don't stop them, let them enter smoothly."
"yes."
Li Hao gritted his teeth, "Have you found Chonghua yet?"
"Not yet."
"Then go and find him quickly. We will dig three feet into the imperial city to find him."
Li Mao wanted to kill the emperor and the prince, support Li Chonghua, and take the emperor to command the princes. He could legitimately become the regent and become the hidden emperor. The plan could not be stopped at this point.
He planned for nine years and accurately calculated the day when the emperor would die, but at the critical moment, Li Chonghua disappeared. He did not believe that Li Chonghua would die, and he must have been hidden by the old emperor.
But just in case, there is a backup option.
The backup choice was Yi Chang. If Li Chonghua could not be found, he would marry Yi Chang and oversee the country as the emperor's wife.
"Have Ling Huaizhi send Yi Chang into the city quickly!"
Outside the Gao Gate, some civil servants and generals led the palace soldiers to crash into the gate, charging like tigers and wolves, and the palace gate shook.
Here Li Hao was also trying his best to attack Lumen. He was not sure whether the old emperor was alive or dead for a moment, and he felt uneasy for a moment.
Suddenly a pigeon fell to the ground. Li Hao grabbed it and took off the note. His pupils tightened. He was alive. The old emperor was still alive?
Such a large dose is obviously fatal!
Li Hao was shocked. What if the old emperor wanted to protect Yi Zhan in front of all the officials? "Stop them! Don't let them in!"
"Py some dynamite for me and blow open this broken door!"
"Rocket, prepare!"
Li Hao was fully prepared. He piled up the explosive packets one after another, and the bang, bang, and bang made the inside and outside of the palace tremble.
The old emperor looked pale and asked Zhan Changfeng, "What should you do if the country is destroyed?"
"The emperor guards the gates of the country, and the king dies in the country." Zhan Changfeng is fearless, "It's just a life."
"Beast!" The old emperor slapped her, his eyes were red, "I have trained you for so many years, and you are going to die like this at the hands of a villain who steals the country!"
"Remember, you are not the emperor yet, I am the emperor!" The old emperor trembled and pointed outward, "Get out of here, go to the Sutra Pavilion, there is a secret passage under the ninth bookshelf, get out of here!"
"Grandfather!" How could Zhan Changfeng agree? "You already handed over the throne to me an hour ago."
"Yi Zhan!" The old emperor held her tightly, with tears in his eyes, "The Yin Dynasty can fall, but the Yi family cannot die in your hands. Apart from the prince, you are still a descendant of the Yi family!"
"Get out!" The old emperor pushed her hard.
Zhan Changfeng pursed his lips and his eyes struggled.
The shouts of killing outside were deafening.
She knelt down and kowtowed three times to the old emperor, "My grandson is unfilial."
Zhan Changfeng glanced at the old emperor one last time and led the crowd out, "Is everyone in the palace here?"
Lingsi said: "Most of them are in the side hall, but Madam doesn't want to come."
Zhan Changfeng clenched his fists tightly, "Forget it then, let those who are willing to leave the palace alone follow."
When the situation became critical, Zhan Changfeng summoned the Imperial Guards and Secret Guards who were loyal to her, and retreated towards the Sutra Pavilion with the women and children in the palace.
Suddenly thousands of fire rains came.
"hidden!"
A dozen secret guards with high martial arts skills spun up, dancing with their swords, like lotuses blooming in the firelight, and shot down countless arrows.
The body of the Imperial Guard formed a wall, blocking Zhan Changfeng and the women and children, "Your Highness, leave quickly!"
The bright firelight accompanied by blood reflected in her eyes, and the sadness became more and more intense. Sadly, she could not look back.
Everyone took a shortcut, away from the fire and rain, the environment became more and more quiet, there was no one around, and the palace quietly showed a dilapidated appearance.
More than a thousand people came to the Sutra Pavilion, and only three or four hundred were left.
Zhan Changfeng entered the Sutra Pavilion, found the ninth bookshelf, fumbled for the mechanism, and suddenly felt a hint of murderous intent.
"Puff"
The blade sank into the flesh.
Zhan Changfeng glanced at the person standing in front of her, swung her sword in her hand, and nailed the person who assassinated her among the women and children to the bookshelf.
"How are you!" Zhan Changfeng knelt down and frowned at the girl who was blocking the knife for her.
The knife penetrates the heart and there is no cure.
The innocent girl's eyes were blurred, and a smile appeared on her lips, "So you are the prince."
Zhan Changfeng remembered that she was the daughter of the Zhao family he met in Meiyuan that day.
"Don't talk." Zhan Changfeng tapped a few acupuncture points for her to make her dying less painful.
"Your Highness, they are catching up!" Ling San shouted, looking at the assassin bitterly. She must have left a clue on the road.
The Imperial Guards were full of momentum, "My sons and daughters, follow me and kill them, I swear not to let them step into the Sutra Pavilion!"
Zhan Changfeng no longer wasted time, found the machine extension, and moved the entire bookshelf away, revealing a hole.
Blood was splashed on the doors and windows of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and the hearts of those who had not yet had time to evacuate were ashen. A hidden guard behind him swept away the others, pressed the trigger again, and the tunnel closed. Then he silently killed the enemies who rushed in.
This secret tunnel was originally the last escape route for the royal family and could only be used once. Once the tunnel was closed, the entire Sutra Pavilion began to shake and collapse.
Yangxin Hall
Li Mao kicked open the palace door and saw the old emperor wearing imperial clothes with black background and red stripes, holding the Emperor's Sword, standing on the jade steps and looking down at him.
The sword was stained with blood, and people were dead under the steps. There were palace concubines, maids, and attendants.
Everyone who was alive stood beside him in neat clothes.
The palace concubine is dignified and noble, the maidservants are virtuous and respectful, and the attendants hold swords and regard death as if they are home.
"You sinners, it is not a pity to die. I am waiting for you under the Nine Springs!" After saying this, the old emperor raised his sword across his neck!
The other concubines, maids, and attendants all committed suicide.
Li Hao's heart skipped a beat, he took off the jade pendant from his waist and bent the sword in the old emperor's hand. The blade only had time to scrape a blood mark on his neck.
"I'm here to rescue you, Your Majesty." Li Hao captured the old emperor and crippled his limbs, "Quickly tell me, where is Li Chonghua!"
The old emperor's face was distorted with pain, and he almost fainted, "You, you traitor!"
"How can I be a traitor? The prince harmed you, and I came to save him. What's wrong with that?"
"Besides, don't you have an imperial grandson? That is my good 'son'. I will help him well. Isn't there a person named Yi in this world?"
The old emperor suddenly understood. He had always wondered that although the Yin Dynasty was not stable due to the influence of natural disasters, he was still there in the Yangyang Dynasty, the next emperor was still there, the loyal ministers and good generals were still there, and the people who believed in temples were still there. The truth will be completely destroyed.
The old emperor laughed to tears, it turned out that it was doomed nine years ago!
Li Yunqiu, Li Yunqiu, why did you steal the dragon and replace it with the pillar! Why did you give him such a big opportunity!
"Heaven wants to kill me." The old emperor said miserably, "Just give up, you won't find him."
Li Hao smiled secretly, "It doesn't matter, your daughter is still here, and I am still legitimate."