Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 767
Under a solitary lamp in the palace room, Shi Le rested his hands on his forehead, his loose skin and wrinkles were full of heaviness, and his breathing sounded muffled.

He is still thinking about the elders of Jiyan Township tomorrow, but his thoughts are not lacking in confusion. Many worries and illnesses have made him far from being wise as before, and he is inevitably worried about gains and losses.

During this period of time, he has clearly felt a decline in energy, and he is also considering whether to recall the prince back to Xiangguo in case of emergency.At this age and in this position, it is really difficult to be self-willed again.Especially recently, Shi Le has been more touched. The deepest feeling is the decision to go south to the Jin Dynasty at the beginning of the year. Now it seems that it is really a wrong decision.

Of course, the mistakes Shi Le thought were different from what the officials said.He also realized this truth after his illness lingered and his health ceased.The reason why he made a mistake was not because of King Zhongshan's defeat. Even if the Southern Expedition army was triumphant all the way, it might be a good thing for the country, but it might not be for him.

He watched the Han Dynasty go from prosperity to prosperity, then split, internal strife, and finally collapse.I thought that with the lessons learned from the past, he would avoid repeating the mistakes of the Han Dynasty, and be able to inherit the king's heir again and enjoy the country for a long time.But when he really needed to think about these things, he found that the predicament he had to face was more serious than Liu's. At the same time, he also deeply felt the invisible difficulties and dangers of being a poor man.

Of course, these problems have always existed, but in the past, with his decisive style and superb imperial skills, quite a few of them were invisible.But when he himself became weak, these problems became serious.Those who seemed obedient and familiar in the past also had some new changes in his eyes.

Those people may think that they can hide their thoughts from themselves, but they forget that they were standing in their current position back then, and they are very clear about their thoughts and schemes!
It is extremely cold, and there is no one to share the sorrows, just like this empty palace right now.

In the shadow of the main hall that cannot be covered by the lights, a charming little court lady in a green dress probably thought that the Lord could not see her, and she seemed a little restless standing behind the curtain, or looked left and right to admire this magnificent palace. In the palace hall, she bowed her head and stood in silence from time to time anxiously, fearing that her restlessness would be discovered.But in the end, his restless nature was unbearable, and after a while he began to look left and right, and even turned his head to look at the master sitting silently under the lonely lamp.

She might have thought that no one was paying attention to her, but Shi Le noticed those naive little actions.However, he did not witness the annoyance of the palace servant's dereliction of duty. Instead, he watched with interest and calmly. His body tilted slightly, and the light of the lamp projected more to that place.

The slightly bright environment made the little maid at a loss, she hurriedly retreated behind the curtain, and disappeared from Shi Le's peripheral vision.This made him feel a little lost, and he couldn't explain why, but after a while, a touch of emerald skirt protruded from under the curtain again, this emerald color actually made Shi Le's heart that had been silent for a long time tremble faintly, and he couldn't help it. Turn your head and look at the past.

Not long after, the delicate face of the little palace maid poked out from under the curtain again, and when she looked here again, she suddenly found that the old face of the Lord was facing the position where she was standing, and she was stunned for a moment. Once there, the delicate cheeks, the curled hair, and even the slightly messy dress all revealed the shyness of being discovered by peeping, the fear of being watched by high-ranking people, and the fear of being punished.

That is a delicate young lotus...

Shi Le just looked at the little palace lady from such a distance, his heart that used to kill Yingye, as hard as iron, suddenly softened, his wrinkled, slack and sagging face moved a little jerky, and put on a self-conscious smile.He raised his hand and beckoned to the little palace lady, wanting to admire it closely, which had nothing to do with desire, but just looking for an irrelevant person who seemed to make people feel happy on this boring night, and told him a little bit. time.

The beauty on standby standing nearby also noticed the Master's expression, and was about to raise her voice to ask a question, but was so intimidated by the Master's stern glance that she dared not speak, and then followed the direction the Master was paying attention to, and immediately looked at that The little maid was full of envy.

The little maid who was being watched by the lord was terrified, hesitant and didn't know what to do, but Shi Le was very patient, raised her hand again and waved lightly, and the little palace lady stepped forward with a little hesitation.At this time, in Shi Le's eyes, the entire dull hall suddenly became lively because of the people walking around.

At this moment, there were noisy and chaotic footsteps outside the hall, which not only shocked all the palace servants in the hall, but also made Shi Le's rare good mood disappear.At this time, the only person who can move outside his palace is Yan Zhen, but Yan Zhen will never be so ignorant.

At the same time that Shi Le's mood was getting worse, Shi Le's heart was also full of warning signs, and his body suddenly jumped up from the couch, bursting out with agile movements that were not commensurate with the old man's demeanor. , and at the same time subconsciously looked in the direction where the little maid was standing before, but there was no trace of the beautiful woman, and she did not know where to hide.

However, at this time Shi Le had no time to be disappointed, several people were marching in outside the palace gate, and the leader was Cheng Xia.

At this moment, Cheng Xia was mad and nervous at the same time. After stepping into the hall, he saw Shi Le standing in the hall holding a sword. The nervousness immediately gained the upper hand on his face. He subconsciously bent his knees and raised his hands. There was a slight pause in the middle, and then he continued to salute, just moving The postures are all stiff, and the tone of voice is also jerky and weird: "Chen Ye knocked on the palace gate, or disturbed the Lord's dream, and I hope the Lord will not sin."

"Who is coming with you?"

Shi Le stood where he was, with his sword pointing directly at Cheng Ya, his cloudy eyes burst out with a frightening light, and his whole body was filled with a dangerous aura of anger and ready to go, already bloated The plump figure actually showed a bit of uprightness.

When the matter came to an end, Cheng Xia's anxiety and tension gradually disappeared. Before Shi Le could speak again, he had already stood up slowly from the ground, took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and handed it to Shi Lang's confidant and fierce soldier beside him. Facing Shi Le's intimidating gaze, he said dryly: "Since the beginning of summer, the state affairs have been difficult, and the ministers really can't bear to see the lord sick and worrying, and have no leisure all day long. Sincerely, I hope the lord can be honored and raised in the high cabinet." , to enjoy the rest of the world. The prince is young and strong, and he has long been able to serve as a country. If all the sages work together, the king's career will surely prosper!"

"I didn't misjudge you, I didn't misjudge you! Are you admitting yourself now?"

When Shi Le heard this, he was extremely angry, and a suppressed sneer came out of his mouth. He pointed his sword at Cheng Xia, and retreated slowly until he stood in front of the honored seat. At the end of the day, the king's life is worthy of harm!"

After hearing the words, Cheng Ya's face changed drastically, the anger accumulated over the years was almost gushing out, and his eyes glared at Shi Le angrily, showing no respect: "The ministers are mediocre, and it is difficult to counteract the wise king. But the Lord In recent years, every time I have been so stupid, I have lost my old ways, and I am ashamed of my ministers and other mediocre things, but if there are no villains who have accumulated meritorious deeds, how can the master be the master of China!"

As he said in his mouth, he had already marched forward, signaled the soldiers to find wine to brew the poison powder he had brought with him and prepared by Yan Mu, and pushed it to the front of the case with his own hands: "It's a big treason from the following. , dare not abuse the benefactor, ask the lord to drink this cup, enter the mysterious realm, and far away from disturbing the sickness."

After all, he has been with Shi Le for a long time, even today, if he wants to kill him directly, he still cannot bear the pressure in his heart.Therefore, Yan Mu specially asked Yan Mu to prepare this poison powder that can make people feel mysterious and suspended animation, in order to preserve a sense of harmony at the end of the journey of the monarch and his subjects.

"If I don't drink..."

Shi Le's face gradually showed a ferocious expression, and he swung his sword to slash at the wine glass. At this time, several brave men poured in from outside the hall. Seeing Shi Lang's body dripping with blood, a strange state suddenly appeared in his eyes. His demeanor was different from when he faced Cheng Ya, there was no lack of grief and anger: "I am a self-supporting scourge..."

But Shi Lang didn't look at Shi Le at all, and commanded the soldiers to chase and kill the palace servants in the palace, and the little maid who made Shi Le's heart sway before was right there, her emerald skirt was stained with blood, her face was no longer naive, screaming He rushed to this place, wanting to ask for protection from the owner, but he was slashed by a knife halfway, and died!

"Sinister, why did you kill the innocent!"

Seeing this scene, Shi Le's eyes were shattered, he roared and rushed towards Shi Lang with his sword.

"The old slave has done something, and the victims are more than one or two!"

Shi Lang counterattacked and kicked Shi Le to the ground, and raised his knife towards the fat body that was rolling on the ground with a ferocious face.

"Don't see the blood..."

Seeing this, Cheng Xia couldn't help but speak, and then turned his back.

When Shi Lang heard this, his eyes were filled with disdain, but he still sneered, and he dropped the knife and tore down the curtain hanging in the hall, and with a sudden flick, he directly wrapped Shi Le's head around it, and with a sudden retraction of his arms, Shi Le's fat body trembled suddenly. There was a hissing sound from the mouth and nose covered by the curtain, and his legs twitched and slapped the ground, which was already in extreme pain.

The curtain in Shi Lang's hands has been strangled for nearly half an hour, Shi Le's throat has been strangled, and the convulsions of his body have stopped for a long time. Only then did Shi Lang's stiff arms gradually relax, and the strip-shaped curtain in his hand They spread apart, revealing Shi Le's swollen purple-red and black face, his eyes protruding even more, covered with bloodshot eyes, staring straight at Shi Le.

This inevitably made Shi Lang a little guilty, he hurriedly covered his face with the curtain, but he always felt that the dead eyes were still watching him through the curtain, so he couldn't help but waved his fist and beat his face under the curtain.

"No, no... Oh, why bother!"

It was too late for Cheng Yan to stop, blood was already flowing out from under the curtain.He prevented Shi Lang from seeing blood, not all because of old love and the benevolence of a woman. You must know that you are in Mingtang right now, surrounded by a large number of civil and military officials and the suzerain. Also extremely disadvantageous.

Shi Lang got emotional for a while and destroyed Shi Le's body, knowing that no one should see it. Fortunately, at this time, there were no living people in the palace except his direct relatives, so he ordered people to wrap Shi Le's body up and share with those palace officials. The bodies of the servants were transferred together to the secret room in the side hall, and they were transported out and destroyed after the situation was fully grasped.

At this time, Cheng Xia had already copied out all the talismans in Shile Palace, but these talismans were useless in his hands.So he only picked out the talisman orders related to the mobilization of the guards, and handed them over to Shi Lang, and dispatched the guards to control the civil and military officials respectively.At the same time, the hall was also blocked and guarded by the cronies brought by Shi Lang.

On the other hand, Cheng Xia hurried towards the queen's palace surrounded by the imperial guards. Only by controlling the queen could the crime of regicide be slightly covered up.

At this time, the entire Ming Hall had already begun to commotion, and the sound of fighting in Shile Palace was extremely abrupt in the night, and it couldn't be covered up at all.If it wasn't for Liu Suo, the imperial guard general who defended the last line, who was too unbearable to be easily restrained by Shi Lang, the commotion would have already spread by now.

But even if the guards fell, the rest of the place could sense something was wrong at this moment, but because there was no specific signal sent out, even if the startled people had guesses, they didn't know exactly what happened.The imperial guards scattered throughout the palace also began to tremble, but because there was no clear military order, they didn't know what to do, so they gathered together and guarded their positions under the restraint of the commander.

As for the imperial guards who were near Shi Le's bedroom, several people had already gone to the bedroom, but there were guards everywhere in the passageway, holding the amulet of the imperial guard general Liu Suo to stop them from approaching.

The queen's palace is not far from Shi Le's bedroom, and the commotion in the bedroom has also disturbed here. When Cheng Xiaxing came here, there were already palace people on the side of the road eagerly visiting in the dark.Seeing this scene, Cheng Xia couldn't help but panic in his heart. You must know that the situation is far from being under control now, and if any news leaks out, it will be a catastrophe for him.

But at the moment, he didn't dare to continue to commit murder and silence, otherwise the riot would only spread more quickly, so he just asked people to disperse the wait-and-see palace people, and at the same time rushed towards the Queen's Palace without slowing down.When walking outside the palace, he raised his fist, gritted his teeth, and punched the eye sockets twice. Suddenly, the eye sockets were red, and the eyes were blurred with tears. Coupled with the mournful expression, it was already a state of grief that could not be lived.

At this time, Empress Liu was also startled, and was still anxiously waiting for the palace people to report what happened. Soon, there were endless scolding and old voices from outside the palace wall.She was restless and annoyed, and was about to send someone to ask questions, when Cheng Ya's mournful cry could already be heard at the palace gate.

Without turning around, the guards guarding the palace came to ask Guanglu to see him, the queen was also a little confused at the moment, first she let people go, but after turning around, she suddenly realized how could Cheng Xia be like this at night?
But before she had time to react, Cheng Ya had already rushed into the palace surrounded by dozens of guards.As soon as he stepped into the gate of the palace, Cheng Xia threw himself to the ground and wailed loudly: "My lord, my lord is no longer alive, there will be a shocking change in the middle of the country, I will hurry to enter the guard, Your Majesty the Queen will take charge of the overall situation!"

"What, what... my lord, how could my lord... when, when did it happen..."

When Empress Liu heard Cheng Ya's howling, she was stunned, stunned, unable to speak.

However, Cheng Xia just covered his face and wept bitterly, beating his chest and stamping his feet, completely ignoring the queen's questioning.After a while, he held back his crying, and said in a loud voice: "The funeral came suddenly. If there is no good strategy to stabilize the country, there may be chaos in the country. Right now, both inside and outside look up to Her Majesty, please be patient with the empress, and maintain internal and external stability. The inside and outside collapsed, and the lord's life's work was destroyed!"

"Yes, yes...Cheng Guanglu, you taught me what to do...My lord, where is my lord? I'm going to see my lord for the last time!"

The queen was covering her face and weeping at this time, and nodded hastily after hearing Cheng Ya's words.She was also completely panicked at the moment, and had no idea at all.

Cheng Xia wiped his tears and said in a mournful voice: "The lord is still in the palace, but right now is definitely not a matter of human feelings. We still need to quickly maintain the stability of the situation. The internal and external gatherings will be discussed again. The minister was in unbearable grief before, and shed tears on the way. Rumors spread, Mingtang will be uneasy! Please call the queen quickly to discuss the aftermath together! The important ministers are mostly out of business, and the king of Pengcheng is the only one who can rely on him in the country. The king of Pengcheng should be summoned to lead the people into the guard, and then the mourning ceremony can be discussed again ..."

Cheng Xia's words were carefully arranged by Qian Feng.When a woman encounters a sudden turmoil, she is already terrified. If she wants to be forced at this time, she will instinctively resist.And without the cooperation of the queen, it would be impossible to cover up Cheng Xia's crime of killing the king.Those who are making plans right now are all those who are close to the empress, even if Cheng Xia doesn't say anything, he must have such thoughts after he is panic-stricken.

Sure enough, after hearing Cheng Ya's words, the queen nodded repeatedly. Even though she sent people out, she didn't know that these people were all stopped and their warrants were taken away after they left the palace.

At this moment, the empress felt a little more stable and felt sad, but under Cheng Ya's comfort and persuasion, she asked someone to draw up an edict for Cheng Ya to summon the important ministers for internal discussions.After receiving this edict, Cheng Xia's heart was settled. After hearing the Queen's sad words to move to see Shile's body, Cheng Xia delayed and stopped it, and at the same time ordered Concubine Cheng to be quickly transferred to the Queen's Palace.

Because a large number of palace people came in and out, the queen's palace was even more chaotic.And in these chaos, some people close to the queen just disappeared.But the queen has no time to pay attention to these things for the time being, and for a while she just weeps and weeps with Concubine Cheng.

Not long after, Liu Run, the attendant, was forcibly dragged here, and he was still sleepy, not knowing what happened.After hearing the empress weeping and explaining the reason, she froze on the spot for a moment.

"At present, Mingtang is gradually in chaos. Fortunately, the servant has arrived, and it is enough to deter the situation. If King Pengcheng does not return for a day, there will be no stability in the country. The minister must help the servant, and I also ask the queen to mourn."

At this time, Cheng Ya stepped forward to speak again.

"I, I really don't know...Guanglu, did you teach me?"

The servant Liu Run's in-laws were obvious, and his reaction to the change was worse than that of the queen.

Seeing her brother's panic-stricken appearance, the queen was also worried for a while, so she frowned and said, "Brother and Guanglu will go out together later, we must stabilize the favor of the ministers. If you don't know what to do, listen to Guanglu's advice. Go quickly Hurry up, the two of you have important responsibilities, and you must not ruin the achievements of the Lord!"

The empress has her own grudges against Cheng Xia, but at this moment, there is no one else to rely on. Her elder brother is simply useless, and her appearance is just to occupy the personal space.Moreover, King Pengcheng will return to the country in a few days, and then it will be the natural choice to stabilize the situation. Right now, he can also temporarily rely on Cheng Xia.

At this moment, Liu Run gradually came to his senses and realized that it was a critical moment. Although he had no idea himself, he had a resourceful confidant to advise him. Ask the queen for instructions to call her cronies in.How could the queen refuse, instead urging Liu Run as soon as possible.Cheng Yan was furious watching from the sidelines. The brother and sister clearly wanted to monopolize the power and didn't give him any money.

The two hurried out, Liu Run was still thinking about what to do later, when suddenly someone caught him by the back of the neck, and soon after, he was tied up by the guards and escorted to a dark room. Twist out a person, and after looking at each other, they realize that they are father and son.

After grabbing the queen's warrant, Cheng Xia hurried to join Shi Lang.With this warrant, he was able to convince the two most important members of the group of ministers, Lu Ming, the General of the Guard who commanded the Xiangguo Imperial Guard, and Liu Zheng, the captain of Sili, who was in charge of the soldier's family in Duxia County.

General Wei Lu Ming needn't mention it, this person is just a cover-up for a while, through this person Shi Lang is able to grasp all the imperial guards in the capital and control the inside and outside.As for Lieutenant Liu Zheng of Sili, although he was not on good terms with Cheng Xia, he was the prince's teacher. Once Shi Le died, his interests were the same as Cheng Xia's. In addition, with the queen's warrant, there is a lot of room for cooperation between the two!

At this time, the Mingtang was completely chaotic, and there were fires everywhere, and even the imperial guards were in a commotion.Although the two of them went straight to the core, suddenly, but no matter how smooth the progress was, after all, there were too few manpower available at that time, and it was impossible for there to be no omissions.

Therefore, the methods arranged outside the Ming Hall came in handy, many desperadoes were already on standby, and once Shi Lang ordered people to send out the signal, they immediately stormed outside, setting fire to kill and looting.A large number of family members of officials and elders of the village clan gathered outside the Ming Hall, and they suddenly became chaotic after being disturbed by this. The crowd became entangled inside or outside, forming a thick barrier.

At least before dawn, the entire Mingtang has become an isolated island, even if the news spreads outside, no reinforcements will rush in.And this period of time is the most important moment for Cheng Xia and the others to control Jinei!

　It was still decided to give Shi Le an end with no bones left, just like in history.In fact, I have always suspected that he might have died like this. For example, Yan Zhen, the Zhongchang servant who died in the last chapter, was still serving as the Zhongchang servant in the Shihu dynasty. It is very likely that Shihu controlled the ban through him. Qin Wang Shihong has already shown his killing intent towards Shihu, so it is very likely that Shihu will strike first. The method may be very cruel, and no bones are left. Of course, it is just speculation and does not accept academic debate.

　　
　
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