The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 5
After another 10 minutes, the Empress Dowager Yang Shufei, Su Liuyi, the official in charge of the palace, and others arrived one after another.

Seeing the scattered corpses in Zhao Dongting's bedroom, everyone's expressions changed slightly.

Su Liuyi was in charge of the front office of the palace and the guards. Looking at the body of the guards on the ground, he thought it was an assassination attempt. He pretended to be panicked and bowed to Zhao Dongting: "Your Majesty, is there a thief assassinating?"

"Yes!"

Amidst the doubts of the people in the room, Zhao Dongting sneered coldly, "But those who assassinate me are the guards of my body!"

When Su Liuyi heard this, he was really terrified, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, "The minister is not effective in supervision, and he deserves death. I ask the queen mother and the emperor to give me the punishment."

He was a wise man, and immediately admitted his mistake.

Zhang Shijie, deputy privy envoy, said nonchalantly, "Even the guards have become traitors, so where is the safety of the queen mother and the emperor?"

Zhang Shijie was also a celebrity in the late Southern Song Dynasty and held a high official position, but he was a bit flattering.

Su Liuyi was afraid that he hated him to death, but at this moment it was not easy to argue, so he just kowtowed, "I will die!"

Then, several generals knelt down.

These generals are undoubtedly the commander-in-chief of the front office or the guards.

Concubine Yang Shu's face was calm, she just asked: "Yes, what's going on?"

Zhao Dongting slowly told the story in front of all the ministers, including the two young eunuchs who wanted to poison him with roast chicken.

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the crowd and said, "Who is Mr. Yang Wanli, the deputy officer of the infantry guard?"

Among the kneeling generals, a stout man with a dark complexion raised his head, "The last general is here!"

There was no panic on his face.

Zhao Dongting was secretly surprised at this man's composure, and said, "Yang Wanli, don't you want to explain something to me?"

Everyone present noticed some signs of it, and looked at Yang Wanli one after another.

Yang Wanli lowered his head, and said in a muffled voice, "The general doesn't understand what the emperor means, so please ask the emperor to clarify."

"Ah!"

Zhao Dongting looked at Imperial Physician An and the little eunuch, "Emperor An, and you, now Master Yang says he doesn't know, what do you two have to say?"

The little eunuch's face was already ashen, and he couldn't speak at all.

Physician An sighed and said, "Lord Yang, the matter has come to an end, let's be honest! You asked me to tamper with the holy medicine, and I have already told the holy one."

"You slander!"

Yang Wanli raised his head abruptly, his eyes staring like copper bells, "I have no enmity with you, why did you hurt me?"

Zhao Dongting was not in a hurry, walked up to the little eunuch, patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "Did Yang Wanli ask you to poison me in the roast chicken?"

The little eunuch's psychological defense had already collapsed, he just nodded, "Yes!"

With two people testifying, everyone can naturally see that Yang Wanli must have something to do with this matter.

Su Liuyi jumped into a rage instantly, stood up suddenly and kicked Yang Wanli to the ground, "You unfaithful and unfilial thief, I will kill you now!"

Although his voice was harsh, his appearance was not very intimidating.

Most of the senior officials in charge of the army in the Southern Song Dynasty were civil servants, and Su Liuyi was one of them.Wearing an official hat with two long wings on his head, he looked more like an old master.

"slow!"

Zhao Dongting naturally wouldn't let Su Liuyi kill Yang Wanli.

Maybe there are big fish behind. If Yang Wanli is dead, how can he catch the big fish behind?

He stopped Su Liuyi, and asked sharply, "Yang Wanli, I ask you, what other party do you have?"

At this moment, a general kneeling on the ground suddenly spoke.

He is tall and straight, with a handsome face, he can be regarded as a rare handsome man.

"Yang Wanli, with Imperial Physician An and this eunuch testifying, do you still want to deny it? If you confess, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor read that you have escorted you in the past and followed the Holy Majesty to this point, and it will be considered meritorious. Maybe you will spare your family. If you confess again If you resist in the corner, it must be the fate of Zhu Lian Jiu Clan!"

Yang Wanli's complexion finally changed, cloudy or sunny.

Then he tilted his head and took a deep look at the general who just spoke, and said slowly: "The criminal general has no accomplices."

After that, he jumped up like a cheetah, picked up a Yanling knife on the ground, and wiped his neck directly.

Everyone present did not expect him to commit suicide, and no one had time to stop him.

Even Zhao Dongting was stunned.

It wasn't until Yang Wanli's body fell to the ground, and the armor hit the ground with a crisp sound, that Zhao Dongting came back to his senses, and cursed inwardly, "Fuck!"

I didn't think there was anything wrong with the handsome general's words just now, but now I think about it carefully, but I feel a little strange.

On the surface, he was trying to persuade Yang Wanli to confess, but now it seems that his real intention was to warn Yang Wanli.

Did he mean that if Yang Wanli dared to confess who was behind the scenes, he would kill his whole family?

Zhao Dongting took a few glances at this handsome general and felt weird in his heart.

But now that Yang Wanli was dead, it was obviously useless to say anything else.Asking him abruptly, I'm afraid it will scare the snake.

But it is also delusional to want things to end like this.

Zhao Dongting sneered in his heart, and said: "Which of you present are the generals of the front office and guards?"

A few people heard the words, and there was a slight joy in their eyes.Everyone could see that the little emperor was going to take these generals of the forbidden army to surgery.

Zhao Dongting felt a little sad when he saw this scene.The court of the Southern Song Dynasty has been reduced to this point, and they still have the intention to fight each other.

Just thinking about it, factional disputes in the court are unavoidable.

Several generals kneeling on the ground spoke one after another.

"Dongheli, the deputy director of Chen Dianqian's official affairs!"

"Zhang Xi, Marquis of Sidu Yu in front of the Palace of the Last General, is here!"

"The servant, Ma Jun, is on official business, Jiang Cunzhong!"

"The last general's bodyguard, Ma Jun's deputy official, Lu Chuanyao!"

"Your servant, the infantry, is on official business, Yang Yidong!"

It can be seen that the supervisors who are in charge are all civil servants.And generals are mostly deputy.

Generals from Du Yuhou and below, such as Zhuban and Zhuzhi generals, are not eligible to come in and see Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting paid special attention to that handsome general, Yang Yidong, an official of the infantry guard, who happened to be Yang Wanli's boss.

Now in the Southern Song Dynasty, the former department of the small imperial court and the guards are all under the command of Su Liuyi. The chief officer of the guards and infantry "the commander of the guards and all the guards" is naturally a fiction. , second only to Su Liuyi and Dong Heli in the Forbidden Army.His identity, and what he said to the dead ghost Yang Wanli just now, made Zhao Dongting even more suspicious that he was the main messenger behind Yang Wanli.

Yang Wanli is just a deputy, can he really bribe the guard next to the emperor?

Unless this Yang Yidong is a dry meal, it's almost the same.

But it seems that Yang Yidong doesn't look like a fool.

Zhao Dongting thought to himself, "Although there is no evidence, I would rather kill the wrong one than let it go. The emperor has not been addicted to it yet, and there must be no one who threatens his life around him. Even if he can't kill this Yang Yidong, he must be deposed!" "

Immediately, he said: "There are so many traitors in my Imperial Guard, are you guilty?"

In this case, who dares to say no?
Even Su Liuyi nodded obediently, and everyone whispered, "Yes..."

"How about this!"

Zhao Dongting took this opportunity to cast his sword, "The Imperial Guard has a huge system, Mr. Su is in charge of the Dianqian Division and the bodyguards, working hard all day long, it is inevitable that he will not be able to catch up..."

Having said that, several ministers' eyes lit up.

The little emperor clearly wanted to cut Su Liuyi's power. If Su Liuyi's power was cut, wouldn't someone take advantage of it?

Unexpectedly, Zhao Dongting then said: "From now on, I will personally lead the bodyguard army, what do you think?"

Everyone was dumbfounded.

The 11-year-old is going to lead the army?Isn't this a joke?

They all looked at the queen mother at the moment.

Concubine Yang Shu patted Zhao Dongting's head lightly, and said, "Yes, you are still young, how do you know how to command an army?"

Several ministers who wanted to take over the guards hurriedly said, "Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Zhao Dongting had already thought about his words in his heart, and his eyes sternly passed over the faces of the few ministers who had just spoken, and then said to Concubine Yang Shu: "Mother, our Great Song Dynasty has fallen to this point, and the emperor should take it as his duty to restore the rivers and mountains. Although he is old He is still young, but the emperor feels that he should start training himself now, otherwise how will he lead the army in the future? How will he drive out the Yuan thieves? Recover the ancestor Heshan?"

His words can be said to be impassioned and powerful.

Everyone present was dumbfounded.

Is this still the little emperor who used to only know how to eat, drink and play with crickets?
Why does a wind and cold seem to have enlightened him?

Thinking back to Zhao Dongting's actions just to clean up Yang Wanli and now to take charge of the guards, it can be said that there is no leakage.Some people looked at Zhao Dongting with something wrong. This really didn't look like a castle that an 11-year-old child could have.

Concubine Yang Shu slightly parted her red lips, not knowing what to say.

The few ministers who wanted to take over the bodyguards had just been warned by Zhao Dongting's eyes, so they didn't dare to say any more at this moment.

The room suddenly fell silent.

(End of this chapter)