I, the son of Yang Guo, abducted Zhang Sanfeng across the heavens

Chapter 533 Rescue Wu Jianzhang

"Thank you, ancestor! Thank you, ancestor!" Yang Jian was overjoyed. Five hundred years of life! Ordinary gods would be burned to death by the three disasters when they reach this age. With such treatment, who would want to be an emperor?

"Let's go, let's do the first thing first." Yang Gui asked Yang Jian to count the people and prepare to do something big.

"What for?" Yang Jian was stunned. The work came so soon?

"Go back to the palace and rescue the execution ground." Yang Gui waved his hand and took the lead.

"Ah? No, are we going to charge back to the palace now?" Yang Jian really doubted whether this ancestor had never rebelled before, so he thought things were too simple. He advised earnestly: "Ancestor, rebellion is not that easy. Let's not talk about whether the army is sufficient and how to use it, let's just talk about the logistics supply, food and grass, what should we do?"

Yang Jian counted on his fingers and shared his experience of rebellion with Yang Gui, "You see, our rebellion is not just about killing the emperor. If it were so easy, why did I give the throne to Yang Guang? We have to gain a certain amount of power in the court and convince the people below. This is a very long process."

"You're overthinking it. I'm not asking you to go back and chop off your son's head now and consider your rebellion a success." Yang Gui waved his hands. He had much more experience in rebellion than Yang Jian. The first world he came to after traveling through time was the one where he rebelled.

During the Song Dynasty, he rebelled twice.

"Let's go save people."

"Save people? Save whom?" Yang Jian asked in confusion.

"The Loyal and Filial King Wu Jianzhang." As Yang Gui finished speaking, Yang Jian's eyes widened. "No, he even dared to kill Wu Jianzhang? This little beast..."

In "The Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties", Wu Jianzhang is ranked first among the nine elders of the Sui Dynasty. Even Yang Jian's two brothers Yang Lin and Yang Su are ranked after him. This shows how great Wu Jianzhang's contribution to the Sui Dynasty and Yang Jian was.

In this world, of course he cannot be called Kai Sui Jiu Lao, he has to be called Kai Tang Jiu Lao, and he will definitely have a place in the Lingyan Pavilion in the future. Such a big man, even a prince, who also holds military power, how dare Yangguang County kill him like this?
"It's normal. To put it bluntly, no matter how powerful he is, he is just a flesh and blood person. If you trick him into coming to the palace, you can kill him."

Yang Gui said: "The reason why he can't kill easily is because he controls the army. As long as he can keep those soldiers under him stable, a mere prince of a different surname can be killed at will, right?"

"Alas... what the ancestor said makes sense. This aristocratic family is really the way to bring chaos to our Tang Dynasty!"

After hearing what Yang Gui said, Yang Jian understood instantly. With the cooperation of the aristocratic families, Yang Guang dared to force even himself, the emperor, to abdicate. If he did not abdicate at that time, he might even die, let alone Wu Jianzhang, a prince of a different surname?
Just as Yang Gui said, as long as Wu Jianzhang's group of big men can be stabilized, Wu Jianzhang is just one person in the final analysis. And creating public opinion and stabilizing the environment are exactly what those aristocratic families are good at.

It is also because of this that the aristocratic families have the confidence of "a thousand years of heritage" and have amulets that even the emperor dare not touch easily.

"Then let's go quickly. I will gather the troops right away. I have an estimated three thousand men that I can mobilize for emergency purposes. Is that enough?" Thinking of this, Yang Jian said hastily.

"We don't need that many. It's just to save one person and rob the execution ground. A few of us are enough." Yang Gui shook his head. If they wanted to occupy the city and consolidate their rule, they would need a large number of manpower and talents. Both the army and civil servants were indispensable.

But it's just a matter of fighting your way in to save someone and then fighting your way out. Why would it be so troublesome? There are many brave generals in the Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties who can do such a thing.

Putting aside other things, the old rogue Golden Winged Dapeng must have gotten some good things from his nephew of the Buddha, so that when he was reincarnated, his cultivation was not completely sealed, leaving a trace.

Otherwise, Li Yuanba's fighting power is definitely not what an ordinary human should have. It is set to fit the last line between mortal generals and immortals.

In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha accepted three princes as their apprentices in Yuhua County. It was the old immortal Sun Wukong who drew a magic circle in a quiet room, chanted mantras, and blew immortal energy into the hearts of the three of them. He took their spirits back to their homes, passed on secret formulas to them, and granted each of them immense physical strength. With the addition of skill, it was like a method of rebirth.

Only after he had circulated the Ziwu Zhoutian meridians did he have the strength to wield the 1,000-jin golden cudgel, and he was the only one who did so. The other two princes could only swing the 800-jin nine-toothed rake and the demon-subduing staff.

Li Yuanba was a pure mortal who came out through the reincarnation channel. He had only practiced for a few years. He debuted at the age of thirteen and was named King of Zhao in Western Palace. How could he possibly wield the 800-jin Leiguweng golden hammer?

Of course, not to mention the eldest brother and the second brother, even Yuwen Chengdu, the reincarnation of Wen Zhong, is also full of problems.

This group of old gods are all dishonest. Why do we say that Guan Gong fought Qin Qiong? Because Qin Qiong had a gold-engraved tiger-head spear in his hand, which also weighed 82 kilograms, exactly the same weight as Guan Erye's Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

This is just the case for a normal mortal general.

This is why Qin Qiong was an unrivaled general in history, but in the Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, he could not defeat anyone and was always defeated. In fact, Qin Qiong's strength did not weaken, but became stronger. The real Qin Qiong in history could not have wielded a 82-jin spear.

But unfortunately, those old gods were even more shameless. Each of them kept some tricks and took advantage of the loopholes in the mortal world to directly raise the strength of the military generals in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties to a fantasy level.

However, the matter should be viewed from two levels. Although the cheating and loopholes of the gods are shameful, they do not really violate the rules. Since they all do it, Yang Gui naturally does it as well.

Of course, Yang Gui and Hou Tu would not personally take action. For a mere mortal world to be in turmoil, it would be too much of a show for two saints to personally take action.

"Hua Yan, let's go." Yang Gui called out to Hua Yan and led the way. Hou Tu followed. Hua Yan grabbed Yang Jian's body, set off a golden light, and disappeared in a flash. "Yang Guang, you are a traitor who deceives the emperor. Tell me the truth, how did you force the emperor to abdicate and usurp the throne? Where is His Majesty now? Has your life been killed by you?"

In the palace hall, Wu Jianzhang, dressed in mourning, pointed at Yang Guang's nose and cursed, "If you tell the truth, I will kill you and even put you in the imperial mausoleum and bury you according to the emperor's etiquette. Otherwise, you will be a traitor who I will kill!"

"General Wu, how can you say that? I am now the emperor, the Son of Heaven! Is this the attitude you should have as a subject towards the emperor?"

Wu Jianzhang is the chief of the nine elders of the Tang Dynasty, a prince of a different surname, with a million troops under his command. Now he is holding a staff and going up to the palace. Who of the civil servants and eunuchs dares to stop him?
As for the imperial guards? That's even more so. They were all warriors. When they saw Wu Jianzhang, the military god, they almost knelt down and kowtowed. How could they have the intention to stop him?

Yang Guang was also afraid, but there was nothing he could do. Wu Jianzhang was looking for him, so he could only hide behind the dragon desk and shout in a timid manner.

"Fuck you! Who the hell are you? You are a little brat who was used as a pawn by those aristocratic families and killed your own father."

Wu Jianzhang slammed the stick on the ground with all his might, smashing two gold bricks on the hall with one blow. He pointed at Yang Guang's nose and cursed:

"You will be eaten to the bone by these aristocratic families, and the Tang Dynasty will be destroyed in your hands. Do you really think you are an emperor and dream of ruling the world?
I tell you, your only way out now is to quickly cut ties with these shitty aristocratic families, admit your mistakes, bring back your father's body, and seek the help of us veterans. Not to mention to save the Tang Dynasty, at least to save your own life!"

Wu Jianzhang said all good things, but Yang Guang, who had finally ascended the throne and was ready to show his talents and ambitions, could not listen to such words. Moreover, it was not all Yang Guang's fault, Wu Jianzhang himself was getting more and more outrageous.

Yang Jian formally abdicated the throne to Yang Guang. Although Yang Guang forced his father to abdicate, he did not fight with his father. Later, Yang Jian withdrew from the capital with his family. All the assassinations he encountered along the way were from aristocratic families, which had nothing to do with Yang Guang. Yang Guang did not even know about it until afterward and went to look for him.

Of course, with Yang Jian's cautiousness, he would definitely not let that little bastard Yang Guang find any traces.

But even so, the report should have been "the missing emperor", and his life or death was unknown, but Wu Jianzhang just said he was dead. You, Wu Jianzhang, are a minister, and you cursed the emperor in the palace, and you also framed him. No matter which emperor it is, it is impossible to tolerate it.

"Wu Jianzhang! You old man, I advise you not to get too carried away!" Yang Guang was finally aroused with anger, and was no longer afraid of Wu Jianzhang's power. He stood up and angrily slammed the dragon desk, scolding:

"You are a minister, how dare you insult the emperor like this? I respect you as an old contributor to the founding of the country and have seniority, so I will not bother with you for now, but how dare you slander and frame me for killing my emperor and father?"

"What a bullshit frame-up! You are not the Son of Heaven. I don't recognize you. As the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I only recognize General Yang Jian!" Wu Jianzhang's voice was much louder than Yang Guang's, and he directly drowned out Yang Guang's roar. "You deceived the emperor with your own eyes and murdered the emperor. You are guilty of a crime that cannot be forgiven!"

Wu Jianzhang originally had the mentality of an elder and wanted to guide his buddy's son away from the right path and save his life.

But just like a verbal fight, from the moment Yang Guang dared to retort, anger clouded his mind, and his goal changed from "saving Yang Guang, bringing Yang Guang back on the right track" to "I have to overwhelm Yang Guang, I have to win."

So he started talking without thinking.

"What a courage!" Yang Guang was not someone who could be frightened. He had been a prince following Yang Jian since he was a child. He had also led an army to conquer a country. He had experienced everything from palace coups to military invasions.
He kicked over the dragon case and yelled, "Who are you talking about? You are a minister, but you are so rebellious. Isn't this deceiving the emperor? My father took my elder brother out for fun, and you dared to say that my father had died a violent death, and even dared to slander that it was me who did it. You slandered two emperors at once, aren't you afraid of the destruction of your entire clan!"

"Hey, I'm not afraid of anything. Do you think I'm a loser like you who was raised in a honey pot?" Wu Jianzhang finally felt dizzy to the climax and uttered a classic line:
"When I was leading the army to fight and challenged General Nan Chen, you didn't even know where to suckle. Come on, I'll watch you exterminate my ten clans, so what?"

"Okay, okay, you're going to play this way, right?" Yang Guang laughed angrily, and called out to the imperial guards on the spot: "Come here, take off the official uniform of that old man Wu Jianzhang... take off this mourning clothes, throw him into the death row, and execute all ten of his clans tomorrow!"

Yang Guang's order came down, but the imperial guards were in a dilemma due to Wu Jianzhang's usual power, and no one dared to step forward. As for the civil officials from the powerful families, they had already retreated far away to watch the show, fearing that Wu Jianzhang, a common man, would go crazy and hurt them.

“Hahahaha!” Wu Jianzhang looked at the surroundings and laughed loudly: “Come on, why aren’t you here? If you want to annihilate my entire clan, ask those warriors who dares? Ask those aristocratic families behind you who dares? Yang Guang, I’ve said it before, you’re just a traitor who’s plotting to usurp the throne!”

"Ah! Rebellion, rebellion!" Yang Guang pulled out the Emperor's Sword from his waist and chopped it heavily on the overturned Dragon Desk, chopping off a corner. "You all dare to disobey my order? Come on, come on, take this old thing down for me! If you don't take down this old villain, I will kill all nine of your clans!"

It was all right to watch other people's plays, but once it came to their own lives, the imperial guards would not care about being afraid of Wu Jianzhang's power in the army. "Old Lord Wu, I'm sorry!" a guard shouted, then rushed over and threw Wu Jianzhang to the ground.

Wu Jianzhang suffered because he was born too early and did not benefit from the inhuman force bonus. His strength was about the same as Qin Qiong's. Although he was powerful, he was still within the normal human range.

When he went to the palace at this time, he did not expect that anyone would dare to attack him. He had no sword or armor on his body, no good horse to ride, and he was caught off guard and knocked down by the imperial guards who were covered in heavy armor.

Before he could put up a decent resistance, a group of soldiers grabbed his body, tied him up with ropes, and put him in shackles and fetters, holding the old prince tightly under control.

"You bastards, let me go! Yang Guang, let me go! Do you dare to challenge me in a duel, damn it!" Wu Jianzhang was tied up tightly, with the imperial guards' sword pressing under him, helpless and furious.

"I am the Son of Heaven, how can I challenge an old thief like you?" Yang Guang saw Wu Jianzhang being controlled, and finally sneered, waving his hand and saying, "Put this old thief in the death row, and tomorrow arrest all the members of the Zhongxiao Palace and execute them all!"

Just as Wu Jianzhang was about to be taken away, he suddenly heard a powerful voice shouting, "Yang Guang, how dare you!"

(End of this chapter)