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Chapter 322: Anyone who rebels against the emperor as a minister shall be punished!

Wudu, Imperial Palace.

Sima Xian looked at Xue Qing who was kneeling on the ground and asked with a smile: "Where is your Majesty?"

He didn't know who took Wu Yuan away, or Wu Yuan had other means in his hands that he didn't know about, but these were not important. Sima Xian knew very well that the moment Wu Yuan left his control, he had no way to turn back. .

Wu Yuan will definitely be released to fight against him, so he must have the fake Wu Yuan and the imperial seal in his hands before Wu Yuan appears, and turn the fake Wu Yuan into the real Wu Yuan before Wu Yuan appears.

"Prime Minister, I have helped the Prime Minister to kill that fake Wu Yuan. This is the Imperial Seal. Xue Qing is willing to obey the Prime Minister!" Xue Qing struggled away, took out the Imperial Seal from his arms, and presented it to Sima Xian with both hands.

"Kill!?" The smile on Sima Xian's face gradually stiffened, and he looked at Xue Qing with murderous intent in his eyes: "How dare you kill the king, traitor!?"

"Kill the king!?"

"Pfft~"

Before he finished speaking, Sima Xian had already pierced Xue Qing's heart with his sword.

"Dad!" A young man quickly came to Sima Xian and whispered: "The fake emperor is dead."

"Shi'er." Sima Xian looked at his second son again: "Go and investigate immediately. Since these killers have taken action, there must be traces. Find them out for me."

To be able to arrange such a large-scale assassination operation, the forces behind it are probably not simple. Sima Xian no longer expects to be able to escape suspicion, but at least he must know who is controlling the overall situation behind this, and who can arrange so many secrets in Wudu. Yes, except for the five great clans, other families don’t have the financial resources and manpower.

Now we can only confirm the fact that the emperor is dead. As for the officials, we can only transfer some more benefits in exchange for everyone's support. Otherwise, if the fake emperor dies and the person who holds the real emperor steps forward again, then All this is to make a wedding dress for others.

"Yes!"

"Check, we must find out who did this!?" Sima Xian looked at the nine sons and a group of core disciples of the Sima family with a gloomy expression. Originally, he could still present the facts and reason, but now these people who criticized him are dead. , it’s really just mud falling into the crotch, it’s either feces or feces. This is obviously someone doing something to him!

"Dad, this Qingqi didn't respond. Everyone knows that His Majesty is not dead!" the young man said with a frown.

"This is clearly a frame-up!" The eldest son Sima Qing's expression changed and he shouted angrily.

"Go home immediately and prepare for war." Sima Xian sighed. The other party was obviously not prepared to expose this matter, and wanted to seize on this and continue to amplify it, forcing him to rebel.

"Dad!" Sima Qing looked at Sima Xian.

But in this case, the problem is how to get rid of the name of regicide. They are the only ones entering the palace. Now that the emperor is dead, Xue Qing is also dead, and there are only his own people in the palace, it is strange that they are not suspected.

"It's enough that the people don't know." Sima Xian sighed.

"Master!" A housekeeper came in and said to Sima Xian: "Just now, the Ministry of Punishment sent someone to send news that the families of those scholars have been exterminated!"

who is it?

"We found enough evidence that Xue Qing committed regicide!" Sima Xian sighed and said, "I hope I can convince others, and also immediately send people to find Prince Han. Wu Yuan's position is not right. We used to be South Korea, but this is not the case." Wu Han needs to return the throne to the Han family to prove that our Sima family has no selfish motives!"

Sima Xian nodded, looked at Xue Qing's body, and took a deep breath: "The situation has been decided. Post a notice, the traitor Xue Qing has killed the king on the spot."

Sima Xian closed his eyes, sighed and said, "Qing'er!"

However, naturally this matter would not be revealed so easily. In the next half month, several scholars in Wudu who criticized Sima's regicide were assassinated on the streets.

The Gongyang family? Yang family? The Huangfu family or the Gongsun family?

"Yes!" the young man agreed, and turned around to arrange for people to collect evidence and witnesses. This matter was not done by his Sima family, so there is no need to worry about anyone investigating. At the same time, the Sima family also invited the other four great clans to discuss the matter of the new king. After all, Wu Yuan usurped the country. This country of Korea originally belonged to the Han family. It was only because Wu Yuan was strong before that it was changed to Wu Han. Now that Wu Yuan is dead, then according to legal principles, it is natural that he should return the country. Politically governed by the Han family.

A series of possible political opponents flashed through Sima Xian's mind, and he rejected them one by one.

But Sima Xian couldn't help it. Xue Qing knew many things, including the matter of Shanhe Seal. At that time, the Sima family and four other clans went to rob and kill the people who escorted Shanhe Seal. Only Sima Xian knew about the fake emperor, and the other four The family didn't know about it. If Xue Qing escaped alive, the Sima family would become the public enemy of the other four families, so Xue Qing must die.

Sima Shi followed the line of the massacre and quickly tracked down several dead men. However, he was tortured to extract confessions and could not find out the person's upper line. The organization behind all this planning has an extremely strict structure, and it is difficult to find out from the bottom line. When we go online, we usually communicate in special ways, and these contact methods change frequently.

This also made Sima Xian more certain that the people behind the scenes were among the five great clans. Apart from the five great clans, no one in Korea could organize such a rigorous and large assassination organization.

What Sima Xian was most worried about also happened. The Gongyang family and the Huangfu family directly withdrew from Wudu, while the Yang family and the Gongsun family chose to withdraw from the court and wait and see. Immediately afterwards, all the governments in the world raised troops to denounce the Sima family.

However, Lu Bu did not go to Wudu. Instead, he ordered his troops to attack the twelve palaces where Sima's family was based. These twelve palaces were directly connected to Lu Bu's seven southeastern palaces. Under the management of several generations of Sima's family, almost all of Sima's The family's private property had many experts and a large army. However, it only took less than three months for Lu Bu to pacify the Twelve Prefectures. This was even without Lu Bu taking action. He wanted to use this battle to cultivate himself in Several generals selected here.

Three months later, Wudu.

"Dad!" Sima Shi came to Sima Xian with a look of grief and anger, and said sadly to Sima Xian: "My eldest brother died in the battle, and all the twelve palaces were annexed by Lu Bu!"

"Pfft~" Sima Xian, who was reading the letter, spat out a mouthful of blood when he heard the words. He raised his head and looked at Sima Shi in disbelief: "This is impossible. Our Sima clan alone in the Twelve Palaces has 30,000 private soldiers. Lu Bu controls the seven southeastern states. The palace only lasts a year, and the troops under my command only number 8,000. How can we defeat my 30,000-strong army? What’s more, there are still two fifth-grade officers in charge, where are the two of them!?"

"No more! There were two fierce generals under Lu Bu's command, and the two uncles died under the rule of these two men." Sima Shi said sadly.

Sima Xian swayed.

"Dad!" Sima Shi quickly supported Sima Xian.

"Master... haha, there are only so many fifth-grade Koreans, how could two people appear out of thin air?" Sima Xian looked up at the sky and sighed: "God damn my Sima clan!"

"Dad! What should we do now? Lu Bu has led his army directly towards Wudu." Sima Shi said anxiously.

Sima Xian smiled miserably and shook his head. Now that everything has happened, the foundation is gone. People in Wudu must also be in panic. Now that everything has happened, how can there be any chance of a comeback? Even if you want to leave, I'm afraid it will be difficult.

Just as he was talking, he saw the third son hurried in: "Father, the Gongsun family and the Huangfu family instigated the soldiers to rebel, and even wanted to open the city gate to welcome the rebels into the city! We stopped them in time, but now the army is panicked. This Wudu is no longer a permanent place, let’s withdraw!”

withdraw?

Where to retreat?

Sima Xian smiled bitterly, there was no way out now.

Just as he was talking, Jiuzi rushed in and said to Sima Xian: "Dad, Lu Bu persuaded the east gate guard to surrender. Now the east gate has been opened and Lu Bu has led his army in!"

"Lu Bu, is this person again?" Disgust flashed in Sima Xian's eyes. This Lu Bu clearly followed his own path to become a scholar at the beginning, but now he wants to step on the bones of his own family to become a scholar?

"Dad, fifth brother, sixth brother, and seventh brother all died in the battle!" Bazi rushed in, adding another layer of despair to Sima Xian.

With the Wudu city destroyed, the battle also came to an end. Sima Xian knew that he would die, so he asked his four remaining sons to leave through a secret passage. After destroying the secret passage with his own hands, he burned himself in front of the gathered princes. At home, under the confirmation of a group of experts, he turned into ashes.

Once Sima Xian died, this matter came to an end for the time being. The next thing to do is to divide the interests. After Wu Yuan died, who would be the emperor next? The four major families have different candidates, which also represent the future of each of the four major families. The fortunes of decades cannot be compromised.

"My lords, I think there is no need to discuss this matter." Lu Bu suddenly came in and smiled at the princes who were discussing.

"Lu Bu?" Gongyang Yi frowned and said, "Aren't you going to hunt down the remnants of the Sima family? Why are you here?"

According to his status, Lu Bu should be a prince of Gong Yangyi's lineage, but his performance in this battle was too impressive. Gong Yangyi felt that he could not suppress him. The Sima family was destroyed, but It does not mean that Lu Bu is qualified to inherit the status of the Sima family, so everyone tacitly chooses to suppress Lu Bu.

"Don't worry, sir. The Sima family no longer exists. I am here to recommend someone to you all!" After Lu Bu finished speaking, he clapped his hands before everyone could react.

Then, under the shocked eyes of everyone, Wu Yuan slowly walked in under the protection of two generals.

"My dear friends, long time no see!" Wu Yuan looked at the shocked people and said with a smile.

"Damn it, Lu Bu, His Majesty has passed away a long time ago, how dare you find a substitute to deceive everyone!" Gong Yangyi was slightly stunned and then became furious.

It no longer matters whether the Wu Yuan in front of him is true or false. Everyone in the world knows that Wu Yuan is dead. This is enough. Even if it is true, it is false now.

"In other words, you don't recognize it?" Lu Bu said with a smile.

"Everyone in the world knows that the late emperor has been killed. Now you find someone from nowhere and say he is the late emperor. Who in the world will recognize him?" Gongyang Yi said angrily.

"Then you have no value in existence!" Lu Bu was not angry, but just sighed softly, and there was an extra mountain and river seal in his hand!

"Sure enough, the mountain and river seal is in your hands!" When Gong Yangyi saw the mountain and river seal, a flash of greed flashed in his eyes. He stood up and ordered someone to take the mountain and river seal.

"If you rebel against your Majesty, you will be punished!" As the words fell, the smile on Lu Bu's face gradually cooled down!

In an instant, more than thirty officials of the third rank and above were wiped out by the invisible force in an instant. Even the fifth rank officials were like ants in front of this power...

(End of this chapter)