Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 47 Blood at the Palace Gate (1)
Chu Huotian dressed up in disguise early in the morning, and brought a dozen guards all the way from the waterway to Chujing, and Old General Lin followed him all the way.Chu Huotian stood on the bow of the boat, looked at the waves rolling under his feet, and said with a smile: "Old General Lin is not in the capital now, if the tens of thousands of troops are taken away by the queen and the king, will we die if we go? Is it?"

General Lin was dressed in coarse clothes, his beard and hair were all white, but he was tall and tall with a hale and hearty figure.He stroked his beard and laughed: "Your Majesty, don't worry, our Habayashi-ro has always listened to the emperor's order and never listened to other dispatches, even if the general is not here, it's the same, even if the queen takes the imperial edict, I still can't dispatch a single soldier, On the contrary, Lord Hou went there alone, and this courage is admirable to the old man. I wonder if Master Hou has any tricks up his sleeve?"

Chu Huotian smiled lightly, but did not answer, thinking that Habayashiro and the royal family have some secrets, and he has already made all preparations.After a while, he said: "What if the emperor is trapped?"

Old General Lin's complexion changed slightly: "Then we can only sacrifice our lives to save him."

Chu Huotian nodded, and patted Old General Lin on the shoulder with his expression unchanged: "Old General Lin is worthy of being the pillar of Chu, but it is not the best way to go all the way. The most urgent thing is to go back to Beijing and return to the emperor. Let's see what's going on with the emperor."

General Lin nodded.It took five or six days for a group of people to go all the way to Chujing without stopping at night.When he arrived at the outskirts of Chujing, Chu Huotian asked Old General Lin to go in to check the situation first, and made an appointment for a secret sign.Regardless of his exhaustion, Old General Lin entered the Chu capital alone.

Chu Huotian saw his figure disappear in the official way, so he led a dozen people back to Yiyun Bieyuan. Zhao Qingling and a group of counselors had been waiting here for many days.As soon as they saw him coming in, they went forward to report the secrets of Beijing and China in the past few days.

"My lord, now the princes who live outside the palace are being secretly watched, and the eldest prince is under house arrest... An imperial decree is trapped in the mansion and cannot get out."

"My lord, there was news from the eyeliner in the palace the day before yesterday that the emperor vomited blood...it seems..."

Chu Huotian's face tightened slightly, it seemed that it had been a few days.

"Continue to pass on the news, the news of Benhou's arrival in Beijing must not be spread, and he will be executed against orders!" Chu Huotian didn't stop all the way, walking into the study while listening.

Zhao Qingling followed behind him without saying a word.

"Mubai, how is the arrangement in the mountains?" Chu Huotian asked.

Zhao Qingling seemed to be hesitant, and said after a long while: "I don't know if the news leaked out, or there are traitors in our army. Recently, the head of the country has sent a lot of people to patrol the mountain under the pretext of patrolling the mountain. Fortunately, we did If you can't find it in a while, you will worry that it will be a long time..."

"A traitor?" Chu Huotian was also slightly moved. He arranged this move in a very secret way. Except for a few confidants, he didn't disclose it to others, except that night...his pupils shrank as dark as ink.

It can't be her... no way!

He couldn't help but recall her tears, and her beautiful and sincere face in his mind.

She is under her nose these days, even if she leaves Guangjun, she can't notify others so quickly.

The waves in his eyes were rolling, Zhao Qingling was deep in thought, but he didn't see it, he just said: "Don't worry, Lord Hou, these soldiers are quite a number, and the movement of them at a time is also very dynamic, if someone in the army is interested in guessing, maybe they can guess It’s a star and a half, but they definitely don’t know the exact location.”

Chu Huotian nodded: "Hurry up and stare at all the generals who may know, be careful to do it secretly, don't startle the snake. This matter is serious, once this secret soldier is discovered, our chances of winning It's less than half."

It was rare for Zhao Qingling to say yes with a solemn expression.Chu Huotian rested in the other courtyard for a day, and in the early morning of the second day, news came suddenly.General Lin's handwritten letter was scribbled on the cloth, but Chu Huotian was secretly startled when he read the short four characters: "There are changes today."

Chu Huo's face tightened, and he looked at the sky, it was probably early morning.Could it be that they will take action in the morning?He hurriedly called Zhao Qingling.Zhao Qingling saw that the words in the note were unclear, so she couldn't help but frowned and said, "There is a change today, could it be that..."

He seemed to think of a shocking thing, and suddenly raised his head to look at Chu Huotian.Chu Huotian was also moved.

"Forcing the palace to declare an edict?!..." The two exclaimed at the same time.

Chu Huotian's eyes were dark, if so...if so, this is already a critical moment.Can't wait any longer!He said decisively to Zhao Qingling: "Can the eyeliner in the palace still spread the news? If not, there must be a change. Now we have to take a risk. You take the token and go to the forest to transfer [-] Elite. There is no need to delay now."

After hearing this, Zhao Qingling hurriedly bowed to accept the order solemnly, then turned around and left.

Chu Huotian saw that he was going far away, took out the secret edict in his arms and secretly smiled bitterly: "Brother Emperor, I didn't expect this day to come so soon. What is going to happen in the world of Chu Kingdom."

He wears soft body armor and a purple court dress. Because he is both civil and military, this court dress is also different from other civil servants. It does not have wide sleeves, but it is made like a samurai uniform. It is very convenient for mounting and dismounting. sword.Chu Huotian wears a sword, and the noble and corseted purple unicorn court clothes set him off extremely majestic and majestic.

In the hall of the outer hall, there were already many bloody generals waiting for him all the way. He glanced at the gleaming armor with his eagle eyes, and his loyal faces filled his chest once again with the urgency of the imminent battle.

Chu Huotian shouted loudly: "Nowadays, the treacherous and sycophant of the state of Chu is in power, the foreign relatives are monopolizing the power, the queen and the father-in-law are in control of the government, and the crown prince is falsely ordered. Now there is news from the palace that the queen is forcing the palace, and the emperor is in danger. You are the pillar of the Chu state. Zhu, don’t you just have the heart to watch the great Chu Jiangshan that we fought with blood and sweat surrender to the hands of this vicious woman?!”

"No!!" Bottom replied with a bang.

"This is a secret edict from the Emperor of Great Chu to the Marquis. He wrote thirteen articles of guilt to the Empress, ordering the Marquis to enter the capital to the Qing Emperor's side, and swear to wipe out the Queen's father-in-law's party to the death, and protect my great Chu's century-old foundation!"

"I swear to protect Dachu to the death! I swear to protect Dachu to the death!" The generals shouted as the swords were unsheathed.The whole hall is chilling!

"Okay!" Chu Huotian made a clang, drew out his sword, and slashed at the book case.

With a sound of "Hula", the huge book case was broken into two sections.

"If there are people who flinch in battle and report to traitors, there will be cases like this!"

Chu Huotian glanced at the crowd, put away his sword, and shouted: "Let's go!"

"Go!" shouted the generals, their armor shining and their swords sheathed.And a red sun in the sky has risen!
Chu Huotian brought a large group of people and hurried to the capital, 3 people had already assembled ten miles away from the capital, and Zhao Qingling stood in front, still in long robes and wide sleeves.The autumn wind blew past, making his long robes lined up like a banished fairy, but behind him were rows of dark-faced soldiers.Chu Huotian reined in his horse and stood up. In front of him were 3 horses he had placed in the deep mountains and old forests. Many of them had their military uniforms hung in tatters, but their eyes were shining like wild animals. Inhuman tempering has allowed them to break through the limits of their bodies.

He dared to say that everyone could fight ten against one.

"I am the loyal and brave Chu Dinghou of the Great Chu! Hereditary! Tell me, who gave you the skills to fight the enemy!"

"Chu Dinghou!" The deep and thick response was like Lin Tao in the mountains, and it lasted for a long time.

"Who pulled you from the battlefield full of corpses to the deep mountains and old forests, and ordered you to be with wild beasts?!"

"Chu Dinghou!"

"Who needs you now, kill the rape and eliminate the evil! Make me a great Chu hero!"

"Chu Dinghou!" The faces began to be filled with a bloodthirsty red light, and the heavy murderous aura permeated, making people stand coldly.

"You are the dignified men of Da Chu. As long as you go this time, no matter what your military rank is, you will be promoted three ranks in a row!"

"Ho Ho Ho!" The shouts of the mountains and tsunami came, and even the sky and the earth were darkened.

When the wind blew, Chu Huotian's black cloak was blown up by the wind, and he was sitting upright on the horseback like a god-man.He smiled with satisfaction, his morale was already high and his murderous intent was already strong, this is the master of all battles!Zhao Qingling looked at it from a distance, and heaved a long sigh of relief in his heart. Such a person is the man who is in charge of Dachu...

It's only ten miles to the capital, but there are deep mysteries inside, and every step is bloody.

Zhao Qingling's beautiful single phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, the dust was flying over there, Chu Dinghou was the first to pat his horse and headed towards Chu Jing.People are like dragons, horses are like dragons, and the soldiers following behind are like wolves. Such an army, such soldiers, will surely win!Along the way, 3 horsemen approached the city of Chu, and Zhang Qiu, Jing Zhaoyi on the city wall, suddenly showed a strange look on his normally serious face.He immediately ran down the city wall and ordered the gates to be opened wide.

Chu Huotian sat on the horse, he trotted all the way, knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said: "Jing Zhaoyi and Zhang Qiu pay homage to Chu Dinghou!"

Chu Huotian nodded, pointed to the 3 horses outside and said: "Now this Marquis has a secret edict from the emperor, and I am here to protect the frame, and the Qing emperor is on his side."

Zhang Qiu hurriedly bowed and bowed again: "Long live the emperor, a thousand years for the Marquis of Chu Ding! A thousand years old!" As he spoke, he stepped aside.

As soon as Chu Dinghou slapped his horse, people passed through like lightning, and 3 horses entered the capital without hindrance.At this time, a deputy Jing Zhaoyi came down from the city wall. He watched Zhang Qiu let Chu Huotian in with a dumbfounded look. He pointed at his nose tremblingly and said, "You...you I forgot what was said in the secret letter of the abbot last night, you... how could you let Chu Dinghou in??"

Looking at his fat face, Zhang Qiu couldn't help being very disgusted in his heart, and shouted: "Chu Dinghou has the emperor's secret edict in his hand, and I, Zhang Qiu, am loyal to the emperor, how can I be on the same level as you!"

Deputy Jing Zhaoyi's face was pale, and Yuyou argued unwillingly: "Then that... how did you get the position of Jing Zhaoyi? Didn't the head of state promote you? Why are you from Chu Dinghou?"

Zhang Qiu couldn't bear to argue with him, and shouted: "Left and right, take down Deputy Jingzhao Yisi, he disobeyed the imperial decree, and he should be punished for his crime!"

Deputy Jing Zhaoyi's screams faded away, and Zhang Qiu looked at the groups of tiger-like soldiers passing in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face.From the beginning to the end, he was a hidden pawn played by Hou An of Chu Ding on the side of the head of state.And there are still many such chess pieces, and the power of Guozhang's party is exhausted.

In the early morning, the emperor claimed that he was sick and would not go to the court. Just as the officials were about to leave the court, the four heavy palace doors were suddenly closed.The golden-armored warriors outside the hall were nowhere to be seen, and the imperial forest army that came from nowhere suddenly surrounded the hall like a tide with a clatter.

When the officials were in doubt, a young eunuch in the hall suddenly said in a shrill voice: "The empress is here!—"

The beaded curtain was rolled up, and the empress, dressed in a formal phoenix crown court dress, was supported by someone and walked to the dragon chair with great demeanor, her red lips parted lightly and said: "The emperor has a decree, and this palace is specially here to announce the decree."

She glanced at the various attitudes of the officials below, turned her body slightly, and said to the eunuch following behind: "Read!"

"Following the heavens, the emperor ordered:..."

Chu Huotian led 3 horses and rushed through the first palace gate, Suzaku Gate, and suddenly a group of golden armored soldiers rushed out obliquely. Suddenly, the golden waves collided with Xuanqing's waves, splashing out little waves of blood.Chu Huotian was guarded by 1 horses and rushed to fight a bloody road, and several generals also guarded desperately beside him.The second palace gate is almost in sight.Suddenly, groups of archers appeared on the palace wall, and arrows rained down at high speed.Chu Huotian and his party had been prepared for a long time, they took out shields made of vines one after another, and stuck a strong arrow into the shield, but was taken down to be their own arrow and shot at the palace wall.

The second palace gate was also breached.

With sharp eyes, Chu Huotian suddenly saw a figure poking his head over the palace wall.Angry in his heart, he snatched a soldier's bow and arrow from his side, raised his hand and shot.The man fell down at the sound, Chu Huotian ignored him, and rushed through the second palace gate, the sound of killing behind him was loud and bloody, and he saw the Golden Luan Palace in front of him.

"Prince Teli is the emperor..." The little eunuch's voice suddenly stopped, and a long feathered arrow stuck in his throat.He fell down struggling.The queen on the side screamed fiercely, and the four palace doors were opened again, and the outside of the palace was already full of murderous aura, and bloody battles were incessant.

Chu Huo rode his horse and walked up the imperial steps step by step with a sword in his hand.The Imperial Forest Army who wanted to stop him were blocked by the soldiers who opened the way in front, and suddenly there was another shout of killing in the distance, the queen's eyes lit up, and she saw that it was Habayashiro.Just when her happy smile hadn't fully appeared on her face, Habayashiro chopped down the Imperial Forest Army one by one like cutting vegetables and melons.

Among the thousands of troops, only the purple tall and straight figure is walking firmly and proudly towards the blood-stained road step by step.

The queen's fingers covered with gold and jade tremblingly pointed at the person who was approaching step by step, and said repeatedly: "You, you...you are forcing the palace to seek rebellion! Come! Come! Capture him!"

Her panicked voice echoed in the empty hall.The civil and military officials below looked at the two people one behind the other in an unusually silent manner.Chu Huotian walked up to the court hall, glanced lightly at the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, took out the imperial decree in his arms and said with a smile: "The empress made a mistake, it's not the Marquis who forced the palace to rebel, but you!"

"You are talking nonsense! This is an imperial decree issued by the emperor himself, not your pretentious edict!" The queen was panicked, and kept yelling: "Didn't you fight against the Qin army in Guangjun? Could it be that you left the military affairs behind and privately Back to Beijing! Aren't you afraid that the fall of Guangjun will harm other counties?"

Her words had a certain power, and all the officials who were originally silent were whispering in low voices.

Chu Huotian did not rush, unfolded the imperial decree in his hand and said: "This imperial decree is absolutely true. The old general Tuolin, the emperor, rushed to Guangjun day and night to hand it over to the Marquis. If the ministers don't believe it, you can ask the emperor to come out and order it." .”

All the officials below agreed, and the ministers who were dazed by the situation couldn't help but said: "Please get the emperor out!" "Only the emperor knows the truth."

The queen's face was snowy when she heard this, and she dared not speak any more.Chu Huotian stared at her face with a pair of sharp eyes, and said slowly: "It seems that the empress dare not invite the emperor to come to the court? Could it be that the emperor...has been imprisoned by the empress in the deep palace, and cannot move freely? "

As soon as these words came out, the entire hall was immediately noisy. Although everyone had guessed the possibility, when Chu Huotian said it, naturally many people shouted and scolded.Especially the people from the Qingliu faction, who are usually suppressed by the head of the country, now have this opportunity, and they all come out to point at the queen and yell "the hen scolds the morning" and "disaster for the country and the people". Can't help staggering back.

At this moment, Old General Lin was wearing golden armor, holding a blood-stained sword, went up to the hall and cursed: "You bitch! Last night, I ordered someone to tie me up at home, and threw me into a well to kill me! I went all over the old man's house, took Habayashirou's soldier talisman and thought about forcing the palace to seize the throne today, the heavens are pitiful, the well in the old man's house was abandoned, and a few loyal servants rescued the old man. You can't think of the old man You can live to see the death of this bitch with your own eyes, and you never thought that only the emperor and the old man can command Habayashiro."

Old General Lin was highly respected, he had followed the late emperor to fight everywhere, now that he said this, all the officials were in an uproar.

The more Old General Lin spoke, the more angry he became. Shua drew his sword out of its sheath, and ran up to the Golden Palace to slash at the queen in a few steps.Poor Empress, how could a girl like this have seen such a battle, her face turned pale with fright, and the heavy phoenix crown fell off her head.Chu Huotian didn't move, nor did he try to save him, but just looked at Baiguan with cold eyes.

At this time, the shouts outside the hall gradually subsided.

Before Chu Huotian came out of the palace, several generals came running quickly outside the door, and they knelt on one knee and said loudly: "My lord, now the remaining evils in the palace have been basically eliminated, and only a thousand or more people have been lost from the 3 horses. Please rest assured, Lord Hou!" As he spoke, he asked the soldiers to grab another person.

A strong arrow was stuck in the man's shoulder, and it was pressing on the main artery in the neck. Blood flowed all over the place, and he seemed dead.

Chu Huotian looked at him with a sneer: "Wu Dehu, you are getting more and more excited, and you are able to take refuge in the head of the country. You also leaked the people in the forest, right?"

Wu Dehu's big eyes were full of begging: "Master Hou, I was wrong, so you just let me go, I have no choice but to do so, then King Jing came to me and poured me a few cups of yellow soup, I will do it ...I didn't say that about the hidden soldiers in the forest. I didn't know about it. One day, I accidentally said that the tens of thousands of Hou Ye seemed to be decreasing day by day, and I don't know where they went....That ...That kid King Jing...was thinking about it and went to investigate. Lord Hou, please forgive me..."

Chu Huotian said nothing, and kicked him down the imperial steps.

Wu Dehu wailed, and suddenly said: "I know I won't live long. I almost robbed your woman on the day Huagong was destroyed. That woman is now in favor. I will be killed by her one day. Why don't you Bo Yibo went to seek refuge with the head of the country...haha, I didn't expect it to be a death!"

Chu Huotian turned his head when he heard the words, his face was covered with dark clouds, and Wu Dehu, who was laughing maniacally, was stunned again.

"She never said a word, and the Marquis doesn't know either!"

Wu Dehu was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he cried and laughed, his voice gradually lowered.Chu Huotian ignored him and walked up to the officials.The queen had already been pointed at the neck with a sword by old general Lin, and she lay motionless on the ground.Suddenly there was a sound from the back of the palace, and Emperor Chu came out with someone's support.

Eunuch Sun shouted loudly: "The emperor is here!——"

The old Emperor Chu sat tremblingly on the dragon chair, and all the officials below knelt down three times and bowed nine times, and Chu Huotian also bowed down.Emperor Chu waved to Eunuch Sun.

Eunuch Sun looked disappointed, so he had to take out the imperial decree and read: "Following the heavens, the emperor said: Since I came to the throne, I have been mediocre and inactive. The sky is mighty, I am ashamed of my ancestors and emperors, I am ashamed of all the virtuous ministers, the queen of the harem interfered with the government, and the king of the state, Wang Jing, formed a party for personal gain, causing trouble for the state of Chu. Today, the king, queen, and King Jing and the father of the king, Wang Jing, forced the palace to rebel , The crown prince Hanzhen was established as the emperor, his heart can be punished, and his crimes can be punished. I have lost my virtue and behavior, and I will abdicate myself... I will enshrine the emperor as a hereditary first-rank loyal and brave Chu Dinghou, hereby!"

After Eunuch Sun finished reading, Chu Huotian looked up at him in shock.All the officials below were also stunned.

Emperor Chu raised his head, seeing the silence of the crowd, he coughed and said, "Here is my will, if anyone dissatisfied, punish the Nine Clans!"

At this time, the soldiers kneeling outside the hall to listen to the imperial decree shouted like a tsunami: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

(End of this chapter)