Chapter 166: The King of Chu Collapses
Blood Kill returned to Nangong's house with a look of remorse, met with Meng Yanran and Evil Yang, and flew all the way back to Chu County, the capital of Chu State. After coming back, Blood Kill told Meng Yanran about his and Yang Yifeng's experiences in the past few days without any concealment, and directly conveyed Yang Yifeng's original words to Meng Yanran. After finishing speaking, he turned away, but his divine consciousness did not dare to leave Meng Yanran for a moment, and always paid attention to Meng Yanran's movements.
After hearing this, Meng Yanran's face turned a little pale, and he was silent for a while, but he quickly recovered, nodded strongly, and said, "Fifth brother, Brother Feng, he said that he would come back, right?"
"Hmm~~!" Blood Kill nodded heavily and replied, "Sixth brother said that he will definitely come back safely!"
"Well~~~ Brother Feng won't lie to me, he never lied to me, he said that he will definitely come back safely, then he will definitely come back safely!! Meng Yanran said in a very affirmative tone as if she was comforting herself, cheering herself up.
Blood Kill felt that he had not been in the slightest disturbed state of mind for many years, and at this moment he began to feel a little sour. However, Blood Kill did not answer, but quietly withdrew from Meng Yanran's small bamboo building, what Meng Yanran needs now is a quiet environment and plenty of time to meditate and calm down.
"Evil Sun, protect her well, if a stranger dares to approach here, she will be killed!!" Bloody Kill commanded Evil Sun who was waiting outside the building.
"Yes, Evil Yang understands. Evil Yang agreed very simply, in fact, he didn't need to be ordered by blood, he would do it himself, Shizun has not come back yet, so the safety of Shiniang in the future, as a disciple, he must naturally protect it.
Listening to the Perfume Pavilion is the power of the Demon Sect, Evil Yang is a disciple of the Holy Gate of the Demon Sect, and he is considered a high-level member of the Demon Sect, in this place, his words still have some weight, so the entire Listening Perfume Pavilion, except for the maid Xiaoxi, the idle people are not allowed to disturb the tranquility of the dream, otherwise they will not be spared!
Within a few days of Meng Yanran and the others coming back, there was a big news in the inner palace of Chu County - the King of Chu had collapsed.
The emperor collapsed, this is a big thing in the secular royal family, and the people who listened to the perfume pavilion who received the news naturally had nothing to do with it, hanging high, this is the same life, and the business is the same.
However, all the magnates in Chu County are different, and they are all like grasshoppers in a boiling pot.
"Report~~~~" Li Linxing, who was working in the barracks, first received the news, "Report to General Li, the mourning news has just come out of the palace, and the emperor has collapsed~~!" Why General Li? It turned out that the king of Chu was seriously ill, Li Linxing was extremely loyal and patriotic, and Li Linxing not only martial arts, but also gathered the talents of generals, and because he made a lot of meritorious contributions to the king of Chu, he was quite favored by the king of Chu. However, Li Linxing is also smart, he did not have the slightest dissent, he performed extremely well, took care of the security inside and outside the imperial city in an orderly manner, and was once again reused by the king of Chu, and now he is in charge of nearly eight layers of military power near the imperial city in one fell swoop. And because he did not belong to any of the princes' factions, he was neutral and outside of the princes, and became the most powerful person today.
In fact, this position, Xiang Tianming and Xiang Tianlong have been slanderous for a long time, and were taken away by Li Linxing, of course, they couldn't swallow this breath, and deliberately embarrassed Li Linxing, but in front of the palace, Li Linxing knew the important surname of this position, so he had to come up with a little real ability, and within one move, he defeated 2 god-level early masters, including Lejin, and more than ten heaven-level masters, and from then on, no one dared to speak.
Li Linxing also weighed inside and outside the imperial city because of this, Xiang Tianlong and Xiang Tianming saw that they were neither from their own side nor the people who were enemies of the other party, so they couldn't do it. But secretly, Xiang Tianyu was happy to death, and in the secret room, he shouted that God help me, God help me.
When Li Linxing heard the news, he didn't panic a little, but was just a little surprised. This is inevitable, the last time he competed in front of the palace, Li Linxing had already seen that the king of Chu had run out of oil and the lamp had dried up, and the light was reflected, so he took out a little strength to please the king of Chu and show his loyalty. Surprised, it was only through his observation that the king of Chu should still have a life of three months! But now it is only a little more than a month, why did he go like this, he should not be mistaken!
But now there is no time to think about those things, Li Linxing did not hesitate at the moment, and after giving the order, he got up and rushed to the palace, and he spread out his body and rushed to the palace as quickly as possible without revealing his strength.
How fast was Li Linxing's speed? Even if he hid most of his strength, it would only take him a pillar of incense to rush from the barracks to the palace.
When he arrived at the palace gate, the soldiers guarding the gate did not stop him at all, and let Li Linxing enter the palace. Joke, now the forbidden army in the palace is controlled by Li Linxing above the eighth floor, plus Li Linxing is now the number one celebrity around the emperor, where do these soldiers who guard the door dare to stop them?
Li Linxing hurried all the way, and when he arrived at the emperor's bedroom, the entire palace was covered with a layer of white cloth, and a large number of palace maids, eunuchs, concubines, and nobles knelt down in a pile and cried together. The voice is not miserable, not amazing. At this time, it was no one else who was crying and kneeling in front of the collapse of the emperor, it was the third prince Xiang Tianming, at this time his face was full of sadness, crying and shaking the sky, it was really filial piety and touching the sky.
However, Li Linxing frowned, and always felt that something was wrong, but before he could think about it, the eldest prince Xiang Tianlong came in outside the palace one after another, no, it should be called the prince at this moment, the first emperor died of illness for no reason, and he was respected as the eldest son according to Zuxun, and he naturally became the prince at this moment.
After the crown prince Xiang Tianlong came in, he fell in front of the corpse of the former emperor and cried: "Father, why did you go like this, the child is late, and I didn't have time to see you for the last time, the child is not filial~~~." ”.......
When Li Linxing heard this, he finally remembered that something was wrong, with his skill and speed, although he couldn't do it with all his might, but even so, it was extremely fast to come from the barracks, but now the third prince Xiang Tianming arrived earlier than himself, and looking at his appearance, he had been here for a while. Xiang Tianming's mansion was not close to the palace, so it was closer than his own barracks, how did he arrive before himself? However, it was too late to think about the cause and effect now.
Li Linxing stood aside silently, with a sad expression, speaking of which, this King of Chu is also a wise and wise emperor, who takes care of the entire Chu State more vigorously, not to mention, but also has the grace of knowing himself. He was able to go from a head catcher to this position today, and it would be impossible without his insight to recognize heroes and promote them exceptionally!
Although Li Linxing can't do anything, he can be regarded as repaying his kindness by keeping the Great Chu River and finding an excellent heir for him. This heir is naturally Xiang Tianyu~! Needless to say, the lord's vision is naturally needless to say, judging from his own observation, Xiang Tianyu is indeed the most outstanding and excellent among the thirteen princes of the former emperor.
"Gonggong Hai, when did the king return to heaven, and what are his last words?" Li Linxing made a big salute to the body of the king of Chu, stood up, walked up to the white-haired old eunuch with a sad face and asked. This person is the head of the inner palace who has served the emperor for more than 20 years, and he is also deeply favored by the emperor.
Before the Father-in-law Hai could reply, the rest of the princes, including Xiang Tianyu, also came, so that the thirteen princes of the former emperor all came, but their positions were very distinct, led by Xiang Tianlong and Xiang Tianming, kneeling on both sides, they were all crying to death, and since they came in, the crying in the entire palace has increased by three times. However, only Xiang Tianyu's position is very special, he is kneeling in the corner near the bedpost now, neither belongs to Xiang Tianlong's line, nor does he belong to Xiang Tianming's line, but it is not between them, but it is a narrow margin, Xiang Tianlong and Xiang Tianming have no reaction to his actions, because this youngest brother is the most harmless one among them, and the most useless one, but after all, he was born to the same father, and it is enough to give him a small corner, even if he remains neutral, there is no loss for the two。
"Lord Li~~ The old slave came to wait for the king to get up and take medicine as usual, but he didn't expect ......" Gonggong Hai cried even louder.
Li Linxing didn't speak and continued to wait. After a while, Hai Gonggong regained his emotions and said: "The king just went, and he didn't say anything, but next to his body, there was this holy decree. Grandpa Hai took out a gold box behind him and opened it, and there was a scroll of holy decrees inside.
Li Linxing asked cautiously, "Father-in-law, can you take a look below?"
"Lord Li's words are wrong~~, you are the emperor's auxiliary minister, so you can naturally watch it. Gonggong Hai respectfully handed the holy decree to Li Linxing.
Li Linxing took the holy decree, and when he opened it, the crying in the entire hall suddenly dropped five floors, especially the princes, who seemed to be so sad that they forgot to cry. There were also some concubines, hiding their faces and crying, while looking at Li Linxing with the corner of their eyes, oh no, it should be the golden holy decree in Li Linxing's hand. How smart Li Linxing was, how cultivated he was, naturally the expressions of everyone present were transparent, including Xiang Tianyu, they couldn't help but trace their eyes to the holy decree in Li Linxing's hand. However, there is one exception, that is, the third prince Xiang Tianming, at this moment he doesn't seem to hear the conversation between Gonggong Hai and Li Linxing, and seems to turn a blind eye to the holy decree in Li Linxing's hand, as if the temptation of this holy decree to him is not as attractive as the corpse lying on the dragon bed, what is filial piety? Xiang Tianming's performance is a model of filial piety!
Li Linxing secretly noted the changes in the expressions of everyone on the spot, ignored everyone's reactions at the moment, shifted his attention to the holy decree opened in his hand, and carefully read the content on it, there was nothing wrong, the handwriting was the handwriting of the former emperor, and it was covered with the jade seal that only the emperor of Chu had before. Everything was very normal, nothing out of the ordinary. The above also specially entrusted him to serve as the auxiliary minister, the official residence is the best, and the minister is extremely popular!
Well~~~, there is nothing wrong with the tone, handwriting, seals, and content of the holy decree, but why does he always feel that something is wrong? But what is wrong, he can't say, he is really panicked in his heart.
After Li Linxing saw it, he didn't have any expression, just respectfully handed over the holy decree to Gonggong Hai, and then walked to the body of the former emperor, knelt down, kowtowed three times, and then retreated without saying much. The group of people around me were a little confused.
The next night, Li Linxing and Xiang Tianyu were in an extremely hidden secret room, surrounded by the soundproofing prohibition taught by Yang Yifeng, and there were several people with the most profound skills in the twelve gold catches under Li Linxing outside. In the secular world, it couldn't be safer.
"Lord Li, what is written on the Emperor's decree?" Xiang Tianyu asked in a hurry.
"On top of the king's holy decree, the confession is that the crown prince Xiang Tianlong will succeed him, and I, Lord Lu, and Lord Fu will assist the government~" Li Linxing said the content of the holy decree one by one. Then he added: "The first king confessed, if someone is not convinced, he can be captured and killed by the next step!"
Xiang Tianyu was silent for a while, and was about to open his mouth to ask something, when he was interrupted by Li Linxing: "Your Highness Thirteen, please rest assured, I have carefully read the holy decree and found that the handwriting and seals on it are all true. And I have found out that His Majesty is indeed sick and dead, and there are no other hands and feet!"
Xiang Tianyu's mouth that had just opened closed again, and after a while, he said with some resignation: "In this way, isn't the boss the emperor? Is it really going to take that step? That is an absolute next step!"
"No, Your Highness Thirteen, it's that everything is very normal, that's abnormal~!" Li Linxing said in a surprising voice.
"Master Li is saying that all of this is ...... A bureau?!" Xiang Tianyu is so wise, naturally he understands it at one point, although his words are questions, but with a positive tone.
"Not bad~!The Thirteenth Highness thinks about the reactions of the princes before His Majesty's body yesterday, the talent of the Third Highness Xiang Tianming is indeed much higher than that of the crown prince Xiang Tianlong, the emperor is wise and wise, and it is impossible for the throne to be passed on to His Royal Highness the prince who is brave and unscrupulous. Li Linxing said with great certainty.
"Yes, my father would not give such a holy decree!" Xiang Tianyu replied with great certainty, although he didn't like his father, but he had to admit that his father was indeed a good emperor!
"Your Highness the Thirteenth, even if it's true, do you think Your Highness the Third Highness would be so indifferent to let the crown prince ascend to the throne??" Li Linxing said lightly.
"Hehe~~~ It's really a mediocre self-disturbance, we will hide in the dark when we arrive, and we will watch a good show~!However, Lord Li, we still have to find out about this matter as soon as possible, so that the initiative is in our hands~!hahahaha~~~" Xiang Tianyu smiled.
Li Daxing agreed, said goodbye and left. Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, you also need some capital, if the two tigers can't fight, it's better to add some condiments, isn't it?
(To be continued)