Chapter 12: Beacon Smoke
"Your Royal Highness the Emperor, there is still half a day to go to the Imperial City. Ling Huai's heart was sad, and his eyes looking at Mei Yichi were full of naked love.
Mei Yichi was noncommittal, he sensed that the situation in the direction of the imperial city was not so optimistic.
The noble prince elegantly rolled up his sleeves and poured him a glass of wine, "The minister wishes His Royal Highness a canopy like a brocade, and he will be respectful." β
This can be a blessing to the emperor, or it can be a blessing to the "emperor", who feels that his heart is bleeding, and he wants to personally send the person he loves to another person's couch.
Mei Yichi took a sip of wine and glanced at him meaningfully, "I'm tired of this palace, go back to the house and rest first." β
There are not many people at the post station, and he goes upstairs like this, but he almost attracts a hidden or direct line of sight.
"Hurry up, the imperial city is coming to an end, just wait for the coffin to be decided. One said in a suppressed voice.
Ling Huaizhi took a sip of wine, "Wait a moment longer, let the effect of the medicine kick in." β
Upstairs in the room, Mei Yichi listened to their words, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, laughing at the complex thoughts of mortals, laughing at the so-called feelings, and laughing at himself for really "appreciating" all the way.
The taste of this journey is really useless with him, neither allowing him to break through the shackles of the realm, nor can he produce valuable insights.
That's it, so far, it can be regarded as the completion of the agreement with Yi Shang.
The affairs of the imperial city are inconvenient for him to participate in.
"Double shifts,"
A bird flew from afar, landed on the window, its shape was like a chicken, both eyes had two eyeballs, it chirped towards the plum pool, clear as a phoenix.
This is a famous spirit bird, called Chongming.
Mei Yichi looked at it as if no one was next to it and shook off the feathers, bare only a body of flesh, and said helplessly, "I'm going back, you stay for a while, and when Yin Chao dies, or the prince is in danger, I will save him once." β
Chongming Bird spoke, "The Imperial City is too chaotic, how can I find him." β
Mei Yichi was prepared, and a wisp of blood popped out of his fingers, "He is Yi Shang's nephew, and he is in the same blood as her, you can follow it." β
After Mei Yichi finished explaining, he turned into light and disappeared.
The Chongming Bird patted two pieces of meat, lifted it into the air, and flew straight towards the direction of the imperial city.
"Your Royal Highness, it's time to hit the road. Ling Huaizhi pushed open the door with three or five strong men, and was dumbfounded, "What about people!"
"The window is open, don't run!"
Li Mao, together with the imperial garrison commander Taiwei and other former members of the Li family, confirmed the crown prince's crime.
At this point, there is no one in the Yi family to inherit the throne.
The minds of the ministers came alive.
"The grandfather of the Marquis of Donglin is the King of Northern Zhao, the grandson of Emperor Jingwen, and the Marquis of Donglin can also be regarded as a descendant of the royal family, and he is known as a virtuous name, and he can be a great responsibility. β
"Oh, no, no, no, Yu Bogong is the great-great-great-great-grandson of Emperor Xiaojia, who can compare to him in terms of orthodoxy. β
"No, I think..."
Li Mao snorted coldly, "You have forgotten His Royal Highness the Emperor!"
"Thisβ" The ministers looked at each other.
Li Mao said righteously: "Her Royal Highness the Emperor is the eldest daughter of the first emperor's concubine, and she is also a heroine who pacifies the three southern states and guards the frontier, can't she be a great responsibility?"
The people of the Li family did not shy away from suspicion at this time, "We think that His Royal Highness the Emperor is just right." β
"If His Royal Highness Emperor Ji gave birth to a little prince, it is not impossible. β
Li Mao controlled the remarks while noting down those who opposed and questioned him, and his heart was happy, and when he married the "empress" and let her take the throne in a few years, he would be the emperor of righteousness and brightness.
As for how to make Yi Sheng obedient, he asked for her people, and he was afraid that she would resist.
On the outskirts of the Imperial City
A boulder rolls down the slope, revealing a hole.
Zhan Changfeng and the others came out of the cave, she glanced at the environment, turned around and ordered: "Lingwu, you take the women and children to settle down in other states, and the others want to leave, so you will divide the money and leave." β
A Praetorian Guard commander hurriedly said: "Your Highness, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood!"
"I'm afraid that if I walk on the front foot, the back foot will become a family killer and a person who betrays my ancestors, how to go back. "What's more, she has no credible people at all except for the secret guards around her, and even this secret guard, in the end, there are only seven people left.
On the other hand, she didn't know how many people in the court were on Li Mao's side, and there was little hope for restoration.
"Needless to say, those who want to leave will leave immediately, and it will be too late for them to catch up. β
The goods brought out were not much, and only fifty taels were given to each person.
Most of those maidservants and attendants received the money and left in a panic, or went to live in other states with the women and children in the palace.
The men of the Praetorian Guard, however, were so stubborn that they slapped off the silver coins that had been distributed, and knelt on the ground with brushes.
The little commander had red eyes, "When the ministers joined the army, they swore allegiance to Your Majesty in this life, and they did not give up even if they were broken to death, but they didn't want to be the first to be the first to make trouble because of the ministers' siblings who harbored evil intentions.
"Please ask Your Highness Yunchen and others to follow left and right, and make meritorious contributions!"
Zhan Changfeng's face eased, "Li Mao has been planning for a long time, and even my grandfather and Gu didn't expect the change in this dynasty, so how can I blame you." β
This is really not a place to stay for a long time, Zhan Changfeng dismissed the people, and let the zero soldiers leave with the women and children, so he hid in the mountains with the secret guards and the Praetorian Guards who stayed behind.
But the news between her and the outside world has not been broken, and Zero One, who has never appeared, is still in the imperial city.
The two are independent of the Secret Guard, responsible for property management and intelligence.
Zhan Changfeng waited for a few days, and news came one after another.
"Yu Zhenming, Bai Zhilin, Fang Qianyu... There are so many ministers who have dealings with him, "The more she looked, the more frightened she became, Li Mao was so secretive.
Zhan Changfeng picked up the next letter again, which was good news, and Yi Sheng was not in his hands.
If my aunt is not controlled by others, she will go back to the south to start an incident.
However, when she saw the latter sentence, her hand holding the letter shook almost invisibly.
Mrs. Yu Yongxiu Palace cut herself, and the fire was not extinguished for a long time.
Zhan Changfeng sat dry for a long time, sighing faintly, "The time is fate." β
"Zero," her eyes were cold, "light the beacon fire, Lone would rather live in misery, and will not let the Yin Dynasty fall into the hands of thieves!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
A signal shot into the sky, bursting into the shape of a sword.
The shape of the sword is the appearance of the sword of the Son of Heaven.
The sword keeper who was shrinking under the star-picking platform raised his head, Gu Jing Wubo's eyes flickered, and he walked up the hundred-zhang ladder tremblingly to the highest place.
The wind hissed.
He took out a fire fold and lit a corner of the curtain with the flames.
I don't know what the curtain and the beams are made of, but at that point, they turned into a prairie fire in the cold wind of the sky, and burned fiercely!
From a distance, it looks like a giant torch standing in the imperial city.
The most bizarre thing is that the smoke that goes straight up to the sky is actually blood red!
Half a moment after it ignited, wolf smoke rose three hundred miles away, followed by eight hundred miles away. One thousand eight hundred miles away... The wolf smoke of the land of Shenzhou protruded.
Blood and smoke burn the sky, the royal family is in danger, summon the princes, and kill the traitor!
The unlit blood smoke for 800 years plunged the land of Shenzhou into turmoil in an instant, and the loyal or ambitious princes collected their accounts and pulled out their camps, pointing their swords at the imperial city!
And in that southern land, Yi Shang saw the blood smoke from afar, and in pain, he fell into the wine jar, which was a cigarette that would only be lit when the country was destroyed.
At the end of the forty-seventh year of the Chengming Dynasty, the coup d'Γ©tat shattered the New Year's firecrackers, and the Yin Dynasty began to fall apart.