Drive a RV and go farming in ancient times.

Chapter 628 Emperor Yongping passes away

It would definitely not be a good thing for Emperor Yongping to leave him alone at this time!

It can't be that the real purpose is revealed, right?

In the bedroom, the atmosphere was dull and depressing. There was a strong smell of medicine in the air, making it difficult to breathe. Xu Huaiyi felt more and more anxious.

Especially after Emperor Yongping sent away the eunuchs and imperial doctors around him, Xu Huaiyi lowered his head and frowned tightly. What tricks were he trying to play?

Even if you want to blackmail him, you have to have a decent excuse, or leave some evidence...

Thinking of this, Xu Huaiyi felt a chill down his spine, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. It would be better if it wasn't what he thought, otherwise, he would be forced to kill the king!

One of them was half lying on the bed, while the other was standing with his head bowed. They were a few meters apart, both silent, as if they were organizing how to speak. Finally, it was Emperor Yongping who spoke first. His voice was hoarse, but there was a strange meaning in his tone, "General Xu, do you know why I left you alone?"

Hearing the three words "General Xu", Xu Huaiyi couldn't help but laugh sarcastically. It was not "My dear minister", "Marquis of Jingning", nor "Martial for the Defense of the Country", but the name they addressed each other when they first met. Who was he reminding?

He said calmly, "I am a stupid and ignorant person, please enlighten me, Your Majesty."

Emperor Yongping said, "No, you are not stupid at all, you should have guessed it..."

Hearing this, Xu Huaiyi raised his head and looked directly at the emperor. His movements were bold, but his tone was full of confusion. "What do you mean by this, Your Majesty? Please explain clearly!"

Emperor Yongping narrowed his eyes and suddenly said, "After so many years, why don't you look older?"

Xu Huaiyi's heart moved, but he didn't say anything.

Emperor Yongping continued to ask, even with a hint of urgency in his tone, "Did you take some magical elixir or encounter some miracle?"

Xu Huaiyi said expressionlessly, "Your Majesty, you are overthinking. Perhaps it is because I practice martial arts every day to strengthen my body, so I look stronger than ordinary people. I will age eventually. Ordinary people cannot escape it, and I am no exception!"

"No, it's different..." Emperor Yongping muttered to himself, "You still don't want to tell me?"

Xu Huaiyi said, "How dare I lie to you? I hate all kinds of elixirs and would never touch them. As for miracles, they are nonsense."

Emperor Yongping stared at him closely, but there was no trace of panic or concealment on his face. After a moment of stalemate, he took a deep breath and changed the subject. "I only left you here because I wanted to tell you a few words from the bottom of my heart, and I want to know what's in your heart..."

Xu Huaiyi frowned. That's it? He was talking to him before he died? Or else he would die with regrets?

"I still remember the scene when I first met you. At that time, I didn't even have the most basic ability to protect myself. How sad and ridiculous is it that a dignified prince has fallen to the point where you need to travel thousands of miles to protect me?

At that time, you looked down on me in your heart, right? "

If it were someone else, they would have knelt down in fear and apologized after hearing such words, but Xu Huaiyi said calmly, "Your Majesty, you are overthinking. I didn't do that."

Emperor Yongping suddenly sneered, "There are only you and me here, why bother pretending? Just tell me what you are talking about. Anyway, I can't punish you in my current state, so what are you afraid of?"

Xu Huaiyi said, "I am not afraid, nor am I lying. I really don't look down on you. I was born in poverty, and you are the son of the emperor. How can I feel superior to look down on you? No matter how bad your situation was, it was not something I could make fun of..."

Emperor Yongping was skeptical, "Do you really think so?"

Xu Huaiyi said with absolute certainty, "Yes!"

Even if he didn't think so, he had to think so now. They were the only two in the room, but who knew there were others hiding in the dark? Maybe they were waiting to find something to hold against him!

Emperor Yongping was silent for a moment, then began to review the past events in which the two had interacted, stopping from time to time to ask him questions, and then continuing after getting the answers.

Xu Huaiyi's answer was flawless. No matter what he was thinking, his expression was sincere. In short, he would never give anyone an advantage.

Until Emperor Yongping finished recalling the past and asked abruptly, "You hate me very much, don't you?"

Because he was caught off guard, Xu Huaiyi was obviously stunned and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Emperor Yongping smiled and said, "You don't have to deny it. I know in my heart that you hate me. Because I can't tolerate you, I have tried to kill you many times, but unfortunately, I have failed every time..."

Xu Huaiyi, "..."

The real purpose is finally revealed?

Emperor Yongping seemed very satisfied with his reaction and continued, "In your eyes, I have repeatedly harmed you. I am an ungrateful villain and a heartless and disloyal ruler. But I have no choice. You are too powerful and make me feel uneasy. Keeping you may help protect Dayong, but it may also destroy my Yuan family. So, I have no choice but to get rid of you. I am not afraid of your achievements becoming a threat to the emperor. What I am afraid of is that you have no loyalty to my royal family..."

Xu Huaiyi still said nothing, but secretly became more vigilant.

Emperor Yongping sighed and looked at Xu Huaiyi with a complicated expression, "You may not despise me, but you don't respect me either, right?"

Xu Huaiyi remained silent, looking around calmly.

Emperor Yongping seemed to no longer care about his answer. He suddenly changed the subject and said, "Do you know what I saw when the previous emperor passed away?"

This time Xu Huaiyi took over, "What did the emperor see?"

Emperor Yongping seemed to recall that scene again. His body shivered uncontrollably and he said in a nightmare, "I saw a ghost messenger, a ghost messenger that wanted to take my life. Even the shadow guards couldn't get close to him. The previous emperor was frightened to death. I also fainted from fright. In the following years, whenever I thought of that scene, I would feel like I was falling into an abyss. It was terrible, too terrible..."

Xu Huaiyi was curious and couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty, do you believe it? I don't talk about strange things, but I don't believe it anyway."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yongping suddenly woke up, his eyes blazing with light, his body emitting a burning madness, he gnashed his teeth and said, "I believed it at first, but later, I didn't believe it anymore. There must be someone playing tricks, and that person is you!"

He did not roar loudly, but lowered his voice and said hatefully, "Xu Huaiyi, you killed the king, and your entire clan should be killed!"

Xu Huaiyi's expression remained unchanged. "I am innocent. I am loyal to Dayong. How could I kill the king? What reason do I have to kill the king?"

"No, you have your reasons, because the late emperor could not tolerate you either. He allowed the former Princess of Anping to murder you. After the plot failed, he personally sent people to kill you. Unfortunately, he still failed..." Emperor Yongping slowed down and sneered, "If the king wants his subjects to die, the subjects have to die. If it were someone else, they would have committed suicide to apologize and save their families. But what about you, Xu Huaiyi? You have no king in your heart, you are disloyal and unfilial, and you actually broke into the palace to kill the king. You deserve to die!"

Xu Huaiyi mocked, "If the emperor treats his subjects as his own hands and feet, then the subjects should treat the emperor as their own heart and soul. If the emperor treats his subjects as dogs and horses, then the subjects should treat the emperor as their fellow countrymen. If the emperor treats his subjects as dirt, then the subjects should treat the emperor as their enemy. This is what the ancient sages said. Is it wrong for me to do as I say? The ones who are wrong are the late emperor and you!"

Emperor Yongping's breathing suddenly quickened. "So you admit that it was you who played tricks that night?"

Xu Huaiyi shook his head, "No, I am not your humble servant."

"You're still lying?" Emperor Yongping pounded the bed in frustration. "It was you, it must be you, only you have that ability. You, how did you do it? Did you learn some magic, or did you get some treasure from the immortals?"

"You really think too much..."

"Ahem, I'm about to die, and you still won't tell me the truth?"

"I didn't do it. How can you ask me to admit it? If you want to kill me, just order the shadow guards to do it. Why do you have to accuse me of such a false crime? Do you have to kill my entire clan?"

"Okay, okay, you don't want to admit it? I don't believe you can get away with it this time. Do it!"

As these two words fell, two figures suddenly jumped out from the darkness, one on the left and one on the right, and attacked Xu Huaiyi at the same time.

What's coming is finally here!

Xu Huaiyi sneered. Fortunately, he was prepared. Otherwise, if it were someone else, they would definitely not be able to leave the bedroom.

Seizing the opportunity, he suddenly disappeared on the spot a second before the two people got close.

"boom!"

The two shadow guards were too fast and raised their swords to chop with great force, but Xu Huaiyi suddenly disappeared, and the thunder strike had no target. The two were completely unable to stop their moves, and even though they tried their best to dodge, they still hurt each other.

They each groaned and took a few steps back before they managed to steady their feet.

At this time, Emperor Yongping widened his eyes, covered his chest, and breathed rapidly, saying intermittently, "Sure enough, it's really him, it's him..."

He was about to shout loudly, but the scene he saw in the next second made him feel as if someone was strangling his throat. His face turned from purple to blue and he could no longer make a sound.

Not far away, two shadow guards had already fallen to the ground. Xu Huaiyi was unharmed. He was holding something he had never seen before. He looked at him coldly, "What other tricks do you have? Use them all."

Emperor Yongping struggled and wanted to get up, but after a few thumps, he fell onto the bed with a thud. His throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he made an indistinct sound, just like a dying fish on the shore.

Xu Huaiyi looked on indifferently, motionless.

After a moment, Emperor Yongping suddenly twitched violently a few times, and then there was no movement.

Xu Huaiyi waited for a moment, but still did not go over to check immediately. Instead, he picked up a shadow guard with one hand and entered the RV again.

"Ah Li, give these two some medicine, the kind that won't wake them up for at least three hours..."

Ah Li said, "Dad, don't worry, we have the medicine that will make you unable to wake up for the rest of your life."

"My daughter is amazing!"

"Hehe, I can't compare to my father. He defeated two masters in just a few minutes."

Gu Huanxi rolled his eyes at the two of them, "Are these the Emperor's shadow guards? Are they going to kill you?"

Xu Huaiyi nodded and said casually, "Emperor Yongping's true intentions are exposed. It's a pity that his plan was well-planned, but he still failed..."

"Does he have any other cards?"

"It's no use even if I have it..."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Emperor Yongping has passed away! No matter how many cards we have, we can't play them anymore!"

"..."

When Xu Huaiyi went out again, the bedroom was silent, as if it was isolated. He guessed that Emperor Yongping must have issued an order not to let anyone get close. The purpose was naturally to make it easier to kill him without having to bear the infamy. Who would have thought that it would be a good thing for him.

It seems that only two shadow guards were prepared. That's right. Relying on pure force, he is no match for the shadow guards at all. It is difficult to win either one or the other. But who can blame him for having a cheat? He hides in the car and shoots them with a tranquilizer gun when they are not prepared. Even the best martial arts master can't do anything to him.

However, Xu Huaiyi did not relax his vigilance. He slowly approached the bedside, stretched out his hand, probed under Emperor Yongping's nose for a while, and touched his carotid artery. After finding that there was really no beating, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then it was time to test his acting skills.

He knelt on the ground and pinched his leg hard, tears streaming down his face from the pain. Then he burst into tears, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

His voice was sharp and shrill. Even if the bedroom was isolated, the guards outside should have heard some of the noise.

Sure enough, within a moment, a burst of hurried and chaotic footsteps rushed in, and the royal guards, imperial doctors, eunuchs, civil and military ministers, and concubines all rushed to the bedside, each one paler than the other.

Xiaoyu had a complicated expression and didn't feel much grief in her heart, but she had to force her eyes to cry in front of others. When the imperial physician tremblingly announced, "The emperor has passed away," she knelt in front of the bed and acted like a filial son crying.