startled autumn

Lu Peixuan froze for a moment.

He had seen the person in front of him before.At the beginning, he intended to win over the Han family and sent a pearl to Han Bi. Unexpectedly, Han Bi didn't know who he was, and sent a disciple of Mo Yi to return the pearl. At that time, he hardly paid attention to this errand swordsman. In the case of the assassination of an official, this person was the mastermind behind the scenes, and various terrifying rumors about him were widely circulated in the capital, which made Lu Peixuan become interested in him again.

"Shen Zhiqiu..." Lu Peixuan frowned and asked, "Aren't you dead?"

Hearing this, a trace of doubt flashed in Shen Zhiqiu's eyes. These days he was in the palace and had no idea what was going on outside, so he could only answer solemnly: "I'm not dead."

How can it be?

Lu Peixuan looked at Yan Huaishen hesitantly, but found that Yan Huaishen's smile gradually showed a sense of caution. Seeing this, Lu Peixuan subconsciously took a step back. After this step, he actually stood at Yan Huaishen's behind.

The emperor seemed to be silent, but he quietly looked at the expressions of everyone in the hall. Suddenly, he only heard him chuckle in a low voice with great interest: "Xuan'er, what are you afraid of?" He gave birth to a heavy loss. Is this the heir he chose to the throne, the eldest son he should have placed high hopes on?The prince of a country dares to force the palace, but at the end of the last step, he even hides behind other people's backs, which is simply ridiculous.

Lu Peixuan has never been able to see through his unpredictable father, but he is used to submission. Now when he heard the emperor's question, he subconsciously replied: "The Han family and Queen Zhao have long colluded and used Shen Zhiqiu to assassinate Zhao. The matter of benevolent government was framed against me, and it was the idea of ​​letting you abolish the crown prince, father, don't really believe them."

After a pause, Lu Peixuan suddenly came to his senses and realized that he had no way out. He looked at the emperor in disbelief, "Father, do you know all these things?"

Ever since Shen Zhiqiu committed suicide in fear of crime, the civil and military officials kept silent and regarded Lu Peixuan as the mastermind behind the assassination of Wei Dezheng. This made his situation more and more difficult. Every day and night, he felt restless. He was afraid that at the court hall early the next morning, his father would take back his crown prince position with a swipe of his imperial pen, but with just a few words, he could be deposed from a crown prince to a concubine overnight. people.

This irresistible authority frightened him and made him dream of it.

During the crisis, it was Yan Huaishen who stood behind him all the time, supported him, analyzed the situation for him, and told him that the Han family might have already become the party of the three princes, not only fabricating evidence of official corruption in Liaodong to slander him, He also secretly sent Shen Zhiqiu to murder Zuo Lan, Wei Dezheng and others, so that the emperor had to suspect that Lu Peixuan was insane and colluded with Mo Yi to eradicate dissidents.

In the end, the Han family took the initiative to seal up Mo Yi, just to draw a line with the prince. Yan Huaishen reminded Lu Peixuan at that time that when Han Yuan returned from Mo Yi, he would definitely carry all kinds of blood from Mo Yi on him. The "evidence of treason" found at that time, Lu Peixuan will not be able to argue with it at that time. Once the emperor decrees to depose the prince, the Han family and the third prince will be able to reap the benefits.

The crown prince's position was on the verge of falling, and he seemed to be unable to sit still in the next moment.

There is no father-son relationship in the Tian family, no brotherhood.Lu Peixuan gritted his teeth and read this sentence, and finally decided to force the palace to usurp the throne.

But now Shen Zhiqiu is not dead.

Lu Peixuan had to think this way, maybe the Han family was not a party of the three princes, they were simply ordered by Emperor Nanjiang, not only to get rid of the disobedient Mo Yi, but also to assist the emperor to abolish him, a worthless prince!

Veins suddenly appeared on Lu Peixuan's forehead.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Yan Huaishen said leisurely: "Your Highness, the matter has come to this, it is useless to think too much."

Lu Peixuan has always respected him. Hearing this, he took a deep breath, "Teacher, you are right."

Now that the Tai Chi Hall has been heavily surrounded by them, there is only one abdication edict to justify their succession. If this is the case, what are the so-called truths?He couldn't help rejoicing that he had seized the last chance tonight. If it wasn't for Yan Huaishen's advice, maybe tomorrow morning, when the crown prince was abolished, he wouldn't have any room to fight back.

Lu Peixuan gripped the hilt of the sword tightly, raised his hand again, pointed the sword forward, and the several generals behind him immediately understood, and slashed at Shen Zhiqiu who was blocking the way.

The saber is fierce and windy, and it comes very fast. Holding the saber, the rebel general was full of energy, and shouted angrily: "Take your life!" What he was thinking of was the disciple of Jianzong Mo Yi. But it was an embroidered pillow, which couldn't even dodge his first stab.

The first knife at the beginning is usually powerful, and most people can hide and hide, especially for swordsmen who are good at dexterity. Facing the blade slashing, it is the most common way to deal with it before making a move. Unexpectedly, , Shen Zhiqiu just stood there dully.

He didn't intend to hide at all.

The blade carried the sound of the wind, as if it was about to cut him from shoulder to waist in the next moment, and at this moment, he finally moved.

I saw Shen Zhiqiu stepping back with his left foot, his posture was like Yuan Ting Yue Zhi, and then he suddenly exerted force and swung a sword towards the knife edge. This sword seemed ordinary, but it stopped the knife forcefully.

The qi surged at the edge of the sword, and the sound continued, but his face did not change, and his feet did not move.

The traitor holding the knife was shocked. He had heard that Mo Yi's disciples practiced the basic skills very well, but he never thought that it could be so good. He merely blocked a feather that fluttered wildly.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Zhiqiu twisted his wrist, and the tip of the sword flipped over, drawing a circular arc forward. This sword was lifted like light, like the wind blowing willow catkins, but it reached ten thousand junctures, but in an instant, all opponents were swung away. .

Within one move, the game is won.

Lu Peixuan saw that he was really difficult to deal with, and was afraid that it would be a waste of time if he went on like this, so he persuaded loudly: "Shen Zhiqiu, let alone relying on your strength alone, it will not last till dawn. Let me ask you a question, Your Majesty ordered Han Yuan to seize the seal ink. Yi, do you know about shoot-to-kill?"

Shen Zhiqiu frowned.

Seeing him shaken, Lu Peixuan couldn't help taking a step forward: "You put down your sword now, and after I succeed to the throne, I will forgive you for not guilty..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Zhiqiu raised his hand and threw the sword forward, the tip of the sword sank three feet into the ground, and it was actually tightly attached to the tip of Lu Peixuan's shoe. fate.

Lu Peixuan broke out in a cold sweat, not sure what he meant.

"what are you doing?!"

"I missed it." Shen Zhiqiu said sincerely ashamed, "I don't use this sword very often, it's a bit heavier, and I didn't grasp the distance properly, so I threw it close."

"..." Lu Peixuan suddenly felt a sense of surviving a catastrophe.

Shen Zhiqiu looked back at the emperor and asked, "Your Majesty, do you still have the sword? I'll do it again."

The emperor sighed: "Let him live."

Shen Zhiqiu said to himself in frustration: "Where is my Shadow Stepping Sword?"

Yan Huai watched with deep cold eyes, finally frowned impatiently, and said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty, why bother to delay, please issue an edict."

The emperor shook his head, and asked softly in a mocking tone: "I want to ask General Yan, who do you want me to pass the throne to?"

"Of course it's me." Lu Peixuan replied subconsciously.

But the next moment, he felt a strange and inexplicable hostility flowing between Yan Huaishen and Emperor Nanjiang, and this hostility passed through him thoroughly, as if he was nothing but worthless in this duel. A mention of nobody.

Yan Huai smiled deeply.

"Since your majesty has made a decision, please follow me out of the palace."

The emperor stood up and walked down step by step. Shen Zhiqiu frowned and followed the emperor's back.

The palace door was slowly pushed open, Yan Huaishen and the emperor walked outside, Lu Peixuan stood there in a daze, unknowingly being left behind by them, Shen Zhiqiu took the opportunity to pull the saber from the ground , patted him on the shoulder, and said solemnly: "Your Highness, are you not going out?"

Lu Peixuan was still thinking about the previous conversation, and couldn't help feeling cold all over.

Could it be that the teacher has always stood by the father's side?No, if that's the case, why would he encourage himself to force the palace, and work hard to make suggestions... Could it be that he wants to usurp the throne?But this name is unfair, Yan Huai is deep and has no biological children, how can the people of the Yan family sit firmly on the throne?

Seeing Lu Peixuan's dull expression, Shen Zhiqiu dragged him out by his collar, regardless of whether he heard her question or not.

Outside the hall, the rebels fought with the Habayashi Forbidden Army. There were a large number of rebels, and they poured into the deep palace in an endless stream.

Yan Huai shouted loudly: "Your Majesty is in my hands!"

The emperor sighed deeply and said, "Stop!"

Seeing this, the commander of the Forbidden Army feared that Yan Huaishen would hurt Emperor Nanjiang's life, so he hurriedly shouted to withdraw. Many people in the Habayashi Army were seriously injured. Hearing the words, they shrank inward and were gradually surrounded by the rebels, as if they had been killed by the rebels. Trapped beast fight.

Among the rebels, a man in a black cloak slowly stepped out and walked up the towering stone steps of the Tai Chi Hall. Every time he took a step, the surrounding area became quieter.

In the final silence, Yan Huai bowed his head with deep shoulders, "Your Highness."

Lu Peixuan broke free from Shen Zhiqiu's grasp, raised his head pretentiously, only to find that the person Yan Huaishen worshiped was not him.

The cloak was lowered to cover most of the face of the person who came, but the moment Yan Huaishen finished speaking, the person stretched out his hand and untied the tether around his neck, and the night wind came up, carrying Seeing the unbound cloak billow up in the wind, the person under the cloak finally showed his true face.

Shen Zhiqiu stood aside, his eyes widened in surprise.

Is it Lu Zheliu? !

However, this time Lu Zheliu seemed to not know him at all, or he had no time to talk to him, so he turned around resolutely, facing the dark heads in the square, drew his sword from his waist, It was the seemingly ordinary Fengqiu sword.

At this moment, the Fengqiu sword had already been stained with blood. On the blade of the sword, the red crane spread its wings and flew high. Looking at it from a distance, the crane feathers, beak, and tail stretched out, vaguely forming an ancient Chinese character "He".

"The Lu family stole the country, destroyed our Great Zhou, and destroyed our He family. This time, the hatred of the country and the family is hard to level; fortunately, the ancestors have spirits, and the spirit of the Great Zhou is endless. Where the head fell, sacrifice the blood of my heroic soul of the He clan, to protect our army from invincibility and restore our Great Zhou Rivers and Mountains!"

Now standing there is no longer Lu Zheliu, but the prince of the former dynasty who is expected to restore the country.

On the square, the rebels shouted loudly: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

If you look carefully, there are even private soldiers with family emblems mixed in among them. This rebellion has extremely complicated components, so it is no wonder that its power is astonishing.

Such a rare grand occasion, and it was at the critical moment of life and death, Shen Zhiqiu held his breath and retreated to the emperor's side. He hid in the palace to save Emperor Nanjiang's life in a critical moment, but now it was really difficult, so he could only say frankly: "Your Majesty, There are too many people, I can't fight, if I have to fight, I will use Shadow Step Sword."

The emperor comforted him and said, "Why are you so self-willed, just wait a little longer—"

Shen Zhiqiu twitched his ears and interrupted him very impolitely: "Listen, Your Majesty, my sword is coming."

Before the words were finished, hundreds of black shadows sprang up from the eaves around the square of Taiji Hall. They were dressed in Mo Yixing clothes, holding swords in their hands, and stepped down on tiles. The horn of counterattack was sounded; after that, hundreds of bows and crossbows were impressively set up on the roof of the eaves, staring downward, ready to go.

Outside the square, Han Yuan was holding a long knife and leading thousands of elite soldiers who came suddenly from nowhere, and shouted angrily, "Where did you come from, traitors! How dare you act wild in the Forbidden Palace!"

The Habayashi Forbidden Army surrounded by the rebels had originally acted according to circumstances, but now that the time had come, they immediately rushed to break through the enemy's formation.

In the light of the sword, a figure shuttled past like lightning, stepped on the shoulders of several people, and landed in front of Lu Zheliu.

Lu Zheliu was startled and said, "Xiao Shaoling?"

Xiao Shaoling, who was imprisoned from time to time, hadn't seen such a big fight scene for a long time. He was so excited that he almost fell when he fell to the ground. Hearing this question, he quickly stood up, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I remember you, you are Lu Zheliu, we are destined to meet today, why don't we fight first?"

Lu Zheliu didn't know why the situation reversed instantly, his mind was in a mess, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Xiao Shaoling's blood was boiling right now, he didn't care whether he should fight or not, he swung Xin Zhai sword forward vigorously.

On the top of the Tai Chi Hall, Yue Yin protected Han Bi and jumped down, Shen Zhiqiu heard the sound, looked up, his eyes lit up.

Seeing that it was Yue Yin who came and the emperor was protected, Shen Zhiqiu rushed towards Han Bi. Han Bi was overjoyed when he saw his movement. After all, the two had just connected with each other, and at this moment they were very affectionate, even though the occasion was not right. , still smiled, and said in a low voice: "I..."

Who knows that before I miss you so much, Shen Zhiqiu quickly snatched the Shadow Stepping Sword from Han Bi's hand.

"You're finally back." Shen Zhiqiu pulled out his sword, and when he heard the familiar sound of the sword, the corners of his eyes and brows couldn't help but feel joy. He didn't want to live a day without shadow stepping on the sword.

Han Bi: "..."

The deaf old man with white hair and white head was the last one, and he also jumped from the top of the hall to the ground leisurely at this moment. He was panting and yawning, touched his old cold legs, squinted A pair of old-eyed and dim eyes gave Yan Huaishen a "hey".

"Oh, old acquaintance."

Yan Huaishen's expression was calm. He had experienced two generations of emperors in the Southern Dynasties, so he naturally recognized the identity of the deaf old man: "Guo Qianjun, you are still alive."

Guo Qianjun, who is said to be able to fight thousands of troops with one person, is the most trusted guard of the Emperor Taizu.

"Didn't expect that." The deaf old man's throat moved, and he let out a grunt-like laugh, which seemed extraordinarily playful, "I have been raised in Mo Yi for a few years, and I can usually beat Xiao Shaoling, alas, now there are thousands of troops The horse is no match, and it is more than enough to beat you, how about it, come or not?"