Ruthless debt

As soon as Yang Huan entered the hall, he wanted to salute Qianyu first, but he saw Prince Che standing in the center of the hall.He has been serving in the palace for more than twenty years. Naturally, he watched the prince Che grow up. Although he hadn't seen him for many years, he still recognized him at a glance. In surprise, he knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "Chen Yang!" Huan has met His Highness, but has not seen him for many years, is His Highness still okay?"

Qi Ming smiled when he heard the sound, as expected.

Qianyu's face was ashamed, and the rest of the courtiers immediately bowed down when they saw this, and called out: "Your Highness is a thousand years old."

Prince Che didn't pay any attention to those people who were ruthless, instead he walked up to Yang Huan, helped him up with both hands, and said: "If Commander Yang doesn't come today, I'm afraid my palace will be stabbed for the crime of impersonation." Hack to death." After saying that, he turned his head and glanced at Qianyu, and there was a flash of coldness in his eyes.

Yang Huan said: "If anyone dares to move Your Highness today? I, Yang Huan, will be the first to let him go." After speaking, he shook the saber at his waist.

Now there is still work to be done, Qian Hai, who had been waiting in the inner hall for a long time, knew that the time had come, so he entered the front hall with the imperial decree in his hands, everyone didn't take him seriously when they saw him, only Qi Ming smiled knowingly at him.

Qian Hai walked to the center of the hall, and before pulling the scroll away, he said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty has a decree..."

Everyone knelt down after hearing this, only the prince Che was still standing there in a daze, and if Qi Ming hadn't pulled him for a while, he didn't know how long he would have stood there. They only heard Qian Hainian say: "By the heavens, the emperor ordered that the eldest son Qian Che I am young, but intelligent, kind-hearted, and deeply united, and I am sure that I will be able to inherit the great rule, and I will succeed you to the throne, and I will be the ninth lord of the Qu Kingdom, I admire you."

After Qian Hai finished reading, he went down from the hall to help Prince Che up, handed the imperial decree to him, then knelt down and worshiped: "Long live my lord, long live, long live..." After a long while, a thousand people waited to respond Come here, bow to the ground one by one and call long live.

He looked at the shining imperial decree in his hand, the vermilion characters under the yellow background were not his father's handwriting, but the seal was a fake one.Although the prince Che had tried his best to restrain himself, his hands were still shaking non-stop, and he asked without thinking, "Where is my father now?"

Qian Hai never got up, turned his face to the tunnel and said: "Return to Your Majesty, the first emperor...has passed away from illness." After speaking, he was sobbing.

Hearing this, the prince Che immediately shook his head, and said anxiously: "Impossible, impossible, my father has always been healthy, how could he suddenly pass away? Eunuch Qian, you are lying to me, are you lying to me..." Then Then he turned his head and asked Qi Ming: "Master Qi, you clearly said that the father is under confinement, please tell me quickly, the father is not dead, how could he die!"

However, Qi Ming didn't give him the answer he wanted, and only said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, I would like to express my condolences."

With a sound of 'pa', the imperial decree in his hand fell to the ground. Prince Che first took a few steps back, and then fell to the ground, tears streaming down his face.

Qian Hai walked up to him on both knees and said in a sobbing voice: "The late Emperor could not bear to see His Majesty like this when he was still alive, now that the late Emperor has passed away, I don't want to see His Majesty grieve too much, I beg Your Majesty Taking care of the dragon body should be the most important thing for the community."

Everyone mourned unceasingly, but one person did not change his face. Seeing that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, he grabbed the saber of a forbidden soldier and slashed at Prince Che.

Qian Hai was the closest to the prince Che, and was facing Qianyu directly. At the very moment, this elderly father-in-law, without knowing where the strength came from, violently pushed the prince Che away and faced the blade.Yang Huan on the side also raised his head when he heard the sound, but it was too late, he saw that Qian Yu had already swung his saber down, and Qian Hai was stabbed in the chest, blood splattered everywhere immediately.

Yang Huan stepped on the ground, flew out and kicked Qianyu away, everyone raised their heads, and saw Qianyu was kicked by Yang Huan and flew on top of the palace pillars, the next moment he vomited blood and passed out.

He has seen too many deaths, and the familiar people around him died in front of him one by one, and they all died for him.The prince Che looked at Qian Hai with a blank face, the blood was still overflowing from his chest, and even stained his robe.Scarlet blood dripped all over the ground, and his hands were also wet and sticky.

Qian Hai's eyes widened suddenly, and he just said: "The old slave is here." Then he died.

Prince Che stood up, and then bent down to pick up the imperial decree on the ground. Seeing the blood stains on the bright cloth, he hurriedly grabbed the hem of his robe and wiped it.After wiping carefully for a while, he raised his hand to look again, and saw that there were still residues on the knuckles, so he continued to rub vigorously until his palms turned red before he gave up.

Turning around and walking forward, stepping up the steps chaotically, but stopped in front of the dragon chair.Once upon a time, his father sat on this dragon chair, taught him to argue things out, and talked to him about family, country and world affairs, those earnest teachings are still in my ears.If he was still there, even if he reprimanded himself a few words, it would be good, but he couldn't just leave him like this, without even seeing him for the last time.

Prince Che wiped away the last drop of tears from his eyes, even though he was grieving in every possible way, he couldn't help but break out wantonly.Everyone saw that his expression froze, and he who was sitting on the ground and weeping just now seemed to be a different person, and they heard him say: "Yang Huan, I order you to put the traitor Qianyu into prison, and all the people in the hall will be temporarily detained." In the palace, we will deal with it according to law after Qi Ming's careful investigation."

Yang Huan said: "I take orders."

He also said: "Qi Ming, I order you to investigate the case of Zuo Jiyun's treason immediately, then hand over the corpses of him and his two sons to the Zuo Mansion, and when the case is cleared up, he will be innocent, and then it will be announced to the world."

Qi Ming said: "I will live up to my holy orders."

He also said: "Immediately draw up an edict and announce it to the world. The ruler of the country will die of illness and have a great funeral. The whole country will be filial. There must be no mistakes in organizing a national funeral."

Another person said: "The minister will go to draw up the decree immediately."

After explaining everything, Yang Huan took orders to escort all the courtiers of His Royal Highness to the apse. One dead and one wounded were carried down to the hall. Another servant came to clean up the blood stains on the ground. After a while, the crowd dispersed, leaving only the empty hall. Prince Che is alone.As if the last breath of strength had been taken away, he leaned limply on the dragon chair. The two servants at the side did not dare to come forward to serve him. One of them was more shrewd, and silently left the palace gate to the harem.

He glanced at the hall, and suddenly felt that there was something missing around him. After thinking for a long time, he gradually realized that the person who had been with him for so many years was not by his side.Presumably at this time, he is not much better than himself. It is more appropriate to say that the mandarin ducks of the same fate, or the birds of the same fate, since when have the two of them been bound together?

It has been four or five days since Qianyu moved Qianqi's body to the ice cellar to conceal the death of the late emperor.When the first emperor passed away, only Qian Hai and the few people who served him knew about it. Except for Qian Haihai, they were the eyes and ears of Qianyu. Therefore, when Qianyu learned that the first emperor had passed away, he immediately closed the inner hall, and no one was allowed to enter. .

In addition to Qianyu, the person who knew where the late emperor's body was was also the Water Division of the Ministry of Industry, and he was the one who quietly moved the body to the water capital that day.At this time, this person was waiting for the review in the apse with a group of courtiers who had defected, but he reported the matter to Qi Ming before the review started.The reason why he confessed in a hurry was only to ask Qi Ming for a pardon. He knew that he was doomed, and he only wanted to keep his only posthumous son. The Lord personally sent the message, and immediately threw him into the dungeon after he finished speaking.