Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

The prince almost fell from the sky, and the situation in the imperial study suddenly reversed. The imperial guards who held the prince turned pale with fright, subconsciously retreated in fear, and looked at the eldest prince and Taifu Han helplessly.

"Third Brother!" King Rui and Fifth Prince's eyes lit up, and they shouted in surprise at the same time.

Zhao Zeyong looked at his elder brother angrily, and comforted his younger brother: "Fourth brother, fifth brother, you have been greatly wronged, don't panic." Eunuch Li helped him up."

"Yes!" The soldiers of the Northern Camp hurriedly carried Li Deying back to their own camp.

"The third one?"

"You, aren't you in the northwest?" The eldest prince was shocked and dazed, and hurriedly asked his grandfather: "What do you do? Didn't you say that the crown prince would not live in the capital?!"

Han Taifu didn't say a word and didn't move, his eyes were cloudy, his face was ashen and he stood in the corner of the case, stiffly, like a wooden man.

Zhao Zeyong raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes, and answered word by word: "Father has a spirit in the sky, and he protects me in the dark to return to Beijing safely. I disappointed my elder brother."

"Shut up!" The eldest prince holding the knife suddenly raised his hand, and pressed the blade against King Rui's neck in front of him, trembling violently.

King Rui held his breath, not daring to act rashly, and instinctively leaned back.

"Brother! Now that things have come to an end, stop now. Don't be obsessed with it. You murdered and beat your siblings. The body of the second emperor's brother is still in the Mitai Palace. How can you bear it?" Ninth Prince Zhao Ze'an tried to dissuade him. scene.

"What do you know?" The eldest prince sneered and said with a sneer, "Oh, fellow mother, you naturally support the prince."

Brothers can kill each other, what reason do you have?

Zhao Zeyong spat out the words through his teeth, and reminded loudly: "My ninth brother and I are indeed siblings, but the nine princes in this generation are all the sons of the father, and even brothers. In order to seize the throne, you completely Regardless of the lives of your loved ones! Looking at the past dynasties, the ancient and the present, all those who kill each other will be stigmatized for thousands of years. You have committed countless evil deeds, but you have never repented, and you are not ashamed. You can be described as a beast!"

"Ha~"

The eldest prince smiled miserably, teeth chattering, held King Rui back, and said with extreme unwillingness: "I am the eldest son of the emperor. Since I was 15 years old, I have studied and governed in court. The most painstaking effort, if you hadn't taken advantage of your father's old age and foolishness, how could the crown prince be you? It should be me!"

"Brother, don't be wronged. You will do whatever you can to achieve your goals. You can even do the sinful thing of bloodbathing the palace. Fortunately, the father is wise and sober. If you are appointed as the crown prince, how will the brothers survive in the future? You must be fooled one by one." Die." Zhao Zewu was angry and stepped forward, but was immediately dragged back by his brother.

Zhao Zeyong did not threaten to move forward, for fear of angering the desperate lunatics and hurting his innocent younger brother, he had already made arrangements before entering the door, and several guards with high martial arts skills were fully focused, keeping a close eye on King Rui and the fifth prince, ready to save people at any time .

During the stalemate, Guo Da and the others were justifiable and had sufficient manpower. They quickly controlled the situation, tied up the imperial guards who were helping the tyrant and took away, and tried their best to leave the royal study to the royal family to handle housework. After all, family ugliness should not be publicized.

"listen!"

Zhao Zeyong's gaze was like a torch, and he sharply glanced at the treasonous forbidden army who was riding a tiger. He reprimanded sharply: "You should be 'eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor', but now you are involved in conspiracy to usurp the throne. If you are convicted according to the law, you should be executed immediately."

Seven or eight small leaders of the imperial guards trembled, their faces turned pale, but unfortunately there is no medicine for regret in the world: some of them delusional to advance one step higher, some were threatened by others, in short, they cut off their way out.

Zhao Zeyong continued: "King Rui and the fifth prince are my own younger brothers, and if they lose a single hair, it's all on your heads! However, if you are arrested without a fight, this king promises that Ling Chi can be beheaded instead."

——Is it a thousand cuts?Or is there a big scar on his head?

The imperial guards who held the prince hostage looked at each other in dismay, their palms were sweating, and they could hardly hold their knives.

"Do not be silly!"

"He lied to you!" The eldest prince kept trembling, his face was distorted, and he said with a grim smile, "Prince Qing has been in the army for more than ten years. Killed by a witch doctor, with his city, it is absolutely impossible to forgive the rebellious party!"

Zhao Zeyong was very disappointed, and retorted righteously: "Don't judge my actions based on your personality. If I am sinister and vicious, how could the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Northwest and Beiying be willing to serve? In this world, you can only walk on the right path after all. long!"

"Big brother, hurry up and let go, fourth brother is not in good health, he has no grievances or enmities with you—" Before Zhao Zewu finished speaking, the eldest prince was furious, completely irrational, and waved his knife with his angry eyes wide open: "No grievances, no grievances! Enmity? Since we are brothers, why do you all prefer the third child? What is wrong with me? Tell me, what is worse than him? Even the son of the middle palace is not my opponent. He is a mere concubine Shu. What is it—ah!"

With a "ding dong", the long knife fell to the ground.

After his subordinates took the opportunity to knock down the elder brother's weapon, Zhao Zeyong had quick eyesight and quick hands, and flew forward with Guo Da and others, saving King Rui and the fifth prince in an instant!

Dozens of people crowded into one corner, no matter how big the imperial study room was, it was difficult to use their fists, and the imperial guards on the other side were armed with knives. In order to protect themselves, it is instinct to resist desperately when faced with slaughter.

Therefore, the weak King Rui and the Fifth Prince were helpless and were pushed out of the fighting circle in time!King Rui was dizzy and almost staggered and fell, but fortunately he was supported by Zhao Zewen and Zhao Zewu at the same time, and he was in shock.

King Rui was panting violently. He glanced out of the corner of his mind unconsciously, and was shocked to see Taifu Han, who was cowering behind the desk, raised his dagger and rushed towards the prince silently!

At that time, Zhao Zeyong's back was facing the desk, kicking his chest so that the rebellious imperial guard fell in the air, and at the same time grabbed his bloody younger brother: "Xiao Jiu! Come back."

King Rui shouted: "Third Brother, be careful!"

"You back, your back—" Zhao Zewu was dumbfounded, subconsciously let go of King Rui, and rushed forward.

The fifth prince panicked and shouted: "The one surnamed Han is crazy!"

In the blink of an eye, Zhao Zeyong, who had been on guard for a long time, reacted extremely quickly, dodging sideways, protecting his younger brother and retreating unscathed.

At the same time, the rest of the people also noticed in time, shouted "protect the prince" and rescued him. They were afraid that the prince would be stabbed, so they acted boldly-Taifu Han, who was holding a dagger, was repelled by several people, fell heavily, and hit the back of his head. The jade screen base, rolled his eyes on the spot, twitched slightly, bleeding profusely.

The scuffle lasted only a short moment, and in a blink of an eye, the rebel party was completely suppressed.

Zhao Zeyong took a deep breath, closed his eyes forcefully, pulled himself together to clean up the mess, and solemnly ordered: "Clean up here immediately, treat the wounded who bravely fought against the rebellious party, thoroughly investigate and arrest the rebel party! In addition, Commander Cao died in battle. , pass on the order of this king, and temporarily let the deputy commander command the imperial army on his behalf."

"Yes!"

Zhao Zewu swallowed his saliva, looked at Taifu Han from a distance, and asked cautiously, "Did you die?"

"Dead." Guo Da replied after confirming.

The eldest prince's face was ashen, his arms were turned back, and he stared straight at his grandfather. Knowing that he was completely defeated, he suddenly let out a wild roar, "Ah——" His voice was split, his expression was frenzied and distorted, and he roared with a crying voice :

"why?"

"Why?"

"Father, what is so good about the third brother? You are so partial? If you had made a decision long ago, why didn't you say it? Why did you watch me and Brother Xiang fight for decades? Father, you are so cruel and ruthless." Heart! Ha, ha ha ha, the cold-blooded old thing is also worthy of being called "Shengming Merciful"? Absurd, it's ridiculous—”

"enough!"

Zhao Zeyong angrily reprimanded: "You have committed many evils, and you are still obsessed with the matter until now, so there is no need to explain the truth! Someone, detain him, temporarily put him in the sky prison, and keep him under strict supervision. He will judge the case after the facts of the case are revealed."

"Yes!"

The eldest son of the emperor, who used to be proud and arrogant, became a prisoner overnight.With a ferocious face, he struggled and yelled, complaining about the world, his father, and his brothers who watched indifferently.Seeing this, Guo Da cast a look at the imperial guards, who understood, quickly covered the eldest prince's mouth, and quickly evacuated from the imperial study.

Zhao Zeyong was exhausted physically and mentally, and stood with his head bowed, without saying a word for a long time.

"Third Brother?" King Rui and the others worried about approaching, and whispered relief.

long time

Li Deying didn't know where he went, and he staggered back. He held a small scarlet bundle in his arms, knelt down in front of Zhao Zeyong, and explained respectfully: "His Royal Highness, this is the jade seal. Please take a look and put it away. The incident happened tonight." At that time, the rebellious party rushed into the Qianming Palace to search for the imperial edict and jade seal. The old slave was terrified and hid the jade seal first. Damn it, please punish me severely, Your Highnesses." After finishing speaking, he kowtowed straightly.

Zhao Zeyong took over the burden, without any intention of checking it, and said in a low voice, "Things happen for a reason, you did your best, get up."

Li Deying, who was peeping anxiously, had hot eyes, and burst into tears.

"Oh, that's all, you were seriously injured." The fifth prince waved his hand wearily.

"Fortunately, my father-in-law reacted quickly, otherwise they would not know what to do when they found Yuxi." King Rui was also very understanding, and took advantage of the situation to announce: "By the way, third brother, the inheritance edict is in the hands of Lu Lao."

"At the beginning, we were afraid that something would happen. We, Mr. Guo, his father and son, and the auxiliary ministers opened the will and read it together, and then asked Mr. Tuolu to keep it in secret." The fifth prince sighed, and said seriously: "Actually, even if Without a will, the crown prince's succession to the throne is justified, but the emperor is just worried."

That's right, my father was always worried. Before he died, he was still worried about which son would rebel...

The Zhao brothers were relatively speechless, with a heavy heart.

King Rui reminded softly: "Father has passed away for a long time, and the national funeral cannot be delayed any longer. I also hope that the prince will ascend the throne as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation."

"It's getting hotter and hotter, and we really can't delay it!" The fifth prince endured the pain in his wound, and suggested: "It's not too late, so hurry up and inform Lu Lao, and ask him to read the will in the morning. hold a funeral."

Zhao Zeyong was duty-bound, nodded slowly, and said with tears in his tiger eyes: "Ziyan, you go and do it. I... have not returned to the palace for a long time, and I want to go to see my father." Damaged, the first couldn't help it, whimpering.

next day

The spring is bright and bright, and the bright sun paints the red walls and yellow tiles of the palace with a layer of golden light, and the tall halls stand majestically.After emergency washing, the blood of the palace change disappeared, and the dark red blood seeped into the ground, sleeping with the darkness forever.

The crown prince returned triumphantly. The imperial city was in chaos last night, almost waking up all the people. The adults panicked and the children cried. Before dawn, all the soldiers in uniform left the city, as if nothing had happened.

In the golden hall, everyone knelt together. Zhao Zeyong was expressionless, with his back to the civil and military officials, thoughtful, and listened to the chief assistant Lu Zixing solemnly read the edict of Emperor Chengtian:

"Following the heavens, the emperor's decree said...the third son of Prince Qing, Zeyong, Wentao and Wulue...the crown prince will be able to inherit the great order. I will ascend the throne and confer the emperor's throne...I respect you!"

After Lu Zixing finished reading, he knelt down on both knees and held up the will, respectfully changed his words: "Your Majesty."

Zhao Zeyong, who was wearing the crown prince's uniform, suddenly came back to his senses, took the edict with both hands, and slowly turned around, facing the civil and military officials, his eyes were solemn, with deep regret: this king has ascended the throne, but at this moment, he is not here...

In an instant, the royal relatives and all civil and military officials shouted in unison:

"My minister sees Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"