Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

"No, there is an ambush!" A cry of surprise sounded, and dozens of guards immediately surrounded the third prince in the center, looking around vigilantly.

Suddenly, a series of arrows rained from all directions, and the guards on the periphery immediately fell down. They didn't even see the enemy's figure clearly, and half of them died.

"Protect Your Highness!" A tall young guard blocked the Third Prince behind him like a hen guarding its chicks, facing the menacing rain of arrows.

Seeing this, the third prince knew that it would be very difficult to escape, so he immediately ordered people to scatter around to find the enemy hiding in the dark.

The third prince is also a person with a bit of martial arts, and it is not a problem to protect himself under the arrow rain. When his guards rushed in the direction of the arrow, the other party finally couldn't hide their whereabouts, and jumped out from behind the trees and bushes.

The third prince immediately recognized the person who came, "It's you, it seems that Li Xu really knows something, but unfortunately, do you think you can take Gu down with this person?"

Holding a sharp sword, He Zun walked slowly step by step. The guards next to the third prince immediately got entangled with the other assassins, but the previous wave of arrows made the other assassins outnumber themselves, and soon showed their defeat .

"It was Li Xu who asked you to kill me? Who are you? If you are willing to rely on Gu, Gu can grant you gold, silver, wealth, beauty and power, and you can do whatever you want."

He Zun looked at him coldly, and when he saw him, he couldn't help but think of his companions who were slaughtered back then. He inquired afterwards, and the reason why the emperor ordered to kill them all was because of a word from Mrs. Zhao and the third prince. They were worried that these comrades who had been loyal to the prince The bodyguards will be loyal to the end, and will take risks and make disasters.

To the emperor, they were just servants who depended on the crown prince for survival, and since the crown prince was deposed, these people were no longer needed around him, so they were naturally killed to avoid future troubles for himself.

But Mrs. Zhao's mother and son who prompted him to make this decision deserve death too!

"You...don't come here! You have to think clearly, the lonely person will arrive soon, and none of you can escape if you kill me." The heartbeat of the third prince accelerated, and he said silently: Hurry up!Hurry up!He had originally agreed with the army to meet on a steep slope ten miles away. At that time, he only needed to quickly besiege the hunting ground, and he would definitely take down all the emperor's ministers who were still excited.

He Zun stood still in front of him, stretched out his hand and lifted the skin on his face, revealing a face full of scars.

"You...you are..." The third prince only felt that this face looked familiar, and when He Zun opened his mouth, he exclaimed: "It's you, He Zun! You're not dead!"

"The humble job is not dead, is the third prince surprised?" He Zun threw his face aside, drew his sharp sword and put it on the third prince's neck.

"You...you didn't die, so Li Xu knew everything about it?...Hahaha...hasn't he been living with guilt and regret all these years? It seems that he has no good intentions when he returns to Beijing this time, hehe, We two brothers, don't look down on anyone!"

"You talk too much!" He Zun raised his eyebrows and shouted to the surroundings: "Stop it! Otherwise, I will be impolite." He Zun really wanted to cut off this head with a sword, but he knew that the three living The prince is more useful than the dead third prince. The two armies confront each other, and the leader of the other side is in their hands, which is more deterrent.

"Put down the weapon!" With a slight movement of He Zun, the skin of the third prince's neck was cut instantly, and blood beads overflowed. He hurriedly shouted: "Stop! Stop! Put down the weapon!"

He Zun really wanted to laugh, but he hadn't smiled for many years and had forgotten how to laugh. He sarcastically said, "It's a good thing you are still loyal to him, a master who is so greedy for life and afraid of death."

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"Come with me." He Zun winked at his subordinates, and two of them stepped forward and tied the third prince into rice dumplings.

"Boss, what about them?" Someone asked He Zun.

He Zun glanced coldly and ordered: "Kill them all!"

In an instant, the sound of swords entering the body came one after another, and the guards who put down their weapons had no time to resist before their lives were harvested.

The third prince's eyes were red, and he stared at He Zun viciously, "You will regret it!"

He Zun grabbed his shoulder with one hand and exerted a little force, only to hear the sound of bones breaking, followed by the scream of the third prince.

He Zunzheng was about to take the man away, so he moved his ears and shouted, "Get out!"

The ground shook accordingly, billows of smoke and dust drifted from a distance, and there was the sound of neat footsteps and horseshoes. The third prince laughed loudly: "Haha... you can't go anymore."

Although He Zun and the others retreated quickly, there were many people on the other side, and they had already surrounded them from all directions. The subordinates He Zun brought were all selected and trained from the Kou family army, and they immediately protected him: "Boss, you lead the people first." Let's go, let's break up!"

He Zun didn't even want to refuse, "No need!" Then he raised his hand, strangled the third prince's throat, twisted it lightly, and that head lost its life in an instant. The third prince never expected that he would be so easy He died here, with his eyes wide open and his face full of disbelief before he died.

"Retreat from the west." He Zun discarded the corpse in his hand on the side of the road, and led the people to flee the scene quickly. Without any burden, their speed was extremely fast, especially after entering the mountain forest, they disappeared in the blink of an eye. trace.

Zhao Shu came with a large army. He was originally waiting at the appointed place, but he hadn't seen the third prince after an hour, so he thought that things had changed, so he brought the soldiers and horses over immediately, but he didn't expect to see only people all over the ground. corpse.

"Xian... Xian'er..." Zhao Shu looked at his nephew lying on the ground in shock. It was a corpse, but he was wearing a prince's costume and a golden crown on his head. His body and height were no different from the third prince's.

"No...impossible!" Zhao Shu rushed over like crazy, turned over the corpse on the ground, and when he saw the familiar face, he screamed and passed out.

"grown ups……"

"Your Highness..."

No one expected that the third prince would die so easily in this wilderness, even only a few steps away from their army. Zhao Shu woke up after a short coma, tightly clutching the third prince's clothes in his hand, and screamed A roar: "Go! Avenge the Third Prince!"

Mr. Yan also looked at the corpse held in Zhao Shu's arms in shock, and panicked for a moment. Although he had always looked down on this master, he also knew that the great cause rested on him. own bright future.

But now, he is dead, just like that, what about the [-] troops behind him?Even if they succeed in forcing the palace, who will take that position?

Mr. Yan quickly glanced at Zhao Shu, not missing the frenzy and excitement that flashed across his face, and suddenly took a step back, his mind was in a mess.

In fact, he was the person Zhao Shu brothers and sisters had hired to assist the third prince. If Mrs. Zhao was still alive, he would not hesitate to join Mrs. Zhao, but Zhao Shu...can he really replace her?

Zhao Shu obviously thought of this too. After being angry and sad, his mind turned quickly. Now that the arrow is on the string, he has to fire. The death of the third prince is a warning. The emperor must have known about them. Retirement means death. There is still a way to survive, so why not fight it?

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He Zun led the men back to the hunting ground, and sent out a signal as soon as they entered the door. This was the signal they had agreed upon before, indicating an enemy attack.

All of a sudden, the guards in all directions of the hunting ground moved, and the traps that had been set up were covered properly. The servants retreated to avoid it, and only normal guards were left on the periphery of the hunting ground. Everything seemed normal.

It wasn't until this time that the emperor's confidants got the news and hurried to report.

The game has entered the second half of the second round, and it only takes a little more time to decide the winner.

An Qingping rushed up to the high platform, knelt in front of the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, a large number of horses and horses suddenly came outside the hunting ground. According to visual estimates, there are tens of thousands of people, and the leader is Zhao Shu!"

The emperor was watching the game with great enthusiasm, and he frowned and asked, "What do you mean? Zhao Shu brought a large number of people here? What does he want to do?"

"Your Majesty, Zhao Shu has rebelled!" An Qingping secretly sighed, is the emperor's reaction too slow? At this moment, is there any other possibility?

The emperor thought of the rumors he had heard before, saying that the third prince had private soldiers in Tongzhou, but his people did not find anything, so the matter was left alone, and he even thought it was Li Xu Rumors of deliberate walking, after all, Mrs. Zhao's mother and son had slandered him before.

"Where is the third child?" The emperor suddenly realized that if Zhao Shu wanted to rebel, it must be the third child who wanted to rebel.

Eunuch Zhao said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the Third Prince came to ask you for instructions, saying that he was going to the racecourse to pick someone. You agreed, and he probably left early now."

"Oh, he hid it well, I didn't realize that he still has such wolfish ambitions!" The emperor jumped up, and hurriedly called the Habayashi army to escort him.

The hunting ground is surrounded by open space, there is no place to hide, and the only mountain forest leads to the cliff, there is no escape route, if people besiege the mountain, it will be doomed.

"Where's Li Xu?" the emperor suddenly asked.

When Li Xu saw the movement here, he knew that the news was coming. He strode over and was about to speak when he saw the signal. It was the signal of the enemy's attack. The speed of the other party exceeded his expectations.

"Father, the enemy army is coming, you go up the mountain and hide!" Li Xu didn't want to do it for him, he just wanted the emperor to take his own people to hide quickly, so that he could give orders.

After the initial shock, the emperor quickly calmed down. He has been in power for decades, what kind of situation has he never seen?When the Han family rebelled back then, it was all in front of his eyes. If Li Xu hadn't blocked an arrow for him, this country would have changed hands long ago.

He stared at Li Xu fiercely, and asked sinisterly, "Li Xu, what's going on with this matter? Do you know about it?"

Li Xu said with an innocent face: "What are you talking about? I just got the news that Zhao Shu came here with a large army, and the third child just went out. I think they must be plotting to rebel. Father Your Majesty, your safety is the most important thing at this time, as long as you are safe and sound, there is no need to be afraid of them."

The emperor quickly went through the matter in his mind, trying to guess Li Xu's role in this matter, thinking about the worst, what if Li Xu wanted to wait for the third son to succeed in killing his father?Could he be the most insidious wolf?

He held Li Xu's hand and pulled him out, "My son, you and Wei father, inform the army, the whole army obeys Lord An's order, and those who disobey the order will be killed without mercy! Civil servants don't need to panic, retreat to the tent Don't go out."

Li Xu didn't mind running away with the emperor. Anyway, everything that needs to be arranged here has been properly arranged, and he is not the one giving orders, so it's good to follow the emperor to reassure him.

"Father, will they kill civil servants?"

"No, civil servants are the cornerstone of governing the country. As long as they don't violate them, they won't kill people casually." What the emperor thought at this time was that civil servants are dead. As long as he is still alive, how many officials do he want?

To escape with a large number of frail scholars is simply asking for trouble, and it is more likely to be exposed.

As soon as they got off the high platform, the game on the court was suddenly stopped. Everyone heard the shouts of killing outside. Before, because the cheers were too loud, they thought it was from their own people.

Kou Xiao was the first to notice the abnormality, and gestured to signal the suspension of the game. As soon as they stopped, the mouths of the audience also stopped, and they naturally heard voices from outside.

The emperor asked Eunuch Zhao to announce his decision just now, and he led Li Xu towards the forest without stopping.

Seeing this, Kou Xiao exchanged glances with Ye Changqing, who immediately took off his team uniform and rode to catch up.

Before they reached Li Xu, countless unknown hidden guards appeared from all directions, surrounded the emperor, and stopped Ye Changqing.

"Bold! Leave quickly, or you will be killed without mercy!" The leader of the hidden guard glanced at the emperor, and put one hand on the knife at his waist.

Li Xu asked for instructions: "Father, can you let him follow? He is Kou Xiao's new disciple, and he must have been ordered by Kou Xiao to protect his son and minister."

"Oh? Where's Kou Xiao?"

"He is your own general, so naturally he should stay here to defend against foreign enemies."

"Very good, then let him follow." Seeing that Li Xu didn't even have a guard around him, and there were a bunch of hidden guards around him, the emperor gradually let go of his guard.

"Let your bodyguard follow, in case of enemy attack, someone will protect you." The emperor said mercifully.

Li Xu sighed, "What a coincidence, Guard Mu went out to do errands for Erchen just now, and he hasn't returned yet."

The emperor didn't care about a guard's going or staying. He assigned a few hidden guards to take care of Li Xu, and led them on horseback.

At the foot of the mountain, the emperor suddenly asked: "There are many beasts on this mountain. What if we encounter them?" There is a high probability of beasts.

"Don't go up the mountain, go to the palace!" The emperor suddenly changed his mind.

Li Xu also knew that the palace was safer, but the hunting ground was surrounded by enemy troops, so it was not so easy to break out.

"Father, I'm afraid it will be difficult to break through." Li Xu reminded.

The emperor sat restlessly on the horseback, listening to the sound of fighting getting closer and closer, he couldn't lift his chest out of breath, and fell off the horseback in a dizzy state.

"Father!" Li Xu exclaimed, jumped off his horse and rushed over, picked up the emperor and ran to the nearest shed.

"Your Highness..." The people around him ran after him, and Li Xu shouted behind him: "Don't all follow, spread out and hide!"

He entered a shed and found that it was a place for his servants to store tools. He randomly found a flat ground, put the emperor on the ground, took off his dragon robe and crown, and covered him with straw.

Sitting next to the emperor, listening to his gradually steady breathing, he knew that he should have woken up, but he didn't open his eyes.

He said in a crying voice: "Father, there is nothing wrong with you. Let's hide here for a while. It's simple and remote, and they probably won't be able to find it for a while. Don't worry, I will send someone to call for a doctor right away." .”

After Li Xu finished speaking, he ordered outside through a thin wooden wall: "Go and secretly invite Dr. Xu here."

Someone outside responded, Li Xu heaved a sigh of relief, stuffed the emperor's dragon robe into the pile of debris, and then found a set of servant's clothes inside to cover the emperor.

To be honest, people depend on clothes. The emperor without the dragon robe and crown looks no different from ordinary old people. If he wears such tattered clothes and messes up his hair, Zhao Shu may not be able to recognize him at a glance. .

Li Xu thought so and did so, "I'm offended, father, the clothes on your body are too conspicuous, it's better to change to something ordinary for safety."

The emperor woke up leisurely, and didn't bother about the big change in his image. He grabbed Li Xu's hand and said, "Xu'er, this time it's all up to you."

"Father, don't say that. You are concerned about my son, and I am also concerned about you. You can rest for a while, and wait for the outside to be quieter, and then I will go out to find out the news."

"No, you just stay here Ansheng."

Li Xu observed his expression and found that he was not in any mood of anxiety or impatience. He must have fainted just now because of his physical abnormality, rather than being out of breath.

Hearing the news of Lao San's rebellion but not in a hurry, he must be very relieved of his own forces. Does the old emperor know that most of the generals under him are dispatched by him?

Li Xu would not underestimate him as a cheap daddy, he was a man who had successfully ascended to the throne after several years of palace fighting, and had sat on the throne for decades, without any wisdom and strategy, he could not do this at all.

He suddenly changed his face, grabbed the emperor's hand and said anxiously: "Father, Shu'er is still outside, can Father send someone to fetch Shu'er?"

The emperor patted his hand and comforted him, "Don't worry, Eunuch Zhao will make arrangements."

Hearing this, Li Xu felt half calm and half anxious. He knew that he probably wanted to answer this matter briefly.