bastard returns

"My personal guards were all left to me by the late emperor. Zhibai is the most capable person among them, so he is often taken by my side. Out of consideration for my safety, he usually does not show his true face. It's really ridiculous to be associated with Emperor Yongyi by some whimsical and caring people." Unlike Li Dewu's nervousness, Emperor Xia seems to be in a good mood, and he doesn't seem to be angry at their group's previous arrogance, but has a pleasant face Concisely said to Empress Dowager Xia: "Empress Dowager, do you think so?"

After seeing the guard take off the helmet, but it was not Huyan Yuanchen's face that was revealed, Empress Xia secretly sighed in her heart, saying it was a pity.

She didn't know how Emperor Xia noticed it, but she also had some admiration for Emperor Xia's coping methods. After discovering that Huyan Yuanchen had actually disguised himself as Emperor Xia's bodyguard, she had been sending people to follow her secretly. And the information fed back by the follower also said that Huyan Yuanchen has been staying in the palace as a bodyguard all along, and there has been no change, so today both Luo Cheng and Li Dewu are so sure, how could there be such a trouble? .

"The empress dowager didn't speak, because she thought this scene was too ridiculous, didn't she?" Emperor Xia narrowed his eyes, then turned his head, and his eyes fell on Luo Cheng. When Luo Cheng saw the emperor's eyes, it seemed that he had foreseen his end, and unexpectedly He rolled his eyes and passed out.

"As an official of the imperial court, to be manipulated so much is really a fool." Emperor Xia snorted meaningfully, and then looked at Li Dewu and the other officials who stood up with a half-smile. He said politely: "General Li, you still haven't put away your sword until now. In addition to all your arrogance and disrespectful words and deeds today, are you really going to rebel?"

The complexions of the generals behind Li Dewu changed, and even Li Dewu's own face turned slightly pale, looking at the dagger in his hand, he didn't know what to do for a moment.

Put it away, given his previous arrogance, the emperor will definitely not let him go, but if he doesn't accept it, since the plan just now didn't work out, his behavior is not justified, but it will become serious rebel.

After all, abdicating the emperor on the grounds of immorality is much more pleasant among the common people than directly abdicating the emperor by force. For the sake of reputation, he really doesn't want to become an outright rebel.

However, Empress Dowager Xia didn't say a word, he has always been the one who takes care of himself. Could it be that at such a critical moment, Empress Dowager Xia actually lost the chain and retreated?

Just when Li Dewu was in a dilemma, the original quiet scene in the hall was broken by the creaking sound of a hall door being pushed open.

Following the half-opened palace door, a plump old man in Chinese clothes with a white beard came in.

"Grand Master Murong?" Emperor Xia frowned and said, "Didn't you not be able to attend the banquet today because you were ill, why are you here again?"

When the surrounding officials saw the old man coming in, they had different expressions, some were cautious, but most of them looked in awe, because this man was not only the patriarch of the Murong family, a wealthy family in central Beijing, but also the biological father of the present empress dowager. Chao Taishi, even when the first emperor was in power, he had already resigned from the court and retired from the court, but because of his great power, most of the people from the Xia Emperor to the officials would respectfully call him "Murong Taishi".

Facing Emperor Xia's inquiry, the Murong patriarch didn't say much, instead he stood still in the hall, and then, two teams of hundreds of well-equipped soldiers suddenly broke into the hall, and quickly rushed towards the two sides. Separated and surrounded all the officials including Emperor Xia.

The generals were okay, Li Dewu and others who knew the Empress Dowager Xia's plan even showed sarcasm, but the civil servants who were loyal to Emperor Xia immediately exploded, and some impatient people even stood up and began to criticize Murong Patriarch, this is tantamount to a rebellious act, but before the few people finished speaking, they were knocked unconscious by the soldiers who followed Patriarch Murong with their weapons.

Xia Di frowned, looked at Patriarch Murong and said, "Grand Master Murong, what do you mean?"

"Your Majesty should understand what I mean by the old minister." Patriarch Murong finally said with a half-smile, "The old minister dared to take the risk of leading troops to the palace today, and he came to set things right!"

"Set things right? I think you're going to rebel!" Emperor Xia said coldly, "You're really too presumptuous. Don't you think your tricks can succeed!"

"Your Majesty, why do you have to speak so harshly? Even if the old minister dies, he will never dare to rebel." The head of the Murong family seemed not to be afraid of Emperor Xia's questioning at all, but said in a calm manner: "This old man has experienced three dynasties. In the past, when Emperor Gaozu was alive , I once left an imperial edict to this old man, saying that in the future, if there are incompetent and incompetent emperors who ruin the foundation of the Great Xia, this old man can use this will to abdicate the emperor and put things right."

"It's a good way to set things right. Listen to what you mean, are you going to rebel against me now?" Realizing that this group of people is about to tear themselves apart, Emperor Xia finally had an angry look on his face, "If you have the guts to rebel against me?" His words are so high-sounding, Grand Master Murong, you should understand what kind of price you should pay for doing this."

"The price? The old minister will do this, but it is only for Da Xia wholeheartedly. Even if he can pay a little price for it, it is worth it." Murong Patriarch said: "Although the old minister did not enter the palace for what happened before, but I also heard it clearly outside the hall. Your Majesty, you shielded the traitor King Yongyi, colluded with the Zhou people, and even privately sent our military equipment to the Zhou army. Even if you tried your best to cover it up well, you still wiped out all the evidence. But the fact cannot be changed, you are the Great Xia Emperor, but you are so ashamed of your ancestors, the old minister has no choice but to follow the emperor Gaozu's entrustment, and change my court to a wise monarch."

Even though Patriarch Murong has already put on an expression that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, his old face is still a bit unbearable for saying such shameless words in public, but there is no way to do it. According to their original plan, Li Dewu and others If people expose Huyan Yuanchen's face in the palace, he can naturally bring the soldiers that the Empress Dowager Xia arranged to enter the palace into the palace with a big swagger, control the situation, and force Emperor Xia to abdicate logically, instead of making excuses himself so brazenly now.

Hearing that Patriarch Murong really came to force the palace to force the emperor to abdicate, although the civil servants had already suspected in their hearts, but hearing them say it so blatantly, they still couldn't help but explode.

Among them, those who were loyal to Emperor Xia naturally reviled Patriarch Murong, while the other timid ones obediently looked at the posture of the soldiers in the room, thinking about their own situation.

"Presumptuous, Murong old thief, rebellion is rebellion, why bother to find such a high-sounding excuse for your retrograde!" Emperor Xia slapped the table and stood up, and at the same time looked at Empress Xia with a sneer, "This old thief is so well prepared. She can also lead her own soldiers into the palace, I'm afraid the Queen Mother has put in a lot of effort in it."

"Since the emperor already knows it well, why bother to ask Aijia." The Empress Dowager Xia sighed softly. After all, Emperor Xia is her biological son. Even if she had to take this step for her grand ambition and dominance, she still felt a little uncomfortable. , I could only persuade him: "Your majesty, your character is too similar to the late emperor, it is really difficult to achieve great things, and it is impossible for me, Daxia, to stay dormant on such a barren land. Get back up and let Aijia do it for you."

Following the Queen Mother Xia's words, not only Li Dewu, but also several generals also pulled out their weapons hidden on their bodies, and the guard behind Xia Emperor, Zhibai, naturally stood in front of Xia Emperor vigilantly.

"I didn't expect that the relationship between me and the queen mother has come to this point." The emperor shook his head, "but does the queen mother really think that these people in the hall can threaten me to give up the throne."

"Of course not. The personal guards around the emperor are all first-class experts. It is really impossible to threaten His Majesty with these people, but what if it is replaced by four armies from east, west, north and south outside the city." Patriarch Murong spoke on behalf of Empress Dowager Xia. After receiving it, he proudly said: "Your Majesty, you probably don't know yet. The commanders of the four armies who guard Yanjing City have already pledged their loyalty to the Queen Mother. In addition to the imperial guards in the city, Your Majesty thinks that your guards are really good. Can one stand against a hundred against an army?"

"To make all four generals defect, you really have been planning for a long time." Hearing this very urgent news, Emperor Xia didn't seem to be very anxious. He looked at the generals who had drawn their weapons and asked : "Are you also going to advance and retreat with the Queen Mother?"

Although those people did not speak, they did not put down their weapons, and their attitude was already very obvious.

Xia Di sighed lightly.

"How, the emperor is willing to write an abdication edict?" Seeing Emperor Xia sighing, the Empress Dowager Xia said, "Your Majesty, you can rest assured that the Ai family really has no intention of turning against you. After you abdicate, you will still be the Supreme Emperor and have enough food and clothing. You are the son of the Ai family, how could the Ai family treat you badly."

"The Supreme Emperor?" Emperor Xia sneered, "The queen mother is really nice, I am afraid that if I write this edict today, the entire Great Xia country will change its surname to Murong tomorrow, so it is absolutely impossible for me to write this edict. of."

"You..." Empress Dowager Xia was a little annoyed and wanted to speak again, but she heard Emperor Xia yell, "Do it!"

Before she could react, several screams suddenly sounded from all directions in the hall at the same time. Li Dewu and the others, as well as Patriarch Murong, were taken aback. The wine eunuchs drew their weapons out of nowhere, and suddenly became angry at the soldiers who broke into the palace, and they were very well-trained to attack the captain.Originally, the soldiers who broke into the palace were led by a total of twenty captains, but in just an instant, all twenty captains were killed by the sneak attack of those "eunuchs".

The death of the leader immediately caused the soldiers to become a mess, and the "eunuchs" would not miss this opportunity. Seeing that the target had to be captured, they immediately turned around and rushed towards the soldiers closest to them.Although the number of eunuchs was not as many as those of the soldiers, they stretched out their hands one by one. After a while, the soldiers who had formed a siege in the palace beheaded half of them with wine glasses.

"These are not eunuchs! They are the emperor's guards in disguise!"

"Damn it, how did they get in here!"

"Defend quickly! Counterattack!"

Officers like Li Dewu finally did not mess around on the battlefield for nothing. After the initial surprise, they quickly came to their senses and began to direct the soldiers to protect Patriarch Murong and Empress Dowager Xia while launching a counterattack against the eunuchs. The killing sound became a piece.

As early as the beginning of the chaos, several soldiers rushed towards Sikong Xuan and Ning Yuan as if they had been specially instructed, but before they could get close to them, Yan Fei, who was disguised as an eunuch, drew out his soft sword and They fought at one place, and even though they were protected objects, it did not mean that Sikong Xuan and Ning Yuan could be idle, so Emperor Xia went to battle himself, and cooperated with the guard named Zhibai to kill several Chong. After facing his soldiers, Ning Yuan and the two of them also picked up two blood-stained weapons from the ground and joined the battle group.

Sikong Xuan has practiced martial arts with Huyan Yuanchen and Zhou Shi since he was with Ning Yuan, and his martial arts skills are not a problem. Although Ning Yuan has lost his internal strength, he can deal with some ordinary soldiers with ease with ordinary martial arts moves.

The more pitiful ones are those unarmed civil servants. Although most of the soldiers and rebel officers have been entangled by others, there are also some soldiers who are alone. Although he didn't know martial arts, he didn't sit still. After being cut one or two times, he picked up the weapon spontaneously from the ground, hugged him into a ball, and slashed wildly with his knife, so he had a chance to protect himself.

Maybe it was because Emperor Xia's guards ambushed well, and each of them was very skilled, and they caught the opponent by surprise. Not long after, most of the rebel soldiers in the palace were hacked to death, and even the officers who followed Li Dewu were also dead. Two or three, when the shouts of killing gradually subsided, the remaining half of the soldiers had already been forced outside the hall. They formed a circle and protected the Empress Dowager Xia, Patriarch Murong, Li Dewu and others in it. Wait for someone to confront each other.

"Your Majesty, why are you bothering?" Although he was at a disadvantage, Patriarch Murong was not worried at all, instead he said: "You think that with your little bodyguard, even if you can gain the upper hand for a while, they can still fight against the outsiders of the city." Can't we fight against the four-way army? We don't need to fight stubbornly, as long as we exit the hall safely under the protection of these people, and once the outside army enters the city, can the situation be reversed?"

Emperor Xia said: "Grand Master Murong, I respect you as the elder of the three dynasties, and the father of the Empress Dowager. In name, you are still my grandfather. If you stop now, I care about such a little family relationship, and maybe I can still make you secretly." Spend your old age, or do you have to give yourself a miserable end to be cut in half before you can let it go?"

"What a stubborn boy, he is so ungrateful, it seems that the old man doesn't have to hold back!" Patriarch Murong was taken aback when he heard Emperor Xia's words, then laughed wildly, and said to Li Dewu: "General Li, let go!" Signal, let the four-way army outside the city rush in, our emperor will not cry when he sees the coffin!"

Li Dewu said yes, took out a bamboo tube from his pocket, pulled the mechanism hard, and saw a flare made of gunpowder flashing and rushing straight into the sky, then exploded with a loud bang.

Patriarch Murong is full of confidence. As soon as this signal is sent out, the army on standby outside will naturally wait for the opportunity. Not to mention the few guards of Emperor Xia in front of him, no matter how many people there are, they can only bow their heads in front of absolute power. Pride.

The most glorious moment of his Murong family is not far away.

"Hey, why is it so lively here?" The atmosphere of the two groups of people confronting each other was suddenly broken by a voice.

Patriarch Murong, Empress Dowager Xia and the others looked towards the source of the voice in astonishment, all of them showing expressions of surprise.

Huyan Yuanchen was riding a horse, and with a relaxed and natural attitude, he turned out from the back of the hall unabashedly, with several bundles hanging on the horse's buttocks.