[Comprehensive] Wearing the martial arts world to be the emperor

On October [-]th, the emperor hosted a banquet for all officials, whether they were important officials from Beijing or local officials who came from various places to celebrate their birthdays, they were all invited into the palace.

However, everyone who came to the banquet would never have imagined that such a big event would happen on that supposedly festive and lively night, which caught everyone by surprise and caused chaos.

At the banquet, it was supposed to be a happy and harmonious event, but the emperor suddenly made an attack, and handed out a copy of the account book that had been copied in countless copies to everyone, and then he looked at everyone with sweaty faces. The central government arrested all the people recorded in the ledger.

From the nobles to the seventh-rank officials, there were more than 40 people who were taken down just present.

The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation, and countless people were implicated.

Those who are a little smarter have already seen that this is a sign of the emperor's action.

In the days that followed, before the joy in Luoyang City faded away, there was a wave of bloodshed.

Countless people were either exiled, imprisoned, or directly beheaded. The court was thoroughly cleaned up and down, and the entire Luoyang city was in turmoil.

It's not that no one tried to intercede, it's just that the emperor's methods were tough. Even Empress Xiao wanted to beg for a favor for the Yuwen family because of Princess Nanyang, but was kicked out mercilessly by the emperor who always respected her. How could anyone else dare to go? Tease the tiger's beard.

Later, the emperor personally decreed that Yuwen's clan conspired to usurp the throne and was sentenced to copy and behead all the families.

After receiving the order, Princess Nanyang went to prison to meet Yuwen Shiji for the last time. After returning home, she killed her son, and finally killed herself with a horizontal sword.

When the bad news came, Empress Xiao passed out on the spot, and she burst into tears when she woke up.

Yan Jingbai rushed over immediately after receiving the news. He sat by her bed and looked at her quietly for a while, before wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes for her, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for you, and I'm sorry too. Ah Ruan."

Empress Xiao shook her head, and said weakly: "If I had known this would be the result, would Your Majesty still do this?"

Yan Jingbai was silent, but finally nodded and said: "Yes!"

Although this sentence is extremely frank, it is also extremely hurtful.

Empress Xiao said with tears in her eyes: "That's it, the matter has come to this point, what's the use of saying I'm sorry."

After a pause, she continued: "And Ah Ruan, she won't blame you, that silly child has never been in the palace since the accident, let alone came to plead with you and me, so it can be seen that she has already made a decision. "

Yan Jingbai patted Empress Xiao on the shoulder, and sighed: "After all, I owe her."

Empress Xiao covered her face and wept bitterly, "My poor daughter..."

After the death of Princess Nanyang, Empress Xiao fell ill and lived in the bedroom to recuperate, not asking about outside affairs.

Inside the inn.

These days, Li Xiuning has been worried. Ever since Li Shimin went to the banquet and did not return, she knew that something was wrong. Later, she found out that she was imprisoned in the post house. She understood that maybe the second brother's guess had come true.

It wasn't until yesterday that she spent a lot of effort to learn from the servants of the posthouse that the Yuwen clan had been wiped out by Yang Guang.

She was worried and terrified, and almost stayed up all night. She desperately wanted to know Li Shimin's current situation, was he imprisoned?Or was it killed?

In desperation, she thought of Kou Zhong, now he is the only one who can help her.

But now she is imprisoned in the post house and cannot go out, so she can only let the other party come to see her.

Just when she was racking her brains to think about how to get the news to Kou Zhong's ears, the other party came in uninvited, and came in openly through the gate.

Li Xiuning was surprised: "How did you get here?!"

Kou Zhong held her little hand, with a distressed expression on his face, "How could I not come to see you after such a big incident, how is it? Have you been wronged? Have those people made you angry?"

Li Xiuning blushed, shrank her hands and said, "You..."

Kou Zhong seemed to have just noticed his actions, and let go of her catkin all of a sudden, and said: "Sorry, I was in a hurry and offended Princess Xiuning. It's just that your complexion is very bad, are you sick? ? Or something uncomfortable?"

Kou Zhong is an extremely attractive man, when he speaks sweetly to others with affectionate expression, as long as the other party is a woman, his legs will be weak in [-]% or [-]% of the time.

Even a determined woman like Li Xiuning, meeting his caring and deep eyes, couldn't help her heartbeat speeding up, and she lost her mind for a moment.

But she is not an ordinary woman after all, she quickly came back to her senses, and said with a sad expression: "Thank you Mr. Kou for your concern! But if you really feel pity for Xiuning, can you tell Xiuning what happened to my second brother? Is it life or death? ?”

Kou Zhong frowned, seeming a bit embarrassed.

Seeing this, Li Xiuning hurriedly said, "I didn't mean to make things difficult for you, but I'm really worried. Xiuning just wants to know if the second brother is safe?"

Kou Zhong showed a look of unbearable, said: "Don't worry, your second brother is not dead, he is temporarily imprisoned by His Majesty."

Li Xiuning burst into tears, and kept saying, "It's fine, it's fine."

The demeanor of a beauty when she is crying is always the most charming, Kou Zhong felt great pity for her, he put his arms around her shoulder and said, "Do you want to see him?"

Li Xiuning looked up at him, with joy on her beautiful face, "Can you let me see my second brother?"

In fact, Kou Zhong regretted a little when he said the words, but when he saw the joy shining in the woman's eyes, he immediately threw the little bit of regret that had just arisen out of the blue.

"Of course it is possible, there is nothing in this world that I, Kou Zhong, cannot do!"

He promised to do it, that night Kou Zhong arranged for Li Xiuning to enter the sky prison to meet Li Shimin, but he didn't follow, but stayed outside the sky prison alone.

Seeing the graceful figure gradually disappearing behind the door, Kou Zhong suddenly said, "He's gone, why don't you come out?"

The tall and handsome man appeared like a ghost, and suddenly appeared beside him, and said: "Princess Li is as beautiful as a flower, and invites young hero Kou Zhong to bend down to be a hero!"

Kou Zhong snorted coldly, snapped his fingers and said, "You and my brother haven't exchanged lessons for a long time, Young Master Ling must have itchy hands!"

"Angry?" Xu Ziling frowned, "I've never seen you get angry so easily before, do you really like that Li Xiuning?"

After a pause, he added another sentence, "If you really like someone else, what will Young Master Dong do?"

Kou Zhong jumped, almost viciously said: "Who I like has anything to do with Yang Tong?!"

"Eh?" Xu Ziling was surprised, "Didn't he like you?"

Kou Zhong yelled strangely: "He obviously likes you, right!"

The two looked at each other, and suddenly moved their hands.

After you pinched me and I kicked you for a while, Kou Zhong bumped his stomach and said: "Xiu Ning should be coming out soon, you should go!"

"I'm calling Xiuning so soon!" Xu Ziling rolled his eyes, "Sure enough, there are people of the opposite sex but no brothers. I won't disturb your romance!" As soon as he finished speaking, he had disappeared into the darkness in an instant.

Kou Zhong puffed his mouth angrily, but put on a tender smile the next moment, and stepped forward to meet the woman who was walking slowly.

At the end of October, the bloody storm in Luoyang finally came to an end.

After this accident, the power of the nobles in the Sui Dynasty was greatly reduced, and most of the four major clans were abolished.

The Yuwen Clan was the first to bear the brunt and was wiped out all over the family. Both Yu Wenshu's father and son were decapitated.

Because the Dugu clan belonged to the family of the late Queen Dugu, the emperor thought of affection and only killed Dugufeng, the chief culprit, deprived the Dugu family of all honorable titles, and demoted them to common people.For a family that has prospered for several generations, this result is not much better than that of the Yuwen family.

Li Yuan of the Li family fled beforehand, the emperor was furious, and decreed that the second son of the Li family be beheaded, and posted a list of wanted criminals Li Yuan, and Taiyuan also sent people to arrest the Li family.

The only people Yan Jingbai didn't move were the people from the Song Clan, and even the people were not put in the sky prison, but were restrained in martial arts and imprisoned.

Regarding this, Pei Ju laughed and said, "Could it be that Your Majesty is really afraid of the prestige of the 'Sword of Heaven'?!"

His Majesty the Emperor turned blue and choked.

At this moment, news came from the prison, saying that Li Shimin was taken away quietly, and none of the guards noticed it. It was not until the jailer delivered the food that the prisoner had been replaced, and the replacement was taken away. When he found out, he immediately bit his tongue and killed himself.

The emperor was furious, scolded Yushi Zhongcheng, and then threw him out of the palace.

As soon as the person left, Yan Jingbai's face immediately calmed down, and there was even a trace of anger.

Pei Ju lowered his eyes to hide the flash of interest in his eyes, he said lightly: "Then Li Shimin is capable and ambitious, much better than his elder brother, I really don't know why His Majesty let him go on purpose! There is such a An enemy is really not a good thing for Tai Sui!"

Yan Jingbai glanced at him, and said in a good mood: "The Li family is destined to rebel, but Li Jiancheng is not enough, I must give them some help!"

"The minister is even more puzzled." Pei Ju sighed and said, "Your Majesty clearly has the ability to stop their rebellion, and nip the upcoming incident in the bud. This is good for both His Majesty and Sui. What I can't understand is that His Majesty seems to be promoting this war!"

Yan Jingbai smiled, with a graceful and dignified smile, he said: "If this war is not promoted, how can we attract some people?!"

Pei Ju was thoughtful.

In the evening, Yan Jingbai summoned another person, a person who has been with him for four years, has been saving him and protecting him since the first meeting, and has been loyal to him.

The previous good mood was gone, Yan Jingbai sat on the dragon chair and accepted Dugu Sheng's worship, he watched him hand over the long sword and the memorial of resignation, and saw the countless emotions emerging on that straight and bright face, Watching Wei An's figure gradually leave and disappear from his sight, his heart is full of complexities.

Although he was reluctant, he did not keep him. Although Dugu Sheng was his subject, he was also a member of the Dugu family. This person values ​​love and righteousness. It is absolutely impossible for him to let go of the Dugu family at this moment, and he can still be his with peace of mind. Commander of the Praetorian Guard.

In fact, he had expected such a result, but he was still a little sad when it really came.

When he was acting in the emperor's drama before, what he heard the most was that the king is ruthless and lonely. At that time, he only regarded the lines as exaggerated and didn't care. Now he can barely understand the true meaning.

But he didn't regret it, and he would still do it again.

……

The snow-white letter paper was delivered to him respectfully, and there were only four ink characters written on the paper: Li Yuan has been executed.

Yan Jingbai raised the corners of his lips silently. Although he was willing to let Li Shimin go back, it was not for nothing, and the price was Li Yuan's life!

Li Yuan is the leader of the Li Clan and the father of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. Although he is not very good and has little ability, he is the only one who can hold down the Li brothers.

With him in the Li clan, they must unite as one. Yan Jingbai wanted the Li clan to have more strength to rebel, but he didn't want to encounter obstacles in cleaning up in the future, that would be shooting himself in the foot. He would not do such stupid things.

Now that Li Yuan is dead, although Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng will unite temporarily because of hatred, but after a long time, there is no need for him to send someone to provoke, because the two people's personalities will definitely fall out.

The fate of people is doomed, and the Xuanwu Gate incident is a serious event that happened in the past.

Yan Jingbai smiled, he is not in a hurry!