"Yes, sir!"
Yuchi Gong immediately understood, and his eyes lit up. He gathered the 3,000 imperial guards under his command and divided them into two groups. One group followed him into the palace to "protect the Emperor", and the other group was sent to attack the Eastern Palace.
At this moment, Li Shiming's men were active all over the Imperial City. Once the Black Tortoise Sect succeeded, it would be time to launch a general attack!
The two groups of people left in two different directions, leaving behind only one or two hundred soldiers and corpses on the ground. The blood had already gathered into a river.
However, no one cared about this. To them who had been through many battles, this scene was already commonplace.
"The situation was urgent just now and I couldn't speak for a moment. I still don't know your name, little brother?”
Li Shi Min waved his hand and ordered his soldiers to clean up the battlefield. Since the matter was settled, he returned to his normal expression and cupped his hands.
At this moment, he was still not the all-powerful Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. He still had a few traces of Jianghu and battlefield aura. He had only spoken a few words before he began to call him brother.
"Little brother, your head…"
Xu Chen muttered. Although he was a transmigrator and had no relationship with Li Er, he was his son by blood!
He felt a little uncomfortable being called little brother.
"My name is Xu Chen. I'm a mountain villager with no family background.”
Xu Chen said frankly.
He started to wander around when he was four or five years old. He wandered all the way from Taiyuan to Chang 'an and lived in a village outside the city. He grew up eating a hundred families' meals. He could be said to be a very standard villager. In the Tang Dynasty, he was commonly known as the " farmer."
"Oh? Brother is not a noble?"
Li Shi Min was a bit surprised. He looked at Xu Chen up and down again and asked,
"Brother, your martial arts are so powerful. Could it be that an expert taught you?”
Not to mention that superb martial arts, even with this golden armor, he would not believe that this kid was a villager!
Even for the royal family, it would not be easy to create such a set of equipment, right?
"No…Uh, my master has already passed away. The golden armor I'm wearing was passed down by my ancestors. It's been hundreds of years since then.”
Xu Chen was about to deny it, but after thinking about it, he agreed.
With a fake master and sect, everything seemed much easier to explain. Anyway, the ancients were superstitious, and all unreasonable things could be pushed over.
"I see. I think your sect should be an ancient immortal sect to nurture such a prodigy.”
Li Shi Min sighed and started to flatter. This bootlicking was really comfortable.
He paused for a moment, and his eyes lit up. He looked at Xu Chen and said earnestly,
"Brother, you helped me achieve great things today and killed the Crown Prince and King Qi. This is a great contribution! I just said that whoever kills the Crown Prince will be granted the title of Marquis!”
"I, Li Shiming, am serious. I will now confer upon you the title of…"
"Hey, wait a minute!"
Before Li Er could finish, Xu Chen shrugged and smiled. He pointed in the direction of Taiji Palace and said,
"You haven't become the emperor yet. Even if you were to be conferred a title, it would be for nothing. Let's talk about it after you ascend the throne. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first.”
Originally, he had planned to watch the show today. If Li Shiming hadn't encountered a life and death crisis, he wouldn't have bothered to come down and show his face.
To be a villager in the village, to let the villagers have enough to eat, wear warm clothes, connect to the running water, and use light bulbs…Cough, cough, that's too far away.
In any case, this was what he liked. The court was too complicated, and he did not want to get involved in this muddy water for the time being.
After saying that, he put away the golden sword and dart in his hand. Before Li Shiming could react, he had already jumped a few times and disappeared outside the palace wall.
"Hey, brother, brother!"
Li Shi Min was so anxious that he wanted to chase after Xu Chen, but his chest suddenly twitched. He crouched down in pain, and when he looked up again, Xu Chen was nowhere to be seen.
"There is actually such a strange man in this world…"
He muttered a few words and carefully recalled the scene just now. He seemed to have an inexplicable sense of familiarity with Xu Chen. The face that appeared in his mind made his heart palpitate.
Could it be that he had seen this person before? Impossible, how could he not have any impression of her at all?
Shaking his head, Li Shi Min didn't want to think about this anymore. This was a critical moment, and he couldn't afford to be distracted. He became the invincible King of Qin again and ordered calmly,
"Pass down my orders. Tell Zhangsun Wuji, Hou Junji, and the others to take control of the entire palace. Qin Qiongcheng is going to attack the Eastern Palace and Martial Virtue Hall!”
" In addition, he said that under the Emperor's secret order, he will deploy the left and right 16 guards to maintain the stability of Chang 'an Fortress. They are not allowed to disturb the people. If there is a mutiny, they will be suppressed immediately!”
"I'll personally enter the palace to meet the Saint!"
With his command, all the troops of Prince Qin's Mansion were mobilized immediately. Everything was done in an orderly manner and the entire Chang 'an Fortress was under his control!
At the same time, Yuchi Gong, who was covered in blood, had already entered Taiji Palace. He held a long saber in his hand and rushed in front of Li Yuan!
At this moment, Li Yuan was still playing chess with Pei Ji. Although he felt something in his heart, when he saw the menacing Yuchi Gong, his hand trembled and the chess piece fell. He forced himself to calm down and said,
"I heard the battle cries outside the door…Who is the one causing trouble today? Why are you here?"
Pei Ji and Xiao Yu, who were beside him, were also frightened by Yuchi Gong's killing intent. The two of them did not even dare to breathe loudly.
"The Crown Prince and King Qi conspired to rebel and mobilized 5,000 imperial guards to Xuanwu Sect. Fortunately, His Highness the King of Qin discovered it and led his troops to suppress it. His Highness was worried about Your Majesty's safety and sent me to the palace to protect you.”
Yuchi Gong looked straight at Li Yuan and said confidently without blushing.
"You…"
A hint of anger and regret appeared in Li Yuan's eyes, but he had no idea what to do when faced with Yuchi Gong's attempt to force him to abdicate. He looked at Pei Ji and asked,
"Things have developed to this point. What should we do?”
He really did not expect such an outcome. That sentence kept echoing in his mind:
The Crown Prince and King Qi had all been killed!
Her two sons were gone just like that?
"I think the Crown Prince, King Qi, was jealous of the King of Qin's contributions and hatched a conspiracy to attack first. Fortunately, the King of Qin's divine might suppressed them. Now that the King of Qin has made great contributions, if Your Majesty makes him the Crown Prince, it will be a blessing for the country!”
Pei Ji glanced at Yuchi Gong, gritted his teeth, and could only say so.
Xiao Yu also echoed.
"That's…good."
Li Yuan let out a long sigh and nodded in agreement. Tears had already welled up in the corners of his eyes.
What else could he do? Erlang, oh Erlang, you're so ruthless!
"There are still soldiers in the Eastern Palace who are rebelling. Your Majesty, please give the order for all the troops inside and outside the city to obey the unified command of the King of Qin so that the rebellion can be quelled as soon as possible!”
Yuchi Gong cupped his hands and said with an ice-cold expression.
He was forcing Li Yuan to hand over his military power!
"Alright, draft the decree."
After Li Yuan said this, he collapsed on the chair, unable to muster any strength.
On the fourth day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Wude, the King of Qin, Li Shimin, killed the Crown Prince, King Qi, at Xuanwu Gate and obtained the military power of the world!
Three days later, he was conferred the title of Crown Prince. Two months later, he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself Emperor. Li Yuan was honored as the Retired Emperor.
The reign of Zhenguan began!
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