Chapter 51: Will the Grand Commander still want to escape?
Chapter 51: Will the Grand Commander still want to escape? (Additional chapter for the leader of the Golden Horn Peninsula)
Emperor Sima Zhong sat behind the imperial desk with a pale face, and Empress Yang Xianrong served him at his side.
Shizhong Qin Zhun, Huangmen Shilang Pan Tao, Sanqi Changshi Lüqiu Chong and other officials of varying ranks were also present, with their brows lowered and eyes lowered, like puppets.
The atmosphere in the hall is quite depressing.
Everyone knew what was going to happen today. Some of the timid ones even glanced at the dragon-patterned screen behind the emperor—they were not interested in the screen, but in the soldiers hiding behind it.
In the side halls on the left and right sides, there are dozens of warriors fully armed and well-equipped, waiting for the order to do something big. How can they not be afraid? If a real fight breaks out, swords and knives have no mercy and accidental injuries are not impossible.
Who wouldn’t feel upset when faced with such bad luck?
But we have to drag in some officials to make things look more formal. What a pity!
Shao Xun hid behind the screen, his breathing slightly rapid.
He wasn't feeling scared; his shortness of breath was due to excitement.
Yes, it was time to do something big. Shao Xun had fallen into a morbid excitement.
At his feet were a well-strung bow, a quiver, a ring-handled sword and a heavy sword, ready for use at any time.
As soon as the signal comes, he can jump out, capture Sima Yi and complete the mission.
He is very confident about this.
In order to calm his slightly excited mood, he had to force himself to divert his attention and imagine the graceful figure of Queen Yang Xianrong.
The Queen was in front of him, separated by a screen.
I can still smell a faint fragrance at the tip of my nose.
Maybe it's an illusion caused by hormones.
The seventeen-year-old boy's hormone secretion is so vigorous that at this moment, he dares to fantasize about the most noble woman in the world.
What a bold killer!
He has no authority in his eyes. He dares to kill anyone and sleep with women of all statuses. If given the chance, I'm afraid he will turn the world upside down.
Yang Bao was standing nearby, looking at Shao Xun timidly.
Some things, although they happened a long time ago, are still fresh in my memory.
Shao Dubo is still normal now, but who knows what he will be like when he starts killing people.
Yang Bao was really a little scared. He was covered in blood, like a devil from hell. His eyes looked like he wanted to eat people, and there seemed to be a hint of blood red in them.
Damn it, Du Bo, wake up and be normal, okay?
Du Bo seemed to feel his gaze and glared at him fiercely, signaling him to behave himself.
Yang Bao lowered his head and gripped the hilt of the knife, his knuckles turning white with nervousness.
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The sky became increasingly gloomy, as if a storm was brewing.
Sima Yi sighed.
As the enemy pressed closer and closer, it became less convenient to go out to collect firewood. Next, they would inevitably destroy public and private houses for firewood, which would offend others.
If you think about it carefully, he has done too many things that offended people recently.
One of them was to conscript servants from wealthy families.
The second is excessive taxation and extortion.
The third is to reduce food rations.
The fourth was that a number of officials were either killed or imprisoned because of suspicion.
As for problems like water shortage, people have been offended very early on.
Why is it so difficult to do something?
Your Majesty is ignorant. It's already this late and you still need consolation. Do I need your consolation?
The strong wind swept across the earth, causing pain in people's eyebrows and eyes.
Sima Yi quickly arrived in front of the main hall, and all the palace maids and guards saluted him.
He didn't even bother to take a look, and walked straight into the hall surrounded by his followers.
"Your Majesty..." Sima Yi had just said one word when the palace door behind him was closed.
There were also hurried footsteps and shouts coming from outside.
"Huh?" Sima Yi was stunned at first, then he figured something out, looked at the emperor Sima Zhong, and angrily said, "You dare?!"
Sima Zhong's face turned pale and his whole body was shaking like a sieve.
I don't want to, but do I have a choice?
The Minister Qin Zhun stood up immediately, unfolded an imperial edict, and recited: "I am young and ignorant, and I have inherited the imperial throne..."
This seemed to be a signal, and immediately in the side halls on both sides, there were chaotic footsteps and the sound of swords being drawn.
"Guard the Grand Commander!" Two followers drew their swords and stood in front of Sima Yi.
Shangguan turned around and tried to open the palace door, but the door did not move at all. He was so anxious that he broke out in a sweat.
"Hurry, go forward to welcome the emperor." Diao Xie pointed his finger and said loudly.
Sima Yi came to his senses, drew his sword, and stepped forward quickly.
His followers ran faster than him and rushed straight towards the emperor.
"Swoosh!" A long arrow flew through the air and a muffled groan sounded beside Sima Yi.
He did not stop, and rushed towards the imperial desk with gnashing teeth. The sword shone coldly, as if someone was about to be killed by the sword.
The emperor was so frightened that he hid under the imperial desk and said in a trembling voice: "Don't blame me, don't blame me!"
Queen Yang Xianrong turned around and ran behind the screen. "Save me!" She stumbled over.
Shao Xun put down his bow and picked up his heavy sword, his eyes sparkling with excitement. He even said, "Don't be afraid!" when he passed by the queen.
A streak of sword light fell from the sky. Sima Yi, the follower in the front, subconsciously swung his sword to block it, but the heavy sword was powerful and slashed down with force, directly hitting his chest, and then slashed horizontally, and blood gushed out.
"Kill!" Yang Bao rushed out from the other side, waving a ring-handled knife, and met one of Sima Yi's followers.
But as soon as the fight started, Yang Bao was chopped to the ground.
Shao Xun took a step forward and slashed down with his heavy sword. The follower who had just knocked down Yang Bao was horribly wounded from the shoulder to the chest and abdomen. His screams were so earth-shaking that they almost overturned the beams of the palace.
Sima Yi had already rushed forward, thrusting his sword forward.
Shao Xun relied on his iron armor to withstand the attack for a while, then drew his sword back to kill.
Sima Yi met his eyes and was frightened.
What a pair of eyes those were, all kinds of negative emotions such as ferocity and bloodthirstiness gathered in them. When staring at him, it was as if he was looking at a pig or sheep, thinking about where to cut.
He gave up the fight, turned around and ran away.
"Whoosh!" As the heavy sword swung down, Sima Yi seemed to feel a chill coming straight to the back of his head.
He quickly rushed behind a pillar and looked up, only to see warriors rushing out from the left and right side halls killing people wantonly.
The staff and entourage were in a panic.
Some people were walking around, looking for a place to hide.
Someone shouted a great victory, but strangely, no one knew where the guards had gone.
Some people rushed towards the column. They didn't think too much and just subconsciously wanted to protect their lord.
"Swoosh! Whoosh!" The bowstrings sounded and arrows flew across the sky.
Among the warriors there were archers, who were leisurely aiming at the sword-carrying followers running around and easily shooting them.
In just a short moment, several people fell to the ground.
But those soldiers armed with spears or ring-handled swords are even more brutal!
"Kill! Kill happily!" Chen Yougen's face was ferocious. He led ten young men with swords and shields and killed three followers in an instant.
Huang Biao led twenty spearmen, working in groups of two or three, and easily took several lives.
"Hey! The commander-in-chief is here, how dare you rebel!" The last follower was forced to have nowhere to escape and shouted in despair.
"Puff!" Wang Que'er handed over the spear in his hand without any hesitation.
The follower screamed and fell to the ground.
"I am from the Xun family of Yingchuan..." The military officer Xun Sui was surrounded by several young men. Unable to escape, he talked about his family background and said in a trembling voice.
"Puff! Puff!" Several spears stabbed at them, but the young men's movements did not stop at all and were not disturbed at all.
Xun Sui collapsed to the ground in disbelief, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.
"Enough! Just arrest the man." Huang Biao stepped out of the crowd and gave the order.
All the followers who entered the palace with Sima Yi had been slaughtered. The rest were all staff members who were powerless and there was no need to kill them.
As for Sima Yi himself, he stood blankly behind the column, sword in hand, the tip of the sword trembling slightly, revealing the master's mood.
"Swoosh!" An arrow flew out and scattered his hair.
Shao Xun picked up the bow again, drew out the second arrow, pointed at Sima Yi, and asked calmly: "Grand Commander, are you going to flee again?"
Sima Yi looked pale.
I don't know whose blood splashed on my face, but it slowly flowed into my neck, icy cold.
Chen Yougen waved his hand, and several young men rushed forward, took down Sima Yi's weapons, and pinned him to the ground.
"…The traitor Sima Yi was violent and violent, coveting the sacred artifacts, and intending to seize the throne…" Sima Yi was captured before the imperial edict of Qin Zhun, the Palace Attendant, was finished reading.
The emperor was still hiding under the imperial desk, trembling.
In just a moment, it seemed as if a bloody rain had fallen in the hall, and even the dragon robe was soaked.
Queen Yang Xianrong fell to the ground.
Shao Xun, who had come back to get his bow, stood beside her.
The flashing of swords and the bloody slaughter just now made her dizzy. Her head was still buzzing. All kinds of thoughts came to her mind one after another, and finally they converged into one sentence: "Don't be afraid!"
She seemed to have regained some strength, stood up silently, dusted off the non-existent dust, then walked to the imperial desk and led the emperor out.
"…Now I will strip him of his title and territory, take them back to Jinyong, and never use them again for the rest of his life. This will be announced throughout the country and abroad so that everyone will know my intention." Qin Zhun finally finished reading the edict.
"Clang!" Shangguan Si threw his sword on the ground and knelt down.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the other officials of the Yi government also fell to their knees with tears streaming down their faces.
(End of this chapter)