Chapter 615 Aren't You Afraid of Bearing the Infamy of Conspiring to Usurp the throne?
Chapter 615
"Yuanwendu?" Chen Zhi was slightly startled, and immediately understood that this was the important minister who had left the Eastern Capital alone and returned to Luocang City to persuade His Highness the King of Wei to submit to the court.
"He came here alone. Why doesn't he take us brothers seriously?"
A general beside Chen Zhilue saw Yuan Wendu riding alone, standing tall and proud. He was annoyed, drew his sword and rode on, and wanted to go forward and chop the old man into pieces.
"Come back!" Chen Zhilue scolded him fiercely, called the man back, and then ordered to the brothers beside him.
"Come here, hurry up and report to King Wei that Yuan Wen has arrived and wants to see him."
"And you, no one is allowed to hurt him without my order."
After hearing this, several of them were eager to try and kill Yuan Wendu, an important minister of the Eastern Capital. The generals who had made some meritorious deeds could only suppress their killing intent angrily.
Yuan Wendu sat on his horse and glanced at the murderous soldiers and horses of Wagang Village. He moved his eyes upward and saw the shattered palace gate.
There was also blood flowing slowly and freely from top to bottom on the palace wall. Yuan Wendu's wrinkled old hands tightly grasped the handle of the knife at his waist.
He was not kept waiting for too long, and soon, dozens of riders came galloping towards him.
"Where is Yuan Wendu?" The young man at the head glanced at Yuan Wendu, who had gray hair and beard, rather contemptuously, and shouted knowingly.
"I am here to ask for an audience with His Highness the King of Wei." Yuan Wendu naturally did not care about such a provocation and replied in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.
The young man snorted, turned his head and saluted Chen Zhilue.
"Please also ask General Chen to make way for me. I will take him to see the King of Wei on the order of the King of Wei."
Soon, the dozen or so cavalry surrounded Yuan Wendu in the center, and then followed the road given by the soldiers and horses of Wagangzhai, directly through Zuoye Gate, and entered the imperial city.
Li Mi was currently on a temporarily built high platform. Behind him stood the banner of King Wei, and beside him stood 20,000 elite men of Wagang Village in bright uniforms.
In front of them was the palace wall, which was far lower than the imperial city wall. The height was only a little over ten feet. At this moment, many of the imperial soldiers on the city's head were in disarray, and even had injuries on their bodies.
Li Mi could see the pale and helpless faces, and beside him stood a rather proud newly promoted Zuowuwei general Li Lie.
This is his distant cousin, who was also a Qianniu bodyguard under the young emperor Yang Tong.
It was precisely because of his cooperation inside and outside that Li Mi was able to capture the imperial city in a very short time.
Except for a few Imperial City Imperial Guardsmen who were able to retreat into the palace city, at least nearly two thousand Imperial Guardsmen were blocked outside the palace gates that were closed first.
As a result of the actions of the Miyagi garrison, the morale of the two thousand Imperial Guards outside the Miyagi City was greatly reduced, and they surrendered to Li Mi almost without any resistance.
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As for Li Lie, he was promoted directly because of this and became General Zuowuwei of Wagang Village.
At this moment, below, some people with loud voices were shouting towards the city. The general idea of the shouts was:
The old thief Duan Da, Zhao Changwen and other traitors plotted to assassinate His Highness the King of Wei, but were captured by the astute King Wei.
He also wrote a confession and committed suicide in shame.
Among the traitors involved was the prepared general Wen Yuan. The King of Wei was afraid that His Majesty would be controlled by these rebellious officials and traitors, and worried about His Majesty's safety. As a last resort, he entered the palace and killed Wen Yuan...
"He is so shameless and really despicable. He is just confusing right and wrong..." General Tian Chashen, who was standing on the top of the palace wall, looked livid and was trembling with anger.
However, so what if everyone knows the truth, now Li Mi is powerful and has troops approaching the city.
Maybe if I really want to stand up and refute General Wen, not only will it not have any effect, but it will annoy the soldiers and horses of Wagangzhai under the palace wall who are looking at him.
If he provoked them to directly attack the palace city, then he would be committing a grave sin.
Therefore, before His Majesty arrived, he could only endure it and remind his brothers to guard the palace wall and not let the Wagang Village bandits get too close.
"Lord, Yuan Wen is here..." A general quickly came to Li Mi and reported respectfully.
"Please come quickly." Li Mi calmly raised his eyebrows and ordered calmly.
In a short time, Yuan Wendu was escorted under the high platform by the more than ten personal guards around Li Mi.
Li Mi stood up and signaled to the people around him to let Yuan Wendu step onto the high platform. Then he saluted Yuan Wendu with a solemn expression.
"Yuan Nayan, I wanted to find you before, but in order to quell the chaos in the palace, I really don't have time."
"Since Yuan Nayan is here, I would like to persuade the imperial guards in the palace to ask His Majesty to come quickly, so that I can report this incident to His Majesty."
Yuan Wendu looked at Li Mi, the king of Wei, who was full of hypocrisy in front of him, and raised the corner of his mouth in a far-fetched way.
"King Wei, if you do this, aren't you afraid of being accused of plotting to usurp the throne?"
"You are good at killing important court officials, forcing troops to attack the palace, and staining the palace with blood. This kind of behavior is seen by everyone in the world."
"If you stop now, it might still be too late."
After hearing Yuan Wendu's words, all the civil and military officials behind Li Mi changed their expressions. Only after seeing Li Guan's gesture did they restrain themselves from yelling.
At this moment, stop and pull the wool over. There are ninety-nine turns. Is it possible to just step on the brakes before this last turn?
Wait until the trembling little emperor, who is still in the palace, regains the initiative and chops us all into pieces, right?
Li Mi looked at Yuan Wendu, who was loyal to the little emperor and the little court, and could speak generously to himself, and admired him quite a lot.
How great would it be if you could have a few such ministers under your command?
Li Mi, who had a passion for materials, sighed softly, stood with his hands behind his hands, and looked in the direction of the palace city, beyond the palace wall, to the roof of the palace behind the palace wall, where was his final goal.
"The Qing Dynasty will self-purify itself, and Gu did this out of necessity. If it weren't for Duan Da, Zhao Changwen, Huangfu Wuyi and other despicable and vicious people who intended to harm Gu, why would Gu have to go to war with His Majesty?"
"What I hate most in my life is the person who stabs me in the back."
"There are so many important ministers around your Majesty who are plotting to harm Yu Gu, but your Majesty turns a blind eye and hears nothing."
"If I don't come and ask Your Majesty personally, who knows what kind of changes will happen in the future."
Having said this, Li Mi raised his hand and pointed. "If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about the countless loyal ministers and generals who are loyal to you, the hundreds of thousands of tigers..."
Facing the eloquent Li Mi, Yuan Wen didn't think it would be useful to continue talking nonsense with him.
"King Wei, please tell me what you want to do."
"It's very simple. There are only two things. I want your majesty to make an oath with me not to harm each other. I want your majesty to entrust the defense of the Eastern Capital to Gu, so that I will not be restricted by others anymore."
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