When Shen Yi rushed to the imperial city, the three generals of the Huai'an army were there.
At this time, there was another scene in the imperial city of Yandu. Some eunuchs and maids who had not had time to escape were rushed to the corners by the Huai'an army soldiers and guarded. They were all huddled in the corners, trembling all over.
Ling Su and others followed Shen Yi and said as they walked: "Mr. Shen, these are the palace residents who escaped from the palace. At this time, the palace gate has been breached, and Emperor Qi has been surrounded in the Xiude Hall. There are only a few The eunuchs and dozens of forbidden troops are inside. If you want to get in, you can break in at any time."
Having said this, Ling Su paused and continued: "Originally, last night, we could have rushed in to get people, but the people inside said they wanted to see you, Mr. Shen, otherwise they would just set fire to the Xiude Palace. Subordinates I thought it would be better to capture Emperor Hu alive than to die, so I didn't rush in."
Shen Yi rubbed his brows and said helplessly: "I really haven't slept well in the past few days. I rarely found a place to rest yesterday, so I couldn't help but sleep a little."
As Master Shen walked away, he said, "I should have come here last night."
Xue Wei on the side smiled carelessly and said: "Mr. Shen, it's time for you to take a good rest. The Emperor of Northern Qi was indeed a person in the past, but now, there is nothing special about it. It's not worth disturbing your rest."
Shen Yi turned back and glared at him, and said in a low voice: "This is the emperor recognized by the world. Don't talk nonsense until your majesty has punished him."
The Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty has been one of the most recognized emperors in the world for more than seventy years, and can even be said to be the "Great Emperor".
The one to the south is the little emperor.
Up to now, Shen Yi's status is transcendent. Xue Wei compared the emperor of a country with him, and said that the emperor of a country is not as important as Shen Yi's sleep. When the news spread to Jiankang, those trolls in the Yushitai who would complain whenever they found an opportunity would definitely not I would pass up this opportunity.
Xue Wei was most afraid of Shen Yi. Seeing Mr. Shen glare at him, he quickly shrank his head and did not dare to speak.
While talking, the group of people had already arrived at the main entrance of Xiude Hall. Shen Yi raised his head and looked at this hall, which has a similar function to the Kangdeqing Hall, and then glanced at Su Ding.
General Su immediately understood. He strode forward and said loudly to the palace: "Listen to the puppet emperor inside, our commander Chen has arrived. Open the door of the palace as soon as possible and surrender. Otherwise, after a cup of tea, Wang Shi will rush in and bring down the sky." Wei, none of you can survive!"
After Su Ding shouted so loudly, there was silence in the Xiude Hall, and there was no response for a long time.
Xue Wei lost his patience and cursed: "You ungrateful thing! Mr. Shen, I will personally lead people to rush in and get him!"
Before he finished speaking, the door of Xiude Hall slowly opened.
After a while, an old eunuch in his fifties or sixties came out. The old eunuch carefully walked down the steps and came to everyone. He glanced at everyone and said, "Which one is Shen Yi?"
Mr. Shen looked calm: "I am."
The old eunuch looked Shen Yi up and down, then lowered his head and said, "Mr. Shen, my emperor, please come in and talk."
Shen Yi did not answer, but silently raised his head and looked at Xiude Hall.
The old eunuch's voice was neither sad nor happy: "The palace door has been opened. Mr. Shen can send someone in to clean it up."
Shen Yi nodded slightly and looked at Ling Su: "General Ling should do things safely. Take people in for a walk, bring out those who should be brought out, and try not to be rude to Emperor Qi."
"yes."
Ling Su lowered his head slightly, then waved his hand and led a hundred-household camp into the Xiude Hall.
After about a stick of incense, he brought out more than twenty palace officials and dozens of guards from the Xiude Palace. They were all locked up with ropes and escorted out.
Ling Su walked up to Shen Yi, lowered his head and said, "Mr. Shen, Emperor Qi is the only one left in the palace."
Shen Yi nodded silently, turned around and whispered a few words to Su Ding, then raised his head and walked towards Xiude Hall.
Xue Wei strode forward: "Mr. Shen, I will go in with you."
Shen Yi shook his head and said: "No, don't you still worry about General Ling?"
Xue Wei looked at Ling Su, who took a deep breath and said, "The Emperor Qi's face is extremely poor. It seems that he is not going to die soon. There are no sharp weapons in the palace, and there is absolutely no danger."
Xue Wei thought for a while and then gave up.
Shen Yi entered the palace alone.
At this time, the dragon chair in the main hall had been vacated. Emperor Zhaowu was not in the front hall. Shen Yi put his hands behind his back and quickly came to the back hall of Xiude Hall. On a soft couch in the back hall, he saw Zhaowu emperor.
Emperor Zhaowu was only a little over thirty years old, but now his face was even a little haggard, and he looked very old. At first glance, he looked like he was in his forties.
Shen Yi found a chair by himself, sat in front of Emperor Zhaowu, and then looked at the emperor seriously.
Neither of the two people spoke.
Emperor Zhaowu was also looking at Shen Yi. After a while, he said in a slightly hoarse voice: "You came in too fast."
"I thought you wanted to take a closer look at the dragon chair in the front hall."
Mr. Shen was startled, and then he laughed dumbly: "Not everyone desperately wants to sit in that position. I am very different from Your Majesty. I am not very interested in that position, and I will not kill for that position like Your Majesty." Brother kills brother."
There was no expression on Emperor Zhaowu's face, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
"I am here to kill the traitors, not my brothers."
After saying this, he looked at Shen Yi and suddenly a smile appeared on his face: "Shen Qi, I don't believe you are not moved at all."
"At this time, you just need to go to the front hall. You don't need to speak or do anything. You just need to sit on that chair. Those people under your hands will immediately lift you to that position. Go up."
He stared at Shen Yi with his eyes: "Taizu Shen sounds much nicer than Lord Shen, right?"
Shen Yi still looked calm: "If His Majesty wants to tell me this, then we don't need to continue talking."
Mr. Shen stood up silently and said calmly: "I asked them to come in and get someone."
"They can't take me."
Emperor Zhaowu coughed twice violently, almost coughing up blood. Then he looked up at Shen Yi, blood dripping from the corners of his mouth: "You can't take me either."
"and…"
Emperor Zhaowu took a breath before continuing: "Sit down, I have many questions that I want to ask you."
Shen Yi thought for a while, sat down again, and looked at Emperor Zhaowu at leisure.
"Why the Northern Expedition?"
Emperor Zhaowu looked at Shen Yi's face and asked, "Shen Qi, why do you want to go to the Northern Expedition?"
This question stopped Shen Yi.
He thought seriously for a while and then replied: "At first, Shen wanted to go to the north because we have been at odds between the north and the south for many years. This battle is unavoidable. Either we will fight you, or you will go south and fight us in the future."
"But I have to admit that the main reason why I mentioned this matter at that time was that I, Emperor Chen, wanted to go to the Northern Expedition."
"At that time, the word Northern Expedition was just a castle in the air for Da Chen. I advocated the Northern Expedition not because of the Northern Expedition, but to have a step forward."
Mr. Shen paused for a moment and laughed at himself: "But now that I think about it, Emperor Chen didn't necessarily use me for the Northern Expedition."
At that time, Yang Jingzong was still in the court, and the Zhao clan was still a major concern for Chen.
Emperor Hong De probably didn't want to do the Northern Expedition at that time. To him, the Northern Expedition was more like a slogan that he could shout. His main role in using Shen Yi was to express his tough attitude to the court, thereby flattening Yang Jingzong's faction. conservative old minister.
"But later, things changed."
Shen Yi looked up at Emperor Zhaowu and said faintly: "Later, I was forced by the situation to take over the Huai'an section of the Huaihe defense line. I fought several battles with your Qi army and luckily won a few small victories against you."
"But just because of a few defeats, a big shot in the Qi army massacred hundreds of Han households on the north bank of the Huaihe River, killed good people and took credit for their victory, and reported victory to the Northern Qi court."
Mr. Shen looked at Emperor Zhaowu and said word by word: "After learning about this, I have determined to complete the Northern Expedition in my lifetime!"
"One day, I will step into the city of Yandu like today."
Emperor Zhaowu just looked at Shen Yi for a long time. He seemed to want to laugh, but also wanted to cry, and his expression became very strange.
"Is that why?"
"Yes, that's why."
Mr. Shen stood in front of Emperor Zhaowu with his hands behind his back: "When Shen was a boy, he made up his mind to promote the pure and stir up the turbid. At that time, when he read history books, he knew that the real Zhu Li seventy years ago was a group of crazy beasts."
"After leading the Huai'an Army, I saw with my own eyes and knew that the real Zhu Li today is no different from that of more than seventy years ago!"
"What's even more outrageous is that the great figure of the Northern Qi Dynasty who killed good people and took credit for his crimes, and who had no conscience, ascended to the throne two years later and became the supreme emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty."
Shen Yi took a deep breath: "Do you think I should make the Northern Expedition?"
A smile finally appeared on Emperor Zhaowu's face. He laughed heartily, beat the bed with his hands, and laughed with tears in his eyes. He laughed very sadly.
"Is that why?"
Emperor Zhaowu felt that Shen Yi was a little naive, and there was something ridiculous about it.
But this naive and ridiculous young man has now entered the city of Yandu. In just a few years, he has almost eaten the entire Daqi.
After laughing for a while, Emperor Zhaowu wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and seemed to be crying: "Shen Qi, go back and check how many generals you have killed in Nanchen over the years!"
"Are you also going to stir up the turmoil and mobilize the troops to take down Jiankang?"
"You are such a..."
Emperor Zhaowu gritted his teeth: "What a bastard! Bastard!"
"How could a person like you be born in heaven and earth!"
Emperor Zhaowu clenched his fists with both hands, and his whole body was shaking with anger: "Are you a human or not?"
"There shouldn't be a bastard like you in this world!"
Shen Yi was startled when he heard this, and then said slowly: "Yes, there shouldn't be people like me in this world."
"But since I'm here, I have to do something I think I should do."
The meaning of Shen Yi's words now is completely different from the meaning of Emperor Zhaowu's words.
However, Emperor Zhaowu would never understand this.
Shen Yi looked at him and asked a question: "Why don't you leave?"
Emperor Zhaowu sneered: "In order to forge an everlasting feud! In order to give an explanation to our ancestors!"
Shen Yi nodded, indicating that he understood.
He turned to look outside and said loudly: "Invite a few imperial doctors in."
Emperor Zhaowu looked at Shen Yi doubtfully: "Shen Qi, what are you going to do?"
"Cure your majesty's poison."
Mr. Shen looked at Emperor Zhaowu with some doubts: "Your Majesty, did you not take poison?"
Emperor Zhaowu's expression changed greatly. He held the edge of the bed with his hands and tried to support his body. He stood up from the bed, gritted his teeth, stumbled and hit the pillars in the palace.
Shen Yi strode forward, grabbed Emperor Zhaowu's back clothes, and then threw him back on the bed lightly.
At this time, Shen Yi was very strong, and Emperor Zhaowu, who had become so thin that he was out of shape, had no room to resist in front of him.
Emperor Zhaowu was thrown onto the bed by him. His eyes were red with anger and he was gnashing his teeth.