Chapter 709: When Zhao Ji woke up, only Gao Qingtian was left among his confidants.
"Commander Han, this is Jia Xiang's head, look at it!"
Gao Qiu climbed up the tower, cut off Jia Xiang's head with his own hands, and chopped it several times. His hands were trembling and his legs were trembling.
But when he saw Han Heng, Ban Zhi's commander, he calmed down.
Because the other person is also trembling.
Such a tall and burly man looked as if he was sick. You could see the strong sense of uneasiness even in his armor.
Jia Xiang died, Dong Ping died, and all the trusted servants under his command were wiped out.
This was an impromptu and hastily planned assassination, but it failed.
But obviously, things are not over yet.
Because what Gao Qiu shouted before was: "Jia Xiang, the internal minister, went to Yang Jian, Lan Congxi and other party members colluded with Xixia, set fire to kill officials, and plotted rebellion. Gao Qiu is here, and all the soldiers followed me into the ban to protect the officials."
, kill the eunuchs!"
Killing one is not enough!
Killing two is not enough!
How many kills are enough? I'm afraid even Gao Qiu won't be able to decide if they really kill...
That's why Han Heng was trembling so violently. This was another coup!
He never dared to do something like a coup once and for all. He deeply hated how he could be so greedy for profit at that time that he wanted to follow King Jian's success in serving the dragon. As a result, he was now stuck in the mud and could not escape. Looking at Jia Xiang's dead head again,
He immediately sighed: "One wrong step, one wrong step after another!"
Gao Qiu thought he was trying to persuade him, and his face darkened: "Commander Han, you have to think clearly, these geldings dare to collude with enemy traitors, what else do they not dare to do?"
"Once Jia Xiang dies, the other eunuchs will inevitably die in grief and go to stir up trouble in front of the officials. Not to mention us foreign ministers, even your Ban Zhi who guards the palace will have to confuse right and wrong and suffer unjust injustice?
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Han Heng calmed down his emotions and hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "Please rest assured, Gao Ti, the matter is over. I am willing to obey the orders, but Yang Jian and Lan Congxi are both in the palace. After they receive the news, if they call other Banzhi guards,
How can we, as a group of people, resist it?"
Gao Qiu subconsciously went to find Mr. Lin, and soon Hua Rong came to him and whispered. He immediately had an idea in his mind and sneered: "Just lure them here. Jia Xiang, a gelded dog, can do this. When I
Wouldn’t it?”
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"What! Did Jia Abban kill Gao Qiu?"
Lan Congxi was sure that Zhao Ji had gone to bed, and just after he left the palace, he heard the news like a bolt from the blue.
His face was pale and he was confused for a moment. After calming down, he immediately went to Yang Jian for discussion.
Yang Jian was very surprised when he heard this, but he was not worried at all: "This Gao Qiu is against us. It doesn't matter if he is killed. Now the official family will have no other confidants. He must trust us wholeheartedly in the future!"
Lan Congxi was so angry that he almost yelled: "The official is the emperor! Who else can be used by the emperor? We have harmed Gao Qiu, and the official will never allow it. Killing the old ministers of Qiandi is to ride on the emperor."
On him...this is not the former Tang Dynasty, we have no military power!"
Yang Jian still did not panic: "We have no military power, but the official throne is not stable. Since ancient times, how can there be an emperor who kills his mother? It was the two of us who took him out of Funing Palace that night. Now we and other cronies are all over the palace.
He doesn't dare to do anything to us."
Lan Congxi sighed: "The matter of matricide is a knife on our necks. I hope it doesn't happen. Looking at the official's greed for pleasure, we can also get ahead, so why bother with each other?" Checks and balances? Oh, can the internal servants and the emperor check and balance the emperor? Of course he is afraid of losing the throne, but we will lose our lives!"
Yang Jian frowned and said: "Then what should we do now? Jia Xiang has already killed Gao Qiu. It's good for him. King Jian's coup failed, but this matter was done quickly and ruthlessly! This is to kill first and then report. Kill people first. Kill them, and then drag us down to take responsibility!"
Lan Congxi hated Jia Xiang to the bone in her heart, and gritted her teeth and said, "Gao Qiu must not be killed by a servant, at least not on the surface. How many men do you have outside the palace?"
Yang Jian was a little wary: "Why do you ask this?"
Lan Congxi showed a ruthless look: "Didn't Gao Qiu take over the investigation of the Wu and Zhao family's extermination case? Your people, together with my people, will exterminate the Gao family, and say to the outside world that it was Ding Run who did it!"
Yang Jian frowned: "Ding Run did everything...can we hide this?"
Lan Congxi said: "Don't care about the outside world. Let's control the inside of the palace first. If the ministers from outside the court report, we will cry and say that those civil servants harmed Gao Qiu first, and now they come to sow discord and want to kill us all. Let the officials be at their mercy!"
Yang Jian nodded: "This is a clever method. As long as the officials are half-believed, we can pass the test safely!"
"The officials are not stupid. They will definitely react afterwards. We must be more careful in the future!"
Lan Congxi sighed and moved his eyes slightly: "I will take care of things outside the palace. There are still some things to be finished at Youjia Sumen, so I'll bother Minister Yang!"
Yang Jian thought to himself that compared to the destruction of the Gao family outside the palace, things inside the palace were naturally simpler, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Lan Duzhi, I will go to Youjia Sumen right now, we are in charge of the palace!"
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Yang Jian's body fell to the ground.
Gao Qiu stepped forward and cut off the head with an even more stubborn look. His hands were still shaking a little, but he had calmed down a lot and gained a sense of confidence.
But seeing two great eunuchs die in front of him, Han Heng was not happy but was shocked: "Lan Dou knows... Lan Congxi didn't come?"
Gao Qiu heard that his tone was wrong: "What? Are you worried about this eunuch?"
The five most powerful eunuchs in the palace were Tong Guan, Yang Jian, Jia Xiang, Lan Congxi, and He Xing.
Tong Guan died early, and Yang Jian and Jia Xiang were holding their heads left and right. He Sui had been pushed aside by the three in the middle before, and now only Lan Congxi was left. Gao Qiu didn't care much at first, but Han What Heng said next made him solemn: "Lan Congxi is a sophisticated, ruthless and cunning person who is the most difficult to deal with. Be careful of his counterattack."
Gao Qiu immediately came to Li Yan to tell him. Li Yan thought for a while and said: "Gao Tiju, you will immediately go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to eliminate all the gang members of these eunuchs, and then enter the palace to meet the officials. What's more?" There’s no need to think about it.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao Qiu's expression changed: "Master Lin, won't you come with me to meet the official?"
Li Yan said: "I came to the palace this time because Dong Ping was good at martial arts and would be used by Jia Xiang. Now that this person has bowed his head, there is no need for the rest to be present. I still have to prepare."
Let’s talk about how to deal with the aftermath and raise the integrity of what you have done, so that you should not be called a name.”
Gao Qiu smiled bitterly: "I don't do anything on weekdays, but those civil servants won't let me go. What's more, this time I killed the servant in the ban, only the officials can protect me!"
Li Yandao: "Everything must be prepared with both hands. All officials hate this group of eunuchs who colluded with Xixia. Gao Tiju has faxed physical evidence from the temple and Banzhi guards as witnesses. How can we not punish the thieves openly? I will go see him.
Fan Youcheng..."
Fan Youcheng is also an acquaintance. Wu Juhou's previous Kaifeng magistrate and Gongsun Zhao's boss when he was still in power, Fan Chunli.
This second son of Fan Zhongyan is now the Minister of Rites. He was promoted to Youcheng of the Ministry of Rites, which is equivalent to the deputy prime minister. In history, he could have been the prime minister, but he was slandered by Zeng Bu and demoted. Now that matter is still
Before this happened, Wu and Zhao had grass growing on their graves in advance. Looking at the whole court, the person most qualified to be promoted to prime minister was really this veteran minister.
Hope arose in Gao Qiu's heart, and while he was moved, his eyes showed firmness: "Master Lin, please rest assured, I will definitely cut off all the eunuchs in the palace, and I will live up to my help!"
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"What's going on outside?"
In the bedroom, Zhao Ji opened his eyes drowsily, thinking that he was having another nightmare.
This year has been so miserable!
Don't even talk about the New Year. Ever since he came to the throne, it seems that things have not gone well for him.
At first, she was under the control of the Empress Dowager and could only be used as a puppet. Then came that unforgettable Tinian Day, the old woman lying in a pool of blood and the raging fire.
Everything that happened so far was actually an attempt to make up for that night... To be precise, making up cannot be made up for, it is just about covering up what happened that night. As a result, the Spring Festival came and gave me a blow.
The two biggest holidays, one is my birthday, Tinian Festival, and the other is the New Year, when I say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, both ended up like this...
"well!"
Zhao Ji let out a long sigh, turned over, and reached out to hug the concubine next to him.
At this time, only the rich embrace could warm his cold heart.
But after he stretched out his hand, he didn't receive any kind kindness. The beauty next to him was fast asleep, much more at ease than him.
Zhao Ji's face immediately darkened, but he didn't even think about it. During the day, he had to serve the moody man, walking on thin ice and being cautious, which would make everyone exhausted. If he didn't sleep at night, that person would be dead.
As the number one person in the world, Zhao Ji felt very bored, so he turned over again and prepared to summon some eunuchs.
Yang Jian and Lan Congxi were both discerning and had already proposed to look for some beauties outside the palace. Zhao Ji politely refused at first, but now he missed the beauty of folk women, unlike the empress and concubines who were
The teaching was rigid and devoid of any interest at all.
Just as he was thinking about how many beauties he wanted them to donate to the palace, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded, and he saw the chamberlain quickly running to the imperial couch and saying in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty? Your Majesty?"
Zhao Ji said in a deep voice: "I'm awake, why are you panicking?"
The chamberlain said: "Please be patient and wait outside the palace. Your body...is stained with blood!"
After hearing this, Zhao Ji listened carefully to the movement outside and realized that it was not a nightmare, but something really big inside the palace. He stood up suddenly and said, "How dare you! Dog slave, you dare to slander Gao Qiu for treason? Quickly arrest those who are under guard tonight."
Bring everyone from the class!"
The chamberlain shivered and retreated, and the concubine on the royal couch also woke up. Zhao Ji ignored her, his face was ashen, and his heart was pounding.
Finally, the guards outside were full, and he felt at ease, knowing that Gao Qiu was indeed not treasonous, otherwise he would not have been waiting outside the palace, so he called people in.
Gao Qiu walked into the palace, his clothes stained with blood. Although he was calm and a little more murderous, he came to Zhao Ji and bowed down. After kowtowing, he cried loudly: "Your Majesty! I almost had a yin and yang with your Majesty."