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Two days later there will be a ceremony to offer sacrifices to heaven.
Xuanyuan Yue's eyes were deep and she said bloodthirstyly: "You carefully removed the large amount of gunpowder below, then piled it with earth, and put only a small amount of gunpowder on top. Set it up as before. Since I already know it, I will
I won't be hurt by the gunpowder. I think Prince Huai's Mansion must have made two preparations, that is, if I can't be killed by the explosion, what will happen if I get injured? They are willing to
I must have laid an ambush around the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony. When the time comes, you will dispatch more Southern Imperial Army to surround me. When these killers appear, you will outflank them from the outside and capture these killers. I don’t believe it.
, these people will not reveal that the instigator behind the scenes is King Ming. If they do, they will not be able to allow King Ming to defend himself, and there will be complete witnesses and material evidence."
"But brother, this is too risky."
Xuanyuan Jin didn't want his brother to take risks. He would rather his brother ordered him to go to Prince Ming's Mansion to arrest Ming Duan now. There was a problem at the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony that the Ming family was responsible for. Even if Ming Duan was not punished with death, it would still be enough to keep him alive.
It's better than letting the emperor take the risk.
Hua Shuxue also stood up. She believed that Yue would not put herself in danger: "I think we should follow the emperor's wishes. This time we must let Ming Duan die without a burial place for daring to betray the royal family."
Originally, the person she was thinking of was Prime Minister Li, and she even thought about whether Li Xiu'er had been involved before. Who knew that it was King Ming Ming Duan who had the problem now? Although she now wonders why Ou Ming Duan did such a thing that was not beneficial to her.
But since he did it, they will let them die without a burial place and leave no further trouble.
If Xuanyuan Jin goes to arrest Ming Duan now, and Ming Duan doesn't know what happened, he will at most find a scapegoat. If he is implicated, even if he is imprisoned, the corruption in Prince Ming's Mansion will still exist.
Those people in Prince Ming's Mansion would be bored if they were like Murong Feng, scrambling for revenge and so on, so they must eradicate the roots without leaving any future troubles.
Xuanyuan Jin originally disagreed with the emperor's brother doing this, but he didn't expect that the emperor agreed now, so he had to compromise and said calmly: "Okay, then I will go and handle this matter, brother Huang, don't worry."
"Go, we must remove more of the gunpowder. Although we know well that we can escape, the ministers who are worshiping the sky with us may not be able to escape, so if there is less gunpowder, they will be fine.
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Hua Shuxue warned Xuanyuan Jin, and Xuanyuan Jin accepted the order and walked out.
In the main hall, Xuanyuan Yue and Hua Shuxue looked at each other, then stretched out their hands to hold each other tightly.
"I didn't expect it to be this old bastard Ming Duan. I remember he was an important minister of the late emperor. Prince Ming's Mansion is also the home of Jingui. Why would he do such a thing that is not beneficial to himself?" Hua Shuxue couldn't help but cursed angrily.
Mingduan,.
"have no idea."
Xuanyuan Yue shook his head. He really thought about why Ou Ming Duan did this: "Forget it, it's not bright yet, let's go in and rest. Anyway, at the ceremony of worshiping the heaven in two days, if we successfully catch Ming Duan, we will know what happened.
Why would Ming Duan do this? I don’t believe that we can’t find out his true purpose.”
In short, he felt that Ming Duan wanted to seize the throne, which was a bit unrealistic. Ming Duan did not have military power in his hands and did not have much strength. He was usually very cautious in the government and the public, just for fear of causing any gossip. What happened now?
That's what happened.
Neither of them could figure it out, so in the end they simply went to the palace to rest, thinking about nothing else, so as not to rack their brains and fail to figure out what kind of reasons were hidden.
February 15th came soon. After the morning court, all the courtiers went to Xiangguo Temple, fifty miles outside the city.
The annual ceremony to worship the heaven is held in the Xiangguo Temple fifty miles away. On this day, both sides of the street are surrounded by black screens to prevent any other people from approaching. They are all surrounded by black screens.
In front of the Emperor's Queen's Jin Luan was a long guard of honor, followed closely by hundreds of civil and military officials. The civil officials sat in sedans and the military attachés rode horses, just like the practice in previous years. Behind them were the soldiers sent by the Ministry of War to protect them.
Will.
A large number of people went to Xiangguo Temple to worship heaven.
At the foot of the mountain of Xiangguo Temple, in addition to the generals sent by the Ministry of War, there were also many monks from the Xiangguo Temple who were waiting at the foot of the mountain, all waiting for the emperor and the empress to arrive. When the luan arrived, the emperor, the emperor and the queen
The figure got down from the sedan chair, and at the foot of the mountain there was a dark mass of people kneeling on the ground, and everyone spoke in unison.
"I respectfully invite the Emperor and Empress to visit Xiangguo Temple."
The two figures of Fengzhu and Longxiang came down from the carriage, attracting the attention of many people. However, no one dared to look at the emperor and empress harshly. They only glanced at the emperor and empress from the corner of their eyes, and then lowered their heads to look at the ground.
Xuanyuan Yue glanced at the ministers in the court, quickly looked past Prince Ming and Prime Minister Li and others who were lined up in front, and then said gently: "Everyone, please stand up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my Emperor."
After thanking everyone for their kindness, they all stood up, and then the abbot at the foot of the mountain personally led the people from Xiangguo Temple over to respectfully invite His Majesty's emissary to go to Xiangguo Temple.
"Lao Na led the monks from Xiangguo Temple to greet the emperor and the empress. Your Majesty and the empress invite you."
"Master please."
Xuanyuan Yue and Hua Shuxue were extremely polite to these monks, not to mention the abbot of Xiangguo Temple, who was even more respected. The group of people walked up the mountain side by side, and the ministers behind them followed closely all the way up the mountain, but they were only halfway up the mountain.
King Huai Xuanyuan Jin deployed heavy troops to interrogate everyone who went up the mountain. They searched every part of their body and only allowed to go up the mountain after confirming that everything was fine.
A group of people went up the mountain in a mighty manner. Xuanyuan Yue, Hua Shuxue and others were followed by an honor guard. Behind the honor guard were civil and military officials, as well as soldiers. After all the inspections were completed, Xuanyuan Yue and Hua Shuxue were in front.
The others have arrived in front of the Xiangguo Temple. A golden incense cauldron has been placed in front of the temple. There are tables and tables in front of the cauldron with incense and various melon and fruit pots on them.
Xuanyuan Yue and Hua Shuxue stared at the place not far in front of the incense table. That was the place where they would worship later. There was gunpowder buried underneath. Although the gunpowder had been re-arranged by Xuanyuan Brocade, the gunpowder was buried underneath.
There is still gunpowder, so they must be careful not to hurt themselves.
At this time, the etiquette officer came over and respectfully invited the emperor and empress to ascend the throne. Xuanyuan Yue and Hua Shuxue walked forward slowly. Someone behind them looked at them nervously, watching them walk forward calmly.
, all the courtiers also walked forward behind them.
The man hidden among the courtiers was more nervous than every one of them, staring closely at the emperor's footsteps, four, three, two, one.
As soon as he finished his thoughts, he saw the Emperor and the Queen standing in front of the incense table. A loud bang was heard, and everyone was startled. Almost as soon as the gunpowder exploded, Xuanyuan
Yue and Hua Shuxue jumped back at the same time, and the ministers in the court also stumbled. You pushed me, but unexpectedly
However, several people were injured by gunpowder. Xuanyuan Yue and Hua Shuxue were quite speechless. They all minimized the harm. These ministers in the court could also be injured. If they were all in good order.
Why should they be injured? When they saw the explosion, everyone wanted to run for their lives. The mission was so crowded that they were easily injured.
As soon as Prince Huai Xuanyuan Jin, Prince Xiang Xuanyuan Chen and others saw the gunpowder explode, they shouted at the same time: "Hurry and protect the emperor, protect the emperor."
At this time, in order to force out the person behind them, Xuanyuan Yue and Hua Shuxue fell to the ground at the same time, pretending to be injured.
As soon as Xuanyuan Jin and Xuanyuan Chen stepped forward, they shouted: "Come here, the Emperor and the Queen are injured."
With this shout, the entire Xiangguo Temple was thrown into chaos. Although everyone was scared, they also became impatient. Various voices rang out, and they all gathered around Xuanyuan Yue and Hua Shuxue, shouting nervously: "Your Majesty,
The Queen."
In front of the incense table for offering sacrifices to the heavens, thick smoke was everywhere at this time, and it was impossible to see clearly the situation of Xuanyuan Yue and Hua Shuxue.
The man who had been hiding in the dark finally quietly issued an order to the men behind him. Soon, a whooshing sound was heard on the hillside outside the gate of Xiangguo Temple, and countless men in black rushed over from all directions.
One by one opened their black cloaks
, sliding down from mid-air, like disgusting bats in the dark night, covering the entire sky. There were four to five hundred people in this appearance. These people did not have a trace of vitality around them, but were full of energy.
The cold breath on his body was like that of a dead person.
Immediately, the monks in Xiangguo Temple and the soldiers in the court were all alarmed, and many people surrounded the emperor and the empress.
Xuanyuan Jin and Xuanyuan Chen's expressions changed, and they quickly said: "Dead warriors, I didn't expect these people to be deceased warriors."
Yes, these people are dead soldiers. Their eyes are dull and unresponsive, as if they are machines. However, just from the skill of quietly sliding through the air just now, you know that their skills are extremely powerful.
of.
At this time, the ministers and civil servants of Yun State were all frightened and looked pale. The military attachés were on the better side, and they all drew their swords to protect the emperor and the empress.
As soon as those dead soldiers landed on the ground, they attacked the people in the open space in front of Xiangguo Temple with expressionless faces. They were merciless. These people were dead soldiers, so it was normal for them to take their lives.
At this time, the thick smoke from before slowly faded away. Xuanyuan Yue and Hua Shuxue got up from the ground and looked at the dead men in black around them. They did not expect that there were so many dead men in the Ming Palace.
, it seems that they underestimated them, they have been pretending to be loyal, but it turns out that everything is just an appearance, this is really hateful.
Xuanyuan Yue quickly looked at Ming Duan, and saw that Ming Duan's face was full of surprise at this time, because he had heard from Prince Huai Xuanyuan Jin and Xuanyuan Chen that the emperor and the empress were injured, so he would let people go.
Call the dead soldiers over
, now seeing that the emperor and the queen showed no trace of injury at all, Ming Duan could not help but turn pale as paper for a moment, took a step back and stood still, his fat face, and the slender eye slits, revealed a look of determination.
color.
He was still wondering before. There was obviously a lot of gunpowder placed in the place where people worshiped the heaven. Why did it explode with just one sound and then disappear? According to the previous arrangement, it should have been a series of explosions to destroy the Xiangguo Temple.
Yes, now it seems that the emperor has clearly suspected him a long time ago and set up a trap to kill him. In fact, he fell into his trap.
No, is this really the outcome of his Ming Palace?
"Come here, seize Mingduan."
Seeing that Ming Duan did not take action, Xuanyuan Yue immediately ordered the soldiers beside her. After being stunned for a moment, the soldiers subconsciously obeyed the emperor's orders. Some went to resist the dead soldiers, while others captured Prince Ming.
As soon as Ming Duan heard the emperor's order, he didn't allow himself to be caught. Seeing the soldiers rushing in front of him, he quickly stepped back, then laughed loudly, and suddenly jumped into the air, standing on the
In mid-air, there was a whistle in his hand. He took out the whistle and started to play. The dead soldiers were all full of fighting spirit as if they had been beaten to death, and they pounced on people one by one.
The courtiers of the Yun Kingdom were all stunned, and then someone reacted and shouted.
"Prince Ming, what are you doing? Are you crazy?"
Xiang Wang Xuanyuan Chen snorted coldly: "Why are you so confused? These dead men today were all sent by him. His purpose is to kill the emperor and the empress."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed, and they shouted and rushed up to fight with the dead soldiers.
Xuanyuan Jin quickly waved his hand and released the wolf smoke. When the wolf smoke rushed into the air, he saw a swishing figure flying upward in the air. In the blink of an eye, thousands of Southern Imperial Army troops rushed over and rushed up the mountain.
So he went to fight with those dead soldiers.
Soon someone was injured, and the entire Xiangguo Temple was stained red with blood.
Although the dead soldiers were all powerful, when the soldiers from the Southern Imperial Army and the Ministry of War gathered together, their numbers were clearly much greater than the dead soldiers, so they quickly killed more than half of the dead soldiers.
When Ming Duan saw it, he couldn't help but feel distressed. He had spent many years cultivating these dead soldiers. Now that he had gone through so much trouble in the blink of an eye, he felt heartbroken, so he moved and planned to lead these dead soldiers away.
How could Xuanyuan Yue give him such a chance? She made a steep leap and leaped over. Dozens of Guwang chess pieces flew out from the sleeves of her robe at the same time, forming a formation and controlling Ming Duan.
It's hard for him to leave.
Compared with Xuanyuan Yue, Ming Duan's skills were much inferior, so he was quickly captured by Xuanyuan Yue. In the end, all those dead soldiers were killed by the Southern Imperial Army members led by Xuanyuan Jin.
At this time, looking at the gate of Xiangguo Temple, dead bodies piled up like mountains, and many soldiers and ministers were injured. The monks in Xiangguo Temple kept chanting sutras.
The ceremony of worshiping the heaven came to an end. Xuanyuan Yue gave an order to the soldiers to capture Prince Ming Mingduan, and then ordered Prince Huai Xuanyuan Jin to immediately go to Prince Ming's Mansion and bring in all the people in Prince Ming's Mansion as quickly as possible.
In the prison, all the property of the Ming Palace was searched and turned over to the treasury.
After giving the order, Mingwang Mingduan's face turned pale and he couldn't bear it and passed out. The group of dead soldiers he had finally trained disintegrated so quickly and disappeared in the blink of an eye. All the people in Prince Ming's palace were also captured.
After being imprisoned, the more he thought about this, the more depressed he became. But he was still imprisoned by Xuanyuan Yue, and he couldn't even think about dying.
Prince Huai Xuanyuan Jin received the order and immediately led a group of Southern Imperial Army troops straight to the foot of the mountain to arrest people and confiscate property at Prince Ming's Mansion.
Outside the gate of Xiangguo Temple, when King Huai Xuanyuan Jin and others disappeared, Xuanyuan Yue ordered people to take King Ming Duan to the death row to await his death. He also sent three thousand elite soldiers to defend the death row tightly. Due to Ming Duan's rebellion, many more
The ministers and generals were injured, and the gate of Xiangguo Temple was polluted, so the ceremony was terminated and will be continued at another time.
The abbot of Xiangguo Temple led the people to send the emperor, queen, and others down the mountain. As for the dead soldiers, their own soldiers went to clean them up, and everyone returned to the palace in a mighty manner.
Many ministers helped each other get into the carriage and followed the emperor and empress's sedan chair.
In the sedan chair, Xuanyuan Yue's face was dark and gloomy, and his pupils were full of turmoil. He didn't expect that there were actually soldiers raised to death in Prince Ming's palace. If they hadn't set a trap today, they never knew about it. It can be seen that Ming Duan did what he did.
How covert it is, this dead soldier can definitely not be trained in a year or two. He has always pretended to be very respectful on the surface, but in fact, he has hidden evil intentions.
"Fortunately, we have caught him now, and the emperor should not be angry anymore. It's just that things went beyond our expectations, so many people were injured. When we go back, we will order people to check and see how many people were injured this time.
The incident is dead."
"Um."
Xuanyuan Yue nodded, and then said slowly: "I am going to go into the cell immediately to interrogate Ming Duan. I want to know what he wants to do? How dare he train a dead soldier?