Seeing the embarrassing appearance of Yang Shiqi and the others stumbling forward on the ice, Zhu Yong and others were overjoyed and hurriedly fought their way out of the crowd and chased them to an open area.
Zhu Yong and the others had all practiced plum blossom piles, and their balance ability was naturally far better than that of Yang Shiqi and others. After getting on the ice, although it was not as if they were walking on flat ground, their progress was obviously much faster than the three of them.
Yang Shiqi and the three of them used their hands and feet to move forward desperately, but they were overtaken by a large distance in the blink of an eye. Yang Shiqi looked ahead and saw that he was still thirty feet away from Liu Sheng.
The enemy is already less than a foot away!
If this continues, the three of them will definitely be caught by Zhu Yong and others before they get close to Liu Sheng!
A decision had to be made. Yang Shiqi looked out of the corner of his eye and saw Yang Rong and Jin Youzi who were staggering around him. He was worried and assumed a posture as if he was about to fall. One of his left legs slipped on the ice.
, and hooked Jin Youzi’s heel very discreetly from behind. Jin Youzi was unprepared and tripped hard, falling on his back on the ice!
Jin Youzi fell so hard that he rolled backwards, just in the way of Zhu Yong and others. Zhu Yong and others were running at full strength, but they were caught off guard and tripped two or three of them. The others barely managed to
They jumped up to avoid it, but lost their balance when they landed. When they struggled to correct their direction and tried to catch up, they saw that Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi had already rushed out of the icy area.
As soon as they rushed out of the icy area, Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi felt that their feet had roots again and their steps had returned to stability. They were overjoyed and used all their strength to sprint to Liu Sheng and enter a safe zone.
As soon as they entered the safe zone, the two of them immediately collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily like blowing bellows, but their faces were filled with joy of escaping death. Yang Rong looked at Yang Shiqi gratefully, and then turned to look at Jin Youzi.
Only then did I realize with horror that there was no trace of the latter around me!
Yang Rong suddenly sat up and looked where he came from, his eyes almost split open - he saw that Jin Youzi was still on the ice for some reason and had fallen into the clutches of Zhu Yong and others!
Zhu Yong and the others directed all their anger at Jin Youzi, punching and kicking him, using all their strength in every blow!
Poor Bachelor Jin, who was so weak, he was beaten until he fainted before he even had time to scream...
Yang Rong subconsciously stood up and wanted to go back to rescue Jin Youzi, but Yang Shiqi grabbed him. Yang Rong said angrily: "Let me go!"
"If you and I go back, we will only waste two lives..." Yang Shiqi said coldly, but Yang Rong was not as calm as him and still struggled to go back to save people.
"Master Hou, please rescue Bachelor Jin immediately!" Yang Shiqi held Yang Rong tightly, turned to Liu Sheng, and said sincerely: "The cabinet will be extremely grateful to Master Hou!" Yang Rong also froze for a moment.
, looking at Liu Sheng for help, he also knew that counting on Liu Sheng was the right way.
Liu Sheng had been watching the fight indifferently, including Jin Youzi's condition, which was naturally in his eyes. After listening to Yang Shiqi's words, Liu Sheng lowered his head after a while, looked at Yang Shiqi with a strange expression, and said coldly: "
I don’t have the habit of wiping other people’s butts.”
Yang Shiqi was about to speak again when he heard Liu Sheng say meaningfully: "The most disgusting thing about you civil servants is that you still want to build a memorial arch after becoming a prostitute."
The corners of Yang Shiqi's mouth twitched and he said nothing. How could he still not understand that Liu Sheng had already seen his little move to frame Jin Youzi?
Yang Rong didn't know why, and was still pleading with Liu Sheng: "Master Hou, didn't you promise to the emperor that you would protect our safety? Please save Bachelor Jin and the others quickly."
Liu Sheng was unmoved. He glanced at the fight that was gradually subduing and said calmly: "If I hadn't tried my best to save you, I'm afraid none of you would be able to escape..."
Liu Sheng was telling the truth. The Jin Yiwei formed a circular formation and protected the rescued civil servants at the center of the circle. At this time, more than a hundred civil servants had been rescued. The nobles could not find their target, so they had no choice but to calm down.
Came down.
"Save Bachelor Jin quickly, he is dying!" At this moment, Yang Rong only had Jin Youzi in his eyes.
"You have to vent your anger on the nobles," Liu Sheng said softly: "Besides, Academician Jin has sworn that he will never have anything to do with Duke Zhen in this life." He said with a contemptuous smile: "I'm afraid.
Academician Jin doesn’t want to be rescued by us lackeys of Duke Zhen.”
Yang Rong wanted to beg again, but Yang Shiqi on the side said in a low voice: "Forget it Mianren, it's too late." >
Yang Rong looked back and saw that Zhu Yong and others had left Jin Youzi behind and left triumphantly.
Jin Youzi's limbs were in weird shapes, and he fell motionless on the ice. The ice was already stained red with his blood...
"Youzi..." Yang Rong let out a heart-rending cry...
Late at night, in the Thanksgiving Hall, Zhu Gaochi fell ill. He was not in good health to begin with, and today he completely aroused his chronic illness. He was lying in the cold hall, but his whole body was as hot as charcoal, and he was completely delirious.
Brothers Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhancheng were waiting at the emperor's bedside. Seeing that his father was so ill, Zhu Zhanjuan felt anxious and angrily cursed at the eunuch: "What did you do? You made this hole and ice hole.
Like!"
The eunuch was also full of grievances. According to the original plan, Emperor Hongxi would leave Wanshou Mountain after An Cuo was the first emperor, and would not spend the night in the imperial mausoleum. Who would have thought that something unexpected happened in An Cuo, and the late emperor's coffin could not be lifted up. The nobles took the opportunity to cry at the mausoleum and cause trouble.
They forced the emperor to admit his mistake. As a result, the emperor was so angry and anxious that he suddenly fell ill and had to stay in the Palace of Gratitude.
This Thanksgiving Hall was only a resting place for the emperors when they came to pay homage to the mausoleum, and there was no earth dragon installed. The emperor was most afraid of smoke due to his illness, and he could not use charcoal pots for heating, so it would be difficult for these eunuchs to die.
But no matter how great the grievances were, slaves could not talk back to their masters, otherwise it would be a bigger sin. The eunuchs could only let Zhu Zhanju scold him and bear it silently.
It was Zhu Zhanji who said something fair: "Okay, second brother. This happened suddenly and no one expected it. So don't make things difficult for them. Just cover your father with a few more quilts."
"Hmph..." Zhu Zhanjun is now in his twenties, and is no longer the little brat who followed his great-grandson. He has seen the estrangement between his father and his elder brother, and the eldest brother has not been banned so far.
Being the prince gave him an unprecedented idea, and his attitude towards Zhu Zhanji also changed subtly.
Zhu Zhanjun was about to ask if his eldest brother was looking forward to his father's condition getting worse. Zhu Gaochi suddenly groaned and opened his eyes.
The two brothers quickly turned their attention back to their father. Zhu Zhanquan even threw himself in front of Zhu Gaochi's bed and said with tears in his eyes: "Father, you are finally awake! You have worried me to death!"
Zhu Zhanji could only sneer at Zhu Zhanchun's clumsy performance. His old pride did not allow him to stoop down and compete with his younger brother for favor. Whenever this thought came out, he felt sick and wanted to vomit.
"Don't worry, I won't die..." Zhu Gaochi had a splitting headache, but he was thinking about Changling and insisted on asking: "After I passed out, those nobles didn't cause trouble, right?"
"This..." Zhu Zhanjun didn't know how to answer. He wanted to answer truthfully, but he was afraid of worsening his father's condition and offending his nobles, so he could only hesitate and couldn't speak.
Zhu Zhanji cast a contemptuous glance, it was really a tiger being bullied by a dog, even this newly weaned thing dared to jump out and fight with him.
"Back to my father," Zhu Zhanji replied calmly: "After you left, there were some conflicts between the nobles and the civil servants, and there was physical contact between the two parties. Later, the situation got out of control, and several people were killed and injured.
Some……"
"What?!" Zhu Gaochi was so shocked that he sat up and shouted loudly: "Grand Master!"
Zhu Zhanji shrugged imperceptibly, then stood aside with lowered eyebrows and said nothing.
After a while, Yang Rong, Yang Shiqi, and Yang Pu and Huang Huai came in from outside. Yang Pu, Huang Huai and Wang Xian got along well, so they were naturally protected by the Jin Yiwei from the beginning, and not a single hair was hurt.
One of Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi had gauze wrapped around his head, and the other had his arms hanging, not to mention a bruised nose and swollen face.
As soon as he saw the miserable appearance of the two people, Zhu Gaochi became furious and asked in a deep voice: "What on earth happened?!"
Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi knelt down in front of the emperor and cried loudly: "Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me! Jin Youzi was beaten to death by them, and I barely escaped from the clutches of those nobles!"
"Ah!" Only then did Zhu Gaochi realize that Jin Youzi did not appear in the golden palace. His head buzzed, his vision went dark, and he almost fainted again.
The imperial doctor hurried forward and used acupuncture and massage to bring back the emperor's Yang Shen. Zhu Gaochi leaned weakly on the bedside and said in a weak voice: "Tell me clearly..."
Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi hurriedly reconstructed the scene of the atrocities for the emperor, word by word. The two were extremely eloquent and their narration was so lifelike that the listeners felt as if they had personally experienced the entire incident...
The violence lasted for a meal before and after, and ended with the nobles being controlled by the Jin Yiwei. Although it did not last long, the scene was very bloody. More than ten officials were beaten to death, sixty or seventy people were seriously injured, and the rest were also injured.
Everyone is lucky, and lucky ones like Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi who only suffered minor skin injuries are really rare.
After hearing the number of dead and injured officials, Zhu Gaochi was not so excited. He felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and his body was filled with chills from head to toe!
Seeing that Zhu Gaochi's face was pale and he seemed to be frightened, Yang Shiqi hurriedly said loudly: "Your Majesty, this murder incident, the crying mausoleum incident, and the previous banquet held by the British Duke are a complete series of conspiracy actions with very specific intentions.
Obviously, they want to overthrow the emperor's power! If they don't punish severely and completely destroy the noble gang, they will definitely intensify their efforts and directly launch a military coup!" After a pause, Yang Shiqi said sternly: "Your Majesty, the country has reached its most dangerous moment.