"Zheng Longtu, you were the one who poisoned me and tried to kill me? Your Zheng family depends entirely on me for what it is today. If I die, what good will it do to you?"
Zhang Yuanqing pressed his back against the lattice door and did not dare to move. Yuanshi Tianzun had experienced life and death, and he would not be timid or fearful even at the critical moment of life and death, but now he is a faint king.
To be honest, the development of the plot once again exceeded his expectations. Logically speaking, the Zheng family is a foreign relative, and the foreign relative relies on the emperor. Zhao Shun has no heirs. Once he dies and the new emperor comes to power, the power of the Zheng family will definitely be weakened.
There is no reason to murder the emperor.
"Benefits?" Zheng Longtu sneered: "Of course the benefits are the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the Southern Dynasty. Don't be afraid. I won't kill you with one sword. There are only you and me in the palace. If you die by the sword, I can't wash you away even if you jump into the Yellow River."
clear."
As he spoke, he retracted his sword, grabbed Zhang Yuanqing's neck, and dragged him to the table.
Then, Zheng Longtu took out a wooden box from his arms and opened it. Inside the box was a purple pill as big as a longan.
"Your Majesty, you are the king of a country. It is not honorable to die with a sword. I will leave you with a complete body. If you take this pill, you will die at the hands of an assassin and it has nothing to do with me." Zheng Longtu pried open His Majesty the Emperor's mouth.
, stuffed the pill inside.
Zhang Yuanqing's throat was stuck and he refused to swallow.
Zheng Longtu grabbed the kettle on the table, pinched his nose, and roughly poured the water into Hunjun's mouth.
"Ahem." Zhang Yuanqing choked a few mouthfuls of water, then suddenly stopped resisting, his throat rolled, and he swallowed the poisonous pill.
Zheng Longtu put down the kettle with satisfaction.
Zhang Yuanqing held the table, coughed violently for a moment, and gasped:
"Are you, the Zheng family, crazy? The Northern Dynasty has sent troops to the capital. If I die, the court will be in turmoil, and the troops on the front line will withdraw to the capital. You, the Zheng family, want to usurp the throne. It is just a fool's errand."
Zheng Longtu glanced outside the door and saw that the fighting was still going on, so he continued:
"If the army on the front line cannot come back, the Northern Dynasty will contain Yang Ce for us."
"The Zheng family still colludes with the Northern Dynasty? Are you seeking skin from a tiger, and are you not afraid of being eaten without leaving any bones?" Zhang Yuanqing sat at the table, covering his throat, and his face turned pale.
"This is all your fault, Your Majesty." Zheng Longtu said solemnly:
"After the death of the Queen Mother, you favored the Empress, placed great emphasis on the Yang family, and appointed Yang Ce as the Marshal of the Army despite the objections of my Zheng family. If he could defend Linxia City and repel the Northern Dynasty army, then in the court, the situation of the Zheng and Yang families would be
It will be completely reversed, and the Zheng family has to plan for the future.
"Only if you die at the hands of the assassins, can the Zheng family take over the court. With the imperial army in hand, and the nobles and nobles in the court, no one dares to oppose the Zheng family."
Zhang Yuanqing snorted: "It's ridiculous. The Royal City's Imperial Guards are our royal elite, not your Zheng family's private soldiers. They obey your orders because you are the commander of the Imperial Guards. Once you rebel, you will become the enemy."
Zheng Longtu smiled and said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it now. We have our own Imperial Guards to support the Zheng family. Besides, the ridiculous things you have done over the years have already aroused the resentment of the people and the resentment of hundreds of officials. They all wish you had died soon. I
When my father ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he complied with the general trend and the people's hearts."
The Imperial Preceptor? Who is the Imperial Preceptor? There is no relevant information in Zhang Yuanqing’s memory, but looking at Zheng Longtu’s confident look, the Imperial Preceptor seems to be a big shot.
"Even if the Imperial Guard supports the Zheng family, what about the Northern Dynasty army? Why do you, the Zheng family, think you can defend the capital?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.
Zheng Longtu raised a smile on his lips:
"My father has already secretly reached an agreement with Tuoba Guanghe. After he ascends the throne, he will represent the Southern and Northern Dynasties in peace negotiations, cede territories and pay tribute, and surrender forever.
"Tuoba Guanghe's rise was too fast, and there were many political enemies in the court. He needed military success, but he was also worried that the Northern Dynasty would die and the Southern Dynasty would be left with a severely damaged Southern Dynasty. It would only be good for him."
You should respect yourself when raising bandits, right? Zhang Yuanqing muttered in his heart.
"Eh?" Zheng Longtu looked at Hun Jun in astonishment and frowned, "Why hasn't the poison taken effect yet?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly started coughing violently. The cough was heartbreaking, his forehead was hot, and his breath was full of burning breath.
No, no, it's a plague. He staggered to his feet, took out the sword from his waist, and his eyes were filled with confusion.
"Crack!"
A drop of water fell from the top of his head and landed on the back of his hand.
Zheng Longtu looked up and saw a trickle of water seeping between the tiles through the vertical and horizontal beams, like rain leaking.
These trickles fell to the ground and quickly condensed into a woman with a big body and a round waist. This woman had a disk-like face, eyes like copper bells, thick eyebrows and thick lips, and a masculine body. She was really a good man.
She is a beautiful person.
The beautiful woman stretched out her palm, put it against Zhang Yuanqing's chest and abdomen, and touched it upward.
Zhang Yuanqing made a "vomit" sound and spit out the poison pill wrapped in tea.
The poison pill had been wrapped in tea, so Zhang Yuanqing did not die from the poison. Of course, he did not have the ability to control water. It was Wanmei who secretly used her water-bending ability to wrap the poison pill.
When Zhang Yuanqing swallowed, he felt something strange about the tea, so he swallowed the poisonous pill confidently.
He sent the eunuch to invite Wan Meiren, and the three beauties' assassination of him was indeed unexpected. On the one hand, the time they entered the dungeon was too short, and the information collected was limited.
On the other hand, who would have thought that his teammates would be tasked with assassinating him?
This is beyond the scope of "wisdom". Unless one can predict it, no one can predict it.
But as Yuanshi Tianzun, as a high-level player who has continuously conquered S-level dungeons, the moment he escaped from the palace, he was thinking, who is the spy in the mission?
Obviously it can't be three beauties. The three beauties and him are teammates. This is a multi-player cooperative copy, not a confrontation type, so the teammates cannot be life-and-death enemies. This does not conform to the spirit realm mechanism.
There is another spy.
In other words, the crisis of surviving for 24 hours is not really over yet.
So Zhang Yuanqing thought of Wan Meiren. In the story of Wan Meiren's character, this female man who can stand on people with her fists and run horses with her arms, after Zhao Shun fell into the water, he fished him out before the imperial army.
Ordinary people, no matter how talented they are, cannot be stronger than the masters in the military, so Wanmei must not be a mere mortal.
In addition, Wanmei, who saved him once, is a bodyguard that Hunjun can rely on and trust.
This was the hint given to him by the copy.
The facts were right as he expected, Wanmei was Hunjun's bodyguard, a bodyguard given by the copy.
Only by understanding this hint can you survive the crisis without any danger.
Looking at Zheng Longtu who was coughing violently and with weak limbs, Zhang Yuanqing smiled and said:
"I already knew that you had a problem, but my beautiful lady didn't come, so I kept making excuses with you without revealing anything. Thank you Commander Zheng for telling me so much information."
The main line of the copy suddenly became clear.
During the day, Zhang Yuanqing read the memorial, which was all about impeaching the Yang family and Yang Ce. From the feedback of the memorial, it can be seen that the Zheng family was very anxious and eager to suppress the Yang family and Yang Ce.
Just now, Zheng Longtu took him and fled into the side hall, but did not arrange for the imperial army to guard outside the hall. From this point of view, it was not an attitude of protecting people.
So he sensed that there was something wrong with the Zheng family, but he had not yet suspected the spies. When Zheng Longtu put his sword to his chest, Zhang Yuanqing was really frightened and broke into a cold sweat.
Zheng Longtu gritted his teeth and said, "Hunjun, I'm going to kill you."
Pick up the iron sword and stab him.
The beautiful woman came across and stood in front of Zhang Yuanqing, letting the long sword pierce his heart, causing a weak splash of water.
"Your Majesty, get out of the way!" She turned around and pushed, pushing His Majesty the Emperor, who was weak and unable to take care of himself, into the dirt.
Wanmei held Zheng Longtu's wrist, and in an instant, a thin white mist condensed from the surrounding air, and wisps of it penetrated into her mouth and nose.
Hydration deprivation!
Zheng Longtu's skin quickly wrinkled and shriveled. He struggled violently, showing a look of despair. After a while, the expression of despair solidified on his face.