Carrying a sword in his hand, Liu Rufeng didn't even go to the door, but split open the window with one blow.
The palace guards who came after hearing the news swarmed around Liu Rufeng.
There was even a group of guards who quickly rushed into the hall, holding weapons and blocking the windows to prevent Liu Rufeng from jumping over the wall.
With guards standing in front of him, King Zhu Gaoxu of Han sat on a chair without moving at all.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared coldly out of the window. He wrapped himself in black clothes, leaving only Liu Rufeng with his two eyes spinning around outside.
On the surface, it looks as stable as Mount Tai.
In fact, Zhu Gaoxu was already a little anxious.
The opponent stepped on the trap, and the dozens of crossbow arrows fired at close range did not injure the opponent at all. As for whether his guards could catch the opponent, he was really not sure at all.
And Dingxihou beside him, although he was wearing guard clothes and holding a saber in his hand, his legs could not help but tremble.
In just such a short time, the other party sneaked into the palace twice.
It seems that the other party's action this time is not to stop until he kills himself.
Dingxihou, who had already died once, faced the threat of death again, and had a vague intention of turning around and running away.
Outside the hall, the guards were already fighting with Liu Rufeng.
It was said that they were fighting together, but it was just because there were so many guards in the Han Palace, some fell and others jumped up.
Liu Rufeng entered the flock of sheep like a hungry tiger, creating death scenes one after another with his backhand.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly remembered that the purple-clothed captain once came to the Han Dynasty Palace and killed his guard commander and master.
The person in front of me is dressed in night clothes, who knows who he is.
He took Dingxihou in, intending to put the purple-clad captain to death and Dongchang to death. But since the other party came to the palace in disguise, no one could tell whether killing Dingxihou would kill him along the way.
When his hands were healthy, he couldn't catch the purple-clothed captain's move.
Now, there is only one left hand left. Even if the opponent's skill is much different from that of the purple-clothed captain, judging from the current situation, he cannot take on any of the opponent's moves.
With this thought in mind, he grabbed the armrest of the chair with his left hand and planned to leave.
However, when he turned around, he saw the saber in Ding Xihou's hand next to him, which seemed to be trembling slightly.
He couldn't help but be startled, and then looked at Ding Xihou's legs.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but smile bitterly again.
In front of him, Marquis Dingxi vowed that he had already put life and death aside.
But at this moment, facing the fighting outside, the trouser legs of Ding Xihou's guard uniform were shaking like chaff.
Zhu Gaoxu understood that as long as he got up and left, Dingxihou would never stay.
He will run away immediately, and his running speed must not be slower than himself.
"Hmm."
Zhu Gaoxu sneered twice in his heart.
At the critical moment, I finally saw clearly who Ding Xihou was as a person. He was not as fearless in the face of death as he said.
From this point of view, it is not so much that Dingxihou's wife Wang, after some dealings with the Ziyi Colonel, gave her own life in exchange for a glimmer of life for Dingxihou.
Rather, it would be better to say that Ding Xihou despicably took advantage of the woman's true feelings to gain himself a chance to survive.
At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu even suspected that the news that the purple-clothed captain was a descendant of Lan Yu was just a nonsense fabricated by the Marquis of Dingxi to defraud him of his efforts to protect his life.
As large swaths of the palace guards fell down outside, Ding Xihou had retreated so much that he was almost touching Zhu Gaoxu's body.
"Your Majesty, the guards seem to be unable to resist. Otherwise, let's retreat early." Ding Xihou said with a trembling voice, staring at the scene outside.
Zhu Gaoxu sneered twice: "Humph, if you want to leave, there is no door."
As he said that, he stood up suddenly, grabbed the saber in Ding Xihou's hand with his left hand, and snatched it away.
And the palace businessman who had been by his side suddenly blocked Zhu Gaoxu, as if he was afraid that Ding Xihou would be unfavorable to Zhu Gaoxu.
Faced with this sudden change, Dingxihou obviously did not react.
Staring at Zhu Gaoxu with confusion on his face: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
At the gate, Liu Rufeng had already knocked down all the palace guards, holding a bloody saber in his hand and walked in with murderous intent.
Seeing the internal quarrel between the two people in the hall, he stopped, his eyes narrowed into a line, and he started looking with a smile.
Zhu Gaoxu held the sword in his left hand and looked at Dingxihou coldly: "As a repeat offender of the imperial court, I have implemented a small plan to stabilize you so that you can be handed over to the imperial court for disposal. How dare you take this opportunity to kill the prince?"
Guard, change his clothes and assassinate me. I have not been involved in government affairs for many years. Even if you kill me, I will not bend the law and plead with my father for your mercy without conscience."
This sentence seemed to be questioning Ding Xihou, but anyone could tell that he was speaking to the mysterious masked man who had just entered the door.
In Zhu Gaoxu's opinion, this person must be Dongchang's "fatal messenger".
"Your Majesty, you..." Dingxihou was speechless for a moment.
They say adversity reflects character.
Did the prince plan to sell himself out when he saw that Dongchang's assassins couldn't resist him?
He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "My lord, my lord, as you said, you have not been involved in government affairs for many years. In this case, you no longer pose a threat to anyone, so how can the other party take action against you? His goal is nothing more than
It's just me, why do you have to worry so much? Although your desire to seize the direct line has never been extinguished, and you have been accumulating strength to wait for the opportunity, but in the end, it is nothing more than an egg hitting a stone, and you will be humiliated. Today, you can even protect me.
If you can't stop me, I don't blame you. The situation has reached this point, and you can't do anything about it. But if you rebel against me, what's the difference between you and a despicable villain?"
"There's nothing wrong with being afraid of death. I'm afraid there won't be anyone else in the world who is as scary as you."
"Presumptuous." Zhu Gaoxu yelled.
"You, a fish in the court's serious case, have slipped through the cracks. If I hadn't wanted to hand you over to the court alive and let Dongchang interrogate you, who helped you escape from under the nose of the purple-robed captain, you would have been killed long ago.
I will kill you and restore my life to the emperor. At this point, you are still talking nonsense and confusing right and wrong. I will kill you right away in order to uphold the laws of the imperial court."
"Bah bang bang." Liu Rufeng put the saber under his arm, smiled and clapped.
"Continue, you continue."
The play has reached such a stage, if you still ignore Liu Rufeng, who is wearing a mask and black clothes, it will look too hypocritical.
Zhu Gaoxu raised his sword and pointed it at Liu Rufeng: "You are a bold thief who broke into the Han Palace at night and killed countless guards of the palace. Are you really not afraid of death?"
Liu Rufeng was stunned.
Has the King of Han, who was a hot-tempered, arrogant, and murderous man back then, fallen to the point where he is as despicable, shameless, and cowardly as a mouse now?
Just as he was about to scold him, before he could speak, a figure flashed before his eyes.
Dingxihou, who was close to Chi Chi, raised his right palm, with 120% of his power condensed in his palm, and slapped Zhu Gaoxu on the chest.
Zhu Gaoxu was shocked. He didn't expect that Ding Xihou would dare to attack him.
I tried to resist in a hurry, but it was already too late.
I had no choice but to bite the bullet, take a deep breath, and protect my chest.
Even so, he took three steps backwards, staggered, and almost fell to the ground.
In anger, Ding Xihou did not give the other party any chance to breathe. He quickly followed up and snatched the saber from Zhu Gaoxu's hand.
In a flash, he was behind Zhu Gaoxu, and with a hook of his left arm, he strangled Zhu Gaoxu's neck.
At the same time, the saber in his right hand was placed on Zhu Gaoxu's neck.
The royal master on one side was frightened by this sudden turn of events.
"Let go, let the prince go, otherwise you will be cut into pieces and the nine tribes will be killed." The master said tremblingly.
Dingxi Hou had no intention of arguing with the other party, and swung the sword in his hand like lightning.
"Click."
The master's head fell to the ground and rolled away into the distance.
Liu Rufeng couldn't help but narrow his eyes and looked at the master's headless body that slowly fell to the ground.
Fortunately, he is a person who has fought with Taizu, and he is not sloppy at all.
In an instant, Ding Xihou's saber returned to Zhu Gaoxu's neck, dragging him with him. He stared at Liu Rufeng and slowly retreated towards the back hall.
"Let him go." Liu Rufeng yelled and was about to take action.
"Shut up." Ding Xihou snorted coldly, exerted slight force on his right hand, and pressed the saber against Zhu Gaoxu's neck, causing a trace of blood to flow out.
