Chapter 743: The Sun-Sacrificing Palace Change (Part 2)
Three thousand Shence Army soldiers surrounded the Sanqing Palace, and two hundred guards withdrew into the palace.
The leading general shouted: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
No one responded. Only then did the guards realize that the emperor had disappeared. The soldiers of the Shence Army shouted and rushed into the Sanqing Palace. The guards were outnumbered. The more they fought, the less they were. The shouts of killing in the Sanqing Palace gradually disappeared.
Without Dou Xianlai, three of the remaining five guards suddenly rebelled, killed the other two, and took the emperor Li Shi abducted to the apse. Li Shi fainted immediately.
When Li Shi woke up, he found himself lying in a large wooden cage, and several eunuchs headed by Song Chaofeng were looking at him coldly.
"It turns out to be you!"
Li Shi was furious. He sat up and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back. He was hit by an arrow during the Jingyuan mutiny and injured his muscles and bones. He never recovered. When he was taken away, he was pulled hard and suffered internal injuries.
It burst out.
Li Shi screamed in pain, "Hurry...go to Doctor Xuan!"
The eunuchs were all indifferent. Li Shi turned pale in pain. When he calmed down a little, he gasped and said, "I treat you well, why... why do you want to harm me?"
"Hmph! Your Majesty, tell me, what did you do last night?"
Song Chaofeng's high-pitched voice sounded particularly cold, and Li Shi was speechless. After a while, he whispered: "I know I was wrong!"
Song Chaofeng chuckled twice, "Now that things have happened, do you think it's possible to turn back? If we don't take action today, none of us will survive tomorrow."
After speaking, Song Chaofeng and several other eunuchs looked at each other, and everyone nodded together.
"Send him on his way!"
Song Chaofeng and the other eunuchs turned away expressionlessly. Li Shi got up and grabbed Muzha and begged: "I am willing to abdicate. Duke Song, please let me go!"
"You have retreated once, no one believes you anymore." Song Chaofeng dropped the last words and disappeared.
A dozen strong eunuchs walked over with spears in hand. Only a few screams were heard, and then there was no more movement...
The palace incident that occurred in the Sanqing Palace was tightly sealed, and the palace was calm as usual. The six eunuchs had reached a consensus to appoint Li Chun, the son of the former crown prince Li Song, as the new emperor. He was still a child and was easier to control, so Li Song would be the new emperor.
Must be killed.
At this time, Ju Wenzhen hurriedly ran over and said: "I searched all over the palace, but I couldn't find them!"
They refer to Ying Cai and her more than 200 men. After they killed Dou Xianlai, they disappeared in the palace.
Everyone looked at each other, what did this female devil want to do?
Song Chaofeng suddenly remembered something. Ying Caihe had told him that he wanted to kill the deposed emperor Li Yi. Could it be that she had left the palace?
"I know, Ying Caihe must have gone to kill the deposed Emperor Li Yi."
Huo Xianming frowned, "Will this alert others and make other clan members aware of something?"
Huo Xianming's worries were justified. They planned to frame Ying Cai and assassinate the emperor, and then convene the clan members to collectively agree to make Li Chun the emperor. This was an extremely critical step. Ying Cai and he must not be allowed to ruin their plan.
Fifth Shouliang suggested: "Last year I also notified the clan to enter the palace in advance, why not let them enter the palace now!"
Everyone agreed to this method, and Song Chaofeng immediately issued an edict, ordering all the clan members to enter the palace an hour in advance to prepare.
The Chengdu Imperial Palace was built in imitation of the Tai Chi Palace. Next to the Sanqing Hall is the Taimiao Temple. The Taimiao Temple is opposite to the Xuanwu Gate, the back gate of the palace.
The back gate is also named Xuanwu Gate, and the east gate is Xuanying Gate.
The Ancestral Temple is a group of buildings. In addition to the main hall for worship, there are also places for bathing, changing clothes, eating and resting.
Originally, Xuanwu Gate was opened at Shen Shi to allow the descendants of the clan to enter the Ancestral Temple, but the emperor had an edict and the time to enter the palace was changed to Wu Shizheng, which is exactly three o'clock in the afternoon.
After receiving the latest notice from the emperor, the clan disciples rushed from various quarters in the city to the outside of Xuanwu Gate. All clan men over fourteen years old were required to participate in the sacrifice, except for those who were guilty. Currently, only the deposed emperor Li Yi and the former prince Li
Song was unable to participate in the sacrifice, and the remaining more than 140 clan members over the age of fourteen gathered outside Xuanwu Gate, led by Zongzheng Temple Minister and King Xiang Li Xi.
There were two previous imperial uncles in the Tang Dynasty, one was Peng Wang Li Ji, and the other was Xiang Wang Li Xun. Li Jian gave up the throne to Zhu Si and was named the King of Fortune. However, he died suddenly of illness within half a year.
Now only Li Xiang, the king of Xiang, is left. Although the prince Li Qian is also in the team, worshiping at the Ancestral Temple is based on the respect of the elders, and Li Qian must also obey the arrangements of the emperor's uncle Li Xi.
"The time has come, open the Xuanwu Gate!"
Li Xi shouted loudly, and the Xuanwu Gate slowly opened.
"Line into the palace!"
Li Xun shouted again, and he led more than 140 clan members into the Xuanwu Gate, crossed the Taimiao Square, and walked to the Taimiao Temple hundreds of steps away.
At this time, countless guards suddenly appeared on both sides. Li Xi glanced at them but didn't take them seriously.
An accident happened at this moment. Two hundred and fifty guards raised their crossbows at the same time, and dense crossbow arrows were fired at the clan members.
Screams suddenly broke out in the square, and a large number of people fell to the ground in an instant. There was no need to shoot a second round, so Ying Caihe shouted, "Kill them all!"
The guards threw away their crossbows and raised their spears to kill from both sides. The clan members cried and screamed and had no way to escape. They were killed in groups before their eyes...
Prince Li Qian was hit by an arrow in the back. He struggled to get up, but a guard rushed forward and the sharp spear tip pierced his back. Prince Li Qian screamed and died immediately.
This is the second secret mission that Guo Song gave to Ying Caihe, to massacre the Li Tang clan in Chengdu. God knows and earth knows, only the two of them know about it. The soldiers all thought it was an order issued by the eunuch group to launch a coup, and they
His mission is to help the eunuch group succeed in their coup.
The soldiers guarding the Xuanwu Gate were stunned. No one of the twenty soldiers dared to step forward. They watched helplessly as all the clan members were killed.
In less than a cup of tea, more than 140 clan members were all killed. Ying Caihe led everyone to evacuate from Xuanying Gate, followed the original road through the Forbidden Garden and left the palace.
The soldiers at Xuanwu Gate realized what they were doing and ran to report in panic. When a group of eunuchs from Song Chaofeng heard the news and rushed over, corpses were strewn on the square, rivers of blood flowed, and there was not a single living person left.
A group of eunuchs looked at each other, too shocked to say a word.
"Chaoweng, what... is this good?" Wu Shouliang asked with a trembling voice.
Song Chaofeng gritted her teeth and said: "That damn female devil, if you catch her, you will be killed with a thousand knives!"
Huo Xianming was still calm. He pondered for a moment and said: "My lord, no matter what, we must first block the news and eliminate future troubles, otherwise none of us will die."
Song Chaofeng nodded, the enemy's army was a serious concern.
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Chengdu currently has four armies, including 30,000 Shence Army, 5,000 Palace Guards, 10,000 City Gate Army and 20,000 Jiannan Army.
The five thousand palace guards are led by Qian Niuwei General Dugu Dashi. This is the army that you don't have to worry about the least. Most of these guards are children of powerful and wealthy families. They are pampered and look majestic on the surface. In fact, they are greedy for life and fear of death and are vulnerable to attack.
When ten thousand Shence troops entered the palace, the guards fled or surrendered one after another, and Dugu Dashi was also captured and detained by the Shence troops.
Huo Xianming personally led two thousand Shence troops to surround the Dou Mansion, and brought more than 200 members of the Dou family back to the palace. He threatened the lives of the entire Dou family and forced Dou Wen, the prison guard general, to cooperate.
Although there was only a small-scale operation in the city, the atmosphere still became tense. The Shence Army also entered the mansions of Prime Ministers Zhang Yanshang and Cui Zao, monitoring the two prime ministers, and no one in the mansion was allowed to go out.
It was just getting dark when the eunuch Ju Wenzhen led 300 soldiers to the deposed king's palace. Hearing cries in the palace, Ju Wenzhen was shocked and led his troops into the palace. He saw a dozen guards who were responsible for monitoring the deposed king Li Yi standing in fear.
In front of the gate, I was at a loss.
"What happened?" Ju Wenzhen asked sharply.
A guard said tremblingly: "Half an hour ago, the deposed king was stabbed in the chest by a poisonous arrow. He is already... dead. Who is the murderer?"
Ju Wenzhen was stunned for a moment. They also wanted the deposed king Li Yi to intervene to calm the situation, but unexpectedly they were a step too late and Ying Caihe made the first move. Ju Wenzhen was so angry that he cursed Ying Caihe for being cruel, but had no choice but to go back to the palace to report.
At this time, news also came from the mansion of the deposed prince Li Song that Li Song was killed by an assassin with a poisonous arrow.