This day, there was no cloud.

Men, women, young and old in the capital gathered at the gate of the city, and pedestrians on the streets also avoided the sides of the road, crowded, raised their heads, and looked curiously at the army passing by in an orderly manner in the middle of the avenue.

There were thousands of people in the army, lined up in a long row, with dozens of prisoners in shackles and handcuffs in the middle, and fifteen large trucks filled with cargo boxes.

The most majestic person in the entire army is undoubtedly the leader in front of him. He does not wear armor, only wears a sword, rides on a white tall horse, and his clothes flutter in the wind. He is truly a handsome young man.

"So young."

"I'm not young, I'm only in my twenties, my father dies and my son succeeds me. Now I hold two major military powers. It can be said that the hottest figure in the entire court today."

"Such a young man, can he lead troops?"

...The crowds watching on both sides of the road looked up at Gong Jiu and walked slowly forward, talking, envious, jealous, and admired.

Becoming the focus of everyone, Gong Jiu's face was not happy or sad, and his eyes were far away in the direction of the Supreme Hall of the Forbidden City, as if he had seen the emperor on the dragon throne...

Gong Jiu's hand unknowingly held the sword around his waist tightly.

All the way to the gate of the Forbidden City.

There were already people waiting at the gate of the palace for a long time, and it was Wei Ziyun, the leader of the Great Inner Guard.

As soon as he saw Gong Jiu, before he could get off his horse, Wei Ziyun quickly stepped forward and said, "First-class guard Wei Ziyun, pay homage to King Taiping."

Although Gong Jiu held military powers between the two places, the only title he inherited was King Taiping.

"Don't give me a gift. Before you get officially enthroned by Your Majesty, you should call me the prince." Gong Jiu turned over and dismounted, and everyone behind him stopped.

"The King of Taiping worked hard and made great contributions, and captured the traitor. This time he entered the palace, it was a natural thing to enthrone the title." Wei Ziyun's title remained unchanged and he was extremely attentive.

Anyone can see that this newly promoted prince has an unlimited future.

"I dare not disobey etiquette." Gong Jiu said, strode to Wei Ziyun, and slowly reached out to untied the sword on his waist.

Of course, you cannot bring a sword when you enter the palace.

Wei Ziyun lowered his head and stood aside, not daring to urge Gong Jiu, as if he was a servant, and glanced at the prisoners in the army behind Gong Jiu.

One of the prisoners was extremely conspicuous, and the other prisoners were tied together with long iron chains, and they were struggling to walk. The only prisoner was sitting in the prison cart, and it was an iron prison cart. The wooden shackles on their necks were larger than the other prisoners. One end of the shackles were locked on their feet and the other end was locked on the iron fence of the prison cart, as thick as an adult man's arm.

The wind blew the prisoner's hair covering his face, and the exposed face turned out to be Li Yang.

"A great master, but finally ended up in this field..." When Wei Ziyun saw Li Yang, the duel on the roof of Taihe, the first duel appeared in his mind.

How transcendent was Li Yang at that time? Looking at how depressed and out of the way, Wei Ziyun, who was also a martial artist, felt sighing and even more awe of the imperial power.

This is the case with the top master, let alone a top master like him.

"Give it." Gong Jiu had already untied the sword, held it in both hands, and handed it to Wei Ziyun.

After careful look, Gong Jiu held his left hand at the bottom of the scabbard, but his right hand was at the hilt of the sword.

Wei Ziyun did not notice this little detail. He even deliberately lowered his head in front of Gong Jiu to show respect and humility. His hands were like receiving the sword. When his hands touched the sword body,

"Clang."

Gong Jiu suddenly clenched his five fingers with his right hand, pulled out his sword, and while pulling out the sword body, he passed through Wei Ziyun's throat.

"puff."

Blood shot out from his throat. Wei Ziyun looked at Gong Jiu incredulously, whimpering in his mouth, not knowing what he wanted to say, but before he could spit out a word, he turned into a corpse and fell to the ground.

A sudden change came.

The guard on duty at the palace gate had his eyes dull and his mouth slightly opened. He looked at Wei Ziyun's body in front of him, but he did not react.

"Wow!"

Gong Jiu turned into a figure and flashed through the palace gate. The guards on both sides of the palace gate fell down one after another like cutting leeks.

"kill!"

"Follow the little prince!"

"Those who kill the emperor will be rewarded with the Marquis of Ten Thousand Houses!"

...The thousands of troops standing quietly outside the palace gate burst out with a sound, and they pulled out their weapons one after another. Under the shouting of Commander Wang, they rushed to the palace gate with Gong Jiu behind him.

When the prisoners with shackles stretched out their hands, there was a key lying in their palms. They exchanged and unlocked each other, and then shouted and killed, rushed into the palace gate, and came from behind and rushed to the front of Commander Wang and other soldiers.

These are not prisoners, they are obviously a group of masters with martial arts.

"Bang."

The iron prison cart made a loud noise, and the iron fences on all sides fell down with a bang. The chains were untied. Li Yang picked up a thick iron chain nearby, wrapped it in a circle on his arm, and rushed into the palace gate.

As soon as you enter the palace gate, corpses and blood can be seen everywhere.

The current imperial guards are not the imperial guards who were besieging Li Yang and other martial arts masters. They had many defenses that night, unlike today's unprepared, they were all scattered in the palaces and gardens on duty, and they lost the leader Wei Ziyun, and they were unable to organize for a while, and they were easily slaughtered like chopping melons and vegetables.

Gong Jiu and other people were out of the way, and they rushed from the palace gate to the front of the Taihe Palace.

But the emperor was in the imperial study.

The imperial study room had been repaired long ago, and there was no sign of any damage. At this moment, the emperor was sitting on the throne, with a bunch of memorials in front of him, but he was unwilling to review it. Under his quiet appearance, there was a restless heart.

"The military power."

"I am only in my twenties and have control over the military power of both places. Can I still control it in the future?"

"It just happened to take this opportunity to seize military power."

"These people have all come into contact with Li Yang, and it is hard to guarantee that they will not know my secret and must be killed."

"By the way, even the one with the surname Sun cannot be kept."

...The emperor was restless and full of murderous intent. Even General Sun, who was the most inconspicuous, who did not even remember his full name, was listed on the list of killings. However, he had long been intercepted by the careful Li Yang, who had sent someone to intercept in advance.

A general's success has resulted in thousands of bones and is it that he is tall under the dragon throne. Isn't it also a sea of ​​corpses and blood?

After finally succeeding in seizing the throne, he must ensure that his rule is foolproof and unbreakable.

The imperial study room had already been arranged around it, and he only waited for Gong Jiu to come here to see him. As long as Gong Jiu was gone, his subordinates were outside the palace gate and the army far away in southern Xinjiang and fiefdoms, wouldn’t he, the emperor, be able to remove the acceptance with just one edict?

Perhaps it was because of his own reasons that the emperor was extremely afraid of the vassal kings who held military power, especially Gong Jiu, who was also a prince of the vassal king.

The emperor had even formulated a series of policies to reduce the power of the vassal states and centralize the power in the future, and Gong Jiu was the first victim of this policy.

At this time,

"Your Majesty, it's not good, it's not good..." A little eunuch hurriedly ran in without even a notice. Because he ran too fast, he fell to the emperor's feet in the end.

"Rareless!" The emperor, who was immersed in his future policy and national policy, was startled and saw that he was just a little eunuch, and kicked him angrily.

The eunuch who was kicked aside crawled back with his hands and feet, kowtowed heavily in front of the emperor, making his forehead sound louder.

"Damn the little slave, die...but...there are chaos outside killing?!"

"Ruan army? How could there be arbitrary army?!" The emperor grabbed the eunuch and was shocked and angry, and he actually raised it to the little eunuch.

"Yes...yes...the prince of Taiping..." The little eunuch stuttered and told the emperor about Gong Jiu's sudden killing of Wei Ziyun and entering the palace gate.

"It's him."

The emperor's eyes were a little lost.

He wanted to cut off the power of the vassal states, but unexpectedly, the other party was also thinking about seizing power, and even attacked him before him, which caught him off guard.

"roll."

One step late and fell into a passive state. The emperor was so angry that he kicked the little eunuch again, scaring the little eunuch so much that he crawled out of the imperial study room.

"What should I do?" The emperor paced back and forth, and then he had an idea.

"Come."

A guard flashed in outside the door immediately, the palace guard, Yin Xian, who was second only to Wei Ziyun's status.

"I have appointed you as the first-class guard. From now on, all the guards in the palace will be dispatched by you."

ha?

Yin Xian was confused.

Is this a promotion?

But the emperor had no time to respond and be happy to him, and said, "You should immediately follow my orders and mobilize the palace guards, imperial guards, even eunuchs, to block the chaos army. This is a token. If you can successfully repel the chaos army, I will grant you the marquis and inherit the inheritance of the people."

As the emperor said, he handed over a piece of jade he had with him to Yin Xian solemnly.

Is this a promotion?

Yin Xian was a little confused. After reacting, he felt ecstatic and immediately wanted to kowtow and thank him.

The emperor waved his hand, "Okay, I'm sorry for the vain gift, go quickly."

Yin Xian took the order and left.

The emperor is not at ease.

Although Gong Jiu brought only a thousand people, far less than the imperial guards in the palace, Gong Jiu came here under the banner of escorting Li Yang and had direct contact with Li Yang. Now he has rebelled again, which forced the emperor to worry that the two might be colluding.

The army is easy to deal with, but it is difficult for martial arts masters to deal with.
To be continued...