Chapter 352： death knell

Other officials looked around, all looking at the officials gathered behind Xiao Shoufu, with cold sweat constantly oozing from their foreheads, or righteous indignation, or anger, or shock, or timidity, or tension...

Xiao Shoufu's party's unanimous cries were still resounding, like thunder.

At the same time, two columns of the Imperial Army soldiers in bronze helmets and iron armor poured into the Longen Gate like a tide, with a rumbling pace.

The surrounding air was so dense that it was almost suffocating.

"Abdicate to be worthy?" The emperor glanced at Xiao Fengyuan, Pei Wenrui and others who were standing outside the hall, as if he was scheming, with a sneer on the corners of his lips, "To whom?"

As soon as these words came out, a certain name appeared in the hearts of civil and military officials outside the hall, as well as the concubines and daughters-in-law.

Xiao Fengyuan raised his hand, and the voices behind him asking the emperor to abdicate and let the sages stop instantly.

There was a dead silence inside and outside the hall.

Xiao Feng Yuenlang smiled and said clearly: "If virtue does not match, there will be disasters; good talents make good use of them, and those who are able will live in them. The emperor and ministers are willing to follow the example of the sages to overcome the darkness, ascend to the sage, and bring chaos to order."

"King Kang is the direct son of the late emperor, with the blood of the Chu clan. He is known for his ancestors' style, wise and martial, and has great talent and strategy. It can be said that he succeeds to the throne."

Xiao Fengyuan's remarks were impassioned, his eyes were piercing, sharp as a sheath, and it seemed that he could scratch people's skin.

When the words "Kang King" were spit out from Xiao Fengyuan's mouth, everyone present felt that it was the case, and their hearts became heavier.

It was obvious that they had never seen each other before, but they all felt that there was a **** smell lingering in the air, lingering.

In the past dynasties, forcing the palace to seize the throne is often accompanied by **** storms. Either you die or I live. In history, which abolished emperor has a good end!

Since Xiao Shoufu dared to lead a group of ministers to force the palace, naturally he would not be unprepared. I am afraid that today's "Longenmen change" will not be good!

They could almost predict that today this imperial mausoleum will be filled with blood!

The emperor's expression was still very calm, he stared deeply at Xiao Fengyuan, and said in a calm tone: "What if I don't agree?"

Xiao Fengyuan snorted lightly, the corners of his eyes and brows did not move at all, but the bottom of his eyes were as cold as a cold pool, and he said again:

"Please the emperor abdicate and let the virtuous!"

This sentence is almost word by word, and the voice does not carry any temperature.

After the words were finished, the soldiers of the forbidden army in the back pulled out the long knives in their scabbards in unison, and the long knives shone with a cold light in the sun, adding a chilling air to this mountain wind whistling. .

Jianwei General Wang Nan strode forward and walked to the right rear of Xiao Fengyuan with his head held high. First, he clenched his fists to the emperor in the hall and said, "Your Majesty forgive me!"

said so, the next moment, he brushed out the saber from his waist.

The tip of the long sword pointed at the emperor in the hall.

Wang Nan's rough red face was full of righteous indignation, and he said in a rough voice: "Gu Ce surrendered to the enemy and killed tens of thousands of lives, even if he was cut with a thousand cuts, he would not be able to exonerate his guilt!"

"The emperor's desire to reverse the case for Gu Ce is really a perverse act, which chills the hearts of the last general and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Dajing!"

Wang Nan's voice was high-pitched and angry, with surging anger, his voice seemed to burst out from the depths of his chest.

The frigid mountain wind sent his words clearly.

The mountain wind is howling, not only in the foothills of Tianxi Mountain, but also in the capital today.

Under the strong wind, the flowers and trees in the garden creaked, and the remnant flowers of a tree were blown off the branches by the wind, and the flowers were left on the ground.

Empress Dowager Yuan, dressed in a black crane and holding a ganoderma lucidum, sat by the window, quietly looking at the remnants of flowers outside the window, her eyes were unfathomable and deep under her half-drooping eyelashes.

The big **** lifted the curtain and walked in, walking silently, and said, "The Empress Dowager, everyone has been settled."

The head **** half lowered his head, swallowed involuntarily, his eyes dark and unclear.

Early this morning, Empress Dowager Yuan issued a decree on the grounds that the phoenix was unwell, and called all the imperial wives in Beijing, as well as the county lord, county lord and other female relatives to the palace.

The emperor and the eldest prince were not there. The person with the highest status in the palace was the Empress Dowager Yuan. After the Empress Dowager Yuan gave an order, the Imperial Guard in the palace temporarily placed the female relatives under house arrest in the Chunxi Palace.

Thinking about it, the eunuch's heart beat faster, and he asked with a little bit of anxiety, "Could the maiden want to go to the Chunxi Palace to have a look?"

Empress Dowager Yuan didn't even look at the big eunuch. She lowered her eyes and looked at her fair and delicate fingers. The nails of her ten fingers were neatly trimmed, and her hands were well maintained, as delicate and beautiful as a young girl.

She shook her head indifferently: "Don't look at it."

She put these female relatives under house arrest just to make those honorable officials cast their fears and dare not move rashly, and they are just some women who are powerless with their hands, and there is nothing to see.

Empress Dowager Yuan stroked the embroidered cloud pattern on the cuff, and ordered lightly, "Knock it."

Her tone was calm and her mood was calm, like a lake without a ripple, clear and peaceful.

The big **** hurriedly ordered to retreat, and passed by the big palace maid who came with a tea cup.

The old tea is replaced and the new tea is served.

Empress Dowager Yuan gracefully lifted the tea cup, lifted the tea lid, and gently moved the tea leaves floating in the tea cup.

She drank tea slowly.

The fragrance of fresh tea permeates the house with the rising heat.

When Empress Dowager Yuan had almost finished drinking the cup of tea, the maid came hurriedly again, and said, "The Empress Dowager, Madam Yuan is here."

Empress Dowager Yuan put down the tea cup and said categorically, "Xuan!"

Almost at the same time as the words fell, there was a loud ringing of bells outside.

"Boom!"

Immediately afterwards, it was the second banging of the bell, the third one, the fourth one…

The sound of the bell rang through the palace like thunder, and it spread almost all over the capital.

The people in the capital heard the sound and walked out of their homes, all looking in the direction of the palace.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The bells were banging one after another, and it was so loud that people's ears were buzzing.

Soon, more and more people gathered on the street and it was bustling.

In the crowd, an old scholar described as withered raised his head to the sky, listened carefully, moved his mouth slightly, and counted silently. When he counted to twenty-eight, his face changed drastically.

He muttered to himself: "Death knell, this is the death knell!"

Zhongming twenty-seven times, the queen mother and the queen passed away.

But the death knell still hasn't stopped, it's been more than 30 times, but it's still beating down...

Not only the old scholar is counting, but other people on the street are also counting: "...forty-three, forty-four, forty-five."

The sound of the counts was a bit messy at first, but gradually, the sounds became uniform.

After the bell struck forty-five times, it was quiet.

The streets and alleys of the capital, as well as the houses in all the prefectures, were all silent.

All the officials and people who heard the bell were horrified and couldn't help but look sad.

The bell chimes forty-five times, and the number is ninety-five, which is the sound of a great mourning, which means that the emperor has died!

A major event like the death of an emperor may only be experienced by most people once in a lifetime, but thousands of people in the capital have experienced it once a year ago, and they all reacted at once, knowing that it was the death knell just now.

Everyone's heart sank.

Although this emperor has only been on the throne for one year, he is benevolent and kind, and loves the people like a son. In just one year, he has widely exercised benevolent government, issued edicts to reduce taxes and corvee labor for the people, vigorously build farmland and water conservancy, reduce punishment, etc. The people also Be grateful.

"The Emperor is dead!"

In the crowd, I don't know who was the first to shout out.

The old scholar sadly faced the direction of the palace and knelt down slowly.

The two scholars around him also knelt down with him, and the others around him seemed to be infected with this emotion. , Everyone is a little shorter, a piece of black.

The atmosphere is solemn and sad.

Suddenly, there was a messy sound of hoofs on the street in the distance, approaching with a "DeDe" approach, which also woke the people up from their sadness.

A group of brass and iron armored imperial soldiers passed by, their hooves flying, and shouted loudly one by one:

"You wait for all the common people to go home and are not allowed to stay outside."

"Anyone who wanders around will be regarded as picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and they will all be taken down."

“…”

The people who were kneeling on the ground were frightened when they heard the words, and they all got up and went back to their homes, for fear of being caught and sent to prison.

The whole capital was roaring, and after a while, there were no passers-by on the street, it became empty and lifeless.

A group of imperial soldiers rode their horses through the streets and alleys of the capital, shouting or waving their whips one by one, vigorously driving out the people on the streets, not allowing them to wander outside.

Not only that, but also a group of soldiers surrounded the residences of Jingzhao Mansion, Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division, Beizhen Fusi Division, and major generals.

These rumbling hooves are like drums being beaten all over the place, hitting the hearts of everyone.

"Get it..."

One of the men and horses quickly approached the west gate.

General Hong, the dragon and tiger general at the head, took out a golden token and said loudly to the soldiers guarding the city gate: "The emperor died, and the queen mother gave an order to close the city gate, and strictly prohibit all people from entering and leaving until the emperor Daxing died. !"

The people inside and outside the city gate who were waiting to enter and leave the city also heard these words, and they were stunned for a while. Many people stood there, not knowing whether to continue out of the city or simply go home.

On the city wall, a round-faced general hurried down the stone steps, frowning at General Hong, who was wearing a short beard, and hesitantly asked, "Close the city gate?"

The capital is the capital of the country, and the time for opening and closing the city gates has always been fixed. In the fifty years since the establishment of the Dajing Dynasty, there have been only a handful of times that the city gates of the capital have been closed in advance, each time by the reigning emperor. Order yourself.

General Hong pulled the reins, and the horses under his crotch were spraying white air. He brought the token engraved with the phoenix pattern in his hand closer to the round-faced young general, and said: "The Queen Mother's phoenix order is here!"

"The emperor has just passed away, and everything is being dealt with, and people's hearts are turbulent. The Queen Mother ordered to close the city gate!"

General Hong said righteously, his brows furrowed tightly, his heart was impatient.

"The emperor died?" The round-faced teenager pushed the helmet on his head and asked back with a crooked face, "Who said that?"

General Hong's brow furrowed even tighter. He thought this job would be easy, but he didn't expect this kid to dawdle.

He raised his horse and dismounted, and the horse approached the young general two steps, and said condescendingly: "The death knell has just rang ninety-five forty-five times, and this is the great mourning sound, didn't you hear it?"

"Big mourning?" The round-faced general leaned lazily on the city wall, but he had a heroic temperament of his own.

He said casually: "I just rang a few times, maybe the queen mother died."

After saying that, he threw two loquats to a bearded city gate guard next to him, and asked with a smile, "Is that so?"

The long beard caught the two loquats with a smile and coaxed, "Xiaowei Fan, I didn't count just now... Third child, have you counted?"

Qiu Bearded Hu threw one of the loquats to the other triangular-eyed city gate guard, who also shook his head seriously and said, "I don't even count."

"I estimate that the death knell just now should have been more than 20 times. Maybe it's the death of the queen mother!"

General Hong was extremely angry, his teeth were rattling, and his face was blue and white, which was quite ugly.

He had long heard that Jin Wuwei, who guarded the city gate, was like Wucheng Soldiers and Ma Si, and there were a lot of ignorant and ignorant children from the families of noble generals.

See you today, it really is!

General Hong clenched the reins tightly with one hand, and put down his cruel words in a rage: "If you don't obey the decree, you will never be forgiven!"

"You better think about it!"

He raised his hand and made a gesture, and the dozens of soldiers of the Imperial Guard he brought swarmed up, aggressively.

They all pulled out their sabres in demonstrations, and their threatening intent was palpable, as if blood would be splattered on the spot if they disagreed.

"Beheading who?" A stern male voice suddenly sounded behind him, like a light hum and a sneer.

General Hong felt that the voice was a little familiar.

Who is it?

He subconsciously followed the sound and looked above the city wall, and saw another young general looking down at him from the city wall.

In the backlight, the young general's face was a little blurry under the cover of the helmet, and he was tall and tall.

He took off the heavy helmet, revealing a smooth forehead and a handsome face with a bit of sharpness, and his long and narrow eyes were cold.

Under the blue sky, the sun behind the young man was dazzling, and General Hong narrowed his eyes subconsciously.

This person seems to be standing on the city wall just now, and it seems that he is not there.

General Hong's pupils moved extremely fast, his body seemed to be frozen and unable to move, he looked at this young general on the city wall in disbelief.

Gu Yuan!

Why is Gu Yuan here? !

General Hong's head was buzzing, as if countless bees were rushing around in his head, and he couldn't think calmly at all.

Isn't Gu Yuan supposed to go with the eldest prince to the country of Yue to welcome his relatives? !

If Gu Yuan is here...then, do you mean...

General Hong's heart beat faster, his heart almost jumped out of his chest, he almost didn't dare to think about it.

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