Survival countdown

, The performance of a hundred operas in the side hall is quite novel to the envoys of the Great Xia. They flocked to the side hall to watch, and took away a small number of wives and court officials.

As for the Empress Dowager, she left early due to physical discomfort when the third cup of wine was raised.

Right now, the hall is empty of many people, and it is a little quiet.

Zhao Baiyu looked back at the incense leak in the corner of the hall, but the hundred-hour incense that had been burning for a whole day and night was almost burned to one-half at this time. The eunuch said that it was at noon, and it should be four quarters of the day, which is ten o'clock in the middle of the night. point.

In a daze, Huo Jingtang held his hand and looked up. Huo Jingtang was watching all directions and listening to all directions, but he didn't forget to rub his hand and said, "Why is it so cold in summer?"

Zhao Baiyu had no choice but to say, "It's because you are full of blood and your hands are too hot."

At this moment, Emperor Yuan Shou raised the eighth glass of wine and said something about Haiqingheyan, the emperor and his ministers, the queen smiled beside her, playing with the wine glass in her hand, and the movement of raising the glass was a little lazy. Staring at the melon and fruit plate in front of him, while the prince looked at Xianglou——

This is already the sixth time he has watched Xianglou.

He is counting time.

"Is it Haishi?"

Zhao Baiyu whispered, followed by all the officials and officials raised their wine glasses over their heads, as if playing in slow motion, and clearly saw the prince throwing the wine glass raised above his head to the ground.

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The sound of throwing the cup as a sign is clear and clear. Just when the eighth cup of wine, the drum music is replaced and the hall is silent, the sound resounds through the hall, attracting everyone's attention.

Emperor Yuan Shou had a deep meaning: "Sui Sui is safe. Come and change a new wine glass for the prince."

The prince stood up, "I don't want to change the wine glass, but I want to change the seat."

Emperor Yuanshou: "Where do you want to sit?"

The crown prince walked out: "I want to sit in the position of the emperor, so I ask the emperor to let me."

As soon as the voice fell, there was a crisp sound of smashing cups and plates, and the throats of the screaming maids and eunuchs were cut with a knife, and the screams came to an abrupt end. The side hall was also brought under control without making any sound.

The married women and courtiers who stayed in the palace were somewhat knowledgeable, and although they saw the dead body, their faces were pale, but they didn't scream.

Emperor Yuanshou clapped his palms and smiled: "My crown prince is so impatient to sit on this chair, he can't even wait for a year or two? Stupid! I don't take the right path, I don't have the slightest patience, I have to choose the way of usurping the throne The path of great rebellion, even if you ascend the throne tomorrow, you will not be able to secure the throne. Everyone in the world will scold you for being unfair, not filial and not fraternal!"

"Qian'er's ascension to the throne is clearly His Majesty's abdication on his own initiative to make way for the virtuous. He is not only the heir apparent, but also the orthodox one. How could he be wrong?" the queen said slowly.

Emperor Yuanshou looked at her with strange eyes, as if he didn't expect that his mediocre empress would dare to persuade Donggong to usurp the throne.

"I underestimated Zitong."

The queen pulled the corners of her lips, and looked up: "Is it just underestimation? Has there ever been a concubine in His Majesty's eyes? You married me, but you don't plan to be buried with me. Behind the plaque in Wende Hall is always a copy of Changli Cui. The decree for Xiangru to be the queen? Cui Xiangru, Cui Shiro, a young general, died young. After his death, another female general Cui Qingru came, and now she is going to fabricate the identity of Cui Xiangru out of thin air. You think I don’t know them Are they all the same person?"

She looked at where Zhao Baiyu and Huo Jingtang were, with a face full of mockery: "Stealing the dragon and turning the phoenix, Li Daitao is stiff, why do you want to play this?"

Zhao Boyong and Xie, who were close and could hear clearly, couldn't help feeling pain in their hearts. They looked at Zhao Baiyu and found that his face was expressionless. While thinking that it was a good thing that Zhao Baiyu didn't stab Zhao Baiyu, they couldn't help feeling sorry for his indifference. .

"A hundred years later, the queen who was buried with you, and the queen who wrote the history books with you, is not me! Either way, I am alive and she is dead. But you should never bring that bastard close to the palace, in a stately place Doting! You still want to give him my son's throne? I, Sima Yuying, was also a girl who was well-known in all the courts in the capital, no worse than that Cui Qingru, why should I be insulted and degraded by you?"

Emperor Yuanshou's eyes of the queen's sad and angry accusation were absurd and funny, and she was not moved at all.

"You don't want to be insulted, why did you marry me in the first place? The Sima family is up for grabs, and I just can get a great treasure. Both of us have the same interests, so we hit it off right away. As the eldest daughter of the Sima family, would you not marry me?" Do you know what the two marriages are for?"

Queen: "The king is the king, the husband is the husband, and the father is the father. As a king, you can be hard-hearted, and you don't feel wrong, but you are definitely not a good husband, let alone a good father. Look, you never let go. The person you love will change to another day tonight, and the person you trust the most will go to jail after tonight!"

She said softly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, my concubine will not kill the little county king." Looking up at Huo Jingtang, she saw that the other party was still crooked, even with one foot on the ground, and his face was still the same. He looked down on anyone's mocking expression, so he didn't get angry. "The concubine wants him to eat the poison that can't kill him, deprive him of his title, and imprison him in the capital. He wants him to be a scum that everyone can step on!"

Emperor Yuanshou's face turned cold. He looked around the hall and asked: "You are terrible? Are you willing to follow such a king of no way? If you are willing, now is the time to show your loyalty."

The courtiers in the hall knelt for a long time, and said in unison: "I will swear to the death that I will not obey Xia Jie and Shang Zhou!"

The prince kicked down the nearest minister with a ferocious face: "Presumptuous! Don't think that Gu dare not kill you! Just because you dare to call Gu a tyrant, Gu can make your blood splatter three feet now!"

"The heart of serving the country and being loyal to the emperor is only after death."

It was Chen Shidao who was full of contempt, which made the prince's eyes flushed: "I have endured you for a long time! You are against Gu every time in the court. Whatever Gu says, you will object to it. If it is not for your sake Come on, let your head fall to the ground!"

He walked up and down the hall with a sword in his hand, venting his anger: "Why? What did Gu do wrong? Over the years, he has devoted himself to his duties, respected the virtuous and courteous, and dared not indulge in the slightest bit. Why are you all dissatisfied with Gu, the crown prince? Is it okay to be lonely, but Huo Jingtang is fine? He has a violent reputation. In the past two years, dozens of corpses were carried out in the mansion. From father to emperor to ministers, you all choose him! I treat you with such respect and courtesy, why..." Patting my heart, with red eyes choked up, I asked, "Why didn't you choose Gu as the crown prince?"

Emperor Yuanshou closed his eyes, unwilling to return to him.

Chen Shidao opened his mouth: "Inexplicable, incomprehensible, hysterical, embarrassing."

Zhao Baiyu: "..." The mentor is worthy of being the king of talking.

Huo Jingtang straightened up and pulled Zhao Baiyu behind him.

Gao Tongzhi was expressionless, and the deputy envoy of the household department rolled his eyes. Du Gong shook his head and sighed, and was too lazy to answer. Lu Zhiyuan sat in his seat with a serious face, motionless.

The rest of the courtiers also closed their eyes and turned their faces away, making a gesture of bowing their necks to kill, but Zhongzhang, the servant under the door, said Ling Xiaoxiao walked to the prince's side and bowed his hands to pay homage.

"His Royal Highness ascends the throne, the name is justified, and the hearts of the world return, who dares not accept it?"

Emperor Yuanshou raised his eyelids, glanced at Zhang and said the order, the remaining prestige was still there, the latter couldn't help shrinking his shoulders, what was surprising was that the fifth prince who followed the prince looked shocked and disappointed, and couldn't help admonishing them not to be stupid .

"Mother, you are already the mother of a country, and the second elder brother is also the heir of a country. It is a matter of time before you ascend, why do you do something stupid? You also said that the emperor trusted Huo Jingtang, and the emperor gave birth to a son. Brother Huang? It’s ridiculous—who is going to slander and deceive you? Brother Huang, before you make a big mistake now, hurry up and get back on your feet!”

The prince's face was gloomy: "Fifth brother, because of the past affection, I won't touch you, and you don't want to say anything hurtful." He turned his head and pointed at Emperor Yuanshou: "Father, please write down the edict of abdication immediately. Hand over the Jade Seal of Chuanguo."

Emperor Yuanshou said calmly: "If you have the ability, you can directly change the dynasty."

The prince was enraged, and when he wanted to say something, a voice came in from outside the hall: "Why bother talking nonsense? Brother Huang refused to agree for a quarter of an hour, so he killed one of the courtiers, and his head was hung in the hall. Brother Huang nodded and wrote the abdication edict—"

Everyone looked around, only to see Changping coming out surrounded by dead men, dressed in gorgeous clothes, radiant, with a bright smile, looking at Zhao Baiyu: "You taught me this trick."

She took the knife and beheaded an official nearby. Blood gushed out, and everyone in the hall showed anger.

Zhao Baiyu leaned forward, subconsciously clenched the armrest of the seat, his eyes were instantly covered by blood, and his nose was full of bloody smell that couldn't be dispelled.

Changping raised the knife, pointing the knife point at Emperor Yuanshou, one above the other below, with a frivolous and beautiful smile: "Brother Emperor, you fell into my hands." Then he turned his wrist, pointing the point of the knife at Zhao Baiyu: "You said you If you want to kill me, now let’s see who is the king and who is the bandit! Back then you beheaded three hundred officials and humiliated me in front of the world, today I will return that humiliation tenfold and a hundredfold!"

Zhao Baiyu looked at her quietly, still sitting in the original position. He should be short, but Changping felt that he was looking down. His calm and calm eyes, as if invincible, told her again and again. She, this person despises her from body to soul!

Changping was furious: "Low things, I played with you 20 years ago, and my life was at my mercy for 20 years. How can you belittle me?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Xie trembled with fright and anger, and was held tightly by Zhao Boyong.

Zhao Baiyu: "Even ants are qualified to despise you, why can't I?"

Changping stepped forward quickly, and stretched out his hand to pull Zhao Baiyu out from behind the banquet table, but Hengkong stretched out a hand, and just tapped her wrist lightly with the back of his hand, and there was severe pain of bone fracture , forced Changping to let out a short scream, and cast his fierce eyes on Huo Jingtang who was slowly getting up.

"Have you had enough trouble?" Huo Jingtang looked at Changping as if he was looking at a dying person, forcing Changping to retreat step by step, but he walked to the table, blocked Zhao Baiyu, and swept across the queen, prince, Chang Ping and a hundred or so dead soldiers applauded suddenly: "Get out of here, my lord!"

In an instant, there was the sound of soldiers and armor running outside the hall, countless torches were lit, and it was as bright as day. At the same time, there were different screams and the sound of flesh being cut from the side hall. The direction of the hall flooded in, and surrounded Zichen Hall completely.

The faces of the queen and the crown prince were like gold paper, shaking like chaff: "The imperial guards of the three yamen have been transferred away long ago, and the imperial guards guarding both inside and outside the palace have also been sent away. Where did the imperial guards come from?" To Lu Zhiyuan and Lu Wan, the father and daughter didn't change their faces, one closed his eyes and didn't look at it, the other bowed his head and didn't see him, obviously they had betrayed him long ago. "Why?"

The prince lost his mind, and looked up at Emperor Yuanshou again, and found that Emperor Yuanshou hadn't even changed his posture from beginning to end, why didn't he understand?

It turned out that he was seen from the beginning to the end, and it was all in his calculations, but why didn't he stop it in advance?

Probably because there is no better reason to depose the prince than this.

The prince smiled miserably, the sword in his hand fell to the ground with a clang, and he had no more fighting spirit, so he was captured without a fight.

Huo Jingtang waved his hand: "Kill without pardon!" Leaving two hidden guards to protect Zhao Baiyu, he turned around and entered the palace pool to fight, the situation was reversed.

The fighting in the hall shook the sky, and there was chaos. The married woman and the courtiers quickly ran towards the corner, while the imperial guards covered Emperor Yuanshou's exit from the Zichen Hall.When passing by Zhao Baiyu, Emperor Yuanshou glanced at Zhao Baiyu, his eyes were cold and cold, but at this moment, the over-stimulated queen picked up the sword on the ground and rushed towards Emperor Yuanshou like crazy.

The guards protecting Emperor Yuanshou quickly kicked the queen away, but the next moment, he was entangled in a suicide attack by a dozen dead men, forcing Emperor Yuanshou to retreat, and retreated to a corner with Zhao Baiyu.

The two secret guards protecting Zhao Baiyu were terrified. Naturally, they could not ignore the safety of Emperor Yuanshou, and hurriedly ran towards the door against the wall. As soon as they turned their heads, they were blocked by a knife. The dark guard separated from Emperor Yuanshou and Zhao Baiyu.

Among them was a dead man with a broken arm who broke through the guards and killed Emperor Yuanshou. Emperor Yuanshou also fought on the battlefield when he was young. With a sword drawn, he could resist ten moves. And the dead man attacked completely desperately, and soon exhausted his strength.

A knife came down head-on, white light flashed, Emperor Yuanshou's pupils constricted, and only heard the clanging sound, but it was Zhao Baiyu who picked up the knife on the ground and quickly and ruthlessly blocked the knife from the dead man.

Emperor Yuanshou reacted very quickly and sent the knife into the dead man's abdomen. When he was about to pull it out, he was suddenly grabbed by the dead man's wrist, unable to move.

Zhao Baiyu raised the saber above his head, and slashed off the dead man's hands. The notched saber broke, and he fell to the ground with the dead man, revealing Chang Ping, whose eyes were full of madness behind the dead man.

Changping held the knife in his hand tightly and rushed over, the speed was too fast, and the narrow corner blocked Emperor Yuanshou's retreat, and the sword in his hand let go when the dead man fell to the ground, and it was still stuck in the dead man's abdomen, Zhao Bai Yu's knife was also broken. At this time, they were all unarmed and had no way to escape.

Seeing the sharp knife point in front of him in an instant, the sound of flesh being pierced resounded in his ears like a cracking silk——

At this time, the rebels in the hall were cleaned up, and the imperial guards rushed in. Zhao Changfeng and Zhao Sanlang rushed into the main hall of Zichen Hall after confirming that there were no rebels alive in the side hall. After coming down, he looked around the hall and saw Emperor Yuanshou and Zhao Baiyu in the corner with sharp eyes, as well as Changping who was rushing over with a knife in his hand, and shouted in horror: "Be careful!"

Huo Jingtang shook off the blood on the knife, and when he saw Zhao Changfeng and Zhao Sanlang screaming behind him, he turned his head to look, and the next moment his eyes cracked: "Xiao Lang!!"

Everyone in the hall turned their heads, they were all taken aback, but they saw Zhao Baiyu standing in front of Emperor Yuanshou, and the knife that should have killed Emperor Yuanshou was inserted into his abdomen at this moment.

"Goro——!" Xie yelled in pain.

Zhao Baiyu tightly held onto Changping's arm until Huo Jingtang came over and cut off Changping's arm with red eyes. The latter rolled on the ground in pain and was ignored.

Zhao Baiyu fell to the ground, supported by Emperor Yuanshou, trying to relieve the severe pain by adjusting his breathing, moved his fingers, wanting to appease Huo Jingtang and apologize, he was going to leave him first.

But it hurts so much that I can't raise my hand or speak.

Huo Jingtang, Huo Jingtang, I'm in so much pain.

Zhao Baiyu wanted to cry unscrupulously, traveling to another world, going through untold hardships, and being alone for 19 years, how lucky he was to meet a Huo Jingtang who loved him and cherished him for no reason.

Knowing that these days he was using his favoritism to achieve the goal of killing Changping, Huo Jingtang still pampered him and favored him for no reason, without questioning or reprimanding him, running around for him, setting up a stage for him to act. It's a drama to invite you into the urn.

But he couldn't help it.

Huo Jingtang, no matter how smart Zhao Baiyu was, he couldn't find the courage to continue to embrace this era.

Huo Jingtang wanted to hug Zhao Baiyu, but Emperor Yuan Shou scolded him angrily: "Do you want him to die? Don't move him! Where is the imperial doctor? Get the hell out of here!"

The imperial medical officer who fled outside the hall came back scrambling.

Huo Jingtang knelt in front of Zhao Baiyu in a daze, staring blankly at the ring-sword pierced in his abdomen. He was never afraid of a wound that cut off a limb or even half of his head on the battlefield, except at this moment. His hands and feet are weak, his head is blank, and it seems that he can't even speak the most basic words.

Chen Shidao, Gao Tongzhi and others surrounded him anxiously, waiting eagerly for the result of the imperial physician's treatment.

Xie Shi and Zhao Boyong were at the back of the crowd, not because they couldn't squeeze in, but because they couldn't move.

Mrs. Xie fell on Zhao Boyong's body, and he would fall to the ground as soon as he let go. Zhao Boyong's whole body was stiff, seemingly calm, but in fact his hands and feet would go limp when he moved.

Zhao Changfeng and Zhao Sanlang came to their parents, wondering why they reacted so strongly, but at this moment, Qifen was unconsciously concerned about Zhao Baiyu, and Sanfen was distracted to care for his parents, when he heard Mrs. Xie murmuring a name non-stop .

"Little slave, mother's little slave..."

Little Slave——

Zhao Changfeng and Zhao Sanlang saw terror in each other's eyes.

When Xie was pregnant with her youngest son Lang, she still loved fish, but she didn't like fish in the past, so she said it was because her son Lang was fond of fish, so she married a nickname.

Small scale slave, scales are fish.

At that time, they called Xiao Lin Nu all day long, and even Zhao Sanlang, the youngest, would call Xiao Lin Nu.

Until Xiao Erlang of the Zhao family was born, the house was full of wind and rain, and he was sick. No one remembered this nickname that belonged to Xiao Erlang of the Zhao family.

But why is their mother murmuring this nickname to Zhao Baiyu now?

At this time, the imperial doctor looked embarrassed: "I need to pull out the knife, and it must be fast enough to avoid heavy bleeding, but...but——"

"I know that you group of imperial physicians are usually afraid of treating nobles to death, so you treat all diseases as serious, but now is not the time to let you fool me, save Zhao Qing, and make sure he doesn't die. He died today, you Let's go too!"

With a thud, the imperial doctor swallowed in fear, and quickly asked someone to bring a bunch of medicines to stop bleeding and save his life. He was mentally prepared before he dared to hold the ring-shou knife inserted in Zhao Baiyu's abdomen.

Zhao Baiyu, who seemed to be returning to the light, stopped the doctor's hand that drew the knife for him and said, "...don't save me, I don't want to live."

Boom!Boom!Boom!

When the hour came, the bells and drums on the city tower rang three times in a row, resounding over the capital, and knocking on the hearts of everyone in the palace.

Those who owed money or hated Zhao Baiyu in the past can repay it with heartbreak tonight.

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PS:

Xiaoyu forced Changping to kill, just to force her to rebel. He bet that the crown prince in the original book would not be right, because the tactic of slandering Changping and collaborating with the enemy alone has too many variables, and the key lies in the emperor's thoughts. He no longer believed that anyone in the officialdom could understand him.

So he used Lao Huo, and at the end of the conversation with Changping, Lao Huo actually heard it. He also knew about Xiao Yu's use but it didn't matter, and Xiao Yu also knew that once Lao Huo knew about his use, he would actively cooperate.

Both of them know each other too well.

(later said)

PPS: In fact, Xiaoyu had a death wish from the very beginning, not because he wanted to die because he knew the truth about crossing books, but because he had been trying to accept that era for 20 years but it was too difficult. Knowing the truth about crossing books, he wanted to die quickly, but he The reason why he wants to leave this era, but he is struggling and still has expectations for this era.

Otherwise, with Xiaoyu's cheerfulness and optimism, how could he accept death in Chapter 2?

Everything about wearing a book or ending with a certain death are all excuses.

Liang Jiang was the straw that overwhelmed him.

(He even planned to block the knife, completely blocked Changping's way of life, really pushed himself to a dead end)

Xiaoyu has always embraced the sun and the darkness very tenderly, even if he doesn't want to live, he will do his best to be good to those around him, the only selfish thing is that he accepted Huo Jingtang's love.

He knew that he would die, he would not live for a few years, and he shouldn't harm others, but he couldn't bear the temptation of Huo Jingtang's preference, so he had a guilty conscience, ashamed of the abandoned Huo Jingtang.

Huo Jingtang can ignore the world and favor and indulge Zhao Baiyu, so he is Xiaoyu's only salvation.

PPPS: The writing of these two chapters is too hasty, and I may revise them a little bit later (mainly because I was too sleepy when writing, my brain hurts too much, and my brain hurts when I move, and I don’t have time to buffer and revise, I will be very disappointed confidence)

PPPs: In these two chapters, Xiaoyu’s emotional changes may not be expressed, and the writing is relatively cryptic. After I sleep, I will reconsider whether to revise in these two chapters or put them in the next chapters.

If you don’t save the manuscript, it’s no good, TT