Xue Yuan's hands suddenly exerted force.
But the little emperor did not pass out as he expected.
After this mouthful of blood was spat out, Gu Yuanbai instead quickly calmed down, and under his eye gaze, the eunuch who had come to inform him had begun to tremble. Gu Yuanbai coldly lowered his face and said, ''Zhang Xu, arrest him and put him under strict guard. Then send someone to rush to the manor quickly to check if what he said is true."
The eunuch went limp and was dragged out of the hall by the tall guards.
Gu Yuanbai wiped the blood from his own lips with his cuff and patted Xue Yuan's arm, "Put me down."
Xue Yuan stiffened his face and put Gu Yuanbai down, who sat in the main seat with a big horse, his eyes looking gloomily in the direction of the gate.
Someone had already run to call the imperial physician, but Gu Yuanbai was still in a bad mood.
He shouldn't have gotten so worked up.
Wan Taifei beside the supervision office, if the Wan Taifei really bad, also should not be so a eunuch to come to inform, and Gu Yuanbai did not get a bit of news.
The palace attendant handed over a towel and handkerchief, and Gu Yuanbai lifted it up to wipe away the blood on his hands and the corners of his lips, when he suddenly remembered something and raised his head to look toward Xue Yuan.
Xue Yuan's neck, the corners of his clothes, and his hair were stained with bits of blood that Gu Yuanbai had coughed up, and his face was dark and sullen as he stared at Gu Yuanbai in disbelief.
Gu Yuanbai: "...... Give him another scarf."
As a male main attacker in the original book, Xue Yuan's looks are naturally not bad, peaked eyebrows into the bone, thin lips and high nose, what kind of expression action has a few points to make people alert to the sense of danger.
Such a look is too sharp, the battlefield killings will only make Xue Yuan's fury heavier, this will be the face and neck stained with blood look, so that the courtesan who handed him a towel and handkerchief had some hand tremors.
Xue Yuan took the towel and wiped it on his neck, he looked at Gu Yuanbai as he wiped, and suddenly his hands lurched as he asked, "There's nothing uncomfortable for His Holiness?"
Gu Yuanbai said, "It's okay."
Xue Yuan's expression is even more strange, he was just Gu Yuanbai spit out a mouthful of blood some of the shock, and now look at Gu Yuanbai, how to see how to feel that he is all sick, move a little bit can spit out the appearance of blood.
Sticky blood on the neck was pasted on the towel and handkerchief, the more Xue Yuan wiped his expression the more ironic, he is now this appearance, needless to say, looking at the side of those palace maids know how scary.
Gu Yuanbai warmly said, "Someone come, take Servant Xue forward to clean up a bit."
Xue Yuan heard him speak to him in such a warm voice for the first time, and for a moment it was doubly novel. The palace maid walked up to him, "Servant Xue, shall we go?"
Xue Yuan returned to his senses and slung his scarf over his shoulder, "Let's go."
Only when Xue Yuan left did Gu Yuanbai curb his smile as he tapped on the table with his eyes closed, the crunching sound of his fingertips tapping out was as gruesome as a hypnotic scythe.
It didn't take long before the guards ran in dripping with sweat, kneeling in front of Gu Yuanbai and saying, "Your Holiness, there's nothing wrong with Mrs. Wan. It's just that she misses Your Holiness and sent someone to try to ask Your Holiness to make a trip to the outskirts of the capital."
With that, the guards handed a letter to Gu Yuanbai, and the little eunuch examined the letter paper before carefully handing it to His Holiness.
This is exactly the secret letter from the Supervision Office, which has already clarified the cause and effect of the whole matter, and the person who deliberately conveyed the wrong information has already been arrested by the Supervision Office, and is being tortured to force a confession.
For this speed, Gu Yuanbai was still satisfied, he burned the secret letter, and after the last traces of the paper had obliterated, the imperial physician from outside also rushed in.
"Check," Gu Yuanbai said, "check into the clansmen."
With a chill behind his back, the head of the guards bowed his head and answered, "I will obey the decree."
*
The remnants of the powerful minister Lu Feng were frightened by Gu Yuanbai and fled all the way to both Jinghu South and Jiangnan. After Gu Yuanbai cleansed the court and the inner court, the second thing he did was to uproot Lu Feng's pawns buried in the military department.
But apart from these three places where he could use thunderbolt tactics, Lu Feng buried in other ministers and clansmen's houses of power and wealth he had no way to forcefully pull out.
But there were cons and pros, he couldn't catch these people in hiding, and these people wouldn't be able to follow the large army to escape the capital.
No, some people are getting antsy.
Gu Yuanbai had placed people from the Supervision Department in the residences of ministers and clansmen, firstly because he wanted to dig out these tumors, and secondly because he wanted to prevent these people who were carrying the salaries of the court, but ended up not being able to carry their brains with them.
Gu Yuanbai's brain was clear, and after the imperial physician finished diagnosing him, Tian Fusheng waited on the sidelines wiping his tears, and Gu Yuanbai motioned for him to come forward, saying only, "It's time to move."
Daheng's heavy ministers were not stupid people, and stupid people could not be heavy ministers. They knew who to follow and to whom they owed allegiance was the best thing to do. But there were always some whimsical clansmen who felt that now that the Emperor was in poor health and had no heir, they thought that if the current Emperor died, wouldn't they, or their children, be supported to the throne?
Clansmen who have good heirs in their families, or who have a reputation for being wise in their own right, are more likely to commit foolishness.
*
The wind is calm in the capital, but the palace is out of the footsteps of dozens of eunuchs holding the imperial decree in a hurry.
These eunuchs were sent to travel to the various princely houses of the patriarchs to read the will of the Emperor.
Gu Yuanbai gave them a chance to confess and be lenient.
The language on the imperial decree is concise, but the eunuch reads it out fiercely and harshly, asking them to hand over the remnants of Lu Feng hidden in the mansion, handing over the tumor that encourages them to be disrespectful to His Majesty, and as long as they are handed over, His Majesty can treat them leniently.
Everyone in the Prince Zong's House was trembling and terrified, but no matter how they pressed, the eunuch only said that there was still half an hour.
After half an hour, if the person who dares to do it doesn't dare to come out and confess on his own initiative, then he will have to accept the Emperor's thunderbolt.
And in this half hour, the eunuch stood archly before the gate of the clan house, looking with a cold face at the faces of the royal relatives, either innocent or apprehensive.
More than one person's heart thumped faster and faster, hiding within the crowd with a sweaty face, cold sweat sliding down to the ground drop by drop from his chin.
Scared, terrified, but still in disbelief of what His Holiness could do.
Time passed by, and it seemed as if the capital city knew what was going to happen, as the ministers banned the gate houses, and there was not a single person on the streets in front of the gate of the clan's royal residence.
The dusky sun in the early afternoon gradually moves westward.
The legs of the clan relatives who had done certain things kneeling on the ground were soft, not knowing whether it was because they had been kneeling for half an hour or because of some kind of inexplicable fear. In the midst of the time passing, not a single person in the Royal House of Patriarchs came forward to take the initiative to recognize the punishment. Finally, half an hour passed.
The sound of heavy footsteps came from within the palace, and thousands of armor-clad forbidden troops ran out of the palace in black, running in a tight formation straight to the Zong Prince's Mansion.
Their footsteps were so heavy that they could make the ground shake, and their shields and long swords flashed with bloodthirsty light. The leading general roared, "By the decree of His Majesty, we remove the Qing rebel army, idle people make way!"
On the street, the door of the house is closed, from the window gap to see this long line of black armor forbidden army ran through the door of their own homes, the sharp tip of those swords reflecting the light of the setting sun, on the ground, in front of the door to cut out a path of horrifyingly bright light.
These forbidden soldiers that Gu Yuanbai had spent a lot of money to raise, the daily training and drills gave them a strong body, and the daily good meat and rice gave them the strength to be able to hold up their armor and pick up their swords and shields.
Countless clansmen with large open doors and mansions looked at this group of forbidden army when they came over then they were in two wars, until these forbidden army ran past their own doors, these clansmen felt that they were alive again and could breathe, they fell softly to the ground, the slaves also fell softly to the ground, until now, they didn't know that the emperor's words were true.
Someone's really committed a transgression that His Holiness won't tolerate.
Black armor forbidden army from which door house front ran through, see originally cold face in front of that door house eunuch suddenly smile like chrysanthemums, hot passionate to softly fall to the ground of the door master help up, apologized: "You can not be and small, small also listen to the decree to do things, now the forbidden army did not in front of the door house blockade, that proves that you are innocent! The saint will send down a reward later, and your lordship must not take this to heart."
The celebration and fear in the hearts of the clansmen who were helped up had not yet dissipated, and with a clear understanding of the Emperor's temper, how could they dare to say anything at all?
It's horrible, it's horrible.
It's not them that feel even more terrible.
Thousands of forbidden soldiers eventually surrounded King Qi's mansion.
The eunuch waiting in front of King Qi's gate smiled as he walked down the steps and greeted the general leading the forbidden army, "General Cheng, is this it?"
The general nodded and said with a serious face, "I'll trouble the eunuch."
The eunuchs exchanged a few words of courtesy with him, and then ducked to the side, leaving the crowd of the Qi King's Mansion to face the gawking forbidden army head on. The already aged King of Qi was supported and walked to the door with trembling hands, "What are you all trying to do!"
When the people inside the mansion gate saw this dark and pressurized piece of forbidden troops, there were already people who fainted with both eyes rolled back. Panic spread, and finally someone couldn't help but let out a low sob.
General Cheng coldly raised his voice, "We are under orders to clear out the rebels. If there is any resistance, shoot on sight!"
King Qi couldn't take a single breath and almost pouted as he stared hard at the group of armored soldiers in front of him with wide eyes, his legs shaking more and more under his robe.
He also had a young child by his side, that was the Prince's youngest son, who was born sharp and intelligent, and had been known as a prodigy of goodness since he was a child. At this time, this child is grasping the hand of the servant beside him, crying out to find his mother.
A kid that's not even weaned yet, and he's "as smart and kind as the current emperor"?
Bah! General Cheng's eyes were on fire, and the soldiers behind him were dumbfounded.
King Qi was the brother of the late emperor, he was a dozen years younger than the late emperor, and when the late emperor claimed the throne, King Qi was not much of a threat. King Qi was also able to be a peaceful prince in his own right, so he had gained a good reputation.
But when Gu Yuanbai came to the throne, Gu Yuanbai, who was physically weak and likely unable to give birth to an heir, gave the King of Qi the opportunity to expand his ambitions. When Lu Feng, a powerful minister, was around, the King of Qi took gold and silver and had a name with Lu Feng, and while the other royal relatives were groveling, he had already dreamed of bigger things.
Lu Feng didn't dare to risk the greatness of heaven and earth by claiming the title of king and emperor, he only dared to wait for Gu Yuanbai to die and support the last puppet emperor, Qi Wang was too old for Lu Feng to feel at ease, but Qi Wang had a son.
He had many, many sons.
King Qi was a mixture of anger and fear, he looked at these forbidden soldiers outside the door, looking at the swords and shields in their hands he knew that what that eunuch had just read out was true.
But how did Gu Yuanbai find out?
How dare Gu Yuanbai?
He's his royal uncle!
King Qi shook his voice and said, "This king wants to meet with His Majesty!"
The forbidden soldiers blocking the door stared at him in silence.
Qi Wang's heart was violently bad up, he grabbed the arm of the boy beside him and violently pushed the boy out, ''Go! You go inform the saint! Say that I demand to see the saint!"
The boy staggered in the direction of the palace, but he only ran out a few steps before his head was chopped off by the vice-general's sword, and his bloody head rolled onto the steps in front of the Qi Wang Mansion.
Bloodstains rolled all the way, the vice general snorted coldly and said, "We are rough men with heavy hands, the saint has said that there is no need to keep a hand in clearing out the rebel army as well, this little guy dares to run away in front of the king's division, does he intend to notify the enemy army so that he can ask for reinforcements?"
King Qi's eyes widened and his hands trembled as he pointed at him, "You you you--"
In the great inner city, Gu Yuanbai had personally instructed General Cheng and his vice generals, and His Holiness had a light tone and simple words, only four words, "I want to see blood."
There are always people who don't feel afraid without seeing blood.
The crowd in the Qi Wang Mansion stared blankly at the head at the bottom of the steps for a long time before shrieks of horror tore through the sky.
The eldest son in the Qi King's residence forced himself to be calm as he supported his mother and said, "They don't dare to make a move against us."
They're all royal relatives no matter what!
General Cheng had the soldiers put away their swords and replaced them with thick, long sticks, and he invited a eunuch to come forward, who said in a loud voice, "Is the King of Qi really not going to tell the truth and hand over the rebel army?"
The King of Qi said in a loud voice, "You and the others dare to intimidate the royal relatives and dare to make a move against this king?!"
All the masters in the Qi King's Mansion broke into a shout, "We want to see His Majesty! You say you want to clear the rebels, why are you surrounding our royal residence!"
The number of people who broke into curses was as if they were subjected to dependence, and more and more people were impassioned, pointing backhandedly at the forbidden army and cursing them to death.
It wasn't until the unknown son of the Qi Wang Fu family was hit head-on with a blow to the head and fell to the ground with blood pouring out of his head that all this noise came to a violent halt.
Large swaths of the forbidden army rushed into the Qi Wang House, the sound of crying and howling shook the sky, the slaves lay on the ground, the Qi Wang House was like hell.
The masters were clubbed and the slaves were clubbed. But while the slaves can be killed, the masters must still be left breathing.
King Qi fell softly into a pool of blood as he watched those black-armored forbidden soldiers touch the study, and even quickly captured a few of Lu Feng's men.
They were fast like they already knew who these people were.
King Qi was dizzy, and the anger in his heart had long since turned into shivering fear.
Gu Yuanbai, Gu Yuanbai ...... He is even more ruthless than the late emperor, too ruthless and terrible.
This emperor is terrible.