Chapter 564 This world is about to change hands!
The mountain wind whistled through the empty valley.
It was as if a strange wind was at work, causing all the soldiers who stepped into the valley to get goosebumps all over their bodies.
"Where have all the construction soldiers gone?"
After a night of fighting, Zhang Tingjiu was exhausted. Looking at the empty valley, he felt suspicious.
Yang Qilang: "Perhaps, they haven't started their shifts yet?"
Zhang Tingjiu: "No, there's no one here at all!"
“Even if it’s not time for your shift, there will be people taking turns to stand guard.”
"There's absolutely no one at the entrance to the imperial mausoleum!"
"Moreover, despite our large-scale appearance, no one came to inquire, not even a single guard."
"That's so weird!"
Duan Rongshi: "Be careful."
Yang Qilang immediately shouted, "Everyone, be on alert!"
Just then, the Chu Emperor slowly awoke.
Last night, he was tied to the horse behind Qingyangzi.
So when I got up, my whole body ached terribly, and I felt like all my bones were about to fall apart.
Seeing that he was in the valley of the imperial mausoleum, and looking up at Duan Rongshi and the other two who had returned, he couldn't help but frown.
What's going on?
"How did I end up here?"
The Chu Emperor rubbed his temples, which ached so much they felt like they were about to split open, and a fierce aura began to rise from his body.
Zhang Tingjiu quickly replied, "Your Majesty, this is a long story. Last night, it was Daoist Qingyangzi and your ministers who rescued you from the mountain stronghold."
"The bandits are now chasing us all the way. We originally planned to come to the nearest imperial mausoleum to ask for help from the construction army, but we were relentlessly pursued and killed in the middle of the night last night, so we only just entered the imperial mausoleum valley."
"But we only just arrived and discovered that none of the construction troops here have been found."
The Emperor of Chu was utterly astonished: "They've all disappeared?"
He was breathing heavily, and in his rage, he wanted to draw his sword to kill someone, but Qingyangzi, who was riding with him, didn't even have a dagger, let alone any swords.
"You bastard!"
The Chu Emperor knocked Qingyangzi off his horse with a single palm strike.
If Duan Rongshi hadn't bent down and scooped Qingyangzi up with a single palm strike, the frightened horse would have already trampled on Qingyangzi's chest.
Qingyangzi shakily regained his footing, having already cursed Zongzheng Langri, that tyrant, a thousand times in his heart.
The tyrant who deserves to be torn to pieces will never die innocently, no matter how he dies.
He had at least nominally saved Qingyangzi's life, yet Qingyangzi not only showed no gratitude but also planned to kill him without batting an eye.
If there were a sword right now, I'm afraid my head would already be gone.
Seeing Qingyangzi's plight, Yang Qilang and Zhang Tingjiu's expressions also changed.
The horse was startled, and the Chu Emperor was careless and fell off his horse.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and rolled away from under the horse's hooves to escape.
Yang Qilang then realized what was happening and leaped forward to quickly control the horse.
Zhang Tingjiu quickly jumped off his horse and stepped forward, calling out, "Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, are you alright?"
While shouting, Zhang Tingjiu quickly took off the knife from his body and threw it far away.
The Chu Emperor sat up, clutching his chest, and immediately coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"you……"
He looked up at the three people in front of him, his eyes already filled with murderous intent.
Duan Rongshi, still high on his horse, said indifferently, "Your Majesty, please calm down."
"The three of us had just returned from Daliang after completing the mission assigned by His Majesty. Before we could even report back to His Majesty, we heard that His Majesty and my wife had disappeared in the burning secret chamber of His Majesty."
"Now that Your Majesty has been found, I dare to ask, Your Majesty, where is my wife?"
With Zhang Tingjiu's help, the Chu Emperor stood up in a disheveled state: "How dare you!"
"Li Wu, are you suspecting that I have hidden your wife?"
"I also want to hold you accountable. Your wife is incredibly audacious; she dared to attempt to assassinate me!"
"What crime should you be charged with in this matter?"
Duan Rongshi: "Does Your Majesty intend to kill me?"
"Very well, Your Majesty will never be able to obtain the remains of Consort Yue of Daliang in this lifetime."
Upon hearing Li Wu dare to say such a thing, Yang Qilang and Zhang Tingjiu were so anxious that they almost jumped up.
Has he gone mad?
Doesn't he seem completely indifferent to his wife?
How dare they threaten the Chu Emperor with Princess Qingyue's remains?
Is he really trying to die?
"His Majesty--"
As Zhang Tingjiu winked at Li Wu, trying to explain for him, a vanguard soldier rushed in with an urgent report: "Your Majesty—"
"My lords—"
"It's the King of Qin! The King of Qin is leading a large army and is chasing after us!"
Everyone was taken aback: "The King of Qin!?"
"How could it be the King of Qin!?"
"Did you see it clearly?"
Yang Qilang: "It was too dark last night, and the enemy commander never showed up. It turns out it was the King of Qin!"
"Could it be that the King of Qin is the leader of the bandit gang, and the real culprit who kidnapped the Emperor?"
Zhang Tingjiu: "What's impossible? Only he could know the palace inside and out, and even steal His Majesty out of the palace in front of everyone."
"Moreover, perhaps only he knows that there is a secret passage beneath the artificial hill leading to His Majesty's private chamber!"
Yang Qilang: "He wants to rebel?"
"You want to... to usurp the throne?"
The moment those words were spoken, the room fell into a deathly silence.
Qingyangzi chimed in at the opportune moment: "I've heard that His Highness Prince Qin has always been a supporter of the Fourth Prince. But last night, when I went to rescue His Majesty, I also saw the Fourth Prince in that woodshed."
"I only have some rudimentary skills and no superhuman abilities, so I could only take His Majesty with me at that time."
"When we abandoned the Fourth Prince, he seemed very agitated and anxious. Was there some misunderstanding?"
Emperor Chu: "What misunderstanding!"
His face was grim; he had already made up his mind about it.
"That beast."
"It must have been a scheme he conspired with the King of Qin to regain my trust by saving the emperor, and he even forced Xingyao to marry the traitorous young marshal!"
"If it weren't for your timely appearance and rescue, Master, I would have already fallen into their trap!"
Zhang Tingjiu: "Your Majesty, last night the Prince of Qin kept pressing us, and the men that Yang Qilang and I brought have already lost more than two hundred servants and guards."
"Now, we, your subjects, will certainly protect Your Majesty with our lives."
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of hope ignited in the heart of the Chu Emperor.
How many of you are left?
"How many troops does the King of Qin have?"
Zhang Tingjiu hesitated for a moment before reporting, "We still have eight hundred men."
"That King of Qin still has no less than two thousand men."
Upon hearing the number of people, the Chu Emperor felt a wave of despair.
He closed his eyes and commanded, "Surrender. I will pretend to go back with them, and when the opportunity arises, I will turn the tables and kill them!"
He turned the tables and killed them?
Yang Qilang and Zhang Tingjiu looked on incredulously: "Your Majesty!?"
With only two hundred men, they defeated and repelled nearly a thousand of the King of Qin's troops, a victory against overwhelming odds that greatly boosted morale!
If we don't fight now, will the Emperor surrender?
Isn't this demoralizing and sending everyone to their deaths?
There are no soldiers in this world who are defeated without a fight.
Only cowards and cowards who are afraid of death!
Everyone was furious, but Duan Rongshi declared, "I will definitely capture the King of Qin alive!"
After saying that, he squeezed the horse's belly hard with both legs, turned the horse around, and charged backward.
"Stop Li Wu for me—"
The Chu Emperor pointed in Duan Rongshi's direction and roared angrily.
However, without orders from Zhang Tingjiu and Yang Qilang, no one dared to stop them.
The Chu Emperor pointed at them incredulously: "You...you're going to rebel?"
Zhang Tingjiu said coldly, "Your Majesty is in such a sorry state today. If we were to return, we probably wouldn't even have a chance to live."
The matter they handled in Daliang could not be known to the world.
And today they have witnessed firsthand how cowardly and incompetent this emperor is.
If they go back, how can the three of them possibly survive?
Only the mouth of a dead man is truly sealed.
Zhang Tingjiu and Yang Qilang exchanged a glance.
The two of them lifted their feet and walked towards the Chu Emperor.
What are you going to do?
"How dare you disrespect me?"
"I am the emperor."
"If either of you dares to offend me, I will surely exterminate your entire family and wipe out your nine generations—"
Without saying a word, Zhang Tingjiu stepped forward and, in full view of everyone, personally tied up the Chu Emperor.
And gag him.
Yang Qilang was originally a member of the Crown Prince's faction.
Although the Crown Prince was not informed of the news that he had come out to rescue the Chu Emperor, if the Chu Emperor could really be killed outside the palace, wouldn't it be a matter of the Crown Prince's succession to the throne be legitimate?
Moreover, they have already offended this tyrant.
If he were released back to Nan'an, the entire Yang family would surely perish with him.
Let's go all the way and take him into custody first!
After the two finished binding the Chu Emperor, they remembered Qingyangzi who was standing nearby.
Qingyangzi quickly looked up at the sky and made a rapid pinch with his fingers.
"This signifies a change in the constellations, a change in the emperor's throne, and the Purple Star pointing north..."
"The world is about to change hands!"
"Heavenly secrets must not be revealed, they must not be revealed any further..."
Shaking his head, he quickly climbed onto his horse and sped off in the direction Li Wu was heading.
Yang Qilang and his companion: ...
He was lucky he ran fast!
Yang Qilang: "What do we do next?"
"Brother Zhang, from now on we're in this together forever."
"What we've committed today is a capital offense, punishable by the extermination of our entire family and nine generations of relatives. From this moment forward, we cannot afford to make any more mistakes!"
Zhang Tingjiu: "Having taken this step, there is absolutely no possibility of regret."
"Don't you know who this tyrant is?"
"Let's go first to the imperial mausoleum to settle him down, and then we'll rush to Li Wu's aid!"
However, just as Zhang Tingjiu and Yang Qilang personally led the Chu Emperor into the imperial mausoleum, before their personal guards had even followed, a loud 'boom' resounded.
The stone gate suddenly slammed shut.
The two immediately sensed the danger, but a group of people slowly emerged from behind the main coffin in front of them.
Leading the group was Li Qingluo, who was wearing a mask and carrying a bow and arrow.
She drew her bow to its fullest extent, aiming it at the three men.
"You three, since you're in such a hurry to come in, why don't we watch a show together first?"
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