After hearing this, Liu Yu felt that the voice was very familiar. His heart tightened and he turned to look outside.
As a result, the moment he turned his head, the door of the study collapsed.
After a burst of smoke and dust, the people in the room could see clearly that there was a young man in brocade clothes standing outside, and around him stood dozens of black-clad armored soldiers.
After seeing the man's face clearly, someone exclaimed: "King of the North!"
Someone else shouted, "Elite Regiment!"
Liu Qumao's face turned pale: "Impossible!"
He was afraid of the elite regiment, so he persuaded King Guangchuan to stop it. However, the useless King Guangchuan failed to stop it. Then he asked King Zhongshan and King Changyi to take action, also in order to transfer the elite regiment away.
After all, looking around Chang'an, the only ones who can fight are the elite regiments brought by His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Territory. As long as these elite regiments are transferred away and some of the palace guards are bribed by him, then the journey from the Prime Minister's Mansion to the palace will naturally be smooth.
Liu Qumao had been planning for a long time and had already thought about what posture he would use when entering the palace and how to talk to the prince when he saw him. As for the King of the Northern Territory... well, the next time they would see each other would probably be in the Sky Prison.
But what is going on with these elite groups now?
Liu Qumao waved away the dazed Liu Yu and asked, "You didn't send out the elite regiment?"
Liu Tan smiled at him and said, "I will personally answer your questions when you arrive at the Heavenly Prison."
Liu Qumao sneered and said, "Do it!"
At a command, all the swordsmen and archers hiding in his mansion ran out in an instant.
Originally, Liu Qumao wanted to lead these people to attack the palace in high spirits, but it didn't matter. He could capture Liu Tan and threaten him with the title of King of the Northern Territory. Then it would depend on what the Queen and the Crown Prince would choose.
The Queen must be reluctant to part with her son. I wonder if the Prince cares about his brother as much as he appears to?
The guards around Liu Tan immediately took out their shields and shouted, "Protect His Highness!"
And Liu Tan’s reaction was... he took a big step forward and went straight into the study.
After he entered the study, he basically destroyed the archers outside. As for the swordsmen and axemen... if they wanted to rush in, they would have to defeat the people brought by Liu Tan first.
After Liu Tan entered the study, Liu Qumao couldn't help but take a step back. He then looked at his followers and shouted, "What are you all still standing there for? Arrest him quickly! He heard everything. It's too late for you to turn back!"
Liu Qumao's men were already disheartened after seeing the elite regiment. A man's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. The elite regiment has been invincible since it was unsheathed. Not to mention that its notoriety has spread throughout the country, but these people are very aware of it.
Even if the numbers of people are equal, ordinary armies are no match for elite regiments, not to mention that their numbers may not be greater than theirs.
However, after Liu Qumao shouted, they also realized that the more people there were in the study, the more difficult it would be for them to move around. Moreover, they were the ones in greater numbers, while Liu Tan only had two guards with him!
Even if they knew they might not survive even if they captured the King of the North, this was their only chance.
Just when these people were about to take action, they suddenly heard the King of the North sighing deeply, and then saw the two guards beside the King of the North raising their hands.
Liu Yu, who had just been frightened silly, came back to his senses at this moment. He couldn't help but shout: "Hand crossbow!"
Suddenly, no one dared to move forward anymore. Some people even started using the desks and scales as cover, fearing that they would be hurt by the crossbows.
Liu Tan stood at the door and sneered, "How can you guys turn the tables by catching a turtle in a jar?"
Bows and arrows do have a long range and are quite powerful, but at short distances... sorry, the crossbow is king.
Liu Qumao looked at those spineless guys with hatred, thinking that none of them could accomplish anything. If there was a smart one among them, he would have taken the King of the North hostage while the other party was not reacting. Why would it have come to this?
Liu Tan looked up at him, then listened to the shouting and screaming outside and said, "If I were you, I would surrender right now. You don't think you have a chance to escape, do you? Even if you could escape, could you actually get out of Chang'an City?"
Liu Qumao's face turned pale. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the guard beside Liu Tan raised his hand, and a feather arrow shot out and directly brushed past Liu Qumao's cheek.
Liu Qumao was startled and immediately fell to the ground.
Liu Tan immediately ordered his men to arrest Liu Qumao and all these people. As for the swordsmen and archers outside... the masterminds had been arrested, so why were they still resisting?
After arresting the man, Liu Tan turned to look at the guard and said, "Didn't I tell you not to pull the trigger? Did you ignore my words?"
The guard swallowed hard and said, "I am guilty. I was just too nervous."
Liu Tan: ...
He waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's call it a day."
After delivering the order, the guard came up to Liu Tan and said with a chuckle, "Your Highness, this dress is both comfortable and beautiful. Can you...can you leave it to us?"
Liu Tan glanced at him and said, "If you want it, ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to design it for you and then have someone sew it. Don't even think about using my elite regiment uniforms. Our elite regiment's clothes are unique and cannot be worn by anyone other than an elite member."
The guard sighed regretfully. Liu Qumao was being escorted over at that moment. Upon hearing this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked, "This... isn't this an elite regiment?"
Liu Tan looked at him and smiled, "Yeah, no, you played that diversion well. I really didn't notice it at first, but... it doesn't matter now, does it?"
Liu Qumao almost vomited blood. When Liu Tan appeared before, everyone lost their composure for a moment because they saw the elite group. Even Liu Qumao was frightened and forgot to call for help.
By the time he wanted to call for help, the other side had already occupied the advantageous terrain. In addition, they were planning a rebellion in the first place, and now that their plan was exposed in advance, they naturally felt guilty and were at a disadvantage in terms of momentum. Therefore, no one could realize that these guards were just elite troops in disguise and were not the real elite troops at all!
Liu Tan waved his hand and had Liu Qumao taken away. He looked at the sky and said, "Lock them all up, and then everyone go back and rest."
Everyone: ???
No, shouldn't I report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at this time? And by the way, prepare to announce it at court tomorrow.
This is the Prime Minister's rebellion. How can such a big thing be treated so lightly and everyone just be allowed to go to sleep?
Everyone was a little confused. They were all in a state of excitement after doing such a big thing, so how could they sleep?
Miao Rui also said, "Your Highness, you... you brought people out without permission. You must inform His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Liu Tan walked out with his hands behind his back, saying, "The people have been arrested. Let's have them interrogated thoroughly tonight. It won't be too late to talk about it tomorrow."
Bi Gao was a little puzzled: "Why isn't Your Highness anxious?"
Liu Tan said angrily, "Don't you see what time it is now? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hasn't fully recovered yet, and he's been quite tired recently. Are you waking him up in the middle of the night because you think he's too healthy? He's already been arrested, so there won't be any other variables. What's the problem with a few hours earlier or later?"
After he said that, the others had no idea.
After Liu Tan got on his horse, he said, "Let's go back to the palace tonight."
He has been living in the palace these days. After all, he is in charge of the government, so it is more legitimate for him to live in the palace.
Now that Liu Ju has recovered and has taken over government affairs, Liu Tan has long wanted to move out, but was suppressed by Chen Ajiao and Liu Ju.
He could take advantage of this opportunity tonight to move out directly, and then leave once all the elite troops returned.
Although Liu Tan didn't want to cause too much trouble, the Prime Minister's family was involved in both knives and bows and arrows, and the people nearby were more or less implicated. Even if they were not implicated, they would be unable to sleep because of the noise.
It was just because the incident happened so suddenly that no one dared to open the door and gossip.
A few brave people sent people to take a look through the wall and the cracks in the door. They saw Liu Tan in military uniform and his men breaking into the prime minister's house. Then, after a scream, everyone in the prime minister's house was killed.
No one knew what Liu Qumao was planning. All his methods were carried out in secret. No one even knew that he had targeted the Crown Prince and the King of the North.
After all, his targeting was very clever. He used the banner of justice and concern to flatter the Crown Prince and the King of the North. People who were not wary of him might not be able to see it.
Many people were confused about what had happened, with some even speculating whether the King of the North had already succeeded in killing the Crown Prince in the palace, and now he was planning to kill the Prime Minister and ascend to the throne.
In addition to the people who were woken up, there was another group of people who had to get up in the middle of the night to go to work. They were the people in the Supreme Court. Du Zhou had not gone to bed early because of recent events, but he was pulled out of bed when he was sleeping soundly. He really wanted to kill people on the spot.
But when he heard the words "Prime Minister is plotting rebellion", he began to wonder if he was dreaming.
Du Zhou knew that the Crown Prince and the King of the Northern Territory were wary of Liu Qumao, and he also felt that there was something wrong with the Prime Minister. However, the King of Zhongshan and the King of Changyi had both been arrested, so what kind of rebellion was the Prime Minister committing?
Du Zhou, with a head full of question marks, took people to interrogate overnight like a ghost.
By this time, half of Chang'an City was basically awakened.
Liu Ju... was also woken up. Since the Prime Minister's Mansion was too close to the Imperial Palace, Liu Tan didn't want to wake him up, but the guards in the palace couldn't just ignore this matter. If they didn't report it, wouldn't that be dereliction of duty?
So Liu Tan, who had just finished his work and returned to the palace to prepare for bed, received a call from his brother in the palace: Come back to me!
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