There was an endless uproar and screams.
Even though there was an invisible barrier preventing the old emperor from leaving Tianshou Hall, the officials were still so frightened that they retreated one after another.
Some people couldn't bear the nausea and vomited on the spot after just one look at the old emperor's horrible appearance.
There were also some timid ones who fainted on the spot.
Prince Ding and Prince Yu sat on the ground with limp hands and feet. Their minds were blank and they only had one thought:
Fortunately, they are unfilial sons!
Not to mention the situation of Prince Yong and his two companions. They wished they could grow wings and fly far away. They never wanted to set foot in the capital again in their lifetime.
Among all the officials, the left prime minister was the first to calm down. He looked at the old emperor's weird appearance, took a deep breath, and stepped forward and said:
"May I ask King Yan, why did His Majesty... become what he is now?"
"What on earth did he do?"
Xie Shu took the lead and bowed to Xiao Chenyan, "I am the Junior Official of the Dali Temple. Today I want to take the risk and dare to ask the emperor for punishment! Please allow me, King Yan!"
Xiao Chenyan looked at him.
The close friends of that time have gone through wind and rain, and conspiracy and oppression, and now they are in the temple, fighting side by side, and their original intentions have not changed.
Xiao Chenyan: "Yes!"
At this moment, no minister would be stupid enough to stand up and accuse Xiao Chenyan and Xie Shu of such an act of disrespect.
Xie Shu's first question was like a wake-up call.
"I dare to ask you, ten years ago in the Battle of Beiye, the entire family of the Marquis of Zhenguo and 100,000 soldiers died in the northern border, but your majesty, you colluded with the grassland from inside and outside?!"
The old emperor pounded the barrier and tried to get out. He gasped for breath and stared at Xiao Chenyan, ignoring Xie Shu's question completely.
The only remaining eyes were filled with madness and hatred, "Let me out! Let me out!!"
"Body, give me a body, I don't want to become like this, immortality... I want immortality!!"
“Your Excellency… Your Excellency, save me, Your Excellency!!”
The old emperor was insane. Although he did not answer Xie Shu, every word he uttered made all the officials shudder.
This guy doesn't look like an emperor at all, he's simply a madman!
What's even more ridiculous is that as an emperor on earth, he crawled on the ground like a lowly pig and dog, begging for help from the so-called "Your Majesty".
Who is that Lord?
Just as the officials were wondering, Xiao Chenyan's cold voice rang out:
"Answer Xie Shu's questions and I will let you out."
Officials:!!!
The old emperor seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He nodded vigorously, and the mushrooms on his body trembled. His lowly and fawning appearance made all the officials look complicated.
Zuo Xiang, Huo Yi and others all frowned.
Li Yunzheng, he looked at the old emperor coldly all the time, but the crazy old emperor obviously didn't see him.
"I say, I say everything..."
The old emperor spoke incoherently: "It was me who did it. It was me who collaborated with the grasslands from within. The Zhenguohou Mansion must die, and those 100,000 soldiers must die too!"
One stone can cause a thousand ripples.
The civil officials were in disbelief, and the military generals had bloodshot eyes as they stared at the old emperor, unable to believe their ears.
Xie Shu's face was as gloomy as water, and his voice was as quiet as a flower: "Why?!"
The old emperor stammered and smiled strangely: "Why? Of course it's because of him——"
He pointed at Xiao Chenyan.
The corners of Xie Shu's eyes trembled, but Xiao Chenyan's expression remained unchanged and he did not stop the old emperor from confessing.
"If the Zhenguo Marquis' Mansion had not rebelled, how could the former crown prince have been convicted and how could he have been deserted by his friends and relatives, hahahaha..."
"This world is a place of poison, a calamity, everything is fake, only immortality is real!"
"My Xiao royal family is the one chosen by the Wu clan as the destined one, and he, Xiao Chenyan, is the vessel of the Holy King! So lucky, so honored, but his soul will never yield, and repeatedly prevents the Holy King from waking up!"
"He had to be deserted by his friends and relatives, spurned by the world, looked down upon, humiliated, and fell from a high position as the eldest grandson of the emperor to the mud. But why... why?!"
The old emperor screamed, "Why don't you surrender even in this situation! You evil creature! You have ruined the glory of my Xiao family! We can never be superior to these mortals!"
All the civil and military officials were shocked and dazed.
They looked at the old emperor as if he were a monster, with fear and disgust.
Some of the old emperor's words involved supernatural matters, which they might not be able to fully understand, but the officials in the dynasty were not fools and they were always capable of summarizing and generalizing.
Xie Shu's voice was icy cold, and every word he spoke was powerful.
"As the ruler of the country, you murdered the soldiers who protected the country for your own selfish desires!"
"As a king and father, you slandered your descendants and designed the first crown prince to burn himself! You fooled the court officials and confused right and wrong!"
"As a human, you betrayed the human race, colluded with the witch clan, and became their servant, serving them!"
"Everything was done by you, isn't it?!"
The old emperor laughed, and his body began to twitch strangely. His face was full of evil, crazy and paranoid: "So what! I am the Son of Heaven! I am the Emperor of Man! Everything in this world should be driven by me!"
"You don't understand. How can a bunch of you ordinary people understand my foresight?"
"It's you!" He pointed at Xiao Chenyan: "It's you who destroyed the foundation of the human race and the future of the Xiao family!"
"I was born to live forever, I should live forever..."
"Holy King, Holy King, please wake up soon, Holy King——"
The old emperor has gone mad and his every word and action is frightening.
Xie Shu took a deep breath and bowed to Xiao Chenyan: "The tyrant king has admitted his guilt. Please let the Holy King make the decision."
All the officials were startled and looked at Xiao Chenyan in unison.
Killing one's father and one's king is against the will of heaven and is a great sin. But at this moment, everyone was of the same mind.
He deserves to die!
If this tyrant doesn't die, then God will be blind!
The left prime minister was the first to kneel down, clasping his hands and bowing: "Please obey the king's wise judgment, kill the tyrant, punish the innocent, restore peace to the country, and let the loyal bones rest in peace!"
All the officials knelt down in unison, and their voices shook the heavens.
"Please judge me, King Yan!"
"Kill the tyrant!"
"Kill the tyrant!!"
Amid the petitions that came one after another, Xiao Chenyan looked at the old emperor indifferently, "Approved!"
"Major General Yun Zheng, step out."
When Yun Zheng's name came out, all the cheers fell silent.
The ferocious expression on the old emperor's face paused for a moment. Only then did he notice Yun Zheng in the crowd, whose face was distorted to the extreme.
He opened his mouth to roar, but the black shadow grabbed his throat, making him unable to make any sound.
Xiao Chenyan's voice was cold and ruthless, and as his voice fell, Yun Zheng was seen walking towards the old emperor.
"The tyrant ruler should be executed. Your Majesty has granted you permission to carry it out personally."
Yun Zheng drew his sword, stood in front of the palace door, and the sword pierced through the invisible barrier. With one sword after another, he cut the old emperor into pieces.
All the civil and military officials stared with their eyes wide open. Even though this scene was horrifying and disgusting, no one wanted to miss it.
Each of Yun Zheng's sword strikes hit the target perfectly, cutting the old emperor into a human stick, but he still had a breath left.
Yun Zheng dropped his sword, his eyes cold and stern: "Such a filthy thing, even a thousand cuts would not be enough."
Xie Shuyi said coldly: "Such filth should be burned in the fire."
Yun Zheng and Xie Shu looked at Xiao Chenyan.
Not only did they lose their relatives, Xiao Chenyan also lost his parents.
The late prince and his wife, who died in a conspiracy, were buried in a sea of fire just for a ridiculous reason.
In silence.
There was a golden aura in Xiao Chenyan's eyes, and divine power floated from his fingertips, transforming into golden streamer light.
All the civil and military officials saw this scene and were stunned.
He used his hand as a pen and his divine power as ink, raised his wrist and wrote, dropping the divine talisman.
"Imperial decree, the God of Fire is summoned to burn the evil and exterminate the demons."
A raging fire started from the Tianshou Hall, and the flames engulfed the old emperor's remaining body.
Flames shot up into the sky. The fire that started in the East Palace ten years ago penetrated time, was drawn by cause and effect, and followed the retribution of karma. Today, all sins were burned!
This day is called "the witch burned by fire" in history books.
The struggles between gods and witches, and the affairs of ghosts and gods, officially began before the eyes of mortals on this day!
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