HCB Chapter 469: Open the City Gate
Chapter 469: Open the City Gate
Nan Xu confirmed that the defense map of the capital of Western Shu was true, so he led his army to attack overnight. After a month of fighting, the soldiers were getting closer and closer to the central city.
The morale of the army was greatly boosted, and there was a feeling of winning without fighting.
At this moment in the Western Shu Palace, the emperor was lying on the bed, unable to get up. He looked at the imperial physician with a sinister expression, and his words were full of murderous intent.
"What did you say? You can't figure out why this happened to me? Isn't it poisoned?"
The entire Imperial Hospital was kneeling on the ground and trembling, but they were not that scared in their hearts.
They also helped in the assassination, only because the emperor before them was not a wise ruler. If he were to continue sitting on the throne, none of them would be able to live.
They knelt on the ground and looked at each other, and both understood what he meant.
If the emperor shouted nonsense, the people in the front row would rush up and cover his mouth, and the rest of the people would directly feed him poison. In this way, everyone was in the same boat and no one dared to speak nonsense.
"You useless things, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and treat me.
If you can't be cured, haha... I will take your lives.
No, I will execute all nine generations of your clan, and send all the women in your family to the Jiaofang Bureau and turn them into lowly prostitutes."
These words made the people in the Imperial Hospital feel cold in their hearts. They all looked fierce and felt that the Emperor was such a cruel person.
Since you are not a human being, then don't let these ministers be disloyal.
They all stood up from the ground and looked at him unfriendlyly. The eunuch who was serving him took a step back when he saw this.
A long time ago, when he came to the emperor's side, he was fed a small amount of poison every day.
His master was the chief eunuch of the Emperor's Society. He said privately that although the development of Western Shu had not been good in recent years, the Emperor had no intention of mistreating the people.
Unexpectedly, the current emperor is such a venomous snake. He almost killed the retired emperor with a medicine and humiliated his master from time to time.
When these rootless people enter the palace, they will be bullied even if they bribe with money.
It was his master who felt sorry for him and took him with him to teach him. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was like a father to him.
The emperor dared to bully his master, and he, a mere eunuch, dared to take his life.
"How dare you! What are you doing? You stood up when I didn't tell you to. Are you trying to save your life?
No, you want to rebel.
Someone come..." Before he could finish shouting, the imperial physician at the front quickly covered his mouth.
He quickly warned his colleagues around him, "Hurry up, it's so scary to cover it like this."
What he didn't say was that his back was now covered in cold sweat and his neck was chilly.
The imperial physician, who had been prepared, took a bowl of medicine from the medicine box and was about to come forward. The Emperor of Western Shu was almost scared to death.
No king of any country would have thought that one day he would be sent to death by his own ministers.
He quickly looked up at the eaves, where there were dragon guards. As long as the emperor sat on the throne, these people would protect his safety.
My body kept struggling and my eyes looked there expectantly, but there was no response for a long time.
It was all because the people in the Imperial Hospital were cautious. They had prepared a colorless and odorless drug early on, and they knew the antidote.
They were worried that the emperor had a backup plan, what if there were other forces around him that they had never seen before? In order to survive, these people thought things over again and again before they dared to take action.
It can be considered a lucky coincidence that the Dragon Guard was killed.
The Emperor of Western Shu was unable to break free at this time. His eyes were filled with extreme fear and he kept wailing in his heart that he was the true dragon emperor, so how could he die at the hands of his court officials.
God, please open your eyes and kill these people directly.
Unfortunately... the little Tiandao who was called by him was happily lying in the yard eating, drinking and having fun, and could not hear him at all.
Even if he heard it, it was already a great favor for him not to send him to death.
The imperial physician was extremely anxious and wanted to force the man to drink the medicine, but the man on the bed's instinct for survival kicked in and he refused to open his mouth.
The group of people were walking around the house anxiously, covered in cold sweat.
The young eunuch couldn't stand it anymore, so he had no choice but to step forward and take the medicine bowl, and with his other hand, he hit the Emperor of Western Shu's Adam's apple hard.
The sudden pain made him open his mouth, and the poison entered his mouth the next second.
The imperial physician was stunned by his clean and efficient move, but he instinctively reached out and closed the mouth of the Emperor of Western Shu so that he could not vomit.
[The little eunuch is really amazing and very smart. ]
[Yes, so this is how you feed poison. You will know it later.]
[This method seems to be very useful. ]
It was just a pity for the emperor lying on the bed. After the poison took effect, his eyes were full of unwillingness and he kept his eyes wide open without even closing them.
This scene made everyone in the room breathe a sigh of relief. After working together to deal with the person, they collapsed to the ground and breathed in deep breaths.
[It’s scary. It’s really scary.]
[Now we have to worry about other people in the palace. Other princes will fight for the throne. If that happens, West Shu will be in chaos again, and we and the people will not be able to live a good life.]
[Yes, I hope Nanxu can move faster...]
They heard the sound of fighting outside, and it was obvious that someone had rushed into the palace, which made them all nervous in an instant.
We are not afraid of the enemy, but we are afraid of our own family. If we are caught, we will all be killed.
The young eunuch was also very nervous. He crouched down and opened a gap to look out. There were soldiers from the palace guarding the door, and they all drew their knives.
He asked cautiously, "What's going on?"
"Eunuch, go in quickly and protect the emperor. It's Nanxu's men who are attacking us. It's over. We will all die here today.
I don’t know what’s happening to my family members in the city, and whether they’re still alive.
For example, when Nan Xu's soldiers arrived at the gate of the capital, the soldiers guarding the gate refused to open the gate and were killed.
When they were preparing to attack the city gate, it was actually opened from the inside. Nan Xu's soldiers were very nervous at the time, but the people inside used a shady trick and formed a battle line in an instant.
It was not until we could see the situation inside clearly that many people spontaneously opened the city gates. The air was very quiet for a while.
Both sides maintained the attitude of not moving unless the enemy moved, and the people who opened the city gates were also afraid.
Fearing that Nanxu's people would be unreasonable, Kuku killed them all.
[We are here to open the door, please don't shoot arrows, soldiers, please come in. ]
General Shan and several of his deputy generals were stunned for a moment. They had been fighting for so long, but had never encountered the current situation.
Seeing the fear in their eyes, he took the lead and led a team of people forward slowly, with the remaining lieutenants providing support.
In case there is an ambush in the city, he can rush in with his men in time.
Every time they took a step forward, the people in the city took a step back, and both sides were terrified.
It was not until we entered the city that we saw people spontaneously standing on both sides of the street.