novelaction Chapter 166: Capture Lu Pei'an! Reclaim the Imperial Guards!
Chapter 166: Capture Lu Pei'an! Reclaim the Imperial Guards!
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty cannot treat me like this! I am a veteran minister of two dynasties. I saved the late emperor's life! The late emperor bestowed upon me the tiger talisman and the crimson scimitar. I am the King of Guardian Pass, a title bestowed upon me by the late emperor, who grants me the right to appear before His Majesty without kneeling! How can Your Majesty throw me into prison!"
How could Lu Pei'an, who was used to being arrogant, be willing to be tied up?
As he was jumping and shouting wildly, Bai Lianyi ran over quickly, swiftly pressed his acupoints with agility, and snatched the tiger talisman and the red moon scimitar that represented his status from his hands.
"Second brother, go on!"
He stuffed the tiger talisman into Li Zhenting's hand and simply took the red crescent scimitar in his hand. The late emperor was his grandfather, and there was nothing wrong with him, the grandson, taking his grandfather's things.
"The late emperor has decreed that whoever possesses the tiger talisman will receive military power! The Imperial Guard only recognizes the tiger talisman, not the person! I, the king, issue orders as the commander-in-chief of the Thunder Army! From this day forward, I am the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard! Anyone who disobeys this order will be executed!"
Li Zhenting roared loudly while holding the tiger talisman in his hand. He was wearing a golden mask on his face and a black cloak. As he shouted, the blazing bonfire cast a golden glow on him, making him look more handsome, powerful and majestic!
Even the subordinates who were eager to try to rescue Lu Pei'an were intimidated by his majesty, and they were afraid to step forward.
"Lü Pei'an, as a relative of the royal family, holds military power but neglects training. The Royal Guards are now less effective than before. This is an indisputable fact! He holds a high position but does not work for the benefit of the people. He even beheaded my son in public. His crime is punishable by death!"
Lu Pei'an's noise was too loud, so Bai Lianyi tore a piece of cloth from Lu Pei'an's body and stuffed it directly into his mouth! Now he could only hum in vain.
Fengying took the opportunity to attack and directly removed the weapons of the follower of King Zhenguan, Lü Pei'an. Lü Pei'an was like an eggplant hit by autumn frost, without any spirit left. He was tied up tightly and taken away by the guards.
"What a monster!"
Just as everyone was watching Lu Pei'an being taken away and breathed a sigh of relief, and were busy carrying Li Huating's body out, the wizard who was dancing with a sword in one hand suddenly roared with the sword in his hand and stabbed at Fang Qingqing!
Li Zhenting had already been prepared. Before the mage could fly over, he stood in front of Fang Qingqing! His hand moved as he wished, and the sword in his hand struck the opponent's sword directly! With a crisp clang, the opponent's sword fell to the ground.
Almost at the same time, the wizard suddenly attacked again. Two darts flew out of his hand, aiming at his neck and heart respectively!
Suddenly, a white silk thread descended from the sky, quickly knocking the two darts to the ground! The silk thread was so powerful that it struck the mask on the mage's face with a loud bang, knocking the mask off directly!
The wizard turned out to be of the Owl nationality appearance with sunken eyes, a long hooked nose!
"Capture the assassin from the Xiao Nation!"
Fang Qingqing suddenly had an idea and shouted loudly. Without making any sound, she quickly grabbed some powder from the space. While Bai Ling was whipping the magician from the Xiao country, she gathered her internal strength and quickly sprinkled the powder in her hand on the face of the Xiao country magician.
This powder is corrosive sodium hydroxide. If it enters the eyes, it will quickly corrode the eyeball and cause blindness. Since they dared to attack Li Zhenting, don't blame her for being cruel!
"what……"
After the terrified screams, the mage and his apprentice who were busy fighting with Bai Ling threw away their swords, covered their eyes that were bleeding crimson blood with their hands, and continued to howl in pain.
"Capture the assassin!"
Prince Jiajing gave a loud order, and a team of guards armed with knives quickly moved forward and tied up the six assassins from the Xiao Kingdom, including the mage.
These people all have the appearance of people from the Xiao Kingdom, with rough and curly hair, sunken eyes and big noses. They speak with their tongues slurred. Because of the pain in their eyes, they can only open their mouths and wail desperately.
Naturally, nothing could be learned from the interrogation at this time, so Prince Jiajing directly threw them into the Sky Prison and handed them over to the Dali Temple for unified interrogation after dawn.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
The Defei who was lying on the ground was now pale. She covered her lower abdomen and screamed in fear. The guards and palace maids who were protecting her had long disappeared.
The guards came and quickly took Concubine De away.
The chaotic Qi Palace finally quieted down.
"Xiaozhu, I know you died unjustly. Please rest assured, my father will give you justice! Now that Prince Qi has been killed by Lü Pei'an, and Nangong Yan has been betrothed to Wanyan Honglie by my father, I'm afraid her life will be even more difficult. This can be considered revenge!"
"Please rest assured on your journey, Xiaozhu. I will help you comfort your parents, then ask craftsmen to build your tomb and ask the palace's Taichang to perform a ritual for your soul-rebirth. Please rest assured on your journey..."
After Fang Qingqing's shout, the white silk that had been dancing in the air finally fell to the ground. Under the gaze of the crowd, a woman in a long white dress with her hair loose appeared. She bowed gently to Fang Qingqing and slowly floated into the air until her figure disappeared into the night sky...
Seeing everyone's surprised looks, Fang Qingqing suppressed her smile and said.
Hehehe, where is the little bead? It's just a trick played by the martial spirit Xiao Wu, who transformed into the appearance of a little bead.
***
The thrilling ghost-catching drama finally came to an end. The "ghost" was exorcised, Li Huating died, Lu Shufang went crazy, Lu Peian was imprisoned in the Sky Prison to be executed, Li Zhenting successfully obtained the tiger talisman, and the remaining 500,000 imperial guards were successfully transferred to the Thunder Army.
At this point, Li Zhenting completely took control of the military power of the million-strong imperial guards and successfully removed Lu Pei'an's military power. Prince Jiajing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, he had a doubt in his heart. Was the female ghost in white really Xiaozhu? After all, the palace eunuchs had secretly investigated the situation before and found that there was no such ghost in Prince Qi's mansion. This matter was really hard to explain.
He admired Qingqing more and more. That night was full of dangers. Concubine De was so scared that she collapsed to the ground. Even he felt a little scared, but Qing'er remained calm. After a few words, the ghost of Xiaozhu took revenge and left smoothly. She was truly an extraordinary person.
Li Zhenting and Fang Qingqing insisted on moving back to Prince Yu's Mansion. Although Prince Jiajing was reluctant, he had no choice but to agree to them.
His biggest worry now was Li Zhenting's health. Even if he could regain his military power, what would that even mean? Ting'er was now blind, no longer able to lead millions of soldiers to defeat the enemy. If he couldn't be cured, he would have to spend the rest of his life in endless darkness. The thought of it brought immense pain to his heart.
"Don't worry, Father. Even if Ting'er can't recover, I will find a way to train my third and fourth brothers. The kingdom established by the late emperor must not fall into the hands of others..."
By the way, Qing'er discovered something, but I haven't had time to tell Father in detail yet..."
Li Zhenting said softly.
Fang Qingqing checked around to see if there was anyone else watching and spoke softly.
"I heard the prince mention that the Third and Fourth Princes don't like studying and making progress. Qing'er feels this is extremely strange. After all, the two children don't look stupid. So Qing'er specially examined the two princes early this morning..."
"The two princes have a large amount of toxins in their bodies that can make them dull. This is probably due to long-term use of chronic poisons. I ask that from now on, Father, please hand the two princes over to their biological mothers to raise them."
"Qing'er, are you saying that the third and fourth brothers were poisoned?"
When Prince Jiajing heard this, his face turned pale instantly.