Song Qiang slapped himself on the forehead suddenly, "That's right, why didn't I think of it! Now that the Hunjun has already attacked General Rong, we can no longer sleep in Waqiaoguan. I think it is probably Liu Yiming and Zi Concubine Yan urged the emperor to imprison General Rong. Hmph, when we enter the imperial city, I must cook them and taste their taste, to see if they are flirty or not!"
Song Qiang's words drew a sneer from the assassin.
Song Qiang widened his eyes, held the leader of the assassins, and shouted: "What are you laughing at?"
The assassin said: "Although Master Liu organized us to assassinate General Song and Prime Minister Yan this time, we are the killing tools secretly trained by the emperor."
Yan Li and Song Qiang were shocked again. As the king of a country, Li Hai owns all the armed forces. Killing a person is like crushing an ant. Why is he secretly training assassins and killers to do those shady things
"What you said is true?" Yan Li asked.
The assassin said: "We've all been caught by you now, so there's no need to lie! The emperor secretly trained us to get rid of dissidents and consolidate the imperial power. Among the people we assassinated was the former prime minister..."
Like a bolt from the blue, Yan Li couldn't accept it for a while, he and Song Qiang met their eyes, as if they wanted to confirm from the other party that what they heard was true.
"Why did the emperor kill the prime minister?" The prime minister was kind to Yan Li, and Yan Li regarded him as a mentor. His death once made Yan Li very painful, but now talking about it, Yan Li's eyes still glow with sadness.
The assassin snorted coldly: "It turns out that Prime Minister Yan was still in the dark! The former prime minister belonged to the empress dowager, and everyone in the world knows that the emperor and the empress dowager are at odds. The empress dowager is very powerful. This time, her relatives seduced Pan Meichen to rebel. , almost captured the entire capital. The Empress Dowager's power is getting stronger and stronger, and the emperor can't sleep and eat. So, he saw the former prime minister and the empress dowager getting very close, so he launched a murderous plan and sent us to intercept and kill the former prime minister on the way. prime minister."
What shocked and saddened Yan Li was not only the death of the former prime minister, but also because he had misunderstood Rong Changan because of this, and almost became enemies with Rong Changan.
"I blamed her wrongly! I was the one who felt sorry for her!" Yan Li was extremely remorseful and sighed. Now that Rong Changan is imprisoned in the palace, it is still unknown whether he can meet her again.
Song Qiang said loudly: "Prime Minister Yan, the situation is now very clear. If we don't send troops, then that faint king and the treacherous ministers around him will want us dead. Instead of sitting and waiting for death, we should raise troops and resist. We will enter the palace and kill all All the treacherous officials were killed, and General Rong was rescued."
Entering the palace, this is naturally very relieved, but Rong Changan is still in Li Hai's hands, if Li Hai gets angry, he will make Rong Changan...
Thinking of this, Yan Li's back felt cold, "Let's think about it in the long run."
"What's the plan!" Song Qiang said, "Now I am fish and meat, and the enemy is murdered by knives. Either I die or he dies."
"But have you ever thought about Rong Chang'an?" Yan Li said, "If the emperor threatens Chang'an, what should we do?"
At this moment, the assassin sneered again.
"What are you laughing at? What else can you tell me?" Song Qiang said.
The assassin said: "I laugh that Prime Minister Yan is too indecisive."
The assassin was already a prisoner, but he was still so arrogant. Song Qiang was so angry that he slapped the sneering assassin on the face.
"If you don't tell me why, I'll cut off both of your arms."
The assassin didn't seem to feel the pain at all: "Prime Minister Yan, if you send troops, you can still save Empress Rong; if you stop and close the troops, I am afraid that Empress Rong will be a prisoner for the rest of her life, unhappy in Fengming Palace, and finally Die alone. Didn’t you see that picture? She was looking at the white moon longingly, and she wanted you to send troops. If you refuse to send troops, it will be unreasonable both emotionally and rationally.”
"If I raise an army, will the emperor use Chang'an as a threat?" Yan Li asked.
The assassin said: "The emperor only dares to threaten, he does not dare to take the queen's life. If the queen dies, the emperor will not have the sign in his hand, and he will not feel safe!"
Yan Li and Song Qiang looked at the assassin who was talking in front of them strangely: "You wanted our lives just now, why are you helping me now?"
The assassin answered calmly and fearlessly: "Because I can't understand what the emperor is doing. I hope that Prime Minister Yan can enter the capital, Qingjun's side, clean up the smoky imperial court, and restore a clean and peaceful Dajing Kingdom!"
In fact, this assassin had already received Zi Yan's secret instructions before leaving the capital. If Yan Li cannot be killed, then Yan Li will be provoked to rebel. As for Zi Yan's motive for doing this, the assassin didn't know.
Seeing Yan Li's hesitation, the assassin added another sentence: "Empress Rong's life is in the prime minister's hands, whether to retreat or advance, the prime minister can decide for himself!"
What touched Yan Li the most was what the assassin said. The woman in Rong Changan's painting looked up at the bright moon, and she was looking forward to Yan Li's army to save her. What kind of man is he if he can't even save the person he loves the most!
Yan Li looked at the door lying in a pool of blood again, Li Hai was so cruel that he no longer cared about the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers!
Thinking of the former prime minister who was stabbed to death, they all died under Li Hai's hands.
Can such an emperor manage the entire country well? Would such an emperor love his people
Think about those people who complained a lot because of Li Hai's large-scale construction projects. If Li Hai is allowed to continue to be the emperor, he doesn't know how many such tragedies will happen again.
Pacing back and forth in the conference hall with dignified steps, Yan Li gritted his teeth again and again, but still couldn't make up his mind.
"Prime Minister, if you dare not raise an army, then I, Song Qiang, will do it myself. We must go to the palace and rescue General Rong!" Song Qiang said, and walked outside the meeting hall.
"Stop!" Yan Li called him to stop, "Since you've made up your mind, I don't have any doubts!"
Song Qiang turned around, walked to Yan Li's side, and patted Yan Li's shoulder vigorously, "Good job, among the civil servants, you Yan Li is the one I admire the most! You are a man who is vigorous and resolute, so why not be afraid of him! Isn't there a saying Okay, let him be cut to pieces, dare to pull the emperor off the horse! We will raise troops tonight and ask the emperor to release General Rong!"
Seeing that Yan Li and Song Qiang had made up their minds to fight, the corner of the assassin's mouth twitched a faint smile that was hard to detect.
Yan Li immediately wrote a proclamation, which stated the reasons why he and Song Qiang raised troops, Li Hai's extravagance and lust, he listened to slander, favored women, and caused the people to flee and the country to collapse.
Then, after Yan Li and Song Qiang gave an impassioned mobilization speech to the 100,000 soldiers, the army set off overnight and returned to the capital.
A scout had heard the news that Yan Li led 100,000 soldiers to attack the capital, and hurried into the palace to call out Li Hai who was still in Wenrou Township.
"Your Majesty, something is wrong! Something is wrong!"
In fact, Li Hai was having a nightmare. In the dream, the Queen Mother had disheveled hair, blood from her orifices, stretched out her arms, and came to pinch Li Hai, killing him. Just when he was about to be breathless and woke up suddenly, he heard the scouts outside and Eunuch Liu calling the door.
Li Hai wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, put on a cloak, and walked outside. The scout knelt at the foot of the stone steps, the firelight reflecting on his sweaty face. Li Hai took a special look at Eunuch Liu who was beside him. Eunuch Liu looked very serious, and he was a little at a loss.
"What's the matter?" Li Hai asked Eunuch Liu instead of the scout kneeling below.