The palace of Tianchi Kingdom has four main gates and twelve side gates. Each gate has a leader of the inner guard guards. These leaders generally obey the king's orders directly.
However, in recent years, the prince has seized the power of the king. Among the sixteen leaders, twelve have joined the prince and are directly sent by the prince.
The guard who took Shangfang's sword and the imperial decree conveyed the king's meaning to the leaders respectively. Many leaders also thought that there were real assassins, and rushed to the attic to see the king. However, some of them are arrogant and domineering, thinking that the future palace will be the prince's palace, so they turn a deaf ear to what the guards say, and hang their heads in the conference hall to themselves, drinking with their confidantes.
The guard said: "Now that the palace is in crisis, I still look at the leader and put down the wine glass in his hand, and go to the attic to discuss matters with the king."
The leader held a wine glass in his left hand and a chicken leg in his right. With a greasy mouth, he looked disdainful towards the guards.
"Didn't you see that I was drinking with my brother? What's the matter, let's talk about it after we drink." But he raised his glass high, "Brothers, let's do it!"
The guard pouted: "Boss, is the safety of the king more important now, or your drinking?"
The leader was half drunk, his face was flushed red, his eyes were bloodshot and bloodshot: "Of course the king's safety is the most important thing."
"Then if that's the case, why don't you go to the attic with me?" the guard said.
The leader twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled contemptuously: "The king I'm talking about is not the king you serve."
"What?" The guard was furious, "You can say such outrageous words! You say, the current one is not your king, so who is your king?"
"Huh!" The leader snorted, "My king is naturally a virtuous person! The king you serve actually watched his daughter being humiliated like this by the emperor of Dajing Kingdom. He is crazy, is he still a human being? He doesn't know how to be humiliated, but I still feel humiliated! The people of Tianchi Kingdom feel humiliated for him!"
Guard: "This is the king's business, we shouldn't ask about it. Now there is an assassin in the palace, you have the obligation to search behind closed doors, and you must rescue the assassin."
The guard thought to himself: The "king" that the leader is looking for must be the prince.
The leader smiled irrelevantly: "Since I don't recognize him as the king in my heart, what obligation do I have to protect him? You leave quickly, or you will disturb my good interest, and I will pinch your head !"
The guard's heart was pounding: "If the king hears your words, do you know what will happen? Are you not afraid that the king will hold you accountable in the future?"
The leader believed that the prince would protect him. With the prince around, the king could do nothing to him and would not seize his military power. If the king dares to move him, the prince will definitely raise troops.
The leader slapped his hands fiercely, jumped up, opened his strange eyes, pointed at the guards and shouted fiercely: "I'll count to three, if you don't get out, don't blame me for being rude!"
The guards thought: This leader must be the prince's loyal loyalist. If he doesn't kill him, he will definitely be detrimental to the king! When he came, the king had already said that if anyone disobeyed the order and refused to come to the attic to discuss matters, he would be killed without mercy!
"Boss, have you seen the Shangfang sword in my hand?" The guard lowered his eyelids, "If you go to the attic with me to discuss matters again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
This leader is used to being arrogant and domineering, how could he hear such words! He took off the big knife from the wall, and with a bang, he drew it out and pointed at the guard:
"Damn it, if you make me anxious, I'll kill someone!"
He raised his sword high and was about to fall.
A cold light flashed in the guard's eyes. There was a flash of red light, a bright red bloodstain fell on the white powder wall, a round head fell to the ground and rolled twice.
The incident happened suddenly, and the leader's confidants were caught off guard, and they were stunned for a long time before they drew their swords together.
"Damn it, kill our leader, kill him!"
"Kill him and avenge the leader!"
"Killing the leader means killing us!"
The guard was sweating on his back, with his right hand holding the sword across his chest, and his left hand raised the imperial decree: "You have also seen that I came here in accordance with the imperial decree. It was he who disrespected the king first, so I killed him just now. You guys If you continue to persist in your obsession and fight against the king, you will be fighting against everyone in Tianchi Kingdom. How many heads do you have enough to cut off? If you want to survive, obediently put down your knife and go to the attic with me to discuss matters!"
A snake without a head is not enough. Now that the leader has been hacked to death, what can they do
Besides, what good could come of disobedience to the king? In fact, the leader took refuge in the prince and wanted to oppose the king. Some of them disapproved. After hearing what the guards said, you looked at me and I looked at you. After hesitating for a while, the hand holding the sword finally let go.
The shining big knives fell to the ground one after another.
"Okay, I'll go to the attic with you!"
"I'll go as well."
"Isn't it just to discuss how to catch the assassin? Is there any need for this! Oh, I'll go too!"
The guard's beating heart finally stopped. He touched his back secretly, his clothes were already soaked.
The leaders of the Sixteen Sects came to the attic one after another, and the four guards of the Jing Kingdom in the posthouse had also arrived at the attic ahead of time to meet the king and Rong Changan.
When the guards took the lieutenants up to the attic, a trace of surprise flashed in the king's eyes.
"Why don't you see the leader of Zhengyangmen?"
The guard said: "Report to the king, the leader of Zhengyang Gate disobeyed the will and disrespected the king, and I have already punished him! First, I offer Shangfang's sword and imperial edict!"
As soon as this remark came out, not only the king, but even the other leaders were astonished. Especially the dozen or so leaders who took refuge in the prince were even more uneasy.
The king couldn't bear it, sighed, his eyes swept over the faces of all the leaders. Some people lowered their heads in thought, some looked confused, some looked dodged, and some remained calm. Someone also asked the king:
"King, I heard that there is an assassin? This assassin is too bold. He even dared to assassinate the king in broad daylight. Now we have closed the gate of the palace, and we will fight in the palace for three days. I don't believe that we can't find that assassin come out!"
The king looked at "Concubine Xue" and said: "You may not have seen this Concubine Xue from Dajing Kingdom. She is a hero among women. Now Zhuge Kongming, I have given full authority over the matter of hunting for assassins." give her."
As he spoke, the king sharply scanned the leader's expression.
The leader was even more surprised when he heard the king's words. This is the first time that a case from one country is handed over to a noble concubine from another country!
The king said: "You all have a gift with Concubine Xue first!"
These people saluted to "Concubine Xue", "Hello, Concubine Xue!"
Rong Changan lowered his body gracefully, which was considered a return gift.
"Concubine Xue, how do you say to hunt down this assassin? What do you say, what should I do." A leader patted his chest and said heartily.
When Rong Changan looked into his eyes, he knew that he was not the Prince's man. Before she could speak, the king made his statement first.
"Since the assassins are to be hunted down, Imperial Concubine Xue must have the military power in her hands. You might as well hand over the military power of the sixteen sects to the noble concubine for now, and return the military power to you when she finds the assassin."
When the leaders heard this, they were both horrified and angry. None of them are fools, and they have heard the meaning from the king's words. After all, the king wants to control the military power of the sixteen sects. Some are sad, some are deep in thought, and some are glaring at Chang'an.
Seeing that no one spoke, the king knew that none of them would surrender their military power, so he said, "This is an expedient measure. I hope all the leaders will cooperate."
But after waiting for a while, no one responded. Someone said dissatisfiedly:
"No, if you want me to hand over the military power to a woman, or a foreign woman, I absolutely refuse!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, someone took the lead to speak, and others also started talking.