Walking on the street, several times I saw the troops rushing towards the palace in a hurry, with their faces full of fear.
Pedestrians on the road were a little panicked. They felt that something big was happening, but they didn't know what it was.
King Xiu killed King Rui, proudly walked to the dragon chair, pushed away his father, whose bones were not yet cold, sat on it, and said in a loud voice: "Father has passed away, the rebellious King Rui is dead, and this king will choose a day to ascend the throne. When you wait, you should help with all your heart, and if you are alone, you should not hesitate to reward."
The officials looked helplessly at King Xiu's murderous subordinates, and were about to kneel down and kowtow.
Kang Wang jumped out and said sharply: "Third brother, you murdered your father and second brother, have your conscience been eaten by dogs?"
King Xiu looked at his fourth brother in astonishment, did he think this guy was stupid? How dare you jump out and accuse me at this time, thinking that I dare not kill him
"Ji Chongde, do you know what you're talking about?" he roared angrily.
Of course Li Huaide knew it. He said righteously: "You are such a conscienceless person, I will never let you become emperor. If you become emperor, your father will die with grievances, your second brother will be wronged, and the world will be normal." Doomed."
King Xiu said with a dark face: "You are crazy, come and take this madman down!"
King Xiu's men rushed to King Kang immediately.
Li Huaide raised his arms and shouted: "I want to reinvigorate the court and clarify the world. People with lofty ideals who are willing to help me please stand up."
King Xiu laughed, thinking that the fourth brother is really stupid, there are so many corrupt officials in the court, people with lofty ideals? Hehe, this kind of creature does not exist in Zhou Kingdom.
Then, he was dumbfounded.
One minister after another stood up, and soon a group of people gathered behind King Kang. King Rui's men were pleasantly surprised to find that the opportunity had come again, and they rushed behind King Kang. They thought very clearly that when King Xiu came to power, they had nothing to eat. Help Kang Wang now, there is still a chance.
King Xiu stared coldly at the person opposite, the atmosphere in the court became tense again, and the situation was once again on the verge of breaking out.
At this time, the two groups rushed in angrily.
Elder Zhong of Xinhaizong shouted loudly: "Stop!"
Elder Wang of Ming Zhezong yelled: "Wait a minute, who will allow you to do it?"
Both of them were very annoyed, without their consent, these guys messed around without their consent, and they simply ignored them.
When people from the two sects arrived, King Xiu felt annoyed, knowing that the opportunity had been lost. Who will ascend the throne now depends on the choices of the two sects.
The ministers breathed a sigh of relief, it's all over now, don't need to work hard.
People from the two sects suppressed the audience, and no one dared to do anything again.
Only then did the two elders have time to ask what happened.
Qi Zhongxin was very surprised to see the court hall full of blood. This kind of scene where the emperor, prince, and dozens of ministers died in the court hall at the same time was really rare in a hundred years.
Knowing the general situation, Elder Zhong and Elder Wang hid aside to discuss.
Elder Wang said: "The most urgent task is not to find out how the emperor and King Rui died, but to appoint a new emperor."
Elder Zhong took a sip and said, "Shit, can you and I settle this? We'd better watch this group of guys and prevent them from messing around."
Elder Wang nodded and said, "Well, let them live in the palace temporarily."
Elder Zhong said: "Alright, let's take care of them centrally, so we can all save some trouble."
These people in the court are people who are used to playing tricks and tricks, let them out of the palace, with the help of their subordinates, I really don't know what they will play.
The two set a basic policy, while sending people to notify their heads, and at the same time, in the name of investigating the death of Emperor Zhou and King Rui, they locked up all the people in the court in the palace.
The people of Xinhaizong guarded King Xiu and his subordinates.
The people of Ming Zhezong guarded King Kang and his subordinates.
This is also a form of protection. In order to prevent the important figures on both sides from being killed by the opponent.
At this time, the person Xin Haizong supported by default was King Xiu. The person competing for the throne in Ming Zhezong was King Kang.
If one of these two dies, it will be difficult.
Who among them will ascend to the throne of the emperor depends on the results of the negotiations between the two sects.
During their detention, King Xiu and King Kang were negotiating nervously with people from the two sects to win their support.
There is no one dominance in Zhou's situation, at least not for now.
Whoever ascends to the throne actually has to sit on the wall.
It's just that when King Xiu is in power, he will be more inclined to Xin Haizong.
King Kang will be more supportive of Ming Zhezong if he is in power.
The difference is only here.
Whoever is in charge has little influence on the two cases. But for those involved, it can mean the difference between life and death.
Yu Qingyao walked to the gate of the city and found that there were no masters sitting here.
Those guarding there are high-ranking Taoist priests who nourish Qi. They don't care about the people who come in and out, and they keep staring at the direction of the palace absent-mindedly.
Yu Qingyao left Luoyi easily, and galloped away on horseback.
That night, the heads of Xinhaizong and Mingzhezong rushed to Luoyi Palace with their cronies.
Kang Wang easily won the support of Ming Zhezong. He was originally a dark chess game played by Ming Zhe Zong.
The next day, he convinced the head of Xinhai Sect with his own views on the government.
The head of Xinhai Sect thinks that King Kang's ascendancy is indeed more beneficial to the state of Zhou, much better than the arrogant and stupid King Xiu.
The head of Xinhaizong pondered for a while, and said: "I know you killed Zhou Youdao, you write me a confession letter, and I will support you to proclaim yourself emperor."
He wanted to hold a handle. If King Kang was disobedient in the future, he could use this confession to kill King Kang at any time.
Li Huaide thought for a while and nodded in agreement.
He understood that at this time, he must win the support of Xin Haizong. He is a member of Ming Zhezong, and to reassure the Xinhaizong people, he must give them a deadly handle.
The most urgent task at the moment is to get rid of the fatal crisis of failure to fight for the emperor. If they can't reach an agreement now, they will be beheaded tomorrow.
As long as he proclaims himself emperor and a confession, there is always a solution.
Only by proclaiming himself emperor can he survive, gain power, and live happily with his junior sister.
The head of Xinhaizong took out the pen and paper in relief, and Li Huaide made it with one stroke.
The head of Xinhai Sect accepted Kang Wang's confession and said with a smile, "Very well, the throne is yours, and we will have many opportunities to cooperate in the future."
Li Huaide nodded excitedly, and said, "I will definitely not disappoint the master."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Sometimes it's more useful to give someone a tip than to bribe them.
At dusk, the murder case in the court was concluded.
The deaths of Emperor Zhou and King Rui were blamed on King Xiu. King Xiu became a heinous rebellious official, and was given a cup of poisoned wine to die. More than a dozen of his confidant ministers were copied and executed.
King Kang became the hero who defeated the conspiracy of the traitor king and turned the tide.
Li Huaide quickly prepared to ascend the throne and become emperor.
Everyone in Kang Wang's Mansion was extremely excited about this news.
It's just that Kang Wang's concubines are not happy.
Kang Wang became the emperor? Oh so what? He doesn't sleep with me.
Among Kang Wang's women, only Concubine Jiang was smiling. She is not happy for herself, but for her son Xiaobai.
This means that Xiaobai will also become emperor when he grows up.
(end of this chapter)