In the Golden Palace, Shanyu was in high spirits and showed no signs of critical illness, which forced those ministers with evil intentions to put aside their little calculations.
There were no major military events during this period, and the country was prosperous. Even if no political affairs were dealt with for several days, the country was still in order. The Chanyu affirmed the prime minister's achievements, and then briefly explained his condition. After hearing this, all the officials went to The ground kowtowed and shouted long live.
Wanyan Aguda's face was gloomy and uncertain, but of course all of this was captured in Shan Yu's eyes.
After retreating from the court, Wanyan Aguda originally went to the palace to discuss the situation as planned, but now it seems that Shanyu has really recovered, so there is no need for him to go to the palace to meet the saint. Now he just wants to go back as soon as possible and find Qin Langtian discussed countermeasures. Unexpectedly, he had just taken two hurried steps when Huangmen stopped him and asked Shan Yu to invite him.
Wanyan Agu felt anxious and followed Huangmen to the imperial study room. This time, the person who went in to inform him was a new attendant.
"Oh, third brother, you are finally here. It's been a long time since we last saw each other. Brother Huang is really worried about me."
When Shanyu saw Wanyan Agu coming in, he immediately smiled, as if he really missed him after not seeing each other for a long time as he said.
Wanyan Aguda was a little surprised by Shanyu's enthusiasm. The Shanyu invited him to sit down, then dismissed everyone, and told him everything about his illness. When Wanyan Agu heard about it, he was so frightened that he immediately fell to his knees. The Shanyu smiled and helped him up and said, "It's not strange." He, I believe he also remembered Yi Jing, but he did not expect that the poison would be transmitted along with the power of the martial spirit and would not cure his sin.
Wanyan Aguda thanked him, and the Shanyu told him that he could no longer use the power of the martial soul. If he used his power again, he would be killed immediately. He was just using a special method to temporarily suppress the toxin. He asked Wanyan Wanyan Aguda asked him to discuss if there was any way to detoxify Aguda.
When he finally left, Shanyu told him that Yi Jing and he were both seriously ill. He wanted to offer sacrifices at the temple to pray for blessings. The day after tomorrow was an auspicious day, and he had already ordered someone to arrange it. After asking about it, Wanyan Agu felt secretly happy, pretended to promise that she would definitely go, and then said goodbye and left.
Not long after he left, Shanyu called for a guard, whispered to him, and the guard took his orders.
After listening to the secret order conveyed by the imperial guard, Yi Jing sent someone to entertain the imperial guard. Then he found Wan Yanqing, discussed it, and finally let him go into the palace with the guard.
The temple is seventy miles southwest of the royal city.
Chanyu's chariot set off from the royal city in a mighty manner. A large number of imperial guards cleared the way, and the imperial guards guarded both sides. All civil and military officials followed on foot to show their sincerity. Civil servants lined up, and Wanyan Aguda squinted his glasses and followed the group slowly. , I don’t know what I’m thinking about.
The seventy-mile journey is coming soon. Those officials who usually only know how to pamper themselves have their legs shaking at this moment, and some even can't stand.
The Tianshen Temple was at the top of Yilong Mountain. Chanyu got off the chariot and led the civil and military officials to the top of the mountain two thousand meters away. Fortunately, Yilong Mountain has wide stone steps leading directly to the top of the mountain. Otherwise, those officials would None of them could reach the Temple of Heaven on the top of the mountain, but even so, some people still fainted on the way up the mountain. Fortunately, Shanyu did not blame them. Perhaps he felt that today was a big day for sacrifices and it was not appropriate to use weapons in the light of blood.
After finally reaching the top of the mountain, there was a long procession of praying for blessings from heaven and earth, and a majestic memorial ceremony for the prosperity of the country. After the long sacrificial text was read out, the sacrifice really began.
For a whole day, all the officials were exposed to the scorching sun on both sides. The generals were fine, but the civilian officials were so hungry and tired that they were dizzy and starry-eyed. In just a short while, more than a dozen officials fainted.
After finally waiting for the sacrifice to be completed, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, the officials all walked down Yishan with the help of the guards, with depressed faces like their dead fathers.
The Chanyu did not come down from the mountain. He worshiped alone at the Tianshen Temple and did not allow anyone to approach the Tianshen Temple. He had to pray sincerely and ask the gods to bless Yi Jing to get better soon and bring prosperity to the whole country.
Shanyu wouldn't come down if he didn't want to. Baiguan just sat at the foot of the mountain rubbing his legs, eating and drinking all kinds of delicious food.
Wanyan Agu clung to his wine glass, drinking with officials of his power while looking at the Temple of Heaven, showing an imperceptible coldness.
The Temple of Heaven has been renovated and is no small in size. There is only Shanyu himself in the main hall, sitting cross-legged. The temple door is closed, and the red candles flicker in the wind, which is particularly eerie.
Around midnight, a figure suddenly floated down from the Confucius Temple. He seemed to have no weight and landed on the ground without making a single sound.
In the main hall, Shanyu had fallen asleep with his head down for unknown reasons, and the only sound in the temple was his regular breathing.
After a while, the sound of breathing disappeared, and only the strong smell of blood floated back and forth in this space.
In the early morning, when the ministers got up from the rainy and dewy ground, Shan Yu had not yet come out of the temple. The ministers had received orders, and no one dared to disturb them. In this way, until evening, some ministers could not bear it. Finally, everyone decided that Wanyan Aguda would go out in person to ask Shan Yu when he would return.
Wanyan Aguda couldn't bear the middleman's request, so he went up the mountain to the gate of the Tianshen Temple and called out to "Brother Emperor" several times, but no one noticed.
Finally, he hesitated for a long time and called the leader of the guards: "Has your Majesty come out since you went in yesterday?"
The leader of the guards thought for a while and said definitely not, because there has been no news from Chanyu since he entered. Even if he wants to pray, he has to eat. This is what the leader of the guards doesn't understand. Wanyan Agu takes care of it. Head and ask him to open the door.
The leader of the guards hesitated a little: "Isn't this good? If the king blames me, the villain will lose his head."
Wanyan Aguda snorted coldly: "If anything happens to the king, he will be the one who loses his head!"
After hearing this, the imperial guard quickly opened the temple door, but the moment the temple door opened, he was stunned, because there was a strong smell of blood wafting out, and his face turned pale instantly. Then he raised his head to look for Shan Yu. It didn't matter if he looked for Shan Yu. , his soul was scared to death!
A headless corpse wearing a dragon robe was lying in a pool of blood.
Chanyu was assassinated and his head was not cut off by the assassin.
Everyone was dumbfounded. Chanyu died in such a daze? Just like that, he was solved with a knife!
On the day of Shan Yu's funeral, the Western Kingdom fell into mourning overnight!
The whole country wailed, and the ground was filled with mourning. The people of the Western Kingdom, from the princes and aristocrats to the people of the three religions and nine circles, selling shoes and butchering dogs, all criticize Ma for wearing filial piety.
The fourth prince heard that Chanyu had passed away, his condition had worsened, and he was about to die.
The Western Kingdom was caught in an undercurrent for a while. Civil and military officials had their own ideas. Some ministers wanted to retreat bravely, while others were ready to follow the trend.
The court was in chaos. At this time, someone stood up and said that the country could not live without a king for a day. Some people actually recommended Wanyan Agu to be promoted to the throne and become the new chanyu. Some people proposed to transfer the prince's life from the border to inherit the throne. Of course, there were also objections from officials headed by the prime minister, who proposed that Wang Zihui take on the important role.
There were constant disputes for a while. Wanyan Aguda was not stupid enough to proclaim himself king at this juncture. He accepted the request of hundreds of officials and first presided over Shanyu's burial ceremony, and then temporarily took over the state affairs. The reason why he did not usurp the throne immediately was because He always felt that something was wrong there, because Qin Langtian had never seen Shan Yu, and Shan Yu's head was destroyed by him on the road. It would be too strange to write about Shan Yu's behavior.
And he couldn't be a new Shanyu. The successor of the new Shanyu could only choose one from Wang Zihui or the third prince. Since the two sides couldn't argue, he could only start with the imperial edict.
If the imperial edict is revised and the third prince is appointed as the new generation of Chanyu, then his Wanyan Aguda will actually be equal to the Supreme Emperor.
Wanyan Aguda couldn't wait to revise the edict. Qin Langtian has completed his mission in the Western Kingdom, and he plans to secretly return to the Northern Kingdom in the near future, secretly coordinating Wanyan Aguda's momentum so that the third prince can smoothly sit on the throne of Shanyu.
Wanyanruo didn't want to follow Qin Langtian back to the Northern Kingdom, so she used the excuse of monitoring Wanyan Aguda's actions in the Western Kingdom for him. Qin Langtian heard that this was fine, so he agreed to Wanyanruo's request. Wanyanruo also learned about Qin Langtian's route back to the North Country. She had been waiting for this day for a long time.
She informed Wan Yanqing of the specific route and time, and asked them to intercept the third prince halfway and not let him return to the North alive under any circumstances.
Wan Yanqing and Yi Jing knew this better than anyone else. They had already made preparations, so they set out on a hazy night.
For eighteen miles, there are tall wormwood trees everywhere, swaying left and right in the night wind, like a group of demons dancing wildly.
Qin Langtian was riding a horse, running wildly on the grassy path, when suddenly a black light in the far sky came directly towards his face like a meteor flying towards the moon.
His heart sank, and he flew out directly. His mount was chopped into pieces by Wu Guang. His momentum continued unabated, and he chased Qin Langtian again. Qin Langtian shouted loudly, and the substantial sound wave shook Wu Guang away!
The huge slight pressure in the sky is approaching, and a strong figure directly presses towards Qin Langtian's head with the force of Mount Tai. Qin Langtian spreads out quickly and avoids the blow of the black dragon beast, but before he can recover, His shoulder was cut by a colorful stream of light!
After taking a closer look, it turned out to be a white bird. The bird's body was full of light. Qin Langtian couldn't name it, but it was definitely not an easy species to deal with.
Facing the flanking attack of the two beasts, Qin Langtian raised his hand and the earth fissured, and a giant emerged from the underground wind. He was carrying a huge bone stick, the bones of an unknown creature.
Jushan felt the slight pressure from the black dragon beast and the black moon, and was a little afraid, but in an instant that fear was replaced by madness. The giant clearly felt that the two divine beasts were still young and far inferior to him in strength, so he moved The bone club hit the black ice head-on, and the black ice roared wildly. The giant dared to challenge its authority, making it very angry. The tail was mixed with the sound of breaking the air, and it whipped away the giant's bone club.
boom!