strokinit Chapter 146: Bad News Comes One After Another
Chapter 146: Bad News Comes One After Another
Kyoto City, Imperial Palace.
Today is New Year's Eve. According to the past, every year on this day, the emperor will hold a banquet in the palace to show the emperor's sages and ministers.
At the same time, all the officials who are invited to the palace to have a banquet today can be regarded as [good ministers] of the Song court.
Of course, Lu Qi also received invitations, but Lu Qi didn't go.
Although Emperor Yongxing was somewhat dissatisfied with this, he didn't say anything.
The fourth rank Wufu still has some face.
So generally speaking, Emperor Yongxing is in a good mood this year.
Or very good.
The main reason is that in recent days, during the negotiations with the Xiongnu, the Song court changed its cowardly appearance, not only became very tough, but also continued to make trouble for the Xiongnu envoys.
Daily negotiations can make the Huns' envoys vomit blood with anger.
Emperor Yongxing had never been so elated since he ascended the throne.
No, there are still.
When Long Haichuan was still there fifty years ago, Da Song had always been very strong in diplomacy.
Not to mention the Xiongnu, even the strongest Dayu among the four dynasties in Kyushu is also a tough match.
It's a pity that this confidence was ruined by Emperor Yongxing himself.
Since then, Da 270 Song has been a Little Brother, and anyone from the surrounding countries can step on it.
Therefore, in the recent period, Song Dynasty suddenly took a tough stance to deal with the envoys of the Huns, which brought an indescribable sense of satisfaction to Emperor Yongxing.
He seemed to have seen the scene where he subdued Youyun Sixteen States and all the people cheered.
It's a pity that this kind of joy didn't last long. Just around midnight, when Emperor Yongxing and all the officials staged the drama of harmony between the monarch and his ministers and reached its climax, a forbidden soldier outside the palace gate rushed into the palace in a panic.
"Your Majesty, something is wrong. The Third Prince's Mansion was attacked by thieves. No one in the whole mansion was spared. The whereabouts of the Third Prince are unknown!"
Deathly silence!
Emperor Yongxing and all the officials may have a slow nerve response due to drinking too much.
At this time, most of the officials in the hall still had a slight anger on their faces, as if they were blaming the imperial soldier for disturbing everyone's pleasure.
After everyone was stunned for a few seconds, they finally translated it.
Bang Dang~ Bang Dang~ Bang Dang~
All the officials in the hall suddenly fell down.
The wine glass in Emperor Yongxing's hand also fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
"You... what did you say?" Emperor Yongxing's tone was trembling.
The forbidden army repeated again: "Your Majesty, the third prince's mansion was attacked by thieves, and no one in the whole mansion was spared. The third prince's whereabouts are unknown!"
This time everyone could hear clearly.
"Bold! Do you know what crime it is to deceive the emperor?" Some important officials in the court stood up and shouted angrily.
That is the third prince, the son of Emperor Yongxing.
If what the Forbidden Army soldier said is true, then the capital will be turned upside down.
After hearing the scolding, the imperial guard was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, and hurriedly said in panic: "Everything that the general said is true. Not long ago, my imperial guard received a distress letter from His Royal Highness Chen Wang. When I got up, there was already a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood."
This distress letter was deliberately let go by Lu Qi's younger brothers after the operation.
Faith is true, but the time is a bit late.
Anyway, even if such a big matter is not done, Emperor Yongxing will know about it tomorrow.
It's better to tell him directly in the middle of the night to help him refresh himself.
With a bang, Emperor Yongxing also fell on the dragon chair.
But he was not sad for his son's death, but he remembered another thing.
The task he gave to King Chen.
Now that King Chen is dead, the task must not be completed.
And the consequences of failing to complete the task are what he fears the most.
The next moment, Emperor Yongxing went completely insane, and roared at the ministers: "Waste, all of them are waste, who did it, Jin Yiwei eat shit, where is the forbidden army? What about the city defense camp?"
At this moment, Emperor Yongxing was so angry that he was incoherent, and even completely disregarded the emperor's demeanor, and his words became dirty.
But if people are unlucky, bad news will come one after another.
Just as Emperor Yongxing was roaring in the palace (ahfd), a roll of yellow dust billowed in the distance outside the capital, and a galloping horse galloped towards him.
A soldier in military uniform desperately waved the whip in his hand, urging the horses to gallop, and at the same time he shouted loudly: "Hurry up for eight hundred miles! Hurry up for eight hundred miles!"
Before anyone arrived, the voice had already reached the gate of Kyoto.
Hearing this sound, the gatekeepers hurriedly opened the city gate, not daring to delay at all.
The horse entered the capital without hindrance, and then rushed towards the palace without any scruples on the street.
Fortunately, it is already late at night, and there are not many pedestrians on the road.
If it was during the day, maybe a few unlucky ghosts would be killed.
But death is in vain.
All urgent information that can be transmitted within 800 miles is urgent information, and those who stop it will die, and those who oppose it will die.
In this way, the messenger soldier shouted loudly all the way, and came to the steps in front of the Golden Luan Hall unimpeded.
Without slowing down, one flew up and landed directly in the middle of the steps, and then continued to rush into the hall shouting.
Behind him, the steed fell to the ground with a bang, foaming at the mouth continuously, and seemed to be dying.
At this time, in the hall, Emperor Yongxing was yelling at the Commander of Jinyiwei, the Commander of the City Defense Battalion, and the Commander of the Forbidden Army.
The expression on his face wished he could swallow the three of them alive.
"Let me check, I'll give you one day, if you can't find out the origins of those thieves, you three don't come back to see me!"
Emperor Yongxing was angry and panicked at this time.
He must send the boys and girls that the ancestor of the royal family wanted in the third day of every year.
Who killed King Chen didn't matter at all to Emperor Yongxing, he only wanted to recover those children in King Chen's hands.
The Commander of Jin Yiwei, the Commander of the City Defense Battalion, and the Commander of the Forbidden Army knelt on the ground, not daring to lift their heads.
But at this moment, a voice came from outside the store.
"Eight hundred miles, hurry up! The border gate urgent report! The Xiongnu invaded the border massively, the Yanmen Pass was broken, and the 500,000 Zhenbei army was wiped out, and the Zhenbei king died for the country!"
"Eight hundred miles, hurry up! The border gate urgently reports! The Huns invaded the border massively, the Yanmen Pass was broken, and the 500,000 Zhenbei army was wiped out, and the Zhenbei king died for the country!"
"Eight hundred miles, hurry up! The border gate urgent report! The Xiongnu invaded the border massively, the Yanmen Pass was broken, and the 500,000 Zhenbei army was wiped out, and the Zhenbei king died for the country!"
After shouting three times in succession, the voice of the messenger soldier echoed throughout the Golden Luan Hall.
After three times, the soldier's heart was finally relieved.
Then he fell to the ground with a plop, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
However, he still held a report firmly in his hand.
The Golden Luan Temple returned to silence again.
No one cared about Chen Wang's death.
Compared with the news that the Yanmen Pass was broken, the entire Zhenbei Army was destroyed, and King Zhenbei died for his country, the death of King Chen seemed so insignificant at this moment.
Emperor Yongxing felt dazed for a while on the dragon chair, and fell unconscious on the dragon chair with a plop.
And Baiguan was really panicked at the moment.
For a while, the Golden Luan Hall was in chaos like a vegetable market. .