After understanding the thoughts of animals, I became more successful in escaping famine! - Chapter 387 Xu Wu's Failure
After understanding the thoughts of animals, I became more successful in escaping famine!
Chapter 387 Xu Wu's FailureSong Wanning was surprised: "Is he so anxious? How long will it take for the Yun family army to arrive in the capital?"
"The first group to arrive are several cavalry teams. They are the elite of the army. They will be back on fast horses. The earliest they can come back is tomorrow."
"This old guy can't wait to issue an order now. It will be too late tomorrow!" Song Wanning said in a low voice, her tone very anxious.
Yun Che patted her shoulder and said, “Don’t be anxious. Conveying the imperial edict is only the first step. If he wants to truly ascend the throne and sit in that position, the six ministries will have to prepare for the coronation ceremony. The process is tedious and complicated, and it will take more than a month to complete.”
Song Wanning put her hand on her chin and guessed, "Why do I feel like he can't wait any longer?"
Sure enough, at noon, Xu Wuzhi summoned all the officials and asked Li Cheng, the "chief eunuch in front of the emperor", to read the edict of succession issued by the emperor when he was conscious.
All the officials who came at this time were Xu Wuzhi's men, and those who disobeyed Xu Wuzhi were all locked up by him.
"Welcome our emperor to the throne. Long live the emperor."
All the officials knelt and shouted in unison.
Xu Wuzhi's eyes almost disappeared from laughing: "Everyone, your majesty is ill, and the country cannot be without a king for a day. I thought that the Central Plains had just experienced war, and the people just want to live a stable life. In order to avoid wasting money and labor, the coronation ceremony will be omitted. Tomorrow, everyone will go with me to the royal temple to worship our ancestors, and then return to the palace to ascend the throne!"
"My emperor is wise!"
Song Wanning was listening in the corner and couldn't help but shake Yun Che's shoulder anxiously: "I knew Xu Wuzhi couldn't wait! He wants to ascend the throne tomorrow. He really wants to be the emperor so badly!"
"I just received a pigeon message, and the Yun family army will arrive tomorrow at noon."
Song Wanning sighed: "Otherwise, the two of us will rush up and kill him now..."
After thinking about it, he felt that this was not realistic, so he shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's wait."
As she spoke, she hugged Yun Che’s waist tightly and buried her face in his arms.
On the day of his coronation, Xu Wuzhi led a group of people to the royal temple. The guards on the emperor's side were naturally much more relaxed. Li Cheng was not taken away by Xu Wuzhi. He felt that Xu Wuzhi did not use him and was full of complaints, but the overall situation had been decided and he dared not say much.
Yun Che received news that the Yun family army had gathered five miles outside the city, and Xu Wuzhi’s people had not noticed it.
Now is the best time!
The two of them came to the bedroom, and without hiding anything, Yun Che killed all the guards outside.
Li Cheng was in the bedroom, trying to vent his anger on the "dying" emperor.
"You old fool, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be like this now. If you could use me, would I have come to this point!?"
As he said this, he put his hand on the emperor's neck, trying to strangle him.
The emperor no longer cared about pretending to be unconscious and pushed Li Cheng away with force.
Li Cheng was caught off guard and fell to the ground, looking at the emperor in shock: "You, you didn't..."
At this time, Yun Che kicked the door open, the knife in his hand was covered in blood.
Song Wanning, whose eyes were full of hearts, followed behind him: Why didn’t I realize that Yun Che was so handsome before!
“You guys want to rebel, right?!” Li Cheng pointed at Yun Che with trembling hands.
Yun Che snorted coldly. Chunzhi also came in at this time and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my failure in protecting you!"
The emperor coughed twice and waved his hand for him to stand up.
"Your Majesty, I raised this child with my own hands. He was deceived by a traitor and harmed Your Majesty like this. Please let me kill him with my own hands and atone for my crime!"
"I agree."
Afterwards, two imperial guards came and carried Li Cheng out from the left and right. Chun Zhida killed Li Cheng with his own hands.
“Yun Che, what are you going to do next?” the emperor asked.
"Xu Wuzhi brought many ministers to the Royal Temple. Next, the Emperor will go to the temple with me to sentence Xu Wuzhi to death."
"Okay, let's get going then."
Then, Yun Che fired a signal.
After seeing the signal, Gu Yong, Lei Ting and others who had been waiting led the Yun family army to attack from inside and outside. They first broke through the defenses of the city defense army, took control of the capital city into their own hands, and then led the army straight to the royal temple.
Xu Lian, who was tied up in Song's house, loosened the rope himself and ran away while Song Jiang was not paying attention.
At this time in the royal temple, Xu Wuzhi was holding the jade seal in his hand. He was only one step away from completing the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and becoming a legitimate member of the royal temple's worship.
But suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard behind him, followed by the sounds of wailing and fighting.
"The Yun Family Army, the Yun Family Army is coming! The Yun Family Army has reached the capital!"
A timid minister was so frightened that he fell to the ground and shouted loudly, pointing at the armored soldiers outside.
Xu Wuzhi was stunned for a moment, then turned around with a grim look on his face: "This is impossible! Hasn't the Yun family army been staying at the border? How could they come back!?"
Behind the army was Yun Che, who was dressed in black.
Everyone made way for him, and Yun Che gradually walked to the front of the army, with the tip of his sword pointing directly at Xu Wuzhi's head in the distance.
"You persecuted the emperor and attempted to usurp the throne, Xu Wuzhi, you deserve to die."
"The Emperor has passed the throne to me, Yun Che, you are the one who deserves to die if you try to stop me from ascending the throne."
An old voice suddenly sounded: "Who said that I passed the throne to you?"
Now, not only Xu Wuzhi, but all the civil and military officials were horrified.
"His Majesty!"
Everyone knelt down.
"Xu Wuzhi poisoned me with the intention of usurping the throne. Anyone who still wants to follow him can now accept death."
Some were forced by Xu Wuzhi, and some were wavering, and hurriedly came to Yun Che's side.
Xu Wuzhi snorted coldly: "If that's the case, then today you and I will fight to the death!"
"Daddy! Let me help you! I want to be a princess too!"
Xu Lian's voice suddenly came from behind. She took out a sword from somewhere and suddenly stabbed it towards Song Wanning's heart.
Yun Che felt as if his heart was about to stop beating. He rushed to Song Wanning at the fastest speed in his life, and pierced Xu Lian's heart with his sword first.
Xu Lian stared blankly at the sword in front of his chest, blood spitting out of his mouth.
Yun Che drew out his long sword and held Song Wanning in his arms: “It’s okay, it’s okay.”
It seemed like he was comforting Song Wanning, but also like he was telling himself.
Song Wanning wasn't really scared, she gently stroked Yun Che's back.
Seeing his own daughter being killed by Yun Che, Xu Wuzhi lost his mind, shouted angrily and started fighting with the Yun family army.
The Yun family army was invincible on the battlefield and had experienced hundreds of battles. The city defense army, which lacked combat experience, was naturally no match for the Yun family army.
Soon, Xu Wuzhi and his men were all killed.
At the Xu residence, the Prime Minister's wife was holding Buddhist beads in her hand. For some reason, her heart was beating wildly today.
A servant came to deliver the news, and the servants of the Xu Mansion packed up their things and fled. After learning that her husband and daughter were dead, Mrs. Xu threw a piece of white silk on the beam of the house, and then hanged herself on it without any regrets. The Prime Minister's Mansion fell into complete decline.