After transmigrating into the villain's daughter, I lie down and win

Chapter 808 The whole family is a rebel (92)

Although Zhong Xing expressed regret, he did not feel any regret at all in his heart.

What is there to regret?

Rather than leaving his name in history, what he wanted more was to end this chaotic world as soon as possible.

But Zhong Xing didn't know that just when he and Qin Shu were lamenting the "regrets" that could not be considered "regrets" at all in their eventful lives, an assassination drama was once again staged in the palace.

What is even more bizarre is that the first three assassination attempts all took place late at night, but this time, it happened in broad daylight, in front of many ministers and guards, a thin palace servant stabbed the new emperor with a dagger.

Although the new emperor and the palace guards were prepared after many assassination attempts, the new emperor still got his arm cut while dodging, with blood gushing out from under his wide cuffs.

The new emperor was not like the retired emperor. Although he also favored some alchemists, it was only for enjoyment, not for immortality. When the ministers were worried about whether the dagger was poisoned and whether the new emperor would die from the assassination like the retired emperor, he behaved extremely calmly.

"How many times has this been assassinated?"

The new emperor spoke, but no one dared to answer.

"Why do you want to kill me?" He looked at the palace servant whose arms had been cut off by the guards, "Could it be that your whole family died because of me?"

This is the common statement made by the previous assassins.

The palace servant's arms were disabled and he was stabbed twice. His face turned pale with pain, but he didn't make a sound. Only when he heard the new emperor's question did he spat out a mouthful of turbid and sticky blood.

Seeing some white stuff mixed in the blood, many people gasped.

Are you afraid that he would bite his tongue and commit suicide, so you knocked out all his teeth?

The palace maid seemed to be used to it, and did not show any discomfort on her face. Instead, she said calmly, "Your Majesty, you don't know that I used to serve the Emperor. The Emperor once told me that if anything happened to him, I should kill him to avenge him."

After these words were spoken, the new emperor and his ministers were a little confused.

The Supreme Emperor?
With the emperor being like that, there are still people willing to die for him?

It's really surprising.

But the death of the retired emperor was shrouded in doubt. Although the new emperor kept saying that the assassin was sent by Xiao Ji, any discerning person could see that it was just a plan by the new emperor to kill two birds with one stone in order to frame Xiao Ji.

Now that they heard the palace servant say that it was following the will of the retired emperor, many people were convinced that their guess was correct. The death of the retired emperor was indeed caused by the new emperor!
But does the new emperor care what they think?

of course not.

The new emperor did not ask further questions, nor did he refute them. He just said casually, "Divide the body into pieces with five horses, and kill all nine clans."

Nine races?

Everyone thought the same thing: Does this little palace maid really have nine clans?
……

While assassinations and massacres continued in the palace, Xiao Ji's army had already arrived at the city of Chang'an.

The commander guarding the city gate wanted to rebuke Xiao Ji for rebellion, but he saw that the leader was not the general Xiao Ji, but a skinny old man.

"Old General?"

The defending general was stunned and shocked as he looked at the old general who was obviously more than ten years older than before the expedition, whose gray hair had turned snow-white at some point, and whose body was so thin that not a single piece of flesh could be found. His lips trembled and he remained speechless for a long time.

As everyone knows, the old general went to the battlefield to quell the rebellion under the order of the retired emperor, and all the men in his family died on the battlefield. However, the old general's only granddaughter, the only remaining bloodline of the Mo family, was forcibly abducted to the palace by His Majesty, and there has been no news of her since then.

But he had just heard a rumor not long ago that the Mo girl died of a sudden illness the day after she entered the palace.

At this moment, the old man suddenly moved. Seeing that his walking posture was very strange, the guard realized that he was actually walking on one foot. His eyes suddenly widened, staring at the beggar-like old man in a daze.

"Old General..."

"I have failed the trust of the Supreme Emperor and I have come to apologize!"

"Old General..."

"I am a criminal whose skills are inferior to others and I lost the battle. I deserve death. Whether it is killing or cutting, it is what I deserve. But my granddaughter... is just the age of marriage. I wonder what mistake she made to offend Your Majesty and deserve to die without a burial place?"

The Mo family was full of loyal ministers and capable generals, but his only granddaughter died at the hands of the emperor they were loyal to, and even her body was thrown directly into a mass grave.

If the general's old friend in Chang'an had not been heartless and collected the body of his poor granddaughter, he really couldn't imagine what would have happened.

It is clear that Chang'an was not like this before the expedition.

At that time, the emperor was still alive. Even though he knew that Xiao Sui and his son had not committed treason, they had committed a serious crime by holding their own army. How could the minister not die when the emperor ordered him to? Moreover, he only asked him to go to war.

But at that time in Chang'an, there were people who had frozen to death or starved to death everywhere. There was a mass grave less than a hundred miles away. Vicious dogs were pouncing on food on the ground, crows were circling in the sky, and there were even people who were starving and fighting with dogs for food.

Even though he was a general who had killed countless people, he was still frightened by the scene.

If the general's men in Chang'an hadn't rescued his granddaughter's body, I'm afraid...

The old general didn't want to think too much about it, because every time he thought about it too much, those seemingly different but completely identical horrible scenes would reappear in his mind, and his hatred for this dynasty and the supreme ruler would become deeper.

The garrison commander was unable to answer General Mo's question.

No one could answer him.

He muttered to himself, asking "why" over and over again, never giving up. Every time he took a step forward, the guard took a step back, until he stood again at the place where he had stood when he set out on the day of the expedition.

"Old General, I am humble..."

Looking at the old man's face that looked like a dead tree, the guard wanted to say something, but he racked his brains but couldn't figure out what to say or what to say.

The old general who was approaching step by step suddenly changed his haggard look and became full of energy.

"Your Majesty was murdered. The treacherous ministers and the rebellious sons forged the imperial edict to usurp power, bringing disaster to the world and destroying lives. How many loyal ministers, good generals and innocent people died at the hands of the treacherous ministers and the rebellious sons? Can't you see the bones scattered all over the ground outside Chang'an?"

"As a minister, I do not think about avenging your majesty, defending the territory and expanding the borders, and pacifying the country and the people. Instead, I am helping the evildoers and aiding the tyrants in their tyranny. Is this what a loyal minister should do?"

The guard stared blankly, his mind a complete mess.

Loyal minister and capable general?

me?

The defending general obviously didn't look very smart, but General Mo didn't care. After realizing the irreversible truth and reality, he followed the instructions of the general's staff and continued to expose the true face of the new emperor and the treacherous ministers.

After a while, he stopped, turned around and walked towards the supreme commander of the hundreds of thousands of troops behind him. After saluting Xiao Ji, he shouted loudly to the people on the city wall: "General, clearing the court is a benevolent act for the country, the country, and the people of the world. Why don't you open the city gate quickly and welcome the army into the city!"

Then, hundreds of thousands of voices rang out at the same time, deafening.

"Open the city gate!"