But as soon as they approached the courtyard gate, they were blocked by a group of men in black.
If you can't get out, you have to fight hard.
For a time, the sound of swords clashing could be heard in the courtyard, and the two sides fought fiercely.
The men in black are numerous and powerful, and have great martial arts skills. Not long after, King Rui and others were injured to varying degrees.
"Father, be careful!" King Rui shouted as he saw a knife with a cold light stabbing the emperor's back.
Yu Cheng, who was very close, rushed over when he heard the sound, and in desperation wanted to block the emperor's knife.
But the strange thing is that after the man in black saw Yu Cheng clearly, he turned the knife in his hand to the side. The knife that was supposed to stab Yu Cheng's chest hit Yu Cheng's left arm.
"Hiss!" Yu Cheng took a sharp breath of pain, and stabbed the man in black with the sword in his right hand.
The man in black's sword was still in Yu Cheng's arm. Although he dodged in time, his face was accidentally cut by the tip of Yu Cheng's sword.
In an instant, the face of the man in black appeared in Yu Cheng's eyes.
At that moment, Yu Cheng forgot about the pain in his arm and stared blankly at the familiar face in front of him.
uncle……
These two words stuck in Yu Cheng's throat, almost making a sound.
Taking advantage of this gap, Zhou Boxu looked for an opportunity and whispered to the emperor: "Lin Junji took my token to mobilize the forbidden troops hidden under the mountain gate. They will arrive in a quarter of an hour at the latest."
The emperor's eyes were serious, he turned to look at the exposed man in black, and scolded him angrily: "Cao Qian, do you know what the crime of regicide is?"
When Cao Qian's group proposed to come to Tianji Mountain to offer sacrifices to heaven and pray for blessings, and when Cao Qian couldn't wait to urge them, the emperor knew that he couldn't help but take action.
So the emperor and Yu Zheng made a plan and came to Tianji Mountain, giving Cao Qian an opportunity to assassinate.
He was accompanied by eight hundred imperial troops and two hundred bodyguards. If Cao Qian wanted to take action, he would first deal with the imperial army and guards. Therefore, Zhou Boxu secretly ordered three hundred forbidden troops to delay their departure for one day and hide three miles away from the mountain gate, ready to order support at any time.
Now, as long as they wait until the imperial army arrives, Cao Qian will be the turtle in the urn.
Now that he was exposed, Cao Qian no longer covered it up. He pulled off the torn face scarf and said arrogantly: "Your Majesty, if you want to punish me, you can only go to the underworld."
"Kill, leave no one behind except the prince!" Cao Qian gave the order and took the lead in attacking the emperor with his sword in hand.
He had been planning and waiting for this assassination for a long time.
As long as Emperor Yu Zheng and others are killed, and then the bodies are burned and traces are destroyed, no one will know that he did it.
When the emperor died, Yu Cheng, as the prince, naturally succeeded to the throne. By then, the power of the Cao family will be overwhelming, and it will be easy to find a scapegoat for tonight's incident, or to blame Yu Zheng.
In short, the winner takes all, and only those who survive are qualified to decide everything.
"Uncle!" Yu Cheng covered his bleeding arm and stood firmly in front of the emperor.
Cao Qian stopped and looked at Yu Cheng with cold eyes: "Your Highness, after tonight, you will be the new emperor of Zhaozhao! Just get out of the way and leave the rest to me."
He knew that Yu Cheng was soft-hearted and could not do anything to his father, so he was willing to do it for him.
"I can't sit on the throne that I got by killing my father and usurping the throne. Uncle, stop before you make a big mistake." Yu Cheng warned in a painful voice.
However, Cao Qian was not moved at all and said coldly: "If I stop now, everyone in the Cao family will have no way to survive, and you will also be destroyed."
Yu Cheng was choked and speechless.
Things happened suddenly tonight. At this moment, he didn't understand why Cao Qian wanted to assassinate the emperor and kill Yu Zheng and others.
"Uncle, I am the crown prince. I can inherit the throne when my father abdicates. Why do I have to do this?" Yu Cheng asked confused.
Cao Qian sneered coldly: "You are too naive. Your father has long been unable to tolerate the Cao family. As for you, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to succeed to the throne with King Jing here."
"Your Highness, we have no way out, get out of the way." Cao Qian clenched the long knife in his hand, showing his murderous intent.
Yu Cheng still didn't move, wondering what he was thinking.
Gao He and Zhui Yun stood between the emperor and Yu Cheng, wary of Yu Cheng turning around and striking the emperor with a sword.
The distance between father and son was so close that if he suddenly turned around and stabbed the emperor, the emperor would not be able to avoid it.
Although Yu Cheng did not instruct the assassination, and it seemed that he did not know about it beforehand, people's hearts are unpredictable and precautions are indispensable.
Cao Qian raised his head and glanced at the sinking moon in the sky, and said fiercely: "Your Highness, have you ever thought about your mother? If you are defeated tonight, what will happen to her?"
"My father is partial and cold, and your mother is devoted to you. Do you still need to hesitate, Your Highness?"
Yu Chengting's body trembled, and the hand holding the sword trembled.
Cao Qian thought he had been persuaded and was about to step forward to pull him away, but Yu Cheng slowly raised his sword and pointed it at him.
"However, it is wrong to kill one's father and usurp the throne, and to kill one's siblings. It will be infamy for thousands of years and be reviled by all people."
Yu Cheng's voice was low and trembling as he made a difficult decision.
Cao Qian said: "As long as we kill them all, no one will know. History is written by the winner."
Yu Cheng said in pain: "But I know it myself. If people lose their humanity, what difference will they make to animals?"
Having said this, Cao Qian knew that there was no point in talking anymore. His eyes suddenly came down and he said: "In that case, your highness will go on the road with them."
Hearing this, Yu Cheng was shocked and looked at Cao Qian in disbelief.
Cao Qian stopped talking nonsense, avoided the sword pointed at him by Yu Cheng, and stabbed Yu Cheng with the long blade in his hand.
Yu Cheng didn't expect that Cao Qian would attack him, and he forgot to react for a moment.
"Cheng'er, get out of the way!" the emperor shouted.
Zhou Boxu, with quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed Yu Cheng and dodged him backwards. At the same time, he raised his sword to fight with Cao Qian.
Cao Qian was really ambitious and ruthless, and he could kill even Yu Cheng.
No need to ask, you know what he is planning.
Yu Cheng is the prince. If he dies, Cao Qian can help Yu Cheng's youngest son Yu Haoyan ascend the throne. At that time, Cao Qian will act as an agent of the government and have all the power in the world. He is not an emperor, but he is better than an emperor.
This abacus is very accurate. This kind of thinking cannot be said to be innocuous.
At this point, Cao Qian guessed that the emperor and Yu Zheng had a backup plan, and they must be stalling for time.
So he gave a ruthless order: "Leave no one alive! Kill them quickly."
The men in black obeyed the order, and their offensive became more and more fierce, with deadly moves.
Cao Qian asked several men in black to entangle Zhou Boxu, while he led a group of people to attack the emperor and Yu Cheng.
He wanted to kill these two people himself.
Although the emperor and Yu Cheng knew martial arts, they were far inferior to Cao Qian. Without Zhuiyun and Gao He to protect them, they would have died long ago.
Seeing Cao Qian's deadly attack, Yu Cheng was filled with grief and tried his best to deal with it.
"Pfft!" Yu Cheng's left arm was injured and he moved a little slowly. When he lost the fight, he was stabbed in the chest by Cao Qian. He fell down like a fallen leaf.
"Cheng'er!" The emperor caught Yu Cheng, furious.
At this point, Yu Cheng still couldn't believe that his uncle actually wanted to kill him.
Human heart, family affection, humanity...what exactly are they?
Yu Cheng suddenly vomited out a large mouthful of blood and fainted unable to hold on.
After solving one of them, Cao Qian felt happy and energized. He held the knife stained with Yu Cheng's blood and attacked the emperor again.
