Chapter 388 The Beginning of Destruction
The next morning, news of the Northern Qi Supreme Emperor Gao Zhan Yan's charity came out of the palace. Dozens of vassal kings in the capital rushed to the palace to guard Gao Zhan. Since the Gao clan opened the emperor Gao Yang, they have the tradition of uncle seizing the throne of nephew. Now, as dozens of uncles flocked to the palace, the little emperor Gao Wei still seemed particularly nervous. His eyes were always on the verge of Yuanchang, the monk standing beside him.
At this time, Yuanchang had already revealed his identity. He was the lineage left by the late emperor Gao Yang. Because he was obsessed with Buddhism, he had become a monk. However, there were several old men who had seen the monk Yuanchang in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. They were shocked to see the monk beside the emperor. Not only was the same name as the holy monk back then, but the appearance was not at all. The prince looked familiar when he had hair. Now that he shaved his head, he was like a holy monk Yuanchang. Isn’t it said that it was the bloodline of the Gao clan? Why is it not like the late emperor Gao Cheng and Gao Yang at all, but it is astonishingly similar to the Yuanchang, who is almost the same as the immortal...
However, no one dared to talk too much in front of the coffin of the late emperor. These old men could only think that they didn't know anything and continued to cry and stay in front of the coffin of the late emperor. According to the rules of the Northern Qi Dynasty at that time, the emperor's coffin had to be parked for thirteen days before it could be buried. Because they were worried that the body would be corrupt, a large amount of antiseptic spices were placed in the coffin. The entire palace was filled with the fragrance that made the living people feel a little uneasy.
Just as the ritual officer was reading the tribute to the late emperor in front of the spirit, a middle-aged man in a royal robe came to the coffin surrounded by the guards. After the visitor arrived in front of the coffin, he fell on the coffin and cried loudly: "Your Majesty. I am late to call you, so that you will be killed by the treacherous villain... Your Majesty, you have a spirit in heaven, bless me, I will avenge you. No matter how big the title that the person who harms you is, even your biological bone..."
The person who came was Gao Yang, Gao Zhan's younger brother, King Gangsu of Shangdang. Because this person was born in a vassal, he drove him to Shangdang when he was appointed as the king. Their brothers have not seen each other for many years, and now the only person of the same generation, King Gangsu of Shangdang, is the only one of Gao Zhan's generation.
"Brother Gao Huanwang, have you started to talk nonsense when you transition to sadness?" Yuanchang saw that the emperor's face had already shown timidity, and slowly stepped forward and stood in front of the little emperor. Then he continued to look at Shangdang Gangsu King Gao Huan, who was still lying on the ground and crying, and continued: "The Supreme Emperor is in his heart, His Majesty the Emperor is in grief. But what are you saying here about the Supreme Emperor being murdered by his own flesh and blood, and the Supreme Emperor's closest flesh and blood is His Majesty today. What do you want to hint?"
Gao Huan came from his fiefdom with a whip. In addition to himself, there were 20,000 troops from his vassals outside Yecheng. I originally thought that the Supreme Emperor suddenly drove away and the little emperor was ignorant, which was the best opportunity for him to seize the throne. Moreover, their Gao family had the tradition of uncle praying for his nephew. Why could his brothers deposed his nephew and become the emperor? It would be impossible for him to do so?
According to Gao Huan's plan, his tens of thousands of troops were outside the city of Yecheng. As long as he suddenly attacked the mourning hall, the army outside the city responded at the same time, wouldn't this teenage nephew have to give up the throne obediently? Even if he couldn't get the throne for the time being, a regent would have been sure to get it. As long as the emperor was controlled by him, after a year and a half, he would have deposed this little emperor and ascended the throne and sat in the hall. Isn't it safe to ascend to the throne and sit in the palace by himself? Speaking of which, this is also a tradition of the Gao clan.
Unexpectedly, there was a monk next to the little emperor. Seeing that the monk was familiar, he couldn't remember where he had seen it. At that moment, Gao Huan winked at his guards. One of the guards actually pulled out his waist in the mourning hall and said to Yuanchang: "Where did the thief monk come from? My Shangdang King Gangsu talk to His Majesty. Is there any way you can interrupt? You are rude in front of His Majesty. Then I will clear the lord for His Majesty..."
Before he finished speaking, he wanted to chop Yuanchang in front of the imperial court's coffin in front of the civil and military officials. At this time, the palace guards surrounded Gao Wei, but no one paid attention to this Yuanchang monk.
Yuanchang seemed to have no need to protect him. Seeing Gao Huan's guard draw his sword to kill him, the monk took a step back without any haste. When he saw that the knife was about to slash him, a piece of talisman paper suddenly appeared in Yuanchang's hand and threw it out to the person's face.
The moment the talisman paper touched the man, a loud noise suddenly broke out. Then the talisman paper turned into a fireball, instantly covering the guard's head. The man screamed "Wow!" and didn't care about Yuanchang anymore. He threw his waist knife and fell to the ground and started to wail. However, no matter how the man rolled and howled, the fire on his head did not mean to be extinguished. After a moment, the man's body was no longer struggling. He fell to the ground and died. The fire did not mean to extinguish it. Until his head was burned to charcoal, the flames slowly disappeared.
The fire on the guard's head was strange. Although his head turned into black charcoal, it did not continue to burn down. Until the flames went out, the clothes he passed on were not attracted by the fire.
At this time, all the officials and officials in the mourning hall were shocked by the scene in front of them. Unexpectedly, this former Highness Gaochang actually had such ability...
Gao Huan was also shocked by Yuanchang's ability. Only then did he realize that today was not as simple as he imagined. If the reinforcements outside his city had not arrived, his people had long been killed by the casting of the Yuanchang monk. At that moment, Gao Huan could also bend and stretch, kneel in front of Gao Wei, and put the black pot on the already dead guard.
Yuanchang didn't want to have trouble again. He couldn't use the magic now. He just used the skills he learned in Wentianlou back then. He used the fire-starting talisman as a medium to burn the guard to death. If the other party really rushed forward, he might still win, but he would be injured. At this time, as soon as Yuanchang was injured, his holy monk's halo would disappear. This was not conducive to his subsequent planning.
Finally, with Yuanchang's benefit, Gao Wei also spared Gao Huan's sin. As if nothing had happened, after taking away the body of the guard, everyone continued to guard the Supreme Emperor. After a day of busy life, it turned completely dark. Gao Wei returned to the bedroom to rest with Yuanchang, and the remaining Gao family members continued to guard the spirits in the mourning hall.
After the emperor and court officials left one after another, the vassal kings of the Gao family became much more relaxed. They found their brothers and nephews who had a good relationship in groups and began to whisper something. Their words were all about the origin of Monk Yuanchang. None of these people had ever applauded Gaochang. They also became more and more confused about the origin of the monk.
After talking about Monk Yuanchang, I don’t know who brought the topic to Emperor Gao Wei. Although these vassal kings dared not talk loudly, they all said that the emperor was too young and had a cowardly personality and was really not suitable to be the king of a country.
When the kings of the vassals were talking one by one, a strong wind suddenly blew in from outside the palace, blowing the door of the mourning hall open and not dispersed. In an instant, all the candles were blown out. In an instant, the mourning hall became dark. In an originally said, the kings of the vassals stopped their mouths instantly. After all, this was also a mourning hall. Suddenly, it was pitch black. Everyone's mind was beating.
Fortunately, someone immediately reacted and asked the eunuchs who were serving in the mourning hall to light the candles again. However, after shouting a few times, they never waited for those eunuchs to take action. Now the mourning hall was pitch black, and I couldn't find those eunuchs. These vassal kings in Gao didn't have any firestones, fire sickles, turfs and other fire-induced objects. Some people already felt that something was wrong and planned to leave the mourning hall first. The feeling in their hearts would be better if they left the big coffin.
Chapter completed!