She Is Not a Witch Chapter 24: Words

"Launch!"

The Lieutenant Julong who was standing upright shouted, and immediately, the Fire Seal Dragon Cannons spewed out gold and flame-like cannon fire again.

The red-hot cannonball exploded instantly on the shield wall in front of the Shenlong Palace. The dazzling flame and explosion lifted countless figures, and the extremely high-temperature liquid gold splashed after the cannonball shattered instantly pierced through a person. The body of the Shuolong Imperial Guard vaporized its body and its armor.

"The Immortal"

When the smoke dissipated, the ground and the walls of Shenlongdian were covered with debris and cooled metal particles, making a mess.

Facing the broken shield formation, the Dragon and Golden Armored Army did not show a happy expression, but still calmly reloaded and waited for it.

Sure enough, during the interval between reloading, the Shuolong guards outside Shenlong Hall took out black and white crossbows to fight back. These crossbows have an octagonal compass, and the crossbow strings are automatically wound as the brilliance rotates. , a sharp 'moon-piercing Wu hook' pressed into the muzzle of the crossbow machine.

Amidst the sound of drizzle breaking through the air, these crossbows slipped across the black afterimages and shot into the formation of the Dragon Golden Armor Army. , In the dark drizzle, it was as thin as paper, easily penetrated, and the soldiers on the mountain road and plank road also fell in pieces in this black rain, and many rolled off the cliff and fell into the vast sea of ​​clouds.

The shouts of killing were loud, and after this round of crossbow lost the black rain, the Huoyinlong Cannon protecting the rear was filled again, waiting to be fired.

Seeing that the scorching fire lighted up again, the lines on the gun barrel lit up and spread one by one, and a loud cry interrupted the gradually cruel battlefield.

"Stop it! Stop it all! I am Xiao Yubing, the Princess of the Dynasty, holding the Emperor's Phoenix Fire Edict!"

In the battlefield filled with smoke and flames, a woman dressed in a black-bottomed phoenix bird costume walked out of the gate of the Shenlong Palace, held up the golden and red edict scroll, and walked step by step to the open space in front of the hall. Outside the hall, the Shuolong imperial guards, who were originally defending, saw the edict and stepped aside one by one, separating like a tide.

Although it is not sure whether the edict is true or not, but since the door of the Shenlong Palace is opened, it is said that the soldiers of the Dragon Army no longer have any reason to continue firing, so they stopped to wait for orders.

"Master Si Ji?" A young lieutenant in golden armor came to the platform on the top of the mountain and asked the general who was in command here.

"I see, you guys stop first."

"Yes, my lord."

Shortly after, under the protection of a group of sergeants holding heavy shields, a dozen ministers and nobles slowly came to the front of the hall, and then stopped.

"Princess Xiao Yubing, what about His Majesty the Son of Heaven?" A minister in a purple robe stepped forward and asked the princess with vigilant eyes.

"The Son of Heaven is unwell and in imminent danger. I hereby issue an imperial edict to show the world." The princess said as he moved forward. The sergeant who stared at him faltered, almost wanting to surrender.

The imperial edict of the phoenix fire, the fierce destiny.

Even if the edict had not yet been launched, the aura it exuded already showed that it was true, which made all the ministers and generals in front of the Shenlong Palace both surprised and suspicious.

Why is it this time, and His Majesty the Son of Heaven still does not come out, could it be that...

The people didn't dare to think about it anymore, so they all bent over and cupped their hands, and then slowly knelt down.

When Xiao Yubing walked into the formation of the Dragon Golden Armor Army with the edict in hand, there was no one standing there, and they all knelt down on the ground.

Seeing this, the princess took a breath of relief.

But when she slowly put down the edict and was about to open it to announce it, a crossbow was shot from the direction of Shen Longdian, like a streamer, it hit its back, and a flower of blood spattered.

"Cough..." Xiao Yubing held his chest and staggered a few steps forward, dripping blood all the way.

"Protect the princess."

Immediately, it was reported that the lieutenant in the Dragon Army noticed something was wrong and shouted anxiously, and then the soldiers who had fallen on the ground before quickly stood up and erected the shield wall again.

"Who is presumptuous!" The general in gold armor stepped forward and stopped in front of the hall.

"It's me, Secretary Dongfu, Li Jingfang!"

It is said that a minister dressed in white background and silver embroidery walked out of Shenlong Hall, who was the one who dissuaded Prince Zhaolong before.

At first, everyone present wanted to open their mouths to scold the courtier who was secretly attacking, but the figure slowly raised behind Li Jingfang made everyone shut up. The Son of Heaven was carried out of the hall.

"How's your Majesty doing?" Someone couldn't help asking.

"Your Majesty has decided to establish Prince Zhaolong as the emperor, to succeed the Great Commander, and to inherit the mandate of heaven!" As he spoke, the minister took a big step forward, turned around and cupped his hands, saluted the unconscious emperor, and then got up.

After saying this extremely sudden imperial decree, everyone present was amazed and unbelievable.

Although Prince Zhaolong is favored, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this young prince has no foundation in the court and is completely unable to compete with the two older brothers. If he is to be forced to be king, he must be swept away. The court and the middle kings are partisans, but now the world is not stable, and chaos is everywhere. Such intense cleaning and suppression, a little carelessness, will lead to chaos.

"How is this possible?" The faces of the supporters of King Dai and King Huainan changed drastically, and they looked astonished.

"Why not, huh." After finishing speaking, the minister strode forward towards the crowd, aiming at Xiao Yubing who was injured and fell to the ground.

After a short period of emergency treatment, Xiao Yubing held his chest and got up slowly with a hoarse voice, "No, he is pretending...cough cough, it's not true..." Before he finished speaking, another He vomited up a mouthful of blood.

"Bring it here, you rebellious princess!" The courtier, who was extremely respectful in the palace before, was now extremely stern, and took back the edict.

"Xiao Yubing tampered with the imperial edict, intending to help his father become king and plot great rebellion!" He held the Fenghuo imperial edict tightly with one hand, and pointed at the weak princess lying on the ground with the other.

"No, I'm not..." Xiao Yubing tried to take back the edict, but was opened by the minister who had been prepared for a long time.

"Come here, take him down and imprison him in Tingxing." He ordered sternly, and many soldiers were moved by him, and they secretly surrounded the princess.

Fortunately at this time, Si Ji, a general of the Long Army, strode forward and asked the soldiers to retreat first.

"The two of you seem to have a dispute, and His Majesty is now unconscious. I am really embarrassed."

"Heh, I naturally understand the doubts of the general and everyone."

Li Jingfang held the imperial edict in his hand, and his eyes slowly swept across the generals and courtiers present. All of these people were great officials of the frontier and important ministers of the country. In the past, even if he was among these people, he could only be regarded as a Mid-stream cannot be called one or two.

But today is different, the overthrow of the dynasty is all within one's own thought.

"Everyone, please follow me, I will tell you the contents of the imperial edict."

Then he took the edict and walked towards the opened Shenlong Palace again.

A few minutes later, all the ministers and generals walked into the long-closed Shenlong Palace. Today, the emperor is still in a coma, and his breathing has almost stopped. There is no way.

In fact, they had already prepared for the possible death of the emperor, but they didn't want too many things to happen in the past few days, so that the focus was no longer on the emperor who was about to pass away.

Everyone wants to know what is going on with Chifeng, and why the emperor temporarily changed his fate and let Prince Zhaolong inherit the throne.

"Master Si Ji, please let your subordinates avoid it." After stepping up to the sacrificial high platform of Shenlong Hall, Li Jingfang looked down at the tiger-biting general in gold armor.

The general frowned slightly, but he still raised his hand, waved it back, and then the soldiers in golden armor walked out of the hall.

Half a minute later, with the rattle of the card, the door of Shenlongdian slowly closed, and the place became silent again, and everyone present looked at Li Jingfang, wanting to know what he meant and why he made such a fuss. so mysterious.

Seeing that the surrounding area was tightly closed, outsiders could not know what was going on inside the hall, so Li Jing spoke slowly.

"I know that you have a lot of doubts in your heart, but today's matter is getting bigger and bigger, so don't let it out."

"This is the imperial edict of the phoenix fire, and there is the last order of the emperor, ordering us to announce it to the world." As he spoke, he slowly opened the edict, and a wave of heat and wind also slowly hit.

"However, the emperor's order may not be obeyed."

"If this order is followed, no matter you, me, or even the world, will be forever lost." After finishing speaking, he shook the imperial edict, unfolded its content, and faced the ministers.

At first, everyone was still dissatisfied, but when their eyes swept over the golden edict, the bright red writings like blood came into their eyes.

"This...this, how could this be the case!?"

"Absurd, simply absurd." Someone lowered his head and sighed.

"The sky is falling..."

A few minutes later, when everyone's emotions stabilized, Li Jing spoke again.

"It is precisely because of this that I did not hesitate to hurt people with arrows and stop Princess Xiao." Although some people still feel contemptuous of his actions, no one pays attention to such trivial matters at this time, and most people are dismissed. This huge information and unexpected impact has not yet recovered, and I have to figure out what to do in the future.

However, although they didn't think about it for a while, Li Jingfang thought about it for a long time in the past few days.

"First of all, we must not let this news leak out, no matter who it is or under what name."

"The Son of Heaven blames himself for his sins, we know that, but today's dynasty should not be overthrown and collapsed because of the fault of the Son of Heaven. In a chaotic world, smoke is everywhere, the people are in dire straits, and the casualties are far more than the natural disasters and dragon disasters in front of us."

"It's very urgent now, we should do extraordinary things, we should quickly establish Prince Zhaolong as emperor, inherit the great rule, and secure the world."

As soon as he finished speaking, many supporters of King Dai and King Huainan among the ministers frowned and immediately objected.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, Prince Zhaolong is young, it is difficult to convince the public, and bear such a rebellious trend." They shook their heads one after another.

"You should invite King Dai/King Huainan to return to Luojing as soon as possible, and use thunderous wrists to overwhelm the world, subdue all directions, and help the building to collapse."

"How far is King Dai from Luo Jing, and how far is Huainan Wang from Luo Jing? Tell me if you will bite back and leak the news."

"In today's situation, it is time to quickly cut through the chaos and immediately support the new emperor to ascend the throne. This is also to cut off the followers of the two kings, free up a large number of official positions, and bestow them with peace of mind, and then gather swordsmen to clean up the world." /

"I know that many of you have made good friends with the two kings, but today is different from the past. Prince Zhaolong ascended the throne alone, and needs your help. Why should your allegiance be only to the two kings, not necessarily His true destiny." Li Jingfang's sharp words, his analysis of interests, and his strife made many ministers present shaken and began to hesitate.

Although many of them are the henchmen of the second king, is this alliance really so strong? Is it really necessary to confuse the two princes who are crowned kings? In the future, it is just a combination of interests.

If you continue to persevere, regardless of whether you can walk out of the hall today, even if the two kings return in the future, no one can guarantee that the king you support will be able to ascend the throne. Under the circumstances, the victorious party must use brutal cleansing to keep this secret firmly.

The environment of the two kings vying for the throne has changed. Now it is a cruel life-and-death struggle. Both sides have no room for relaxation or retreat. Maybe they failed before. At most, they just lost their official positions and went home to retire, but now If they think about it themselves, they will never dare to let the person who knows today's secret return home easily. They must be strictly guarded, or even silenced.

There was a dead silence in the Shenlong Palace. The eyes of more than a dozen feudal officials and generals present were solemn, and drops of sweat were dripping from their foreheads. Everyone was thinking urgently, looking for a way to break the situation.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the long-closed hall began to feel stuffy, but now no one has the heart to care about these details, only the extremely difficult choice.

Finally, after a long period of silence, a voice broke the status quo.

The Jiedu envoy of Nolanzhou, dressed in red and purple clothes, took a step forward and bowed to Prince Zhaolong who was already waiting to stand on the high platform.

"Minister, Jian Qingyan, I would like to swear to follow Your Majesty to the death." After speaking, he slowly lowered his body and bowed three times and bowed nine times.

At this time, even Prince Zhaolong, who knew he wanted to keep calm, couldn't help being moved, trying to calm down his voice, he took a deep breath, and walked forward slowly.

"I forgive."

After finishing speaking, he slowly helped the frontier official up, and Li Jingfang who was beside him also closed his eyes slightly, and heaved a sigh of relief.

With this first place, it will be easy to talk about later.

Sure enough, several people stepped forward one after another, swearing allegiance.

"We are willing to follow Your Majesty ~IndoMTL.com~ until the end of the mountains and rivers, the end of the Nine Netherworlds."

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Looking at the Jiedu envoy holding a heavy soldier in his hand, Jian Qingyan surrendered and took an oath, and the other people present gradually became anxious. Some people began to regret why they were not the first. This kind of thing is usually just the first few impressions The deepest, in the future it will be nothing more than general.

Therefore, one after another, another person stepped forward, swearing allegiance, until there were only three people standing alone in the field, never moving.

At this moment, other people surrounded Prince Zhaolong and looked at the three of them together, some of them were joking, some were contemptuous, some were admiring, and some were hostile.

Li Jingfang spoke again, but this time his voice was much cooler.

"Are you still sticking to your own opinions and not willing to join us?"

"Or maybe you are just arrogant and don't know the sufferings of the Li people. It seems loyal, but it is really evil." His words became colder and colder, and there was even a faint murderous intent.