In the palace.
The Sorcerer God continued to dance.
The snow became heavier and heavier.
But everything seemed very calm.
And it was too peaceful.
Everyone drank and chatted happily.
They were all immersed in the joy of the new year.
The King of Huyi was also very happy. He looked at the Witch God's dance and didn't notice the danger around him at all.
Na Yan had no idea either.
He drank a few glasses of wine, then looked around the crowd, but did not see Song Zhi.
He waved his hand to summon his guard.
"What about that Young Master Song? Didn't this prince send someone to bring him into the palace? "
The guard took a look at the seats and found that Song Zhi's seat was empty. He was puzzled. "He was here just now."
Na Yan frowned, "Hurry up and go look for him, don't let anything happen to him."
After all, this was the palace.
The purpose of bringing Song Zhi into the palace was to introduce him to the King of Huyi. He didn't want anything to go wrong at this time.
The imperial bodyguard reported and went to look for him.
Duke Wang, who was sitting next to Na Yan, noticed and asked, "Prince, what's wrong?"
Na Yan took a sip of wine. "It's nothing. I'm just going to look for someone."
Wang Guogong did not probe further.
Marquis Pingyang, who was sitting not far from them, had been observing the situation.
Seeing that Na Yan had ordered someone to do something, he quickly sent someone to keep an eye on him.
A while later, Li Qiao arrived.
She whispered a few words in his ear.
When he heard that, Marquis Pingyang's hand on his thigh tightened, but his face remained calm.
To prevent others from noticing anything.
He scolded softly, "How do you do things? I can't believe Ah Cheng found out. "
"I have already ordered people to escort him out of the palace."
"Humph! Tell your men to be careful. If anything goes wrong, I'll take their heads. "
"Yes, I will pay attention."
"Go down."
Li Qiao's face was pale as he hurriedly retreated.
Marquis Pingyang pretended that nothing had happened.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the Sorcerer God's sacrificial dance ended.
The eunuch shouted, "The sacrificial ceremony begins."
With that, the crowd stood up and walked to the altar.
He listed them one by one.
It was very solemn.
King Huyi stood at the front, with Yan Ping and Marquis Yang on both sides.
The Sorcerer God picked up the torch and placed it in a large cauldron on the sacrificial altar.
Instantly, the flames of fury rose.
It was burning fiercely in the cauldron.
The eunuchs handed each of them a stick of incense.
They were going to perform a sacrificial ceremony.
The King of Huyi held the incense stick in his hand and was about to kowtow.
Suddenly —
Out of nowhere, several sharp arrows wrapped in fireballs flew over and hit the pillars, lanterns, and silk hanging under the porch.
Suddenly, the fire was ignited.
Seeing that the timing was just right, Marquis Pingyang immediately shouted, "Quick! Protect the King. "
A dozen or so guards rushed out from all directions and surrounded King Huyi.
King Huyi smashed the incense stick in his hand onto the ground and was escorted away from the altar.
The crowd began to flee in all directions.
At this moment, the burning cauldron suddenly collapsed.
Flames rolled out …
Sparks flew everywhere.
It burned many people.
"Ah!"
"Run!"
The fire spread wildly on the sacrificial altar …
Taking advantage of the chaos, Marquis Pingyang quickly followed King Huyi and left.
Nayan didn't seem to have reacted yet.
He couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.
The incense stick in his hand was snapped in half.
Everything had been arranged properly, so why was it like this?
He felt that his life had come to an end. The position of the crown prince no longer had anything to do with him.
At this moment, he would rather be buried in the sea of fire.
However, a few of his guards rushed out in time to protect him.
"Your Highness, let's go!"
Like a puppet, he let the guards pull him out of the sacrificial altar.
Just after he withdrew from inside, he saw a group of guards leading King Huyi in the direction of the Tongzhi Hall.
Fortunately, his father was safe!
Otherwise, he would have died without a doubt.
But —
He saw that one of the guards was the one he saw outside King Huyi's palace that day.
He felt that the guard looked familiar, but he couldn't remember.
At this moment, a memory suddenly emerged.
That guard … seemed to be one of Na Tuo's men.
The last time they searched the Second Duke's residence, that person was among them.
Since he was Na Tuo's man, how could he be King Huyi's guard?
Something was wrong.
None of this is right.
Tonight was too peaceful!
There must be a trap.
When he vaguely sensed something, the guard hurriedly reported, "Your Highness, bad news. A lot of soldiers suddenly appeared in the palace."
"Oh no, I've fallen into a trap!" He finally realized.
The guard asked, "What should we do?"
"Go out of the city and mobilize the soldiers immediately."
"But the city gates are closed!"
Ugh!
Na Yan almost lost his balance!
His face was pale!
He didn't expect that Na Tuo would actually take this step.
Besieging the palace!
And tonight was actually a massacre!
And now, the only thing he could do was …
"Get out of the palace immediately!"
He led his men straight to the palace gate.
He hoped that he could get out of the palace in time. As long as he could get out of that gate, there was still a chance of survival!
At this time, the sacrificial altar was filled with fire, very much like the scene of the siege more than 20 years ago.
It was very tragic.
Terrifying.
Cries for help kept coming from inside.
Cries.
Shouts.
It was extremely tragic!
The fire couldn't stand it anymore and spread wantonly.
At the same time, those officials who had defected to Na Yan were captured one by one.
Duke Wang was not spared.
Na Yan rushed out of the palace with a dozen guards before the palace gates were closed.
They immediately got into the carriage and fled.
The carriage moved quickly. Na Yan was calculating in the carriage.
He didn't expect that he would miss this step!
Of all the calculations, he didn't expect that Na Tuo would rebel!
In his heart, that Tuo was just a good-for-nothing prince. No matter how much courage he had, he wouldn't dare to raise his troops and rebel.
But looking at all the arrangements today, it must have been planned a long time ago.
From the city gate to the palace gate, every place was carefully calculated.
He really made a mistake!
He was confused.
No wonder Marquis Pingyang would let that foppish Li Cheng guard the city gate. He finally understood today.
But it was too late.
What he needed to do now was to think of a way to get out of the city immediately and mobilize the thousands of soldiers outside the city to enter the city to protect the emperor.
But how could he get out of the city?
At this time, the city gate must be filled with Na Tuo's men.
The security was tight.
He definitely couldn't bring the news out.
Just as he was thinking of this —
"Yu ~"
The carriage suddenly stopped.
It shook violently.
He almost fell out of the carriage.
Could it be that Na Tuo's men had caught up?
"What's wrong?"
He pulled open the curtain and took a look.
He saw a group of people appear in front of him.
They blocked his way.
And he recognized the person standing at the front.
Lian Que!
The assassin who broke into his mansion.
After recuperating for the past few days, Lian Que's body had recovered.
He held a long sword in his hand and wore armor. He looked at Na Yan in the carriage with a murderous look in his eyes.
He wanted to return the countless whip wounds on his body.
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