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Chapter 799 Lu Tong kills Qiu Shenji alone

Inside Zetian Gate, Lu Tong bowed to the two of them and said with difficulty:

"Please wait a moment, my two ministers. Once all the others have arrived, I will escort them to the Emperor's presence."

Li Cunxi moved forward slowly along a small path made by many soldiers, followed by Li Wenzhong. All the officials followed behind the two of them and moved forward slowly.

They are also afraid, afraid that they will not see the sun tomorrow.

Li Cunxi kept moving forward and finally walked towards Zetian Gate. He thought for a moment and looked back at Li Bin.

Li Xun was the heir of the Li family and the legitimate descendant of the deposed Crown Prince Li Chengqian. He was well-known among the Li family.

The man standing on horseback next to Li Jing is Li Jiao, the successor to the Prince of Pu. He is a legitimate descendant of Li Tai. After his ancestor Li Tai committed a serious mistake, he was able to stand with Li Jing, and he probably had the determination to die.

The feud between the deposed crown prince and Prince Pu came to a perfect end decades later with the demise of the Li Tang dynasty in five generations and the doomed demise of the Zhou dynasty in one.

From now on, no matter whether Li Bin and Li Jiao are dead or alive, the two families will be as close as brothers.

Li Cunxi took a deep breath and bowed in the direction of Li Bin and Li Jiao.

Li Wenzhong followed suit and bowed to the two of them.

On their horses, Li Bin and Li Jiao saw the actions of Li Cunxi and Li Wenzhong, and each of them bowed to the two brothers.

Li Cunxi stood up and strode towards Zetian's gate with Li Wenzhong, who also stood up.

The officials behind hurriedly followed, led by Yao Chong, Yao Ting, Yao Yan, and Feng Keyan, and headed towards Zetian Gate.

Dozens of officials rushed over.

However, in just a cup of tea, dozens of officials arrived at Taichu Palace. Seeing that there were no more officials coming from outside, Lu Tong hurriedly led all the officials to Qianyang Palace to meet the emperor.

In the Qianyang Palace, Wu Zetian discovered a lot of clues after a period of contemplation, but she was in the center of the vortex and could not see clearly what the situation was.

Only after all the officials entered did she get a glimpse of the clues.

"Everyone, the Crown Prince has asked for you to come here, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself has not come. It seems that he wants you to witness something."

"I already have some suspicions about this matter. He simply wants to take my position away from me. I will give it to him."

Wu Zetian concluded that Li Xian wanted to take her throne.

Judging from what the prince is currently doing, she feels that the most likely thing he will do is to take away her throne.

As for anything else, it is absolutely impossible.

After all, Li Dan's death sounded a wake-up call to Li Xian, so it was reasonable for Li Xian to stage a palace coup.

But she was thinking too simply.

If Li Dan only wanted to seize her throne, he would not have needed to poison his entire family.

Outside Taichu Palace, Li Xian and others finally gathered at this moment.

A large army gathered together, and tens of thousands of people surrounded the palace.

The left and right Yulin Guard generals Li Duozuo and Jing Hui guarded Li Xian on both sides. The prince's guest Yang Zaisi stood next to the successor to Prince Pu Li Jiao, silently watching the soldiers under Zetian's command gather.

Qiu Shenji, the general of the Left Jinwu Guard, ran from the Qianyang Palace and began to deploy troops with the intention of guarding the Zetian Gate.

"Attack." Li Xian said.

Li Jiao waved his hand, and the elite soldiers of the Right Guard immediately formed a battle formation and marched towards Zetian's men.

Qiu Shenji was sweating profusely from anxiety, and finally said anxiously: "Sword and shield soldiers in front, spearmen in the back, archers in the rear, listen to my command, three, two, one, fire..."

Before he could even open his mouth, he was stabbed from behind.

General Lu Tong of the Left Jinwu Guard stabbed his heart with a long sword.

In order to ensure that Qiu Shenji could not speak, he twisted the sword in his hand vigorously, making a hole in Qiu Shenji's chest.

Qiu Shenji spat out blood and tried to look to the side, only to see Lu Tong's face peeking out from the side.

"Uh, uh..."

"General, when you murdered Prince Zhanghuai Li Xian, did you ever imagine this would be the outcome today?"

Lu Tong's face looked ferocious.

"You, you, are, uh, Li... Li Xian's..."

Lu Tong pulled out the sword, and the huge inertia even brought out a lot of flesh and blood.

Qiu Shenji stared with his eyes wide open, his knees softened, and he knelt down, his body falling to the cold ground.

At this moment, most people's eyes were focused on Lu Tong. He swallowed his saliva and shouted:

"Soldiers, we cannot kill each other!"

"Give up resistance, drop your weapons, we are all one family!"

The General of the Left Guards at the side was so angry that his teeth itched and said:

"Li Xian is plotting a rebellion. Not only do you not think about serving your country, but you even dare to kill General Qiu Shenji. You truly deserve the death penalty!"

The General shouted, "Brothers, follow me and chop off Lu Tong's head!"

He drew his sword and actually wanted to chop Lu Tong to death.

At this moment, a Pegasus came from behind these soldiers. The tall man held a spear in his hand. With just one shot, he impaled the General of the Central Army and rushed forward.

Until the end, this General was nailed to the palace wall, his eyes wide open and his expression full of terror.

The man holding the spear was none other than General Gao Huan of the Qianniu Guard. He turned his horse back and shouted:

"Your Highness is entering the palace. It is human nature. Anyone who interferes will die!"

The remaining generals were frightened, and since there were only two generals left, Gao Huan and Lu Tong, they did not dare to say much.

The guarding troops dispersed to both sides, and the Right Guard Army gradually advanced.

At this moment, some troops suddenly came from a distance. The leader was General Huan Bin of Qianniu Guard, and on both sides were General Hu Jinghui of Qianniu Guard and Inspector General Li Yuanfang of Qianniu Guard.

Looking further back, there were actually guards from the Inner Guard Palace.

These inner guards were basically the ones who stayed behind in the Inner Guard Palace. Under the leadership of Huang Shengyan, the chief of the Inner Guard Palace, they were about to enter the Taichu Palace.

Li Xian looked at the two groups of people approaching and said to Li Xin and Li Jiao:

"Look, only now have all the people who should be here arrived."

After the two groups of people approached, they dismounted and saluted the Crown Prince Li Xian who came out.

"Greetings to Your Highness!"

"No need for formalities. General Huan Bin, two generals, and Grand Chamberlain Huang Shengyan, the four of you may proceed. The rest of you, wait outside. Anyone who dares to move will be killed without mercy!"

"Here!"

The four of them felt a strong sense of oppression, their scalps tingling. They bowed to Li Xian and then walked towards Zetian's door.

After cleaning up Zetian's followers, only Qiu Shenji's body was left. Huan Bin pressed the hilt of his sword, and his pupils suddenly contracted!

What kind of incident could cause a great general to shed blood under Zetian's gate?

He had no idea that anything had happened in Luoyang City until he was woken up, and then he learned that the Youwuwei army had entered the city and blocked the Taichu Palace.

In a hurry, he called Li Yuanfang and Hu Jinghui, and then led the Qianniu Guards here.

"What on earth is going on?" Li Yuanfang stared.

"Yuan Fang, there has been a coup." Huan Bin gave the answer.