vstars Chapter 798: Death of Wu Youxu, King of Chengping, and Wu Youning
Chapter 798: Death of Wu Youxu, King of Chengping, and Wu Youning
Li Xian only brought in dozens of soldiers to the residence of Wu Youxu, King of Chengping.
Compared with the luxurious mansions of other princes of the Wu family, the mansion of King Chengping Wu Youxu appears much more shabby.
One of the armrests of his chair was broken, but he had never bought a new one, and his clothes had several patches on them.
Because he has been a vegetarian for many years, his extremely thin face now looks more energetic.
Looking at the people who came uninvited and the soldiers who came in to set up defenses, he wanted to say something, but finally kept his mouth shut.
"Wu Youxu, do you remember me?"
Li Xian came in and asked Wu Youxu.
Among the princes of the Wu family, Wu Youxu is one of the few outliers.
This person likes tranquility and does not mind the hustle and bustle. He is happy as long as he has a bowl of rice and a gourd of water. When he was named King Ping a few years ago, he refused the title three times before accepting it.
But when the emperor wanted to give him an official title, he refused to obey. When the emperor forcibly granted him the positions of Palace Supervisor and General of the Right Thousand Oxen Guard, he moved directly to Songshan with his entire family and lived a pastoral life.
It was not until three years ago that the emperor ordered him to return to Beijing and become a leisurely prince that he moved back with his family.
It was precisely for this reason that Wu Youxu did not hold any official position, ate vegetarian food and grew vegetables every day, and lived a happy life.
Today, even though the army entered the city, Wu Youxu still felt nothing. It seemed that death was not a very scary thing for him.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Wu Youxu stood up and bowed to Li Xian.
Li Xian shook his head and sat down below Wu Youxu, a rare occasion. "I'm no longer the crown prince. I'm just a member of the Li family living in the East Palace."
"I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came here in the middle of the night to take my life?" Wu Youxu didn't want to waste words and asked directly.
"You've never harmed my family, so why would I want to take your life?" Li Xian shook his head. "I came here tonight for one reason: I hope you can serve as an official in the new dynasty and be of service to my cousin Cunxi."
"Tonight, Luoyang is like a small boat in the waves, and we are just the survivors on that boat."
"You mean, you don't want to?"
"Youxu's lifelong wish is to live in seclusion and lead a carefree and happy life."
"But this life is unbearable. After tonight, I have killed almost all the princes of your Wu family. I don't have many left. You, Wu Youxu, are one of them. I know you have talents. If you can't be used by Cunxi, I will worry about you."
"Your Highness, aren't you afraid that I will harm the officials after I come to power?" Wu Youxu asked with a frown.
Li Xian looked at Wu Youxu with trusting eyes: "You are not that kind of person. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty fell after five generations. Cunxi's new dynasty cannot be the same as our Tang Dynasty."
Wu Youxu's eyebrows were knitted together.
"Your Highness trusts me so much? Doesn't Your Highness want to make the Great Zhou Dynasty resemble one of the Tang Dynasty periods? For example, the Wu Zhou period of the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Xian laughed heartily and said, "Is it really necessary to erase an entire dynasty from history? The heinous mistakes made by Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong led to the usurpation of the Li Tang dynasty. If we continue to cover up their mistakes, it will only make us, the descendants of the Li family, look like rats!"
Wu Youxu bowed and said, "Your Highness, you are truly a man of great courage."
"We, the descendants of the Li family, would rather see our country destroyed than become rats! We must leave a clean history for future generations. The history books will record that our Tang Dynasty perished after five generations, and that the next generation will inherit the orthodox Zhou Dynasty and establish a new dynasty!" Li Xian said loudly.
Wu Youxu seemed to be touched by Li Xian's heroism. He stood up again and bowed to Li Xian.
"Since Your Highness trusts me, Youxu is willing to contribute a little to the stability of the new dynasty!"
Li Xian nodded in satisfaction and stood up to leave.
Before leaving, he instructed, "You must not leave the residence before noon tomorrow. After noon, someone will naturally take you to Taichu Palace to meet the emperor."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
……
Li Duozuo led a part of his army and stormed into the residence of Wu Zaide, the King of Yingchuan, and killed all of Wu Zaide's family members. Then he cut off Wu Zaide's head and took him away.
He has already taken the heads of Wu Chonggui, Prince of Gaoping, and Wu Shangbin, Prince of Hejian.
What he had to do next was to lead his troops to the outside of Taichu Palace and meet with Li Xing, the general of the Right Guard, and then release all the officials into Taichu Palace, waiting for the arrival of the prince, and then make the emperor bear a heinous crime.
In the Zuojianmenwei military camp, Gao Sheji stepped on Wu Youning's face with his foot and sneered.
"By order of His Majesty Li Xian, execute the traitor Wu Youning!"
"Guards of the Left Gate, anyone who resists, surrender or not, will be beheaded in public!"
At a command, most of the surrendered soldiers of the Zuojian Gate Guard were hacked to death, and then their heads were cut off and piled together.
The so-called resisters are those who have taken up weapons. How many of the soldiers guarding the Left Gate tonight have not taken up weapons?
Looking at the heads rolling all over the ground, Wu Youning's eyes were bloodshot. These soldiers were his greatest reliance. After these people died, he completely lost the confidence to resist the Li family.
"Damn it! What the hell are you guys trying to do? What the hell is that bastard Li Xian trying to do?"
Wu Youning yelled at the top of his lungs.
Gao Sheji was filled with murderous intent. He swung his machete and cut off Wu Youning's right arm with one stroke. He then chopped down Wu Youning with three more strokes, turning him into a human pig.
Gao Sheji was furious as Wu Youning's screams echoed in his ears.
"You damned beast, you ignorant bastard, how dare you insult His Highness like that? You deserve to die!"
Wu Youning did not refute, nor did he have the chance to refute. He only felt severe pain at the broken part, causing cold sweat to drip down like rain, wetting most of his hair.
"Hmph, it hurts! When His Highness the Prince of Xiang was killed by you, he felt the same pain as you did!"
He held the knife with both hands, exerted force on his abdomen, and swung the knife in a rotation. His body rotated 360 degrees, and the knife drew a circle of light like a crescent moon in the air, chopping off Wu Youning's head.
"Cool!!!"
He shouted, squatted down, picked up the bloody head, left some soldiers to guard the remaining surrendered soldiers, and took a large number of Right Guard soldiers to Taichu Palace to report to Li Bin.
Outside Taichu Palace, Li Cunxi felt uneasy and asked Qiao Tai:
"Atai, what time is it?"
"It's midnight." Qiao Tai looked at someone getting off the carriage in front of him and quickly said, "Your Highness, it seems we can enter the palace now."
quickly!
The guards on the left and right of each carriage spread the word, and only then were the high-ranking officials of the court able to get off the carriage and go to the gate of Taichu Palace.
Di Renjie and Zhang Jianzhi had arrived at the gate of Zetian in Taichu Palace under the protection of the soldiers. They turned around and looked at Li Bin who was riding high on his horse, revealing a look of pity.
Both of them were men of wisdom and strategy, so how could they not know that Li Yan followed the prince and killed the kings with the surname Wu? Tonight would probably not end peacefully. Perhaps, the other party had already made up his mind to die.