I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 221 The Rebellion of the Eight Kings
Three days later.

Xiao Ruofeng hurried to Tianqi with the remaining 50,000 Zhenxi troops.

Chu Zhao did not stay in Langya for long. After leaving the Langya Army and a part of the Blood-Clothed Army to garrison Langya City, he led the army north to recover the old territory of Western Chu.

This time he did not participate in any battle command, but just stayed in the rear with his family to win the hearts of the people.

Of course, he was also always paying attention to Beili's situation.

Xiao Chongjing's sudden death directly led to Beili falling into an unprecedented internal struggle.

In fact, as early as the beginning of winter, when Xiao Chongjing caught a cold and became seriously ill, Beili had shown signs of internal strife.

At that time, the princes had already begun to hold frequent secret meetings. Even Xiao Chongjing's few brothers and the princes who were enfeoffed in various places were ready to make a move.

Speaking of which, the reason why the 30,000 Blood-Clothed Army led by Li Yi was able to cut off Xiao Ruofeng's supplies was simply because the bigwigs in the rear of Beili had never thought of rescuing Xiao Ruofeng.

Otherwise, no matter how powerful the Blood Clothes Army was, it would be impossible for them to completely cut off Xiao Ruofeng's supplies for a month when they were alone and deep in the enemy's territory.

Time quietly came to the third year of Kaiyuan.

The Spring Festival had just passed, and Chu Ying and Chu Zhao received letters from Tianqi City again.

There are four main things.

The first thing was that Nangong Chunshui, also known as Li Changsheng, brought Baili Dongjun and others back to Tianqi and accepted Lei Mengsha’s daughter Li Hanyi as his disciple.

Li Hanyi officially became a disciple of Xueyue City and became Baili Dongjun's second junior sister. The name Xueyue City also officially appeared in the eyes of the whole world.

Secondly, Ye Dingzhi took advantage of the Tianqi Rebellion to take away Prince Jingyu's concubine Yi Wenjun again.

It is also worth mentioning that Ye Dingzhi did not rely on the power of Tianwai Tian, ​​so Ye Dingzhi did not return to Tianwai Tian, ​​but lived in seclusion outside Hanshui Temple with Yi Wenjun.

No one knew how Ye Dingzhi got involved with Monk Wangyou, but Chu Zhao still sent a letter to Ye Dingzhi and Yi Wenjun, asking them to be careful not to be deceived again, and also invited them to settle in Chu.

As for whether Ye Dingzhi came or not, Chu Zhao didn't care.

He has done his best for Ye Dingzhi, his half-judge brother.

After all, if it weren’t for Ye Dingzhi, Yu Shengmo would not have died in Apocalypse.

Next is the fight for the throne among the eight princes of Beili. One side is led by Prince Qing Xiao Xie, and the other is the brothers Xiao Ruojin and Xiao Ruofeng.

Finally, this is the thing that Chu Zhao and Chu Ai are most concerned about.

That is their sister Chu Yun, and the situation is very grim.

Anyway, according to the news brought by Luoxue, she and her master Xin Baicao had no good solution.

Luoxue, the little girl that Chu Zhao and his friends met in Kaiyang City, was sent to Yaowang Valley by Chu Zhao for medical treatment in her early years. She took the opportunity to become Xin Baicao's disciple and became Xin Baicao's first disciple.

Because of the news brought by Luoxue, Chu Ying and Chu Zhao, brother and sister, hurried to Tianqi City before the Spring Festival was over.

A small boat floats on the river.

"Two gentlemen, are you still going out to have fun in this day and age?" asked the old boatman, looking at the two young gentlemen in front of him.

One of them was dressed in white with a sword at his waist, and the other was dressed in a green shirt. He looked very thin, but he was not afraid of the cold even in the middle of winter.

The clothes of both men were of very high quality, and at first glance they looked like wealthy young men from rich families, but their looks were very ordinary, so ordinary that you could hardly remember them after seeing them.

The man in green shirt sat cross-legged at the bow, concentrating on practicing, and did not speak a word.

The young man in white standing next to the young man in green asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"The world is not peaceful now." Old Zhouzi sighed, "His Majesty in the Imperial City passed away suddenly, and many places are rebelling. Even in Tianqi City, it is said that people are killing people every day."

"Is Apocalypse so dangerous?"

"That's right." Old Zhouzi sighed again: "From what you said, young master, you are going to Tianqi, right? Listen to my advice, Tianqi City is in chaos now, it's better not to go."

"Thank you, father-in-law, but we have our reasons for going, and my brother is very capable." At the end, the young man in white looked proud.

Obviously, the two people were Chu Zhao and Chu Ai who came from the State of Chu.

They look ordinary, not because the brother and sister are wearing masks, but because they have learned the Thousand Images Skill from Lihuo.

Speaking of which, Li Huo is now Chu Ai's master. He is now the intelligence chief of the Chu State and is in charge of the Chu State's official secret service, the Hundred Cavalry Division.

The old boatman glanced at Chu Zhao who was meditating at the bow of the boat and shook his head secretly.

It can be seen that he is a very hard-working child. Compared to ordinary people like them, he must be a master.

But after all, you are still too young. How high can you go?
In the Apocalypse City, even the masters of the Free and Easy Realm would die.

However, it was inappropriate to talk too much with such a young friend, so the old boatman didn't say anything more.

Instead, Chu Ying felt a little bored and took the initiative to start a conversation.

"Old man, do you know the State of Chu?"

The old boatman was stunned for a moment: "Young Master, are you talking about Xichu?"

Chu Wei hummed: "Yes, it's Xi Chu."

The old boatman came and went, and this place was not far from the border between Chu and Beili, so he had naturally heard a lot about Chu.

"I heard that the emperor Chu Zhao of Western Chu was very kind to the people. Many people said he was a holy monarch. Many people from nearby areas secretly ran away to Western Chu, and the village was deserted." The old boatman said with regret.

Upon hearing this, Chu Yi looked very proud and couldn't hide the proud smile on her face, but she was also a little confused.

"Then why didn't you go to Xichu, old man?"

The old boatman replied without even thinking: "Because I am from Beili!"

In an instant, Chu Ying lost interest in continuing to chat with Lao Zhouzi, and the smile on her face also faded.

Thousands of miles away, in the city of Apocalypse.

Six princes, led by Prince Qing Xiao Xie, launched an attack on the palace.

For a moment, flames filled the sky and cries of killing echoed in all directions.

In fact, since Xiao Chongjing's sudden death, many killers in black have entered Tianqi.

Since the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the sky in Tianqi City has been shrouded in blood, and countless court officials have been stabbed to death by assassins because of party struggles.

In Tianqi City, everyone is in danger.

After Langya King Xiao Ruofeng returned to the capital as quickly as possible, the first thing he did was to establish the Internal Guard Department of Tianqi City in order to resist the invasion of these unknown killers.

Because the killers came from the underworld, the four commanders of the Inner Guard Division also came from the underworld, namely Li Xinyue, the successor of Jianxin Tomb's Heart Sword, Xiao Ruofeng, the leader of Baixiao Hall, Tang Lianyue, the best person in the Tang Sect in the past 30 years, and Sikong Changfeng, a young man who claimed to have no sect or school but whose spear skills were the best in Apocalypse, who later became the Four Guardians of Apocalypse.

With their combined efforts, they quickly cleared out the terror that the killers brought to Apocalypse City.

At the same time, Xiao Ruofeng also sent a letter in his personal name to Baili Luochen, the Marquis of Zhenxi in the north.

Then, this first-rank military marquis of Beili led a part of the Pofeng Army to withdraw from the north to Beili, and personally led 20,000 Pofeng Army soldiers to tour Beili. In this way, the princes who were originally ready to make a move in various places calmed down.

The silence all around made the six princes headed by Xiao Xie realize that they could no longer wait for other armies to enter Tianqi. They also realized that if they did not take action against Xiao Ruofeng, Beili Tianxia would definitely fall into Xiao Ruofeng's hands.

So, Xiao Xie scolded Chu Zhao for being useless in the palace, as he failed to kill Xiao Ruofeng. Instead, he let him lead his troops back to Tianqi and joined forces with the princes to attack the palace.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the third year of Kaiyuan.

The annual Lantern Festival.

Chu Zhao and his sister had hurried all the way here. Although they had not yet arrived at Tianqi City, they were not in a hurry to travel today and planned to celebrate the festival on the spot.

Although Beili is in chaos now, the festive atmosphere in the town is still pretty good. The two of them walked around for most of the day, bought a lot of things for their sister and little nephew, then found an inn, ordered some side dishes and sat down.

The big man at the next table seemed to have drunk quite a bit of wine, his face was a little red, and he was talking with saliva flying: "Did you hear about it? A few nights ago, there was a lot of fighting in Tianqi City."

This place is some distance away from Apocalypse City, and it will take four or five days for the news to reach here. Many people don’t know about this, and everyone who heard this shook their heads.

"On the night of the eleventh day of the first lunar month, six princes formed an alliance and launched a mutiny in Tianqi City. It is said that they fought all the way to Pingqing Palace and were preparing to nominate Prince Qing as the emperor."

"Prince Qing? Isn't the most powerful prince in our Beili the Prince of Langya? I heard that once he conquers Langya City and returns to the capital, His Majesty will pass the throne to him. What a pity..."

The person who talked to him didn't dare to continue speaking. It was a pity that Xiao Ruofeng failed to capture Langya City, and it was a pity that Xiao Chongjing died too suddenly.

"Did the Green King win?"

"Hey, I just heard this news from the post station. If you want to hear the rest of the story, I'll pay for the drinks..." The big man raised his eyebrows at the person sitting at the same table.

Several people didn't want to tolerate him and stood up to leave.

At this time, a silver ingot was placed on the table. Everyone looked up immediately and saw a young man in white taking a bite of the biscuit and then putting the sword on the table.

"Speak carefully and carefully."

The night of the eleventh day of the first lunar month was later called the Pingqingdian Incident.

The desperate combined attack of the six princes did cause great trouble to the Langya King and the Jingyu King, but in the end they still managed to reach the Pingqing Palace with the help of the remnants of the Zhenxi Army led by Lei Mengsha and Ye Xiaoying, as well as the four weather guards.

That night, many legends were left outside the Pingqing Palace.

For example: Li Xinyue, the successor of the Heart Sword in Jianxin Tomb, is dressed in white like a fairy. With one sword, she can break through hundreds of armors and open the way to the palace.

For example: Lei Mengsha of Leimen was a hundred meters away and punched out, smashing the fourth prince's head with one punch through dozens of people.

For example: A young man with a gun used a spear to stop nearly ten enemy masters.

For example: A long-haired man holding a long stick, each man with a stick, was guarding the west side of Apocalypse City, and stopped eighteen top-notch masters who tried to break into the city.

It is said that once a stick is cast, its shadow will be boundless, endless, and infinite.

From then on, the battle for the throne between the two sides came to an end.

This battle for the throne was later known as the Rebellion of the Eight Kings.

After Xiao Ruofeng's side took control of the situation, the four major prisons of Beili, who had not been seen for a long time, also showed up.

When the Grand Eunuch Zhuoqing was holding up the Dragon Seal Scroll and was about to announce the final ownership of the throne, Xiao Ruofeng took the lead and snatched the scroll from Zhuoqing. After opening it and taking a look, he tore it into pieces and then recited the late emperor's last will, his voice resounding through heaven and earth.

"Pass the throne to the Third Prince Xiao Ruojin!"

Tearing up the late emperor's will and instead passing on the imperial decree orally is a great disrespect.

But no one dared to express dissatisfaction, because anyone who wanted to express dissatisfaction had a sword at his neck.

The only ones qualified at that time were the four great eunuchs who held out the Dragon Seal Scroll, but they did not say anything and acquiesced to Xiao Ruofeng's behavior.

Of course, the most shocking thing was not Xiao Ruofeng’s behavior, but the name on the scroll. It should have been Xiao Ruofeng, which was the King of Langya himself.

After all, although Prince Jingyu is the elder brother of Prince Langya, he is far inferior to Prince Langya in terms of talent and martial arts, not to mention that before the death of the late emperor, he expressed his intention to pass the throne to Prince Langya.

As a result, everyone's attention was turned to the Imperial Observatory, which was keeping the other dragon-sealed scroll.

However, the Imperial Master Qi Tianchen remained silent, which was tantamount to his acceptance of this result.

"Pass the throne to the Third Prince Xiao Ruojin."

Prince Langya shouted this sentence three times, and then the four great eunuchs knelt down. Seeing this, the other surviving princes also dropped their weapons and knelt down. Then all the attendants and soldiers in the palace knelt down and shouted "Long live the emperor" three times.

So on the second day, which was the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the third prince Xiao Ruojin ascended the throne, and Langya King Xiao Ruofeng was appointed Grand Pillar of the State, titled the Protector General of Beili, and commanded the three armies of Beili.

Among the many masters who escorted Xiao Ruojin into the city that night, only Lei Mengsha accepted an official position and was also listed as one of the Eight Pillars of the State. The others returned to the dark, did not take official positions, did not join the army, and were called the Four Guardians of Apocalypse, using the code names of Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise to protect the imperial city.

After hearing the story, Chu Yi followed her brother upstairs. She was a little surprised and said, "Ninth brother, it's really just as you said. Xiao Ruofeng actually handed over the throne that was within his grasp to Xiao Ruojin?!"

"Xiao Ruofeng seems to be concerned about the country and the people, but in fact he has no sense of responsibility at all, otherwise he would not have given the throne to Xiao Ruojin. The only person he has ever been worthy of is his brother Xiao Ruojin."

Chu Zhao sneered, and then said with a hint of anger: "Speaking of which, Xiao Xie is really a loser!"

You know, the army under Xiao Xie alone has about 100,000 people, plus the forces in the hands of other princes, as well as their Chu State's Shadow Building, the killer organizations in the martial arts world, and so on.

In terms of overall strength, it definitely crushes Xiao Ruofeng's side.

Anyway, he doesn't know how to lose.

Chu Yi also knew about some of Chu Zhao's plans.

Her brother supported Xiao Xie to take the throne with the aim of taking back the old land of Western Chu without bloodshed and reducing the harm of the war to the people. But who would have thought that Xiao Xie would lose even though he had the upper hand.

It's really trash!

Chu Yi nodded in agreement and asked, "Now that Xiao Xie has not ascended the throne, will Beili continue to fight against us?"

Chu Zhao pondered and said, "We will definitely fight, but there won't be a major war in the short term."

"short time?"

Chu Zhao hummed and blurted out, "About a year, but by that time we will have almost recovered all of our territory. Beili has no chance of winning, unless..."

The current development is quite different from the original plot.

In the original plot, before the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, Beili had not experienced more than two years of war, but now Beili seems to be on the decline, and it is impossible to organize a large-scale war in a short period of time.

This is also the reason why Xiao Ruofeng set the time for going south to one year later when discussing with him.

"Unless what?" Chu Yi asked.

"Unless Li Changsheng takes action!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Yi suddenly became worried.

Seeing this, Chu Zhao smiled and said, "Okay, sister, don't worry. Even if Li Changsheng attacks, we may not lose. It's getting late now. Go and rest quickly. We still have to travel tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)