Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Chapter 334

There was a panic in the Xianyang Palace, and Yuan Ke got up with a sullen face and called for someone to ask what happened.

The eunuch beside him ran over in panic and said, "Your Majesty, the Qi army has come in!"

Yuan Ke resolutely denied: "Impossible!"

It's not that he didn't think that the Qi army might come to sneak attack, so he had already arranged various scouts to investigate.

If the scouts didn't find out, either the Qi army didn't come over at all, or Xiao Xuexing just sent the dead soldiers over, no matter which one it is, there is no case that the Qi army came over.

But gunpowder is indeed only available in Qi State. It is not that the Northern Wei Dynasty has not studied it, but it has not been studied until now.

In other words, gunpowder that can reach the level of Qi has not been researched so far, so this gunpowder must have come from the Qi army.

Yuan Ke said with a cold face: "Go and see where it was bombed."

He is still able to barely keep calm. After all, his dormitory has not been bombed to such an extent that it can be said that no matter whether the other party arranged secret operations or instigated his subordinates, they are not people who can get in touch with the core position, so he has not lost his anger. reason.

But he knew that Qi Guo or Xiao Xuexing couldn't sit still, otherwise the other party wouldn't take the risk.

Yuan Ke allowed others to help him put on his clothes, and walked out while sneering and said: "It just so happens that Xiao Xuexing pulled out the nail I put on him, and I can also wipe out his people."

However, when Yuan Ke went out, he suddenly found that the palace was in chaos.

The explosion brought not only loud noises and destruction of buildings, but also fires.

Most of the buildings in this era are made of bricks and wood, and even wood occupies more, and there are more flammable and explosive things in the house.

The person who hid the explosives even chose a flammable and explosive place like the dining room. With the dining room as the center, all the surrounding buildings suffered damage, and the raging flames even turned the sky red.

Although such a huge fire, the water dragon team worked hard, but there was nothing they could do. Even the strong wind and dryness in winter contributed to the spread of the fire.

The muscles on Yuan Ke's face trembled, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What are you panicking about! Where's the commander of the guards?"

The eunuch immediately arranged for someone to look for the commander of the bodyguards, and after a quarter of an hour, the commander of the bodyguards came in a hurry with a red face reeking of alcohol, saluting and speaking soberly.

Yuan Ke kicked the saluting guard commander aside and said bitterly: "Trash!"

He called many officials one after another, all of whom were supposed to deal with the matter on the spot, but all of them were either drunk and dreamy, or hesitated and couldn't speak.

It wasn't until this time that Yuan Ke realized that his subordinates had been replaced by a group of empty-headed waste.

It shouldn't be like this, it wasn't like this before!

Yuan Ke felt dizzy for a moment, and the eunuch beside him said, "Your Majesty, the fire is about to spread, let's go."

"What are you going to do?" Yuan Ke was already very embarrassed when he ran here from Luoyang. If he couldn't even keep the Xianyang Palace, what's the difference between him and a lost dog?

Yuan Ke directly sent people to call all the guards in the palace, and personally instructed them how to stop the fire.

For the current plan, the easiest way is to isolate the fire. It is not easy to save the burning palaces, so use sand to isolate all those places and let them burn.

As for those burning palaces and some places where his concubines and male favorites lived, he couldn't care less about that.

The harem was filled with desperate weeping for a moment.

Yuan Ke turned his head and asked, "Have you all come?"

Naturally, he asked the officials.

The eunuch took a peek at his face and said in a low voice, "Only a part of them came."

Yuan Ke suddenly had a bad premonition: "Some of them are here? What about the rest?"

As he spoke, he walked forward in a hurry.

The eunuch said in a low voice: "The old slave has sent someone to summon him, but...there is no reply yet."

Yuan Ke went all the way to the former court and found that part of what the eunuch said was still euphemistic. There were more than a hundred people in the civil and military courts, and there were only a dozen people here at this moment!

And these dozen or so were basically promoted and replaced by him after he arrived in Xianyang, each of them had no great ability, and their only characteristic was obedience.

Before, he felt that the officials under him did not need to have their own ideas, as long as they listened to him. However, at this time, he realized that these obedient officials could do nothing and had to rely on him for everything.

No... No, one of the people he promoted is not here.

He roared, "Where's Yuan Jia? Where did Yuan Jia go?"

The eunuch bite the bullet and said: "Shang Shuling is not at home, and his family does not know his whereabouts."

Yuan Ke suddenly became quiet, and asked softly: "Where are you missing? How many people are still missing?"

The eunuch said: "Still... still looking for it."

"There's no need to look for it." Yuan Ke said with a blank expression: "Just ask someone to lead soldiers to arrest all their family members!"

The eunuch trembled and said softly, "Your Majesty, think twice."

Yuan Ke looked at him coldly: "What did you say?"

The eunuch bowed his head immediately: "The old slave will do it now."

He hurried out, but did not come back. First, a little eunuch rushed in with blood all over his body and said, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, someone is plotting rebellion! The rebels have already stormed the palace!"

Yuan Ke stood up and said, "Where are the guards?"

However, no matter how he called, no one paid any attention to him.

At this moment, the commander of the guards came in with a group of guards and asked, "Your Majesty is looking for a minister?"

Yuan Ke looked at the guards who were holding weapons against him, gritted his teeth and asked, "Aren't you afraid of punishing the Nine Clans if you dare to rebel?"

"If your majesty wants to punish the nine clans of officials, I'm afraid even your majesty will not be able to escape." Yuan Jia came out from behind the guards and looked at Yuan Ke coldly.

A rare expression of astonishment appeared on Yuan Ke's face: "Yuan Jia? You actually rebelled? How dare you rebel!"

He never thought that Yuan Jia would rebel. After all, Yuan Jia was single-handedly promoted by him, and he has always been loyal.

Yuan Jia's expression was rare and gloomy: "Yuan Ke, you have perverted, you have become a wolf, you have killed Zhongliang, and you have put the people in danger. I have been patient with you for a long time!"

Yuan Ke sat on the throne with a ferocious expression: "Who else, who else but you!"

It is impossible for Yuan Jia to have the ability to force the palace just because of Yuan Jia's Shang Shuling who has no real power.

Yuan Ke was waiting to see how many people rebelled, while thinking about how to inform his confidants to take down these rebellious officials and thieves.

As a result, he saw a bunch of people coming out from behind, including but not limited to the Prime Minister, Wei Wei, Prince Taifu, Xianyang County Magistrate, etc... The confidant he just wanted to inform was also among them.

At that moment Yuan Ke was at a loss, why did he really become a loner?

Yuan Jia gave an order: "Arrest this fool!"

Yuan Ke regained his senses, clenched the hilt of his sword and said in a panic, "Are you crazy? Don't you want an antidote?"

The prime minister gritted his teeth and said, "That's not an antidote at all!"

They had listened to Yuan Ke's words before, thinking that there was really an antidote, but after the so-called antidote was given to them, some people did slow down, but some of them were useless at all!

These ministers have family members who died because of this. Even because they did not take protective measures, the "antidote" may not be useful to everyone, and the family suffered heavy losses.

Now that there is only one son and one grandson left in the prime minister's family, it can be said that he hates Yuan Ke to the marrow.

Only then did they realize that the so-called antidote didn't exist at all, and the medicine in Yuan Ke's hands was just a mistake.

Especially the news from Qi State clearly stated that this is an epidemic. At this time, they don't have any hope for the so-called antidote, and at the same time they feel that Yuan Ke can't be allowed to behave like this.

If this is not the case, these ministers may not rebel, and rebellion has been a matter of courage since ancient times.

Yuan Ke looked disbelieving: "Impossible, impossible, that is the antidote."

How could he let people study the epidemic and really let it get out of control?He had tried this prescription many times at the beginning, but everyone who took this prescription was cured, how could it be useless?

The guards went up and prepared to suppress Yuan Ke. These guards had already had enough of this stupid king. They were the ones who had the most contact with the stupid king besides the eunuch. Several of the guards who beat them didn't make it through, and everyone couldn't bear it anymore.

Yuan Ke waved the sword in his hand and said, "You dare!"

However, it was just a dying struggle. The guards didn't dare at first, but after two of them were stabbed, they boldly tied up Yuan Ke.

After Yuan Ke was tied up, Wei Wei who was beside Yuan Jia said, "A country cannot be without a king for a day, this throne... I wonder what your plans are?"

Yuan Jia took a look at him. Wei Wei had a younger sister who was the late emperor's concubine and gave birth to a prince. This time he fled to Xianyang. At the same time, he also had a daughter who was in Yuan Ke's harem and gave birth to a son. This old guy is trying to push his own people.

The prime minister was disheartened and said: "It doesn't matter who it is now?"

No matter which emperor he is, he will not be able to save his family members.

Yuan Jia didn't speak, and the scene fell silent for a while. Yuan Ke raised his head in embarrassment and sneered, "There are already people who are collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country, so are you still dreaming? I'm afraid it will not be your turn to decide the throne!"

It was only at this time that everyone came to their senses and looked at Yuan Jia together. This conspiracy was planned by Yuan Jia from the beginning to the end. He was the one who blew up the gunpowder that blew up the palace before the combination. Was he the one who connected with Qi?

Yuan Jia looked at the crowd calmly and said, "I have ordered people to open the city gate to welcome the Qi army into the city."

"How unreasonable!" Wei Wei drew his sword angrily and pointed at Yuan Jia and said, "You are not afraid that you will face your ancestors without face in the underworld!"

Yuan Jia took a deep breath: "If I don't do this, I will have no face to face my ancestors. If you let the Hunjun go on like this, the entire Xianyang City will die, and none of you will be able to escape."

"That's not why you surrendered to Qi!"

Yuan Jia raised his eyebrows: "At least there is no plague in the Qi army, and Emperor Qi has already asked people to develop a real antidote. If you think about the regent of Qi, you will know the ability of Emperor Qi."

Wei Wei rolled his eyes and said, "That shouldn't be surrender, why not... let's elect Shang Shuling as emperor!"

Yuan Jia: ...

I think you want me to die