"Tell me quickly, what happened to Your Majesty?" Ning Chen asked urgently. Lin Jiu said: "Your Majesty has passed away!" Ning Chen's head buzzed, his face turned pale, and his whole body froze. His heart seemed to be clenched by an invisible hand, and grief spread in his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe. Pan Yucheng couldn't recover for a long time. Suddenly, as if he was crazy, he grabbed Lin Jiujiu's neck, his eyes were bloodshot, and he roared: "What nonsense are you talking about? Who taught you to say these words? What are your intentions?" Lin Jiu's neck bones cracked when he was pinched, his face turned red, and he had difficulty breathing. Pan Yucheng came back to his senses and quickly comforted Ning Chen when he saw this, "Calm down first and listen to him... Ning Chen, let go quickly, he is about to be pinched to death by you." "Master Marquis, please spare my life, Master Marquis, please spare your life..."
Lin Jiu said with difficulty. "Ning Chen, calm down and let him finish what he said...otherwise there's no point in squeezing him to death." Ning Chen's eyes regained some clarity, and then he slowly let go of his hand. Lin Shijiu looked like a dying catfish, covering his neck and breathing in fresh air. Pan Yucheng said: "Tell me quickly, what happened?" Lin Shijiu glanced at Ning Chen fearfully, then gasped and said: "A few days ago, His Majesty led all the civil and military officials to the Yulong Mountain Royal Garden for summer hunting." "As a result, one night, your majesty's palace was flooded. The wind was particularly strong that night, and the fire spread too quickly. By the time the fire was extinguished, your majesty and the entire father-in-law were already buried in the sea of flames." Ning Chen's face was as pale as paper. Pan Yucheng said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is surrounded by imperial guards and imperial guards... No matter how big the fire is, you won't be able to watch your Majesty being buried in a sea of fire, right?" Lin Jiu said: "I don't know the specific situation. I received a secret order from Geng Ziyi, asking me to find the Marquis as soon as possible and ask the Marquis to return to Beijing." "The fifth prince has passed away and succeeded to the throne. If the Marquis can rush back as soon as possible, he can still send His Majesty on his last journey." Ning Chen raised his head suddenly, his eyes as sharp as knives, "Fifth prince?" "Yes! Geng Ziyi asked me to tell the Marquis that the fifth prince's heavenly soul has returned and is now back to normal." Ning Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, the bullshit Heavenly Soul had returned. If His Majesty's death had nothing to do with the Fifth Prince, he would cut off his head. Everyone can do this emperor, except the fifth prince. Lingqian's succession to the throne does not mean that he ascends the throne directly, but that he has the title of emperor and is regarded as acting emperor. This was done to stabilize the situation so that someone could preside over the state funeral, which was the funeral of the late emperor. Even if you are an emperor, you must first observe filial piety and then ascend the throne.
The new emperor cannot always be the acting emperor, so there is a saying of "changing the moon with the sun", that is, one day of filial piety is regarded as a month. Normally, the new emperor would observe mourning for twenty-seven days. When the previous emperor dies and the new emperor ascends the throne, the process usually goes through three steps: succession in person, enthronement ceremony, and reform. In other words, twenty-seven days later, the previous emperor was buried in the imperial mausoleum, and then the new emperor held a coronation ceremony and changed the reign name. Ning Chen asked: "How long has it been since your Majesty passed away?" "It's been fourteen days." Ning Chen said sternly: "Send my order and return to the capital as soon as possible. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" Ning Chen led his men and galloped back to the capital day and night. On this day, a group of people arrived in Yangzhou City. But they found that the gate of Yangzhou City was closed. The city was heavily guarded. Arriving at the foot of the city, Ning Chen looked up at the soldiers on the wall and shouted sternly: "I am Xiaoyao Hou Ning Chen, open the city gate." "Your Majesty, please forgive me. King Xiang has issued an order that no one is allowed to enter the city within ten days." At the top of the city, a general looked at Ning Chen with complicated eyes and said. Of course he knew Ning Chen. When Ning Chen went to the border, he even paid a special visit to him. Moreover, the news that Ning Chen had defeated three cities in South Vietnam had already spread throughout the states and counties. This is Daxuan's God of War. As a soldier, he admired Ning Chen very much. But there was an order from above, and he couldn't disobey it. Ning Chen's face was ashen, he knew that the fifth prince was preventing him from returning to the capital. Including the previous oral instructions asking him to return to the border, they should all be written by the fifth prince. Ning Chen said word by word: "What's your name?" The general at the head of the city trembled, leaned over and said, "The last general is Xu Yuebing." "General Xu, even if he is a prince of the royal family, he is not allowed to participate in local military affairs... I am a first-class general personally appointed by His Majesty. I have the right to mobilize an army of less than 50,000 people. You can just report it afterwards." "Xu Yuebing, I now order you to open the city gate. This is a military order." Xu Yuebing's face was full of embarrassment, "Master Hou, what Prince Xiang received is an imperial edict." Ning Chen had no time to waste and said angrily: "General Xu, did you know that the late emperor passed away?"
Xu Yuebing nodded. The late emperor passed away and the whole country mourned. Yangzhou City has received the news! "I am Lord Daxuan. Your Majesty has passed away. I am returning to the capital to attend the funeral. Why do you want to stop me?" Xu Yue's 10,000 soldiers were unwilling to stop Ning Chen, but it was a soldier's duty to obey orders. "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am also following orders!" Ning Chen was completely angry, "Xu Yuebing, do you want to try my method?" Xu Yuebing broke out in a cold sweat, "The general will not dare!" South Vietnam was so arrogant, with strong soldiers and horses, they wanted Daxuan to cede territory to pay compensation... but Ning Chen destroyed three cities in a row. What is he? How dare you fight with Ning Chen? "If you don't dare, open the city gate." Xu Yuebing's face was troubled. Ning Chen stretched out his hand, "Give me the bow and arrow." Wu Tiezhu quickly took off the bow on his back and handed it to Ning Chen. Ning Chen bent the bow and put the arrow on it. Swoosh!!! An arrow shot out with a sharp sound of breaking through the air and nailed on the city wall. Ning Chen shot three arrows in a row. He casually threw the bow to Wu Tiezhu, clamped his legs on the horse's belly, "Go!!!" Diao Chan rushed to the city wall. Everyone was stunned, wondering what Ning Chen was going to do? When Diao Chan was about three meters away from the city wall, Ning Chen jumped up, touched the toes on the horse's back, and soared into the air, as light as a swallow. Immediately, he touched the toes on the first arrow nailed on the city wall, and took advantage of the force to soar into the air again. The people present were stunned! Not only Ning Anjun, but also the soldiers on the city wall were stunned. The three arrows Ning Chen shot on the city wall helped him climb the city wall. Three arrows to the top, incredible. It was not until Ning Chen climbed up the city wall that the soldiers on the wall reacted and pulled their bows to full circle in panic. Ning Chen stood on the low wall on the top of the city, his black clothes fluttering in the wind. He put his hands behind his back and looked at the soldiers on the top of the city coldly.
The soldiers were panic-stricken. This was the Great Xuan Xiaoyao Marquis. They didn't dare to shoot the arrows in their hands, and they didn't even dare to aim at Ning Chen. Xu Yuebing looked at Ning Chen, and his forehead was sweating with nervousness. "General Xu, don't force me to kill... I'll say it again for the last time, open the city gate, and I will bear all the faults!" Xu Yuebing's palms were sweating with nervousness. He gritted his teeth and pressed his hand down, "Put them all down!" The soldiers immediately put down their bows and arrows... The arrows were aimed at Ning Chen, which made them feel very stressed. Xu Yuebing sighed and said, "I admire two people the most in my life, one is General Chen, and the other is the Marquis." "The Marquis is filial and returned to Beijing to see His Majesty off for the last time. This is understandable. I don't know why the higher-ups want to stop you?" "But I am willing to stand with the Marquis... Come on, open the city gate!" Ning Chen looked at him, "Thank you! The Marquis will keep you safe."