Chapter 1222: The Restoration Congress perishes, Seleucid Ancient Changes(1/2)
Kuaiji County, Wu County.
There is a manor on the outskirts of Wu County, which looks ordinary and not very noticeable.
Although it was already spring, the manor was still closed and there were very few people inside. It looked like an isolated island isolated from the world.
A soldier suddenly drove from Wuxian and surrounded the manor.
Then, the soldiers rudely broke open the door of the manor and began to investigate every room.
In the midst of chaos, a man suddenly emerged from the wellhead outside the side door of the manor.
The man who had just crawled out looked around and suddenly his expression frozen.
A musket was aimed at his head, only one meter away from him.
A calm voice sounded: "You tiger, really can run away."
Okay, let's have a good chat.
Don't think about jumping back, because there are also people waiting for you underground."
The tiger sighed and slowly climbed out of the wellhead.
"I didn't expect that Minister Mao Sui could start to take action personally. I will be considered a loss in my life."
Mao Sui smiled, shook the musket in his hand, and said lightly: "I didn't expect that the leader of the Restoration Congress, Lord Tiger, was actually His Excellency Zhao Chen, the youngest general of our Han Kingdom."
Zhao Chen, 52 years old this year, should be the cousin of the last generation of King Zhao and the leader of the Restoration Congress - Lao Hu.
Zhao Chen's expression had calmed down. He sat on a stone next to the wellhead and said calmly: "After all, I am also a royal family of Zhao. If I watch the destruction of Zhao, how can I explain to my ancestors and ancestors after I die?"
Mao Sui's expression was equally calm. He also sat down on another stone in front of Zhao Chen and said, "Actually, to a certain extent, I have to thank you.
If it weren't for your Restoration Congress that gathered all the remnants of the seven countries that hoped to restore them, it would be impossible for me to catch you all in one place."
Zhao Chen's expression froze slightly, then slowly said: "It's just a success and a defeated enemy. Before I die, I want to ask the last question, how did you find out I'm here?"
Mao Sui raised the musket and said, "Not everyone is willing to sacrifice their lives for the country, even those who join the Restoration Congress are no exception.
When the fox died, you had fallen into a substantial fall in a state of collapse when you returned to Congress, but I have to say that most of you still have backbone, otherwise I wouldn’t have finally caught you after so long.”
Zhao Chen smiled and said, "Go to do it."
Mao Sui said: "Actually, I want to ask you one last question, why?
You know that the Han Kingdom is a better choice than the Zhao Kingdom.”
Zhao Chen smiled: "Because my grandfather is King Zhao, my great-grandfather is King Zhao, and my great-great-grandfather is King Zhao."
Mao Sui nodded and pulled the trigger.
With a gunshot, Zhao Chen's body fell to the ground, and blood stained the snow under his body red.
Mao Sui sat there quietly, looking at Zhao Chen's body, thinking about something.
A nightingale walked quickly and reported: "Minister, everyone in it has been captured."
Mao Sui nodded slightly and said, "Let me examine it, kill everyone who knows the three words "restoring the Congress."
In any country, treason is absolutely the most serious crime, and for anyone who may commit treason, killing without mercy is their only end.
The story of restoring the Congress came to an end here.
With the destruction of the last treason organization in the Han Dynasty, with the addition of high-level forces, in the future, although some people still attempt to restore the old country, it is completely out of the ordinary.
The hidden dangers within the Han Dynasty have been eliminated, but in the Antioch City, the Seleucid imperial capital, thousands of miles away, the internal troubles of the Seleucids happened to break out.
As an adult prince, the second prince did not live in the palace, but had a very grand mansion outside the palace.
On this day, he had just come out of the mansion and surrounded by more than a dozen guards, heading towards the palace not far away.
The second prince was actually in a very good mood. In the past few years, the second prince won the trust of his father Antioch II with the contribution of "developing trade in the Han Dynasty", and firmly suppressed the eldest prince who had always wanted to compete with him for the throne.
Not only that, because he obtained a lot of money in trade with the Han Dynasty, the second prince was able to use these resources to expand his power and make friends with more ministers of the Seleucid Empire.
Is money omnipotent?
At least for the second prince, after throwing out enough money, he had never met anyone who was unwilling to form an alliance with him.
It was also because of the existence of the trade between the Han Dynasty and the Seleucids that the second prince could get more money every day and his power became stronger.
To put it bluntly, if Antioch II dies now, it will be almost certain that the second prince inherits the throne.
Today is the annual court meeting. Governors from all over the Seleucid Empire will come here to report to the emperor about the past year, and make a basic discussion on the major policies and guidelines of the Seleucid Empire in the next year.
It is precisely because of this that the second prince dressed up well and made sure that everyone could see a heroic prince and a fully qualified heir to the empire.
But the second prince had just rode his horse and left the mansion not far from where he suddenly saw someone blocking his way.
After seeing the person clearly, the second prince smiled.
"Old Li, why are you?"
Lao Li talked about Li Jian, the military officer of the Great Han Dynasty stationed in the Seleucid Empire. He also had an identity unknown to the Seleucids - the highest person in charge of the Nightingale branch in the Seleucid.
Li Jian put a note in the hands of the second prince with a serious expression. The second prince couldn't help but wonder, this was already face to face, and he still had to pass the note?
No matter how confused he was, the next moment, the second prince who saw the contents of the note was shocked: "This... are you sure it is true?"
Li Jian said calmly: "If it's not true, come and find me at any time."
The second prince took a deep breath and looked at Li Jian: "How did you know?"
Li Jian said calmly: "Our business group in the Han Dynasty wants to do business. Since it wants to do business, it must have many friends."
The second prince was silent for a while and nodded slowly: "I understand."
Li Jian didn't say anything more, but rode his horse away: "See you later."
Half an hour later, the main entrance of the Seleucid Empire Palace.
The second prince led the cavalry to come, and the side door slowly opened.
But something strange happened. The second prince did not enter the palace gate, but said to a knight beside him: "You, go in and take a look."
The loyal knight rode into the horse and then suddenly shouted: "Your Highness, you're away quickly, there's..." The voice stopped abruptly, but the second prince already knew what he wanted to know, and immediately took the knights around him to retreat.
After seeing this scene, the people in the palace gate were obviously anxious.
A voice roared: "Catch him quickly and don't let him run away!"
After the words came, a cavalry of hundreds of people immediately chased after him and chased him directly towards the second prince and others.
The second prince looked back and found that the person who led the cavalry to chase him was not someone else, but his eldest brother.
The second prince shouted loudly: "Brother, why do you want to kill me?"
The eldest prince grinned and said, "Second brother, why do you have to say such nonsense?"
Yes, this is indeed a nonsense, because everyone knows that once any of the eldest prince or the second prince ascends the throne, the other person will undoubtedly die.
Now the second prince has gradually gained an advantage. With the support of huge amounts of money in trade from the Han Dynasty, the eldest prince feels that his hope is getting slim.
Therefore, the eldest prince decided to take a risk! Although the second prince did not enter the palace gate as planned and was surrounded and killed by ambush, the eldest prince felt that there was still a chance.
As long as you get closer, the cavalry around the eldest prince can fire thousands of arrows at once, causing the second prince to completely cut off the soul! But at this moment, an unexpected change happened.
Another soldier suddenly came out, but this time, this soldier was not what the eldest prince expected.
A dense rain of arrows instantly shot out from both sides of the street, covering the cavalry led by the eldest prince.
The eldest prince and the cavalry behind him did not expect this situation to happen and suffered heavy losses in an instant.
Then, more people came out from both sides of the street.
The eldest prince was full of souls and no longer had any idea of continuing to pursue the second prince, but turned around and wanted to retreat.
It’s a pity that when this time comes, retreating is also a luxury.
Fifteen minutes later, the brief and fierce battle ended.
Most of the cavalry led by the eldest prince were dead on this street, and some injured and fell to the ground were also killed by the gathered enemy troops and killed on the spot.
The eldest prince was shot with an arrow on his right thigh. He tried hard to climb on the ground, but after only a few steps, he was stepped on by someone.
When I looked back, I found it was the second prince.
The second prince looked at the eldest prince under his feet with a smile: "Brother, you failed."
The eldest prince begged: "Second brother, it's the eldest brother who was wrong. Please spare my life!"
The second prince laughed: "Brother, I just want to ask you one question. If you won today, would you spare my life?"
The eldest prince wanted to say something else, but unfortunately the second prince no longer planned to give this brother any more chance.
The second prince drew his sword and directly pierced the eldest prince's chest.
Seeing the eldest prince's body falling to the ground, the second prince breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, Lao Li's warning..." Yes, the note that Li Jian blocked the road and handed it to the second prince when he was out said: "The eldest prince has set up an ambush at the palace gate and wants to kill the second prince!"
After learning all this, the second prince immediately sent someone to inform his troops to ambush here, which in turn caught the eldest prince off guard and eventually succeeded in counterattacking.
Although the eldest prince is dead, the matter does not end there.
To be continued...