Once upon a time there was an Uchiha

295 Chapter 79. Marionette
night.

In the flames of the imperial city, a coup d'etat was set off. The roaring thunder in the sky and the dazzling lightning proved that General Bude had taken action.

As the thunder gradually subsided, the imperial coup was completely over, but it made the citizens living in the imperial capital panic.

Night raid again?Is the target this time the minister or His Majesty?
The residents of these imperial capitals don't know about it, and they just hope that the matter will gradually come to an end, so that they don't affect ordinary people like them.

They really don't want to go through the battle of the imperial capital again.

In the manor on the outskirts.

Uchiha Lihuo lay on the rocking chair and fell asleep, while Shayou was helping to massage the acupuncture points to relieve fatigue.

After returning to the imperial capital, he has been busy with experiments, recording the experimental data, and it is difficult to have leisure time to do other things.

Suddenly, Uchiha Lihuo, who was lying on the rocking chair, opened his eyes and looked towards the direction of the imperial capital from a distance.

Since half an hour ago, the sky over the imperial capital has been shrouded in thick dark clouds, with lightning falling from time to time.

Uchiha Lihuo knew very well that the releaser of the thunder and lightning was Bude, the general of the empire.

So he sent a shadow clone to inquire about information, and now that the clone was forced to be released, the information naturally appeared in his mind.

Flicking through the information in his mind, Uchiha Lihuo showed a smile on his face.

A coup took place in the deepest court of the imperial capital.

What surprised Uchiha Lihuo was that the coup was initiated by the minister Onesto for a ridiculous reason, which turned out to be the side of the Qing emperor.

It is said that the general Bude secretly emptied the little emperor, and the traitor Bude needs to be eliminated to restore the freedom of the little emperor.

What is even more shocking is that the coup was a success. The Guards headed by Bude were defeated by Onesto. Bude lost his life and became a rebel.

Uchiha Lihuo knew that Bude was seriously injured by him, but the ability of Onesto's men to kill Bude was beyond his expectations.

After all, according to the intelligence of the shadow clone, there was no sign of Esdeth taking action in this coup.

Then it means that there is a group of forces that have never shown up hidden under Onesto.

Maybe there is a Tegushi among them.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Lihuo showed a sinister smile on his face.

However, he didn't plan to make a move now, but to find out the information before making a plan. After all, no one knows whether there is a type that restrains him in Teigu.

He is very familiar with the principle of being careful when sailing for thousands of years.

Thinking to himself, Uchiha Lihuo closed his eyes again, and then lay down on the rocking chair.

He will definitely be able to get a good night's sleep tonight, but not everyone else.

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Inside the palace.

General Bud struggled to support himself, looking at the Tegu envoys in front of him with eyes full of anger.

"I'm sorry, ancestors of all ages, I failed to protect His Majesty well."

Before dying, Bude passed away with the regret of leaving slowly, and died under the siege of many Teigu envoys.

After Bude died, the besieging Tegu envoys breathed a sigh of relief, and sat aside panting.

General Bude is worthy of the title of "Shuangbi of the Empire". Even though his injuries were not healed and he was attacked by their joint efforts, he still persisted for several minutes before being defeated.

If it was in its heyday, one or two of these people might die.

Stepping on Bude's head, Sheila licked the dagger and smiled sinisterly: "General Bude's strength is not very good..."

The surrounding Tegu envoys looked at him with a little contempt, obviously he was also the one who frequently used Shangri-La to escape in the previous battle.

Now he puts on the appearance of a villain.

However, they didn't want this kind of Sheila, because from a certain point of view, they were all the same kind of people.

Crazy criminals from all over the world, gathered under Sheila's command, just to taste the taste of power.

Kicking the dead Budd, Sheila picked up the shattered Thor's Wrath from the corpse.

The Teigu of Thunder God's Wrath is a Teigu handed down from General Budd's family, and its power can be ranked in the top ten among all Teigu.

But unfortunately, I don't have the ability to control Thor's anger.

Turning to look at the young girl among the Tegu envoys, Sheila said, "Dotya, I'm calling you Bud's body. I'm looking forward to your new work."

"Don't worry." Dotya patted on the barren chest and promised.

She is because Sheila met Western alchemists on the way of traveling the world, and she is proficient in various alchemy transformations. The reason why she looks so young is that she has undergone a lot of transformations. Joining Sheila's command is to obtain more alchemy resources.

After a pause, Dotya asked Sheila: "Sheila, where is the Imperial Fashion Doctor? I heard that he is a genius in imperial science. I want to meet him."

As a Western alchemist, Dortya has heard the name of the Imperial Fashion Doctor for a long time, and joined Sheila's command, there are also factors of communication and progress.

Sheila shook her head and said, "Dr Fashion was already killed by Night Raider on the way to fight Ye Raider."

When Dotya heard this, a regretful expression appeared on his face.

Shangpu, Yanxin, and Cosmia on the side said to Sheila: "Sheila, we risked our lives to deal with the general of the empire with you. If you go back on what you promised us...hehe."

"Don't worry, after solving Bude, the imperial capital will be my father's talk, and I will satisfy you."

Sheila showed a sinister smile, and he also knew that his subordinates were all rebellious people, and they agreed to work for him only after promising many conditions.

Once he refuses, the group of desperadoes will not hesitate to bite him back.

"That's fine, that's fine."

Shang Pu, Yan Xin, and Cosmia looked at each other with knowing smiles.

Although they are different in gender, age and national boundaries, they have the same hobby, which is to play with human beings wantonly, men, women and even children.

Sheila, who was of the same kind as them, was eager to discuss new ways of playing with them.

The only one who did not participate was Izo standing at the entrance of the main hall. Unlike others, he, a swordsman from the country of the sun, only had eyes for the samurai sword named 'Jiang Xue' in his hand.

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The secret passage under the palace.

The little emperor was running non-stop. When the coup d'etat began, General Bude, who was attacked by surprise, sent him to the secret road immediately.

He could only run wildly in the secret passage with tears in his eyes, hoping to escape the assassin's pursuit.

At the same time, the little emperor also harbored renegade anger in his heart. Before entering the secret passage, he saw the figure of the sneak attacking assassin, who was the son of Minister Onestus, Sheila.

Is it true that the minister betrayed me?
But why did the minister betray me?Obviously his status in the empire is only below me.

The investigation into the cause of the death of the previous father and queen mother was also an accidental death, and there was no conspiracy.

The little emperor was puzzled. These days, although he was reducing the power of the ministers, he did not really move the power of the ministers. After all, he still had the old feelings of Onestus in his heart, and he never really took action.

Ushering in was an assassination against him, and he also killed the only general Bude who was loyal to him.

Suddenly, the little emperor remembered the word 'Qing Qun Fang' that Li Huo had told him before.

Could it be that the reason why Minister Onestus sent someone to assassinate General Bude was to make himself a marionette again?
No, I must not become a marionette, the empire is already facing a crisis of life and death.

I must not let the empire that has been passed down for thousands of years die in my own generation, otherwise there will be no face to meet the ancestors after death.

With such thoughts in mind, the little emperor accelerated his steps and continued to run towards the other side of the secret passage.

On the other side of the secret road was the quarter of the Imperial Guard, and he was safe there.

At this moment, a figure lay across the center of the secret passage, and the little emperor knocked into the arms of that figure due to inertia.

Looking up, the little emperor saw a smiling face that he had seen a thousand times.

It was the smiling face of Minister Onestus, and there was an imperceptible insidiousness in the smile.

Standing still, the little emperor pretended to be calm, and said with a smile: "Minister, it's so late, why are you here?"

Ornes laughed without saying a word, and asked instead: "The minister just had dinner and was taking a walk to digest food, why did His Majesty appear here?"

"What a coincidence, I also take a walk to digest my food." The little emperor took half a step back.

Ornes stretched out his fan-like palms and placed them on the emperor's shoulders, showing an amiable smile, and said:
"Your Majesty is a body of gold. If you accidentally bump into it, the entire empire will be worried about it."

"So for the sake of the people of the empire, please return to the palace and rest well, Your Majesty."

The little emperor was silent. He really wanted to resist, but Bude's death and his own weakness made him unable to resist.

Only under the threat of Onesto, he can only return to the palace from the end of the secret passage.

on the way.

Ornes began to explain the current situation of the empire to the emperor as before.

Along with the uprising on the Eastern Anning Road, the revolutionary army in the south and the foreign nations in the west also began to move around, attacking the empire from three sides.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the foreign nationalities in the north were unable to attack again because of the captivity of the brave men in the north and the 40 young and strong being buried alive.

Then Onesto began to explain his strategy in the face of the rebel attack.

It has to be said that Onesto's talents are still there. Faced with the three-party attack, he quickly formulated a credible method to put down the rebellion.

It's just that the restless little emperor couldn't listen at all, and could only walk slowly in front of Onesto like a marionette.

Explaining the strategy of suppressing the rebellion in his heart, Ornes felt his throat was a little dry, so he kept silent.

Only the footsteps and heartbeats of the two can be heard in the secret passage.

Ones has put great effort into formulating counter-insurgency strategies, and no one is more afraid of the collapse of the empire than he is.

Because once the empire is destroyed, those ministers who have offended the conscientious faction will come to power, that is, he cannot escape the pursuit of the army at all.

His dream is to live to 130 years old, enjoy the bliss in the world, and die without pain.

Now his life has not reached one-third of it.

If the little emperor and General Bude were not investigating the cause of the late emperor's death, he would not have staged a coup at such a critical moment.

It was because General Bude was about to investigate the real cause of the late emperor's death, which was his own hands.

Once it is confirmed that the late emperor died by his own hands, even if he has the power of one person under one person and over ten thousand people.

It will also die at the hands of General Bude and opposition officials.

So I can only act first, kill General Bude first, take the little emperor back into his hands again, and then do the thing of covering the sky with one hand.

In the silence, Onesto caught a glimpse of the pendant on the little emperor's neck and reached out to take it off.

In order to avoid emergencies, I still have to keep the key to activate Supreme Teigu.

Unlike others, Ornes has seen Supreme Tegu with his own eyes, the god of protecting the country hidden in the underground of the palace, which is hundreds of meters high.

Once it is activated by the little emperor, it will have the ability to disobey itself.

This is difficult for him to accept.

Feeling his neck being strangled red, the little emperor never spoke, maybe there wasn't much to say between him and Onesto.

Onesto's behavior today undoubtedly confirmed his identity as a traitor.

And with the death of General Bude, there were no more courtiers who stood by his side in the court.

"Your Majesty, everything I do is for His Majesty's benefit. If Your Majesty leaves the palace like this, it will be easy to be assassinated by night raiders."

It seemed that because of seeing the little emperor's expression, Ornes spoke again, his tone was as gentle as before, but there was no room for rejection.

At this moment, the sound of dense footsteps came from the other end of the secret passage.

Immediately afterwards, under the faint light of the secret passage, the figure of the wild hound came out from the other end. After solving Bud, they finally found the secret passage after searching.

During this period, they also played with the maids in the palace to satisfy them.

Looking at the restrained little emperor, Sheila showed a disdainful look on her face. In his opinion, the cowardly and incompetent little emperor is not worthy of owning such a huge empire.

The empire should be led by the strong, and his father, Minister Onesto, will become the new emperor, and he will be the next emperor.

"Why don't you run away?" Sheila took a step forward, wanting to teach the little emperor a lesson, but was stopped by Onesto's eyes.

"I'm sorry, I surprised His Majesty." Ornes looked at the little emperor, and said, "The dog has no way to teach and offended His Majesty. Let him be punished to lead the Imperial Guard and guard the Imperial Capital."

There was no apology on Onesdu's face, but under the power of the former, the little emperor could only nod silently.

He stared at Sheila in front of him with hateful eyes, completely remembering his face in his heart.

Sheila saluted, and said to Onesto in an exaggerated tone, "Of course, my lord."

Ones didn't say a word, acquiescing to his son's tone of meaning.

Why doesn't he want to become the emperor of the empire, but compared to becoming the emperor on the stage, he is still used to manipulating the marionette behind the scenes.

After all, the little emperor is an orthodox banner. As long as he is still alive, he can use the power accumulated by the thousand-year empire to deter the prefects and vassals who are ready to move on the border of the empire.

(End of this chapter)