The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

After half-forcing and half-escorting Tang Ran away, Lu Xiuyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, closed the study door and locked himself in the room.

Then he closed all the windows, walked to the desk, sat down, bent his knuckles and knocked on a certain place on the table three times.

Then there was a slight "boom" sound coming from under the table, and the originally flat ground under the table disappeared, replaced by a big black hole.

Obviously, this is the entrance to a secret passage.

"Your Highness." A man poked his head out of the secret passage and called out to him respectfully.

Lu Xiuyuan looked at the book on the table, as if talking to himself, "Is it done?"

The man replied with a frown, "You suddenly want to implement your plan ahead of time. It is almost impossible to gather all the troops to launch a mutiny within a few hours.

"I have tried my best to gather 50,000 soldiers in the capital. As for those elsewhere, the letter has been sent. I don't know if they can reach me in time."

Lu Xiuyuan nodded and said calmly, "Got it. Let the troops we have gathered ambush at the execution ground. After rescuing Su Yu, follow me and attack the imperial city!"

"Your Highness!" the man exclaimed, and advised anxiously, "Doing this is undoubtedly like hitting a rock with an egg. Time is too short. We can only summon 50,000 troops, while the imperial city has 150,000 troops.

"The difference in numbers is too great. A direct assault has little hope!"

Lu Xiuyuan was fearless, looking at the military book on the table and muttering: "In history, there are many battles where the few defeated the many."

"But you are rebelling, you can't afford to lose! If you fail, your years of hard work will be destroyed in an instant, but you, Your Majesty, will die without a burial place!

"Your Highness, the time is really not right yet. We still have many people who are not in use. You can't ruin your life and property because of a momentary impulse!"

Lu Xiuyuan looked down at him and said comfortingly, "I am not acting on impulse. I have taken into account everything you said. Don't worry, as long as you attack the city according to the method I said, your chances of winning are still very high."

"But……"

"No buts. Go down and do your job." Lu Xiuyuan no longer gave him a chance to speak.

The man sighed heavily and wanted to go back to the tunnel, but as if he had thought of something, he stuck his head out again and asked, "Your Majesty, if something unexpected happens at the execution ground today and Su Yu doesn't have to be executed, will we continue to implement the plan?"

Lu Xiuyuan thought for a moment and replied, "If something unexpected happens, immediately withdraw your troops and return to your positions. Do not gather again without my order."

"Yes." The man agreed and disappeared into the tunnel.

Lu Xiuyuan knocked on the table to close the tunnel entrance, opened the window, looked out the window and fell into deep thought.

The timing is indeed not ripe. I can only muster a small part of the troops I have raised for many years, and the rest of them still have a lot of shortcomings. It is really not suitable to send troops now.

But Lu Shian wanted to kill Su Yu and also charged him with the crime of harboring a fugitive, so he forced him to take the risk.

He wanted to save Su Yu, and Lu Shian knew that he was the only one who could save him. So once the execution ground was robbed, Lu Shian would definitely be the first to attack him.

Instead of waiting for him to deal with it, it is better to take action first.

And... Lu Xiuyuan looked at the battle map he drew, and an arrogant smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After years of research, I am not without a chance of success.

Nan'er...

He thought of the little woman at the top of his heart again, and a bitter look appeared on his face.

If he were still alive after this incident, he would go to her to explain immediately.

If he had unfortunately been defeated and died, she would not have been very sad since he had hurt her so much yesterday.

Noon was approaching in a flash, and the execution ground at Caishikou was filled with people watching.

They were crowded together, craning their necks to look at the execution site, trying to satisfy their curious nature.

Soon, the crowd made way for them, and a team of soldiers led Su Yu slowly towards the execution ground.

Su Yu was still wearing the miserable prison uniform, with his hands and feet chained.

As they walked, the chains collided with the ground, making a "clattering" sound, as harsh and unpleasant as the underworld song of hell.

The boy remained stubborn, holding his head high, neither humble nor arrogant, and was not afraid of the impending death at all.

In the crowd, on the left are Xia Younan and others who are staring at them covetously, and on the right are countless elite troops dressed as civilians who are ready to go.

They stared at Su Yu and the other officers and soldiers closely, their hands all on their weapons, like black panthers aiming at their prey, ready to strike at any moment.

It was three quarters past noon, and Su Yu was forced to kneel in the center of the venue. The executioner, dressed in a dark blue official uniform, was already sitting upright, but the executioner had not yet arrived at the scene.

The people were confused and talked about it. Someone who was curious could not help but ask loudly: "Sir, it's three o'clock in the afternoon, why hasn't the executioner come yet?"

The executioner was a middle-aged man, of medium height, stout build, with a goatee, and he did look like an official.

He looked up at the sun and explained loudly to everyone: "The emperor changed his mind. When Su Boyuan rebelled, Su Yanzhi was still young and did not actually violate the law.

"So the emperor was merciful and allowed him to die with his body intact and in a dignified manner, changing the original death penalty from beheading to poison."

After saying that, he took out a small porcelain bottle stuffed with a red cloth and placed it on the table in front of him.

"Everyone, look carefully. This is the Crane's Beak Red, which is extremely poisonous and has no antidote. This! Is today's executioner."

"So that's how it is. Your Majesty is merciful."

The people suddenly realized what was going on and started to flatter him.

Bah! Mercy is bullshit, dying in a different way is still dying? Xia Younan cursed in his heart.

The executioner handed the medicine bottle to the servant beside him and ordered: "The time has come, execute him, give him the Crane's Beak Red to drink."

The man took the medicine bottle, walked to Su Yu, pulled out the cork, pointed the bottle mouth at Su Yu's mouth, and prepared to pour the medicine down.

"Get ready!" Xia Younan raised his hand to signal, and Zhu Li and others immediately became tense.

"stop!"

At the critical moment, a loud roar mixed with the sound of horse hooves rang in everyone's ears like thunder.

The executioner was startled and quickly stopped the person who was about to force medicine into Su Yu's mouth, and looked at the person in confusion.

The crowd quickly made way for each other, and not far away, the commander of the Imperial Guards, Qin Chong, was galloping towards them on his horse.

He seemed to have something extremely urgent to do, and regardless of the crowds of people and things around him, he waved his whip and drove the horse as fast as possible.

Beads of sweat the size of beans oozed from his forehead. He didn't have time to raise his hand to wipe them away. His face was filled with anxiety that he could not hide.

"Qin Chong?" Seeing the person coming, Xia Younan was delighted and quickly stopped Zhu Li and the others. "Don't worry, things may change."

Arriving at the execution ground, Qin Chong leaped into the center of the ground without waiting for the horse to stop, pulled out a bright yellow imperial edict from his sleeve, and held it high towards the executioner.

"The imperial edict has arrived, the executioner shall receive it!"

The executioner was startled and ran to him and knelt on his knees, "I accept your order."

Qin Chong unfolded the imperial edict with both hands and read loudly and powerfully: "The crime of Su Yan, the descendant of a guilty minister, is not punishable by death. I hereby pardon his death penalty and exile him to the frontier instead. I decree this."

"I obey your order." The executioner did not dare to ask more questions. He stood up, took the imperial edict, and waved his hand to dismiss the subordinate who was still standing beside Su Yu with poison in his hand.