I am a cat in the palace

Regardless of the fourth son who killed his father and seized the throne, and deal with the first emperor's son who was not at fault first, the defenders of the later generations and even the current world will definitely feel that Shang Xin's decision is flawed on the level of righteousness, but the success of the king loses Kou, the one who writes history is always the one who stands at the pinnacle of power, who cares about the process?

"What? The Yanwei army turned around and besieged the second prince?" Duan Zhenghong and King Shun's coalition forces who were fighting on the city wall received the news almost at the same time, but after hearing the news, their expressions and thoughts were extremely different.

Duan Zhenghong was surprised with a bit of ridicule, while King Shun couldn't hide his secret joy from the surprise. The only one who felt a little nervous and regretful was Wei Guogong, but when more imperial troops surrounded him, he This bit of regret disappeared, and on the contrary, he became more determined to follow the footsteps of King Shun.

When he found out that the Yanwei army did not take advantage of the opportunity of the battle between King Shun and Duan Zhenghong to attack the capital, but instead rushed towards him, the second prince was the most surprised, but after the initial surprise, he was extremely excited .

"There's nowhere to go if you walk through the iron shoes. It's easy to get here. After waiting for so many years, I didn't expect him to come to the door by himself." The second prince got out of his king's tent and looked in the direction of the billowing smoke and dust. Going, the eyes are bright and full of anticipation, but the Mengdang beside him is frightened.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, why don't we, let's avoid it first, this... this knife has no eyes."

"What are you afraid of?" The second prince glanced at Meng Dang contemptuously, "Do you think I'm afraid of these ordinary soldiers?"

"You're not afraid, but we are!" Meng Dang was bluffed and shut up, but hissed and roared in his heart.

Naturally, the ancestor didn't have to be afraid of those mortal soldiers. At worst, he would get away and change his body, but he never thought that his second highness and his servants who followed him were all mortal bodies, and a hole was stabbed in their bodies. That will be fatal immediately, what should we do then?It's hard to guarantee that the old ancestor won't have a big appetite, swallowing them all as a delicious meal, and transforming them into a little bit of starlight in his boundless mana.

"After following me for so many years, why are you still so stupid? Do you think I still have any hope of seizing the throne in this physical body?" the old ghost sneered.

Meng Dang was taken aback for a moment, he only cared about being loyal to his ancestor, he only felt that the ancestor was omnipotent, and it would be no problem to seize the throne, so he never thought about the problem that the ancestor would fail.

But looking at the current situation... the second prince possessed by the ancestor seems to really have little hope.

but--

"Let the third child come, eat him, and then occupy his body, the country in this world is still my master." The old ghost laughed strangely, but Meng Dang's eyes lit up when he heard it, yes!No matter who wins the world, as long as they eat him and occupy his body, the world and the country will naturally still belong to the ancestors.

Thinking of the many benefits that he, the "son of Mengshi" who has devoted himself to serving the ancestor for so many years, will get after the ancestor won the world, his courage suddenly strengthened, his legs stopped trembling, and he tried to be with the old ghost. He glanced in the direction of the billowing smoke and dust, but after seeing this glance, he quickly closed his eyes and retracted into the king's tent. Forget it, he was still waiting in the king's tent for the ancestor to show off his might and take the third prince away. Let's come out again, looking at those swords and swords, he will feel weak all over.

"It's been so many years, I don't know how many souls that old ghost has eaten, I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with." Shang Xin was actually a little worried.

Daxian flicked his tail and lightly jumped onto his shoulder, "The most important thing is to find a way to force him out of the second prince's body."

"Since he wants to eat me, he always has to come out, so don't worry about that. It's just..." Shang Xin turned to look at the small green-covered cart beside him.

It was a little strange that such a two-wheeled carriage covered by green curtains suddenly appeared on the battlefield, but this carriage had been closely following His Highness Lingbei King, so others naturally dare not have any objections.

"Empress, the king's tent of the second emperor's brother has been surrounded. We will pass there in a while. Do you really want to go with us?" Shang Xin rode his horse to the side of the green-covered cart, and asked in a slightly raised voice. people.

Soon a tired female voice came from inside, "Yes, I have followed you all the way here just for this moment."

Hearing what the queen said, Shang Xin no longer hesitated, and under the escort of the Yanwei iron cavalry, he rode his horse and rushed towards the camp where the second prince was.

One hundred thousand versus eight thousand, the second prince didn't make any extra moves to resist or escape, but when Shang Xin and Ling Wuzheng approached his camp, he sent an eunuch over and said he wanted to meet Shang Xin.

"Our Highness hopes to meet the Third Highness first, to express our brotherly love." This was the only sentence that the eunuch sent.

If it was placed on the battlefield of a real battle for royal power, it would not be too strange or too much for the loser to make such a request to the winner, but at this moment, the request was made by the second prince to Shang Xin, but there is no deep meaning in it. .

Just last night, Shang Xin told Ling Wuzheng and Wei Yin the truth about the second prince being possessed by the old ghost, in case they were careless and let the old ghost take advantage of the loophole, but more, things in the realm of gods and ghosts , they can't really help.

Ling Wuzheng and Wei Yin were of course extremely surprised. Although the two blamed Shang Xin for not telling the secret about the second prince earlier, they turned around and thought that if they had been told earlier... It seems that apart from worrying more, they would have Can't do much either.

It is impossible to tell the world about this matter, there can only be two results, one is that the people in the world believe it, but the old ghost is forced to escape, and the sea and the sky are brighter, and even the possibility of giving up the world to hide is hidden. Shang Xin came to her side; the other result was that no one in the world would trust them, making them themselves the laughing stock of others.

"Not only won't he run away, but he wants to see you alone, I'm afraid he can't wait for the next opportunity, and he would rather risk his life than eat you first." Ling Wuzheng said angrily.

"I think if he doesn't leave now, he still wants to see you alone. I'm afraid he sees that the second prince's power is gone and there is no hope of taking the position, so he thinks of eating you first and then occupying your body. This way, he can kill two birds with one stone, and the ghost will return." It's a very beautiful idea for Yang to be the emperor of the world." The Daxian guessed the old ghost's mind more accurately.

"Let him be beautiful for a while, anyway, it's just the last little while." Shang Xin smiled indifferently, raised his hand and ordered someone to go out to spread the word, saying that he would go to see the second emperor brother, but he would After writing a handwritten letter to renounce the right to inherit the throne.

Don't be afraid of [-], just be afraid of what happens.

The reason for asking for a handwritten letter from the second child is to prevent the second child from making new moths after the old ghost leaves. No matter how weak a man is, his yearning for power and position is engraved in his bones and blood.

Such a condition is of course no problem in the eyes of the old ghost, and soon the handwritten letter of abandonment was sent to Shang Xin.

Shang Xin handed over the manuscript to Ling Wuzheng, and took Daxian with him to go to the second prince's tent. Wei Yin stood up worriedly and tried to stop him, but was stopped by Ling Wuzheng.

"Let them go. If they don't settle it now, there will be endless troubles in the future. I believe that the Great Immortal will be able to protect Shang Xin well. If even the Great Immortal can't deal with that old ghost, Shang Xin will not be able to sit still in this world."

Of course, Shang Xin would not go to the old ghost's tent alone. When he arrived at the second prince's tent, the second prince's [-] personal guards had all been taken as prisoners and taken to the Yanwei Army Camp for resettlement. All the troops in front of Wang's tent have been replaced by Yanwei army.

This time Daxian didn't sit in Shang Xin's arms, but stood majestically on his shoulder and walked into the second prince's tent.Along with them, there was also a woman with plain face and skirt, who was the second prince's biological mother and the first emperor's empress.

The old ghost who was waiting in the tent with a happy expression was originally standing there with a sense of demeanor, waiting for Shang Xin to throw himself into the trap, but when he saw the queen, his face changed slightly, but only for a moment, if Shang Xin hadn't Xin has been staring at his face since entering the account, and it is almost difficult to notice that there is such a slight fluctuation in his expression when he sees the queen.

"Mother."

Even at such a moment, the old ghost still remembered that the trick was perfect. The first time he saw the queen, he strode forward and wanted to kneel down to the queen, but halfway through the ceremony, his knee unexpectedly Pausing in the air, he didn't kneel down again, but looked up at the queen with some doubts.

Shang Xin and Daxian watched him play with great interest, and the empress looked even more indifferent, looking at him coldly, as if a thick layer of ice had frozen on her face.

The old ghost thought that the queen would definitely reach out to stop him from kneeling down, but he didn't expect the queen to be indifferent. Seeing that, he was quietly waiting for him to pay respects and kowtow in front of her.

How could he really bow his knees in front of an ordinary woman, even if this woman is a queen of a country, he would not be reconciled.

So, he straightened his bent knees abruptly with the posture of wanting to speak forward, "Queen mother, are you still angry with your son and uncle?"

"After your accident that day, I wanted to go back and look for you, but my uncle refused. In fact, he didn't pay attention to the queen mother and son-in-law at all. He only had the glory of Duke Wei's mansion in his eyes. For this matter , I have already had a rift with him, and because of this, when I came to the capital, he turned his back on my son and followed King Shun, otherwise, how could my son..."

As he said that, while pretending to be sad, he turned his head to look at Shang Xin, and the tip of his tongue involuntarily licked the corners of his lips.

It's a pity that no matter how sensational he said, the queen didn't intend to take care of him, and the hand he stretched out to the queen was directly ignored.

Shang Xin looked at him mockingly, while Daxian watched him suddenly let out a low hiss when he licked the corner of his lips with the tip of his tongue, and suddenly showed a mouthful of sharp fangs at him.

Because he was quite close, Daxian stretched out his head suddenly and hissed at him, which startled him, and he subconsciously leaned back, suddenly thinking of Gordon.

This cat... seems to be the cat named Daxian, is it still alive?

And just when he was stunned, the queen suddenly slapped him hard in the face, "Nie Zong, you don't kneel when you see me!"

Because the old ghost didn't expect the queen to do something at all, he was completely unprepared, so he was slapped heavily by the queen just like that.

This slap not only stunned the old ghost, but even Shangxin and Daxian were stunned, but when he reacted, Daxian almost couldn't help shouting out the word "good", and finally regained his senses temporarily. The word "good" suddenly turned into a long and proud cry——"Meow~~~"

"you!"

This slap completely annoyed the old ghost. Originally, he just pretended to play a scene of loving mother and filial piety to relax Shang Xin's vigilance. Who knew that the queen would not follow his script to accompany him in the performance. He is not the master who swallows his anger, and at this moment he has no heart for acting.

I saw him caressing his slapped cheek and slowly raised his head. At the moment when he slowly raised his head, all the window panels around the Wang Tent fell at the same time, and the sky in the Wang Tent suddenly dimmed. , but the darkness was only for a moment, followed by all the candles in the tent being lit at the same time, but the color of the candles was not the usual golden red, but a dark green color, like ghosts in hell generally.

And at the place where the green light radiated, everything became still, the curtain that was shaken just now because of the sudden fall of the window panel, strangely maintained the appearance of being overturned in mid-air, the queen's face was frozen Looking at the panic at that moment just now, as for the dark guard who came in behind Shang Xin and the old ghost who was watching everything nervously not far away, they all looked calm, and they were completely "frozen" before they understood anything. "Are.

Shang Xin only felt as if he was in a daze, but there was a pain in his neck, and then a warm spiritual power flowed into his body along the pain in his neck, and his chaotic brain instantly regained clarity.

"The old ghost has set up an enchantment in the king's tent." Daxian didn't say a word, but his heartbeat was transmitted directly into Shang Xin's mind through the spiritual power that was input into Shang Xin's body.

Shang Xin, who was familiar with the Taoist classics, naturally knew what the enchantment was. He didn't move, but secretly clenched the hilt of his sword, staring at the old ghost with bated breath, concentrating on getting ready to strike.

"Dare to hit me, you are really brave!" A pair of wolf-like eyes fixed on the queen, and the old voice came out from the throat of the young and upright second prince, which was even stronger than the gloomy green candlelight. It also makes people feel cold.

"After calling your mother for so long, you don't even think of any affection. I am really disappointed. Since you don't accept my intention of being a child, then I don't have to be polite to you. I will take it first." Make an appetizer, let's enjoy today's feast!" The old ghost excitedly stretched out his tongue and licked the corners of his lips, the wet saliva stained the corners of his mouth, which made people feel nauseous.

The old ghost approached forward and opened his mouth wider and wider, the corners of his mouth seemed to be torn apart a little bit, probably because he was dissatisfied that the queen could not feel the fear of this kind of deterrence, the old ghost suddenly let go of the barrier object The queen's "freeze", the queen just woke up from the "freeze" state, and suddenly saw a distorted human face writhing in front of her with a bloody mouth open.

At this time, even Shangxin couldn't help admiring the queen's courage. Faced with such a hideous and twisted monster suddenly, she managed not to faint, but stepped back in horror.

But after taking a few steps back, his feet suddenly went limp, and he fell down on the felt blanket in the tent. At this moment, a black shadow as thick as ink began to emerge from the old ghost's mouth.

This black shadow is no longer the mist that the Immortal or the Empress had seen back then, but something solid like ointment, and even on the face of that black shadow, his facial features can already be clearly distinguished. It's just that at this moment, the mouth of the black shadow is also opened like a tear like the second prince, making that face appear deformed and distorted, making it impossible to see his original true face clearly.

Shang Xin and Daxian remained motionless like ice sculptures, it wasn't that they wanted to die, it was just that the time hadn't come yet.

"Where the hell are you? Where is my son?! What did you do to him?" Facing such a monstrous and terrifying ghost, the queen still had the courage to speak, even the old ghost was amazed.

"You don't seem to be very surprised by the appearance of this lord. Did you already know about this lord's existence?" The old ghost continued to "squeeze" out of the second prince's mouth, and slowly turned his "head" in front of the queen. , seems to be studying the Queen's expression.

"No wonder you hit me just now. It turns out that you already knew that I took your son's body. It's hard for you to bear it for so many years. Why? Just because of your queen's position? Afraid to tell others that your son is dead , you will be pulled down from the queen's seat? Tsk tsk tsk, people say that you are the woman who loves children the most in this palace, but in fact, that's all, you dare not tell others, you dare not Avenge your son, because—what you love the most is yourself.”

Every word of the old ghost's words was heartbreaking, but the queen didn't seem to hear a word, she just raised her head and stiffened her neck, as if she wanted to know the truth until she died: "Where is my son?"

"Been eaten by me, I want to use his skin, so how can I keep that waste?"

Hearing this answer, the queen, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly straightened up like crazy, and even took the initiative to rush towards the old ghost.

And at this moment, the old ghost's entire human form had been squeezed out of the second prince's mouth, leaving only a very thin black thread connected to the second prince's mouth.

"cut!"

Suddenly, there was a sharp shout, and a silver light filled the sky in the miserable blue candlelight——

It was Shang Xin who raised the sword and cut off the hair-thin black thread in one stroke.

What flew up at the same time as Shang Xin's sword was a lightning-like figure, a figure that had jumped to the back of the old ghost, and whose figure suddenly swelled several times like a cheetah, with sharp claws inches long Straight from the top of the old ghost's head to the bottom of his body.