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Time goes back to before King Yi Zhao Yuanli launched an attack in the Zhonggong Hall. Outside the "Qian Palace" in the northeast of Zhongyang Palace, Li Qi, the deputy general of the Dredging River Army, and Cao Jie, the general of the Xiaoqi Battalion of the Dredging River Army, were standing outside the hall. Beside the stone railing, he looked at the imperial troops in the direction of the central palace.

Although the 800 imperial guards were personally commanded by Li Zheng, the president of the Three Guards Army, this did not mean that Li Ji and Cao Jie would completely trust these guards. After all, it was Li Zheng who personally entrusted them to let them The two of them stared closely at the eight hundred guards and hundreds of eunuchs.

Of course, in addition to this, there are the Yangwu army outside the Zhongyang Palace and the civilians needed for transportation to the Zhongyang Palace.

It has to be said that when they think of the remnants of the Xiao family lurking in the dark, Li Qi and Cao Jie feel doubly stressed. After all, according to what they know, there are too many people among their three thousand dredging soldiers who can be completely trusted. Well, unless they recognize someone they are familiar with, even the eunuchs who face the inner chamber servants have to be somewhat wary.

"What a terrible job..."

"Hey, Your Majesty is using his body as bait this time, I hope everything goes well..."

Looking at each other, Li Qi and Cao Jie both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

Suddenly, several dark figures flashed in front of them. Li Ji, Cao Jie and the nearby Junshui soldiers subconsciously touched their weapons. After a closer look, they realized that those dark figures were several A thin man wearing blue-gray leather armor.

"His Royal Highness Prince Su's Blue Crows?"

Li Ji and Cao Jie looked at each other, and the vigilance in their eyes faded slightly.

By the way, at this moment in the Zhonggong Palace, the only force that the Jun Shui Army can trust is the Green Crows.

Of course, the premise is that the other party is the real Green Crow and not a remnant of the Xiao family pretending to be one.

Therefore, Li Qian asked routinely: "Who are you?"

I saw the leaders of the Blue Crows raising their right hands, revealing brand-new alloy sleeve arrows - from a certain point of view, weapons like alloy sleeve arrows, which are made with limited manufacturing capacity, are far more powerful than What proof of identity token is more convincing.

"Duan Thirteen." The leader of the Blue Crows introduced himself.

After taking a look at the sleeve arrows on the wrists of the Green Crows in front of them, Li Ji and Cao Jie looked at each other and recognized each other's identities.

After all, the Smelting Bureau had secretly forged new equipment for the Jun Navy Army. At that time, generals such as Li Ji and Cao Jie saw new long-range weapons such as Xiu Arrows and Arm Crossbows. However, Xiu Arrows were equipped with soldiers, so the Jun Navy Army did not There is just no configuration.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing that the other party was a member of the Green Crows, Li Wei, the deputy general of the Jun Shui Army, asked politely.

Duan Shisan was seen facing Li Qi and Cao Jie, hugging their fists and saying in a low voice: "Two generals, Duan just received the news from his brothers and learned that the Yangwu Army was quietly approaching the palace. May I ask? ...Is this a regular order? As far as Duan knows, your army has taken over the defense of the palace..."

Hearing this, Li Qi and Cao Jie looked at each other, and their expressions immediately became solemn. Li Qi frowned and asked in a deep voice: "When did it happen? How many Yangwu troops are there?"

Seeing the expressions of Li Ji and Cao Jie, Duan Shisan seemed to realize something, and said succinctly: "Half an hour ago, there were about a dozen teams, numbering between fifty and two hundred people. It is estimated that there are nearly Thousands of people.”

"Half an hour ago?" Li Qi mentally estimated the distance between the position of the Yangwu Army garrison and Zhongyang Palace, and secretly thought something was wrong.

Because counting the time, those Yangwu troops with unknown purposes at this moment are probably already outside the Zhongyang Palace.

At this moment, Li Ji, Cao Jie and others suddenly heard several scoldings coming from the south. Immediately, the noise gradually rose from the south gate of the palace. What was worse, there were faint shouts of people and weapons. The sound of clashing.

"Sure enough, it's here..."

Li Yan looked at Cao Jie and said in a deep voice: "Cao Jie, go and help the south gate."

"Understood." Cao Jie nodded, turned around and left.

At this time, near Qian Palace, there were five hundred cavalrymen from the Xiaoqi Battalion of the Dredging Navy Army ready to go. Cao Jie took these cavalrymen and went straight to the south gate.

On the way, as they got closer to the south gate, the sound of fighting became louder. When Cao Jie led his team to the vicinity of Kun Palace, he saw several dredging soldiers stumbling straight towards him and blocking him from behind. of cavalry.

"General Cao (Jie), the chamberlain has rebelled!"

A dredging sergeant covered in blood said with hatred.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Cao Jie immediately shouted to stop the Junshui soldier, so as not to arouse the Junshui army's hatred towards the inner chamberlain.

After all, there is no way that the internal chamberlains as a whole would turn their backs on Emperor Wei. It can only be said that some remnants of the Xiao family were mixed in among them, hoping to confuse the public and sow discord between the Junshui Army and the chamberlains.

"What's going on?"

After drinking to stop the dredging soldier, Cao Jie asked in a deep voice.

The dredging sergeant said bitterly: "Just now, some young eunuchs from the inner chamber sent food to the south gate. These gang thieves actually poisoned the food. Many brothers were accidentally infected and lost their lives in vain... Moreover, this A group of eunuchs also opened the south gate and let in the Yangwu Army... The brothers currently on duty at the south gate are being attacked by the Yangwu Army, and there is also a group of civilians holding weapons to assist the Yangwu Army..."

"Those are all rebels!" Cao Jie said in a deep voice: "You go to Qian Palace immediately and report this matter to General Li Wei, and I will rush to the south gate to help immediately!"

Having said that, Cao Jie clamped his horse's belly and led five hundred cavalry to the south gate.

When he led five hundred cavalry to the south gate, he saw the palace gates around the south gate open. A group of Yangwu soldiers and a group of guys wearing civilian clothes but holding sharp swords were working together to suppress his dredging army. soldiers.

Seeing this, Cao Jie ordered his cavalry to join the fight without saying a word.

At this time, he no longer cares about whether there will be accidental injuries, but all soldiers who are not part of his dredging army will be treated as rebels and killed!

At the same time, Li Ji, who was guarding the Qian Palace, also learned the report of the dredging troops. While ordering the entire dredging army in the Qian Palace area to be on alert, he also restrained the eunuchs serving nearby to return to the Qian Palace. In the palace, he accepted the surveillance of his dredging army.

After the arrangements were made, Li Qi immediately went to the Central Palace, preparing to inform the highest security officer of Zhongyang Palace - Li Zheng, the president of the Three Guards Army - about the news. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the Central Palace, he found someone outside the palace. The guards all looked as if they were facing a powerful enemy.

I saw that the guards had surrounded the entire middle palace. They were now divided into two teams, with their swords unsheathed. One team faced the inside of the palace, and the other team faced outside the palace.

Among them, even the hundreds of dredging sergeants he sent to monitor the Imperial Guards were also involved and looked nervous.

"What's going on? Could it be..."

As if he thought of something, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Li Qian's forehead.

Suddenly, he glanced at Jin Ju, the commander of the Imperial Guard.

Li Qi knew this guard commander who was born from a local noble in Daliang quite well. After all, the Jun Shui Army was stationed on the outskirts of Daliang City, and he would enter the city from time to time. Therefore, he would meet Jin Ju from time to time, and the two of them would drink together.

After drinking a few times, we both know each other better.

"Jin Ju." Li Qian shouted from a distance.

"General Li (Qi)?" Jin Ju, who was looking solemnly at the central palace, heard Li Qi's greeting, turned back and glanced a few times, and walked over in a few steps.

"What happened in the palace?" Li Ji asked in a low voice.

Jin Ju looked around and lowered his voice and said to Li Qi: "Prince Yi secretly trained a group of female assassins and took His Majesty and everyone in the palace hostage..."

"Prince Yi?" Li Qi's eyes widened in shock.

He never imagined that King Yi Zhao Yuanli would do such a thing at such a time.

He asked in alarm: "How is His Majesty's safety now?"

Recalling the scene that happened in the palace, Jin Ju said with a strange expression: "Your Majesty is fine for the time being. Prince Yi seems to...well, he is telling a story."

"Ah?" Li Qi was confused when he heard this.

Seeing this, Jin Ju could only vaguely explain what he saw to Li Qi. After all, he could see and hear certain things, but it was difficult for him to say them out.

How should he explain? Could he say that King Yi Zhao Yuanli did not know what he had eaten wrong, and was uncovering some of the conspiracies that Emperor Wei had made in the past to fight for the throne and consolidate power in front of everyone?

After thinking for a while, Jin Ju said vaguely: "In short, the Central Palace is fine for the time being. I, Prince Guanyi's actions are more like forcing the palace, not rebellion... General Li, is there something going on at the South Gate? Since just now

, I heard faint sounds of fighting coming from the south."

After hearing this, Li Qian thought for a while and said to Jin Ju: "Cao Jie has gone to the south gate. He has been a little late, so I don't think he can do any tricks."

Out of caution, he did not tell Jin Ju the truth. It wasn't that he didn't trust the latter. The key was that the situation in the palace was tense and he didn't want to cause trouble.

Because at this time, Li Ji had already vaguely guessed that the rebellion in the south gate was probably not the arrangement of King Yi Zhao Yuanli, but the remnants of the Xiao family trying to fish in troubled waters.

His duty is to exterminate the remnants of the Xiao family. As for the grievances and grievances of Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli and their generation, it is left to the Emperor of Wei, Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo and others to resolve it themselves. It is better for others not to interfere too much.

——After all, Emperor Wei might not appreciate it if he interfered in this matter.

After all, Li Ji didn't believe that King Yi Zhao Yuanli would commit rebellion.

Therefore, Li Qi entrusted the affairs of the middle palace to Jin Ju, while he went to maintain order in the other palaces. After all, if the remnants of the Xiao family hidden in the inner chamber really took action, then the other party would have more than just targets.

South Gate.

Watching Li Qian leave, Jin Ju breathed a sigh of relief, and then he turned his attention to the central palace hall again.

"Prince Yi, I am humble... I can only help you so far."

Looking at each other with several guards commanders who had a tacit understanding with each other, Jin Ju scolded the nearby guards soldiers in a deep voice: "No one is allowed to move without permission!"

At the same time, in the main hall of the Central Palace, there was still silence.

The hundreds of guests had already forgotten about their bodies being numbed by anesthesia. They all looked at each other and quietly watched the evolution of the situation.

When things have developed to this point, I believe that many guests in the hall have gradually realized that King Yi Zhao Yuanli has no intention of rebellion, but wants to overturn the case of "Nan Yanhou Xiao Boyuan's rebellion".

In other words, this is "forcing the palace" rather than treason.

With this thought, the anxious hearts of many guests in the palace relaxed again. Although they did not dare to look directly at the face of Wei Emperor Zhao Yuansi, they secretly watched and guessed the king's reaction in private.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound of "papapapa" applause was heard in the palace. Everyone in the palace turned their heads and saw that it was Emperor Wei who was applauding.

"Not bad, not bad, quite an interesting story." Emperor Wei looked at King Yi Zhao Yuancai with a smile, and then smiled at the guests present and said: "My sixth brother, I was not serious when I was young, but now I am a lot older.

, I didn’t expect to still be such a fool, hahaha..."

"ha……"

"hehe."

All the guests in the hall laughed and agreed.
To be continued...