On top of the city, the soldiers on duty at night were dozing off while leaning against the campfire to keep warm, holding their guns and knives in their hands.
Their heads are biting bit by bit, just like chickens pecking at rice.
Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves in the night wind.
The sleepiness of the night watch soldiers was immediately frightened away. Through the bonfire and moonlight, they vaguely saw a team of fast horses galloping towards them.
It's just that this group of people is not outside the city, but from within the city.
Dare to violate the curfew order and dare to ride a horse in the capital. The identity of the person who comes here is definitely not simple.
The soldiers on night watch did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly reported the situation to the city gate guard. At the same time, they raised lanterns on the top of the city, stretched their bows and arrows, and offered supernatural objects, posing as if they were facing the enemy.
After a while, the city gate guard walked quickly to the top of the city. After looking down the city, he was about to ask the identity of the person who came when a waist badge was thrown up to the top of the city and fell in front of him.
At the same time, a voice with a drake voice came from below the city:
"We are Feng Bao, the eunuch in charge of the editing factory. We have been ordered by the governor and the chief assistant to go out of the city on errands. You should open the city gate quickly! If you miss our errand, you will all be hanged on the city wall.
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Hearing these arrogant words, and with the help of firelight, he saw clearly that the badge on the ground really belonged to the eunuch in charge of the editing factory, and the city gate guard suddenly shuddered.
Not daring to neglect, he hurriedly ordered his men to open the city gate, and at the same time ran quickly down the city to apologize to the eunuch who led the team.
Who knows the evil reputation of the editing factory?
Especially when this team leaves the city in the middle of the night, they must be carrying out an important secret mission. He is just a small city gate guard, how dare he not cooperate?
What's more, he heard very clearly just now that the eunuch in charge named Feng Bao said that they went to the city on errands under the orders of the governor of the editing factory and the chief minister of the dynasty!
This job is absolutely extraordinary.
However, it is simply unbelievable that the chief minister of the current dynasty actually got involved with the people in the editorial office.
No wonder there were rumors in the past that Zheng Ge was always killed by monsters.
The city gate guard cursed in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he sent the team of editors out of the city with great care.
After the people had left, one of his cronies suddenly came over and whispered: "Sir, something is wrong."
The city gate guard frowned and said: "What's wrong? The clothes, waistbands, and weapons of these people are indeed those of the Jishi Factory. Don't mess around. If you offend the Jishi Factory, how many lives do we have?"
Not even enough to die."
The confidant hurriedly explained: "The villain is not talking about their identity, but the people they brought out."
"What happened to those people?"
The city gate guard also saw just now that the horses of the team of editors leaving the city were carrying many sleepy people.
He was also very curious and had doubts, but he didn't dare to ask.
"The little man was guarding beside the city gate just now. Because he was close, he could see clearly... The little man saw that the person carried on one of the horses was the former Zuodu Yushi, Yang
Master Zhenyang."
"Yang Zongxian? Are you sure?" The city gate guard was surprised when he heard this.
The confidant patted his chest: "I'm sure, Mr. Yang also passed through our door when he was escorted back to Beijing. The villain saw him clearly and took note of his appearance."
The city gate guard was immediately surprised.
"If Yang Zongxian is really among the people escorted out by the editing factory, then who are the other people escorted out together? Are they also officials? But the people from the editing factory escorted these officials out of the city in the middle of the night
, what do you want to do?”
Although he was confused and hesitant, he did not dare to catch up and ask.
At this time, in the capital, several cloud-piercing arrows suddenly roared into the sky, exploding into brilliant balls of fire in the dark night.
The city gate guard and his cronies were immediately drawn away, and they all looked in the direction of the cloud-penetrating arrow.
"That direction... seems to be the imperial city?"
"It's the Imperial City!"
"Something happened in the Imperial City?!"
The city gate guard and his cronies were suddenly shocked.
Just now a team of people from the editing factory led the officials out of the city, and now the cloud-piercing arrows were released from the imperial city as a warning.
What happened in the capital?!
The confidant suddenly had a guess. He swallowed, looked around to make sure there were no outsiders, and then said in a very low voice: "Sir, tell me, is it the one who... collapsed?"
"Silence, do you want to die? How dare you say such a thing?!"
The city gate guard was so frightened that he hurriedly glared at his cronies and scolded him sternly.
But in his heart, he couldn't help but think: If it really collapsed... it would be a blessing to the people.
At the same time, the city gate guard and everyone under his command could not help but be curious.
What happened in the imperial city?
What they didn't know was that the imperial city at this moment looked like it was facing a powerful enemy!
Not long ago, a dark wind suddenly started blowing outside the imperial city.
The guards on duty saw crowds of people outside the imperial city, and it seemed like countless people were approaching.
Although they used supernatural items to illuminate the area more than a hundred steps outside the imperial city, they could not clearly see how many people were surrounding the imperial city, nor could they clearly see the appearance of the person coming.
Just when the imperial army was about to ask these people about their identities, black lotuses bloomed among the figures, accompanied by the sound of reciting the scriptures of the Black Lotus Sect.
Seeing this scene and hearing these voices, the Imperial Guards guarding the Imperial City immediately knew that these people were followers of the Black Lotus Sect!
The people of the Black Lotus actually surrounded the imperial city?
Did they conquer the capital? Why didn’t they hear the sound of fighting?!
Just as the imperial army was stunned, the Black Lotus believers outside the imperial city suddenly began to chant slogans such as 'King Qin protects you' and 'Holy Lord Black Lotus shall not be humiliated'.
Others clamored that they were their own people and asked the Forbidden Army to open the city gate and let them enter the imperial city to protect the Holy Emperor!
The Black Lotus Sect wants King Qin? Are you still one of our own?
This news made the Imperial City Imperial Army very confused.
Many of them recalled the rumors in the capital that His Majesty the Emperor was a high-ranking member of the Black Lotus Sect.
Could that rumor be true?
This is not a mouse being a bridesmaid to a cat, but directly marrying a cat!
The Imperial Guards looked at each other in disbelief, not daring to make a good decision. While guarding the city gate, they hurriedly sent someone to report the matter to Emperor Jianwu.
Although the Black Lotus believers outside the imperial city stopped more than a hundred steps away and did not approach the imperial city, in order to prevent accidents from happening, the imperial army still released cloud-penetrating arrows and called to the guards, the capital camp, and the capital in the capital.
The Yamen such as the Demon Suppression Department and the Editing Factory came quickly to provide reinforcements.
The Black Lotus Sect is not that easy to deal with.
Especially the group of Black Lotus believers gathered outside the imperial city. Their number and strength were unclear, and they also had a strange and weird aura, which made the imperial army even more afraid to be careless.
At the same time, they also cursed the Yamen such as the Demon Suppression Department and the Editing Factory in their hearts.
In the capital, so many demons from the Black Lotus Sect have actually developed, and they are even allowed to go outside the imperial city to cause trouble...
What do the people from the Demon Suppression Department and the Editing Factory do for a living?!
Inside the Ascension Hall.
Emperor Jianwu, who had not yet recovered from his anger over what happened to the fairy book, was filled with astonishment after hearing the report from the general of the Forbidden Army.
He once wondered if there was something wrong with his ears, otherwise, how could he hear such outrageous things.
The people of the Black Lotus Sect gathered outside the imperial city and wanted to enter the palace to protect King Qin?
Emperor Jianwu almost blurted out: This is impossible, I have never issued such a decree! Absolutely impossible!