Ma Shiying, who was in deep sleep, was also awakened by the shouts of killing. Although he did not live in the palace, his residence was very close to the palace. There were waves of horse hooves passing by, and Liu Liangzuo led a large number of soldiers passing by.
Even a sleeping person cannot fall asleep. He thought something happened outside, so he immediately got up and woke up the housekeeper.
"Butler, what's going on? What's the noise going on outside?"
When the housekeeper heard the master's call, he quickly put on some clothes and rushed to the door. He quickly said: "Master, I'm not sure. I woke up just now. I really don't know what happened outside."
Hearing this, Ma Shiying stood up with a look of displeasure, and then walked out of the door with the help of the housekeeper. Only then did he realize that there were countless soldiers outside, running back and forth, as if searching for something. Seeing this scene, Ma Shiying
I was a little surprised immediately. I didn’t give the order. What were they doing?
Here, a general also rushed over with his people immediately. Seeing that Mr. Ma Ge had already dressed and rushed to the door, he immediately knelt down and said: "See Mr. Ma Ge!"
"What are you doing? I didn't give the order!" Ma Shiying felt angry in his heart. If he hadn't given the order, it would have been Liu Liangzuo. But what are you doing this night? Why didn't you inform him?
Himself? If he hadn’t heard the shouting outside, he wouldn’t have known!
Seeing that Mr. Ma Ge was already angry, he quickly explained: "Reporting to Mr. Ma Ge, it was General Liu who asked us to search for people!"
"What?"
Hearing this, Ma Shiying was a little surprised. Who are you searching for in the middle of the night? Then he immediately asked: "Who are you searching for? What's more, it's still midnight!"
"Mr. Ge, the two highnesses escaped! Someone in the palace acted as an internal agent and kidnapped the two highnesses, but that person left a cover and was killed by Mr. Liu."
After he finished speaking, Ma Shiying felt very speechless. Such a big thing happened and he was not notified! And why did he kill that person? If he was tortured and interrogated, he might be able to find out the mastermind and the escape route. Now
Well, after the person dies, nothing can be asked.
Not wanting to delay, he immediately asked someone to change his clothes and then prepared his horse to go to the palace. He wanted to ask Liu Liangzuo himself how he knew there was a spy in the palace tonight.
…
"Why did you kill that eunuch? You killed the only person who could tell the murderer behind the scenes! Now the two highnesses have gone somewhere unknown, what should we do?" Looking at Liu Liangzuo in the main hall, Ma Shiying couldn't help scolding him.
He didn't care what Liu Liangzuo's temper was, he only knew that Liu Liangzuo killed people he shouldn't have killed.
"What are you yelling at?"
Although Liu Liangzuo said he regretted killing the man just now, he would never admit that he had done something wrong. The only explanation was that he killed it intentionally.
"How dare that bitch insult me? I killed him in a fit of rage."
Hearing such understatement, Ma Shiying became even more furious: "What the hell did you say! Do you know how important that person is to us? You just killed him in a fit of anger!"
"Okay!" Liu Liangzuo felt a little embarrassed in his heart. He turned his head to one side and said, "I've already sent troops to arrest people. Don't worry."
"I think the Zhou royal family knows about this."
Ma Shiying has calmed down now. He knows that he cannot break up with Liu Liangzuo yet. They still need each other. The only solution now is to join forces and quickly minimize the current situation.
"I see, your governor Lu Zhenfei also has a problem." Hearing Ma Shiying mention Queen Zhou, Liu Liangzuo suddenly remembered Lu Zhenfei and couldn't help but sneered.
"how do I say this?"
"Just an hour ago, I first sent a team of cavalry to the palace to arrest people, and I led a team of soldiers to follow closely. At this time, I saw Lu Zhenfei, and I saw him heading towards
He walked toward the palace, but after seeing the cavalry, he immediately turned back. The explanation he gave me was that he wanted to come out and see what happened."
Liu Liangzuo squinted his eyes slightly and said, "You can see that there is something wrong in your heart!"
Hearing what Liu Liangzuo said, Ma Shiying also felt that there was something wrong with Lu Zhenfei, but if so, wouldn't it mean that everyone around him was a spy?
But just to be sure, he still said: "Go and arrest people. It's better to kill by mistake than to let anyone go."
"What about Queen Zhou?"
"Catch him too."
…
Lu Zhenfei knew that he couldn't stay here now, so he packed up his things as quickly as possible and went out. But now there were soldiers searching everywhere, and he would definitely attract attention by himself. He had no choice but to
Hiding in the alley, he checked the situation and left immediately after confirming that everything was correct.
Just when he was about to leave the street, searching soldiers appeared on both sides at the same time. Lu Zhenfei didn't know what to do, but at this moment, a dog stretched out from a door and grabbed him.
Pulled it in with a rake.
Lu Zhenfei was about to scream, but the man covered his mouth and said, "We are here to save you! Don't talk!"
At this moment, outside, the two teams of soldiers also encountered each other and left when they saw that no one was there.
"who are you?"
After escaping the pursuers, the man also let go of Lu Zhenfei. Lu Zhenfei quickly prepared himself to question them. It was such a sensitive time now. If this group of people had bad intentions, he would not be able to escape the fate of being arrested.
.
"Lu Zhenfei."
Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded in the dark night of the kiss. Lu Zhenfei felt a little familiar. When the person came over, he realized that the other person turned out to be the person he was worried about before.
"I've met Lord Shangshu!"
The person who came was none other than Wu Linzheng, and behind him were Shi Bang and Ni Yuanlu.
"Get up quickly." Wu Linzheng and the others were quite happy to see Lu Zhenfei. After all, he had previously thought that Lu Zhenfei was also a rebel under Ma Shiying. Didn't he know that he was actually one of their own!
"Tell me, how did you end up like this today?"
Everyone entered the house, and Wu Linzheng was also very confused about Lu Zhenfei's current experience. Logically speaking, as the governor of Huai'an, he did not need to stay in Nanjing all the time, and he was also the person Ma Shiying trusted most. Now he was being chased by soldiers in the middle of the night.
The killing looked quite embarrassing.
Hearing this, Lu Zhenfei also sighed, and then said: "Three adults, I am reduced to this today because of your majesty's grand plan!"
"What's the big plan?" Shi Bang asked quickly.
"It's like this. In order to achieve the goal of coercing the emperor and ordering the princes, Ma Shiying plans to make the prince emperor and then use this to control him. And your majesty plans to hold a coronation ceremony and declare to the outside world that the prince of Yingtian Mansion is fake. In this way
The common people and officials all know about Ma Shiying's wild ambitions. Our task is to rescue the two highnesses, in case Ma Shiying sees that the prince is in trouble and allows the other two highnesses to ascend the throne."
After listening to Lu Zhenfei's words, several people also fell into deep thought.
"Why hasn't your Majesty sent troops yet? You can directly march south and declare to the outside world that there is a traitor in Yingtian Mansion!" Shi Bang always felt that this was a bit redundant, so he wondered.
"Your Excellency, you don't know that many of the officials in the south today are from Ma Shiying. Those officials told the local people that His Majesty had traitors, and they wanted to preserve the royal bloodline. In addition, he contacted the generals and officials of several surrounding provinces,
Their strength has greatly increased, but many of them do not know the truth. Therefore, if we want to destroy them, we must first let the people and officials know the reason."