At this juncture, Li Huaizhong actually broke in like this. Needless to say, he knew that something big must have happened.
"What's wrong?"
His heart suddenly sank. Ning Yongnian slowly turned his head to look at Li Huaizhong. Even Wu Ding and Sima Cong temporarily stood still.
"emperor!"
Ignoring the astonished looks of everyone, the old eunuch quickly ran to Ning Yongnian and whispered something hurriedly into the latter's ear.
And Ning Yongnian's expression also changed drastically within a few breaths.
From gloomy, to shocked, to extremely angry.
When the twisted and ferocious expression appeared on the face of the Daning Emperor, everyone felt a biting chill.
"When did this happen?"
The cold wind was biting, and Ning Yongnian's voice was a little hoarse.
"A quarter of an hour ago..."
Li Huaizhong lowered his head, not daring to look at the former: "Your Majesty, although this matter happened suddenly, Wei Xianzhi must have been planning it for a long time, and everyone in the capital fell into the hands of the Wei family before they could react."
"Where are the Praetorian Guards?"
After a pause, Ning Yongnian took a deep breath and suppressed his inner anger: "Send a message to Han Zhao immediately! Let him guard the palace and wait for me to return!"
"this......"
Cold sweat immediately soaked his back, and Li Huaizhong's appearance immediately made Ning Yongnian realize that something was wrong.
"Speak! Is it possible that Han Zhao is already dead?!"
"This, this..."
His Adam's apple squirmed, and Li Huaizhong swallowed hard, his expression uglier than crying.
"Your Majesty...General Han, no, no, Han Zhao is not dead."
"Old, I just received news from the Imperial Guard..."
"Calling, calling Han Zhao actually..."
"Actually what?!"
"He is actually a rebel..."
"..."
...
...
A quarter of an hour ago, Daning was in the capital.
When Zuyu in the Xuanjing Division's general office was burned for the third time in two years, Han Zhao got the news almost immediately.
In the blink of an eye, the entire capital was in chaos, and 50,000 imperial guards gathered in the palace, waiting for his order.
"General! The people from the Xuanjing Division have taken control of all the city gates in all directions!"
"General! People from the Duwei Mansion appear on the west side of the palace!"
"Report!! The city defense army is transporting heavy crossbows, stone carts and other items to the outskirts of the palace!!"
"..."
Messenger soldiers ran into the main tent of the Imperial Guard one after another, as if the situation in the capital would change every few seconds.
Also coming with him was the current prince of Daning, Ning Wenjun.
"..."
"General Han!"
The four-clawed python robe is not very straight, and if you look closely, it has the wrong button.
Accompanied by a young eunuch, Ning Wenjun, disheveled, walked through the vast field of torches outside the tent and hurried into the tense main tent of the Imperial Guard.
His face was ugly and tight, but he still maintained the most basic respect for Han Zhao in his words.
"I heard that the Wei family is making a lot of noise this time?"
"How are things going now?"
"Your Highness..."
Chong Ning Wenjun bowed his hand, and Han Zhao looked calmly: "Now, except for the imperial palace, the rest of the capital has fallen into the hands of the Wei family."
"Wha, what?!"
Ning Wenjun's body swayed, and his breathing became rapid: "Does your father already know about this?!"
"The general has sent a message to the emperor."
Han Zhao walked up to Ning Wenjun and comforted him in a deep voice: "Your Highness, don't panic. All 50,000 Imperial Guards are now in the palace, and they are still capable of fighting against the Wei family."
"Even if we are invincible, it is not difficult to defend the palace."
"As long as we can protect the imperial palace and wait until the emperor returns from Huailing, no matter what the Wei family's plans are, they will definitely not succeed."
"Yes, what the general said makes sense..."
After all, Ning Wenjun was not that kind of incompetent person, so after the brief panic, he regained some composure at this time.
He took a deep breath, nodded heavily and said:
"General Han, if that's the case, then hurry up and set up defenses in the palace!"
"The general will obey your orders."
Bowing his head and handing over his hands, Han Zhao immediately turned around and ordered: "Immediately inform all the deputy generals in the army to discuss matters in charge of the tent!"
"yes!"
The messengers ran out of the tent with the order, and the curtains were raised and lowered.
The firelight flickered in the makeshift main tent, and there was chaos of footsteps outside the tent.
Looking at Ning Wenjun, who was frowning in front of him, Han Zhao's expression gradually became serious at this time.
"Your Highness, the situation is urgent now, and I have to ask some questions in the future. I hope Your Highness can tell me the truth."
"Um?"
Ning Wenjun was stunned when he heard this: "General, what do you want to ask?"
"It's all the secret passage mechanisms in the palace..."
Squinting his eyes slightly, Han Zhao said in a serious tone:
"Your Highness, since the general has been ordered to command the imperial guards, he will naturally do his best to ensure that the palace is not lost."
"However, General Mo doesn't know the layout of all the secret channels in the palace at the moment, and he is worried that the Wei family will take advantage of it later."
"So I hope that Your Highness can inform me of all these for the time being, so that the general can prepare in advance."
"this......"
Ning Wenjun's eyes widened slightly, and Ning Wenjun was obviously hesitant.
There are naturally many secret passages in the huge Daning Palace.
Some of the confidentiality levels here are not very high, and the Imperial Guards know about them.
But there are also many that only certain members of the royal family know.
Of course, under normal circumstances, this kind of thing must not be told to Han Zhao.
After all, once the palace is lost, the royal family, including the queen, will still need to use these secret passages to escape.
But as Han Zhao said, what if the Wei family also knows where these secret passages are and uses them to sneak into the palace?
The incident happened so suddenly that Ning Wenjun had no time to think about it.
After just a moment, he no longer hesitated and immediately answered Han Zhao's question.
"General, there is a secret passage in the dry well in the backyard of Ziluan Palace that leads directly to Qingnian Lane outside the palace. There is also a secret passage under the Shiqu Pavilion bookcase that leads..."
"..."
In the swaying fire, Ning Wenjun revealed all the arrangements made by Ning Yongnian without any concealment.
From God's perspective, he seems a bit stupid and lacks the vigilance that a prince should have.
But you must know that even Ning Yongnian did not doubt Han Zhao's identity. How could Ning Wenjun have imagined that the general who was in charge of the country and the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard in front of him was already Wei Changtian's man.
"Your Highness, is that all you just said?"
Glancing at the shaking curtain, Han Zhao finally asked: "Is there anything else?"
"there is none left."
Ning Wenjun shook his head and his eyes fell on several lieutenants who had already heard the order and rushed over.
"Your Highness!"
"Your Highness!"
When several lieutenants saw Ning Wenjun, they hurriedly lowered their heads and clasped their fists, and then all looked at Han Zhao, waiting for the latter to make arrangements for the deployment.
However, not only did Han Zhao not speak, but the solemn look on his face slowly faded away at this time, and was replaced by a meaningful smile.
"General Han, you!"
Seeing this smile, Ning Wenjun suddenly felt something bad, his pupils shrank suddenly, and his heartbeat seemed to stop beating.
He was about to ask Han Zhao something, but before he could say anything, the latter suddenly disappeared from the place the next moment.
"boom!!"
"Bang bang bang!!"
"ah!!!"
A sudden loud explosion echoed around me, and shrill and unexpected wails sounded one after another.
In just the blink of an eye, four unsuspecting third-level lieutenants vomited blood and flew out of the main tent. Two of them died on the spot, and two others were seriously injured.
Han Zhao is in the late second grade, and his strength is far superior to these lieutenants.
In addition, he attacked suddenly without any resistance at all, so it is not an exaggeration to achieve such results.
"Whoa!"
Under countless horrified looks, Han Zhao did not stop after his sudden attack. Instead, he ducked to the side of the two lieutenants who were still alive and added two more palms without hesitation.
"Bang! Bang!!"
The red light of the torch was so fierce that the two lieutenants, who had been alive just now, didn't even have time to understand what happened, and followed the other two who died earlier on the road to hell.
It was only then that some of the guards outside the tent finally came to their senses.
"Han, General Han is also a rebel!!"
"quick!!"
"Protect His Royal Highness!!"
"..."
After a few breaths, the latter realized that the crowd rushed into the main tent.
However, Han Zhao and Ning Wenjun had already disappeared.