At night, the streets still retain a bit of excitement as the New Year approaches, but because of the shocking case in the East Palace, the faces of passers-by have lost a bit of joy, and their movements are also in a hurry.
The secret sentries arranged by Jin Yiwei are hidden in every corner, like spiders on a cobweb, watching closely for any movement in the huge web in the capital.
"There is someone." Finally, a person in the dark suddenly focused his eyes and called his partner beside him. The two of them shuttled between the eaves and streets like monkeys. The dark clouds covered the moonlight, and everything in the darkness was unknown.
Two Jin Yiwei sneaked onto the eaves of a house with an excellent view. One of them pointed to the southeast side of the street and whispered: "Look at that guy, he's so sneaky."
The Jinyiwei refers to a man wearing gray and black robes. He keeps walking through the streets, faster than others, and looks back from time to time, as if he is avoiding something.
It might not have been noticeable during the day, but now that it was already late at night and there weren't many people on the street, his behavior seemed very suspicious.
The two Jinyi guards looked at each other, one of them stayed on the spot to observe, while the other followed in the dark.
The man looked nervous, occasionally stopping to look around, and then he started walking faster, almost running. The Jin Yiwei who was following him wanted to test, so he simply used a flaw and kicked away the stones at his feet, attracting the opponent.
He immediately looked back.
When the man saw the Jin Yiwei staring directly at him, his expression immediately changed drastically. He turned around and ran away, which made the Jin Yiwei sneer: "There is indeed a ghost."
After saying that, he chased after him. Unexpectedly, the man actually took out a bunch of firecrackers and threw them towards the back. The sound of the firecrackers was very obvious at night. This movement attracted a lot of attention.
People went out to find out.
When there are more people, the situation becomes chaotic. When the situation becomes chaotic, it is easy to fish in troubled waters. The person took advantage of this turbulence and planned to escape.
Didn't you know that Jin Yiwei, who was watching from the eaves, saw the fish bite the hook? He immediately blew the whistle, and three or two black figures sprang out from the streets on both sides, and all rushed towards the man.
"Being smart...that's not right!"
The Jin Yiwei was about to go down when he suddenly discovered with sharp eyes that in the completely opposite direction to the man's escape route, there was another figure taking the opportunity to go out against the flow of people.
"Sound to the east and strike to the west, huh!" The Jin Yiwei's face looked a little more serious. He jumped down and easily caught the figure who was fleeing in the opposite direction like a roc.
At this time, the arresting team on the other side also turned back. One of them caught the sneaky guy, brought him forward and said, "Boss, the man was caught, but nothing was found on him."
"It's not surprising, because the thing is here." The Jin Yiwei sneered and ordered people to search the body of the man at his feet, and sure enough, a letter was found on his body.
The Jin Yiwei opened the letter and looked at it. There was only one date written inside, which was the time when the year-end ceremony was held.
The guard in Jinyi said with a serious expression: "Take this man back to the imperial prison and interrogate him all night. Before sunrise, he must be made to vomit something."
"yes!"
Several Jin Yiwei escorted the person back in response. On the other side, the matter quickly reached Meng Yuan's desk.
The old man's return to Jinyiwei has not yet been announced. The news should have been reported to Lu Hanjiang according to the rules, but the reason why it was not reported to Mr. Lu... was because it was late at night and Mr. Lu had already rested.
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After hearing the report from the people below, Wu Qiming frowned and said, "I thought this person was probably sent by the East Palace."
Meng Yuan did not speak, but just glanced at him to signal him to continue, so Wu Qiming continued: "We have spies in the residences of the princes and ministers in the capital. This person can easily come to the street without being noticed by others.
He must have come from the palace."
The emperor was concentrating on rituals and immortality at the moment and had no time to care about anything else. Cao Yuan's forces were all in the inner palace and there was no need to send anyone out, so only the east palace was left with motives.
Wu Qiming said in a deep voice: "My lord, I suspect that the East Palace also wants to take action. This messenger is probably going to the North. Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess may have noticed something, and maybe she also knows something, so she will do something during the ceremony tomorrow."
action."
"As expected." Meng Yuan nodded lightly.
"In that case, sir, why don't we strike first?" Wu Qiming's tone became serious and his eyes became fierce.
"No, and this matter is a bit weird..."
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, we should have sent people there a long time ago, why did we wait until the last day to see any movement?"
There is no problem in sending the information out, the key is the timing of sending it out. At this moment, even if the prince successfully obtains the information, the crown prince and the forces in the East Palace who remain in the capital will definitely not end well, and the other party will definitely not be able to save them in time.
Meng Yuan didn't quite believe that the princess would treat the prince so wholeheartedly, but it seemed that the truth was like this. Whether it was the letter they intercepted or the intelligence that the person who sent the letter handed over after being tortured, it proved that everything was like this.
After thinking for a long time, Meng Yuan finally decided to put the matter aside. He said: "Donggong's trump card in Beijing has been exhausted. This is just because they still don't give up and plan to resist... Don't ignore her. Now
The key still lies in how we deal with it in the Imperial City tomorrow."
Even so, just in case, Meng Yuan still ordered: "The situation in the capital has been decided. Before dawn, you will transfer the remaining manpower to the four gates to guard in case someone jumps over the wall."
"Understood... Since Commander Wen has agreed, the only ones left are Dongchang and Neixingchang." Wu Qiming's eyes were full of murderous intent: "Most of the Jinyiwei who were sent out of the capital by Mr. Lu before were
The masters have all returned secretly, sir, don't worry, Cao Yuan and Xia Zhang can't afford to make any trouble."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I have never worried about them. Once Your Majesty...then they will be just a bunch of rootless people. Cao Yuan may still have some blood, but Xia Zhang
I won’t be stubborn to the end.”
Meng Yuan let out a long breath, then stood up and put on his cloak, holding the brim of his hat with one hand to cover his face: "Everything is ready, just waiting for the east wind tomorrow to see if you are willing to favor me."
Wu Qiming took a deep breath, said nothing, just bowed down.
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The sky over half of the capital city will be lit up.
Meng Yuan's expression suddenly changed. He immediately strode forward, concentrating energy in his palms, and shot forward with a manic wind, blasting open the main door of the main courtyard.
"Who are you!" Hundreds of Jin Yiwei who came one after another drew their swords and shouted angrily. Meng Yuan had no time to explain to them at this moment, so he slapped his palm backwards to force them back, and then flew into the main courtyard of the sect.
These imperial guards were so shocked that they fell on their backs. When they came back to their senses and looked at the fire that filled the sky, they gritted their teeth and said bitterly: "Send the arrows! Go to Jingzhao Mansion alone, and patrol the camp alone! Half of the rest will guard the gate, and the rest will follow me in."
!Don’t let a thief escape!”
"Yes!" Jin Yiwei immediately followed the instructions and separated.
On the other side, Meng Yuan was like a wild bull rushing left and right in the fire, and finally he found a suspicious figure among the panicked Zongzhengyuan officials.
Without saying a word, he directly picked up a piece of broken wood from beside him, cut its head into a sharp shape with two palms, and threw it as a hidden weapon. He never thought that the man was so skilled in qinggong that he avoided it directly.
Meng Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he quickly chased after him. At the same time, he concentrated his energy on his palms and struck out repeatedly. The opponent drew his sword to fight, and while running away, he responded to the enemy. The two of them chased each other, and soon they reached the base of the wall.
The main courtyard was built at the foot of the Imperial City, and behind it was the Forbidden Palace of the Imperial City. I saw the man swinging his sword from a distance, and the sword rotated like a top. Meng Yuan raised his palm and shot it down. At this time, this man had already
He flew up the wall and disappeared into the darkness at the top of the wall.
Meng Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, but he also stepped on the flying wall and chased after him. But halfway through the chase, his expression changed, and he turned back the way he came, far away from the high wall of the imperial city.
Because he saw the Forbidden Army soldiers patrolling on both sides of the city wall, and saw the fire in the main courtyard below the city wall but was indifferent. These people were obviously the elite of the Forbidden Army. It seemed that the emperor had indeed worked hard for tomorrow's ceremony.
But what was even more shocking to Meng Yuan was that the man in black knew the patrol arrangements of the Imperial City Forbidden Army very well, and he could have captured him just one second later if he had controlled the timing at this point.
But it was useless to be upset at this moment. Meng Yuan turned back to look at the raging fire in the main courtyard of the Dazong, stepped forward, and rushed into the sea of fire again.