Threads of cold sweat broke out on the general's forehead.
If you fail once, try again a second time.
Failed twice, continue for the third time...
No one urged him, only watched cautiously and expectantly.
Finally——
After repeated difficult attempts, the wire was hooked into the correct position.
Everyone at the iron gate heard a soft sound like nature: "Crack!"
The first lock has been opened!
Everyone was pleasantly surprised and almost out of their minds, instinctively looking towards Jin Wuwei.
Fortunately, most of the Jinwu Guards had their backs to the iron gate and looked up at the sky. The surroundings were so chaotic that no one heard the small sound of the big lock being pried open.
The general breathed a sigh of relief, carefully opened the lock, and let it hang loosely on the chain.
The reason why I didn't take it off directly was because I was afraid of being discovered by Jin Wuwei.
After resting for a while, the general continued his efforts.
This time the action was smoother.
Soon, the second lock was picked open.
Only the last lock is left.
Everyone immediately became excited.
However, at this moment, a Jinwu guard glanced over casually and suddenly realized something was wrong: "What are you doing?"
The hair on the backs of the generals went up and they all looked over.
It turned out that Jin Wuwei saw them all gathered in front of the iron gate, and instinctively became wary, striding over: "What are you doing here? Spread out, everyone, be honest!"
While scolding, Jin Wuwei held a leather whip in his hand and slapped it on the iron cage.
The voice was full of threats.
"Bad-legged villain!" A young general couldn't bear it anymore and cursed in a low voice.
All civil and military officials looked at him angrily.
They don't know what happened in the palace.
I don’t know why the Jinwu Guards who were supposed to obey His Majesty rebelled and captured them and locked them up here.
However, none of the officials who can become third-grade court officials are fools.
The days of being imprisoned were enough for them to piece together the truth from fragmentary information. They learned that His Royal Highness King Jing was taken away, His Majesty was under house arrest, and the person behind the scenes was the Queen.
Jin Wuwei also became the queen's lackey.
During these days of imprisonment, several civil servants and military generals who would rather die than surrender were killed.
The civil and military officials who originally disliked each other in the court quickly united their fronts in the face of the crisis, cooperated and supported each other, and were full of disgust and hatred for Jin Wuwei who helped the emperor to commit evil.
The generals, in particular, were gnashing their teeth at the Jinwu Guards, who were supposed to belong to the same military ranks.
The conflicts between the two sides have been backlogged for a long time, but they were forced to hold back due to the situation.
"Little bastard, who are you scolding?!" Jin Wuwei heard the young general's curse with sharp ears, and his face suddenly changed, and he raised his hand and whipped him.
The young military general wanted to escape, but he was drugged and his body became inoperable.
Fortunately, another general beside him pulled him hard, and the young general stumbled to the ground, just avoiding the whip.
However, unfortunately——
The whip missed no one, but hit the chain on the iron door.
Suddenly there was a crisp sound of "clang!"
One of the big locks that had been pried open but hung loosely on the chain was caught by the whip and fell heavily to the ground...
Everyone in the cage suddenly felt excited!
"Huh? Why is it loose?"
Jin Wuwei looked at the iron lock on the ground suspiciously, but didn't think much about it for the moment.
He thought it was some careless person who forgot to fasten the lock, so he subconsciously walked over and bent down to pick up the lock on the ground.