Facing the angry accusations from the nobles, Zhu Zhanji was very calm and looked towards the Meridian Gate in the distance.
At this time, Yang Shiqi led the civil servants out of the palace and walked to the Meridian Gate.
The guards guarding the palace door pulled out the heavy door bolts, then they all grabbed the door handles and slowly opened the palace door.
The heavy left and right doors opened two gaps silently. The gaps opened wider and wider, and the world outside the palace appeared in front of everyone.
At this time, the rising sun was rising in the east, the spring light was bright, and in the empty square outside the palace, a group of white pigeons were leisurely looking for food.
Such a peaceful and peaceful scene, but the nobles were struck like thunder. The expected army did not appear, and there was no scene of rivers of blood and mountains of corpses. There were only a few damn pigeons! What was going on?!
The civil servants walked out of the Meridian Gate calmly and passed through the square outside the Meridian Gate. The pigeons were used to seeing strangers and did not fly away in panic. They just paced lazily to get out of the way, then cooed and tilted their heads to look at the chests of these officials.
The birds on the front breasts seem to be very dissatisfied that there are no pigeons on them.
Zhu Zhanji then turned around and looked at the nobles with a wry smile. At this time, there was no need to say anything because the nobles were already in a state of extreme panic.
"How could this happen?!" Many nobles' legs were weak and they could hardly stand. It was obvious that their military operations had suffered a complete failure. They were frightened when they thought of the bloody purge that the losing side would suffer after the coup.
They were trembling all over, and many people even wanted to die...
"What should we do?" The frightened nobles all looked at their backbone, the British Duke Zhang Fu.
"Don't panic." Zhang Fu had calmed down, and his eyes slowly swept over the nobles and said: "They are all people who have come here from mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Don't lose your dignity!"
"My lord, that's what you said!" The nobles shouted after hearing this: "We can't let those bastards see the joke!"
After saying that, the honorable nobles followed Zhang Fu and strode out of the Meridian Gate. Each of them had a solemn and solemn face, and they really looked like the wind rustling and the water was cold. However, some people's steps were frivolous and they were still walking on the flat ground.
Can be mixed with garlic. Obviously, the turbulent fear in the heart cannot be eliminated with a few harsh words...
The nobles are enjoying the food and the family is prosperous. How can they still be the desperadoes who died in the past? As they walked, they were thinking about the terrible consequences. The life of wealthy families was reduced to nothing, and the beautiful wives and concubines were reduced to prostitutes.
, the descendants and relatives were brutally beheaded and sent to the army. This is simply ten thousand times more sad than death!
The honorable nobles walked through the empty square like zombies, and when they arrived in front of Chengtian Gate, they found that the palace gate was tightly closed, and the garrison officers were heavily guarded, looking very nervous.
The civil servants who arrived first were already negotiating with the guards guarding the palace gate.
"What's going on? Isn't the Chengtian Gate always open?" According to regulations, after the four gates of the imperial city are opened, they will not be locked until dark, and will not be closed due to morning dynasty or other reasons in the palace.
"My lords, please be patient." The guard said with a straight face: "The troops outside Chengtian Gate are on guard. To avoid causing chaos, the palace gate is temporarily closed and will be opened soon."
Although you can tell with your toes that the guard is not telling the truth, the Ming Dynasty has always had civil servants who do not care about military matters. Even if the civil servants have become arrogant recently, they dare not challenge this iron rule for a while and can only wait aside obediently.
The honorable nobles did not care about this. When they heard that something happened outside Chengtian Gate, their eyes lit up and they immediately regained their vitality.
"It seems that there may be something to play!" The nobles could not restrain their eagerness and rushed to the steps on both sides of Chengtian Gate, wanting to climb up to the tower to see what happened.
Unexpectedly, they were blocked by the defenders!
The nobles were full of evil anger and vented it on the Forbidden Army soldiers who stopped them from going upstairs. Xinhe Bo slapped a soldier on the face and cursed: "Grandma! If you dare to get in my way, get out of the way."
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"It's just that you don't have eyes?!" The nobles cursed, punched and kicked them one after another. Under their long-term accumulation of power, the Forbidden Army soldiers did not dare to resist, but they did not dare to get out of the way.
"My lords, I'm sorry. There is an order from above. The four gates of the imperial city are under martial law. No one is allowed to approach!" The guard of Chengtianmen stood behind the military formation and said loudly: "Please retreat quickly to avoid damaging the harmony!"
"Zheng Sansheng, you little brat, how dare you talk to me like that! Your father must listen to me!" Wang Tong, the Marquis of Chengshan, roared at the guard: "Get out of here!" Zheng Sansheng's father, Zheng Dabiao, was
He was Wang Tong's deputy general. Zheng Sansheng was able to become the guard of Chengtian Gate at a young age, which was inseparable from this relationship.
It's a pity that today, Zheng Sansheng seemed determined not to give face to his old benefactor. Like Wang Tong, he bowed and said with a smile: "The Marquis has invited me. I am busy with military affairs, so I cannot be polite. Today, the superiors issued a death order, and the military orders are like mountains.
, Even if my father is here, we can’t get out of the way!”
"Okay, good boy..." Wang Tong was slapped hard in the face, his beard stood up in anger, and he roared: "Which order from above is more effective than my words?!"
"It was the order given by the Duke of Zhenguo himself." Zheng Sansheng said with a wry smile: "This is also for your own good. If I let you go up, the royal guards will be stationed on the top of the city. Those people will not show mercy to you..."
When the nobles heard this, they were startled. They raised their heads and looked towards the top of the city. Sure enough, at the end of the stairs, at some point, there was a group of Jinyi guards wearing flying fish uniforms with embroidered spring knives on their waists, looking down at them coldly.
The arrogance of the nobles was suffocated. Although they were rampant in the army, they did not dare to act wild in front of the imperial guards. It was just lighting a lantern in the pit - seeking death!
"Forget it," Zhang Fu pulled Wang Tong, who was still embarrassed, and said, "Let's go look elsewhere."
"Wait for me, kid!" Wang Tong threatened the guard fiercely, and then left with Zhang Fu happily, making people wonder how much weight his threat held.
The nobles only followed Zhang Fu's lead, so they naturally stopped making trouble and followed the British public from Chengtian Gate to Dong'an Gate. The two city gates were not close to each other, so the nobles moved forward quickly, and it still took them two full days.
After a cup of tea, we arrived at Dong'an Gate.
I saw the same city gates here were closed and heavily guarded!
This time the nobles stopped intruding and looked at Zhang Fu.
"Please ask your commander to send Liu Gui to see me." Zhang Fu stood there as still as a pine tree, and his voice was like a loud bell. The sound spread throughout Dong'an Gate.
After a while, Liu Gui, the guard of Dong'an Gate, accompanied by two officers of the Jinyi Guards, appeared on the city gate tower. Liu Gui held the arrow stack with one hand and said in a deep voice to the British Duke below the city: "The Lord is calling me.
What are your orders?"
"You asked knowingly!" Zhang Fu frowned, with uncontrollable anger on his face. Liu Gui and Bei'anmen guard Wang Chan had already sworn allegiance to him. In order to prevent them from shrinking before the evidence, the British Duke also returned
They sent people to put their family members under house arrest. They took every precaution, but unexpectedly something went wrong.
"The general doesn't understand what you said. We are ordered by the Duke of Zhen to close the city gate and guard it to the death. We don't know anything else." Liu Gui sneered and suddenly slapped his head, as if he remembered something.
He smiled at the British father-in-law and said: "By the way, let me tell you the good news. This morning, my family members who were kidnapped by the gangsters have been rescued by the Jin Yiwei!"
After a pause, Liu Gui smiled again and said: "I heard that Wang Chan's family has also been rescued. Let me report it to the father-in-law. I don't need to trouble the father-in-law to help anymore."
No matter how deep Zhang Fu's palace is, he can't help but feel hot after hearing this. In fact, it was Zhang Fu who sent people to detain the families of the two guards. Of course, a British public servant would have to erect a memorial arch.
The urine of the two guards will naturally make people pretend to be gangsters and kidnap people, and then they will appear in public and help the two guards to rescue their families. Of course, during the rescue process, the British Lord will definitely let them understand that as long as they maintain their
If the city gates are open, their families will return safely.
That's why Liu Gui said this.
Seeing the Jin Yiwei behind Liu Gui, what else does Zhang Fu not understand? Wang Xian had secretly sneaked back to the capital a long time ago and secretly sabotaged his own arrangements. Whether Liu Gui or Wang Chan, in front of Wang Xian, the great spy leader,
All the little moves I made were invisible!
If he were Wang Xian, he would definitely put the defense of the four gates of the imperial city as a top priority. As long as the four gates were closed in time, all the troops he had arranged outside the imperial city would be blocked!
However, he had also made a plan for when the four gates of the imperial city were closed, and asked the troops outside to prepare siege vehicles and kerosene for burning the gates. Those troops were all battle-hardened elites, how could they be defeated by a mere gate?
If you block it, you will stop moving forward?
‘It seems that something went wrong with those armies!’ Zhang Fu secretly screamed, knowing that he had completely lost this battle and was completely crushed by his opponent!
The nobles were whispering to each other, wondering whether they should go to Bei'anmen to have a look again, but they heard a cannon shot outside the city. Liu Gui and the Jin Yiwei officers turned to the other side of the city wall with serious faces. After a while, Liu Gui turned back.
With a relieved smile on his face, he said: "My lords, there is no need to go elsewhere, the city gate can be opened." After saying that, he loudly ordered: "Open the door!"
Under the surprised and uncertain gazes of the nobles, the Dong'an Gate slowly opened. Outside the city gate, the spacious Dong'an Street was completely silent. When I looked closely, I saw thousands of troops lined up on both sides of the road!
The soldiers were fully armed and looked intently, row by row, from Dong'an Gate to the end of the road. They could not be seen to the side at a glance. The red tassels on their helmets connected into a fiery red line, and the swords and spears were like a forest shining in the spring.
Below, a dazzling cold light was reflected, which stung the nobles' eyes.
In front of the queue of soldiers were officers riding on tall horses. Although these officers were well-dressed, many of them had obvious injuries on their faces and bodies. They looked quite tired, but their eyes were shining with cold light, staring at them with hatred as they walked out of the imperial city.