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Everyone was dumbfounded at this moment. No one thought that Li Yao, the deposed queen who had been burned beyond recognition in the Changyang courtyard fire in the afternoon, would actually come back from the dead at this moment and talk to Zhang Ping.
Jiang Huo is together.
Not to mention the officials, behind Li Xiu was occupying the political hall with an imposing manner, trying to forcibly arrest the imperial concubine and others. They must also be looking at each other in shock and confusion.
As long as you are a human being, as long as you are not a cold-blooded ferocious beast, once your heart is filled with doubts and confusion, you will not have much fighting power at all.
It could be said that they were acting under the orders of Queen Mother Li Xiufeng before, but now why are they not worried about falling into someone else's trap, becoming a murderous knife in someone else's hands, and ultimately implicating all their family members?
Not to mention Li Xiu, there were many military attaches around Li Xiu who came from the county prince's palace. Without a mental preparation process of repeated struggles, it was impossible for them to lead their fierce soldiers to kill Li Yao.
Li Xiu couldn't help but take half a step back and stared at Li Yao's face, suspecting that it was a lifelike human skin mask.
"Nonsense," Xu Jing screamed in panic, "His Majesty's assassination and the fire in Changyang Courtyard happened almost at the same time. Zhang Ping and Jiang Huo had time to rush to Changyang Courtyard, but they did not rush to Chongwen Palace to stop the assassins from assassinating Your Majesty. What they said
Who can we win the trust of? How can we prove that His Majesty was not killed by them in collusion with assassins, and then they blackmailed Empress Li to blame the envoy Lu Gong?"
"What's going on?" Shen Yang stared at Zhang Ping and asked.
Indeed, as Xu Jing said, the fire in Changyang Palace and His Majesty's assassination happened almost at the same time. Zhang Ping and Jiang Huoneng led people to rescue Li Yao in time, but why did they not save His Majesty?
Even at this juncture, everyone knew that Xu Jing raised such questions to muddy the waters and to resist stubbornly, but if Shen Yang left such crucial details vague, there would be no way to completely win people over.
"We don't know what happened. His Majesty sent a secret decree to leave the city for summer vacation. Jiang Huo and I were shocked and were hesitating whether to find Prime Minister Shen to discuss how to advise His Majesty. At this time, someone threw a handwritten letter into Jiang Huo's hand.
They said that Empress Li was in danger. When we rushed to Changyang Yuan, the fire in Changyang Yuan had just started, and Empress Li was trapped in the fire. We rescued Empress Li and moved to a secret place, and then there was news that His Majesty had been assassinated.
And the news that Empress Li was stabbed and burned to death in Changyang Courtyard, but in fact, we don’t know where the body that was burned beyond recognition in Changyang Courtyard came from.”
Zhang Ping took out a piece of handwriting from his arms and handed it to Shen Yang. He also had too many questions in his heart at the moment. He was waiting for Shen Yang to answer his questions and said,
"The handwriting said that we couldn't bear to see the chaos in Chu, the mountains and rivers shattered, and the people in distress, so we issued a warning. It also mentioned that the second prince was lying - we also managed to avoid being heard and found an opportunity to escort Queen Li in disguise and sneak into the second prince's side.
After verification, I hurried over to see Prime Minister Shen. Fortunately, nothing happened..."
"Is it a woman's handwriting?" Shen Yang said hesitantly to Yang En and Han Daoming beside him.
He also secretly took a look at Han Daoming's expression, and Han Daoming also looked confused and surprised.
Han Daochang and Han Duan, who had retreated to the side before, obviously did not realize that the situation would take such a turn, especially Han Duan, who looked frightened and sweating profusely, and who just wanted to step forward and pull Han Daoming aside.
It can never be faked.
If it wasn't Han Qian's people, who would have tipped off Zhang Ping and Jiang Huo in advance at this crucial moment?
And this person knew the details of the Cishou Palace operation so clearly and in a timely manner. Not only was he able to clean up Zhang Ping and Jiang Huo afterwards, hiding the traces of Li Yao's rescue, he was even able to mislead Lu Qingxia into believing that Li Yao had perished in the sea of fire. ?
Shen Yang could imagine that this person must have been lurking around Lu Qingxia for a long time and had Lu Qingxia's trust. But whose order did this person lurk around Lu Qingxia?
Or maybe who around Lu Qingxia really decided to expose these people's conspiracy because they couldn't bear to see the Chu Kingdom fall into chaos?
Shen Yang turned around and looked at Princess Qingyang again, and saw that she was almost paralyzed on the ground; Han Daoming also looked shocked.
"Isn't it clear enough about right and wrong? Li Xiu, are you still going against the order of chaos?" Yang Zhitang stood up at this time, stared at Li Xiu and shouted sternly. He didn't wait for Li Xiu's reaction, and raised his voice to both sides. The guards and generals who were watching under the eaves of the corridor shouted, "The traitors in the Cishou Palace hijacked the Queen Mother and assassinated Her Majesty. There is solid evidence. All the generals and generals of Chu will act according to my orders..."
"The generals of Chu will act according to the orders of the Privy Council..." Zhang Chao no longer hesitated at this moment and shouted sternly.
Although there are still many things that have not been clarified, no matter what, it is impossible for them to support a "second prince" whose identity is unclear to ascend to the throne.
When the time comes, don’t say that Tangyi won’t recognize it, Huaidong Xin Wang Yang Yuanyan won’t recognize it either!
They cannot directly target the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er at this time, but "clearing the emperor's side" or killing the traitors who are holding the Queen Mother hostage and plotting to assassinate Her Majesty should be a choice that everyone can make without any doubt or no hesitation.
Zhang Chao's words are more effective than Yang Zhitang's at this time.
Those military attachés who were affiliated with You Wuyi Army and who had been from Langzhou Township Army in their early years led their soldiers to approach Li Xiu's headquarters from the flank almost instantly.
"Li Xiu, Li Yao must have been hijacked and bewitched by traitors, so he talked nonsense. Shen Yang and other traitors colluded with foreigners to assassinate Your Majesty, and now they want to kidnap the Queen Mother! Li Xiu, think about it, if you let these traitors succeed, you Li Can the whole family escape and be executed, with corpses strewn all over the place?" Xu Jing yelled at Li Xiu in panic.
At this time, Yanhu was leading hundreds of elite soldiers to outflank the alleyway behind Shangshu Province. As long as Li Xiu could be ruthless at this time, Xu Jing did not believe that the thousands of rebel soldiers gathered near Shangshu Province could stop them from opening fire. Killing?
And as long as everyone in Shangshu Province is killed and blood flows like a river, and everyone is killed without bleeding, and they are not asked to spread the news, will the truth of history still be left to their own hands to obliterate it?
Xu Jing screamed at the top of his lungs, but Li Xiu turned a deaf ear to his words and signaled to the left and right to hand over their weapons; he also stood in the courtyard with his hands tied up in despair while others came to capture him.
"Take down the rebels!"
Shen Yang gave the order, and the Taiwanese guards who had been hesitant just now swarmed forward like tigers and wolves.
Just now, the detective horses of the Staff Division were majestic, armed with iron hoops and long sticks, killing everyone and injuring many people. At this time, they were panic-stricken. After a slight hesitation, dozens of spears and spears came at them, killing and wounding dozens of people in a short time. .
Others were surrounded in the square in front of the Political Hall, and they had only one option: surrender and beg for peace.
Yang Zhitang and Zhang Chao named a few familiar middle-level guards and generals and ordered them to be the temporary commanders of the Shangshu Province Guards. They handed over the weapons of Li Xiu's generals, found ropes to tie them up, and gathered more people. The generals formed formations inside and outside the political hall to prevent Zhong Yan from leaping over the wall to kill him.
When Empress Dowager Li Xiuchi went to the main gate to capture people, Zhong Yanhu was able to lead his troops to outflank the Shangshu Province from behind, indicating that Zhong Yanhu was directly involved in the assassination plot, and his troops must have carried out some secret mobilization.
Otherwise, in such a chaotic situation, it is difficult to believe that hundreds of generals would blindly follow Zhong Yanhu to outflank the power center of the Chu Empire without seeing the higher-level order letter.
Li Xiu disarmed, and Tan Ma from the Zhifang Division was more beguiled by Xu Jing beforehand and did not directly participate in the conspiracy. After the conspiracy in Cishou Palace was exposed, people were in panic and had no fighting ability. However, Zhong Yanhu
He has unstoppable courage, and if his generals had been mobilized in advance, their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, and they would probably be killed by him by surprise.
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Zhong Yanhu led his troops to copy the Shangshu Province from Chongyang Gate and wanted to pass through the back lane of the Secretary Prison.
At this moment, several wheelbarrows used by secretaries and supervisors to carry books, thousands of books and books were piled up in a mess in an alleyway where only two horses could ride through.
After charging into the alleyway, an old soldier held an oil lamp and threw it over, igniting a raging fire and burning a wall of fire to block the soldier's way.
"This is a crime. Many of them are out-of-print manuscripts compiled by the old man when he was secretary and supervisor. But these days are dry and fires are spreading everywhere, which will cause big trouble..." The old official rushed to shoot arrows randomly.
Before arriving, he and his two servants ducked into the backyard of the Secretary's Prison, but when they saw the raging fire in the alley outside the courtyard, they couldn't help but stamp their feet and scream in regret.
"Tell Zhong Yanhu to attack the Shangshu Province. I'm afraid the imperial city will be burned down. Wouldn't you be even more heartbroken then?" Feng Liao, pretending to be a clerk in the secretary's prison, pulled the old official and fled deep into the secretary's prison to avoid being caught.
Zhong Yanhu sent people to climb over the wall and catch him.
"You are setting fires everywhere, but you can't stop the rebels for a long time." The old official was dragged by Feng Liao and met with a small group of people wearing Taiwan jailer uniforms in a library in the corner of the secretarial compound. He couldn't help feeling regretful.
said.
"Just give Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang and the others enough time to react,"
Feng Liao explained to the old official, and after waiting for a while, seeing that several fires in the distant alleyway had not weakened at this time, he decided to disband the urgently assembled team behind him on the spot and let them use the fire before.
The identity of the Yamen such as the Ministry of Justice, Yushitai, and Dali Temple continued to lurk, and he said,
"Zhong Yanhu should realize that the situation is over. Everyone should take off their jailer uniforms and burn them, return to their original duties, and hide in hiding. Unless there is another chaos in the palace, no more contact will be made with each other..."
"We're not going to burn down this library again, are we?" The old official was so anxious that veins were popping on his forehead.
"Liyang Academy has manuscripts, so we don't have to worry about that much at this time," Feng Liao said.
Wang Che, who was wearing a guard's military uniform, followed Guo and walked in from the side door. He hesitated when he saw everyone in the library taking off their jailer uniforms and replacing them with the official robes worn by officials or servants.
Asked: "Disband directly now?"
"Wait for Shen Yang and Yang Zhitang to control the situation in Shangshu Province. I don't know how many soldiers and horses will gather near Shangshu Province. If they disband at that time, it will be easy to hide and hide." Feng Liao said.
"Zhong Yanhu has turned around and fled to Chongfumen. They most likely met up with the people of the Weaving Bureau, fled north through Jingjiang and Jinghai gates, and then fled Jinling from the official ship wharf of the Weaving Bureau - the old Chishan Army already had four outposts
The team secretly prepared together, and now they raised their arms and shouted to punish the rebels. They gathered thousands of Chishan Army old soldiers and rushed to Jingjiang Gate to intercept them. It is not a problem." Guo Que came over and said.
"Until the last moment, there will be no weapons in the Imperial City. This is what I have repeatedly emphasized beforehand. Once blood flows into the Imperial City, many things will become entangled. Let them go," Feng Liao shook his head and said, "
In addition, give a secret signal to the Caiyuanzi, asking everyone outside the imperial city to stay ambush and be careful of what happens in the secret room of the Mongols..."
The brightness of contemporary lanterns is limited. In the dark night, it is difficult to see clearly the signal from a lantern two or three miles away with just the naked eye. However, using a bronze telescope is another matter.
