Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 448 6.19 Mr. Yu, is this the confidence you need to take action?
Volume VI

6.19 Sir, is this your confidence to take action?
Less than a stick of incense later, Chengtianmen Gate Tower.

"See you, Queen!" A group of officials saluted in a strange and hurried manner, because according to the rules, even if the Queen was not "going through procedures" with her family at this time, she should go home to rest. After all, she has become a reality The "Queen Mother" on the city gate tower, even if there is a female family member on the city gate, she should be the future queen.

"My lords, please excuse me." The Queen smiled and motioned for everyone to stand up. Until then, she was still surrounded by six female guards and officials. After saying hello, she turned to Guo Kai and said, "Kaier, I'm disturbing you and your lords. I'm sorry. The palace has something to tell you, so please take some time."

"I don't dare!" Guo Kai was also very surprised, but he understood the priorities. The most important thing was that he and the queen were close. Then he could clearly see the lanterns not far away, in the cold winter where water turned to ice. , there was a faint trace of sweat on the queen's forehead, "I wonder what happened to the queen?"

"Come with me!" The queen smiled gently, nodded to the officials again, and took Guo Kai downstairs. However, neither of them saw it. Just as they left, there were eunuchs and maids on the tower. , or some officials, their faces all changed slightly, and it took a while for them to return to calm.

Guo Kai followed the queen down the stairs, his expression quickly becoming serious. It was only at this time that he saw that the queen came with not just a few attendants, but with more than half a hundred people, most of whom were armed guards. , female guards, and even the ordinary palace maids who accompany him are all the kind of close confidants who have been close to him for a long time, and no one has a strange face.

"Queen mother——" Guo Kai asked puzzledly.

"Kai'er, things have changed." The queen waved her hand indifferently, signaling to everyone around to clear the venue, and only after she was done, she pulled Guo Kai to talk about the things that had just been discussed, and finally became serious amidst the gloomy expression of the eldest prince. He said, "In today's situation, there are not many people that our mother and son can trust. Fortunately, God has blessed us today and there will be no further trouble."

"Brother Zhou, it's true." Guo Kai breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. Although he still felt that something was wrong, he also knew that now was not the time to pursue the case. However, he still rolled his eyes at a certain female history speechlessly, making her "pop" in fear. Kneeling on the ground, "That's fine. I'll just discuss it with my mother and go up later. According to Brother Zhou's rules for running the army, the troops from the Shenji Battalion will be here soon."

"I think so too." The queen nodded with a smile, waved her hand for Yuan Chun to get up, and asked Guo Kai to follow her to sit in the lounge next to her. The mother and son really chatted easily.

However, the two of them were relaxed, but the city gate tower was not so relaxed.

"Teacher!" A young official hurriedly walked up to Yu Chong and bowed.

"What's going on? Has anything been leaked?" Yu Chong said with a cold expression and a gloomy tone. The people around him were not surprised. It was obvious that they were all "family members". "Today's matter is already secret, how could there be such a secret?" Big mistake?"

"The students also don't understand that the people who participated in the uprising this time are all their own people. Even if they don't participate, if something happens to their mentor, they can't expect to get out of it. How can they do something that is harmful to others and not beneficial to themselves?" The young officials also don't understand, " Could it be that we are thinking too much, the Empress really just has something to do?"

"Impossible, the empress comes from a family with thousands of years of poetry and literature, how could she do something so contrary to etiquette?" Yu Chong slowly shook his head, "This is not the first time that the Lantern Festival celebration has been held in the past year, and when has she ever failed in etiquette? Something went wrong? Have you sent someone to follow up to check?"

"Sir, there is no way to get too close at this time." The young official shook his head helplessly, "However, our people reported that the Queen did enter a lounge with His Highness. Is that true?"

"No." Yu Chong interrupted him directly, "At this time, we will never allow the slightest mistake. You can have people prepare it later. You can't delay it until the end of the ceremony; there is another person named Zhou. Where are you now?"

"Teacher, the student saw with his own eyes just now that he followed the empress and a lady officer downstairs and left." The young official said with a hint of envy in his contemptuous tone, "Hmph, this kind of flower-loving, beautiful, and illiterate martial artist actually went up It’s true that you have attained such a high position.”

"The empress's female officer?" Yu Chong felt vaguely that something was wrong and ignored the young official's envy, jealousy and hatred. "Even if Zhou Ziyang is so bold, does he really have the courage to cause trouble in the palace? He must have another purpose. He brought him today The soldiers coming, should only be those in the morning? Have you ever figured out the whereabouts of this soldier and horse?"

"This -" the young official's expression paused, and after a moment he said unconfidently, "Since the morning's worship, this group of troops has withdrawn from the open space in front of Chengtian Gate. According to the usual practice, they should be stationed in the nearby A Guardsman Barracks"

"In other words, it's a little more than a stick of incense to get here?" Yu Chong's face suddenly changed, he looked at the young official with hatred and said, "You guys, if you are half as capable as him, how can I still do it? To be so anxious - where has he gone now? Is there any news?"

"This——" the young official broke out in cold sweat, "the students don't know." "Notify our people immediately, do it!" Yu Chong slapped the young official's face, "Hurry up, hurry up!"

Maybe Yu Chong's voice and movements were too loud, which aroused the vigilance of the surroundings, or maybe it was the two of them beeping together for a long time, which was already too eye-catching, and the result was that the surroundings quickly gave way as soon as his words "hurry up" landed. He closed the circle and highlighted him and the young official who had just been knocked to the ground.

"Master Yu, what do you want to do?" Lin Ruhai's eyes widened angrily, pointing at Yu Chong angrily and shouted, "A peaceful world, a bright and bright world, could it be that you, Yu Chong, thought that you could do that with just a few 'favors' in your support?" Something you can’t bear to say?”

"No need for Lord Laolin to worry about this." Yu Chong's expression was indifferent.

While the two were talking, more than ten meters more officials stood around Yu Chong one after another. Most of them were young Jinshi who had just been appointed officials a few years ago, or various old people from the original official department. They were considered hardcore Yes, but compared to the total of more than two hundred officials on the entire city gate, the ratio is really too low.

Not only the officials, but also many guards, guards, eunuchs and even maids also started to take action. Most of them took out the weapons that had been prepared from the darkness, controlled all the people on the city gate, and then rushed down the stairs in large groups. , or directly form a team to attack, or call for accomplices, so-so can be considered well-organized.

Of course, there are many problems——

"Master Yu, is this what gives you the confidence to take action?" Wen Fu, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, was so angry that he laughed on the spot, "With less than half a hundred people, do you think you are just playing house? I know that you have other people in the palace. The manpower can be mobilized, but have you never thought about how many people there are in the palace just from the Imperial Guards and the Dragon Guards? The result is nothing more than a farce!"

"Master Wen has said too much." Yu Chong's face became even more gloomy.

In fact, it's no wonder that he looked ugly. The original plan was to take advantage of the chaos at the end of the event to kill the eldest prince Guo Kai in a surprise attack. Without this core, the subsequent "investigation" could easily turn into a formality. With his identity and connections, he can just support whatever royal thing he wants to come to power.

However, the current situation is obviously different. If the manpower is strong, it will really not count. It is also for this reason that many officials who had originally discussed coming forward chose to wait and see. As a result, Yu Chong was stunned. Only a dozen "die-hard confidants" have been gathered together, and the effect is self-evident.

"Sir, the Queen has been prepared for a long time. She has several more guards than us." Soon, members of the "Operation Group" came to report, "They blocked the exit downstairs. Our people If you can’t rush out, you can’t contact other people in the palace!”

"Then what are you doing here? Why don't you hurry over and do it?" Yu Chong's face was very ugly when he heard the increasingly fierce fighting downstairs. In fact, he still didn't know that today's matter had no chance, but since I guessed the exposure from the beginning, and naturally knew the consequences of dragging it out. It would be better to just fight, but from now on, the result is the same whether I fight or not.

"Sir Yu, stop it. Considering the years of friendship between my colleagues, I will help you to beg for mercy and leave a whole body." Shen Chu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, sighed softly, pushed aside the steel knife in front of him and walked to Yu Chong. , "The Shen family is a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, with over a thousand people. I am afraid that it will be destroyed by your hands this time, but I will also plead with the empress and His Highness to see if I can leave a few wisps of cigarettes."

"Thank you so much, Brother Zichu." At this time, Yu Chong stopped being pretentious, holding on to the railing and looking at the three fusiliers of the Shenji Battalion who were far away in the open space in front of Chengtian Gate. Even the elite soldiers who maintained a strict formation while running made him understand that no matter how pretentious it was, it was of no use. "It's a pity that for such a big event, I really don't dare to have too many contacts, otherwise"

"Master Yu, so what if you succeed? As long as someone with a little ambition in the royal family comes to power, how can he spare you, a monster who dares to attack the king?" Lin Ruhai said very annoyed, "You won't forget the old events of Qin Dynasty Right? Zhao Gao dared to force Qin II to commit suicide and support Ziying to ascend the throne, but when the Han Emperor entered Xianyang, what happened to Zhao Gao? "

This point is clearly recorded in the history books. Only five days after Ziying ascended the throne as the Queen of Qin, he designed an opportunity to assassinate Zhao Gao. Afterwards, he cooperated with other civil and military ministers to kill Zhao Gao's three clans. When Liu Bang entered Xianyang, he surrendered. ; Unfortunately, this talented last successor of the Qin Dynasty was brutally executed after Xiang Yu entered Xianyang.

"Hmph, that's what I said, there is nothing more than a plan!" Yu Chong looked at the Fusiliers of the Shenji Battalion that had entered Chengtianmen with a complicated expression, and his tone was full of helplessness, "Brother Ruhai has a good son-in-law. ah!"

"Master Yu was joking." Lin Ruhai's expression froze, but it was inconvenient to admit it directly, so he could only fool around.

At the same time, the crisp sound of gunshots was heard below, and the battle came to an end!

(End of this chapter)