Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 417 Destruction ([-])

The Hall of Supreme Harmony, commonly known as the Jinluan Hall, was built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. It was originally called "Fengtian Hall". It was renamed the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the second year of Shunzhi. It is the largest wooden building in the modern era. , is the place where grand ceremonies are held, such as the emperor's ascension to the throne, the emperor's wedding, the enshrinement of the queen, and the command of the general to go to war, etc. are all held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.Since the completion of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Supreme Harmony has been burned many times, and it has been rebuilt many times before and after. Even during the reign of Mr. Kangxi, the Hall of Supreme Harmony was constantly on fire. It is common to see water leaking, but it is not easy to see water leaking during such a chaotic time. To put it simply, the eunuchs and soldiers from the Shanpu camp all over the palace had to guard the palace on the one hand and put out the fire on the other, and the whole palace suddenly became a mess.

At this moment, the fierce battle in Xinzheku has undergone drastic changes—just as the Ouchi guards were fighting bloody battles, He Tie finally led his troops to arrive. As soon as this new force of hundreds of people joined the battlefield, they immediately reversed the entire battle situation. The rebels who invaded the palace could no longer hold on, and were forced to retreat back to Xinzheku through the corridor. They couldn't resist the attack of Shanpuying, and when they tried to escape through the small door of Xinzheku, But they found that the defenders of Dongzhimen had been waiting outside the gate for a long time, and more than two hundred rebels fled and had nowhere to escape.Nearly a hundred surviving thieves retreated into a warehouse of Xinzheku and defended it to their death. However, under the full-scale attack of Shanpuying, it was a matter of time before they were completely wiped out.Just as the soldiers of the Shanpu camp took advantage of the victory to chase and kill the thieves, they suddenly found a fire in the direction of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"Bastard!" He Tie hacked to death a retreating Shanpu camp soldier, and shouted loudly: "Vice General Liu, you lead your troops to the Hall of Supreme Harmony immediately, control the situation, and no one is allowed to act without permission." Breaking into the harem! The others follow me and kill his mother!"

"Cha!" Liu Chenglong, who is tall and tall, responded loudly, calling his group to rush to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the rest of the Shanpuying soldiers finally stabilized their positions under He Tie's strict order, and continued to fight The thieves occupying a warehouse in Xinzheku launched a fierce attack, but because Vice General Liu took away more than a hundred people, the manpower seemed a little insufficient, and they couldn't attack in a short time. The battle situation here was temporarily stalemate...

Donghuamen, since Hongyang and Ouchi guards arrived, the battle situation has also been stalemate, and the two sides have been fighting hard for a stick of incense, and no one can do anything to the other.Whether it's the city gate tower, the city root or the city gate hole, there are battlefields everywhere. Both sides in the bloody battle have their own losses. With the continuous loss of manpower, this battle became more and more difficult to fight. When I was a little nervous, I suddenly heard shouts of "running water", and then saw a fire in the direction of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and my morale was depressed. Being oppressed by the thieves, he couldn't help but retreat, even if he shouted loudly, it would not work.Seeing that the defeat was decided, there was a commotion outside the Donghua Gate, and a new force entered from behind the gang of thieves, led by Prince Yi Yunxiang.

Yun Xiang is a general on horseback, with a full body of combat skills, a long spear in his hand is dancing very fast, the gun sees blood, and there will always be a burst of blood in the puffing and spitting of the tip of the gun, and he is invincible in front of him. Ma came to Hongyang's side and shouted loudly: "Hongyang, take your people to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and leave this place to Uncle Thirteen!"

Hongyang Jin is tall and good at martial arts, but after all, he is still young, and his battle robe is already stained with blood after a hard fight, and he can't tell whether it is his own blood or the blood of the enemy. Seeing Yunxiang approaching with the torch light, he breathed a sigh of relief, and seeing that the battlefield at this moment has been controlled by the reinforcements brought by Yunxiang, he didn't dare to stay any longer, and shouted: "Ouchi guards follow me!" , to the Hall of Supreme Harmony." I took the lead in rushing to the direction of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the surviving twenty or so Ouchi guards hurriedly withdrew from the battle group, followed by Hongyang and rushed to the place where the fire started.

The reinforcements brought by Yunxiang are like a cloud of masters, the more than two hundred captains of the palace are all good at killing, and the more than one hundred "Honghu" children are even more skilled. The dead, the wounded, the remaining [-] or [-] black-clothed masked men were besieged at the base of the city wall, and they had already become fish caught in the net, but this group of masked men still refused to put down their weapons and surrender. , insisting on fighting endlessly with Yunxiang's men...

The Hall of Supreme Harmony was on fire, and the entire outer court square was full of figures running around, in a panic, those who fetched water, those who put out the fire, and those who yelled and yelled, the whole square was in chaos. A pot of porridge, in this chaos, a small group of people dressed as eunuchs quietly took advantage of the chaos to sneak past the guards at the junction of the harem and the outer court.

"Chief Qin, why did you come here? What's going on outside?" A big internal guard who was guarding the guard's office saw Qin Ningyan, the chief eunuch of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, leading a group of young eunuchs in a hurry by the light of the palace lantern. When he came, he asked immediately.

"It's terrible. The Hall of Supreme Harmony is flooded. A certain family has brought in rescuers. You have a lot of guards. Hurry up and help put out the fire. If the fire continues, the entire hall will be completely destroyed." Qin Ning Nobu walked and said anxiously.

"Chief Qin, it's fighting outside right now. The guards have already been dispatched. There's no one here to help..." Before the inner guard could finish his sentence, he suddenly felt a cold in his throat and blood gushed out. When he came out, he choked on all the words he was going to say, his eyes were wide open, but he couldn't say a word, his hands scratched for a while, and then he fell down reluctantly.The dozens of eunuchs didn't pay attention to the downed guard at all, and rushed into the guard's office frantically, but when they rushed into the guard's office, they found that the targets that were supposed to be here were all gone. It was empty and there was no one there.Just when the eunuchs were in a panic, there was a burst of laughter on the roof, and several tiles were lifted, revealing a smiling face. This person was Hongli, the elder brother of the prison.

"Chief Qin, instead of rushing to put out the fire, went to the guards to commit murder and rob goods. Hehe, it's really strange." Hongli, who was squatting on the roof, laughed and joked at Qin Ning, who was looking panic-stricken. delay.

"Brother, you are joking. The slaves are just here to rescue soldiers. How could it be, how could it be..." Qin Ningyan hadn't finished speaking when he jumped up and flew towards the roof like a big bird, trying to break through the roof. After taking down Hongli, his movements were very fast, and his martial arts were obviously very strong.

"Shoot!" Facing Qin Ningyan who was jumping up wildly, Hongli didn't even change the smile on his face. Ning Yan sprinkled over, and before Qin Ningyan could close his eyes, dozens of hidden weapons fell from the roof, instantly beating Qin Ningyan, who had to lower his head and close his eyes to avoid Bai Hui, into a bloody man .

Seeing the change in the situation, the group of young eunuchs lowered their heads in panic and rushed towards the gate of the guard's office, trying to escape, but they soon discovered that in such a short moment just now, the gate of the guard's office I don't know when it was locked up and locked, and everyone was trapped in the room...

Hongyang led the people to the square outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and when he saw the messy scene, his face suddenly sank, and he called all the guards around him, and gave a few words of advice, but after hearing more than [-] senior officials The internal guards shouted at the same time: "Everyone obeys the order, do not move without authorization, everything is under the command of the second elder brother, and the eunuchs of the heads of the ministries and the officers of the Shanpu battalion are here immediately!" The twenty internal guards are all full of spirits People, this one shouted at the same time, it was really a bit of a posture of piercing the clouds. When the people who were running around like headless chickens in the square heard that the second elder brother came to take charge in person, they suddenly had a backbone, and they were all stable. After getting down, more than a dozen chief eunuchs and Deputy General Liu of Shanpuying rushed to Hongyang's side.

At this moment, the fire in the Hall of Supreme Harmony gradually increased. The north side of the entire hall was full of fire heads. The soaring fire lit up half of the night sky, and the fire gradually showed signs of getting out of control.Hongyang glanced at the scene of the fire, and issued a series of orders in a loud voice, but saw that the chief eunuchs and officers of the Shanpu camp immediately took action, forming a chain of more than a dozen people, fetching water one after another, and pouring buckets of water on the fire one after another After more than half an hour, the fire finally subsided. Although a small half of the hall was destroyed, most of it was saved.

In Xushi, the imperial palace that had been fighting fiercely for more than an hour gradually calmed down. Wen Ruihe, who was standing blankly fighting outside the Donghua Gate, took a long breath, left the window with a gloomy complexion, and walked out of the door silently. His heart was full of sadness—after all his efforts, there was no sign of success in the end. Wen Ruihe knew that success was far away from him, and he would never have any more chances.

The private house is still the same private house, the secret room is also the same secret room, and Prince Lian is still walking around there restlessly, unable to sit down all the time—according to the plan, it is time for Wen Ruihe to announce the good news. If Wen Ruihe hadn't appeared at this time, it would mean the end of failure, and Yunhu's heart was full of panic.

"My lord." Wen Ruihe, who had quietly walked into the secret room, called out softly. Yunhu came to his senses immediately, and without caring about his demeanor, he jumped to Wen Ruihe's side with a brisk stride, and asked anxiously, "What's the matter?" , sir, what's the matter?"

"Defeated." Wen Ruihe said softly after a long silence, moving his lower lip.

"How did this happen? How did this happen?" Yunhu murmured, trembling as if she had received an electric shock.Wen Ruihe didn't explain much, walked to a chair and sat down, looking at Yunhu silently.

"Sir, what should we do now? Sir, I want to teach you." Yunyu asked anxiously after being stunned for a long time.

"My lord doesn't have to be like this. Those who do great things should have the awareness of failure." Wen Ruihe smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "Now that things have happened, my lord has no chance, and there will be no more chance."

"Then..." Yunhu's body trembled violently, and he said in a trembling voice, "Sir, let's go to Jiangnan, where I still have a lot of foundation and connections, so it's not right to fight against the sixth son." Impossible, you can't stand still, can you?"

"It's too late." Wen Ruihe shook his head with a pale face and said: "The prince doesn't have to worry about his own life, he won't kill him today, if he wants to kill him today, he would have killed him long ago, and he won't let him live Up to now, as for Wen, he is already tired. He received the great favor from the prince, but failed to help the prince to achieve great things. He is so ashamed that he can only apologize with death. He has taken the poison, and everything will go with the wind. Take care, prince! "Wen Ruihe's voice became weaker and weaker, and in the end it was inaudible. He tilted his head, and his whole body fell limp from the chair, twitched a few times, and stopped moving.

"Sir, sir." Yunhu hurriedly helped Wen Ruihe up, and shook vigorously, but Wen Ruihe's answer was never heard again.Yunhu hugged Wen Ruihe's gradually cooling body, tears streaming down her eyes involuntarily, after a while of being sad, she put Wen Ruihe's body on the chair, bowed, turned around and left the secret room sadly .

It was very late at night, and the fierce battles in the capital had already subsided, and there was no one in the streets. The people of the capital, who had been in panic for most of the night, finally fell asleep.But Yunhu didn't sleep, and was meeting guests in a study room.

"Mr. Cao, I'm very sorry to have kept you waiting." Yunhu, who had regained her usual unrestrained demeanor, said with a smile, waving her folding fan lightly.

"The grassroots don't dare." Cao Xiandong, dressed in a Confucian costume, bowed respectfully and replied.

"Mr. Cao, you're welcome, um, do you know why my king invited you here late at night?" Yunhu said with a chuckle.

Cao Xiandong said calmly, "Caomin knows one or two things."

"Oh? Tell me." Yunhu asked in a little surprise.

"My lord called Caomin to come here at this time, presumably my lord has lost. Since my lord has lost, there are some things that should be handed over, and my lord will naturally explain something to me." Cao Xiandong replied calmly.

"Oh? Hahaha..." Yunhu burst out laughing, looked at Cao Xiandong with interest for a while, and then said: "Yes, you are a smart man, I have something to fight, um, tell me Look, what should it be?"

"The grassroots dare not speculate." Cao Xiandong shook his head and said.

"Hey, you know, this king knows you must know something, otherwise you would not come here." Yunyu said with a smile: "This king is not the emperor, but he can control all the officials. Don't you find it strange?"

Cao Xiandong just bowed his body and sat silently without saying a word.Yunhu also ignored Cao Xiandong's impoliteness, smiled, and continued: "This king has never been at odds with today, if it was possible, that sixth brother of Ben Wan would have killed this king with a knife, hey, it's a pity that he can't, and he can't." Dare, but it's a pity that the king is still defeated in the end. Well, if you lose, you are defeated. This king does not deny that you have failed, but this king is still not reconciled. On top of that, it’s a pity, it’s a pity that this king will never have another chance. Hehe, everyone says that Hongli is the most similar to this king. If this king loses, aren’t you afraid of falling into this king’s fate if you take refuge in Hongli?”

Cao Xiandong replied calmly: "It depends on human effort."

"Hahaha...Okay, okay, okay! It's a matter of human effort, it doesn't matter, this king will tell you a secret." Yunhu laughed loudly, patted a big box beside him, and said with a smile: "All the secrets that this king can control all the officials are in this box, don't you want to open it, sir?"

Cao Xiandong's pupils shrank suddenly, his eyes fixed on Yunhu, and he said word by word: "Bai, Guan, file."

"That's right, that's right, you're really smart, hehe, that's a hundred officials." Yunyu grinned grimly and said, "People have desires, and when there are desires, there are actions. There’s really nothing you can’t get hooked on, as long as you have something in your hand, why would you want those things? Hehe, I’ve been working on this since I was young, so it’s been 20 years, it’s not easy, no It's easy! It's a pity that in the end, this king still falls short. This is a crime that is not due to war!"

Cao Xiandong listened silently. Although his face was as calm as before, the wrist holding the folding fan still trembled uncontrollably. Yunhu glanced at Cao Xiandong's hand, but didn't point it out. He just smiled and said, "There are resourceful people in this world." There are many people, and there are also many courageous people, but there are very few people who are both resourceful and courageous. You are good, and you can still hold your breath even now. Hehe, this king admires you very much. Well, tell me Look, should this king hand over these hundred official documents to Hongli?"

"My lord will hand it over." Cao Xiandong shook his fan and said.

"Oh? Why?"

Cao Xiandong glanced at Yunyu and said: "My lord lost to Jinshang. After this defeat, my lord will never be able to make his mark again. However, my lord will never be reconciled, so my lord will definitely find something to make Jinshang a headache, so , the prince will definitely pass this thing on."

"Hmm, let's continue." Yunhu said encouragingly.

"This thing is something that most people can have. Those who are qualified to receive this thing are nothing more than Eldest Brother and Prince Yong. Let's not talk about Eldest Brother, nor the prince and fourth master who have always been at odds, just say If the fourth master has this thing, can he win the fight? I'm afraid it's impossible, but if that's the case, it's better to give it to the elder brother, and the prince can watch the show for the rest of his life."

"Well said, haha, well said, take it." Yunhu caressed the box and waved her hand.

"Thank you, my lord." Cao Xiandong was not polite, he struggled to lift the big box, and walked out unsteadily.Yunhu looked at Cao Xiandong's crooked body, laughed out loud for a while, and then murmured: "Interesting, hehe, after acting in a play for a lifetime, it's time for us to watch it."

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