Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1136 Palace Change

The officers whose names were called felt a chill, and looked at each other very secretly, but still did not make any movements. After a promise, they walked out of the queue one by one. These 20 people were the real confidantes of Wang Haijiang or Li Mingxuan under.

Zhu Yuqing looked at these 20 people coldly, and said with a half-smile, "Don't you have any objection to what I said?"

The faces of more than 20 people suddenly turned pale, and they knelt down one after another, saying in unison: "The subordinates will follow the example of the adults and follow the late emperor's edict, and have absolutely no objections."

Zhu Yuqing sighed, and said, "It's a pity that there must be no mistakes in such matters."

After a pause, he said again: "Kill them all."

The faces of more than 20 officers changed drastically. Amidst the roar, they drew their knives out of their sheaths one after another, and rushed towards Zhu Yuqing.

However, what greeted them was the arrows fired by five hundred soldiers at a distance of ten steps.

Ten or so breaths later, these 20 officers had turned into more than 20 corpses, and the smell of blood gradually rose. Nearly half of the Imperial City Guards officers died here so easily.

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Zhu Yuqing, Zhang Dong, and Cao Wei came to the high imperial city wall together, gently stroking the giant spear and crossbow that was fixed to death and specially used to defend the city with their palms, deducing repeatedly in their hearts to ensure that There will be no problems with the whole plan.

"My lord, the 2000 people have all been adjusted to rest at this time, and now the mist incense brought by Mr. Zhang has also been lit in their camp, and they will all fall into a coma within one stick of incense at most." The commander who was in charge of guarding the gate of the imperial city stood behind Zhu Yuqing, a little nervous in his heart, but he was extremely excited and whispered the report.

Zhu Yuqing hesitated for a moment, then turned to Cao Wei and Zhang Dong and said, "Young Master Cao, Mr. Zhang, why don't these 2000 people let them go. After the matter is over, they will have no officers to lead them. Want to come..."

Zhang Dong interrupted it unceremoniously, and said: "Master Zhu, I don't need to emphasize how important this matter is! Compared with the results of what we have done, the results of the two thousand soldiers What is death?"

Zhu Yuqing's heart trembled, and he glanced at Cao Wei, seeing that the latter had a trace of unbearable expression on his face, and finally said nothing, so he sighed in his heart, and said, "I see, I will take the people myself and put them in the Kill them all in your sleep."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuqing paused, and said with a complicated expression: "It must be that they died in their sleep, which is more comfortable than dying on the battlefield."

Half an hour later, the 2000 people had died, and the bodies had been cleaned up.

Next, three people came in from outside the imperial city. Zhang Dong led them, and with the cooperation of Zhu Yuqing, under the guise of an urgent military situation from the northwest, he deceived and opened the palace gate of the harem, and hurried into the palace to meet Song Emperor Zhao Dezhao .

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Although Zhao Dezhao did not suffer from any serious illness, his body became weaker and weaker these days because of too much mental and psychological pressure, and he often couldn't sleep due to neurasthenia at night. Zhang Dong was interviewed in the imperial study room. As for Zhang Dong bringing the so-called two spies from the northwest, whether it was the palace guards or the eunuch who brought Zhang Dong and his party to the imperial study room, they were already used to it. I once brought someone to personally report to His Majesty.You must know that Zhang Dong has always been a person Zhao Dezhao trusts extremely, otherwise Zhang Dong would not have been in charge of such an important government office as Song Wei Mansion.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. In order to prevent any rumors from leaking out, please stand back from your majesty." Zhang Dong said with an extremely solemn expression after kneeling down to Zhao Dezhao.

Seeing Zhang Dong's expression, Zhao Dezhao glanced impatiently at the eunuchs and guards at the gate in the imperial study room, and shouted loudly, "Quickly retreat, do you want to seek death?"

These people breathed a sigh of relief, and ran as far as they could to make a joke. In the past, any bad news brought by Zhang Dong must have been caused by Zhao Dezhao's anger, and then he vented his anger on the maids, eunuchs, and guards he could see. Don't run far away, in case His Majesty sees you, do you really want to die.

After the eunuchs and guards left, Zhang Dong said, "I asked two messengers to tell His Majesty personally."

Zhao Dezhao said: "Let them in quickly!"

After Zhang Dong agreed, he went out and called the two people he had brought in.

Without waiting for the two to salute, and in fact, the two of them had never thought of saluting, Zhao De hurriedly said: "What happened in the northwest, is it related to Ye Chen, that dog thief, tell me quickly."

"Since you care about Ye Chen so much, then Ye Chen will tell you personally." One of the two people who walked in said suddenly.

Zhao Dezhao was taken aback for a moment, feeling that the voice was familiar, as if he had heard it a few years ago.But before he could recall some things, he saw that the person who spoke wiped his face, and took off a human skin mask as thin as Zen silk, revealing a face.

Zhao Dezhao suddenly jumped up as if he saw a ghost, pointed at Ye Chen and said, "You...you you you are Ye Chen...you you..."

With a thump, Zhao Dezhao staggered and fell directly to the ground. Ye Chen was stunned for a moment. Zhang Dong stepped forward to look and said with a strange expression, "Your Majesty, the dog emperor was so frightened that he passed out when he saw His Majesty."

Because the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty outside the imperial city could not be aware of the great changes in the palace, so Zhu Yuqing could not lead the Imperial City Guards directly into the harem to kill the palace guards, only by means like Zhang Dong and Ye Chen. .In this way, even if there is some movement in the palace, as long as the Imperial City Imperial Army is not in chaos, it can be inferred that there are assassins in the palace, and it will not be associated with the coup.

The other person who followed Zhang Dong into the palace was not Lian Jicheng, nor Cao Bin, but a subordinate of Zhang Dong who imitated others and spoke almost exactly the same, enough to make a fake out of the real world.

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In the middle of the night, Zhou Guangfa, the commander in charge of the palace guards of the Song Dynasty, was summoned. He knelt outside the door of the imperial study room, only to hear 'Zhao Dezhao' scolding: "Zhou Guangfa, you idiot, you don't even know that there are assassins in the palace. If it wasn't for Zhang Dong heard the news in time, and personally entered the palace to take down the assassin, and I will be succeeded by that assassin. Do you think you deserve to die?"

Zhou Guangfa's face turned pale with fright when he heard the words. He knew His Majesty's cruelty and bloodthirsty, and now it is not impossible to order him to kill himself. For the sake of His Majesty's loyalty, give me one more chance."

Zhang Dong at the door said at the right time: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhou is indeed loyal to His Majesty. I beg on Lord Zhou's behalf to give him another chance."

'Zhao Dezhao' in the imperial study room snorted coldly, and said: "For Zhang Aiqing's sake, I will give you another chance today. Zhang Aiqing said that there may be spies from Xiangfu Kingdom among the guards. We will try our best to cooperate with Zhang Dong's investigation."

Zhou Guangfa narrowly escaped death, with lingering fears in his heart, he hurriedly said: "Thank you Your Majesty for not killing me. I will definitely cooperate with Master Zhang in the investigation and find the spies."

Zhang Dong said: "Your Majesty, in order to ensure the safety of Your Majesty and the nobles in the harem before finding the spies, I think that all the guards should be transferred out of the harem first, and the safety of the harem will be temporarily entrusted to the Imperial City Guards."

'Zhao Dezhao' said impatiently: "Okay, let's do it like this! Back off!"

Zhou Guangfa and Zhang Dong respectfully said in unison, "I obey the order."

Turning around, Zhou Guangfa wiped the sweat from his forehead, cupped his fists and whispered to Zhang Dong, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for saving your life. I will remember this kindness."

Zhang Dong smiled and said: "It's easy to say, the main thing is to find out another spy as soon as possible. I also ask Mr. Zhou to fully cooperate."

Zhou Guangfa quickly said: "Master Zhang, don't worry, the officials will fully cooperate with Master Zhang's investigation."

Zhang Dong said: "Alright then, Lord Zhou, please hand over to Zhu Yuqing, the deputy commander of the Imperial City Guards!"

An hour later, the handover of the two thousand guards and the three thousand Forbidden Army of the Imperial City was completed, and among the two thousand guards, apart from Zhang Dong, who had been placed a few years ago, Anzi has now become a mid-level officer among the inner guards outside.Dozens of officers, including Zhou Guangfa, were all trapped and killed, and the rest of the guards were ordered by Zhang Dong's dark son to rest in a barracks of the Imperial City Imperial Army.

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Xiangfu Kingdom has been established for four years, on February [-]th, the sky is clear.

Getting up from the bed, standing in front of the window, looking at the stars in the sky, Lu Yuqing blinked his sore eyes, he hadn't slept well for many days, he was obviously very sleepy at this time, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

The Great Song Dynasty was in danger, but he could do nothing. Lu Yuqing sighed, feeling depressed and restless.

Today is the once-a-month Grand Court Meeting, and all court officials in Kaifeng must participate.

Lu Yuqing got into the carriage, surrounded by more than 20 entourages and guards, and soon turned to Yujie.

It was almost time to go to court, and the imperial street was crowded with people, and groups of people rushed to the imperial city in the north.

Everything is the same as usual.

Looking at the civil and military officials in the square in front of the gate who either had worried faces, or whispered to each other to inquire about news, or whose eyes flickered without knowing what they were thinking, Lu Yuqing knew that the so-called turmoil in the court and panic refers to today's general public. Song court.

With the sound of the gun salute and the sound of the morning bell, the side door of Xuande Gate slowly opened.

Li Mingxuan was not around, and everyone was already used to it. With the status of the prime minister who now overshadows the sky with one hand and His Majesty is obedient to him, it is not a big deal for Li Mingxuan to enter the palace early or even stay overnight in the harem.Lu Yuqing took the lead, and all the ministers filed in.

Zhu Yuqing, the deputy commander of the Imperial City Imperial Army, guarded the inner side of the imperial city gate, urging the soldiers to carry out normal guard and routine patrols.

(End of this chapter)