These words immediately made Xue Jian's heart sink, and he intuitively felt that something bad would happen.

Sure enough, then the five princes said that Huyanqi had invaded the northern territory on a large scale, and General Ishihara had already taken his soldiers and horses to the northern border to regain the lost territory.

"Since the Dongli people had already planned to invade the northern border, why would they send a fake Huyan Lieyun to sue for peace and marriage?"

Xue Jian said suspiciously.

The fifth prince shook his head and said.

"I don't quite understand this matter, maybe it's to disrupt the audio-visual and confuse my father. ”

At this time, Chu Tianming condensed and spoke.

"It's not that simple, it's not the first time that Huyanqi has invaded the northern border, but this time it's the first time to send people to sue for peace and marriage, if it's just to disturb the public, it's a redundant move. ”

The Fifth Prince immediately asked.

"What does the teacher think their real purpose is?"

Chu Tianming didn't have an answer for the time being, he just shook his head and fell into deep thought.

The convoy of the five princes slowly drove out of the city and joined the group.

Xue Jian lifted the curtain and looked outside, a group of people lined up in a long line, slowly driving on the official road, with no head in front and no tail in the back, there were so many people that it was difficult to measure.

At the forefront, a hundred royal forest soldiers led by Ma Zhong personally held high the banner to open the way.

Behind is the emperor's dragon and the queen's phoenix, and then behind is the chariot of the palace concubines.

The car of the five princes was in the middle of the convoy, at the front of the courtiers' ranks, like a leader.

On both sides, the Imperial Guards rode fast horses and patrolled back and forth.

Although it was early in the morning, there were already many people gathered on both sides of the official road to watch this grand ancestor worship ceremony.

In this regard, the emperor will not stop and drive away, which is a manifestation of the prosperity of the dynasty and the loyalty and patriotism of the people.

At three o'clock in the morning, the convoy finally arrived at the imperial mausoleum in the east of the city.

The imperial mausoleum of the Jiang royal family is built extremely magnificently, like a landscape garden, and there are troops stationed here all the year round.

On the square in front of the imperial mausoleum, there is a four-sided nine-step altar, on which the altar has been prepared, and all kinds of sacrificial incense burners are fully placed.

The convoy stopped outside the Imperial Tomb, and everyone got out of the car, and under the arrangement of the Imperial Forest Army, they stepped into the Imperial Tomb Square one by one.

Just as the fifth prince and Xue Jian were about to get out of the car, Chu Tianming suddenly seemed to think of something and spoke.

"Today happens to be the day when the ban on the third prince is lifted, is he here?"

The fifth prince frowned and shook his head.

"I didn't see the third brother's convoy. ”

After saying that, he immediately waved his hand and called an attendant to inquire about it.

Soon, the attendant returned, and spoke.

"Back to the fifth prince, the third prince said that he was sick and inconvenient to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, so he did not come. ”

Chu Tianming's expression sank, his eyelids suddenly jumped wildly, and he said urgently.

"It's not a good thing, now the general is leading the troops to the north, and half of the Imperial Forest Army is out of the imperial city, His Majesty and the prince are not there, and most of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are also following.

If the three princes are in turmoil at this moment, the entire imperial city will be equivalent to giving up to each other. ”

After hearing these words, the faces of the Fifth Prince and Xue Jian suddenly changed greatly.

They did everything they could, but they didn't expect that the three princes would choose to rebel after the general trend was gone.

The fifth prince immediately spoke.

"In that case, I will lead the troops back now. ”

Chu Tianming immediately held him down and calmed down.

"You can't go, today is both the ancestor worship ceremony and the canonization ceremony of your prince, how can you leave, and this is just my speculation, it is not certain whether the three princes will fight or not. ”

The five princes gradually calmed down, and those who became big things must have calm, and Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his face.

He asked.

"What should the teacher say now? If the third brother doesn't come to the ancestor worship ceremony today, there will be something strange about this matter. ”

Chu Tianming turned his head to look at Xue Jian and said.

"Son-in-law, I'm bothering you to make a trip.

I can't let Ma Zhong lead the troops back because of my guess, but no one goes back to stare at it, I don't worry, think about it, only you are the most suitable. ”

Xue saw that there was no hesitation and nodded solemnly.

When he heard that the third prince might rebel, he wanted to go back immediately.

After all, Chu Yiyi is still in the city, and he can't rest assured no matter what.

After taking off his official uniform and changing into ordinary clothes, Xue Jian rode a fast horse and went straight to the imperial city.

The ancestor worship ceremony is still being prepared, the emperor did not step down from the dragon, everything looks so peaceful, but no one knows the hidden undercurrent fluctuations under the peaceful surface.

In just an hour, Xue Jian rode a fast horse and rushed back to the imperial city.

At this moment, the city is still a lively and noisy scene, and many people have gathered at the gate of the east city.

Xue Jian dismounted in the distance, pretended to be an ordinary person, quietly entered the city, and went straight to the mansion of the fifth prince.

Along the way, Xue Jian was very careful, but he didn't find anything abnormal.

Until he came to the aristocratic residential area at the foot of the palace, this area was inhabited by princes and ministers, and the mansions of the fifth and third princes were here.

From a distance, he saw a group of black-clad guards guarding every street entrance, not allowing anyone to enter or leave.

This group of people was uniformly dressed, wearing high hats, and carrying a long black knife around their waists, Xue saw that they were all black sword guards.

The Black Knife Guard is a well-trained royal deadpool, responsible for the safety of the palace on weekdays, usually led by a powerful eunuch in the palace.

The last Black Knife Guard Factory Duke was the great eunuch Cao Chunfeng.

This person has long been united with the Three Princes, but because of Shen Zhongbang's use of fake gold medals in Nanfu City, Cao Chunfeng was implicated and died, and the Three Princes lost control of the Black Sword Guard.

Later, the emperor handed over the control of the Black Sword Guard to one of his personal old eunuchs, and almost became the emperor's personal guard, and he would not appear outside the palace at all.

But now, the emperor went out of the city to worship his ancestors, and the old eunuchs were also waiting with him, how could this group of black sword guards appear outside the palace without anyone to lead them?

Xue Jian immediately thought of the three princes, at this moment in this city, I am afraid that only the three princes can summon this group of black sword guards.

He watched the group of black sword guards not only guard the street entrance, but also control the families of some ministers, and said secretly in his heart.

"The third prince really wants to rebel. ”

Without time to hesitate, Xue Jian quickly entered an alley, avoided the blockade of the black knife guards, climbed over a high wall, and quietly touched the mansion of the fifth prince.

As soon as he stepped inside, he heard the sound of a fierce fight coming from the backyard.

Xue saw that his heart sank, and he hurriedly rushed into the backyard, only to see a group of black knife guards besieging a very weak looking girl.

Outside the courtyard, many servants and maids all fell to the ground, drenched in blood and had lost their breath.

This group of black sword guards actually wanted to kill all the people in the mansion of the five princes.

Seeing a flash of murder in his eyes, Xue suddenly rushed out of the courtyard and slapped a black knife guard on the chest with a palm, killing him on the spot.

When the girl saw the visitor, her face immediately showed joy, and she rushed over and stood with him.

The husband and wife practiced two matching martial arts, wearing flower palms and flower fingers, overwhelming Wan Jun and floating light.

They joined forces to exert it, and the power was far greater than before, and this group of black sword guards of the Danyuan Realm all died in the courtyard in less than a quarter of an hour.