The door of the Jixian Hall had been closed, only the middle gate had opened a crack in the void, and dozens of Praetorian Guards stood there, their swords unsheathed, facing the outside nervously.

I walked over with a group of students armed with bows and arrows: "You asked me to come and see something." ”

Sun Jingfei pointed to the crack in the open door: "Miss Yan, look below." ”

I frowned in confusion, but walked over and cautiously approached the middle of the door and looked down.

Seeing this, he suddenly gasped.

Below the Jixian Palace, on the square that is not very wide, there are already many people standing there, but they are not palace maids and eunuchs, nor are they noble princes and women in this palace, but rebellious thieves with swords in their hands and fierce momentum!

Yes, they have already attacked the Xuanwu Gate, and they have also encountered a lot of their people and horses when they came from Yihua Palace, so it is not surprising that they will gather here, because along the way, I don't know how many people have been eyeing us, staring at the bright yellow clothes on Pei Yuanhao's body.

But the strange thing is—

I was clearly divided into several teams from the people below.

Although each time the men who attacked us were dressed and armed with the same weapons, when they stood below, it was obvious that they belonged to several different camps, and although there were many people mixed together, they were clearly distinguished.

I glanced at it, suddenly understood what was coming, and turned my head to look at Sun Jingfei.

He was silent and nodded at me.

Just now, I asked him if the rebels who broke into the Xuanwu Gate were government soldiers raised by some people, and he replied that I "don't look like a government soldier of a military government", I thought he was refuting my speculation, but now I understand that his focus is not "not like it", but "one".

These people who attacked the Imperial City did not belong to one force, but many forces!

Could it be that

I breathed for a moment, and looked down again, only to feel that the wind was pouring into it a little more chilling than before, I looked at it for a while, then took a step back, and the two men guarding the door immediately stepped forward and closed the door.

I asked, "Do you figure it out? Who the hell is it?"

Sun Jingfei said: "After they entered the Xuanwu Gate, they broke into the palace in several ways, and on the way, they should have received some information that the emperor had arrived at the Jixian Palace, so they gathered here." But they haven't seen their leader yet, so I don't know yet. ”

"There are probably a few people down there. ”

"No less than three hundred. ”

“……”

There are no less than three hundred, in fact, even if there are three or four hundred people, it is not much for the guards of the entire imperial city, but the problem is with, the other party has already taken the lead, and attacked the Xuanwu Gate with lightning speed, causing a great chaos in the imperial city, and now it has surrounded the Jixian Hall where the emperor is located, and before more reinforcements arrive, these three or four hundred people are enough to make a big deal!

And once they really control the emperor, then the situation is even more difficult!

I said, "We must hold this place until reinforcements come." ”

Sun Jingfei said: "Of course, but-"

"But what?"

He frowned slightly, glanced at the closed gate again, and said, "These people have already attacked the palace, although they have not seen their leader, but they have all gathered here, and it can be seen that the purpose is the same. But now that they have arrived outside the Jixian Palace, they didn't do it right away......"

"Perhaps, they are just waiting for their leader. ”

"Wait for the leader to give the order before attacking?"

"......," I was silent for a moment, "not necessarily. ”

Even if I rebelled and had already entered the palace, I had seen blood when I moved the knife, and I knew that there was no way back, and the first thing was to control the emperor, but now they already know that the emperor is in the Jixian Palace, and they also know that there is no regular, large number of troops here, and the attack should be very fast, but they did not start immediately, so there is only one explanation.

Their opinions were divided.

And looking at the clearly divided teams of people below, this explanation can almost be established.

The people who broke into the palace should be those who rushed to the capital to "meet" the emperor for some reason - Gongsun Qi, the son of the Marquis of Jin, the Lin family in Yunzhong, the Yuan family in Runan, etc., if you are not mistaken, they were the ones who did it to Pei Yuanhao when they were in Yangzhou before.

This time, these people obviously entered Beijing with a purpose, under normal circumstances, the princes and nobles from all over the country can not bring soldiers and horses into Beijing, but can only bring a certain number of retinues, they are obviously in the "entourage" a little tricks, if the number of these "entourage" is added up, as it is now.

Breaking into the palace was a direct action after they planned to gain power in the previous court discussions, but after they lost because of Pei Ji's appearance.

It's just- I'm a little weird.

If you dare to enter the palace, you must have made a unified arrangement in advance, and you must reach an agreement on some things before you can do this big thing, but why after entering the palace, they have different opinions, this is a problem that should not occur in any coup d'état!

Could it be that during this period, there were some variables that they did not anticipate?

Sun Jingfei looked at it for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "No matter what they want to do, it won't be wrong to keep here." You guys—"

He stopped the students and said, "You are watching from the top of the main hall, and if they take a step up the steps, shoot them immediately, and you must not let them attack lightly." ”

The students nodded, and then they scattered to the high walls on both sides of the main hall, and the tables and chairs that had been brought in temporarily served as their footholds, and the bows were wound and pointed downward.

And Sun Jingfei's subordinates were all lying at the gate, closely monitoring below.

The two sides faced off like this.

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Time, flies very slowly.

Every time my heart beat and breath lengthened, I thought it had been a long time, but when I came back to my senses, I realized that it was only a moment.

The swords of those people below have all been out of their bodies, and the cold light is shining towards this Jixian Hall that exudes the fragrance of ink and paper, as if they will tear everything here apart in the next moment, which casts a shadow on people's hearts. I stood behind the gate, nervously listening to the sound of the wind blowing through the brass bells under the eaves, and the sound of a heart-rending sound.

At that moment, there was a sudden noise below.

My heart lifted.

Are they going to attack?

Sun Jingfei reacted quickly, immediately clenched the handle of the knife in his hand, and looked down with blazing eyes, but after a while, he didn't hear the sound of the charge, but heard Sun Jingfei "Huh".

I hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

He looked down with wide eyes in astonishment: "They—"

I couldn't hold it back, so I hurriedly walked over and looked down, and saw that among the people below, a few people rode out slowly, until they reached the bottom of the steps, and the students who were guarding the high place immediately nervously aimed their arrows at the people below.

Sun Jingfei said loudly: "Don't do it yet!"

As soon as the words fell, the students neatly relaxed the already taut bowstring, but the arrows were still on the bow.

And those few people have already walked to the bottom of the steps, as long as they take a step further, they will climb the steps, and we finally see clearly, sure enough, it is Gongsun Qi and a few of them, dressed in armor, among which Yuan Mingde said loudly: "The people of Jixian Palace, you all listen, I will wait for the palace to be escorted by King Qin, you don't have to resist stubbornly, come out quickly!"

King Qin's escort?

As soon as they heard these four words, the people around them immediately tightened their brows.

These people attacked the Xuanwu Gate and entered the imperial city, and even the team escorting the emperor was blocked by them, and they even dared to say "King Qin's escort"!

Sun Jingfei was so angry that he gritted his teeth: "These people, so shameless!"

His subordinates also said, "King Qin's escort, what the hell is going on?"

"Is there such a Qinwang escort?"

However, although the people of Jixian Hall thought so, the people below did not have it at all, but the soldiers and horses behind them heard the words King Qin's escort, and immediately shouted loudly, and one after another shouted in the imperial city, and after a while, it spread far away.

As soon as I heard this, my heart suddenly sank: "Not good!"

When Sun Jingfei heard me say this, he turned his head to look at me: "What's wrong?

I furrowed my brow and looked down.

They have just entered the Xuanwu Gate and rampaged in the palace, which are all traitors and thieves, and they are bound to be despised by the people of the world, but at this moment, they suddenly shouted the slogan of "King Qin's escort", which is equivalent to putting themselves on the side of justice.

I suddenly understood why they hadn't rushed up at once.

Because their differences are here, and Yuan Mingde and a few of them must not have such brains, it was someone who came up with this method when we closed the Jixian Hall and were about to confront them!

I gritted my teeth and said to Sun Jingfei: "If I say a word, you let them shout." ”

Sun Jingfei glanced at me, nodded, and hurriedly turned around to greet the Praetorian Guard.

I said to the following: "The emperor is recuperating in the palace, what kind of king are you diligent, and what kind of driving are you protecting?!"

When Yuan Mingde heard this, he immediately said: "The emperor was victimized by the traitor, unconscious, and caused chaos in the court, we are here today to destroy the traitor and eliminate the harm for the society!"

I said: "The emperor's poor health is caused by fatigue for days, and there is a palace doctor to recuperate; If you do this, you are simply forcing the palace to rebel!"

Listening to the Praetorian Guards shouting these words in unison, the people below all stopped, they looked at each other separately, and Gongsun Qi sneered and said to the above: "No need to let people speak for you." Yan Qingqing, you demon of the country, stand up yourself!"