Jing Pantuo cut down the willow tree, thinking that he had cut off the back road of others, and then began to win over the lazy idlers and ruffians around him, and secretly developed his power.

Because his force value suddenly became very high, those people couldn't beat him, and they could only listen to him honestly.

Recently, after Li Shimin's rebellion, the counties of Hedong have also been greatly damaged.

Jing Pantuo saw the opportunity and took the opportunity to unite with Chai Baochang, a native of this county, to confuse the public and expand his power.

Because these people are all ruffians and hooligans, and considering that things are all crooked and heretical, Jing Pantuo summed up for a long time, and finally decided to send his henchmen to the capital to bribe the officials in the capital and find out the news.

He was going to take the emperor's concubines, the prince of the East Palace, and the family of Liu Wen, the king of Song, and then take them hostage to force the emperor and the king of Song to compromise and increase their bargaining chips in the world.

I have to say that this Jing Pantuo is too simple.

Emperor Yang Guang had already begun to move the capital to Luoyang, and those who could keep him in the capital were all unimportant loose officials.

How can these people know the news in the palace? How could he have an intersection with Liu Wen? At most, they only take money and do nothing.

However, because Jing Pantuo's subordinates continued to investigate the Song Palace, Xiao Meiniang was alerted, and after she sent someone to investigate, she quickly grasped the origin of these people.

And found out that the person who had the closest contact with Jing Pantuo was an official named Ma Xianzhi. This person worships the doctor of Chaosan, belongs to the scattered officials of the fourth grade, and his nephew is Ma Shumou, who often serves by the emperor's side, so naturally he dares to collect any money, and he dares to repay the account after collecting it.

After Liu Wen made up a plan with Xiao Meiniang and Yang Keer, he sneaked into this Ma Xianzhi Mansion that night, used an ordinary blessing card, turned Ma Xianzhi into an obedient tool man, and then asked him to pass on false news to Jing Pantuo.

Two days later, Jing Pantuo heard that the opportunity had come, and rushed to the capital in a hurry.

He traveled for two days, and finally on the morning of the third day, he came to Daxing and had a secret meeting with Ma Xianzhi at an inn.

After meeting, Ma Xianzhi complained: "Didn't you say that you arrived yesterday afternoon, why did you only come now?" ”

Jing Pantuo said with a dry smile: "The night road is not very easy to walk, so we found an inn to rest for the night." ”

"Oops!" Ma Xianzhi stomped his feet again and again with a bitter face: "I have made an appointment with you, but you are not punctual, and now the palace seems to have noticed that something is wrong, and the queen and the prince have sent people to pack up their things, as if they are about to leave." It's all trivial, but the point is, if you let them set up traps, you won't be able to leave the capital. ”

"What!" Jing Pantuo was taken aback, and immediately thought that it was not this Ma Xianzhi who was playing with himself.

Without waiting for Jing Pantuo to speak, Ma Xianzhi said first: "In this situation, you can't wait any longer, you immediately gather your subordinates, go to the East Palace to capture the prince first, and then threaten the queen." The queen cherishes her son, and she will definitely be obedient and obedient, which will make people open the palace door. ”

Jing Pantuo was born as a ruffian, he didn't learn anything, he only felt that the affairs of the emperor's family were no different from ordinary people's families, and he was frightened by Ma Xianzhi's heartbeat, and he didn't think much about it, he really thought that he had reached a critical juncture of life and death in front of him, so he immediately put his heart sideways and ordered to raise troops.

Subsequently, according to Liu Wen's design, this Jing Pantuo ordered to set fire to the four gates, and sent people to feign an attack on the imperial city.

The soldiers of the Beijing camp hurried to the Song Palace's mansion to report to Liu Wenyu.

"Not good!" Liu Wen pretended to change his face greatly: "Their purpose must be the palace." Send an order to go down, close the city gates, put the whole city under martial law, and wait for me to arrange the defense of the palace, and then exterminate the thieves in the city! ”

After finishing speaking, he didn't put it on, and the painting halberd left the palace with Yang Ke'er.

Liu Wen went to the palace, and the rest of the horses patrolled the city, but they 'forgot' the prince's east palace.

Originally, there were also six guards in the East Palace, which belonged to the forbidden army completely controlled by the crown prince, but Yang Guang felt that he was still young, and if Yang Zhao was allowed to grasp the military power too early and develop a force that was completely out of his control, it would be a great destabilizing factor for himself.

Therefore, Yang Guang has never given Yang Zhao the power of the six guards of the East Palace.

After hearing the news that Liu Wen led his troops to the imperial city, Jing Pantuo was led by Ma Xianzhi and led more than 1,500 troops to attack the East Palace.

and killed all the way to the abandoned palace courtyard of the concubine.

"Are you sure you're here?" Jing Pantuo was very suspicious and asked Uncle Ma, "The dignified prince, can you live in such a broken place?" ”

Ma Xianzhi said with a smile: "This is the cold palace of the East Palace, and no one usually comes to live here, so it has been empty all the time, and after a long time, there are even rumors of haunting." But what no one knows is that this is the refuge of the previous princes. ”

"Oh~~~ I see." Jing Pantuo felt that what he said was very reasonable, and immediately instructed his subordinates: "What are you still doing in a daze? Go in and search! ”

Hearing the order, a dozen strong men brought logs and banged on the door, and the broken wooden door did not last long before the deadbolt was broken.

Immediately, dozens of volunteers wrapped in coarse cloth turbans rushed in with weapons, smashing things in a sloppy manner, rummaging through boxes and cabinets.

After a while, I heard someone shouting: "Found it!" As he spoke, he laughed at the few people who rushed over and said, "This kid is really stupid, he actually hid in a box." ”

Several people worked together to get out Xiao Mill who was hiding in the box.

Xiao Mo didn't understand what was going on in front of him, thinking that his affairs in the capital had been exposed, and these were the people who were ordered to arrest him.

Because of the panic in his heart, he kept yelling, hoping to scare off these people.

"Let go of me! Let me go! Who are you? What do you want to do? Let me tell you, I am the prince's honored guest! ”

Hearing Xiao Mo say this, Jing Pantuo asked Ma Xianzhi, "Is this person the prince?" ”

"Of course, he just wants you to let him go."

When Jing Pantuo heard this, he felt that it made sense, so when Xiao Mo was escorted to him, he sneered: "You said that you are not the prince, but the prince's honored guest?" ”

Xiao Mo looked at their outfits, which did not look like Sui soldiers, and immediately guessed that it was very likely that there were people rebelling again, so he pleaded with a flattering face: "It's not a distinguished guest!" Not a guest! I'm just an ordinary guest, this strong man, you just let me go. ”

"Released you?" Jing Pantuo suddenly shouted: "Since you are not the prince, what is the use of me keeping you, come here!" Cut him down for me! ”

When Xiao Mo heard this, his face turned pale with fright, and he shouted: "Don't kill, don't kill ......"

"What, admit that you are the crown prince?"

Xiao Mo looked at Jing Pantuo's expression, as if he was really going to cut himself off without saying a word, so he could only nod his head slightly, indicating acquiescence.

Jing Pantuo was overjoyed, and immediately led his subordinates to cheer.

Ma Xianzhi laughed secretly on the side.