Not to mention the fierce battle in Miyun, only to mention the eight-hundred-mile emergency military situation that Gu Xu sent to the capital before.

The messenger knew that the stakes were high, so he hurried along the way, without eating or drinking. When encountering a post station, you can change horses and go, without delay.

He set off at noon, and arrived at the capital at dusk, at the gate of the capital at this time, people come and go, the river is endless, this is the busiest time under the city wall of the capital. The crowd almost blocked the city gates.

When the messenger saw this, he jumped to his feet in a hurry, but he couldn't enter the city, and after hesitating for a moment, he raised his whip and whipped the people around him, and shouted: "Eight hundred miles of urgent military situation, but there are those who stand in the way." ”

The people around him were staggered by him, and at this time, the soldiers watching the city gate had already discovered the chaos here and immediately came to check the situation. The messenger was overjoyed when he saw the officers and soldiers coming, and immediately shouted to them: "I have an urgent military situation to report to the emperor, and you should quickly drive these people away." ”

The officers and soldiers defending the city have seen more than 800 miles of urgent military information in the past few years, so they naturally know what to do. Immediately they lifted up their sticks and drove the people on both sides to make way for the messenger.

When the messenger saw that the road was clear, he immediately urged his horse into the city, and when he came to the city, he shouted as he urged the horse to hurry: "Eight hundred miles of urgent military situation, the people get out of the way, otherwise they will be trampled to death." ”

In this way, the messenger came to the palace, and the military situation of the 800 miles should be reported to the military department first, and then the military department should report to the cabinet, and finally the cabinet should report to the emperor. But this time the messenger didn't care about this, because he clearly knew that the Tatars had arrived at Miyun City, and if he didn't report to the emperor as soon as possible, it would be dangerous to delay the capital. So he did not go to the military headquarters, but went directly to the palace.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, the forbidden army guarding the palace gate immediately stopped him. When the messenger saw that he had been stopped, the messenger hurriedly shouted to the forbidden army: "Eight hundred miles of urgent military situation, there is no time to report to the military department, report directly to the emperor, you hurry up and go in to report." ”

Seeing that he didn't look like a joke, the forbidden army hurriedly reported to the city gate officer who guarded the city, and the city gate officer who guarded the palace gate heard the report and immediately came out to check the situation.

As soon as the city gate official left the palace gate, he saw that a person who looked like an officer and soldier was carrying an order flag, covered in dust, and the sweat marks on his face were one after another. Hurriedly stepped forward and asked him: "Where are you reporting the report, why don't you report to the military department first according to the rules?" ”

At this time, the messenger hurriedly explained: "The emergency military situation is too late to report to the military department, so it must be reported directly to the emperor, please report it to the emperor quickly." ”

The city gate official was very anxious when he saw him, but as a city gate official, he also had to follow the rules, so he hurriedly reported to the eunuch inside, and the eunuch was transmitting a message to the palace. After all, an officer like him can't enter the inner palace.

As a result, it was not a coincidence today, the eunuch guarding the palace gate was angry, and was scolded by their chief manager for a trivial matter.

But this eunuch didn't care about these at all, after all, according to the rules, this was never a thing, and the only time Jia Ke sent someone to send the national jade seal.

Therefore, he doesn't take such a thing seriously, the 800-mile expedited military situation is not several times in the past few years, if it is handed directly to the emperor every time, then there are no rules, and he is now thinking about how to get all his anger back, and he is thinking about a way to make his top boss unable to eat and walk around.

Therefore, now he said impatiently: "You go back and tell him that no matter how big his matter is, he must follow the rules, let him go to the military department to report first, and then the military department will handle the specific things, and it has nothing to do with him." ”

The little soldier who reported had no choice but to come out and report the matter back to the city gate officer.

When the city gate officer heard such a reply, he also felt very helpless, so he could only turn back to the messenger and say, "It's not that I won't help you, brother, but there is really no way, you should hurry to the military headquarters and report to the army." ”

When the messenger saw this, the roots of his teeth itched. I desperately came to report the news, but I didn't drink or eat along the way, and I almost put my life on the line, but I was blocked at the gate of the palace. If this delays the big event, the capital will be in danger. Not to mention the people around the capital, even the emperor has to fall into it.

This messenger is also a thoughtful person, and seeing that no one has reported him inside, he thinks that he will find a way to pass the information to the palace. Messengers also often heard that there were Jingyang bells and drums outside the palace, which were used to communicate with the emperor in case of emergency.

So the messenger looked around, and sure enough, he saw a small bell tower next to it, and a big iron bell hung on it, so he guessed that this was the famous Jingyang Bell, so he didn't care about others and took two steps to the bell tower. The soldiers guarding the bell tower were about to stop someone when they saw that they were about to break up.

The city gate officer knew what he was going to do when he saw the messenger's movements, and he himself was afraid of delaying the urgency of the military situation, so he hurriedly waved his hand to the soldiers who stopped him. The soldier saw his gesture and stepped aside.

Seeing that no one was hindered, the messenger went up to the bell tower smoothly, came to the big bell, shook the striking wood next to it, and slammed it into the big bell, dang, dang, dang, as the bell kept ringing, and the whole Jingshi shook in an instant.

This Jingyang bell was erected by Emperor Taizu according to the rules of the previous dynasty. It was specially designed to let the people sue the emperor, so that the people had a chance to face the emperor directly at the last moment, and Emperor Taizu stipulated that once the Jingyang bell rang, no matter what the emperor did, he must immediately go to the court. After the civil and military officials rang the bell in Jingyang, those who did not reach three minutes were decided.

And this is the little eunuch who was angry just now in the palace gate, and when he heard the Jingyang bell ringing, he immediately made a clever move. I guess this can't be the messenger who was going to announce. If it's really this person, then I won't even have my life this time. So he didn't care about anything else, ran out of the palace gate like crazy, and came to Jingyang Bell.

He saw a ragged and unkempt sergeant on the top, constantly ringing the Jingyang bell.

As soon as the little eunuch saw this, he sat on the ground with his buttocks, and he no longer had the strength to stand up again. He knew that this time he was dead, and since this sergeant dared to ring the Jingyang bell, he must have 100,000 urgent things to report to the emperor. And he refused to transmit it to the inner court, this is a big sin, and the emperor will never spare himself.

At this time, the officers and soldiers around couldn't help but show a gloating expression on their faces when they saw the little eunuch who was paralyzed on the ground. These eunuchs in the inner court are usually arrogant and domineering to the Praetorian Guards, and everyone feels very relieved when they see him now.

At this time, the emperor was reviewing the chapter in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and he was looking at it with a drought, and there was a drought in some places in Shaanxi this year, and it was necessary to provide disaster relief as soon as possible, otherwise it would be necessary to leave the aftermath.

This Shaanxi is dry every year, but the size of the drought is different, so the emperor didn't care much, but according to the size of the drought on the fold, he approved some grain for them, which is considered this year's disaster relief.

He was about to write Zhu Pi on the fold, when suddenly a loud bell rang outside. This scared him so much that he even dropped the pen on the table, and his heart was pounding in fright, and the emperor calmed down and listened carefully. found that this was the Jingyang bell ringing, so I calmed down a little, at this time someone rang the Jingyang bell, I am afraid that there is some great grievance to face the emperor, this is to sue himself.

Although he was very angry in his heart, the ancestors had a rule, and as soon as the Jingyang bell rang, the emperor must receive him. This is because the founding emperor knew that the people sometimes have no place to complain, in order to leave the last way for the people to live, he specially stipulated the Jingyang bell, urging the drum covenant, as long as one of the two places sounded, the civil and military officials and the emperor must go to the palace, although the bell and drum were sounded, and finally exiled for three thousand miles, but it was also left a desperate road for the people.

However, since this Jingyang bell was erected outside the palace gate, it has been nearly a hundred years since the founding of the country, and it has never been ringed by ordinary people, and today is the first time.

Jingyang Zhong is usually the emperor's death, and the new emperor uses it when he ascends the throne, and it has never been ringed at other times. Now that someone has ringed the Jingyang bell, then he has to see this person no matter what.

Dai Quan, who was next to the emperor's annoyed statue, glanced at it and said, "What are you doing in a daze?" Don't even go and see what's going on. ”

Dai Quan was also taken aback by what happened just now, he never thought that someone would have such courage to dare to knock on Jingyang Bell, he always thought that Jingyang Bell was just an ornament, it was Emperor Taizu who fooled those foolish people, but he didn't expect that someone really had such courage.

Now hear the emperor's rebuke. hurriedly went out of the Dongnuan Pavilion, and also went outside to recruit a little eunuch and asked him to see what was going on.

After waiting for a cup of tea, the little eunuch ran back in disheveled clothes and panting, shouting as he ran: "Get out of the way, get out of the way." ”

Dai Quan didn't blame him for seeing the little eunuch so rude, because he knew how difficult the etiquette training in the palace was, and it was probably a big thing to make a strictly trained little eunuch like this. Now he feels that his heart and liver are about to jump out, and he can't help but pray for the gods and Buddhas of Mantian not to have any major incidents, but now he can't wait to ring the Jingyang bell, that is, a person who went to Beijing to sue the emperor.

The little eunuch ran to Dai Quan's side and said heavily, "Grandpa Dai, it's not good. What rang the Jingyang bell outside was that there was a messenger with an eight-hundred-mile military intelligence report, and because he couldn't enter the palace gate, he was helpless, so he rang the Jingyang bell. ”

Dai Quan's face turned black when he heard this, and he kicked him over, and scolded loudly: "Nonsense, the palace has its own rules, if there is an urgent matter to report, the eunuch guarding the palace gate should have reported it a long time ago." Now that no one has come up to report, he rings the Jingyang bell without permission, and he should be beheaded if he has military intelligence. ”

The big and small eunuchs crawled on the ground and cried with sad faces: "The forbidden army guarding the palace gate has already reported to the eunuch guarding the gate, but it was blocked back by that person." Only then did the messenger reluctantly ring the Jingyang bell. ”

When Dai Quan heard this, he was so frightened that he was covered in sweat, and scolded the eunuch who was guarding the door in his heart, and said that you kid is sick, and if you want to die, you can't hit the knife like this, it doesn't matter if you die, don't burden your grandfather Dai.

Dai Quan was already furious, and immediately ordered the little eunuch, "Go and imprison that thing that doesn't know the king's law in the Shen Penal Division, and wait for the emperor to deal with it for a while." ”

As soon as Dai Quan was about to turn around and enter the Dongnuan Pavilion to report to the emperor, he heard a roar in the Dongnuan Pavilion: "What are such minions still for?" I beat me to death and feed the dogs. ”

Dai Quan turned around and looked, so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground, it turned out that the emperor no longer knew when he was standing in front of the door of Dongnuan Pavilion, he had heard what he had just said, and now his face was flushed with anger.