Capital.

"Knock knock!"

The knock on the door was very soft, but he still woke up, and Zhang Bangli, who was half-leaning back on the chair and falling asleep.

He opened his eyes, but saw that the room was already dark, he didn't get up to turn on the light, he looked straight at the door, opened his mouth, and his voice trembled a little for some reason: "What's the matter?" ”

"Chief, Mingzhu sent information." The voice of a subordinate came from outside the door.

Hearing the sound, Zhang Bangli raised his hand and rubbed his face, sat up straight, and his voice returned to normal: "Come in!" ”

The door was pushed open, and the subordinate walked in quickly, handing over the information that had just been sent back from Mingzhu: "Chief Chief, King Ming has appeared again, and the person is still in Mingzhu!" ”

Zhang Bangli stood up, took the information, his reddened eyes, ten lines at a glance, and quickly swept the information.

After a long silence, he raised his hand at the familiar man standing below, and said nothing.

"Subordinates retire!" When the subordinate went out, he closed the door again.

After the door closed, Zhang Bangli lowered his head again and carefully read the information in his hand until he was completely sure that King Ming was indeed still behind Mingzhu, and the strength of his whole body seemed to be emptied in an instant, and he sat down on the chair weakly.

These days, whenever there was a knock on the door of his office, he would immediately fall into the deepest panic, for fear that the news of His Majesty's summons would come.

At the same time, he had a strong expectation, just hoping that after the door opened, there would be a surprise that King Ming had returned.

Until this moment, the information sent back by Mingzhu completely broke his expectations, and there was no more luck, only endless disappointment and fear.

Zhang Bangli turned off the light and closed his eyes again.

At this moment, in the Qianyuan Palace, Dingwu leaned on the dragon bed, and also had just finished listening to the report from Mingzhu.

The real person sat on the futon at the head of his bed, looking at Dingwu's slightly closed eyes, except for his pale face, there was no strange face, and he was silent.

He really didn't know what to say, since Dingwu talked to him that day, the situation on King Ming's side was really as His Majesty expected.

Even if Zhang Bangli made his own decisions behind His Majesty's back, he was bold, and it was rumored that the queen was seriously ill, and King Ming really had a way to deal with it.

He did not appear in Yuezhou, but suddenly turned to Mingzhu, and then was besieged by heavy troops of Qiman, and he was justifiably unable to return to Beijing.

It can be said that everything is as His Majesty said, since King Ming left Shangqing Mountain, he jumped out of the dead end, even if His Majesty has the heart to investigate, there is nothing to be done.

To be honest, the real person is really convinced by this father and son in his heart.

King Ming's means are superb, and in just a few days, he has hidden the eyes of the people of the world and jumped out of a certain death situation.

His Majesty even saw through the overall situation at a glance based on only clues, and it was almost exactly what he expected.

The candle flame flickered, the sandalwood rose, and Dingwu's slightly weak voice suddenly sounded: "Real person, how many days do I have left?" ”

The real person raised his eyes to look at Dingwu, only to see that Dingwu had opened his eyes and was looking at him quietly, and the real person said softly: "If Your Majesty can rest in peace......

"Real people don't have to be like this, Your Excellency may not know that the purpose of the sixth child appearing today to fight this battle is not just to show me. is also preparing to escape from the pearl, Qiman originally wanted to lock the city and wait for King Ming to throw himself into the net. But after this battle, Qiman suffered such a big loss, and it was impossible to sit still. Whether it is to deal with the sixth child, or to rebuild the majesty and suppress the hearts of the people, it will definitely lead to the whole city. At that time, the pearl will be in chaos, and the countries in the concession will definitely intervene to exert pressure, and the banner will not be carried for long, and it will have to be silenced. The light in Dingwu's eyes remained unchanged, and he directly interrupted the words of the real person.

Speaking of this, Dingwu seemed to smile and looked at the real man: "Can the real person understand what I mean?" ”

Having said this, the real person naturally understands.

Once the banner dies down, King Ming naturally has no reason to hide in Mingzhu and not return to Beijing.

The premise for King Ming to dare to return to Beijing must be that Emperor Dingwu is no longer there.

Therefore, Emperor Dingwu could easily deduce that he was afraid that the real limit was coming.

The real person didn't say it to death before, and really gave a specific date, but at this time, Dingwu said to this point, and he couldn't cover up the past anymore, he was silent for a while, and said softly: "If Your Majesty can meditate, maybe it can last for three days!" ”

"Three days..."Dingwu seemed to be calm, but when he was really facing only three days to live, his body still trembled violently, and his pupils contracted violently.

Between the two, there was silence again, until the sandalwood burned and the green smoke in the room slowly dissipated, and Dingwu's voice sounded again: "Real person, help me up." ”

The real person raised his eyes and saw that Dingwu had already sat up with his hands on the bed.

did not refuse, and helped Dingwu to the desk, Dingwu did not let the waiter in, but sharpened the ink himself.

The real person thought that he was going to write a testament, so he took the initiative to help him polish the ink.

After grinding the ink, he stepped aside, even if he was a real person of the country, but the rules that should be followed still had to be followed.

If the emperor didn't take the initiative to let him see it, he couldn't read the edict in advance, all he needed to do was to make sure that the edict was not lost or tampered with.

When Dingwu saw him retreat, he didn't beckon him over, but supported the table with one hand, a pen in the other, and wrote with a slight tremor in his arm.

After a while, I saw him put down his pen, took out the big seal, and was about to close it, but suddenly he paused, his eyes changed, he put down the seal, directly picked up an envelope, and put the unstamped letter into it and sealed it.

Finally, he looked at the envelope, groaned slightly, and did not write the recipient, so he turned his head to look at the real person and said softly: "After King Ming returns to Beijing, the real person must hand over this letter to him personally." ”

The real person was stunned when he heard this, and then stepped forward to take the letter in Dingwu's hand, looked up at Dingwu, and Dingwu nodded.

"Your Majesty, rest assured!" The real person didn't ask too much after all, and he answered and put the letter away.

After doing this, Dingwu did not go back to the bed to lie down, but sat down on the chair, frowning and not knowing what he was thinking.

The real person stayed aside, and no longer as before, persuaded him to go and meditate and rest.

There are only three days left, and as the king of a country, where is there time to rest?

After a while, Emperor Dingwu raised his head and said to the real person: "Spread Zhang Bangli, Hu Qingyan, Qu Guochang, and King De to come." ”

As soon as the real person heard these names, he knew that His Majesty was going to make an edict, and asked: "Is it a clear call?" ”

Dingwu smiled: "Mingzhao, the East Palace is in prison, and there is nothing wrong with me going to them to discuss the abolition of the crown prince." ”

A real person bows down, in fact, even if it is only concealed for three days, it doesn't make much sense......

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"Knock knock, knock knock!"

"Open the door, open the door!"

"Take it away!"

At night, the whole pearl is illuminated by the firelight as if it were day.

Countless banner soldiers and tens of thousands of security personnel shuttled through the various neighborhoods of Mingzhu, carrying out carpet searches door-to-door.

This night, the people in the pearl heard a burst of gunfire from time to time, and their hearts trembled in fright.

Not only the people who searched and found out the palace, but also the national dynasty, the youth club, the Daomen, the warlord spies, and even those who could not tell their identities in three or two sentences, would be arrested on the spot as anti-barbarians, but the slightest resistance would be a severe beating, or even gunshots.

Of course, some of the chaos of extortion and extortion is mainly caused by various public security patrol personnel.

They ran into the homes of some merchants with poor family assets, deliberately found fault, wanted to extort money, and arrested people on the spot if they did not know each other.

On this night, the entire pearl was full of chickens and dogs, and the prisons of various security patrol stations were overcrowded in the second half of the night.

We had to urgently order all patrol units to arrest people at will.

As expected, Qiman could not sit still, and launched the largest liquidation activity since the fall of Mingzhu Province.

Fortunately, they all expected it and made preparations, but no matter how careful they were, in such a large-scale operation as Qiman, it was inevitable that they would be damaged.

If you want to say that the hardest hit is the Youth Club, there is no way, there are too many people in the Youth Club.

It is very difficult for Qiman to find people from the Ming Palace, but it is not difficult to find people from the Youth Club.

They are also really angry this time, focusing on the Youth Club, they can't find King Ming, and they have to force him out.

The chaos passed overnight, and when it was dawn, Qiman still had no intention of withdrawing his troops, and continued to shroud the entire pearl in a cloud of terror.

Lin Mansion.

On the main hall, including Lin Weidong, a total of eleven people were seated.

These people are of different ages, the old ones are in their seventies, and the young ones are less than fifty, but judging by the posture of each person, each of them is not simple.

These people are the most powerful figures at the top of the Youth Club today, and they were invited by Lin Weidong.

In the heyday of the Youth Society, there were eighteen elders, but now, there are only twelve left, originally when Mr. Du was in power, the elders only took filial piety, and rarely took the initiative to take charge of affairs.

But after Mr. Du left, the Youth Club was left without an owner for a while, and these people came out to take charge again, but they couldn't hold back the table, and after Mr. Du left, in less than a year, several people have died.

Among them, some were killed in internal power struggles, some were killed by the banner barbarians, and some were cut off by the Ming Wangfu or the Youth Society themselves because they defected to the enemy.

Lin Weidong sat on the main seat, his eyes swept over these people, his face was blue, and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, Lin Mou invited everyone to come over today, what is the so-called matter, I believe there is no need for Lin Mou to say more." ”

When his words fell, everyone looked at him, but no one answered for a while, and it took a while to hear one person and said, "Since Boss Lin invited us over, I must have some ideas, please speak directly." ”

Lin Weidong turned his head to look at the person who spoke, and saw that this person was about forty years old, and he was young in a group of people, and it turned out to be the son of Qi Yuansheng, the patriarch of the Youth Society, Qi Hanshan.

After Qi Yuansheng was assassinated, because of his close relationship with Mr. Du, he was not eliminated in the subsequent infighting, but succeeded his father's prestige and became a family.

has a relationship with Mr. Du, and he can indeed speak in this group of people.

"Okay, then Lin Mou is not hiding, Qiman is now so unscrupulous against my youth club, I'm afraid we can't sit idly by and let them do this!" Lin Weidong glanced around and said in a deep voice.