Chen Cheng once again embarked on the double road connecting the north and south palaces and returned to the south palace. In fact, he can also walk through the palace gate on the ground, but since there is such a cool thing, how can he be embarrassed to walk again?

Then he went to Yongle Palace, met with the Empress Dowager Dong, and also met Dong Hou Liu Xie, who was entertaining himself in Yongle Palace.

The expression on Empress Dowager Dong's face was similar to that of Empress He, all of them were cold, as if she wanted to reject people thousands of miles away. Although she is the biological mother of the Son of Heaven, she does not have much authority in the court, perhaps this is why she is unhappy.

"You can do it yourself," Empress Dowager Dong said coldly: "Everything is fine here." ”

Chen Cheng arched his hand and said, "The minister retreats." ”

He was about to withdraw, when Liu Xie stepped on his shoes and ran in, shouting, "Grandma! ”

The frost on Empress Dowager Dong's face immediately melted, and she showed a stabbing smile and said, "Did Dong Hou read today?" ”

"I've read a book, and I've written a lot of words!"

Well, it's not that the old woman can't smile, it's just that her smiling face will probably only be given to her relatives.

The people in the general's mansion came and went, went and came. Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Yuan Kui, Yang Biao, Liu Hong, Cui Lie and others are the same. Everyone is constantly contacting their protégés, old friends, and old ministries to make final preparations for the drastic changes that are coming.

At night, Liu Hong, the son of heaven, woke up from the nightmare sweating profusely again, his face was pale, his hands and feet were cold, and after coughing for a while, he vomited several mouthfuls of blood. Seeing that the Son of Heaven was about to die, Zhang Rang hurriedly sent someone to Beigong to call Zhao Zhong over.

By the time Zhao Zhong arrived, the Son of Heaven had already fallen into a coma. The imperial doctor came out and shook his head, indicating that he was no longer powerless. Zhang Rang's hands and feet were weak, and he asked, "There is no way at all?" ”

The Imperial Physician shook his head again.

Zhang Rang said in a low voice: "Then can you wake up Your Majesty for a while?" Even if it's only for a moment! ”

The imperial doctor hesitated for a moment and said, "There is a method, but after using it, it will ......"

Zhang Rang's eyes showed a fierce light, and he shouted in a low voice: "Go and prepare!" When I say it's useful, you'll use it for Your Majesty! ”

The imperial doctor sweated on his forehead and back, and said tremblingly: "Yes! ”

Zhang Rang took two steps outside and said to Zhao Zhong: "I guess I won't be able to survive tonight, what should I do?" ”

Zhao Zhong's face was also pale, and he wanted to squeeze a smile on his face, but it was more ugly than crying, he pretended to be calm and said: "Just do what we discussed during the day!" Have you informed Jian Shuo? ”

Zhang Rang nodded and said, "I have already let him stay in the palace." ”

Zhao Zhong lowered his eyes and said, "Send someone to urgently summon the general into the palace." ”

Zhang Rang was stunned for a moment and said, "Don't you discuss with Jian Shuo first?" ”

"At this time, what else is there to discuss?" Zhao Zhong's fingers were trembling all the time, he lowered his voice, and said, "Okay, just do it, if you can't let him die!" ”

Zhang let it go, so he called a yellow door order and instructed a few words. As soon as Huang Men Ling left, the footsteps outside the palace sounded sharply, accompanied by the sound of the collision of armor leaves, they hurriedly looked up and saw that Chen Cheng had arrived at the door with dozens of armor soldiers. In the firelight, the weapons and armor of the soldiers reflected the cold light.

Zhang Rang was shocked and angry, and stepped forward and shouted: "Juluhou, do you want to rebel?" ”

More than a dozen armor soldiers beside him drew their blades one after another and blocked in front of Zhang Ran. The Yue cavalry outside the door also drew their weapons. There was a sword and sword between the two sides, and the air seemed to be about to freeze.

Chen Cheng didn't even look at the armor in front of him, turned back to his soldiers and ordered, "They are all waiting outside." ”

With that, he stepped into the hall. Seeing this, Zhang Rang snorted and said, "Let him come over." ”

The armor parted to the sides, but did not put away their blades. Chen Cheng walked to the edge of the brocade, looked at the blood stains on the ground and on the bed, and reached out to press it on the neck of the Son of Heaven.

Zhang Rang took two steps forward and said angrily, "What are you going to do?" ”

Zhao Zhong hurriedly grabbed Zhang Rang and said, "Zhongshu Ling, be quiet." ”

Zhang Rang held back, but he looked back at his own armor in the main hall, then at the Yue Qi outside the door, and glanced at Zhao Zhong. Zhao Zhong let go of his hand and shook his head gently.

Zhang Rang said in a low voice; "How did he know? How did it come so quickly? ”

Zhao Zhong squeezed out an ugly smile on his face, and whispered: "He lives in the palace, how can he be unhappy?" ”

Chen Cheng stretched out his hand and put it on Liu Hong's artery, and his pulse was already very weak. He felt it carefully, and then confirmed that the Son of Heaven who was lying on the bed had only his last breath left. He took two steps back, turned around, and said, "Your Majesty is critically ill, you should immediately notify the Empress and the Empress Dowager, and urgently summon officials of more than 2,000 stone to enter the palace!" ”

Zhang Rang snorted and said, "I have already ordered someone to summon the general." ”

Chen Cheng said: "Then Situ, Sikong, Taiwei and Taifu and others, did they send someone to inform?" ”

Zhang Rangpi said with a smile: "The duty of the ruling Jinwu is to defend the Son of Heaven, and the court should speak less about major affairs." ”

As he spoke, he took two steps back, letting his soldiers stand in the way, but who knew that Chen Cheng actually agreed: "Not in his position, not in his politics, what Zhongshu Ling said." ”

He arched his hand to Zhang Rang and said, "Then I'll go to guard outside the door, and I'll leave the things inside to you." ”

With that, he walked past the group of armor soldiers and walked out.

Zhang Rang looked at Chen Cheng's back in amazement, and the expression on his face changed. After Chen Huacheng crossed the threshold, he came to his senses, turned his head and whispered to Zhao Zhong: "I see that this guy has bad intentions, quickly transfer more soldiers and horses!" ”

In order not to alarm the inside and outside of the imperial city, they only brought less than thirty armor soldiers over, but now that they saw Chen Cheng also come over to join in, for the safety of their own lives, they didn't need to mobilize some soldiers and horses. Although he has been in the palace for a long time, Zhang Rang also knows that the soldiers under his command are probably several to stop a wolf-like Yue cavalry, even if the other party is dismounted.

Zhao Zhong nodded, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Duan Jue kneeling on the ground, went up and kicked him, and said, "Go, call more people over." ”

"Huh? Oh! ”

Duan Qi hurriedly got up and trotted out through the back door.

Chen Cheng walked out of the gate and said to Wei Li: "Call everyone up, let them prepare their weapons, and feed the war horses......

While he was talking, Yan Zhong suddenly ran over out of breath, and Chen Cheng said in his heart: What's the matter?

Yan Zhong's face was pale, his forehead was sweating, and he didn't speak first when he saw Chen Cheng, and when he finished arranging, he pulled his sleeve and said in a low voice: "Wu Kuang, the captain of the Chinese army, led the troops to open the Vermilion Bird Gate, I don't know where to go!" ”

Chen Cheng stiffened, and then said casually: "Don't worry, Bo Dao, I sent him out for something." ”

Yan Zhong stomped his feet and whispered, "Why did Wenzheng lie to me? I and you are now grasshoppers on a rope, did I run away if something happened? ”

Chen Cheng had a smile on his face, looked at the soldiers around him, but said sternly: "Let you go and inspect the two palace gates, why is there such a mess?" ”

Yan Zhong was stunned, but also put a smile on his face, and said, "I've only been here for a day, what can you tell me to do?" ”

Chen Cheng snorted coldly and said, "Aren't you well-informed?" Where do you think he's gone? ”

Yan Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "Where else can I go?" Of course, it's the General's Palace..........."

Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, thought for a moment, and said, "It may not be the Great General's Mansion, maybe ......"

A smart person like him is the most suspicious, and naturally he likes to treat others with himself.

"Maybe what?"

Yan Zhong said hesitantly: "It may be too much, it's not easy to say." ”

"Most likely?"

"Most likely, of course, I went to the General's Mansion."

Chen Cheng looked around, turned around, and said coldly: "Nonsense! ”

He asked Yan Zhongdao, "How many people did Wu Kuang take out?" ”

"Fifty horsemen!"

Chen Cheng snorted and said, "I didn't see that he still had this kind of ability, I really underestimated him, what should we do now?" ”

He originally planned to send someone to contact He Jin in person, but now that there was such an unexpected situation, he couldn't make up his mind for a while whether to help the general kill the eunuchs. If he didn't make an agreement first, he couldn't do it first. Even if an agreement is reached, the general's troops and horses must be mobilized first.

Yan Zhong didn't answer, he looked at the brightly lit Jiade Hall and asked, "The Son of Heaven has passed away?" ”

"Not yet, but it's coming soon. Not tonight. ”

"Immediately summon the general into the palace and kill him and several other lieutenants! Then ask the Queen Mother to ascend to the palace and establish Dong Hou as the Son of Heaven! ”

Chen Cheng said: "Zhang Rang has already sent someone to summon the general. ”

When Yan Zhong heard this, he blurted out, "Oops! ”

"Why?"

"How could Zhang Rang take the initiative to summon the general into the palace? Wouldn't that sit back and wait? There's definitely something wrong with that. ”

Chen Cheng said: "Maybe a few big minks realized that they had made a lot of mistakes in the past, and now they have woken up and want to do something for the country and the people?" ”

Yan Zhong smiled dryly: "The prince said that he was laughing, where would anyone wake up?" ”

"And what do you say is going on?"

"Eunuchs and generals have long been in flames........ Where is Captain Jianshuo? ”

Chen Cheng looked at Yan Zhong, and the other party also looked over. The two glanced at each other and said in unison: "Jian Shuo killed how to enter!" ”

Wu Kuang took fifty of his own soldiers out of Nangong Suzaku Gate and ran straight to Taifu Yuan Kui's mansion. It was already night, and the curfew had already begun in the city. More than fifty cavalrymen galloped through the streets, which immediately attracted the soldiers patrolling the city. The lieutenant of Nancheng was personally leading his troops to patrol the streets, and when he saw that Wu Kuang and his party were majestic, and the knights were neatly draped, he knew that they were the soldiers of the imperial court, so he did not dare to stand in the way, so he immediately led his soldiers to get out of the way.

The horses' hooves trampled on the bluestone slabs in the street, making a crisp sound. After dozens of Yue rode through the street like a whirlwind, one of the soldiers under the command of the lieutenant said dissatisfiedly: "Who is it? Running horses in the city in the middle of the night, I don't know if there is a curfew now? ”

The lieutenant glared at the man fiercely and shouted, "Shut up! , what are you doing with so many people? Just do our own thing! ”

After speaking, he couldn't help but add, "Do you think I'm Cao Mengde?" ”