The old emperor nodded, and Zhou Heng took the old emperor's arm and went up the steps.

He obviously felt the old emperor's body tremble at this time, after all, there was still a prince there who needed to be punished.

Walking to the door of the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, the prince was tied up with five flowers, it seemed that because of the struggle, several little eunuchs pressed him, after all, the prince's weight was there, and several people were extremely laborious, and the prince was lying on the ground.

The old emperor's face was gloomy, and when he saw that the prince was angry, he stomped his feet hard and shouted:

"Degrade the crown prince to a concubine, send him to the prison, and wait for the triage of the three divisions!"

The prince's eyes widened when he heard this, and he was no longer a royal family if he was demoted to a concubine, but it could be regarded as leaving a life, and even everyone in the entire mansion could survive, and he didn't know what to say for a while, and tears flowed down his eyes.

"Father, father, son is wrong, son is wrong, son should not be bewitched, son is not filial!"

The roaring sound was endless, and the little eunuchs seemed to turn a deaf ear and directly dragged the person down, and then several guards escorted them away.

Zhou Heng helped the old emperor to step into the inner hall, Pang Qi stood in front of the door, although he didn't feel anything, Zhou Heng's body was already soaked, such a thrilling night finally passed.

At this moment, a figure followed behind him, a small eunuch, bowing very low, holding a tray in his hand, on which were two teas.

Zhou Heng looked at the little eunuch, squinted his eyes slightly, he didn't order the tea, how could he serve it so timely, it was all messy outside just now, when was the tea prepared?

Just when Zhou Heng was a little stunned, the old emperor had already turned around and sat on the chair, and when he saw the little eunuch bringing the tea, he just raised his hand and waited for the tea to be handed in front of him.

At this moment, the little eunuch's hand under the tray flipped over, the tray was thrown to one side, and a dagger appeared in his palm, raised and stabbed at the old emperor who was close at hand.

The entire inner hall was just the three of them, and it was too late for Zhou Heng to call someone, so he subconsciously touched into his sleeve, shouted in his mouth, grabbed the pistol and shot it at the little eunuch.

With three banging gunshots, the little eunuch paused, his body softened, and he fell to this side, Zhou Heng was also a little dumbfounded, seeing that the old emperor was suppressed by the little eunuch, he hurriedly rushed to the front and kicked the little eunuch to the side, helped the old emperor up, and took a closer look up and down.

"Your Majesty, are you injured?"

The old emperor also looked at his body, but his cuffs were stained with some blood stains of the little eunuch, and he was not injured, and raised his foot to kick the little eunuch who fell to the ground.

At this moment, the people at the door rushed in, Pang Qi was the fastest, after all, it could be judged from the sound, this was a gunshot, and others would not use it, so they could only say that the palace was attacked, and they squatted down to check the little eunuch, who was already dead, with three holes in his chest, and a blur of flesh and blood.

Quickly knelt down, "Childe, the person is dead!" ”

Zhou Heng is a doctor, he is used to seeing life and death, but this is the first time in his life to kill someone, and he is afraid at this time, his hands and feet are trembling, he handed the pistol to Pang Qi, and tried to control himself.

"You put this away, carry it out, quickly wipe the ground, all the eunuchs are not allowed to enter, and only after Fang's father-in-law can they come in and serve!"

After saying this, Zhou Heng suddenly felt that he had overstepped himself, and hurriedly looked at the old emperor with a bitter face.

"Your Majesty, the minister is frightened and out of proportion, is this an arrangement?"

The old emperor nodded, "According to Uncle Zhongyuan's orders, everyone will withdraw from the palace, what about Miss Su?" ”

Zhou Heng was a meal, he had been busy protecting himself just now, and then he became a mess, forgetting that he was brought in by Su Xiaoxiao when he entered the palace, saying that this person was not with Pang Qi, what about people?

Pang Qi hurriedly saluted, "Miss Su Wu went to Cining Palace, and when King Ning came in, someone came back with news that she went to help General Su who was guarding the palace city, and it is said that there are a large number of displaced people attacking the city over there!" ”

The old emperor realized, but also frowned.

"What kind of homeless people, all of them are rebels, whether Miss Su follows the past, it can be regarded as a big help, the sky is also bright, clean up here, go out, send someone to report any news from each palace."

The body of the little eunuch had already been carried out, and the ground had been wiped, although there was no bloodstain, but the smell of blood was still very pungent, you must know that there were thousands of dead people in front of the Palace of Nourishing Hearts!

Pang Qi evacuated with someone, and the old emperor didn't ask about the identity of this person, but he obviously knew.

Zhou Heng took two steps back, and was about to go out with him, when the old emperor raised his eyes and waved his hand at Zhou Heng.

"You stay, I have something to ask you!"

Zhou Heng was a little restrained at this time, the things outside were left to be cleared, the dragons were leaderless, these people were a lot easier to clean up, just to take Wen Changjin's lair, looking at the old emperor's meaning, it seemed that he was going to ask the pistol, Zhou Heng was a little bottomless in his heart.

However, he didn't dare to resist at this time, so he hurried to the old emperor and saw him waving his hand and sitting on one side.

"When you first saved me, what did you use, and the movement was so loud?"

Zhou Heng blinked, how can this thing be introduced?

"It's just a firearm, and it's an iron bump, which is a life-saving thing, but this thing can hit six times, and if it misses six times, the other party will have a gap."

The old emperor nodded, somewhat understanding what Zhou Heng meant, although this thing was fast, but the movement was too big, and he paused and looked at Zhou Heng with deep meaning.

"This thing was developed for King Ning?"

Zhou Heng shook his head, he had already guessed that the old emperor would ask such a question, and he was not surprised at all but stood up with his fists clenched.

"Your Majesty Mingjian, this is for the Datong garrison to conduct experiments, and only a few have been developed, this was originally hoped to be used with the flying ball, but the range is not enough, and finally it is abandoned!"

The old emperor smiled, Zhou Heng was anxious to justify, how could he not understand, in fact, he was afraid that saying it would cause others to be suspicious, and this thing could be kept secret by handing it over to King Ning.

"Alright, I don't mean to blame, but this thing doesn't have a good range?"

Zhou Heng sighed, "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, it's absolutely no problem to shoot at close range, but beyond fifty steps, the accuracy is not as good as that of bows and crossbows."

However, His Royal Highness King Ning made the repeating crossbow arrows, which are three or four times longer than this range, and the accuracy is also high, and the most important thing is that it is silent, once the repeating crossbow is fully put into use, this is equipped on the flying ball, which is more suitable, hiding sneak attacks and patrols, and these abilities are maximized. ”

Zhou Heng didn't dare to get up after speaking, it was really not easy to hide something from the old emperor, but today was really thrilling, I hope that for the sake of saving his face, he can not care, after all, at the most critical moment, he still thinks of King Ning.

This is also what makes Zhou Heng feel angry, since King Ning knows, why don't he tell them, this is too unprepared.

The old emperor stood up and helped Zhou Heng up.

"Aiqing, get up, you saved me, this is more important than anything else, if something happens to me at this time, Daliang is really in danger, King Ning sent back the news, saying that the Tatars seem to have gotten the news and are gathering at the border, waiting for an opportunity to prepare for the siege."

Zhou Heng stood up, secretly raised his eyes to look at the old emperor, and was relieved to see that he was not dissatisfied.

The old emperor sighed, and then said:

"Fortunately, the flying team has already sent a batch, and the border is worry-free for the time being."

Zhou Heng was stunned for a moment, and thought about it for a while, it seems that Fang Hua had said a few days ago that Feiqiu had prepared a batch for the military department, saying that it was going to be sent to Liaobei, and the personnel had also been trained, it seemed that this was really a bureau made by the old emperor and King Ning, this thought was too terrible.

Obviously, for the sake of safety, no one knows about this, the old emperor looked at Zhou Heng's eyes and suddenly laughed, it seemed that because he controlled the situation, his heart relaxed a little, and he couldn't help but say.

"You must be wondering, why did King Ning and his people suddenly descend from the sky, right?"

Zhou Heng kept nodding, this was indeed what he was most puzzled about.

"There are people everywhere in Beijing...... Wen Changjin's eyeliner, such a large number of teams stationed, did not alarm the slightest, this really made the minister puzzled. ”

The old emperor smiled even more happily, and waved his hand to signal Zhou Heng to sit closer.

"This matter is really related to you, your master, Master Xuyun, sent me a message that in the underground palace of Baohua Temple, a secret passage was found, and Fang Companion sent someone to investigate, and found that this secret passage actually led directly to the palace of the heart of the palace.

There were also a large amount of gold, silver, and swords hidden in the secret passage, but these swords had rotted into scrap metal, and Fang Banban speculated that this was the passage for Wei to escape, because the entrance behind the Heart Cultivation Hall had been blocked by stones, and this secret passage was not connected to other secret passages. ”

As soon as Zhou Heng heard this, he came to the spirit, and it can be seen from the dry well that the underground of this capital is full of secret passages, and the Jinwu Sect of the previous dynasty relied on this to rule the government and the opposition, so the secret passages that Wen Changjin and their entry into the palace were naturally controlled by the factory guards.

"Secret Passage! So Wen Changjin also entered the palace by secret passage? ”

The old emperor nodded, "That's right, there are secret passages all over the capital, and they are all connected to each other, and Fang Companion and they have long found that there is a secret passage under a shop in the horse market, and there is a secret passage and a dry well in the Heart Cultivation Palace, so they didn't alarm them, but they were just poisoned in the secret passage." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The old emperor smiled, looked at Zhou Heng and said:

"Your letter to Fang Companion played a very important role, that is, after thoroughly investigating the people related to the Wen family, it was only after finding this shop, although they were very deeply hidden, but the old housekeeper went in and out many times, and still revealed flaws.

By the way, I heard that you Beishan are doing a funeral, it can't be that Bai Qingyun, right? ”

Zhou Heng's heart trembled, these words made Zhou Heng think a lot for a while, after all, the matter of King Ning's coming to Beijing was so impenetrable, and there was something they didn't know.

"Your Majesty Mingjian, Bai Qingyun is gone, the theater in Beishan was created by her, and we also want to remember it."

Zhou Heng knelt down directly after speaking, he really didn't dare to look up at the old emperor at this time, people said that ginger was still the boss and spicy, and it was very suitable to use it on the old emperor.

Looking up at this time, his gaze definitely couldn't deceive him, it was better to think about the grief, Zhou Heng didn't pinch his thighs, he looked down and thought of Bai Qingyun's leaving, and instantly felt sadness, and his eyes were red.

The old emperor stood up, helped Zhou Heng up, looked at the look on his face, and sighed.

"Since ancient times, she has a thin life, if she is here, I still want to give her to you, I heard the Queen Mother say, Xiu'er is not against it, it's a pity!"

Zhou Heng sniffed, he knew in his heart that if Bai Qingyun was really here, it would definitely not be what he is now, since he hid it, he would hide it to the end, in fact, it was really difficult to see him again in this life when he went to Siam, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister was rude!"

At this moment, there was a voice outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, and as soon as the door rang, Fang Jizhong walked in, followed by King Ning and General Su, as well as Zhang Jumian, and they all came in after him.

Zhou Heng hurriedly got up and saluted a few people, the door of the Heart Cultivation Hall was not closed again, the corpses outside had been cleaned up, and the masonry on the ground had also been washed away by clear water, not to mention that the speed of these people was still very fast.

King Ning and the others walked up to the old emperor and bowed their hands.

"Your Majesty, the rebels in the city and the remnants of the Golden Crow Sect have all been cleaned up, and the trapped ministers in the various mansions have also been rescued, and the ministers have come to restore their lives!"

The old emperor hurriedly helped King Ning up, and King Ning's silver armor was already full of bloodstains, which showed that the encirclement and suppression in the city were also quite tragic.

"Okay, is the loss big?"

King Ning shook his head, "The losses of the Datong army are not serious, there are no deaths, but there are dozens of seriously wounded, and they have been sent to the Rejuvenation Hall at this time, as for the factory guards, the losses are very serious." ”

Zhou Heng was stunned, King Ning really knew how to be a man, this can be regarded as trust, and he directly threw the injured person to the Rejuvenation Hall, but think about it, Liu Yanjie is Wen Changjin's person, I really don't dare to say what the hospital is like.

Fang Jizhong took a step forward at this time, "Your Majesty, the ministers have lost more than a dozen masters here, but the remnants of the Golden Crow Sect in several strongholds have been captured, but according to the list found in Wen Changjin's mansion, the ministers of the central government are only guarded for the time being, and they have not been arrested." ”

Saying that, Fang Jizhong handed a list to the old emperor, and the old emperor unfolded it and looked at it, Zhou Heng was not far away, although he couldn't see the name, but there were really a lot of people on that page.

The old emperor's face was gloomy, and he slapped the table hard, throwing the list to Fang Jizhong.

"These people were all arrested and interrogated strictly, and they sent people to southern Sichuan to arrest Zhu Bingxiang back to me, it seems that I was too lenient and benevolent back then, and I shouldn't give him the reward of King Fu."

King Ning looked at the old emperor, he had experienced so much in an instant, and his body shook a little when he saw him, after all, the two sons participated in the palace change, and this anger could not be soothed in a few words.

"Your Majesty is angry, and the younger brother feels that the top priority is to go to southern Sichuan to let the garrison control the affairs of southern Sichuan, and the second is to send people to Fujian.

Fang Jizhong blinked and said:

"Your Majesty, when I was checking Wen's house, I found a secret room in which a legless man was imprisoned, but this person had been strangled for several days, and his body was already somewhat corrupt, and it seemed that this person had been imprisoned for many years.

As for the identity of this person, there is no way to verify, because when the old slave brought people to the Wen family, the housekeeper of the Wen family had already killed the Wen family, and there was no one alive, and he himself had already killed himself in front of the door, obviously knowing that Wen Changjin's side was failing and did not want to leak the information. ”

The old emperor frowned, thought about it and sighed, in fact, he could know without checking that this person must be the real orphan of the previous dynasty, otherwise he would not have been imprisoned for many years.

"The death of the person is great, this person wants to be the Chu family, although I don't know the name, it's better to bury it, you come to do this, as for the three clans of the Wen family, first concentrate on detaining and waiting for the fall, all the shops of the Wen family that can spread the news are all closed, and the news of the capital must not be sent."

Fang Jizhong hurriedly said yes, and the old emperor's eyes fell on Wei Guogong.

"King Ning stays in the capital for the time being, the five military camps need to be renovated, Wei Guogong still has a hard time for you, you need to lead the army to Fujian day and night, where Yingzhou is across the sea, I remember that someone from the Wei royal family was relegated to Yingzhou, and it will be a tough battle."

Zhou Heng blinked, thinking of Yang Weijun, the grandson of Wei Guogong, raised his eyes to look at the old emperor, and hesitated in his heart, not knowing whether to say it or not, King Ning didn't know when he had come to Zhou Heng's side and slapped him on the shoulder.

"Zhou boy, just say what you think, there are no outsiders here, and few people here have your mind, what do you think?"