|||->-> Ma Cheng was originally very anxious, but now he heard Ma Shiying talking nonsense, and said angrily: "Dad, when is this, how can you still not see the situation clearly?" That Lu Siye is the admiral of the inner city, does he dare to enter the imperial city with soldiers without the emperor's will? Even if Lu Siye colluded with the Donglin Party to get rid of you and my father and son, would they dare to do so without the emperor's acquiescence? ”

Ma Shiying was dumbfounded by Ma Cheng's words, Ma Shiying is also a veteran in the political arena, in fact, he already knows in his heart that this time it must be the emperor's order to get rid of him, but Ma Shiying has been deeply educated by Confucianism for many years, and his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty is deep-rooted, and he can't accept the fact that the emperor wants to kill him for a while.

Ma Cheng saw Ma Shiying and Ma Luan holding their heads and didn't speak, and secretly scolded in their hearts that they were all a bunch of waste, usually like Zhang Liang in the world, why don't they have any ideas now?

Ma Xi was quite better as a general, and after adjusting his breath, he came to Ma Cheng's side and asked, "Second brother, what should I do now?" ”

Ma Cheng turned to look at Ma Shiying and Ma Luan, and secretly thought that he couldn't take care of much at this time, not to mention that he was just a traveler, and he didn't have the slightest father-son relationship with Ma Shiying, even if Ma Shiying's own son encountered such a critical moment, he would also fly separately when disaster came.

"Third brother, my father and eldest brother are physically exhausted, you stay here to protect them, second brother, I will go out to find rescue, and I will bring someone back to save you in a while!"

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, regardless of the reaction of Ma Shiying and the others, he picked up the embroidered spring knife and walked out of the house, disappearing into the dark night outside the house.

Ma Xi saw that Ma Cheng had run away, how could he not know what the second brother had in his heart. Ma Xi also wanted to learn from Ma Cheng and get up and run away, but Ma Xi turned to look at Ma Shiying and Ma Luan, and remembered that his father and eldest brother took care of him, after all, Ma Xi was different from Ma Cheng, whose conscience was eaten by dogs, he gritted his teeth and scolded in his heart: Second child, you bastard, you run, Lao Tzu stayed and died with his father and eldest brother!

Ma Cheng didn't care how the three of them scolded him, it was important to escape for his life at this time, where could he care what the others thought?

Ma Cheng came out and looked at the direction, he should be close to the back door. Houzaimen is the back gate of Nanjing Palace, here is not far from the inner street of Bei'anmen, out of Bei'anmen is out of the imperial city.

Ma Cheng looked down on the direction and then rushed for more than 500 meters, came to the palace wall, looked outside with the gap, Houzaimun West Street was dark, and a palace lamp was hung every 100 meters, but no one patrolled.

After the west street of Zaimen is the right guard of Yulin, which was the garrison of the Imperial Forest Army in the early Ming Dynasty, but after so many years, the barracks have already collapsed, and there are broken walls everywhere.

Ma Cheng looked at the left and right and saw that there was no one on the left and right, and turned out of the gap in the palace wall, and then cautiously passed through Houzaimun West Street, and then entered the right guard of Yulin.

Even if you get here, you will be halfway to the battle, not far ahead is Bei'anmen, and out of Bei'anmen is the Taiping Gate of Nanjing. As long as he is out of the city, Ma Cheng is safe.

Although success was just around the corner, Ma Cheng didn't dare to be careless, cautiously hid in the ruins and advanced, and came to Bei'an Gate without danger.

When he arrived at Bei'anmen, Ma Cheng was dumbfounded, here is not the same as defending the empty imperial city, there is a brocade guard here in Bei'anmen, leading the three hundred palace guards to guard here, and if you want to pass here, you are really bound to ascend to the sky.

Ma Cheng originally planned to go to Bei'anmen, find a gap in the city wall, and go out over the wall. But I really saw the Imperial City

The city wall Ma Cheng was dumbfounded, the city wall here is more than ten meters high, and the key thing is that there is not a single gap on it.

Ma Cheng used to be the commander of Nanjing City, knowing that although the Nanjing Imperial City covers a large area, but because of disrepair, there are many large and small gaps in the city wall.

But Ma Cheng didn't expect that he had only been away for more than a year, how could all the gaps in the imperial city have been renovated, how much does it cost! Ma Cheng saw this and secretly scolded Zhu Lunkui for being a faint king, and he led the army to work the front line, and the military salary given by the rear was insufficient every time, and it seemed that it was used to repair the walls of the imperial city.

In fact, Ma Cheng misunderstood Zhu Lunkui a little, and it was not Zhu Lunkui's intention to renovate the city wall, but it happened to be Ma Cheng's Laozi, Ma Shiying's meaning. The reason is very simple, the imperial city and the palace city represent the face of the emperor, and in order to demonstrate the legitimacy of Zhu Lunkui's accession to the throne, it is necessary to talk about the renovation of the city wall. Therefore, the walls of the Imperial City and the Miyagi City are all new, and the buildings and facilities inside the city walls are all ruined.

Ma Cheng didn't have the heart to think about how the city wall came from at this time, what he was anxious about now was how to escape quickly.

Ma Cheng lay on the side to watch the Jinyi guards guarding the city, and found that these guys were disciplined, and there were no dead ends in the patrol route, and Ma Cheng observed for a long time without finding any flaws.

Ma Cheng watched for half an hour, but he didn't find a chance to escape, at this time the sky was already white, and it was about to dawn, and it was too late if he didn't go out. When the sky is bright, all the guards in the palace are dispatched, and they want to find themselves or not?

At this time, Ma Cheng saw three rooms under the city wall, where the guards of the city took turns to rest and change shifts, and there was a separate room for the room on duty for thousands of households. Seeing that this Ma Cheng decided to take a risk, there was no way to wait any longer, so now he had to go to the Qianhu, whether it was to rob or grab, he must get the key to Bei'anmen.

After Ma Cheng and the other Jinyi guards who were patrolling the night passed, they quietly came to the Qianhu on duty, poked open the window paper with his fingers, and saw that there was only one person inside, who should be the Qianhu on duty tonight.

Ma Cheng was overjoyed when he saw this Qianhu, because he knew this person, this Qianhu's name was Ding Wei, and he was one of the hidden piles arranged by the Military Intelligence Department in the palace.

Ding Wei was one of the first soldiers recruited by Ma Cheng in Fengyang back then, and it can be said that he was the henchman of Ma Cheng's henchmen. A few months ago, Ma Cheng left Hangzhou and returned to Nanjing, and he was afraid that Zhu Lunkui would take risks, so Ma Cheng instructed the Military Intelligence Department to arrange a few henchmen in the palace to prepare for emergencies, but he didn't expect to use it now.

With his own people, Ma Cheng no longer worried, went around to the main door, pushed open the door and walked in. Ding Wei in the house saw the door open, and was about to ask who it was, but found that the person at the door was his master Ma Cheng.

Ding Wei didn't expect Ma Cheng to come to see him in person, so he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "The last general, Ding Wei, meet Master Hou!" ”

Ma Cheng hurriedly helped Ding Wei up, then closed the door again, and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect you Lao Ding to be on duty today, it's okay now!" ”

"Master Hou, aren't you drinking in the palace? How did you get to the end here? "Bei'anmen is located in the north of the imperial city, which is sparsely populated and not a busy city, so there are very few people here.

"Hey, old. . . Bendu is unlucky today, Lu Siye, a bastard, is not convinced by Bendu, this time he prepared a hundred people in Xi'anmen, and wanted to take the opportunity to get it

Dead Bendu, I have no choice but to run to you! Quickly open the city gate and let Ben Du out, and wait for Ben Du to raise an army and destroy Lu Siye, this bastard! ”

Although Ding Wei is Ma Cheng's confidant, Ma Cheng doesn't believe anyone at this critical moment, so he didn't tell the truth to Ding Wei, but just said that he had a grudge with Lu Siye.

Ding Wei didn't think about anything else, listening to Ma Cheng let him open the city gate, Ding Wei frowned and said: "Master Hou, the key to the city gate is not here at the end of the general, but it is under the control of the palace supervisor, and it will be issued by the eunuch in charge after dawn!" ”

Ma Cheng didn't expect that there was still this system in the palace, so he had no choice but to ask: "Then what should I do?" Lu Siye is leading someone to find Ben Du, you quickly think of a way to let Ben Du out! ”

"Please rest assured, after receiving Hou Ye's order, the Military Intelligence Department has already prepared, and the last general has also prepared a cable, so that Hou Ye can go down the city! Master Zhang is ready in the city, and at the end of the moment, he will send two subordinates to escort Hou Ye out of the city! ”

Ma Cheng was overjoyed when he heard Ding Wei say this, patted Ding Wei on the shoulder and said, "Okay, when Lao Tzu escapes, you Ding Wei will be Lao Tzu's savior!" ”

Ding Weilian said that he didn't dare, and then went out to gather his subordinates to prepare cables, and prepared to let Ma Cheng out of the city.

After all the preparations were completed, Ma Cheng changed into the brocade clothes prepared by Ding Wei Feiyu suit, after all, the big dragon python robe worn by Ma Cheng was too conspicuous, and everyone knew that this was an important person when he wore it, but the flying fish suit was not so conspicuous.

The flying fish suit is the clothes of the palace guards, although it is also quite conspicuous, but there are thousands of palace guards, and no one will check everyone in detail, and at the same time, the flying fish suit still has a certain deterrent effect in Nanjing City, so as to avoid being questioned by the patrol soldiers of the Inspection Department and the Soldiers and Horses Division.

After changing his clothes, Ma Cheng came to Bei'anmen, from here Ma Cheng sat in a bamboo basket and went down the city, just about to leave when Ma Cheng wanted Ding Wei to pick up his father, but after thinking about it, Ma Cheng didn't say anything. The reason is very simple, if Ma Shiying and the others die, then Ma Cheng will have an excuse on the side of Qingjun. My father and son sit on the throne for you Zhu Lunkui, not to mention that you are not much worse, but now you Zhu Lunkui are going to turn your face and deal with the four of my father and son, then don't blame me Ma Cheng for doing anything out of the ordinary!

Of course, Ma Cheng also has a personal measure if he doesn't save Ma Shiying, Ma Shiying is Ma Cheng's son, if Ma Shiying is alive, he must live in front of Ma Cheng, how can Ma Cheng, who is preparing to be a warlord, endure it? So after thinking about it again, Ma Cheng decided not to save Ma Shiying, and now the dead Ma Shiying is more beneficial than the living Ma Shiying.

Ma Cheng sat in a bamboo basket and went down the city, and then disappeared into the night under the leadership of two henchmen, Ding Wei saw Ma Cheng leave, sighed, let Ma Cheng leave today, and tomorrow there will be a bloody storm in Nanjing City, I really don't know if what I did was right or wrong.

Although Ma Cheng did not say that the emperor wanted to kill him, Ding Wei had already guessed what happened. No matter how bold Lu Siye was, he didn't dare to lead troops into the imperial city to kill a minister of state, so there was only one person who gave this order, and that was the emperor.

Although Ding Wei is Ma Cheng's henchman, he is still Zhu Lunkui's courtier after all. Now Ma Cheng and Emperor Zhu Lunkui have a conflict, which really makes Ding Wei in a dilemma. But Ding Wei has no way to retreat, if he was not taken in by Ma Cheng when he was in Fengyang, he would definitely starve to death in the camp camp, and at the same time, the mark of Ma Cheng on his body is too deep, if the emperor gains power, he will definitely not spare him, so Ding Wei can only rely on Ma Cheng in order to save his life.