Li Hengbing, Yang Sichang and others calculated everything, sat in the capital, and waited for Zhou Zheng's reaction.

They moved quickly and snatched almost all the power in the capital, and the huge capital was under their control.

Zhongcui Palace.

This was originally Zhu Cihong's dormitory, and now, it is used to detain Zhou Yanru and others.

Zhou Yanru was not nervous at all at the moment, and he drank tea leisurely.

This room is his alone, and not far in front of him, stands the chief administrator of Ouchi, Li Zhong.

Li Zhong's face was expressionless, and he had been practicing closed-mouth meditation for a long time, and he had not said a word again.

Zhou Yanru put down the teacup, looked at Li Zhong, and said, "I know you are all confused, why am I so calm?" I can tell you two reasons: first, you can't add any crime to me, you can't add anything at all, and my worst ending is also to return to my hometown. Second, you can't fight Zhou Zhengyun. Zhou Zhengyun needs a stable situation, and he will not allow your way to undermine his changes. ”

Li Zhong looked at him silently.

Zhou Yanru looked outside and said, "Wait, this time, a lot of people will die." I felt that Zhou Zhengyun seemed to be unable to bear it. ”

Li Zhong's brows moved, he remembered that snowy night more than ten years ago, Zhou Zhengyun sent him into the Ten Princes' Mansion and became the old man of the First Emperor's Hidden Mansion, and then followed him into the palace, step by step to a prominent position in the palace.

I don't know why, Li Zhong's body suddenly became cold, and his eyes were afraid.

After hesitating, Li Zhong turned around and headed to the Qianqing Palace.

In the anxious waiting of a crowd, Fan Wenjing returned to the capital three days later with Zhou Zheng's recital.

In fact, Fan Wenjing was deliberately let go by Li Hengbing and others, just to see Zhou Zheng's attitude and actions.

Fan Wenjing appeared in the cabinet, looked at Qian Qianyi, Li Hengbing, Yang Sichang, and Li Banghua, handed over Zhou Zheng's recital with a solemn expression, and said: "Four pavilion elders, this is the recital of Dingguo Gong. ”

Li Hengbing looked indifferent and said, "You can just say what he means." ”

Fan Wenjing glanced at the four of them, took back the notebook, and said: "First, Dingguo Gong thanked Yuan Fu for his dedication to the imperial court, and asked the emperor to reward him and allow him to pay tribute. Second, he recommended Qian Ge Lao as the first assistant. Third, Yang Gelao expressed support for the idea of recovering Taiwan, and the Fujian Navy and Fujian and Guangxi generals fully supported it. Fourth, Li Banghua and Li Gelao served as the president of the 'Chongzhen Record', and it was not appropriate for him to hold other official positions. Fifth, Li Hengbing and Li Ge were imprisoned. ”

Everyone listened to Zhou Zheng's recital, and their expressions were a little weird.

Zhou Zheng, is this an ultimatum for them?

Li Hengbing sneered and said, "Zhou Zhengyun is so big? He is far away in Nanzhili, what can he do? ”

Li Banghua was silent, and Qian Qianyi trembled.

However, Yang Sichang looked at Fan Wenjing thoughtfully: "What else did he say?" ”

Fan Wenjing thought about it carefully and said, "Ding Guogong asked the lower officials a question: What do you want to do?" Xia Guan couldn't answer. ”

Yang Sichang nodded and said: "He may not be unable to think of it, what we want is very simple, 'The society is peaceful, the people are prosperous, there are no friends and no party, and the world is one'." ”

Fan Wenjing was fearless and fearless, and said: "In this way, all the elders of the pavilion think the same as Dingguo Gong, why do you still want to do this?" ”

Li Hengbing glanced at him and said, "I don't care what he thinks, I want to kill this possibility." You should know that his sin is not whether he wants to or not, but whether he can or not. ”

"Unnecessary?"

Fan Wenjing blurted out, and then hurriedly closed his voice and stopped talking.

Yang Sichang and Li Hengbing may not be their true thoughts, but they can get a glimpse, that is, they can't tolerate the 'two weeks' monopolizing the government, or they are actually against changing the law!

No matter what, these Fan Wenjing didn't care, he looked at the four of them and said, "Dingguo Gong said that you may plot to kill Yuanfu, I wonder if the lower officials can see Yuanfu now?" Even if it's a corpse, it won't be withheld by people, right? ”

Yang Sichang looked at Fan Wenjing with some surprise, and said: "Zhou Yanru is selfish and narrow-minded, and never misses the old love, but he didn't expect to accept such a closed disciple as you. ”

Fan Wenjing took a deep breath and looked at the four of them expressionlessly.

Yang Sichang said: "Wait a little longer, I want to see how Zhou Zhengyun makes a move, how to make me go to Fujian willingly." ”

As soon as Yang Sichang's voice fell, a scribe came in and said with some panic: "Your Excellency, Sun Chuanting, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, has entered the palace and went straight to the Qianqing Palace." ”

Li Hengbing's expression suddenly turned cold, and said, "Didn't I order the forbidden army to close the Daming Gate, why did he still come in?" ”

The scribe was very alarmed and said, "The villain doesn't know." ”

Yang Sichang's expression changed, and he got up and said, "Go and have a look." ”

Qian Qianyi, Li Banghua and others also seemed to realize that the situation was wrong and followed Yang Sichang out.

They came to an arrow tower and looked condescendingly into the distance.

I saw Sun Chuanting walking through the Daming Gate on foot and walking straight towards the inner court, and the guards where he passed did not react, as if he had not seen it.

Li Hengbing's expression was gloomy, and he suddenly shouted: "Trespass on the palace, come here, take it!" ”

His voice was very loud and spread far away, but Sun Chuanting didn't seem to hear it, and the guards around him were even more indifferent.

Yang Sichang's face was expressionless, he looked at the person guarding the Daming Gate, and said, "Jiang Yan! ”

The big man named Jiang Yan struggled with his expression, and immediately knelt down on one knee towards the arrow tower, and said in a deep voice: "Elder Ge, don't say that you only obey the orders of the Duke of Dingguo. ”

Yang Sichang's eyes were a little gloomy, this was the person who had followed him for more than ten years, but he didn't expect that he had already been bought by Zhou Zheng!

Yang Sichang stared at him and said, "I'll just ask you a question, can he go to the Qianqing Palace?" ”

Jiang Yan was still kneeling there, silent for a while, and said, "Yes."

Yang Sichang silently put his hands behind his back and did not speak. He originally thought that he had taken control of the palace guards, but he didn't expect that it was still a bad move.

Li Hengbing's expression was uncertain, he looked at Yang Sichang, and said, "If the patrol battalion is transferred, I don't believe it, the patrol battalion can also rebel!" ”

At this moment, the captain of a patrol battalion hurriedly ran over and said urgently: "Elder Yang Ge, there has been a change in the patrol battalion, and all of our people have been arrested!" ”

Yang Sichang had almost no surprises, and said: "I control Dongzhimen, and the new barracks are ten miles away, give them an order, let them enter Beijing." ”

Li Hengbing's gloomy expression was relieved at this time, the forbidden army and the patrol battalion were indeed beyond their expectations, but they still had a backhand, that is, the new barracks outside the city!

This new barracks was originally traded by Zhou Zheng and Zhou Yanru and ceded to Zhou Yanru, although Zhou Yanru tried his best to control it, but he didn't know the soldiers, and he was unknowingly mastered by Yang Sichang, and there were nearly 30,000 people, even if they were hastily gathered, there were 15,000 people!

These fifteen thousand people, facing the leaderless guards and patrol battalions, are enough to control the capital!

Li Banghua was a little hesitant, worried in his heart, what if there was a real fight?

Yang Sichang looked at the expressions of the three of them, knew what they were thinking, and said lightly: "Don't worry, Zhou Zhengyun will order these people to do something at most, and it is not enough for them to meet with me and calm the capital, half a day is enough." ”

Qian Qianyi laughed with him, extremely stiff, and his face was constantly oozing cold sweat.

Not long after Yang Sichang gave the order, suddenly a heavily armored soldier hurriedly ran over.

The sound of his metal clashing was thick with each step, and it seemed very heavy.

Yang Sichang and Li Hengbing all looked at him with strange expressions.

The person who came knelt down on one knee and said: "Ge Lao, the news from the northwest to the flying pigeon is that Cao Bianjiao, Man Gui is leading 20,000 cavalry to come, and it will arrive in half an hour at most." In addition, Zunhua, Miyun, Xiangshan, and Tianjin Wei have blocked the way out of the capital. ”

Li Hengbing stumbled, almost fell to the ground, his expression was full of anger and hatred, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he looked up to the sky and roared: "Zhou Zhengyun, you are so ruthless, I only regret that I sought skin with the tiger and didn't kill you earlier!" ”

Li Banghua also looked pale and smiled bitterly.

Yang Sichang looked silent and looked at the north quietly.

However, Qian Qianyi was a little confused, thinking in his heart, even if there are 20,000 cavalry, they have more than 15,000 people, and they still have the advantage of defending the city, or do they have a big chance of winning?

Looking at this situation, he didn't dare to ask.

On the arrow tower, it was quiet, even Li Hengbing's wheezing sound was extremely slight.