Chapter 686: Confrontation

(Thanks to Sentoyu and Ah Bei for their awards...... )

When Chongyang Gate comes out, it is Shangshu Province, and the Privy Council is opposite Shangshu Province.

As soon as Qin Wen brought Qingyang and the eldest prince Yang Bin out of the back yasha, Li Xiu rushed in with a black and pressed armor guard; Xu Jing led a team of staff to scout the horses, and followed closely by his side.

Even if they didn't immediately start killing, when they encountered obstacles, they were also bombarded with sticks, and their momentum was as fierce as a tiger than Li Xiu's department.

Seeing this scene, Shen Yang's Shen Yi face couldn't help but show a trace of panic.

In addition to the guards and pro-army, there are some scattered men and horses in the imperial city.

The Division, which specializes in topographic survey of mountains and rivers and reconnaissance of enemy situations, has a horse exploration team of less than 300 people.

Although the detectives of the Ministry Division were mainly active outside of Gyeonggi, they were not subject to the restrictions of the guards and pro-troops when they returned to Beijing and entered the imperial city.

At this time, the Weaving Bureau has the right to interview the state and county customs to present the holy hearing, and will not build an exclusive official ship dock outside the Jinghai Gate, and there are also guards and horses independent of the guards and pro-army; This army of soldiers and horses holds the edict of the Queen Mother, and can even directly enter the Cishou Palace.

These soldiers and horses may seem small, but they can play an unpredictable role when it is critical.

It is unimaginable that if Lu Qingxia had already transferred the guards and horses of the Weaving Bureau to the Chongwen Palace, isolated the Queen Mother, Chen De, Li Changfeng and others from the outside world, and then stood in the Chongwen Palace in the name of the Queen Mother, Chen De, Li Changfeng and others, and issued a command to the guards and pro-army, how would they reverse the bad situation?

His Majesty was assassinated, and the corpse was lying in the depths of the Chongwen Palace, and the Queen Mother was naturally the supreme ruler of the Great Chu Empire; And Chen De and Li Changfeng are the nominal commanders and deputy commanders of the guards and pro-army.

They couldn't even figure out the collusion between the princess and the Assassins, so why should they fight for control of the guards' pro-army?

Although there are more than 400 guards on duty inside and outside the compound of Shangshu Province, these soldiers are subordinate to the Left Wu Wing Army, the Left and Right Wu Yi Army, and they are not subordinate to each other, Shen Yang originally wanted them to monitor and contain each other, but at this time, no leading military attache came forward to stop Li Xiu, Xu Jing and others who were acting with the Empress Dowager's edict.

Some of the guards were not convinced, but they were coaxed by Xu Jing with his staff to explore the horses and horses, and they could only retreat one after another.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Zhang Chao, Du Chongtao, Zhou Bingwu and other dozens of officials of all sizes retreated to the side, so that most of the guards were also led by their respective superiors and retreated to both sides first.

Even Han Daochang and Han Duan silently retreated to the side at this time to watch the situation.

In the huge hall square of the government hall, only Han Daoming was left to accompany Shen Yang, Yang En, Xue Ruogu, Qin Wen to accompany Qingyang, the eldest prince, and Yun Puzi to stand among them, and only more than 80 soldiers were still guarding in front of them to prevent Li Xiu from leading people to approach.

Yang Zhitang did not retreat directly under the eaves corridor, but he did not stand with Shen Yang and them, but in a central position, his face was cloudy and uncertain, and his mind was wandering.

To tell the truth, at this time, more than one-fifth of the guards on duty in Shangshu Province could still be led by several low-level military attachés, and they were nervous in front of Shen Yang and did not retreat to the side, which still made Yang Zhitang quite surprised, which also made him even more hesitant: Looking at this situation, Shen Yang and Yang En are more or less popular.

Yang Zhitang no longer cares what the truth of Yang Yuanpu's death is, he is more worried about the people present

Many princes and ministers, if they can't reach a consensus as quickly as possible on the assassination case and the matter of supporting the establishment, or if Shen Yang, Yang En, Han Daoming and others died in the imperial city today, what reason is there to think that Han Qian will not send troops to cross the river?

"This is the edict of the Queen Mother, summoning the princess and the eldest prince to question......"

Li Xiu pressed on the saber at his waist, he stopped in front of the court, and the black and pressed armor behind him suddenly launched three cone-shaped battle formations, like three giant spears, and the soldiers directly attacked everyone in the compound, and the atmosphere was so oppressive that everyone felt suffocated, as if they smelled the blood in the air.

Li Xiu also did not order to rush away from the dozens of guards who were in front of Shen Yang, and sent someone to send the edict to Shen Yang, asking him to hand over the county lord of Qingyang and the eldest prince to him and take it away.

Xu Jing saw Yun Puzi beside Qingyang and said, "General Zhong just found evidence of the assassin's hiding in Chongfu Palace, and he also asked Yun Dao Chang to accompany us." ”

"Slander. Throwing a few broken blades and a few broken clothes into the Chongfu Temple, you want to frame the old way and collude with the assassins? Although Xu Jing and the others splashed the sewage, making it difficult for them to defend themselves, Yun Puzi reprimanded with a calm and cold face, "There are so many detectives hidden in the capital, but the old Taoist suspects that Lord Xu is colluding with the assassins. ”

"Whether it is planted or not, the Queen Mother will tell." Li Xiu held the sword on his waist with his hand and said with a gloomy face.

Following Li Xiu's signal, his subordinates separated the guards to the left and right, staring at the Shangshu Provincial guards in front of him and on the left and right.

"Even if Wang Guifei is really suspected of colluding with the assassins, it will be interrogated by the ministers of political affairs, Li Xiu, do you really want to rebel against the order?" Shen Yang stared at Li Xiu and asked sharply.

"Lord Shen, you are secretly harboring the suspect, how can Li Xiu believe you, and how can the many sons behind me believe you? And His Majesty was assassinated and newly died, and the new emperor was not established, Da Chu naturally respected the Queen Mother, who dared to say that the Queen Mother's edict was a chaotic fate? Lord Shen, you are so bold! Li Xiu said without giving an inch, as if a sharp blade out of the sheath was staring at Shen Yang.

The officials in the courtyard were secretly sweating.

Even if there were still dozens of guards standing in front of Shen Yang and them, the formation was scattered, except for a few low-level martial arts palace gritted their teeth and insisted, but the soldiers under them obviously looked flustered, maybe they only needed Li Xiu's order, these people couldn't resist the impact of the tiger behind Li Xiu, and they would be killed in a river of blood.

At this time, someone from the back of the yasha ran over to report that hundreds of soldiers under the leadership of Zhong Yanhu had outflanked Shangshu Province from the back lane.

This news made the vast majority of people turn pale, and they don't know if they will be implicated if they continue to stalemate, and they will die with no place to bury.

Although some people and horses came from other places one after another when they heard the movement here, they didn't dare to mix in casually after seeing the chaotic situation here.

"Li Xiu, I think your father was so majestic when he was on the battlefield, and the enemy and our army and people were both respectful and fearful, but Yang En respected the prince of the county the most in his heart and treated the world with sincerity," Yang En stood up, stared at Li Xiu and asked, "I don't believe that the two sons of the prince of the county are all fools, let me ask you, do you really think that the princess and the assassin colluded to assassinate His Highness?" ”

Li Xiu's face was gloomy, and Xu Jing smiled hesitantly: "Marquis Yang, whether Wang Guifei colluded with the assassins, the Empress Dowager will definitely investigate thoroughly to the end and give a clear explanation to the subjects of Dachu, is it possible that Marquis Yang thinks that the Empress Dowager will want His Majesty to die in vain?" Yang Houye and Shen Xiang insisted on sheltering Wang Guifei, could it be that you want to wait for reinforcements to cross the river? ”

Seeing that Xu Jing framed them for secretly colluding with Tangyi, Shen Yang and Yang En were so angry that their chests tightened.

"It's useless to talk more, please bring it with you

The prince and the head of the cloud road, with our queen mother, the truth will be known. Li Xiu urged again.

Qin Wen also sighed secretly, Li Xiu may not be able to see the suspicions at this time, but unless he can reveal the bloody truth that is the most cruel, which will directly drag Han Mansion and Tangyi into chaos, and capture the last trace of delusion in Li Changfeng and Li Xiu's hearts, otherwise he can't imagine that Li Xiu and Li Changfeng have any reason not to choose to stand on the side of the Queen Mother and Lu Qingxia.

Struggles are always brutal, and the truth is never the most important thing.

Qin Wen even suspected that even if he and Yun Puzi revealed the cruel truth, Li Xiu might reprimand them for talking nonsense and then be ruthless and kill Shang Shu.

Things are sometimes very simple, Li Changfeng and Li Xiu don't choose to stand on the side of the Queen Mother and Lu Qingxia at this time, is it possible that after the Queen Mother and Lu Qingxia lose power, they can still imagine that Yang Zhitang, Zheng Yu, Zhang Chao and others will not liquidate the Li family?

The so-called deep feet of mud, that's it, right?

And Han Daochang and Han Duan, who retreated to the side at this moment, also desperately gave Han Daoming, who was standing in the field, uncertain, a look, and asked him to let go, and they couldn't wait to step forward and pull Han Daoming aside to watch the situation.

Qingyang grabbed Bin'er's hand, his face turned pale, and he couldn't help but look at Han Daoming with pity.

She knew that if she and Bin'er were handed over again, Han Mansion and Tangyi might still have the confidence and qualifications to exchange benefits with Cishou Palace, but the life and death of their mother and son would completely fall under the control of Lu Qingxia.

Just when Han Daoming was hesitating whether to retreat, he heard a sharp reprimand from behind him:

"Li Xiu, you really want to help the abuse, are you worthy of Li Gong's spirit in the sky, do you want to throw Li Gong's sincerity to Da Chu into the mud and trample on it?"

Han Daoming turned around to look, and saw that in the mezzanine on the left side of the political affairs hall, at this time, more than a dozen eunuchs with short blades walked out quickly, and a one-armed person was the leader, and he couldn't help but call out unexpectedly: "Lord Zhang......"

"Master Zhang, Young Eunuch Jiang......" Seeing Zhang Ping and Jiang Shu appear at this time, everyone was surprised, they didn't know how they hadn't seen them for a long time, and how they walked in from the mezzanine behind the political hall at this time, and they didn't know if they had been hiding in Shangshu Province, or if they had just entered Shangshu Province through the side door.

If you want to say that among the guards and pro-army, there may be a large number of low-level generals who don't know Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, and Yang En - after all, when the armies practice regularly, most of the generals stand in the array, and it is difficult to see the appearance of the generals who are watching the battle on the martial arts stage, and only the one-armed image of Zhang Ping, the inner attendant, has long been imprinted in the hearts of the generals.

Zhang Ping suddenly stood up and reprimanded Li Xiuzhu in public for abuse, and the shock caused to the hearts of many generals in the courtyard was even stronger than Yang En's questioning just now, and they couldn't help but think: Could it be that the inner chamberlain and the young eunuch have mastered secrets that outsiders don't know?

"Li Xiu, do you really think that the second prince in front of the Queen Mother is still the descendant of your Li family?" Zhang Ping ignored the reactions of the others, stared at Li Xiu and asked sharply.

"Master Zhang, what are you talking about?" Li Xiu frowned angrily, the blade on his waist was half cut out, stared at Zhang Ping and asked.

"Ah Xiu, I'm not dead, the corpse in Changyang Courtyard is the palace maid who served me, she is Lu Qingxia's person, she wants to kill me, it was Lord Zhang and Young Eunuch Jiang who saved me in time - the second prince in Cishou Palace, Lord Zhang and Young Eunuch Jiang just took me to confirm, it's not Lin Er, I don't know who they replaced it with. Ah Xiu, you and my father have been deceived in the past few years......"

Among the dozens of eunuchs, a thin figure in a burqa walked out of the court, took off the hood, and revealed a pale and thin face......