In the cloudy and gloomy East Palace Chunhe Palace, there was not even a trace of wind. There was no sound around, but the crown prince Zhu Gaochi seemed to hear a faint thunder in the sky.

This morning, before dawn, Zhu Gaochi ran back and forth between Wenhua Palace, Donghua Gate, and Fengxian Palace, although most of the time he was in a car, but he rarely tossed so much before. So much so that Zhu Gaoxu's face was covered with red color.

Jin Zhong, Guo Zi, Tan Qing and others, who followed Zhu Gaochi back to the East Palace, barely closed their eyes last night, and they didn't even have time to wash their faces, and their faces were swaying like a layer of lard at this time.

Not long after, the crown princess Zhang came to the main hall. A few people paced back and forth in the main hall, and there were few words from everyone.

Then Yuan Hui, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu and others also returned to the Chunhe Hall one after another.

Last night's deployment was indeed a bit hasty, but with so many people making suggestions, it was still very thorough. Now things are different from what was expected, the situation has become more complicated, and everything seems to be complicated. Everyone looked serious, and many people were thinking about it.

At this time, Yang Shiqi said: "At this time, the prince should still take it as possible to ascend the throne as soon as possible. ”

Everyone nodded their heads, but where to start? Things always have to be prioritized, and the specific arrangements discussed last night, because there was an accident today, it will definitely not apply.

Tan Qing muttered coldly: "After King Han runs out of the palace, will he stay in Jingshi and wait for the opportunity?" ”

Zhu Gaochi glanced at Tan Qing and said, "That's fine." ”

Jin Zhong also nodded and said: "King Han is now extremely powerful in Yunnan, and his people are all in Yunnan, so he must be trying to run back to his nest first." ”

As soon as the words fell, a eunuch ran to the door of the main hall and said: "There is a sergeant outside the Chunhe Palace, saying that he was on an errand on the order of the prince and wanted to see the prince and General Tan. ”

Tan Qingdao: "It's them!" ”

Zhu Gaochi looked at the eunuch who was reporting and nodded.

After a while, a sergeant arrived outside the main hall. He approached, clasped his fists and saluted, and said in a deep voice: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the exit of the secret passage is outside the Chaoyang Gate." The little ones interrogated the soldiers and civilians all the way, and when they arrived at the Gaoqiao Gate in the outer city, the officers and soldiers guarding the city also said, "I saw a man and a woman going out of the city, and the man was wearing a red regimental dragon robe. The little ones ran out of the city gate to see, and there was a barracks of soldiers and horses stationed outside the high bridge gate. King Han has gone to the barracks! ”

"Ahh Hearing the report, the people in the main hall were in an uproar, and many people let out a surprised voice. Han Wang is really a wonderful person, and he always surprises people when he does things.

Chaoyang Gate is the east gate of the inner city of Jingshi; Takahashi Gate is the gate to the eastern part of the outer castle.

Originally, there was no outer city wall, only an inner city. The outer city wall was built in the 23rd year of Hongwu, when Taizu believed that the Shogunate Mountain in the north and the Yuhuatai in the south were the commanding heights of the Jingshi; Artillery could be placed in these two places, and it was not good for the defenders to be exposed outside the city, so Taizu built the outer city again.

The secret passage was apparently built at the same time as the foundation of the imperial city, earlier than the outer walls. Therefore, the secret passage only leads to the Chaoyang Gate, which is in line with the situation in the early years of Hongwu...... At this time, the discovery of the secret passage exposed a problem: Emperor Jianwen should have run from the secret passage back then, and Emperor Jianwen could only run out of the inner city of Jingshi, how did he get out of the outer city? At that time, the Jingshi was surrounded by the "Jingnan Army", and the entire city had already been monitored.

However, no one cares about the old things at the moment, and the things in front of them are the most urgent!

Tan Qing glared and said: "The military camp outside the Gaoqiao Gate is now stationed with people who have returned to Beijing from Annan. King Han won't transfer troops and want to attack Jingshi?! ”

Jin Zhong blushed, turned his head to Tan Qing and said, "General Tan is just a guard commander who commands thousands of people, and at your level, thinking too much is not a good thing." ”

Tan Qing actually showed a slight look of anticipation when he heard this...... He may have misunderstood Jin Zhong's words, thinking that his current grade is too low and he needs to be promoted.

Yuan Heng, who was looking at the face, waved his hand first and motioned for the sergeant to step back. Waiting for the sergeant to report the matter out of the main hall, Yuan Hui stepped forward to close the door of the hall, walked back and said, "Prince, we have to move the saint to the Qianqing Palace immediately." Then summoned Ji Gang into the palace and immediately informed Master Daoyan of Xuanzang Temple about the matter. ”

Last night, things were urgent, and Dao Yan lived in the temple outside the Taiping Gate. Dao Yan is old, and now he rarely goes to court. At that time, the city gate had already been closed, so until now, I hadn't had time to tell Master Daoyan.

Yuan Hui said Ji Gang and Dao Yan together, and the estimated consideration was that he was a spy and an eye. After the "Battle of Jingyan", Dao Yan had handed over many of his former spies to the saint and put them in Jinyiwei; But Yuan Hui may think that Dao Yan still has someone in his hands.

At this moment, the crown princess Zhang said softly: "The concubine body thinks that the crown prince should grasp the important things, and the first thing you should do should be to go to Kunning Palace." ”

As soon as Zhang said a word, Zhu Gaochi immediately turned his head to look at her, and said after a moment's silence: "Concubine Ai has a point. Yuan Jue went to Xuanzang Temple, and I immediately went to Kunning Palace! ”

Zhang said: "The concubine will go with the prince, but you will enter the palace alone to see the queen mother in a while." ”

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Gaoqiaomen Barracks. The soldiers in the camp and the barracks were all idle, and many of them were packing up their things.

Zhu Gaoxu walked quickly into a barracks, and a group of military generals and civil officials who greeted him followed him in without knowing why. Zhu Gaoxu found two sets of clothes, a pair of chain mail, and a Yanling knife.

He turned his head and said, "Gather the brethren together in the camp." The party conspired against the party and brutalized the clan, tell everyone the news! ”

It was as if the pot had exploded in the barracks, and there was a lot of noise.

At this time, a civil official said: "Don't blame the King of Han, there is no military order at this time, we can't act rashly." ”

Zhu Gaoxu turned to look at the civil official: "I only asked everyone to be in the camp, not to let you out of the camp." ”

As soon as the two of them spoke, the room gradually fell silent, most of them were silent, some looked away with their eyes flashing, and some lowered their heads and thought about something.

The civilian official said: "Military law is military law, and rules are rules!" The status of the king of Han is noble, and he should show his example. Now the people and horses here are no longer under the command of the Han King, don't you know? ”

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes widened and he glanced at the civil official angrily.

The civil official was shocked, took half a step back, pressed the corner of the table behind him with his hand, and said in a trembling voice: "King Han is angry!" At this time, you should be more cautious, if you kill the official of the court, but ignore it, the world will misunderstand the king of Han at that time......"

But the civil official said too much, and before he finished speaking, Zhu Gaoxu had already jumped out of the barracks.

He stood in the open space outside the door, and immediately shouted with full anger: "The traitor party in the East Palace is plotting rebellion, and the saint may have been killed by the traitor party!" The traitor mutinied, transferred his cronies and generals without authorization, and led the forbidden army to enter the palace without law, and my Han King was almost killed by the traitor! Fortunately, Emperor Tai Zu appeared, and I was able to get rid of the Fengxian Palace......"

Countless soldiers walked out of the surrounding barracks, all standing around the camp, stretching their necks to watch, listening to Zhu Gaoxu shouting there. No one moved, but no one stopped Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu shouted for a while, took his things, and saw a few war horses tied next to the barracks, so he stepped forward to lead two horses. He helped Miaojin to get on the horse first, and he himself turned over and jumped on the horse, patted the horse and ran out of the barracks. The sergeants at the gate of the camp were standing there in a daze, and no one gave any military orders at this time, and the sergeants completely ignored the prince wearing the regimental dragon robe, and let them go.

Zhu Gaoxu and Miaojin rode south along the official road and rushed to the Fengtai Gate in the south of the outer city. He first observed the officers and soldiers standing outside the city gate for a while, and saw that the officers and soldiers looked expressionless, and seemed to be a little bored.

So Zhu Gaoxu sat on the horse and waited. He glanced at Miaojin next to him, and saw that Miaojin was bloodless and looked nervously at the city tower. Zhu Gaoxu said kindly: "Don't be afraid, the East Palace is also in a hurry at this time. Do you look at the officers and soldiers guarding the door, as if something has happened? ”

Miao Jin nodded hurriedly.

It didn't take long for the sound of horses' hooves to be heard in the corridor of the city gate. Only then did the officers and soldiers standing outside the gate pick up their weapons and look into the corridor, where a military general shouted: "Those who leave the city dismount!" Who are you? ”

A moment later, a helmet red warbler swayed, a group of cavalry poured out of the city gate, and Veda said, "We are the guards of the King of Han, get out!" ”

The officer and general were very hesitant, and the sergeants saw that a large group of elite horsemen rushed out, and they did not dare to run to the middle of the road to stop them for a while. At this time, it was still morning, and there were many officials and civilians entering and exiting the outer city gate, and the city gate was always open; The cavalry of Veda and the others was very fast and rushed out of the city gate directly.

Zhu Gaoxu patted his horse to meet him, and saw that it was Wei Da, the commander of the guard in the Han Palace, who was walking in front, and Wang Yin, the little eunuch next to him, was also riding a horse.

"Lord Wang!" Veda shouted as she clenched her fists on horseback.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Just come out." ”

Veda rushed to the side of the road, gradually reined in his horse and turned back, he jumped off the horse, and then held a waist card with both hands, and Zhu Gaoxu grabbed it in his hand. Instead, the horse approached the Fengtai Gate.

The events in the palace made Zhu Gaoxu very angry, and now his anger has not subsided. But what he did wasn't all impulsive.

Zhu Gaoxu understood in Annan that although the truth of righteousness cannot be seen or touched, it still has a certain use; The side that has no righteousness at all is slightly disadvantaged, at least the people will have more excuses to surrender.

So he didn't have time to think it through, so he did it first. At that moment, he shouted to the people in the city tower and the city gate: "The traitorous party in the East Palace conspired against the party and brutalized the clan, and the saint may have been killed by the traitorous party!" The traitors have mutinied! ”

At this moment, the city gate actually moved slowly, and the officers and soldiers outside the gate ran and marched into the corridor. Soon the gate of Fengtai Gate was closed, and the people on the road had already run away from the city gate, but many people stopped in the distance, looked at this side, and listened to what Zhu Gaoxu was shouting.