Zhu Houzhao pushed open the door and walked out, standing in the night with an umbrella in his hand, and only ordered: "Gao Feng, open the door!" ”

Gao Feng was still a little scared and glanced at Zhu Houzhao, but finally followed Zhu Houzhao's will to open the palace gate.

As soon as the palace gate opened, Guo Rong, who was standing outside the palace gate, was even more nervous, afraid that someone would rush directly into the palace gate to assassinate His Majesty.

But Zhu Houzhao was already standing behind Guo Rong, looking at the eunuch and commander of the East Factory Lu He: "Lu He! Who gave your dog the audacity to yell here in me! ”

Lu He smiled slightly and took three steps back, and at this time, Wang Yue, the eunuch with the palm seal of the master of ceremonies wearing a big red bag, stood up: "The emperor is angry!" It was ordered by the slave maid, and the slave and maid brought a group of ministers to ask to see the emperor today, only asking the emperor to kill Liu Jin and other eunuchs! Take the right dynasty! ”

Zhu Houzhao raised his eyes and looked, although he still couldn't see the faces of Wang Yue and the others under the rain curtain, he could see that there were no less than 100 eunuchs behind him, and several of them were still holding weapons.

The inner court of the Ming Dynasty is a huge collective, there are twenty-four yamen alone, and the number of eunuchs is not less than 10,000, and now Zhu Houzhao can also see that this Wang Yue is really powerful in the inner court, and there are no less than 100 people who are willing to follow him to force the palace at this time.

"It's worthy of the ancestors! It's majestic! Dare to force me! ”

Zhu Houzhao laughed.

"Slaves don't dare! The slave is just asking for the people's life! As long as the emperor kills Liu Jin and other eunuchs, the emperor is still the emperor! ”

Wang Yue hurriedly replied to Zhu Houzhao.

"And what if I don't comply?" With a hint of coldness, Zhu Houzhao stood in front of Wang Yue, the eunuch who was in charge of the celebrant seal.

"Did the emperor hear the footsteps outside, the slaves and maids didn't dare to deceive the emperor, if the emperor didn't kill Liu Jin and other thieves, the officers and soldiers led by Zhang Zhao would definitely kill Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng and other eunuchs for the emperor after entering the palace!

And the emperor, you will also die violently because of the riots of officers and soldiers! ”

Wang Yue replied with a hint of threat.

Gu Dayong and Ma Yongcheng were a little panicked, they were really afraid that Zhu Houzhao would be forced to kill them.

Zhu Houzhao laughed angrily: "Sure enough, it's the old ancestor, it's really powerful, I ask you, do you also deal with Emperor Xiaozong like this." ”

"The slave and maid dare not deceive the emperor, the slave and the maid do not know, three days before the death of Emperor Xiaozong, the slave and maid have been ordered to go to Wanshou Temple to repay the vow!"

Wang Yue replied.

Zhu Houzhao has never taken the lives of Wang Yue and other high-ranking eunuchs directly, he just wanted to keep it for interrogation and interrogation about the cause of Emperor Xiaozong's death, but Zhu Houzhao didn't expect Wang Yue to pick himself clean, but he didn't say more, just turned around and left: "Close the door!" ”

"Wait! Emperor, the slave and maid persuade you to judge the situation, Liu Jin and other eunuchs are just a dog by your side, so what's the harm in killing them! ”

Lu He shouted at this time.

"You are all eunuchs, why look down on each other, even if they are dogs, they are also my dogs, at least better than your group of dogs who betrayed their masters!"

Zhu Houzhao said and continued to walk into the house.

And at this time, Wang Yue, the eunuch who was in charge of the celebrant seal, suddenly roared, and even Zhu Houzhao's respect shouted: "Zhu Houzhao! Don't be obsessed with it anymore! I, Wang Yue, just want to live, I don't want to kill the king! Do you hear the footsteps outside, once the officers and soldiers come in, I can only change another king! ”

"I don't believe me, the men of the Ming Dynasty don't listen to me, but listen to you!"

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

……

At this time, under the cover of night, nearly 100,000 Ming officers and soldiers trotted into the palace city from all over the palace gates like a tide.

For these Ming officers and soldiers, they didn't know that they were playing a vital role at this time, they just followed the orders from above.

They are now getting closer and closer to Cining Palace, Liu Jin and Xu Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Mao, the British duke, are running at the forefront with their men and horses, and now they have passed the Qianqing Gate.

And because there were too many people, many officers and soldiers could only stand in the outer court, and many of them did not even enter the palace.

However, Liu Jin and Xu Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Mao, the British duke, still came to Cining Palace, followed by Zhang Zhao, who was escorted.

These officers and soldiers all held torches, and they appeared outside the Cining Palace like a swarm, illuminating the entire outside of the Cining Palace in blood red, and also allowing Zhu Hou to take care of their yellow, orange and orange faces and the faces of the eunuch Wang Yue.

Wang Yue, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch, laughed at this time, and he also saw the appearance of a large number of officers and soldiers, and a smug look appeared on his face.

"Zhu Houzhao! Now you don't have a chance, our family can only help you kill Liu Jin and the others, but it's a pity that you can't live anymore."

The eunuch Wang Yue laughed gloomily.

However, the eunuch Wang Yue, the master of ceremonies, the eunuch who held the seal of the seal, naturally could see the faces of the officers and soldiers clearly, and when he turned around, he saw that it was Liu Jin standing in front of the officers and soldiers! And not Zhang Zhao!

The eunuch Wang Yue, the master of ceremonies, suddenly turned pale.

"How could it be, how could it be Liu Jin! What about Zhang Zhao, where is Zhang Zhao! ”

The eunuch Wang Yue, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, muttered, and immediately asked loudly.

At this time, Liu Jin ordered someone to throw out Zhang Zhao, who had been tied up by five flowers, and Zhang Zhao said with a sad face: "Ancestor, things have changed, it turns out that the emperor has already sent them Lu rice, and these dogs have been bought by the emperor at some point!" ”

After hearing this, Wang Yue, the eunuch who was in charge of the celebrant seal, looked even more embarrassed, and couldn't help but look at Zhu Houzhao, thinking about when he sent Lu rice, how did he send out Lu rice worth 200,000 taels of silver! Didn't the cabinet say that he had less than 50,000 taels of silver in his pocket? Could it be that the cabinet is lying to me, or is he already ready for this step.

After thinking for a while, Wang Yue, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, didn't want to say anything more, and his knees suddenly weakened and knelt down towards Zhu Houzhao: "The slave is guilty!" ”

The eunuch and commander of the East Factory, Lu He, the celebrant and the chief of the ceremonial department, also showed a look of confusion and panic on his face at this time, and the whole person took a few steps back directly.

This time, it was Zhu Houzhao's turn to smile.

Zhu Houzhao walked up to Wang Yue: "You won't forget, I have already appointed Liu Jin to supervise the regimental camp, right?" ”

The eunuch Wang Yue did not answer, he naturally did not forget, but he just didn't expect Liu Jin to control the army so quickly.

"The slave Liu Jin has seen the emperor, and he was ordered to lead the forbidden soldiers to escort him!"

"The slave maid Zhang Yong has seen the emperor, and he was ordered to lead the regiment and battalion to escort him!"

Liu Jin and Zhang Yong both dismounted, and then prostrate in front of Zhu Houzhao, while other officials and generals came out to salute one after another.

"Xu Jin, the secretary of the Weichen Military Department, has seen Your Majesty!"

"Wechen British Duke Zhang Mao has seen Your Majesty!"

"Weichen Taiping Marquis Zhang Jie has seen Your Majesty!"

"The commander of the Yongzi battalion has made Xia Ming see Your Majesty!"

……

Zhu Houzhao was busy ordering these people to be flat, and only looked at Zhang Zhao, he remembered that he had already ordered the Jinyi Guard to put Zhang Zhao out of the Jinyi Guard Prison, and now seeing that Zhang Zhao really entered the palace with the officers and soldiers as Wang Yue said, he also understood that there were traitors in the Jinyi Guard! I thought that it was good that I let Liu Jin go to the forbidden army camp as soon as he took over as the imperial horse supervisor.