The whole city of the capital was under martial law overnight.

The forbidden army and the men and horses of the Beijing camp were dispatched everywhere to control the nine city gates and the four imperial city gates, and even the imperial city avenue was cleared, and pedestrians were temporarily not allowed to pass.

For a time, the heads of the major mansions in the capital all ordered the doors to be closed. closed the door himself, but quietly sent a little girl out to find out the news......

In the Rongguo Mansion on Ningrong Street, Mrs. Wang also ordered her subordinates to close all the corner doors of the entrance and exit as soon as possible. She originally intended to hide it from Mother Jia, but Mother Jia was old and fine, how could the panicked atmosphere in the house escape her eyes? Seeing the clues, she called Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng and others to Rongqing Hall to inquire, but it had no effect.

Now that Jia Zheng has been released to Zhejiang as the governor, Jia Lian and Jia Yu, father and son, have not returned from the winter hunt, and the Rongguo Mansion at this time does not even have a master in charge.

There were several plans but none of them had any results, but fortunately, Aunt Xue came over at this time and brought a piece of news.

There is a big deal going on in the winter hunt on the outskirts of Beijing, and the assassins are now being arrested in the whole city......

Of course, the news is also vague and inaccurate, because Xue Pan inquired about it from his wine and meat brothers.

"Old lady, the eldest master and the second master are back......"

When Jia Mu heard this, she immediately said, "Quickly call them in!" ”

Needless to say, Jia Lian had already come in in a hurry. Jia Mu asked, "What about you?" ”

"The eldest man fell and injured his leg last night, and now he has been sent back to the East Courtyard for treatment." Jia Lian didn't have time to salute one by one, so he replied.

Jia Mu was shocked and said, "How was it hurt? ”

Everyone in the hall also looked surprised, and at the time of the shock, Jia Yu was injured, and no one could think about it.

Jia Lian seemed to be out of breath, and drank two sips of tea in a row before saying: "There was chaos in the paddock last night, and the master accidentally fell from the porch, and then he fell." ”

Everyone quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good to fall on your own.

"What's going on out there? It's been a lot of noise since last night, and we're scratching our heads! ”

"It's amazing!" Jia Lian originally wanted to talk about this, but he was delayed by everyone's questions, and he couldn't help but say at this time: "I haven't seen such a chaotic scene when I'm so old, I first heard that it was an assassin last night, and then I heard that it was a rebellion of the forbidden army. Others couldn't tell which side was the assassin, which side was the rebels, and which side was the counterinsurgency......

It was chaotic in the middle of the night, and I don't know how many people were killed and wounded. ”

"How can this be ......"

Jia Mu muttered with a cane.

Mrs. Wang asked: "How did it subside later, and what's going on with the chaos outside now?" ”

Jia Lian said: "The shouting stopped when it was almost dawn, and we don't know the specifics." It's just that later I heard that the assassins were going for the Emperor, and even His Majesty was injured in order to protect the Emperor.

I also heard that the rebel was Wang Shangxiao, the leader of the forbidden army, and he died on the spot.

Later, the people of the Jinyi Army came out to see and escort the princes and ministers, and followed the holy car back to Beijing together. If it weren't for the big man breaking his leg, I'm afraid we would be like them, and we would still be detained and couldn't come back......"

Jia Lian was obviously also frightened, and what he said was unstructured and logical, and things were not clear.

Mrs. Wang was about to ask, but Jia Mu interrupted: "Okay, since you are all back, then we have nothing to do with the outside affairs, you go and take care of your Lao Tzu, let him recuperate at home, don't go out!" ”

Jia Lian originally wanted not to vomit and be unhappy, but seeing that Jia's mother didn't want to listen anymore, she had to give up. said "yes" and went to the east courtyard.

Aunt Xue is the best at observing words and feelings, and when she saw that Jia's mother was depressed, she also said goodbye and went back.

In the end, only Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Li Kun and Wang Xifeng were left in the hall. Wang Xifeng boldly asked, "Why didn't the old ancestor let Lian Er finish speaking?" ”

Jia Mu reprimanded: "What do you little children know, if such a big thing happens, how can it be good for you to get a little bit of it?" Let it be that you do not know what to do, and inquire less. I stayed at home for the past few days, and no one was allowed to come to see me, and An An divided this stubble. ”

Mrs. Wang and the three of them all nodded in response.

......

After a night of galloping, I took a break after dawn to eat some dry food and feed the horses some water by the way.

"Are you alright?" Jia Qing frowned and looked at Tana. This woman, obviously injured herself, insisted on following her to the border.

But in order to find Wang Ziteng as soon as possible to discuss countermeasures, he couldn't stop halfway.

"I'm fine."

"Otherwise, I'll leave a team to escort you, and you won't have to travel with us, in case the wound bursts......"

Jia Qing had good intentions, but Tana didn't appreciate it.

"Why are you such a mother-in-law, you all said I'm fine! Our sons and daughters of the steppe are not as delicate as you.

If you can get rid of me, just leave, but don't say I'm a drag on you. ”

Such ignorant words blocked Jia Qing's sympathy, don't turn your head and ignore her.

At this time, in addition to Zhao Sheng, Wang Jiang, Ma Jun and Mei Jian, there were dozens of elite Jinyi army cavalry.

Wang Shun didn't come. Originally, he planned to return to Beijing in about a month at most, but now that this happened, he couldn't rest assured at home.

Wang Shun has been his personal servant for many years, and he can take care of one or two families after returning home.

"Let's go!"

Jia Qing stood up and turned over on his horse, and after a while, only a cloud of dust was left in place, and dozens of horsemen and horses had already disappeared.

......

For two days in a row, the people in the capital were panicked.

In He Shanbao's mansion in Xicheng, more than a dozen mainstays of the imperial court gathered here, discussing something with righteous indignation.

"Lord Shoufu, you must be the master for us, but it's only been two days, and several have already been copied, Lord Fei and Lord Yu have all been put on death row by that person, and if it goes on like this, the court will be completely chaotic......"

"Yes, he is taking the opportunity to force the palace to seize power, such a disobedient and unfilial person actually sits on the dragon's head in a grand manner, is it because the sky wants to destroy my Great Chu?"

He Shanbao sat upright on the main seat, calmly looking at the people present and complaining.

"Then what are we going to do, according to the meaning of the adults?"

As soon as they heard He Shanbao's words, everyone quieted down all of a sudden.

They came to He Shanbao because they were uneasy. He Shanbao is a veteran of the two dynasties, and he is deeply trusted by the emperor, and he also gave him a gold medal for avoiding death, at this time, He Shanbao is their backbone.

"We want to meet the Emperor!" Suddenly, there was a humane.

The other person immediately sneered: "There has been news from the palace for a long time, saying that the Emperor Taishang is frightened in the enclosure and needs to recuperate, and foreign ministers are not allowed to visit, how can we see it?" ”

"He's under house arrest!"

"What if it's house arrest? Now that Wang Shangxiao is dead, the forbidden army and the Beijing camp are under his control, and there is still the Jinyi army outside, what can we do? The slightest change will end up with Lord Fei and them. ”

The crowd cried out: "Disobedience and unfilial piety......! ”

"Oh no......"

Suddenly, the subordinates of He's Mansion came in and said: "Master, it is said outside that Prince Xun's Mansion is surrounded by the forbidden army and the Jinyi army!" ”

He Shanbao's pretended complexion could no longer be sinkable, and he got up and shouted, "What is the reason? ”

"It was said that Wang Shangxiao rebelled, and he was instructed by Prince Xun!"

The crowd was shocked. Wang Tan, the secretary of the General Administration, shouted angrily: "Does he still want to kill each other? ”

Prince Xun, the youngest son of Emperor Taishang and the younger brother of Emperor Zhengqing, is the current Queen Mother.

It is no exaggeration to say that whoever is the name of plotting rebellion will be placed on the head of Prince Xun!

"Lord Shoufu, if you don't care about it at this time, Da Chu will be finished......!" Wang Tan said sadly, and then knelt down in front of the hall to ask He Shanbao to come forward.

He Shanbao sat back dejectedly, and said with a desolate face: "This is a royal matter, and the old man can't control it......"

He had tried to enter the palace several times, but each time he was turned away from the palace gates.

At this time, the capital is full of soldiers and horses, what can he do as a civil servant? Could it be that he commanded more than 100 of his own family guards to break into the palace?

Perhaps seeing He Shanbao's helplessness, someone suddenly proposed: "Let's go and ask the Queen Mother to come forward and stop this perverse tyranny!" ”

"Yes, please ask the Queen Mother and her old man to come forward!" Wang Tan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately got up, bowed casually to He Shanbao and turned to go out. The people behind looked at He Shanbao's face and went with them.

After everyone dispersed, He Shanbao's son He Yinde came out of the back hall and asked, "Father thinks that their move can be effective?" ”

He Shanbao shook his head, his already old face became even more sad, and he said: "Don't get involved in the outside affairs, in the future, our He family will have to rely on you to bear the ......."

He Yinde immediately said: "What is my father talking about, our He family has always been borne by our father, and my son is afraid that he can't bear it on his shoulders." ”

He heard the ominous meaning of his father's words.

"Anyway, don't get involved in these things out there. Don't worry about me, it's not that far......"

......

Zhao Donglai almost worked day and night, but he rushed back to the capital in two days and two nights.

Although the atmosphere in the capital was very different from when he left, he didn't pay attention to it, and after entering the city as a military servant in brocade clothes, he immediately went to the palace to ask to see Emperor Zhengqing.

"What are you doing in such a hurry?"

Outside the palace, Zhao Quan stopped him.

"Have you seen the commander, your majesty, if you have an urgent military situation, you must face your majesty?"

"Oh, didn't you go to guard the Greeting Mission, what emergency military situation can there be?"

Zhao Donglai frowned. He has been mixed in the Jinyi Army for so many years, and he has long been clear about the doorways in the Jinyi Army.

The Jinyi Army is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, which has its own set of systems, and is managed at the first level. In other words, the commander has the absolute right to speak in the Jinyi Army, but this right to speak is also exempted by the emperor if he wants to.

Therefore, in the Jinyi Army, the people at the top will not easily let the people at the bottom skip the level to meet the people above, so as not to be deprived of their positions.

But Zhao Donglai was not worried, this time the matter was too big, it was impossible for Zhao Quan to prevent him from seeing the emperor, let alone greedy for his credit.

Although he thought so in his heart, Zhao Donglai didn't want to offend Zhao Quan, so he said: "The stakes are very high, Russia has no intention of forming an alliance with our Great Chu, and the matter of peace is also fake, and the specific matters cannot be explained to the adults for a while."

But if you delay for a quarter of an hour, the border will be more dangerous, so I beg your lord to enter the palace with the lowly to meet Your Majesty......"

Zhao Quan was taken aback when he heard this. If it was a trivial matter, he could have gone back and forth for Zhao Dong, but for such a big matter, he didn't dare to blindly solicit it, and now His Majesty is a person who can't rub sand in his eyes.

"Then I don't have to, it's like I'm going to take credit for it with you. Go in by yourself, but don't forget, come to my house and report the matter to me in detail when you come out. ”

Zhao Quan smiled and took the initiative to bring Zhao Dong into the palace.

"Thank you, sir."

Looking at Zhao Donglai and entering the palace, Zhao Quan's henchmen said: "Why does the adult value this person so much, he disregarded Fang Tongzhi's face before, promoted him to a servant, and now let him enter the palace to face the holy ......"

Zhao Quan laughed and said, "I heard that his brother died when he went out on a mission with Fang Ke......

The henchman's eyes lit up and said, "Do you want to support him to deal with Fang Tongzhi?" ”

Zhao Quan snorted coldly and said: "A lewd thief villain also wants to compete with me for the position of commander, if he wasn't for the fact that he is barely a person in His Majesty's hidden mansion, I would have cleaned him up a long time ago!"

I think this Zhao Donglai has a lot of ability, but I might as well train him to be my arm. ”

"Your Excellency is wise!"

......

"Really?"

In the south study, after Zhao Donglai finished reporting, Emperor Zhengqing did not let him leave, but summoned Cui Wenlong and Lin Ruhai!

Now in the court, the most trusted are Cui and Lin.

"If you go back to the old man, this matter is true.

General Jia Qingjia was too late to make a change, and that night he ordered to outflank and encircle the Russian mission, and the total number of hangers and prisoners was less than 2,000! That's more than 1,000 people less than the 3,000 people in the Ministry of Rites.

The princess was also fake, not at all the Russian princess Soraya, but the daughter of Fyodor.

Now the hundreds of captives of the fake princess monk who are alive are still on their way back to Beijing......

Everything he said is true, and he doesn't dare to say a word of falsehood! ”

Zhao Donglai said in a deep voice.

Lin Ruhai went down to the court to plead guilty: "Jia Qing is young and ignorant, and he has taken the initiative to encircle and suppress the Russian mission, please forgive your majesty." ”

Emperor Zhengqing waved his hand, and then frowned. In order not to tell the truth, although the wound on his shoulder was not deep, it was real.

"It doesn't matter, the general will still be outside and the king's order will not be affected. In the face of such a high-stakes situation, he was able to make such a bold and resolute decision, and I should take a great credit for him. ”

"Your Majesty." Lin Ruhai Road.

He is trying to smooth out Jia Qing's suspicions, he knows the truth that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and he does not dare to be careless.

Urging Wenlong didn't have Lin Ruhai's care, he anxiously asked Zhao Donglai: "What do they want to do with so much trouble?" ”

Now that the matter in the capital is not over, this incident has happened again, one is not good, it may really cause chaos in the world!

"According to General Jia and our guess, the more than 1,000 people they secretly absconded should have sneaked to the border pass, in order to seize the pass and let their cavalry enter. And the remaining 2,000 people should want to enter the Longcheng Pass, and then join forces with the galloping Cossack cavalry on the 28th, break through our Longcheng Pass, and then threaten the capital! ”

"How can it be!" Cui Wenlong said.

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