Outside the city of Fuzhou, the cold moon hung high, and Hou Xuanyan, who had taken a short rest, took his personal guards and rushed to Fuzhou under the moonlight. Occasionally, a few insects and birds chirped, and from the trees on both sides of the official road, a few early jays flew out.

Hong Yixun grabbed the reins of the horse, clamped the horse's belly, stepped forward and said, "Big brother, my people told me last night that there were people and horses in ambush everywhere on the roadside outside the city. ”

Hou Xuanyan nodded, did not answer, and continued to rush to Fuzhou City with a long sigh of relief. When he came to the city, the soldiers who had not slept all night saw that there were only a few hundred people coming, and he felt relaxed. They diligently opened the gates and welcomed the group into the city.

The five thousand elite horsemen of the Fengzi Battalion were dressed in armor and stayed in the manor, led by Xia Wanchun, ready to respond at any time. When the sky is about to brighten, the morning sun and the moon hang in the sky at the same time, Xia Wanchun led the people to the outskirts of the city and lined up in formation. The defenders on the tower of the city looked at the war horses that were shaving their hooves from time to time under the city, and they were immediately silent, as cold and awe-inspiring as the morning frost of this late autumn.

The emperor was unwell and had not carried out the early dynasty for many days, Hou Xuanyan entered the palace with an edict, and the doors of the palace were opened one after another.

On both sides of the road, there are palace guards in heavy armor and armed with steel knives.

When he came to the gate of the inner palace, the palace gate was wide open, and a young man in a red robe and brocade walked out of the door, stopped in front of Hou Xuan's horse, and arched his hand: "The deep palace is heavy, idlers are not allowed to enter!" ”

Hong Yixun raised his voice and said: "This is Wu Yue Bohou Xuanyan, who has been ordered to enter the palace and retreat quickly." ”

The young general sneered: "Then please ask the uncle to dismount and enter the palace alone, and the other idle people will wait outside the palace." ”

Hou Xuanyan's face sank like water and was silent, Hong Yixun had been with him for a long time, and he knew his mind best. At that moment, he stepped forward with a smile, bent down on the horse, and said to the young general in front of the horse: "I will wait for the edict to enter the palace, Your Majesty has something important to entrust, and I also invite this military master to go in and report it." If Your Majesty does not allow us to enter the palace, we will naturally withdraw from the palace. ”

The corner of the young general's mouth twitched, one hand pinched the waist, the other arm bent upward, the thumb stretched out to the back, and the tone was flamboyant and domineering: "Joke! Do you know what kind of place it is, it's a person who came and asked me to report it, so isn't Your Majesty" A cold light flashed, the voice stopped abruptly, and the young general's face still had an arrogant look, and his head had rolled to the side. The headless body stood upright, blood gushing out like a pillar.

Hong Yixun held a bloodless steel knife in his hand, kicked the standing corpse away, and said loudly: "I will wait for the edict to enter the side of the Qingjun in the city, and if you don't want to die, get out of the way." ”

After speaking, the group rode into the inner palace, and the other guards in the palace suddenly changed drastically and were at a loss. The order of Zheng Zhilong, the Duke of Pingguo, was to let Hou Xuanyan enter the palace alone, but they never expected that these hundreds of people would dare to strike first. No one expected this to happen, so there was nothing to do. A general hurriedly got on his horse and rushed to Zheng's mansion to ask for instructions.

At the same time, Hou Xuanyan and his three hundred guards had already closed the door of the inner palace. Keeping the guards out of the palace, the gate is not very strong and can be destroyed with a few hits of wood. Therefore, the people outside the palace were not in a hurry, waiting for Zheng Zhilong's order. As for the emperor's safety, they wished that Hou Xuan would kill the emperor and give them sufficient reasons.

After Hou Xuanyan dismounted, he left his guards to guard the palace gate and went straight to the palace with dozens of people. On the way, he grabbed a palace maid and asked, "Where is Your Majesty?" ”

The palace maids, who were so frightened that they were not possessed, were carried by the collar and led them to Zhu Yujian's bedroom.

Hou Xuanyan bumped into the big eunuch Wang Xiangnian head-on, the two had a relationship last time, Wang Xiangnian saw that it was him, and turned from surprise to joy: "Uncle Wu Yue has entered the palace, hurry up and follow our family to see Your Majesty." ”

Wang Xiangnian's nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he limped when he walked, it turned out that last time he sent his cronies to Yangzhou to deliver a letter, and after Zheng Zhilong found out, he was beaten up by the envoys.

Hou Xuanyan led people to the dormitory, only to see a person lying on the bed under the yellow curtain, and next to the bed was a plainly dressed woman.

Wang Xiangnian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, Wu Yuebo has entered the palace. ”

Hou Xuanyan half-knelt and saluted: "Minister Hou Xuanyan, I have seen Your Majesty and Niangniang." ”

When Zhu Yujian heard this, he struggled to get up, and Queen Zeng hurriedly helped him up.

A weak voice came: "Hou Aiqing, come to my side quickly." ”

Hou Xuanyan got up and came to the front of the collapse, and when he saw the emperor's appearance, he had mixed feelings in his heart. At this time in history, Emperor Longwu had already been killed, but the current situation is really not much better than being killed.

Emperor Longwu's lips were pale, his eye sockets were deep, and his eye sockets were jet black. The arm trembled slightly, where was the shrewd and capable middle-aged emperor from last time. Prince Zhuang Jing's early death, Zheng Zhilong's domineering, and the courtiers' rat eyes were all like poisonous insects, biting his life.

Hou Xuanyan's eyes were astringent, his nose was sour, and he said in a condensed voice: "Your Majesty, the minister's rescue is here!" ”

Two lines of turbid tears flowed down Zhu Yujian's cheeks, he held Hou Xuanyan's hands, and said: "He Tengjiao should die, the order to ask for Aiqing is not from me." ”

Hou Xuanyan nodded frequently and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will escort you out of Fujian and go to Jinling to worship filial piety." Your Majesty must take care of your health, and you will also preside over the great cause of the Northern Expedition and recover the Central Plains. ”

Zhu Yujian had been in the palace for a long time, and he didn't know the situation outside the palace, so he said in a trembling voice: "Okay.. Good! How many people has Aiqing brought here, and has he already eliminated Zheng Zhilong's traitor? ”

Hou Xuanyan said: "Although the minister only brought 5,000 men and horses, and they were all outside the palace, he already had a plan to bring His Majesty out of Fujian." ”

When Zhu Yujian heard this, he showed his heroic nature, and he was not frightened, but said: "The life of my family is entrusted to Aiqing." After that, he turned around and said to Queen Zeng, who had been sobbing on the side, "Go and call the palace people, change my clothes, and everything is arranged by Hou Aiqing." ”

Outside the palace, Zheng Zhilong's mansion, the general kneeling on the ground told the bloody case that happened at the palace gate, and Zheng Zhilong was not angry but happy.

He slapped the table and laughed: "Hou Xuanyan is young and vigorous after all, I thought that Lao Tzu really didn't dare to touch him, and I really thought that after he died, the 300,000 Northern Expeditionary Army would work hard to avenge him." Mobilize the men and horses prepared in advance to the outskirts of the city to annihilate his Fengzi battalion. Everyone else in Fuzhou City went to the palace and surrounded the palace, and not a single bird could be released. Today, let's wash the palace in blood, and then put the basin on his head, saying that he killed His Majesty and the palace people, and then we corrected the Fa. Hahaha..."

Zheng Hongkui stood up and said, "Big brother, isn't Longwu Lao'er's life gone?" ”

"This old guy doesn't open his eyes, and thinks about going against our brother everywhere, so he just kills another one. King Lu is not imprisoned in Fuzhou, I think he is good. Half of Hou Xuanyan's subordinates are the old subordinates of King Lu, and it is easier to appease. Zheng Zhilong was full of ambition and had already begun to look forward to the bright future after the murder of the king.

"The third child, you go outside the palace to suppress the formation, and Lao Tzu has to pretend to be sick in the house. This is a drama of killing the king, and it is not good after all. ”

It is already a well-known thing that the Zheng Mansion is raising private soldiers, so the people and horses that rushed out of the Zheng Mansion went straight to the imperial city, and the people of Fuzhou City were not surprised. In their eyes, Zheng Zhilong is the emperor of Fujian, and these people are not as revered by the Ming Dynasty as they are Zheng Zhilong, the grass-headed king.

After a while, in the county lord's mansion, a young man in Tsing Yi in front of Zhao Yuanhua arched his hand and said: "Boss, the villain has seen the people of the Zheng Mansion killed the palace." ”

Zhao Yuanhua's face was solemn, and he said, "Gather the brothers and do it!" ”

Behind Fan Xiong were dozens of personal soldiers of Yasukuni Gong Huang Degong, each holding a Pu knife, and said viciously: "This time, a certain life will be put on the line and fight for Hou Xuanyan once." After the matter is completed, the grace of intercepting the river can be regarded as two clear! ”

Zhao Yuanhua changed his cowardly old slave appearance, turned his eyes sideways, and said: "Don't talk nonsense, every moment of our life is exchanged for the bloody battle in the palace." Get on the horse and kill! ”

Capture the thief first capture the king, a battle to capture the king, quietly started in Fuzhou City. Whoever wins the opponent's coach first will be the winner of this battle. Zheng Zhilong's advantage is that he has many people, and Fuzhou is his home turf. Hou Xuan's advantage is that his chess pieces are in the dark, and showing up is a thunderous blow.