readx; There are undercurrents surging inside and outside the Jingshi, but inside the Forbidden City seems to be as usual. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The concubines of the three first emperors, Shenzong, Guangzong and Xizong, are still spending their lonely time in the deep palace; The eunuchs and palace ladies were also doing a never-ending job; The guards were on patrol as usual; The bells and drums on the corner tower also rang on time.

But Zhu Youzhen knew very well in his heart that this was just a short calm before the storm. There were many fewer ministers in the court that day, and it can be seen that many people smelled the smell of danger; The four guards in the palace are also frequently moved, and the security near the Wenhua Hall is particularly strict; The eunuchs beside him also have a few more unfamiliar faces, called changing shifts, in fact, they don't need to ask to know that this must be sent by Wei Zhongxian to monitor him.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but secretly rejoice, thinking that he was fortunate to let Yan Ling out of the palace in time yesterday to pass on the edict to Zhang Weixian, if it was a little later, I am afraid it would be difficult to get out. It's just that in this way, I also lost contact with Yan Ling, and I don't know if it's going smoothly outside.

At this time, although Zhu Youzhen had Xu Youliang and a few other people around him to protect him, he also knew very well that once a drastic change occurred, these people would not be able to help much, and he had to count on Qin Bing and Zhang Weixian. Counting it, Qin Bing should arrive near Jingshi tomorrow, but there is still no news at all, how can he not be anxious!

One is depressed, and the other is that there is nothing to do, so Zhu Youzhen has to kill time with pigeons. He asked the red lady to release all the pigeons, and after feeding, they were released into the blue sky and circled repeatedly over the Forbidden City. At this moment, Zhu Youzhen really wanted to turn into a pigeon and fly out of the palace to see what was going on, but how could this be possible!

It wasn't until noon that Zhu Youzhen returned to the dormitory with a frown, but the red lady came over and whispered: "Long live, Herzhe is here!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was startled and said, "What? Where are the people? ”

"The people don't know where yet, but the pigeons are coming." The red lady carefully took out a pair of pigeons from her bosom and said, "These two pigeons are a husband and wife, and they are also the best of the carrier pigeons, I take the and Herzhe takes the hen." After the release just now, I noticed that there was one more pigeon, and when I looked closely, it turned out to be it! This means that Herzhe is nearby, she releases the hens, and it just so happens that we also release the flock, and the hens find themselves! ”

Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed when he boarded up: "Could it be that the Qin soldiers have arrived?" Quick, prepare the small box, and fly the pigeon to pass the book immediately! ”

The red lady hurriedly took the special wooden box, Zhu Youzhen thought about it, and drew a monk who was worshipping the Buddha.

The red lady couldn't help but laugh when she saw it, because Zhu Youzhen's two strokes made her really dare not compliment: the Buddha statue and the monk were replaced by "Old Man Ding", with a hideous face, crooked mouth and slanted eyes, and the monk's palms were also proportionally larger, as if he had acromegaly.

Zhu Youzhen didn't care, but instead repainted the hands in black, and then repainted a pair, and then sealed them into two small boxes and let the red lady fly.

Although the red lady did not understand what she meant, she also received the order to re-release the pigeon flock, and took the opportunity to tie the small box to the feet of the pair of carrier pigeons. Sure enough, the male and female pigeons flapped their wings in the sky, and hundreds of other pigeons, which were not carrier pigeons, flew a few laps in the sky and fell back into the Wenhua Palace. There are two less than a few hundred pigeons, who can tell except the red lady?

Zhu Youzhen waited anxiously in the dormitory, thinking that if the Qin soldiers arrived near the Jingshi, they would definitely hide in the West Mountain, dozens of miles away from the city, otherwise they would definitely be discovered. There are many birds of prey in the mountains, and these two carrier pigeons must not encounter any accidents!

After only a few minutes, I heard a "hula" sound, and the red lady who was waiting in the courtyard drove the pigeon flock into the sky again. After a short while, she hurriedly returned to the dormitory and handed Zhu Youzhen two small boxes with surprise on her face!

Zhu Youzhen thought that the two carrier pigeons had folded back directly, but after a closer look, these two small boxes were different from the ones they were tied when they were released just now! This shows that Herzhe is in the Jingshi City, close to him!

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly opened the box and saw that the things inside were exactly the same, they were two Lantern Festivals that were frozen. The red lady said inexplicably: "What does Herzhe mean?" Do you want to eat a Lantern Festival with me? ”

Zhu Youzhen said in ecstasy: "Qin Bing has really arrived!" The monk I painted just now put his palms together is actually to ask 'when', and Herzhe sends it back, which means that the Lantern Festival will be started! Isn't tomorrow the Lantern Festival? ”

Before Yan Ling left the palace, Zhu Youzhen agreed with him that as long as he saw a fire outside the city, it was a signal for the arrival of the Qin soldiers, and Zhang Weixian had to act immediately. Although the situation has changed now, the five military camps have entered the city, and it is much more difficult to capture the city gate, and Zhang Weixian doesn't know how it is going, but Zhu Youzhen has no choice!

He immediately drew two more pictures, on which a child set off fireworks outside the courtyard, and another child looked inside the courtyard, which meant that Qin Bing raised the fire as a signal, and then still used the previous method to send it out of the palace. But the red lady and her flock of pigeons were busy, and kept flying and retracting, just to cover the two precious carrier pigeons!

This time, when the pigeon flew back, the box was empty. According to the code agreed between the Red Lady and Herzhe, this is the meaning of "confirm the execution". At this time, the sky was completely dark, and in order to avoid arousing suspicion, Zhu You ordered the red lady to put away the carrier pigeon. Before the Qin soldiers launched, he had cut off all contact with the outside world, and all that was left was to wait.

In this long night, Zhu Youzhen was no longer interested in letting several palace maids put on a moaning scene, he asked everyone to put out the candle and go to bed, and he climbed into the dragon bed early, planning to sleep well so as to accumulate energy to deal with tomorrow's drastic changes. But it can be tossed and turned, and it is just hard to sleep!

It's no wonder that when he was the king of Qin before, no matter how complicated and dangerous the situation was, there was always a group of people by his side to assist him, and he also knew that according to the development of history, he would definitely be the emperor, so he never really worried about anything.

But now that he has become the emperor, he is deep in the inner world, isolated, and the decisions he makes are likely to affect the fate of the Ming Empire and even the Chinese people for hundreds of years; Once he fails, not only will he die without a place to be buried, but all the people who are closely related to his fate, as well as thousands of innocent people, will repeat the mistakes of history! Thinking of this, how can it be better to be on the edge of the abyss and hesitate to fear?

In the long cold night, time seemed to freeze. Zhu Youzhen really couldn't sleep, so he simply got up and stood in front of the window, observing the sky outside through the window lattice.

I don't know how long it took, but the lattices gradually turned white. Suddenly, an exceptionally bright star appeared in the sky due east, Zhu Youzhen knew that this was the "Morning Star", that is, Venus, and its appearance meant that the long night was about to pass, and the sunrise was about to come.

At this point, Zhu Youzhen finally eliminated all distracting thoughts, took a deep breath, and said silently in his heart: Wei Zhongxian, I will make a break with you today!