The palace of the king of Qi was besieged.

More than two hundred classes of direct guards, as well as a commanded Tianwu soldier, guarded the wall outside the Qi Palace.

According to the order Wang Hou received from Guo Kui when he came out, not a single mouse was allowed to escape.

That's too harsh.

However, if the target is only the people in the palace, then relying on a batch of strong bows and crossbows from the ordnance supervisor, Wang Hou is still very confident in defending the walls of the Qi Palace.

Wang Hou is now riding on a horse, and in front of him is the gate of the Qi Palace, which is two feet wide. The main entrance in the middle is closed - it is usually like this, except for Zhao Hao entering and leaving, or dignitaries coming to the door, the main entrance will not be opened - and the side doors on both sides are also closed. When Fang arrived in the class, he closed it all at once.

Whether it was the siege of the mansion or the reading of the edict, the door was not opened, and there was not even a person who came forward to ask questions.

Wang Hou didn't know if there was still a trace of luck in the palace of Lu Daoqi, but he didn't plan to delay too much time here.

It was not easy to hit the door, and it was not convenient to find a ladder, but Wang Hou borrowed more than a few hundred bows and crossbows from the weapons prison.

Behind Wang Hou is the mansion of the third king of the Zhao family, Cao Wang.

The palaces of Zhao's two younger brothers were built opposite each other, separated only by a street about five zhang wide.

Seeing Wang Hou leading the troops coming, the gate of King Xu's Mansion was also closed, and when he saw that the Qi Palace's Mansion on the opposite side was surrounded, he didn't dare to ask more.

However, snooping is indispensable, and there is inevitably some noise on the fence.

Hearing movement behind him, Wang Hou glanced back, a head appeared on the wall, and the side door next to the main entrance was also opened a crack, and several pairs of eyes peeked inside.

But when Wang Hou turned around, there was no one on the wall in an instant, and the small door that had just opened a crack was immediately closed.

"Go to the Cabinet."

The chamberlain beside Wang Hou looked back and asked Wang Hou worriedly.

"Nothing. It has nothing to do with King Cao. ”

Wang Hou looked at the front and remained motionless.

The chamberlain who spoke was also on the horse, almost at the same level as Wang Hou.

The chamberlain had a scroll in his bosom. Looking at the clothes on his body, he knows that the Tao has not yet entered the stream, but the scroll in his arms, as long as he is familiar with the court, can be seen from the pattern on the back of the paper at a glance, and the silk paper that will only be used in the edict.

Wang Hou ignored the chamberlain, and the palace had not yet settled down.

Shi Deyi and Song Yongchen have been forbidden in the palace for a long time, their status is high, and there are countless protégés, and the eunuchs who have anything to do with them account for most of the servants who have duties in the palace. The remaining servants who are qualified to proclaim the edict are now all praising the court at the big celebration, and for a while they can only pull a waiter Gao Pin who is not even from the Jiupin Yellow Gate to announce the edict.

However, the chamberlain of the edict is a few officials, is there anything wrong with the hastily written edict, as long as the two kings' homes are blocked, the important people are arrested without missing a single one, and then the evidence of the crime is searched, for Wang Hou, it is a complete merit, and he can return to the palace to pay the decree.

On the vermilion gate in front of the Qi Palace, the copper nails were polished, and in contrast, the few strips of white silk above the gate looked much darker.

A few days ago, when Wang Hou and Han Gang were looking for the address of the big library, they also took a few glances at the entrance of the alley.

At that time, Wang Hou also sighed that the mansion of the second king was much larger than Han Gang's residence in the capital, and the architecture was much better, and the first emperor was kind to the two brothers.

Who knew that in a few days, the two kings would no longer have that blessing.

I don't know what the two kings thought when they knew that Han Gang was coming and going here? If you have a stone, you will definitely not be able to hide it from him. Maybe today's palace change has pushed a hand in it.

Wang Hou couldn't guess the specific situation, but he wasn't much interested in guessing.

It's just a bit boring to wait.

"Go to the cabinet, do you want the villain to call the door again?"

Seeing that Wang Hou had never moved, the chamberlain asked more cautiously, completely without the prestige of the edict angel and the order of the supervising army.

Wang Hou has made a great contribution today, and the backer behind him has made even greater contributions, and the position of the newly appointed Zhixi Cabinet Envoy will be firmly seated at once.

At the beginning, Wang Hou was awarded the envoy of the west cabinet, but his qualifications were still a little worse. However, Han Gang exerted some strength inside, so that the Queen Mother and the Eastern and Western Governments agreed to this appointment.

Moreover, both inside and outside the government and the opposition have a high opinion of Wang Shao, who died young. The Northwest strategy for the past ten years has followed his plan. After the fall of Western Xia, it even reached the point where some people compared his "Pingrong Ce" with Zhuge Liang's Longzhong pair. It is believed that it is the predicament of the Emperor Song Dynasty for a hundred years, saving the people of Kansai from hanging upside down.

Seeing Wang Shao die of illness in his prime, in addition to feeling regretful, everyone in the world felt that the first emperor owed him a lot. Therefore, in terms of personnel arrangements, Han Gang fought for Wang Hou to compensate for a little, and it was difficult for the court to have a suitable excuse to oppose it.

This appointment was supposed to be an over-eviction. But with Wang Hou's performance in the palace today, he will definitely be able to gain the trust of the Queen Mother. Maybe for the next many years, he will be in charge of the Praetorian Guards in the Beijing Division.

Seeing that Wang Hou's robe was already so red that it was about to turn purple, he was replaced by a big mink in the palace, and he had to show some respect when he spoke, not to mention that he was counting on the appearance of today's appearance to earn a mere high-quality official to come back?

"There's no need." Wang Hou refused very simply.

I don't know the situation of the empress dowager clearly, but the current situation of the two kings, Wang Hou knows the way.

Zhao Hao and his son, the puppet emperor who was carried on the royal couch, were imprisoned on the tower of Xuande Gate, guarded by Guo Kui himself.

is already outright rebellious, and there is no need to give any preferential treatment to rebellious family members.

"Go to the Cabinet!" Suddenly, the chamberlain screamed again.

Wang Hou also became solemn, looking at the palace of King Qi, where a few puffs of black smoke were rising.

"It's on fire!" The chamberlain shouted, "Go to the cabinet, there's a fire inside!" ”

"I see it." Wang Hou's tone was calm.

"Go to the Cabinet." The chamberlain looked at Wang Hou in surprise, "Hurry up and put out the fire!" ”

"No, be careful not to let the fire spread. When people come out, they must be guarded, and if anyone dares to resist or flee, they will be killed. ”

As for firefighting, there is no need for that.

Wang Hou didn't say this, but everyone who heard his order understood his intentions.

Wang Hou completely ignored it, and the chamberlain didn't dare to disturb, closed his mouth and waited for Wang Hou's order, looking up at the increasingly intense fireworks.

……………………

'That's ......'

Zong Ze stopped abruptly and looked into the alley from the mouth of the alley in surprise.

‘…… Ban straight?! ’

It is hard to imagine that the mansion of the emperor's own uncle would be surrounded by soldiers and horses, and it was also a janissaries.

'What the hell is going on?' ’

Zong Ze speculated outside the crowd.

At the entrance of the street leading to the second king's mansion, there was already a circle of passers-by watching the excitement, and Zong Ze could only rely on his own horseback and take advantage of the height to look inside.

As soon as he returned from the north of the city, he encountered a live drama of soldiers besieging the palace of Qi.

"I haven't heard of worshiping Wenchang Temple, and it should be on the excitement." ’

Zong Ze had inexplicable thoughts spinning in his head.

The two holy temples of Zilu and Zixia were enshrined, and Zong Ze had already gone out of Nanxun Gate to worship the day before yesterday.

Today, I came to the north of the city and worshiped the Wenchang Temple. Although I don't know if Wenchang Xingjun, who is from Zitong, will only bless the Shu people, this is one of the two ancestral temples in charge of Wenyun in the capital, and there is no harm in worshipping it.

Zong Ze came out to burn incense, not so much to pray to God and worship Buddha, but to adjust his mood. So I didn't call my friends, but went out alone.

Quietly put on a stick of incense, gave some incense money, smelled the smell of cigarettes in the temple, and became impetuous because of the imminent provincial test, and settled down little by little.

However, on the way back, he bumped into a good show, which he did not expect.

Today is the first day after the Great Xiang, according to the usual is the grand court meeting of the Daqing Palace, and the civil and military officials and clans in Beijing must enter the palace. Ban Zhi surrounded the two palaces on this day, thinking with his toes, he knew that Zhao Hao must have committed something in the palace, so that the Queen Mother no longer cared about her face.

can cause such a result, the crimes of the two kings are bound to be not light, and most of them will be unclear about the ownership of the throne. I've been crazy for more than a year, and I can't enjoy the rest of my life well, and I have relapsed into my old ways, and I began to look forward to Shu again, which is my own death.

Due to Banzhi's blockade of the alley, Zong Ze could only look inward from afar. The doors of the two kings' houses were closed, and the doors of the three kings on the opposite side were also closed, and no one came out on either side

"It's got to be a bad thing." There were people around him who whispered and talked about it, and there was some commotion.

There was another fire in the palace of the King of Qi. But none of the nearest Banzhi went up to put out the fire, and they didn't move.

Something bad is for sure. The two kings, who were unwilling to be lonely, stopped going crazy overnight, and everyone knew that he wanted to take advantage of the mourning period of the first emperor's great trip to come out and stir up the wind and rain.

How bad the relationship between the uncle and sister-in-law of the heavenly family is can be known from the rumors.

But the Queen Mother Xiang has been surprisingly endured until now since the two kings 'recovered'. But the longer the patience, the deeper the resentment erupts.

And how deep the extent of this disaster is, just look at the attitude of the class straight.

However, as long as Zhao Hao still has the possibility of making a comeback, as long as the Empress Dowager still has hope of making a comeback, as long as the Empress Dowager's will is not too decisive, the Praetorian Guards who came over will not be too ruthless.

"What's that?"

Suddenly, in the crowd of onlookers, there was a whisper.

I saw a two-wheeled carriage pulled by four horses coming from the north side of the street, and the body was covered with a layer of cloth. I don't know what's inside, but the cloth cover has a strange shape.

The car was already conspicuous, but even more conspicuous were the soldiers around the body, as many as hundreds.

"Artillery."

Zong Ze muttered to himself.

With his eyes shining brightly, watching the gun carriage grunt past in front of him, Zong Ze suddenly thought:

This time it's the turn of the two kings. ’

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"It's coming!" Wang Hou suddenly looked at the alley and complained, "It's really slow." ”

The chamberlain followed Wang Hou's line of sight.

I saw a group of soldiers enter the alley, then another team, and then a carriage slowly drove in.

Just looking at the sound of the carriage running over the bluestone road, you can know that the goods on the carriage weigh thousands of catties.

"What's that?" The chamberlain asked.

"Artillery." Wang Hou replied.

The ordnance prison is not far from the imperial city, otherwise it would not have hit Guo Kui's mansion with one shot a few days ago. And the residences of the two princes, of course, are also nearby.

Fang Cai borrowed a batch of bows and crossbows from the Ordnance Bureau, and by the way, Wang Hou was also ordered by Han Gang to have a cannon dragged out of the Firearms Bureau.

The bronze cannon body, the iron gun mount, the wooden gun wheel nailed to the iron, the uncovered cannon was exposed to the world.

The gunners were busy for a while, and the gunpowder and shells were quickly loaded, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the gate of the Qi Palace.

"Li Yan." Wang Hou called the name of the chamberlain.

"What do you command?" Li Yan hurriedly asked.

"Cover your ears." Wang Houdao.

"Huh?"

"Cover your ears!"