Nanjing Imperial City, Wenhua Palace.

When Gao Hongtu was dealing with government affairs with Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duo, an official from the General Administration Department stumbled in, knelt down and said, "Three elders, something happened. ”

Gao Hongtu put the brush in his hand on the jade pen holder, and said indifferently: "Speak slowly, what's wrong?" ”

The official of the General Administration Department responded in a trembling voice: "Gao Ge Lao, this morning the Central Army suddenly blocked the gates of Nanjing, threatening that without the order of the Governor's Palace, no officials or errands in Nanjing City are allowed to leave the city, and the tolerances sent to Songjiang, Changzhou, and Suzhou to deliver express deliveries have been blocked. ”

"What?" Gao Hongtu was furious and said, "Without the order of the Governor's Palace, all officials and servants are not allowed to leave the city?" ”

"It's a toad yawning, what a big breath." Jiang Yueguang sneered, "Dare to love Wang Pu, the governor of the five provinces, the yamen is bigger than the cabinet of the imperial court." ”

"It's the other way around." Wang Duo also said angrily, "Is there any royal law in Wang Pu's eyes?" ”

"Let's go." Gao Hongtu said coldly, "Elder Jiang Ge, Elder Wang Ge, you will go to Taipingmen with the old man, the old man wants to see, without the order of the governor of the five provinces, can you go out of this Nanjing City?" ”

"Let's go!"

"Let's go!"

Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duo followed Gao Hongtu out of the Wenhua Hall and went straight to the Taiping Gate.

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Taipingmen, order as usual.

The two small groups of soldiers of the Central Army stood as standard, their eyes leveled ahead, as if they were blind to the pedestrians who came and went, and only when the court officials or errands passed, they would be stopped by them, and the officials were all invited back to the city unless they had an order from the governors of the five provinces.

In the afternoon, there was a sudden burst of gongs on the long street in the Taiping Gate, a group of officials sounded the gong to open the way, two teams of guards accompanied by knives, and finally there were three eight sedan chairs, straight to the Taiping Gate, the pedestrians on the street retreated on both sides, there was a lady who sold fruit could not dodge, and was directly knocked to the ground by the officials, and the fruits in the basket were spilled on the ground.

Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duo put the official frame of the cabinet auxiliary ministers to the full, and they were determined to give Wang Pu a good look.

The honor guard of the three elders soon arrived at the gate of the city, and some idlers had realized that there was a bustle to see, and gathered from all directions, or the young officer of the Central Army, strode out of the gatehouse on the left side of the official road, and stood in the center of the official road with an indifferent expression, and said awe-inspiringly: "Stop the sedan chair!" ”

"Blind your dog's eyes, dare to stop the old sedan chair?"

The official who sounded the gong in front of him roared, raised his foot and kicked it on the small stomach of the officer of the Central Army.

The officer of the Central Army was wearing long-barreled cowhide boots with a hard soles, and only heard a click, the leg bone of the officer had been kicked alive, and the officer suddenly screamed and fell to the ground.

This is not over, the officer of the Central Army stepped on the back of the officer, directly stomped the officer to the ground, and then stepped on the head of the officer with the sole of his hard boot and ran it several times, until the flesh and blood of half of the officer's face were blurred, and the officer's hands danced out of thin air, and his mouth howled like a pig.

No one thought that the officers of the Central Army were so fierce, and the rest of the officials and the two classes of guards were stupid, and no one dared to come forward to help, but the idlers and people who were watching next to them shouted loudly.

"Stop!"

An official strode forward and shouted, "You dare to commit murder in the street, do you still have a royal law in your eyes?" ”

"Wang Fa?"

Huo Ran raised his head and glared at the official fiercely.

The official couldn't bear such a fierce gaze, and suddenly took two steps back, and muttered, "You, what do you want to do?" Lang Lang Qiankun, in broad daylight, don't come nonsense. ”

The central officer grinned, revealing two rows of cold white teeth, and said in a cruel voice: "I'm sorry, we are rough people, we can't remember what the king's law is, we only know the eight major military regulations!" Tell your people, don't provoke our Central Army, the eight major articles of military regulations stipulate that we are not allowed to harm the people of the Ming Dynasty, but there is no provision that we are not allowed to defend ourselves by force! ”

After that, the officer of the Central Army flew and kicked on the side ribs of the fallen officer, and the officer flew up more than ten steps and landed in front of the official, who was already humming and couldn't get up, and just now that kick broke his two ribs.

"You ......" one of the accompanying inspectors was extremely angry, and shouted two steps forward, "It's too arrogant, which battalion are you from, whose soldiers are you?" ”

"Stand back!" The officer of the Central Army said awe-inspiringly, "Take another step forward, and you will be killed!" ”

"Humph!" The inspector was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he took another step forward and shouted, "This official still doesn't believe it, is it possible that you really dare to kill the imperial court official?" ”

The officer of the Central Army said: "One last warning, immediately retreat!" ”

The official ignored it and took two more steps forward.

The officer of the Central Army turned around and waved his hand coldly.

Four of the two rows of Central Army soldiers standing upright like javelins immediately rushed out, shouting "kill", and four well-pierced rifles stabbed out from four different angles at the same time, a standard four-on-one thrust tactical move! Xue Liang's bayonet flashed, and there were already eight more blood holes in the body of the overseer.

The red blood gushed out like a fountain, the inspector Yushi stared at the round eyes, and tried hard to say something, but he couldn't say anything more, his upright body shook twice and then fell straight to the ground, twitched twice and then didn't move, this time even Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duo in the sedan chair were dumbfounded.

This is the official of the imperial court, these guys have eaten the gall of the bear's heart and leopard, and they really dare to kill!?

The officer of the Central Army slowly turned around and said murderously: "Again: No matter how big an official you are, no matter what you do, as long as you are an official or an official servant, you will not be allowed to leave the city without the order of the governor's yamen. ”

The housekeeper came to the sedan chair and asked Gao Hongtu, "Master, what should I do now?" ”

Gao Hongtu was already so angry that his face turned pale, and he said in a deep voice: "Go home." ”

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Sun Chuanting's mansion, study.

Sun Chuanting and Qian Qianyi were playing against each other, Wang Pu and Lu Daqi were watching on the side, the chess game had reached a critical moment, and Wang Pu, who was watching the game, couldn't help but say: "Old man, here, your big dragon is running out of gas!" ”

"Hey." Qian Qianyi protested, "Master Hou, watching chess is silent, true gentleman." ”

Wang Pu laughed and said: "I am not a gentleman, I am a martial artist." ”

"Master Hou!" While he was laughing, Xiao Qida stepped into the study, first saluted Wang Pu, and then bowed to Sun Chuanting and the three of them, and said, "Master Hou, the three pavilion elders, just now Tang Sheng returned, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, and Wang Duo went to the Taiping Gate and tried to test the knife, but in the end they were blocked back. ”

"Hey, hey." Wang Pu sneered twice and said, "There are not many hard-headed officials in the court now, Shi Kefa is counted as one, Gao Hongtu, it's far behind." ”

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Qianqing Palace.

Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, and Wang Duo are suing in front of Emperor Longwu.

After listening to Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duo's colorful narratives, Emperor Longwu was so angry that his face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Wang Pu has neither the official document of the cabinet nor the order of the military department, so he dares to mobilize the central army of the Yanziji battalion without authorization, and he has lawlessly blocked all the gates of Nanjing!" What's even more hateful is that he dares to kill the court officials indiscriminately, what does he want to do? Does he want to rebel? ”

"Hooray." Gao Hongtu said in a trembling voice, "Wang Pu didn't take you and the cabinet seriously at all." ”

Zhang Zi on the side was cold in peace, secretly wondering who Wang Pu was? He didn't even take Xianyanjing in his eyes, how could he put a cabinet in his eyes? Only a fool like you Gao Hongtu will take the cabinet seriously, I hope you can get lost, don't make trouble again, and maybe pick up a surname.

"It's the other way around, it's really unreasonable." Emperor Longwu said angrily, "I have to kill this rebellious minister and thief, I have to kill him!" ”

"Hooray." Gao Hongtu said in a condensed voice, "The minister has a very bad premonition, Wang Pu suddenly sent the central army to block the gates of Nanjing this time, there must be some ulterior conspiracy!" ”

Emperor Longwu's face changed greatly, and he lost his voice: "Does he really want to rebel?" ”

Emperor Longwu couldn't help but worry, if Wang Pu wanted to rebel, with the strong strength of the Central Army, it would be easy at all, and Emperor Longwu didn't even have the ability to resist at all.

"It is better to believe what is there than to believe what is not." Gao Hongtu said in a deep voice, "We can't sit still, we must strike first." ”

"Yes, preemptively."

Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duo echoed in unison.

As soon as Emperor Longwu heard that Wang Pu was going to rebel, he was in a mess in an instant, and said in a loud voice: "Gao Ge Lao, how can you strike first?" ”

Gao Hongtu said: "Urgently transfer the Jinshan, Guanhai, and Linshan Sanwei armies to secretly enter Beijing, and then arm the guards in the palace, the ministers and other palaces, set the time, and the inside should be combined with the outside, and the three guards will deal with the central army of each gate, and the palace attendants, the ministers and other guards are responsible for besieging Wang Pu's five provincial governors, as long as Wang Pu dies, the central army in the Yanziji camp is leaderless, so there is no need to worry!" ”

Idiot!

Zhang Zi'an's face already showed a trace of disdain, thinking that if Wang Pu really wanted to rebel, would he wait for you Gao Hongtu to transfer the Jinshan, Linshan, and Guanhai armies to Nanjing? I'm afraid I already did it last night! The reason why Wang Pu has not made a move until now can only show one thing, that is, Wang Pu has no intention of rebelling at all.

"Okay." Emperor Longwu nodded again and again, "Gao Ge Lao, everything is entrusted to you." ”

Bidding farewell to Emperor Longwu out of the noon gate, Gao Hongtu said to Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duo: "Elder Jiang Ge, Elder Wang Ge, you should also go back to the house and prepare separately, and remember, this matter must be kept secret, don't let the family nursing home in the house know the inside story, just say that it is to take care of the family nursing home and guard against thieves." ”

Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duo responded in a loud voice: "Don't worry, the elders of the pavilion will take care of it." ”

Gao Hongtu told him again and again, and the three of them went back to the house separately to prepare, and Emperor Longwu also asked Zhang Zi'an to gather more than 100 chamberlains in the palace, but it was ridiculous that these more than 100 chamberlains were sent to the palace by Wang Pu.

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It seems that the Sunwang clique only wants to give Gao Hongtu and them a dismount, and after sending troops to hold the gates of Nanjing, there will be no further action, and as long as it is not a court official and an official servant, peddlers, pawns and ordinary people can enter and exit at will, and the central army will not check it at all.

Gao Hongtu easily got in touch with Jinshan, Linshan, and Guanhai Sanwei.

Five days have passed in a blink of an eye, Nanjing is as calm as before, Jinshan, Linshan, Guanhai Sanwei army has entered Guabu, only one day away from Nanjing, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, Wang Duo is politically incapable, militarily even more idiotic, seeing that the central army of the Yanziji camp has no movement, thinking that Wang Pu is still in the dark by them, is complacent.

In front of Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duo, Gao Hongtu said proudly: "The three guards of Jinshan, Linshan, and Guanhai came from the waterway, and during the day, they either anchored on the shore and pretended to be merchant ships, or they hid in the reeds, and only at night would they sail, and their actions were very secretive, and until now Wang Pudu was still kept in the dark, hehe." ”

Jiang Yueguang complimented: "The elder of the pavilion has strategized and won a thousand miles, this time Wang Pu is dead!" ”

Wang Duo also echoed: "Yes, the old man of the pavilion is clever, and in one fell swoop he eliminated Wang Pu, who is a powerful minister in the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Huh." Gao Hongtu said happily, "Elder Jiang Ge and Elder Wang Ge have a good reputation, and the old man is ashamed." ”

Jiang Yueguang said: "But Ge Lao, although Wang Pu is still in the dark, the Central Army is indeed not good, and it must not be taken lightly until the end." ”

"Hmm." Gao Hongtu nodded and said, "Jiang Ge Lao reminded me, but the old man has already agreed with the general soldiers of the three towns of Jinshan, Linshan and Guanhai, and the time to start will be set for tomorrow night, when the time comes, the 30,000 troops of Guanhaiwei will contain the central army of the Yanziji camp, and the 40,000 troops of Jinshan and Linshan will be responsible for solving the small central army of Nanjing, and the old man and the two old mansions will be responsible for attacking the governor and killing Wang Pu. ”

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The last peaceful night finally passed.

On the Fengtian Palace, Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi and a large number of officials of the Donglin Party reported illness at home as usual, and the relatives in Nanjing City did the same, and they were too lazy to come to the court meeting, and there were only dozens of civil officials in Liao Liao in the huge court, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, and Wang Duo got up and entered the class after shouting long live with dozens of civil officials.

Emperor Longwu looked at the dozens of civil officials of Liao Liao under the steps, and when his heart was on fire and he was about to give the order to retreat from the dynasty, there was a sudden sound of chaotic footsteps outside the main hall, and when Emperor Longwu looked at it urgently, he saw that Sun Chuanting had already taken a steady eight-character step and went straight in, Sun Chuanting was followed by Wang Pu, Wang Pu was followed by Qian Qianyi and Lv Daqi, and Qian Qianyi and Lv Daqi were followed by dozens of officials of the Donglin Party.

Sun Chuanting walked straight to the bottom of the golden steps, knelt on the ground and sang: "Minister Sun Chuanting, long live my emperor, long live long live......

Behind Sun Chuanting, Wang Pu, Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi and the officials of the Donglin Party fell to their knees, shouting long live, Emperor Longwu was stupid, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duo were also stupid, at this moment, there was only one thought in their minds: those who come are not good, and those who are good are not coming!

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(To be continued)