The next day is August 16, which is also the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, and the normal day of the holiday. The Jiangdu Palace is located twenty miles southwest of the Jiangdu City, and Yang Guangming built a spacious and flat road leading directly to the city, so that the ministers can arrive at the court every day in only half an hour.

Although today is a day off, not every minister can rest, some important ministries and temples also need to have officials on duty, and Xiangguo also needs to leave one person in the palace.

Yesterday's Mid-Autumn Festival was Yu Shiji's duty, and today it was Pei Yun's turn on August 16, and it happened that Pei Yun was a little sick today, and he rested until after noon before getting up and going to Jiangdu Palace.

In fact, the ministers have no meaning in going to the court, it is difficult to send the twists and turns from all over the world to Jiangdu, and it takes a lot of effort for each piece of music to arrive, sometimes it will take a few days to send a piece of music, but Luoyang will also have some information from time to time Flying Eagles, but most of this information is military intelligence, and the first thing the ministers do every day in the court is to get together and ask if there is any news in the capital yesterday.

The day before yesterday, Yang Yuanqing sent a note, Pei Yun also saw a copy, Yang Yuanqing had led the army to conquer Taiyuan City, this information was of great significance to Pei Yun, he knew that he should leave Jiangdu.

Pei Yun secretly contacted more than a dozen confidant officials, and the ship had been arranged, and now he was waiting for the time to leave.

Pei Yun sat in the carriage and considered his future, he knew very well in his heart that Yang Tan, the acting king, was in the hands of Yang Yuanqing, and Yang Yuanqing would inevitably establish Yang Tan as the emperor, so according to his qualifications and influence, he should also be able to enter the phase, if he considered the status of the Pei family, his own phase would be ranked first.

When Pei Yun was pondering, the carriage suddenly stopped, and the voice of the coachman came, "Master, the bridge in front is broken." ”

Pei Yun was a little strange, the bridge on the Jiangyang River in front of him was only newly repaired last year, how could it be broken? He looked out, and sure enough, he saw that the bridge had been broken, this bridge was five zhang long, and it was the only way to go to Jiangdu Palace, and the bridge was actually broken, so what should I do if I went to Jiangdu Palace? Pei Yun looked around, and there was no one around.

"Xiangguo, why don't we take the turmeric road!" One of the attendants suggested.

Turmeric Road is a small road to the south of Jiangdu Palace, the road is narrow and rugged, Pei Yun walked through it once in a carriage, and almost didn't kill him, the road is uneven, the problem is to return to Jiangdu City first, and then go around thirty miles from the south, this is the distance of forty miles, it is estimated that when you arrive at Jiangdu Palace, it is almost dark.

Pei Yun waved his hand unhappily, "Go back to the city!" ”

It's nothing to go to Jiangdu Palace, he doesn't want to go anymore, he plans to go back to the city to find Sima Dejiao to send someone to build a pontoon bridge, otherwise tomorrow the officials will not be able to go to court.

Pei Yun's carriage turned around and headed towards Jiangdu City, only walking less than two miles, there were a few people in front of him galloping on horseback, one in front of him wearing a black gauze hat and a green robe, constantly whipping the horses to speed up, followed by several officials.

"Zhang County Order!" Pei Yun suddenly recognized this person, it was Zhang Huishao, the county magistrate of Jiangyang County, and hurriedly shouted.

Zhang Huishao grabbed the reins, and when he saw that it was Pei Yun, he immediately rejoiced: "It turns out that Pei Xiangguo is here, and I have an emergency to report to the saint." ”

Pei Yun saw that his expression was anxious and he was puzzled, so he asked, "What happened?" ”

"Qi Pei Xiangguo, Sima Dejiao's 20,000 troops disappeared this morning, and the 10,000 troops that should have been stationed in Jiangdu Palace appeared outside Jiangyang County, and generally this kind of transfer will be reported to the county government! But there was no notice today, and he felt that there was a problem here, so he wanted to go to Jiangdu Palace to report. ”

Pei Yun frowned, what's going on? The garrison of Jiangdu Palace was actually transferred to Jiangyang County, so who will guard the Jiangdu Palace?

Pei Yun glanced back again, thinking that the newly built bridge was actually broken, and he began to feel uneasy in his heart, and a bold and terrifying idea jumped into his mind, could it be......

"Zhang County's order, the Jiangyang Bridge in front has been broken, I can't get through, so I have to turn around."

Zhang Huishao was taken aback, and said repeatedly: "How come, it is a new bridge of humble cultivation, it is very strong and strong, and the flood that occurs once in a hundred years cannot destroy it, how can it be broken, unless someone deliberately destroys it." ”

The two glanced at each other, and they both understood at once that ordinary people can't destroy it, it can only be the army.

Pei Yun immediately ordered, "Go to Beidaying immediately!" ”

Jiangdu City is composed of two counties, the north is called Jiangdu County, the south is called Jiangyang County, the North Camp is located in the north of Jiangdu County, there are 20,000 garrisons, led by Chen Ling, the general of the Right Tun Guard, and the South Camp is located in the south of Jiangyang County, there are also 20,000 garrisons, led by the Tiger Benlang General Sima Deji.

The anomaly that appeared now was that the 20,000 garrisons of the Nanda Camp had disappeared, while the 10,000 garrisons of the Jiangdu Palace had appeared south of the Nanda Camp.

Pei Yun immediately guessed the mystery here, it must be Sima Dejiao who led the 20,000 troops of the Nanda Battalion to take over the defense of Jiangdu.

This is an extremely serious incident, once Sima Dejiao has a different heart, then the saint's life will be in danger, Pei Yun was anxious, rushed to the northern camp, although he had decided to leave, but after all, he was a courtier, he didn't want Yang Guang's life to be in danger, as a courtier, he had to do everything possible to save the saint's life.

Pei Yun didn't care about the bumps and discomfort, and ordered the coachman to keep speeding up, and after half an hour, he finally arrived at the North Daying.

They stopped and waited outside Taiying, Pei Yun got out of the carriage and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, he was thinking about the cause and effect of this matter, I heard that Yuwen Chengdu was suspended last night because Xiao Mo wrote a letter to him, but now when he comes back to look at this matter, it is obviously a conspiracy, and the other party took advantage of the relationship between Yuwen Chengdu and Xiao Miao.

Pei Yun was thinking about it, and a lieutenant rushed out of the camp and bowed down, "Pei Xiangguo, General Chen, please go in." ”

The lieutenant said to Zhang Huishao again: "The general also asks Zhang Xian to go in with him." ”

Pei Yun and Zhang Huishao followed the captain to the big tent, and explained while walking the captain, "On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival last night, the general felt sick when he admired the moon, and now he is still lying on the couch and can't get up, so he can't come to greet Pei Xiangguo in person, please forgive Xiangguo!" ”

"Okay, I'm looking for your general to have an urgent matter."

Pei Yun also thought that he was not feeling well, but he was running around and couldn't lie down to rest, he couldn't help but sigh. Gas.

"Let's go ahead!"

The captain pointed to a camp tent in front of him and said with a smile, only to see that the camp tent was full of soldiers and was heavily guarded.

"Pei Xiangguo, please come in, General Chen is waiting inside."

Pei Yun and Zhang Huishao walked into the big tent, they were stunned, the tent was empty, there was nothing, Pei Yun suddenly reacted, turned around and rushed out, a few spears against his chest.

At the same time that Pei Yun was under house arrest in the barracks, the gate of Jiangdu City was closed, and groups of soldiers ran in the city, they rushed into the mansions of many important ministers under the pretext of arresting the spies of the Wagang army, Pei Shiji, Xiao Ju, Yuan Chong and other ministers were arrested one after another, and they were imprisoned, and dozens of royal families living in the city were also arrested and sent to the barracks.

The army immediately imposed martial law, and no one was allowed to leave their homes, and the people in Jiangdu were panicked, as if a great catastrophe was coming.

Jiangdu Palace is still very quiet, and I can't feel the drastic changes in Jiangdu City at all, Jiangdu's guards have three layers, and the outermost is 10,000 Xiaoguo internal guards, who are stationed outside the palace and can't enter the palace.

The middle layer is an ordinary guard, also a Xiaoguo guard, about 2,000 people, led by Huya Lang general Zhao Xingshu and Yingyang Lang general Meng Bing, they are stationed in the palace outside the Jiangdu Palace, that is, the main hall and the court room.

The inner palace is guarded by a thousand palace guards, guarding Yang Guang's inner palace, they are also known as envoys, they are all selected from the brave and good at fighting Xiaoguo, enjoy the best treatment, and even marry the palace maid as a wife.

This thousand elite guards are usually divided into two shifts on duty, one shift during the day and one at night, guarding the Xuanwu Gate and the palace gates leading to the inner palace, and they cannot enter the palace of the emperor and the concubines, but early this morning, Li Zhongliang passed on the will of the saints, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was all on holiday, and they were allowed to go to Jiangdu City to play and drink, and the guards left Jiangdu Palace one after another and went to Jiangdu City, making the guards who stayed in the inner palace less than 200 people.

Yang Guang's imperial study has two places, one is in the Hidden Dragon Hall outside, which is where he usually handles court affairs, and the other is in the Qilin Pavilion of the inner palace, usually at night or on holidays, he will deal with court affairs here.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yang Guang will deal with court affairs in the imperial study of the Qilin Pavilion, because there are not many things, he also comes in the afternoon, and usually does not return to the palace until the evening.

The inner palace is very quiet, occasionally a eunuch and the palace maid will hurry by, it is the afternoon, the inner palace is even quieter, until the evening dinner will be a little lively.

At this time, the little palace maid Yu'er hurriedly ran into Princess Danyang's bedroom, in the courtyard of the dormitory, Yang Fangxin was wearing armor to practice swords, these days she has a whim, always dreaming that she can become a female general, go into battle to kill the enemy, and she is now wearing armor and holding a sword, she has found the feeling of being a female general, just riding a horse and archery.

"Princess!" Yu'er panted and ran into the yard.

Yang Fangxin stopped her sword and asked anxiously, "Have you found the horses?" ”

Yu'er nodded heavily, "I found it, Brother Shen gave the princess a good horse, but the horse was outside the palace and couldn't come in." ”

Yang Fangxin was deflated all of a sudden, what's the use of the horses not coming in?

Yu'er smiled and whispered a few words in Yang Fangxin's ear, Yang Fangxin was surprised, "Really? ”

"Really, there are no guards guarding the Narcissus Gate, the guards guarding the Shuiding Gate outside are Brother Shen's subordinates, we can go out by boat, Brother Shen is waiting for us outside, we will ride a circle of horses and come back, and we will not be discovered."

Yang Fangxin's heart was pounding, after all, she was young and playful, and she wanted to go out to ride a horse, she finally couldn't stand the temptation of riding a horse, and called a henchman maid, and the three of them got on a small boat in the royal river and secretly rowed out.

To go out from the imperial river, you have to pass through two water gates, one is the Narcissus Gate of the Inner Palace, there should be eight guards guarding both sides, but they are on vacation, lock the water gate and leave the palace, one of Shen Guang's henchmen swims over, opens the Narcissus Gate, and the boat rows out of the Narcissus Gate smoothly.

Dozens of steps outside the Narcissus Gate is the Shui Ding Gate of the Outer Palace, between the two Water Gates is a sandwich road, here is also the narrowest place in the entire Outer Palace, the Shui Ding Gate is guarded by more than 20 guards, and the first captain Song Feiyu is Shen Guang's person.

Inside the Shuiding Gate is the inner wharf of the Jiangdu Palace, from which you can take a boat directly to the canal, and at this time, a painting boat is parked on the wharf.

Yang Fangxin was a princess after all, and she also knew that she couldn't really leave the palace, so she asked with a smile: "Where are the horses, I can just ride a few laps here." ”

"Princess, please come ashore, the horses are there."

Song Feiyu smiled and pointed forward, and a white horse was really tied to a willow tree not far away, looking very docile, Yang Fangxin was overjoyed, jumped ashore and walked towards the horse.

At this moment, Seinfeld suddenly launched, slashed behind Yang Fangxin's ear, Yang Fangxin fell to the ground softly, Yu'er and another palace maid were also knocked unconscious, everyone moved together, gagged their mouths, stuffed them into a cloth bag, and quickly carried the painting boat.

As soon as the bamboo pole was propped up, the water rippled, and the painting boat shook and started, drove out of the Shuiding Gate, and headed for the river in the distance.