When the moon arrived, Zhu Cheng said: "When the time comes, let's go." ”

The group abandoned the carriage and horses and went straight to the Forbidden City.

Seeing the palace gate from a distance, Wei Zhongxian said: "Rush in? ”

Zhu Cheng said: "There is no need, although it can be penetrated, but the shock caused is too great, and it is easy to intensify the contradiction -- although the contradiction is already very acute now." It's not time to clean up the Donglin Party, and we can go in very peacefully, like ...... Fly in. ”

"Cheng'er, don't be kidding."

"I'm not kidding, I'll see how I let you fly in later."

The group hid their figures, avoided the palace gate, and went around to the walls of the Forbidden City.

Zhu Cheng made a gesture, and two people walked out of the Jinyi Guard, it was Wu Huping and Chen Guoqi, who had the highest martial arts.

The two of them took out the Flying Claw Hundred Rope, turned it around twice in their hands, threw it on the city wall, and as soon as they retracted it, the Flying Claw Hundred Rope hooked the wall.

The two pulled the rope hard, Chen Guoqi's rope was very strong, Wu Huping's luck was not good, the brick he hooked was not strong, and it was torn off.

There was a "snap", and the sound shook the four fields.

Wu Huping's face flushed, although it wasn't his fault. He hurriedly threw the Flying Claw Hundred Rope again, but luckily this time there was no more trouble.

Wei Zhongxian sighed: "The Forbidden City is going to be overhauled, the bricks and tiles here are no longer reliable, and if it continues like this, the entire section of the city wall will collapse." The emperor moved the idea of repairing the city wall several times, but unfortunately there was not enough money in the inner treasury. In the twenty-fifth year of Wanli (1597), the Huangji Palace, the Middle Pole Palace, the Jianhe Palace, these three halls caught fire and moved to Zuoshunmen, and now Zuoshunmen is still a ruin. ”

Zhu Cheng said: "Isn't the construction of the Forbidden City paid by the treasury, how can you use the silver in the inner treasury?" ”

"Who's to say it isn't. When Emperor Wanli was here, it was true that the treasury paid for the silver, but after the Emperor Wanli made a big trip, the ministers said that the Forbidden City was the emperor's dormitory, and the silver should be paid from the inner treasury......"

At this time, Wu Huping and Chen Guoqi had already climbed the city wall.

Zhu Cheng hurriedly said: "Lord Xu, the Forbidden City is heavily guarded, and the guards will arrive soon." In order to avoid misunderstanding, please go upstairs immediately. You are the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and most of the guards know you. ”

Before he finished speaking, Xu Xianchun climbed the city wall like a spirit ape.

Before they climbed the city wall, Wu Huping and Chen Guoqi had been forced into the corner by a group of guards at gunpoint.

Xu Xianchun shouted: "Stop, I'm Xu Xianchun, the commander of Jinyiwei." We specially escorted Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi and the governor of Dongchang, to see the emperor. Now the Donglin Party is blocking the palace gate, and we can't get in, so we have to climb the wall to get in. ”

The captain of the guards took a lantern and shone it on Xu Xianchun's face, recognized him, waved his hand, and the guards took their guns back.

The captain of the guards said: "Lord Xu, I am sorry for my duty. Later, we will escort you to the emperor, please don't mind. ”

Xu Xian said with a pure heart, not only would he not mind, he would simply not mind. The Forbidden City at night is like a labyrinth, no one leads it, and you may not be able to find the emperor overnight. Of course, the captain of the guards is not Xu Xianchun's sycophants - outsiders are not allowed to wander around in the palace, they are called escorts, but they are actually escorts, and they are not allowed to move around at will. But today is a critical juncture, and even if they are invited, they may not have time to shop.

Then, one by one, the brocade guards ascended the tower, and then Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian was nearly fifty years old and had no strength, so Zhu Cheng tied the rope around his waist and asked Jinyiwei to pull him up. Fortunately, although Wei Zhongxian is old, he is not fat, and the rope of the flying claw is checked, and there is no danger when he pulls up.

Zhu Cheng and Zhu Youzhen were the last to climb the tower.

The captain of the guard saw Zhu Cheng carrying a strange-shaped blade and asked, "What kind of blade is this?" ”

"Firebolt."

"Ouchi, no weapons are allowed, please give them to me. When I leave the palace, I will return the fire to you. ”

Zhu Cheng cherished the fire bolt and handed it to him, and said, "This is my baby, you have to take it well." You are not allowed to leave me for half a step, even if you see the emperor, you have to wait for me outside the palace. If you lose my firebolt, you're doomed. ”

The captain of the guard smiled, "I've played with more firecrackers than you've ever seen, so how can I covet your broken firecracker." Behold, your firearm is not long enough, and you have replaced it with wood. Boy, you were fooled and tricked by the guards of the arsenal. ”

The full name of the firearm used by Zhu Cheng is the rear-loading rifled firecracker, and the wooden handle is specially installed to keep the fingers away from the gunned tube, so that the firearm is not easy to hurt the user's hand even if it is blown up, and it can also put the firearm on the shoulder, shooting more accurately. However, of course, Zhu Cheng wouldn't tell him this, just snorted and said: "This fire gun is of commemorative significance to me, you don't care about the good or bad, just keep it well." ”

Zhu Youzhen added: "I am Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, Brother Cheng is the younger brother of the emperor's elder brother, if you offend him, you will have no good fruit to eat." ”

The captain of the guard was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down and knocked to see Nobuoh Chitose.

He took the firecracker, carefully carried it on his back, and said with a wry smile: "Is this okay?" ”

It's a pity that he basically threw a flattering eye to the blind man, Zhu Cheng is a very cautious person, he called Wu Huping over, pointed to the captain of the guards, and talked for a long time.

Although the captain of the guard didn't know how to read lips, he knew what others were saying by looking at people's lips, but he understood that this was because Zhu Cheng didn't believe him yet, and wanted that brocade guard to stare at him.

Everyone has curiosity, and Zhu Cheng is so precious that this fire gun makes the captain of the guard have a strong curiosity. If it weren't for the fear of the king, maybe he would have lost this fire.

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The Forbidden City was patrolled from time to time, the outermost layer was ordinary soldiers, and the inner layer was mostly white-faced and beardless eunuchs.

When these eunuchs saw Wei Zhongxian, they didn't come over to pat themselves, but just stood still, the spear in their hands was clenched, the head of the spear was facing the sky, their right hand was raised and placed on their chest, and their palms were down, and they saluted Wei Zhongxian. As for Wei Zhongxian, his left hand clenched into a fist and tapped lightly on his chest.

Zhu Cheng was stunned, isn't this his own military salute, how did it spread to the palace?

Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "The emperor already knows your Ming military salute, saying that your military salute is very good, the soldiers hold weapons in their hands, their hearts are concerned about the Ming Dynasty, and the generals keep in mind the safety of the king, soldiers and the people. Moreover, the form on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the time for kneeling and bowing is not as simple as this kind of etiquette, so this kind of military salute is promoted in the Imperial Horse Prison. For the safety of the palace, our family has trained a group of eunuchs from the Imperial Horse Prison and let them patrol here, so they will give me this military salute. Zhu Cheng, how could you think of such a military salute as Ming, it's really amazing. ”

Entering the palace, Wei Zhongxian changed his title back, not wanting outsiders to know about his relationship with Zhu Cheng.

After walking for a long time, he finally saw the sleeping palace of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, which was brightly lit, and it was obvious that he had not fallen asleep yet.

Wei Zhongxian's heart beat violently, although he had only seen him for half a day, but it was like a few years later, is the emperor okay? Can he stand up to the attacks of his ministers alone?

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