Chapter 514: The Imperial Palace

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The people who once stood together because of the anti-shaving order met each other step by step.

Zhang Mingzhen died, Zhu Dadian was dismissed and sent to Jinhua's hometown, and Fang Guoan had the same fate as him, Wang Zhiren saw the opportunity quickly, and was willing to give up power in Songjiang Mansion.

Until today, it was the last moment.

Zhai Zhe sat alone in the room, in the past two years, it seemed that an invisible hand was pushing him forward, and it seemed that every decision he made was actually just said through his mouth. He didn't resent Emperor Longwu, he knew that the emperor didn't have a choice, because he himself was the same. He was only an introspective in the court dispute, but he seemed to have been immersed in it for years.

"I'm Chinese New Year's Eve nine years old today, so I have to be more cautious than ever" Lu Gong's death was like a wound in his heart that could never be erased. It's not just because Lu Gong is his teacher, but because he sees the ugliness of the court dispute.

Fang Jin's voice came from outside the door, "General, Commander Ji has arrived"

"Let Him In"

A moment later, Ji Hong pushed the door in, walked in front of Zhai Zhe and bowed. He wore a coarse cotton jacket, and he had no official position, but this did not prevent him from becoming one of the most powerful people in the General's Palace.

"You're doing a great job"

"Fortunately, not dishonored"

"Did the guy catch it?"

Ji Hong hesitated for a moment and replied: "No, I don't dare to act too early so as not to startle the snake, and send people there two hours before the assassination, just now the guards came back to tell me that the house was empty, and the Zheng people had fled!"

Zhai Zhe's brow furrowed slightly, to show that this was not the news he wanted to hear.

"There are people staring at the intersection of the docks, and we have a portrait of that person in our hands, and he can't escape from Ying Tianfu.

Zhai Zhe nodded, "He is very important to me, and besides, I want to live"

"Obey" Ji Hong bowed down again and reported another piece of news: "Some people on the banks of the Qinhuai River are preparing to escape"

"It's just some clowns, don't pay attention to them yet"

"Got it"

Ji Hong had nothing to do, he bowed down and retired, he still had one important thing to complete - arresting Zheng Xiuyue, the head of the Zheng family.

Today's farce is just a scene played by Zhai Zhe on the stage built by the emperor and Zheng Sen, such a sensitive place as Nanjing City has always been the most important place in the dark camp, how could the emperor and Zheng Sen find a loophole. Those two assassins were subdued last night, and it was not them who released the guns today, every qiē was a performance, otherwise how could Zhai Zhe have personally adventured.

The city of Nanjing suddenly became noisy, and a column of soldiers in armor and armed with knives appeared on the street patrol, and the small criminals committed crimes today but knocked down the knife edge, and were whipped to death, and several habitual criminals were arrested and killed in the street.

Ying Tianfu's head catchers and soldiers will come to Xiying to report, and from now on they will listen to Xu Yiyang's orders. The general's words made Ma Shiying a lonely man, and after Zheng Sen was detained, Nanjing City had lost the strength to resist in front of Zhai Zhe.

Imperial.

Ma Shiying arrived here before Xiao Zhiyan.

The cowardly coachman was cursed by him for half an afternoon, and the result was that he watched as the horse crashed into three pedestrians in the street and destroyed a shop. Even if it is an unlucky assistant, he is still a court, and those who are met by him have to consider themselves unlucky.

As soon as he returned to the house, he immediately ordered his family to arrest the coachman into the backyard, changed his clothes, changed a carriage, and then changed a coachman and went straight to the imperial city. Ma Shiying did not rush to inform the other cabinet scholars, who were all from the Donglin Party and had no friendship with him. It was only at this moment that he realized that he relied on Zhai Zhe to sit in this auxiliary position.

The horse's hooves were successful, and the new coachman drove steadily, and Ma Shiying closed the curtain of the carriage to immerse himself in the blurred light.

He regretted that people like him should not have made such a lowly mistake.

Power is too easy for people to lose their minds, until a plate of cold water is poured on him, and he finally regains his senses.

He thought of Zhai Zhe's difficulty, "Dispose of me, who else can you push to sit in this position"

From Zhu Dadian to Ma Shiying, the cabinet assistants who took office had to be recognized by Zhai Zhe, but in the end they all broke up with him. Because the general and the cabinet assistant are contradictory, no matter who sits in the position of the assistant, he will not willingly become a control puppet in Zhai Zhe's hands.

"Even if you marry Chen Zilong, do you dare to take this risk?"

The carriage was bumpy, and Ma Shiying's eyes widened in the carriage, as if he wanted to see the future.

There was a "squeak" and the carriage stopped.

The coachman dismounted and walked over quickly, opened the curtain, lowered his head and said, "Master, it's here."

There was a bright spot in front of him, Ma Shiying walked out, raised his feet and walked towards the imperial city gate in front of him, he was the only one who was alone, and now he had to guess what Zhai Zhe was going to do with this turmoil in order to determine his move.

The guards of the imperial city first reported to the little yellow gate, and then reported to the palace, waiting for about two quarters of an hour, a little eunuch came out with a small whisk, and saw Ma Shiying from afar, he trotted all the way on tiptoe, and greeted in his mouth: "Ma Gebu, His Majesty Xià summons"

Ma Shiying bowed his hand: "Thank you father-in-law"

The two walked towards the palace one after the other, and Zhu Yujian had been waiting for the six gods in the palace for a long time. Hearing that Ma Shiying was coming, he regained his brilliance a little, thinking that the assassination operation was smooth, otherwise how could Ma Shiying get out of the way.

When Ma Shiying saw the emperor, he knelt on his knees, prostrate on the ground, wept silently, and said: "Your Majesty, it's not a good thing."

"What's wrong?" Zhu Yujian immediately panicked, ran down from the dragon chair in a few steps, and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"The general was assassinated, only a few soldiers were slightly injured, the general was unharmed, and ordered me to come to the palace to report the news"

"What" Zhu Yujian spun around for a while, and his footsteps staggered backwards. The little eunuch more than a dozen steps away quickly followed, and reached out to hold Zhu Yujian so that he didn't fall.

Zhu Yujian had only one thought in his mind, "It's over, it's over" All expectations have become a dream.

In the blink of an eye, he grabbed Ma Shiying's sleeve as if grasping a life-saving straw and asked, "How could he let you come back?" ”

Ma Shiying did not reply to him directly, and said: "The general has ordered martial law in the whole city, and he will thoroughly investigate the main messenger of the assassination."

"What about Zheng Sen? Where is Zheng Sen? What do we do now? Is it OK to flee to Fujian? ”

Ma Shiying shook his head and said, "Zheng Sen has been detained by the general, and now he can't get out of the city."

"What to do, what to do"

When the palace was in chaos, there was a commotion outside the imperial city, and the little eunuch trotted in in a panic and said, "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, there are many soldiers and horses coming into the imperial city."

"Come and arrest me" Zhu Yujian did not rush out, but returned to the dragon chair and sat down, looking out with a majestic expression. He is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how can he be frightened by the rebellious ministers and thieves, even if he wants to die, he must have the dignity of the emperor

There were neat orders and footsteps outside, Ma Shiying was closer to the palace door, stretched out his head and looked out, and waited for a while without seeing any soldiers come in.

The people in the palace were waiting for the storm to come, and after a long time of calm, the tight string seemed to be about to be broken, and Zhu Yujian kept moving his buttocks on the dragon chair, as if there were bedsores underneath.

A sound of footsteps approached, and when he arrived at the door, he suddenly stopped, and after a while, a little eunuch walked in, knelt on the ground and said: "Xiao Zhiyan, the chief soldier of the West Battalion, asks to see"

"Tu Qian Dagger saw it and played this trick" Zhu Yujian's waist straightened, and he sent an order: "Let him in"

Xiao Zhiyan untied his saber and put it outside the door, walked in with leather boots, the leaves of the iron armor collided with a piercing friction sound, he walked to Ma Shiying's side, and bowed his hand to greet him: "Xiao Zhiyan greets His Majesty"

"You're here, it's good, it's good" Zhu Yujian used two "very good" in a row, I don't know what it means.

Xiao Zhiyan's face was calm, and he said: "Today, there is a conspiracy to assassinate the general in Nanjing City, and the general is concerned about His Majesty's safety, and he will guard the imperial city at the end."

Zhu Yu was inward-looking, and asked: "Xiao Zhiyan, are you the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty or the general of the general?" How dare you lead troops to break into the imperial city without authorization?"

"The last general is the general army of the general, and it is also the general army of the Ming Dynasty"

Xiao Zhiyan answered this question positively, first and second, and already showed his heart.

"Where is Zhai Zhe?"

"The general is in the Xiying General Army's Mansion, and this matter is being thoroughly investigated" Xiao Zhiyan didn't want to stay here any longer, and then arched his hand: "In order to protect the safety of His Majesty, from now on, those who enter and leave the imperial city must get the permission of the general, and the general will retire."

He turned around and walked out of the main hall, leaving the emperor and Ma Shiying behind.

Now it's really a man-made sword, and I'm a fish.

Ma Shiying peeked at the soulless emperor and also retreated. In less than a day, the news of the general's assassination will be circulating in the city of Nanjing and even in Jiangnan, and he must know who the general wants to burn this fire to.

"Why did the general let me go?" It's a question worth exploring.

The carriage was still parked at the gate of the imperial city, and Ma Shiying returned to the carriage with a posture of thinking all the way.

The coachman asked in an inquiring tone, "Are you going home?" ”

"Hmm"

"At least for now, I'm still going to be a courtier." Ma Shiying tried to guess Zhai Zhe's purpose. He was squeezed out as a eunuch, he was a loner in Jiangnan, and if he was abandoned by Zhai Zhe, there would be people who wouldn't mind stepping on him a few more times.

"I didn't participate in the assassination, it's just that Zheng Damu conspired with the emperor, does Zhai Zhe want to keep the emperor, or do you want to support King Dai Lu as the king?"

Ma Shiying only felt that his brain was not enough. As long as Zhai Zhe does not deprive him of his auxiliary position for a day, he will never give up the slightest opportunity.

It was slowly getting dark, and the city of Nanjing was plunged into darkness.

Tonight, the sky was cloudy, and there were countless soldiers and horses hurrying in the darkness with torches.

The Zheng clan has 30,000 soldiers and horses in Nanjing City, and Zhai Zhe is not allowed to be careless.