Imperial City, Qianqing Palace Partial Palace.

The long dining table was filled with meals from the Imperial Dining Room.

Emperor Tianyou sat on the top with his eyes slightly closed, and Zhu Wucheng, the king of Liang, put his hands on his knees, and sat on the side in a very regular manner, not saying a word, motionless.

After a while, Emperor Tianyou opened his eyes, looked at Zhu Wucheng and said in a rare gentle tone: "How long has it been since our father and son have eaten together?" ”

Zhu Wucheng hurriedly got up, "Back to my father's words, one year, four months and seven days." ”

Emperor You: "Oh! Remember it so clearly? ”

"At that time, Erchen was injured a little in Hejian Mansion, so I remember it very clearly."

Emperor Tianyou looked at Zhu Wucheng vigilantly, "Have you ever resented me? ”

Zhu Wucheng hurriedly knelt down, "Erchen doesn't dare!" ”

"Don't dare?"

Emperor Tianyou deliberately sank his face, "It seems that you are still complaining in your heart." ”

Zhu Wucheng was poked to the sore spot by these words, and bowed his head and was silent.

Emperor Tianyou smiled secretly and nodded with satisfaction, "Get up, I've wronged you in the past few years." ”

"Father!"

Zhu Wucheng was a little excited, "Erchen is not filial, he can't understand his father's difficulties, but he makes you angry, Erchen will never be like this in the future, Erchen is willing to give up fighting for the crown prince's position, and only beg to stay by his father's side and serve you....."

Speaking of this, Zhu Wucheng choked up.

Emperor Tianyou looked at Zhu Wucheng deeply, and seemed to be a little excited, and after a while, he adjusted his mood, "Finished?" When I'm done, I'll get up, my body and bones are good, and I don't need you to serve. If you really honor me, take on the errand of the household for me, and I will add a burden to you in the future. ”

“......”

Zhu Wucheng raised his head in confusion.

Emperor Tianyou raised his head and looked in the direction of the palace gate, as if to Zhu Wucheng, and as if he was talking to himself: "I can't help myself....."

"Your Majesty, the news has been revealed, and they didn't come!"

The door of the temple was pushed open, and Dai Quan walked in quickly and whispered.

"How's Xicheng doing?"

"All the best."

Dai Quan hesitated for a moment and whispered, "The second son is dead!" In the confusion, he was shot in the heart with a firebolt. ”

Emperor Tianyou's face immediately became extremely solemn and serious, firearms were strictly forbidden to be privately owned in the Ming Dynasty, even the nobles were not allowed, at this time there were only three places in the Shenjing City that had firearms, one was the forbidden army, one was the Hyogo Division that made firearms, and the other was the Ruishi Battalion temporarily stationed in the Chongwenmen camp.

Could it be Jia Jue?

After being silent for a while, Zhu Wucheng spoke, "Father, it shouldn't be Uncle Zhongwu." ”

"Is it because he supports you?"

"Yes and no."

Emperor Tianyou smiled, understood what he meant, and no longer dwelled on this matter, so he said to Dai Quan: "How is the preparation of Guozijian there?" ”

"General Shenwu has deployed three thousand elite infantry troops in the Confucian Temple, and there are two thousand archers hidden around, Shu.... There are also five hundred sword shield hands in the courtyard where the three princes are. ”

Dai Quan glanced at Zhu Wucheng and said carefully.

"Well, the Xicheng side is all ready."

"Back to Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhenguo will personally take someone to deal with it, and it will be foolproof."

Zhu Wucheng was moved by these words, and his eyes fell on Dai Quan.

Dai Quan hurriedly lowered his head.

Emperor Tianyou saw all this in his eyes and said to Dai Quan: "Tell the prince what happened!" ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Zhu Wucheng was shocked, but Dai Quan was also stunned.

In the end, it was the person who came over in the wind and rain, Dai Quan reacted immediately, first knelt down to say hello to Zhu Wucheng, and then told Zhu Wucheng all the emperor's plans.

At this moment, the eunuch in charge of the East Factory hurriedly came in and reported: "Your Majesty, there is a warning flint from the direction of Andingmen, and the traitor has moved!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Xian, a general of the forbidden army, strode in and reported: "Your Majesty, the messenger has come to report, someone is intercepting and killing the messenger, and there are fires and shouts of killing in the direction of Xicheng Gonghou Street, Fuchengmen Street, and Xizhimen Street, in addition, there is also the sound of fire. ”

"What!"

Hearing this, Emperor Tianyou sat up straight, a little surprised, and asked Dai Quan again, "Is there any news from Jinyiwei?" ”

"Nope."

After speaking, he looked up and saw that the emperor was silent in thought, so he asked carefully: "Your Majesty, why don't you let General Li lead the forbidden army to support!" ”

Zhu Wucheng spoke, "Chief Dai's words are good, or send the forbidden army to support, Xicheng is inhabited by royal relatives and nobles, don't let the thieves hurt them." ”

"You personally lead the troops to support Zhenguo Gong, and wipe out all the traitors who are besieging Liang Wangfu, you don't need to live, and then go to support Gonghou Street, and finally go to Xizhimen Street."

Emperor Tianyou hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice.

"Yes."

Li Xian answered, turned and left.

Zhu Wucheng's hand trembled slightly, the mansions of several clan princes such as the Zhongshun Royal Mansion were on Fuchengmen Street, and the emperor didn't plan to send people to support at all, and, where did so many traitors come from?

Emperor Tianyou leaned back slightly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, looked at Zhu Wucheng, and said: "Remember one sentence, this Ming Dynasty, except for you and my father and son, everything can be pushed back again." ”

It's like a shock!

Zhu Wucheng was shocked by these words, but Dai Quan's eyes lit up, and then he quickly lowered his head.

............

Shenjing East City, Chengxian Street, at the gate of Guozijian, looking at the warning fire rising from the Andingmen Tower, Zhou's face changed, and he was deceived.

Suddenly, the sound of bangzi sounded all around, in the night, thousands of arrows were fired together, and the arrow rain was as dense as flying locusts, overwhelmingly shooting into the crowd of killers of the Zhou family, and suddenly screams and wails resounded in the night sky, and the sect leader knew that he had been ambushed by the imperial court, and immediately shouted loudly: "Kill!" Rush in! ”

"Surrender!"

At this moment, Shenwu General Feng Tang surrounded him with a large group of forbidden troops, pointing at the killer of the Zhou family who had survived and shouted.

The sect leader pushed away the guards beside him, stood up with a smile, looked at Feng Tang who was riding on a horse, and sneered: "Hahaha, surrender? You're a three-year-old child! Or did you become the emperor's lord? ”

As he spoke, he turned around again and said, "Brothers, we are all homeless people, and we have relied on the care of Your Highness all these years, so I will return this life to Your Highness today, and we will be brothers again in the next life, and serve Your Highness together!" Kill! ”

"Kill! Kill all the traitors and leave no one behind! ”

Feng Tang drew his waist knife and killed him with his own soldiers.

In the Guozi Prison, the third emperor Zhu Wuxiang sat quietly on the chair, the coffee table next to him was empty, listening to the sound of fighting on the street, he closed his eyes and sighed heavily.....

Shenjing West City, in front of the Liang Palace.

Surrounded by countless forbidden legions, the ground was full of corpses, and under the light of the torches, you could clearly see that the snow on the ground had been melted by the blood sprayed from the deceased's body, and the blood mixed with the snow water converged into a small river, slowly flowing into the distance, and the air exuded a strong smell of blood.

In the boundless black sky, snowflakes fell from the sky one after another, and Niu Jizong's face was like frost sitting on a big white horse.

Just now, he received a secret decree from Emperor Tianyou, just one sentence, to guard the Liang Palace.

Listening to the shouting and killing sound from Fuchengmen Street, Niu Jizong still doesn't know what's going on, this is the capital, where are there so many rebels?

This is the emperor taking the opportunity to purge the Shu Wang Party, or rather, the people who have different intentions for him among the nobles of the clan.

Everything tonight is the emperor's plan, everything is in his plan.

At this moment, a general of the forbidden army galloped over, ran to Niu Jizong, grabbed the reins, jumped off the horse, and said loudly: "Yu Guogong, the spies are coming to report, a group of armored rebels are killing this side, the number is one thousand or fourteen, and some of them are heavily armored foot soldiers, who should be the personal soldiers of the clan royal mansion." ”

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Niu Jizong sneered, "Okay, extinguish the torch and act according to the plan." ”