Chapter 013: Entering Beijing
Yujing.
The Imperial Palace, the Hall of Eternal Life.
Three figures came here in the dark, through the heavy guards.
It was King Jing, the prince, and He Canghai, the hall master of Taiwu Palace, who came from Jingzhou day and night.
King Jing used the technique of concealing the sky and crossing the sea, allowing himself and the prince to take the waterway to lure all possible enemies, while the three of them traveled hundreds of miles a day with light and fast horses, and finally arrived in Yujing late at night on the third day.
Everything went well.
Perfectly avoided all intercepting forces.
Both sides of the Hall of Eternal Life were lit with candles, making the hall as bright as day.
And on the front wall of the main hall, there is also a portrait.
It is the same as the portrait in King Jing's Bell and Drum Hall.
It's just that this one is bigger.
And under the portrait, there is a white-haired old figure.
Compared with more than a month ago, the current Emperor Qianhuang looks like a living dead, and he can hardly feel life.
On the other side of the hall, there stood a gray-robed figure.
Leaning on the pillar of the Panlong Palace, his hands are wrapped around a gray sword.
Moreover, the face of this figure was like a demon, and it had no facial features, as if it had been cut off alive.
Even when King Jing and the three of them came in, the gray-robed faceling man did not move, as if it were a sculpture.
"Brother Huang...."
King Jing saw Emperor Qian, who was sitting upright, and hurriedly walked over, and then knelt down.
The prince next to him also hurriedly knelt down.
The old eunuch He was standing next to another pillar of the Panlong Palace, and the gray-robed faceless man was like the left and right attendants of the Emperor.
"You're here."
Emperor Qianhuang slowly raised his head, revealing a thin face covered with black blood vessels, which only startled the prince Su Zhe.
He hadn't seen this emperor for a long time.
The former Emperor Qianhuang has more than 60 years, but he is still handsome and majestic.
It can't be linked to the image in front of you at all.
King Jing's lips trembled.
He knew that the Emperor Qianhuang had already gone mad and his body was devastated, and now he was even more poisonous into his heart, and he was afraid that his life would not be long.
It's just that now it's forcibly supported by an extremely strong innate true qi.
Before a warrior dies, he needs to disperse his skills.
The process of dispersing will be extremely painful.
"Arrange Xiao Zhe into the secret room, and then let's start."
The Emperor smiled indifferently.
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Tiger Leaping Gorge.
The ropes of the Yokogawa were cleared.
Due to the severe damage of the first building ship, it can no longer be used.
So, all the people and supplies on this ship were moved to the other two ships.
Although the attack was short-lived, the loss of human life was severe.
The sailors did not lose much, mainly the guards and eunuchs, private soldiers, and worshippers, at least nearly half of which were lost.
Those who survived were basically injured.
There are not many people like Ye Cheng who are unscathed.
When dawn came, the two ships set sail again.
After arriving at the waters of Yunhu Lake, the two building boats of King Jing's Mansion docked at the pier of Yunmeng City, and then they had to take the land route.
The seriously injured stayed in Yunmeng City to recuperate.
The deceased are buried on the spot.
The rest of the convoy of men and horses passed through the official road and headed towards Yujing.
The rest went much smoother.
There were no attacks.
Still, the team was on high alert.
Wait until late afternoon.
The party rests at a town's inn.
In the room, Ye Cheng saw Zhao Yinglian open her mouth and spit out a mouthful of black blood, and hurriedly caught it with a bowl.
"Godfather, how are you?"
Ye Cheng saw that Zhao Yinglian's face was much more ruddy, and hurriedly asked.
"The stasis of qi and blood is almost dredged, and there is no big problem."
Zhao Yinglian said with emotion, "It's really old, it's not okay to be old, if it weren't for those people to retreat, our family would have to be reimbursed." ”
Although the cultivation is the older and stronger, the more practical experience is also richer.
However, after the deterioration of physical functions, it will affect the overload use of internal force and true qi, and the true power of martial arts cannot be exerted.
In a battle of the same level, it is very losing.
The innate martial artist is okay, it has the effect of prolonging life, and the body will age a little slower.
Internal breath and acquired martial artists, when they get older, will basically decline their strength greatly.
"Godfather, can I ask a question?"
Ye Cheng couldn't help but ask.
"What's the problem?"
Zhao Yinglian said with a smile.
"What happened to the prince and the prince entering Beijing this time?"
Ye Cheng asked the doubts in his heart.
The fleet was attacked before, obviously coming for King Jing and Shizi.
King Jing and the prince of the world must have entered Beijing, which must involve a big matter.
He didn't want to lose his life if he didn't know anything after entering Beijing.
"Hehe, we know you can't help but ask."
Zhao Yinglian chuckled, "I couldn't say it before, but now?" It doesn't hurt to tell you. If things go well, the prince will become the new emperor of my Great Qianguo. ”
Hiss!
Ye Cheng couldn't help but gasp.
That's more than a big deal.
It's completely earth-shattering.
The struggle for the throne has been extremely fierce, even brutal and bloody.
This time in Beijing, the fleet was attacked, and you can see how dangerous it is.
"Don't worry, this time the prince should have arrived in Yujing with a plan to hide from the sky and cross the sea, as long as there is no basket, the odds will be on the prince's side."
Zhao Yinglian said.
In fact, he has no bottom in his heart.
Although the advantage is in King Jing, no one can guarantee whether there will be accidents.
Once an accident occurs, the consequences will be unimaginable, and I am afraid that the whole country will be in chaos.
Ye Cheng nodded, but he couldn't feel at ease in his heart.
It's good that King Jing is the emperor, but as the guard eunuch of King Jing's Mansion, he must be indispensable.
But if it fails, it will be miserable.
He's going to die.
In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.
The men and horses of King Jing's Mansion crossed Quanzhou and Suzhou, entered Yuzhou, and there were three days to go, and they could reach Yujing.
On this morning, news suddenly came.
"Your Majesty died, leaving an edict and passing it on to King Jing."
This great news greatly boosted the morale of the people and horses in King Jing's Mansion.
Zhao Yinglian, the chief eunuch of the eunuch, ordered that the convoy be divided into two teams, five innate warriors led a part of the escort eunuchs, worship, private soldiers took the first step, one person and one horse rushed to Yujing, and the rest of the convoy drove according to the original route.
And Ye Cheng is also in the vanguard team.
Everyone knows that King Jing's accession to the throne is imminent, and everyone, as a close confidant of King Jing's Mansion, will definitely be reused.
At the same time, this news has also spread to all states and counties in the world at an alarming speed through various channels.
For a time, the world shook.
Lots of forces are ready to move.
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It only took half a day for the advance team of King Jing's Mansion to arrive in Yujing.
At this moment, Yujing has already been under martial law.
In and out of the major city gates of Yujing, the inspection is extremely strict.
Moreover, a large number of Praetorian Guards and city defense troops are also being mobilized, which makes the atmosphere in Yujing extremely tense.
Ye Cheng and his entourage of nearly 100 people were flying the banner of King Jing's Mansion, and with the people of King Jing's Mansion in Yujing, they were quickly allowed to enter.
Arrived at King Jing's Mansion in Yujing.
Wei Chiyan, the commander of King Jing's private army, was already in Yujing.
At this moment, he took King Jing's warrant and began to give orders, mainly to place the people of King Jing's Mansion into the Praetorian Guard, the City Defense Army, and other important military institutions.
In these armies and military institutions, although they are controlled by the former emperor's cronies and close ministers, they are not cultivated by King Jing after all.
Nearly 100 people are arranged.
Including Ye Cheng.
He is nominally only a martial artist, but he has also been assigned a very important position, the left supervisor of the Taiwu Palace's military division.
Positive five products.
It is equivalent to him being promoted by two big grades at once.
As for Zhao Yinglian, the chief eunuch of King Jing's Mansion, she ascended to the sky in one step and became the admiral eunuch of the Taiwu Palace.
Wearing a purple robe, it is a good product.
The many guards and eunuchs who were assigned to the Taiwu Palace all put on a white coat that had been prepared a long time ago, and then under the leadership of Zhao Yinglian, they left the Jingwang Mansion and at least went straight to the Taiwu Palace.
The Taiwu Hall is right next door to the Imperial Palace.
Or rather, it is one with the Imperial Palace.
The size of the area is not small.
In the Taiwu Hall alone, there are more than a dozen large and small institutions.
The scale is not much smaller than the eunuch department in the palace.
At this moment, it was already evening, and the palace door of the Taiwu Hall was wide open, and some eunuchs who were at least above the blue coat were already waiting here.
Among them were two purple-robed eunuchs.
Those who can wear purple robes are at least eunuchs from the first grade.
There was no exception, and all the eunuchs were dressed in white.
After all, Emperor Qianhuang had just died, and the eunuchs and maids in the palace, the civil and military ministers outside the palace, and even the hundred of Yujing had to wear filial piety clothes.
"Palm Seal Eunuch Xu Liang, welcome Lord Overseer."
"Bingbi eunuch Gao Yuan, welcome the Overseer."
Under the leadership of the two purple-robed eunuchs, many eunuchs from the Taiwu Palace visited the newly appointed admiral eunuch Zhao Yinglian.
The palm print eunuch and the bingbi eunuch both belong to the same product.
And the admiral eunuch is a genuine product.
Nominally, Zhao Yinglian was the boss of these two purple-robed eunuchs.
Originally, there was no admiral eunuch in the Taiwu Palace, and King Jing re-established the position of admiral eunuch in order to install his henchmen in the Taiwu Palace.
The admiral eunuch is in charge of all the affairs of the Taiwu Palace, but regardless of official affairs, he is not responsible for approving red, but the palm print eunuch and the Bingbi eunuch are responsible to the admiral eunuch.
In fact, there is only one person in the supreme authority of the Taiwu Palace, and that is He Canghai, the ancestor of the eunuchs.
"Father-in-law Xu, father-in-law Gao, our family is on duty in Taiwu Hall for the first time, and I am not very familiar with it, so I will ask the two fathers-in-law to support me in the future."
Zhao Yinglian said with a smile.
He has been in King Jing's Mansion for decades, and he is not in the same circle as the eunuchs in Yujing.
If it weren't for King Jing's power, he would be a small eunuch in the palace, in terms of identity and status, not to mention the comparison between these two purple-robed eunuchs who were from the first grade, even those red-robed eunuchs who held real power, they would be very inferior.
That's what the polite words say.
Next, Zhao Yinglian, the newly appointed admiral eunuch, still placed the people she brought into the various departments of the Taiwu Palace as soon as possible, and made a comprehensive understanding of the Taiwu Palace.
He must master the Taiwu Hall as quickly as possible and play a role in the next ascension to the throne of the prince.
The two purple-robed eunuchs of the Taiwu Palace, the palm print and the pen, had already been instructed by the hall master and behaved very cooperatively, which also saved Zhao Yinglian a lot of time.
At this moment, Ye Cheng followed the two blue-clothed eunuchs to the Military Division.
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