At night, a large number of tigers and leopards of the Southern Ya Forbidden Army rode out of the gate of the Imperial City and went straight to Cheng'en Fang, which was not far from here, under the leadership of the secret agents of the Northern Ya Reverse Scale Division. In a moment's effort, three thousand soldiers and horses rushed into the village, and in the blink of an eye, they surrounded the Horse Mansion.

Thousands of torches illuminated the door of the palace as if it were daylight, and the captain led the team to call the door, explaining his intention to the housekeeper of the Horse Mansion: There was a major theft in the palace, and the national treasure Qibao phoenix hairpin was stolen.

According to eyewitness accounts, the Jiangyang thief was chased in a panic and now fled into the Horse Mansion with the stolen goods. In order to recover the treasures and protect the safety of Her Royal Highness the Princess, the forbidden army was ordered by Fengyi Palace to enter the palace to guard.

Of course, it is called a guard, but it is actually a search.

The housekeeper's heart was like a mirror, knowing that the other party's move was not good, and quickly shook his head like a rattle: Don't talk to me about these useless things. This is where Princess Fenyang is located, and it is also the residence of Lord Murong, the former general and commander of the Blue Dragon Army. If a bad guy gets in, our family will take care of it themselves, and you won't have to worry about it to provide protection.

As for the search for thieves, please show the emperor's decree, otherwise you can't go in.

The forbidden army represents the imperial power, where has it been treated like this in the imperial capital? The lieutenant was immediately furious, and directly pushed the old butler away, ready to order his soldiers and horses to rush into the mansion.

Seeing this, the personal soldiers under Murong Xue's command suddenly became angry, and they showed their weapons to protect the housekeeper, scolding the other party to stop, otherwise they would be killed.

All of a sudden, soldiers on both sides were on the verge of a confrontation at the gate.

At this time, the seventh princess Li Xi was accompanied by a maid and walked out of the inner courtyard of the Horse Mansion. Faced with the tense situation in front of her, she first asked her soldiers to put away their weapons, and then asked the commander of the forbidden army, "Who are you?" Report your name and position! ”

The lieutenant suppressed the fire and bowed his hand and said: "Zhang Yangzeng, the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Army of the Forbidden Army, see Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

"Captain of the Army?" Li Xi sneered: "Now, is this palace already so miserable? Even a small Congwupin dares to block the door and shout? ”

Zhang Yangzeng replied without humility or arrogance: "The princess forgives her sins." The last general has no intention of offending, but just carries the emperor's orders and acts according to orders. ”

Li Xi glared at him and asked, "With the emperor's order?" What about the Holy Decree? Show it to Hongu! ”

"The situation is urgent, and the last general will be given the edict of Fengyi Palace." Zhang Yangzeng responded.

Zhang Yangzeng is telling the truth. Although Li Bing agreed to Cheng Wen's plan to let the forbidden army enter the Horse Mansion in the name of capturing the Jiangyang thieves, he still did not want to humiliate the former general in this matter. Therefore, in the end, Li Bing decided not to come forward for the time being, but asked the queen to issue a decree ordering the forbidden army to raid Chengenfang.

Hearing that the other party said that he came on Cheng Wen's order, Li Xi couldn't help but smile and said: "The queen is so majestic, now she can make the forbidden army, aren't you afraid that others will talk about the harem and politics?" ”

Zhang Yangzeng retorted: "Princess, the queen mother is not involved in politics, but because the stolen thing is a national treasure of Fengyi Palace, she will order the forbidden army to come and arrest her." Please pay attention to your words and do not humiliate the royal family. ”

"You still know the words of humiliating the royal family!" Li Xifeng's eyes widened: "The mansion of this palace, are you also qualified to search?" Go and ask for the Holy Decree! Otherwise, don't want to step into the Pony Mansion half a step! ”

Zhang Yangzeng couldn't help frowning. He is a member of the queen's line, belonging to the distant branch of the traditional aristocracy, and was recommended by the Zhenguo Mansion and promoted and cultivated, which is why he has his current position.

Therefore, a noble son like him only recognizes Cheng Wen in his heart, and he will not take Princess Fenyang in his eyes at all.

Zhang Yangzeng sneered: "The princess won't understand what she said." The queen's decree is also a holy will, and all the people of our holy Tang Dynasty obey it, and those who violate it will be punished for the crime of treason. How? Is the princess planning to resist the decree? ”

Li Xi has never seen any scenes, how can he be frightened by a mere captain of the forbidden army? She smiled faintly: "You don't want to charge this palace in vain." The premise of resisting the will is that you have to have a purpose to do it. Just by virtue of the word, you want to do whatever you want here, is it really that Shengtang has no royal law? Feng Yige! ”

"Humble duty!"

"You listen to the palace, if someone breaks into the Pony Mansion without following the order, you, who are the captain of the personal soldiers, go to the Pony to receive the death and apologize!"

"Please rest assured, Your Royal Highness the Princess, even if you commit suicide and apologize, you will definitely kill all the rebels and thieves first!"

With the words of Feng Yige, the captain of the pro-army, hundreds of guards of the Blue Dragon Army shouted angrily in unison, raised their swords forward again, and forced the forbidden army to take a few steps back.

Seeing this, Zhang Yangzeng sneered: "Your Royal Highness the Princess, you have to make your will clear, a trivial matter, and the general only needs to send someone back to the palace once." However, the last general also wants to remind you of one thing, this Horse Mansion, as well as the entire Cheng'en Fang, as well as several surrounding streets and alleys, have all been surrounded by us. Even if there is any secret passage in your house, the thief who stole the things will never escape. The man was surrounded and killed in the house, and the last general will definitely be able to get him out today! ”

After saying that, Zhang Yangzeng turned around and walked down the steps and ordered his subordinates to go back to the palace to ask for instructions.

Li Xi looked at his back thoughtfully, and then turned his head to explain a few words to the old butler beside him, who listened carefully, then nodded, turned around and walked out.

Since the forbidden army was instructed to search for suspicious people in the Horse Mansion, not to raid and arrest the Horse Mansion, there was really no reason for them like the old butler to block the entry and exit of people.

The housekeeper rode out of Cheng'en Fang, and looked around, and sure enough, as Zhang Yangzeng said, there were forbidden troops with torches everywhere outside the gate of the fang, and even the secret passage exit was within his control, and no one could escape.

The old housekeeper knew that the matter was extremely urgent, and he didn't dare to delay any more time, so he hurriedly spurred his horse and went straight to Jingzhao Yin's mansion.

Jing Zhao Yin Li Xin is Li Xiuming's cousin and a member of the princess faction. At this time, I went to him, not to move rescue soldiers to fight with the forbidden army, but to make the patrol camp of Jingzhao Yin Mansion open a night passage convenient, so that another group of "rescuers" could come to the Horse Mansion in time to help.

Those rescuers are courtiers and royalty.

In less than an hour, the patrol battalion soldiers who were responsible for guarding the intersections of the key roads in various places got out of the way, and a top official sedan chair hurried by, heading straight for Cheng'en Fang.

Li Maoxun, the king of Hejian County, Li Chengye, the prince of Yan, Li Can, the prince of Song, Li Chongde, the prince of Xiangping County, Chai Chen, the concubine of Jinyang, Liu Tianbao, the concubine of Liyang, Sun Yue, the prince of Yasukuni, Chen Ziling, the prince of Fuguo, Huang Xuan, the marquis of Beiping, Li Xiuming, the secretary of the Tongzhong Shumen, and Dong Tianxing, the secretary of the military department, all rushed to the Fuma Mansion.

Seeing that the royal nobles and important ministers of the imperial court appeared one after another, gathering more and more, Zhang Yangzeng couldn't help but be a little confused. He didn't expect that the seventh princess Li Xi would call so many big people with one sentence, which made the already somewhat complicated situation more and more on the verge of getting out of control.

Zhang Yangzeng was not sure, and hurriedly sent troops back to the palace to report the new situation to Queen Cheng Wen. Then, he walked to the back of the team and said in a low voice, "I said Lord Tian, are you going to hide all the time?" Even the prince and the prince are here, and I'm afraid the last general won't be able to bear it. ”

Tian Mu shrunk his head and looked out, smashed his mouth and said, "Tsk, what are you afraid of?" There is an emperor and a queen to call the shots for you, and the prince is a bird? This official is not hiding, he is trying to arrest Shen Lie and his comrades, and it is inconvenient to show up at this time, understand? ”

He glanced at the gate again: "Once they know that I am here, they will immediately know that the so-called arrest of the thief who stole the Qibao Phoenix Hairpin is just an excuse." If the spies of the Zhenjiang Intelligence Department are alarmed, it will be difficult to arrest. ”

Zhang Yangzeng scolded secretly in his heart: It's inconvenient for bullshit to show up! You guy obviously didn't want to offend the royal family and important ministers, so he deliberately shrank back and watched the situation. To put it in a high-sounding way, a villain!

"That's okay, if you don't show up, you won't come forward," Zhang Yangzeng said angrily: "What should I do next, please give me a strategy." Before leaving, Niangniang explained that our forbidden army is only cooperating with the action of the Reverse Scale Division, and the rudder is still Lord Tian, come on. ”

Tian Mu pondered for a moment and asked, "What did those people say?" ”

Zhang Yangzeng couldn't help but glance at the side of the gate, and snorted coldly: "These traitors are very arrogant, and they don't take the queen mother in their eyes at all!" Li Maoxun said that it is the responsibility of the Criminal Department and Jingzhao Mansion to arrest the robbers, and even if something is lost in the palace, there is no rule that the forbidden army will be allowed to trespass into the minister's mansion overnight. ”

He paused slightly, and then continued: "Dong Tianxing of the Ministry of War said that the emperor must not know about this matter, otherwise he would never let people lead troops to search the house of Commander Murong. He took the lead in agitating, and the remaining princes and princes also followed suit, accusing the queen of mobilizing the forbidden army without authorization and violating the ancestral system. That Li Xiuming also threatened to sue the court tomorrow and ask the emperor to uphold justice. ”

"Damn, that's a problem." Tian Mu frowned when he heard this: "It's obviously a very simple thing, how can it be so complicated?" Alas, I knew that you should have rushed in directly with your troops just now, even if it was a fight. ”

Zhang Yangzeng said depressedly: "I'm not afraid to fight, just those hundred or so Blue Dragon Army, I can suppress them all in the blink of an eye." But the question is, can you find Shen Lie's traces as you wish. ”

Tian Mu raised his eyebrows: "Shen Lie must be inside!" The official was originally a little worried about this, but looking at Li Xi's current performance, so many royal nobles moved in the middle of the night to support her and block the door, it must have been panicked, indicating that she would never dare to let us go in and search! ”

Zhang Yangzeng nodded in agreement: "You're right. I also feel that Princess Fenyang has a ghost in her heart, so I'd rather tear my face than allow us to enter the house. Lord Tian, why don't we fight and break through the door directly? ”

"It's late," Tian Mu sighed: "Before those big shots came, we would have broken in, but now Li Maoxun and they are all here, once a conflict breaks out and these guys are accidentally injured, even if we have ten heads, it will not be enough to cut off." ”

"What then?"

"Wait for the will! As long as the will comes, especially the emperor's will, no one can stop us! ”