Half an hour has passed, and the torrential rain shows no signs of stopping.

The confrontation between the Donglin Party and the Emperor of the Apocalypse continued.

The torrential rain was like a note, accompanied by rolling thunder, most of the Zhu Zi ministers and scholars kneeling in Chengtianmen, most of them were already trembling, and gradually, some people began to faint to the ground.

Not far away, the Imperial Forest Army in fine armor stood silently under the city tower with a knife in his hand and a strong armor in his arm, staring at the sky in the distance for a moment, turning a blind eye to everything that happened in front of him.

"Your Majesty has a decree," the little eunuch swept the dust, stood on the tower of Chengtianmen, and looked at the courtiers kneeling in the torrential rain: "If you retreat now, then I can act as if nothing happened, if you insist on going your own way, there is no shortage of places for you in the prison, so I can do it myself!" ”

In a trance, Liu Yijing, who was kneeling in the front, raised his head, the majestic and tall city wall was not far away, and on the city tower, the shadowy Imperial Forest Army was there, and several eunuchs of the ceremonial supervisor were also there.

"Ji Hui, today's matter, let's take a step back first, Your Majesty, let's go into the palace together in a few days!" Ye Xianggao and Sun Chengzong came together, and the first assistant of the cabinet held an umbrella, wanting to persuade Liu Yijing to go back.

After all, the hundred officials kneeling at the Chengtianmen, no matter what, are persecuting the saint, if the saint makes up his mind and does not back down, the ministers will not suffer in vain.

"Han Yi is dead, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others are still in prison, the world is almost in decline, if the old man takes another step back, he will have no face to see the emperor again after death!" Liu Yijing shook his head, there was already rain inside and outside his body, his head was getting more and more dizzy, and there was only one thought at the moment: to die, and to die in Chengtianmen!

After listening to Liu Yijing's words, Ye Xianggao and Sun Chengzong glanced at each other, both helpless.

"Mr. Jingyi, Mr. Yu He" Ye Xianggao looked at Gao Panlong and Zhao Nanxing on the side.

"We have nothing else to ask for, the nine major crimes, Wang Qi is punished!" Even though Gao Panlong was already crumbling, his voice was still extremely tough, and Zhao Nanxing on the side also nodded, indicating the same.

Ye Xianggao looked at his former friend, and now he looked like this, and his heart was speechless for a while: "Kneeling and dying here, can you make the saint change his mind and let the Duke of Langguo return to Beijing for trial?" ”

"It's better than being embarrassed, isn't it?" Liu Yijing didn't want to pay attention to Ye Xianggao anymore, and Liu Jihui's heart was already full of disdain for this former friend who had betrayed Taoism.

"I'm here for the court, not for a person, you kneel here, if something happens, it's the face of the ministers of the world who will be lost, and my Ye Xianggao is also implicated." Ye Xianggao really wanted to flick his sleeves and leave.

When Ye Xianggao was persuading Liu Yijing and others, on the other side, Sun Chengzong, as the emperor, was already preparing to enter the palace again to face the saint.

"Master Sun, please stay," Pei Jie's figure appeared at the door of Chengtianmen, and stretched out his hand to stop the famous emperor: "Your Majesty, I don't see anyone today!" ”

"Trouble Commander Pei to go in and report it, the old man has something important to do!" Sun Chengzong bowed his hand to the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and his attitude was extremely humble.

"It's not a small deliberate obstruction," Pei Jie shook his head expressionlessly: "Today's situation is special, the celebrant is on it, and no one can enter the palace."

"Isn't this king okay too?"

As soon as the words fell, in the distance, Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, walked to the gate of Chengtianmen with his personal entourage.

"Xiaguan (the last general) greets His Royal Highness King Xin!"

In the pouring rain, at the gate of Chengtian, a group of civil and military officers bowed down to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen nodded with some satisfaction, and then looked at Pei Jie, his tone had become cold: "This king is going to enter the palace to meet the emperor, and I also ask Commander Pei to report it!" ”

"This" Pei Jie hung his hands at his sides and bowed his body: "There is nothing that can be done at the end of the year!" ”

"You! Bold Pei Jie, this king is" Zhu Youzhen didn't expect Pei Jie to dare to refute his face, and immediately pointed at Pei Jie with the folding fan in his hand, and was about to scold!

"Hey, who's this! In front of the Son of Heaven, what is the noise? At this moment, Wei Zhongxian's godson, Wei Fangde, the head of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, walked down from the city tower slowly and swayed in front of everyone.

"Eh, it's the king who believes that the prince has arrived, the little one doesn't know, and the sin deserves death! Lord, you atone for your sins! Wei Fangde bowed to Zhu You quite exaggeratedly.

For such eunuchs, Zhu Youzhen was both afraid and hateful, and at this time, seeing that Wei Fangde still respected himself, he said: "Let me ask you, can this king go in?" ”

"Without Wei Dudu's permission, no one can face the saint today," Wei Fangde said with a smile, but that face was extremely disgusting.

"The internal situation of the DPRK is controlled by the eunuchs, and the external is held hostage by the warriors, and there is no way to do it!" Liu Yijing looked at this kind of scene, after all, he was in a hurry, pointed at Wei Fangde and scolded: "Today, the old man died headlong in Chengtianmen, I don't believe that the emperor can't come out to see people!" ”

After saying that, the Nanjing official Shangshu struggled to support the ground with both hands, got up from the muddy ground, and then leaned in front of everyone's eyes, and slammed into Chengtianmen.

Ye Xianggao, Zhao Nanxing, Gao Panlong and others hurriedly stepped out to stop them.

Suddenly, the entire palace gate was in chaos!

The soldiers who were originally kneeling on the ground also got up one after another and rushed towards Chengtianmen, wanting to kill these arrogant and domineering ceremonial eunuchs, and the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army were waiting for them, holding armor and vertical swords, and gathered at the gate of the city to prevent anyone from breaking in.

"The Emperor!" Liu Yijing knelt on the ground with a plop, splashed a large amount of muddy water, and burst into tears for a while: "The minister's failure to fulfill his duties made His Majesty stunned by the eunuchs, isolated from the inside and outside, and made the world chaotic, and the minister is ashamed of His Majesty!" ”

With Liu Yijing's voice, the entire Chengtian Gate was full of crying, scolding, and grief.

With the roar and rolling thunder, it spread far away.

Faced with this situation, Zhu Youzhen was also dumbfounded and didn't know how to end it.

Sun Chengzong looked up to the sky and sighed, speechless.

At this time, in the inner palace, Wang Tiqian held the holy decree in his hand and appeared at Chengtianmen: "There is a holy decree!" ”

Wang Tiqian's voice was not loud, but it seemed to have some magic power, as soon as he spoke, the cries and scolding of the entire Chengtianmen immediately subsided, and after a few breaths, except for the sound of rain in the sky, and the sound of rain splashing on it, there was no other sound, everyone looked at Wang Tiqian, looked at the holy decree in his hand.

"Wait for the order!"

"Ye Xianggao, the first assistant of the Xuan Cabinet, Sun Chengzong, a scholar of the Palace Pavilion, Liu Yijing, Zhao Nanxing, Gao Panlong and others from the Nanjing Zhubu, entered the palace to meet him!" Wang Tiqian slowly withdrew the holy decree in his hand and looked at the people in front of the palace: "A few adults, come with me!" ”

"Commandment!"

After speaking, Wang Tiqian finally looked at Zhu Youzhen on the side, with a trace of disdain on his face: "His Royal Highness the King of Letters, there is nothing for you to do here, please go back to the house as soon as possible." ”

As if he was stung by a bee, Zhu Youzhen only felt a hot pain in his cheeks, this matter is not something that a prince can interfere in after all, it is obvious that his royal brother is warning himself.

(End of chapter)