However, at dusk at six or seven o'clock in the later generations, the sky in the capital was completely dark, and the whole city became extremely quiet.

In the tent of the camp of the guards, fifteen warriors led by Resarit were lined up on both sides, and at the bottom of the tent was the king's gall who was wrapping the king's sword in cloth.

Chongzhen's invitation to Wang Dan could not refuse, but there was no special clothing for participating in the imperial banquet, so he fortunately wore armor to participate, and of course he would not bring a helmet when he went to the banquet.

At this moment, he was very nervous and puzzled, why did Chongzhen suddenly change his face, he said the wrong words and provoked the emperor's anger.

The big men at the end of the Ming Dynasty were not simple goods, and they had to deal with it with 120,000 points of spirit. At the same time, Wang Dan thought that if he completely turned his face with Chongzhen, he would go back to Zhaojiabao in the capital once, and he would not have much of a problem.

When he does the feat that he wants to do but has not yet done, he will never disturb the people, what are you doing to disturb the people, most of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty is hidden at home by those wealthy businessmen and ministers who are very loving, and they have done their best for the treasury to starve rats to death, and they can be worthy of being elected as good people of the family.

Just as Wang Dan was turning a thousand thoughts in his heart, he saw the officer guarding the camp gate quickly entering the big tent, and he knelt on the ground and reported, "Report to the castle master, it is to report to the chief soldier, someone from the palace has come to pick you up." ”

Resarit said to the king, "Lord, all the soldiers are ready, just waiting for your order, now we are going to start attacking the palace." ”

Wang Dan frowned and thought for a while, and finally shook his head slowly, he didn't want to leave a big name in history like this.

Wang Dan grabbed the king's sword and walked out of the tent, he was determined to see what Chongzhen, the emperor, would do to him.

All the guards in the barracks sat neatly on the ground, and when they saw Wang Dan coming, they spontaneously stood up and sincerely shouted "Castle Master".

For this castle lord who brought them a stable life, all the soldiers sincerely supported it in their hearts, not to mention that the castle lord also has the legend of the gods descending to earth.

Wang Dan nodded majestically as he walked. In his heart, he thought very proudly, "Chongzhen, don't play with me, if you are in a hurry, I will let my subordinates fence your palace, and then go to the homes of those ministers and princes, and when I leave with hundreds of carts full of treasures found from the homes of the greedy ministers, Boss Chongzhen, you will know where the wealth in the treasury of the Ming Dynasty has gone because of my operation." ”

Wang Dan thought proudly, and after walking for a while, he saw from a distance that there was a team of dozens of guards outside the gate of the guard camp, and among them was a richly decorated palace sedan chair, with eight little eunuchs in Tsing Yi acting as sedan chair drivers, and a red-clothed eunuch standing next to the sedan chair door. He carried a luxurious and dazzling palace lantern in his hand.

When the eunuch saw Wang Dan coming, he immediately greeted him respectfully and shouted loudly to Wang Dan through the gate of the village, "You are the new Ming Liaodong Chief Soldier Wang Dan Wang, in the lower palace, the deacon Changfang Xiaodongzi, came to pick you up into the palace by the imperial decree of the Holy Lord, and tonight I will participate in the royal banquet specially held for you, and please Lord Wang hurry up and get on the sedan chair and follow me into the palace." ”

Wang Dan didn't pay attention to what the eunuch said, all because the eunuch was too charming.

He was covered with incense powder that could be smelled ten miles away, and the smell went straight to Wang Dan's nose and charged fiercely, and his soft voice gave people the feeling of wanting to imitate a woman.

Wang Dan replied coldly to the eunuch, "Please return to the emperor." Just say Weichen!" Wang Dan stopped because he thought of something, and he suddenly wanted to see if the last emperor would attack him.

Besides, Wang Dan himself also wants to understand why Chongzhen suddenly became cold, if this question is not clarified, I am afraid that only after he dies of old age will go to the underworld to ask Chongzhen who hanged himself.

Didn't that Chongzhen allow himself to bring a knife into the palace. At that time, if you encounter danger, you can directly pick up the king's sword and slash indiscriminately, and maybe you can still restrain Chongzhen.

Thinking of this, Wang Dan finally couldn't resist the urge to meet the last emperor again, and said to the eunuch, "Okay, I'll come out immediately." ”

Resarit hurriedly walked over to Wang Dan and reminded, "Lord. The whole escort is ready to go with you to attack the palace, why did you suddenly change your mind again, and besides, that king will have bad plans for you. I think it is extremely unwise for you to go to the palace. ”

Wang Dan looked at the fifteen warriors around him who were watching him with concern, and began to hesitate in his heart again, he couldn't let himself and these loyal companions be in danger because he wanted to see the ancient emperor.

Wang Dan recalled Chongzhen's fiery eyes when he looked at the guards today, and thought that this emperor would not suddenly deal with himself in order to entrap the guards for his use.

Thinking about this section, Wang Dan said to the fifteen warriors with a resolute look, "I am here to avoid conflict with this huge empire, and it is my greatest wish to let all the people of Zhaojiabao return to their hometown safely, so I have decided to go myself." After speaking, Wang Dan walked to the gate without hesitation.

The fifteen warriors behind him shouted excitedly in unison, "Swear to fight to the death for the glorious and merciful lord until the death!"

Wang Dan was happy in his heart, he was actually reluctant to lose the opportunity to see the emperor up close, after all, the last emperor couldn't hold out for too long.

Wang Dan turned around and said loudly to the fifteen warriors and the soldiers of the escort army, "Don't worry, it's really safe for me to go, just do your job, this is an order." ”

In the moment when the guards hesitated, Wang Dan had already sat in the luxurious palace sedan chair under the gentle and respectful guidance of the eunuch.

The palace sedan chair space of the Ming Imperial City is quite large, and the palace scenery is painted everywhere, and a small palace lamp is suspended on the top of the sedan chair for lighting.

When the sedan chair was lifted and swayed and moved, Wang Dan regretted a little in his heart, and he risked being killed in order to see what the real emperor looked like, and he was still immature.

The sedan chair kept swaying, and from the heavy panting sound of the eight eunuchs carrying the sedan chair, we could know how hard they were carrying it at this time.

Wang Dan didn't have the heart to sympathize with these low-ranking low-level eunuchs, and sat in a closed sedan chair and walked towards the mysterious Ming Dynasty palace, which made Wang Dan deeply feel that his fate was helplessly involved in this chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

In an irritated mood, he lifted the small curtain of the sedan chair on the left, and what caught Wang Dan's eyes was the fat face of the brightly dressed eunuch Xiao Dongzi, who was pouring all beings, and the eunuch was turning his face and smiling softly at himself.

"Oh, the cake buyer!"

Wang Dan almost vomited in fright, and hurriedly lowered the curtains.

I only heard the concerned voice of the eunuch outside the sedan chair (softly); "Lord Commander, are you feeling unwell?" Otherwise, let the minions come in and wait for you, okay?

Wang Dan once again suppressed the urge to spit out, and forced himself to speak, refusing, "No, no, don't come in!"

After a long pause, Wang Dan finally recovered from the amazing shadow just now, and walked blindfolded to the place where he finally knew, which Wang Dan was unwilling to do.

He summoned up great courage to open the curtain on the right, but fortunately there was no one here, and the Imperial City guards were gathering to talk.

Wang Dan breathed a sigh of relief, this was the real expression of those guards in Chongzhen's last days. In the same way, if you encounter an unexpected situation, you will have a greater chance of breaking out of the encirclement.

Wang Dan saw through the window that the lights in the capital were sparse at this time, and the residents closed their doors early to rest.

Maybe this is the routine that the ancients have been doing for thousands of years, but Wang Dan from the 21st century is really uncomfortable, at this moment he misses the lights of the world too much, as well as the bustling commercial streets, and he will go shopping at that time.

Wang Dan, who was immersed in reminiscing about his past life, suddenly raised his head and noticed both sides of the street, because he felt a sense of being spied on, and the peeping person was somewhere in the dark streets of the capital.

The feeling of uneasiness enveloped the king like air. He couldn't help but poke his head out again to look for the source of the unease.

At this time, the ancient city of Beijing was so silent, the cold wind was blowing through the streets, and the night sky was covered with clouds, and there was not a trace of starlight in sight.

A movie line suddenly flashed in Wang Dan's heart.

"The moon is dark and the wind is high. When the killing is in progress. ”

The sedan chair walked forward for a long time, and finally could see the brightly lit Forbidden City, which was so beautiful in the black night, like a candle flame that was about to burn out to show her last beautiful figure.

The sedan chair carried Wang Dan directly into the palace gate. However, the official sedan chairs of the hundreds of officials were left outside the palace gate, and Wang Dan asked the eunuch in surprise, "Why don't the sedan chairs stop!"

The eunuch explained in a soft voice, "Don't be surprised, Lord Commander, it was the Holy Majesty who ordered the special permission to enter the palace in a sedan chair. Because tonight's royal banquet is just for adults. ”

Wang Dan listened to his explanation and stopped asking questions, but the king's sword also held it tighter.

I don't know how many turns I turned, how many palace gates I passed, and the sedan chair finally stopped.

Wang Dan's heartbeat also intensified, and he waited silently.

"I don't know if I came out first to announce that I was disrespectful and wanted to issue a holy decree to prison, and then arrested myself. Or a large number of guards are directly killing from the surroundings!" Wang Dan guessed in his heart what situation Chongzhen had set up, and at the same time he thought in his heart, "I don't know if Chongzhen will scold himself and then - hey, why did he come in recklessly." ”

The greeting voice of the eunuch sounded outside the sedan chair, "Lord Commander, we have arrived at the imperial garden where the imperial banquet is held, please get off the sedan chair." ”

The eunuch used the unique voice of this profession to summon Wang Dan out of his thoughts.

Wang Dan sneered and slowly opened the curtain of the sedan door with the sword of the king, and found that there was no scene outside where he imagined countless forbidden soldiers of the imperial city pointing bows, arrows, knives and guns at him, but many officials and palace maids who were in charge of banquets were looking at this side strangely.

The palace maids and eunuchs who came and went around were busy for the banquet, and it seemed unlikely that it would be an ambush location.

Wang Dan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want to really come to the scene of killing the palace.

This is only the outer garden of the Imperial Garden, and whoever enters the Imperial Garden must walk, and the eunuch leads the king into the depths of the Imperial Garden. Along the way, the palace lights were bright, and the roads were also full of flowers, and there was no trace of tension on the faces of the palace maids and eunuchs who came and went.

Wang Dan thought that maybe he was too careful.

After a while, the eunuch led Wang Dan into a large garden, and saw that this garden was even more beautiful, full of palace lights, and the marble floor was full of huge sandalwood round tables, and all the civil and military officials were already sitting at the table.

They chatted about the world, and they just swept their eyes at the arrival of Wang Dan, looking like a countryman.

Chongzhen and other big bosses have not yet come, Wang Dan sat down at the garden table in the center of the banquet venue under the guidance of the eunuch, this table is not empty, and the full table guests around are talking about this table that is still in the air, Wang Dan suddenly became the center of the lively venue.

When Wang Dan was feeling a little unhappy, he suddenly heard the eunuch in the distance announce, "The emperor has arrived, and Queen Zhou has arrived." ”

When the singing horn ended, I saw Chongzhen walking into the imperial garden with a dignified and beautiful woman in palace clothes wearing a phoenix crown with a smile on her face.

Before Wang Dan could take a closer look at what the famous queen in history looked like, he saw that the hundred officials got up at the same time and bowed neatly to Chongzhen and the queen and shouted, "Weichen greets the emperor, long live, long live, (To be continued......)