Early the next morning, before dawn, the Praetorian Guards in the palace had quietly assembled, and they lined up outside the palace gate with torches in their hands.

General Zuo has been drinking a lot of wine since last night, and he is dead anyway, he waved the sword in his hand and shouted, "Brothers, if we don't succeed today, we will become benevolent, and when we overthrow this emperor, I will definitely let my brothers all be added to the ranks." After saying that, the Praetorian Guards roared three times in response.

This shout alarmed, the palace maids, large and small, everyone had no intention of sleeping, and the palace was no longer quiet for a while, this noise alarmed the emperor, "What is the matter? Why is it so noisy outside?" The emperor frowned.

The eunuchs just knelt on the ground, not daring to speak, but there was already a little panic in their expressions, and they could only hear the shouts outside the palace getting louder and louder, as if an army was marching towards the Qingxin Palace.

Suddenly, the emperor was shocked, "What the hell is going on? What about my Praetorian Guards, let someone escort you!" Before the words fell, several concubines had already run to the Qingxin Hall with frightened faces, and at this time, they didn't care about any rules, and everyone knelt in front of the emperor, "Your Majesty, it seems that there are assassins, but there are no guards in our palace." ”

The emperor suddenly came to his senses, and he hatefully kicked the eunuch who was kneeling on the ground and made promises, "Say, where have the guards gone?"

Before he finished speaking, a group of guards had already rushed to the outside of the Qingxin Hall and were slamming the door, and suddenly, there was a wail from the palace to the palace.

Things came so fast that the emperor couldn't afford to think of other ways, and the door was about to be smashed open, "What about King Guangping, he has a heavy army, he should come to the rescue now, what about others!" The emperor roared, and his heart instantly panicked, "Could it be that this rebellion was planned by King Guangping?"

With a bang, the door of the Qingxin Hall was smashed open by dozens of big men with wooden stakes, and everyone was shocked, although the Praetorian Guards were not many in number, they were all elites of the elite, one could be worth ten on the battlefield, and the little eunuchs resisted desperately, but the result was only vulnerable.

Seeing that the last palace gate was about to be breached, the emperor looked at the palace gate fixedly, and his mind was blank. Just when he thought he was going to die, the sound of attacking the door suddenly stopped, Mu Chun kicked open the door of the palace, hurriedly threw down the sword in his hand, and walked to the emperor's side, "The son is too late to save the car, and I ask my father to forgive me." ”

"Mu Chun?" the emperor sat on the ground weakly, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "Have these rebels been suppressed?"

"Father, please rest assured, these rebels are all Praetorian Guards, and there are not many of them, and the sons have led the army to suppress them. Mu Chun said and came to the outside of the hall, it was General Zuo who led people to attack the door, the two looked at each other, and General Zuo had already understood what he meant.

Suddenly, he stood up, and suddenly dozens of guards stabbed him with knives at the same time, and seeing General Zuo die in front of him, Mu Chun really relieved himself.

Everything is ready, now it is only necessary to let the emperor suspect Mu Hua himself. When the sun rose, the palace returned to its former calm, as if what happened in the early hours of the morning was just a nightmare.

The emperor sat in the main hall with a cold face, and the ministers knew what happened in the palace in the morning, and everyone looked at each other and didn't know what the emperor would say.

At this time, Shi Lingyan and Mu Hua had been locked up in the dark room all night, Shi Lingyan was a little impatient, looking everywhere for possible escapes, she glanced at Mu Hua who closed her eyes and recuperated on the side, "Mu Hua, can't you go out?" You are fine, the old lady still has something to do, so I don't spend time with them here." As he spoke, he was about to climb through the window.

Mu Hua grabbed Shi Lingyan, and then slowly opened his eyes: "Don't worry. It's not time for us to go out yet. ”

When the two were locked up yesterday, Mu Hua once heard the general Zuo talking about in the mouths of these secret guards, this general Zuo is the commander of the forbidden army, and the forbidden army is directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor and has nothing to do with them, Mu Hua wants to know what Mu Chun and General Zuo colluded for, and why Mu Chun wanted to arrest himself at this time.

"Old thing, keep all the meat, and send the rest inside. Outside the door, I remembered the shouts of the men in black again, and only heard the sound of squeaking and pushing carts, and an old man appeared in front of them, "Your meal." As he spoke, he put a bowl of vegetables and two bowls of rice on the ground in front of the door of the dark room.

This didn't seem to be a closed place, Shi Lingyan hurriedly took the opportunity to ask, "Uncle, where is this?"

It seemed to be a pity for the two, and the old man was a little helpless: "You better stay here in peace, I heard that there was a coup d'état in the palace in the morning, and the emperor was almost killed, and the whole Kyoto was in chaos, and it ...... here."

The secret guard outside was shouting again, so frightened that the old man hurriedly pushed the cart out.

"There is a coup d'état in the palace!" Mu Hua's expression was unconcealable, but he was a little skeptical of the old man's words, there was a forbidden army guarding the palace, and now in the whole of Kyoto, only he and the emperor had military power in their hands, how could there be a coup d'état in the palace.

At this time, above the court, the debate has begun, this matter is not trivial, the emperor alone made a conclusion, it is inevitably a little arbitrary, this is also a great opportunity to the emperor's table, and the ministers have spoken and admonished.

"In my opinion, King Guangping is indeed guilty of dereliction of duty in this matter. Lord Shoufu arched his hand and said, "Among today's princes, King Guangping holds the most military power, but at this time, he just didn't show up to save the driver, which will inevitably make people suspicious." ”

The emperor pondered for a long time, why didn't he think so, but he didn't want to leave the world with the impression of an arbitrary king: "What Shoufu said is extremely true, it is this matter ......"

"I don't think what Shousuke-sama said is right. Mu Chun had already understood the emperor's thoughts, and he interrupted the emperor's words, "Erchen thinks that you should not investigate the crime of dereliction of duty of King Guangping in this matter, but should investigate his crime of treason." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, and Mu Chun even said the emperor's thoughts, "This kind of thing can't be talked about, what evidence do you have?" the emperor asked.

Mu Chun sneered slightly, and in an instant, more than a dozen Praetorian Guards dressed in prison clothes were brought to the top of the main hall, "Just ask them to know." ”

How did these little soldiers know that they were just a chess piece, and they all responded to the emperor according to Mu Chunjiao's words: "Last night, the villains also saw General Zuo and King Guangping discussing together, and today General Zuo led his brothers...... The brothers were unwilling, they only said that it was an order from the king of Quang Binh. ”

The more the emperor listened, the paler his face became, and he clenched his fists tightly, "He is proud of his achievements, there is no one in his eyes, he is cruel and bloody, and his merits are high...... Which one of these is not Mu Hua's label? I can tolerate these things, but he just wants to rebel and usurp power!"

The emperor seemed to be making the last patience, just waiting to find Mu Hua to confront him personally.

Mu Hua has been thinking about what happened from yesterday to now, although he already knows that Mu Chun arrested him, but these clues are too fragmentary, General Zuo, the forbidden army, the coup, Mu Chun, and himself.

Suddenly, Mu Hua suddenly realized, he finally knew why Mu Chun, who was eager to let his body be shattered, only arrested him this time, but did not put him to death, Mu Chun did not want to kill him, but wanted to kill him by the emperor's hand.

"Now is the time. Mu Hua's eyes were cold, and he got up and said to the secret guard outside the dark room, "Come on, your master asked you to let me out." ”

After hearing this, the dark guard laughed, "Don't dream of your Spring and Autumn Festival, our master has now successfully rescued the driver in the palace, you just wait to carry the black cauldron......"

Before he finished speaking, he was attracted by a pleasant ringtone, and saw Shi Lingyan waving his arms and walking out from behind Mu Hua, "This big brother, I'm really hungry, can you let us go out to eat something?"

The secret guard was already excited, and he took the key to open the door of the dark room tremblingly, and he was about to take Shi Lingyan into his arms, but he was first slammed to the ground by Mu Hua's palm.

"Go to the palace. Mu Hua said coldly, and the two of them ran straight to the palace without alarming anyone.