These city guards were obviously mobilized from the four acropolises around the imperial capital, brightly armored and heavily armed, and everyone looked like they were facing a great enemy. This situation made Xu Wanting feel very surprised: although the imperial capital has caused some chaos in public security in the past few days due to the increase in foreign population, but after all, it is just the birthday celebration of the Holy Empress Dowager, and it seems that there is no need to make it so like a big enemy, right?

Xu Wanting can achieve the position of director of the Department of Public Security, and he must have quite high political wisdom. He could see at a glance that something was wrong: the city guards were not dressed in ceremonial attire for the day of the celebration, but in a completely war-ready attire. All the infantrymen were dressed in new armor that had just been replaced this summer, with swords slung from their waists, spears and shields in their hands.

Standing on the street, the supreme officer of the Department of Public Security frowned as a group of city guards walked by, and his heart was full of doubts, and he immediately returned to the office of the Department of Public Security, and then called one of his subordinates and asked him to go to the military department immediately for instructions.

But soon, the bad news came back, and even the four teams of soldiers of the Public Security Division who Xu Wanting had sent out early in the morning quickly sent a report, saying that there were city guards blocking the patrol of the soldiers of the Public Security Division.

Xu Wanting was angry, and a guy wearing the uniform of a city guard officer came in outside the Department of Public Security, looking at the badge on his chest, it was a thousand commanders, deputy commanders and commanders.

"Director Xu Wanting. This guy looked indifferent, and broke directly into Xu Wanting's office with two entourages, and then read out an order aloud: "Special order of the Ministry of War, in order to maintain law and order in the imperial capital, all deployments such as the defense and security of the imperial capital are temporarily under the control of the city guards, and the public security department of the imperial capital is temporarily under the control of the city guards, and everything is under the command of King Jing, the commander of the city defense guards." ”

After speaking, this guy put this military order on Xu Wanting's desk.

King Jing?

He is in charge of the defense of the periphery of the imperial capital, and the Public Security Department is responsible for the security of the city.

Xu Wanting, who is now Chinese New Year's Eve eight years old, looked at the military order in front of him, which clearly had the signature of Luo Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the bright red handsome seal.

Xu Wanting suddenly felt a chill in his heart, could something be wrong? Traditionally, the city defense guards were in charge of the outer city defense, and the public security department was in charge of the city. But the city guards suddenly took the order of the military department to demand to take over all the powers of the security department......

Director Xu knew in his heart that even if the official document of the Ministry of War was true, the legal procedures were also very inappropriate. The full takeover of the imperial capital must be done by the personal decree of His Majesty the Holy Emperor. But looking at the strange city defense guard officer in front of him with a chill in his eyes, Xu Wanting noticed that the other party's hand was pressed on the hilt of the sword, if he dared to open his mouth to refuse, I am afraid that the other party would immediately make a move.

Xu Wanting is very clear about his strength, although he claims to be the pinnacle of foundation building, but in fact, his real combat power is at most in the middle stage of foundation building. The reason why he was able to sit in this position depended on the power of his family on the one hand, and on the other hand, it depended on his wisdom.

If he really wants to make a move, he is by no means an opponent of this commander. He couldn't help but look out the door, and secretly scolded his guards for being too derelict in their duties. I just let these guys in at random. Although these guys have an urgent military order from the military department, they should at least report it.

"Okay......" Xu Wanting hesitated for a while, but after all, he still didn't dare to refuse, he hesitated: "I don't know how the Ministry of War needs our Public Security Department to cooperate?"

"It's simple. The strange officer let go of the hilt of his sword: "From now on, you are only responsible for the area near the Alchemist Guild in the east of the city, and the rest of the area will be handed over to our city defense guards." And ......" He showed a cruel smile on his face: "According to the military order of King Jing, the public security in the imperial capital has been chaotic recently, in order to ensure the safety of the Public Security Division, and protect the safety of the Public Security Division and the important members of the empire, I brought an infantry squadron to guard the outside of the Public Security Division......"

Xu Wanting immediately became angry: "What." You are openly besieging the Department of Public Security! Lao Tzu wants to ask King Jing to understand. ”

"Sorry, this is a military order. The unfamiliar officer sneered: "Director Xu Wanting, please cooperate." ”

As soon as the words fell, several soldiers wearing city guard armor rushed in outside, and the guards outside the door had already been beaten down, Xu Wanting was shocked and angry, and suddenly saw that the courtyard of the security department outside the door was already full of city guard soldiers.

The officers and officers of the Department of Public Security in the other offices retreated into the room in the face of these wolf-like city guards, in the face of these heavily armed guys, looking at the long sword in the other party's hand.

"Are you going to rebel? Xu Wanting sat down in his chair weakly. By now, if he couldn't smell the danger in the air, he wouldn't be worthy of sitting in this seat.

Prince Zhong is going to rebel. On this day of celebration for the whole world, he is going to act.

"It's 'protection'. The officer said lightly: "As long as you don't make trouble yourself, I will ensure your safety." ”

Xu Wanting already regretted his behavior of sending a large number of soldiers from the Public Security Division out early this morning. Most of the soldiers of the Security Division let him be sent to patrol around the imperial capital early in the morning, so that the empty Security Division was taken down by the other party, and there was no strength to resist at all.

"Okay. Xu Wanting nodded resignedly: "You just said that you wanted my people to patrol around the Alchemist Guild, but now you have blocked all my people in the Public Security Division, how can I give my order?"

"It's simple. The officer took out a few blank orders from his arms and placed them in front of Xu Wanting: "You just give orders, and my people will send your orders to your subordinates." ”

Xu Wanting was stunned to look at the blank orders in the form of the Department of Security in front of him, he reached out and picked up a brush next to the table, but his heart was agitated, and he couldn't help but shake his wrist, and a drop of thick ink dripped on the snow-white paper......

Most people didn't know what was happening in the early morning, and when the sun was rising and the streets were gradually filled with pedestrians, everyone suddenly realized that the soldiers of the Public Security Division who had been patrolling back and forth in the past were gone, replaced by groups of heavily armed and murderous city guards.

These city guard soldiers were all full of semblance and indifference, and there was no joy in the birthday celebration, but rather the expression of going to battle. Pedestrians on the road couldn't help but avoid it from a distance.

Then the news came: early in the morning, several gates of the imperial capital were closed, and the city defense guards issued a notice that the city gates were temporarily closed, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving. Some people questioned, but the other party only said that the imperial capital opened the imperial city guardian circle today, so the city gate was closed. At the same time, the 100-meter area around the city gate is designated as a forbidden area, and no idle people are allowed to approach.

Although these situations seem too bizarre, the word "coup" has never been thought of by ordinary people. After all, the mainland has been peaceful for hundreds of years, and the news that the Holy Empress Dowager's birthday celebration is going to open the Imperial City Guardian Circle has been circulating for a long time, so although everyone was surprised, it did not cause any panic or riots.

Until the morning, about 3,000 cavalry of the city defense guard corps appeared outside the city, and these cavalry quickly divided into several squadrons and outflanked several gates of the imperial capital.

Song Li meditated in the cultivation room for a night, he was currently at the peak of the fetal period, and if he didn't have enough energy to support him, he wouldn't be able to hit the valley stage in the short term. Just because his foundation in the early stage was too good, and the energy in his body was too abundant, the benefit was that his combat power was far stronger than that of a monk of the same level.

But the downside is that for each level, the energy required is also several times that of ordinary monks.

Sometimes things in the world are like this, there are gains and losses, and if you take advantage of any benefit, others will not be able to live. He meditated all night long, just to continue to condense and compress the true yuan in the dantian, and the volume of the small water droplets became smaller and smaller, but the energy contained in them became more and more abundant.

After the sun rose in the morning, Song Li stopped meditating and opened his eyes, he felt full of energy and refreshed. The whole person is like a full bowstring, and there is an urge to shoot out at any time. Whatever happens, he believes that at his peak at the moment, he will be able to handle it.

When he got up, he put on the most luxurious dress under the service of the maid, and then his mother sent for him a new pair of leather boots.

When Song Li walked out of his small building, he had already sensed a trace of tension in the house, the guards of the Ming Palace's mansion were fully armed, and the warriors were wearing light armor and carrying short military short crossbows. All three hundred palace guards got on their horses and waited at the gate of King Ming's mansion.

Song Xinghai walked out under the guidance of the guards, and the Ming prince was wearing a set of light yellow royal robes, which was extremely luxurious and magnificent. Every piece of fabric is carefully ironed, and even the corners and neckline are so angular. The prince was wearing long riding boots, and the chief of the guard personally brought a black war horse, the prince put on a pair of white gloves, then glanced at his son, and said lightly: "Let's go, we will go to the central square of the imperial city now, today is the most lively place, and there will be a celebration ceremony from noon." （http：／／.）。 ”

What is unusual is that for such a grand celebration, the prince did not take his wife with him, but took advantage of the princess's unfeeling and left her at home.

Song Li followed his father on the horse, the Ming Wangfu is not a martial arts family, usually go out by car or sedan chair, rarely ride a horse, today the father and son coincidentally chose to ride a horse.

"Li'er, are you ready?" Song Xinghai glanced at his son solemnly.

"It's all set. Song Li's expression was very relaxed, and he smiled: "After so many years, they must have been impatient to wait." Fortunately, after today, everything will be over. ”

Song Xinghai said solemnly: "The other party has done its job in one battle this time, and the offensive will inevitably be shattering, before the results come out, the outcome is still unpredictable, and we can't take it lightly." Father's greatest concern is your safety. In the midst of the chaos, you must take care of yourself. ”

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