I am a cat in the palace

In the capital city, because the Yanwei army might approach the city at any time, the second prince and Shun Wang army also fought through the Canglan River, and they have fallen into a deep panic under the surface calm.

Many princes and nobles began to secretly send their children and family wealth out of the capital, and once the first person did such a thing, those who followed behind would follow closely.

In the beginning, only some princes and nobles left the capital quietly, but there is no airtight wall in the world. Years ago, even some people in the capital began to run out of the city with their families. They also heard that the capital would soon be destroyed. It has become a bloody battlefield, if you don't hurry to leave while you can, maybe at the last moment, what will happen to the brutal rape empress and false emperor mother and son in the palace.

So, when it came to the New Year, the entire capital actually showed a scene of depression, and the streets and markets were empty everywhere.

And the pair of mother and son in the palace, who are so high above and don't know the sufferings of the people at all, still want to cover up the approaching war and make it look like a peaceful and prosperous world.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Empress Dowager issued a decree saying that she would return to the Taiguo Zhangfu to visit her relatives. The so-called Tai Guozhang was naturally the former Minister of the Household Department, and now the house of Lin Quanli, the capital of the cabinet.

Concubine Duan and the fourth prince succeeded in usurping the throne. Apart from Duan Zhenghong, the Lin family benefited the most. In the past four years, the Lin family's mansion has expanded and expanded, and it has tripled in size. Suddenly, a garden was robbed.

However, what is surprising is that Prince Hui, who has always been a rascal, was robbed of the garden by Lin Jiaqiang this time, and he didn't even fart. No bed, and the gate of the palace has never been opened since then, and the servants only come in and out through the back door to buy vegetables.

For a time, almost the entire capital was laughing at Prince Hui's mansion for being cowardly and cowardly.

As for the Lin family, they have acted unscrupulously since then, as if they have regarded themselves as the most wealthy family in the capital, and they have the greatest momentum outside the palace.

The empress dowager visits relatives, of course, the ostentation cannot be underestimated, and the people along the street have to kneel down to greet her with a whip and sprinkle water to clean the street.

Outside the sedan chair, except for the rattling of carriages and horses and the sound of whips clearing the road, there was silence all around. The Empress Dowager was still secretly proud of her growing majesty, which made the people in the city stand in awe, and there was no sound of kneeling along the street.

But when she quietly opened the sedan chair curtain and looked at the street, her expression changed drastically. There were no people on the street to welcome or see off people. The two sides of Royal Street were empty. The firework shop, which should be the busiest in the city, has its doors tightly sealed, and there is no one in sight.

"Jian Gui!" Seeing the scene in front of her, she knew that the situation was wrong no matter how ignorant she was, so she hurriedly ordered someone to come over.

"I've already asked, and the news that the Yanwei Army and the Second Prince are about to attack the capital has spread. A large number of dignitaries in Beijing took advantage of the opportunity of the New Year's not closing the city gates to leave Beijing with their families. They also followed a lot, and the rest were also very panicked, no one dared to go out casually even in the New Year."

"These traitors who abandoned their masters and sought glory, the Ai family did not treat them badly. The second and third children have not killed them yet, and they are so scared that they dare to run away?"

Thinking of those people fleeing in a panic, the expression on Concubine Duan's face became ferocious. Don't even think about it, those who would run away must think that they are doomed. As long as the second and third children come, they will only have Dead end, sitting on a doomed ship, they are of course desperate to escape.

"Let me find out who took the lead and catch them all, Zhu Jiu Clan!"

"Also, from today onwards, the gates of the city will be closed, only entry is allowed, no exit is allowed! Those who disobey the order will be beheaded!"

"Aijia wants to see, who else dares to run away!"

Seeing Gui frowning and looking sideways at the ferocious-looking woman in the sedan chair, he thought for a while, "The people who take the lead are all nobles in Beijing."

"What about the nobles? Is it my Lin family or your Duan family? You have to let them all know that the Lin family and the Duan family have not moved in this capital, and no one is allowed to move!"

"Baiye City is about to be overwhelmed. No matter how high the city wall is, no matter how many soldiers are stationed, it will be useless to see blood and soft feet." Ling Wuzheng stood in front of a newly drawn mountain and river map and used charcoal to draw the Yanwei army's journey. The results of the battle are overwhelming.

"The second prince and King Shun have also successfully crossed the Canglan River. They clearly have this ability, but they are always afraid that the other party will take advantage of them. Now that we move, it will make them feel the same enemy." A general sneered.

"It's just that according to the current situation, there may be a troublesome situation." Wei Yin tapped on the map of mountains and rivers, and estimated the advancing speed of the Yanwei army and the second prince's Nanyun army.

"In Luohewei's base camp, we are likely to collide with the Second Prince and King Shun's army."

"The question is, should we deal with the second child first, or the fourth child first."

Now that Shang Xin has made up his mind to seize the throne, no matter whether it is the second child or the fourth child, they are all enemies standing in front of him.

"Enter the Imperial Capital first!" Shang Xin made a decision without any hesitation.

The Yanwei army's proclamation is aimed at traitorous concubines and false emperors. Whether it is morally or strategically, the most important thing is to enter the capital first and control the traitorous concubines and false emperors.

"If the second prince and King Shun don't fight first, don't conflict with them, and take the capital first!"

"Yes!"

Surprisingly, Baiye City, which has more than [-] soldiers, surrendered under the fierce attack of the Yanwei Army before even holding out for ten days.

The chief general guarding Baiye City is Duan Zhenghong's confidant, but it's a pity that the city is guarded by thousands of ordinary soldiers.

The soldiers of Baiye City, who were shivering in the cold wind, were still wearing worn-out autumn clothes. They were hungry and looked at the Yanwei army in thick cotton clothes with their hands in their sleeves. Three meals a day are buried in the pot, and the big steamed buns mixed with cornmeal and white flour are eaten with big mouths, and the delicious mutton soup stewed by the fat sheep tributed by the Yu Kingdom is sipped.

Those soldiers in Baiye City who had been standing on the city wall for half a year without receiving their pay could no longer bear the hunger and cold, clamoring for food and pay.

But there is no money to pay them. Most of the money in the treasury was rewarded to those noble officials who vowed to follow the traitor and the false emperor, and the other part was used by the false emperor to build his extravagant pleasure hall .As for the salaries to the soldiers, they can be delayed as long as they can. In the past six months, there has not been a tael of silver. Half a piece of dry cake and two bowls of thin porridge are the daily rations of these soldiers.

The generals may still have scruples about loyalty, integrity and shame, but these bottom-level soldiers are different. They serve as soldiers to eat their fill, and earn some money to go back to start a family and start a business. Shed blood for those noble people sitting in the high walls of the deep courtyard.

It's a pity that what their quarrel ushered in was not appeasement, but a vicious whip.

Thus, amidst another wave of shouts from the Yanwei army to persuade them to surrender, the mutiny broke out like that. A guarding soldier standing very close behind the city lord of Baiye suddenly plunged his spear into Baiye. The heart of the general of Yecheng, and then the scuffle began...

The Yanwei army's shouts to persuade them to surrender hadn't stopped when the solid gate of Baiye City was suddenly opened, and a few blood-stained soldiers took the lead and walked out. General Wei.They said that they could open the city immediately and invite the Yanwei army to enter the city, but they hoped that Shang Xin and Ling Wuzheng could spare the [-] defenders of Baiye City and not punish them for treason.

Shang Xin and Ling Wuzheng were overjoyed to see that Baiye City was destroyed without attack.

Even if it means that all soldiers under the sixth rank will not be prosecuted for the crime of rebellion, and after all the fighting is over, those who do not want to continue to serve as soldiers can be sent back to their hometowns, and each person can be allocated ten taels With the salary of silver, if they are willing to continue serving as soldiers, they will be dispersed and incorporated into the Yanwei Army, but now they must all disarm and disarm, and stay in Baiye City until the end of the war.

Hearing Shang Xin and Ling Wuzheng's announcement, those soldiers who called the mutinous soldiers stupid, or the soldiers of Baiye City who were anxious and wanted to escape at night all burst into smiles.

But Shangxin and Ling Wuzheng are in a better mood, because they will arrive at the capital at least five to ten days earlier than expected, and at such a critical time, five to ten days - enough to influence the general situation of the world.

Daxian is also in a good mood these days.

The ram's blood had been smeared continuously for more than a month. Although being smeared with ram's blood every day made his nose suffer a great deal of grievance, the changes in the spiritual power in his body became more and more obvious.

Moreover, this change is different from drinking Shang Xin's blood before, or the sudden burst of spiritual power after this or that. It is as if a hard ice shell is slowly melting in the dantian.

Although it is impossible to change into a human form for a while, the spiritual power in the body is slowly leaking out from the dantian, and these leaking spiritual powers will never disappear suddenly, but will start little by little. Nourish his whole body.

These spiritual powers seeped into his limbs, flowed into his blood and hair, and even the tip of every hair on his body was soothed by those spiritual powers.

His whole body felt more comfortable than ever before, his body became extremely light, as if he could fly with a light jump.

"I didn't expect that ram's blood has such a miraculous effect. It would be great if I knew about it a few years ago. I think it may not be long before I can recover my real body." Lying comfortably in the small wooden barrel, Shang Xin gave it to him. Daxian who took a bath by himself flicked his tail happily.

However, he turned his head and looked at Shang Xin again, "But, Rourou, have you been feeling unwell recently? Why is your face always so pale, and your sleep is heavier than usual at night, I called you several times this morning You haven't woken up yet, and it's a good sign that Baiye City was taken so smoothly, so don't stay up late at night, go to bed early."

"Well, good." Shang Xin smiled, picked up a handful of water and poured it on Daxian's back.