Minister

168【Eleventh Year of Jiankang】

Hu Yanglin had slept for a long time, when Wei Chi knocked on the door of his house, he thought it was a dream.Dear, Baidu search eye & fast, read a lot of novels for free.Hearing Wei Chi's words, Hu Yanglin also trembled in fright: "Tan Youzhi is also on the list? Huang Gui is from Dongchang, and there are dozens of people in his yard. How did you rush in to save Mr. Zhou Ge?"

"Save Mr. Zhouge? What are you doing to save him?" Wei Chi shook Populus euphratica's neck: "Get dressed quickly! We have to enter the palace now!!!"

"Enter the palace?" Hu Yanglin felt that this plan was inconceivable: "It is impossible to open the palace door after passing the palace ban, not to mention that the eunuchs are all Huang Gui! And who do you look for when you enter the palace?"

"I used to be a guard in the palace! Let's think about it as we walk! Who are we looking for? Looking for the prince!"

"The prince is a child!"

"The prince is a child..." Wei Chi put his clothes on Hu Yanglin and pushed him out: "But he must not fall into Huang Gui's hands!"

It fell into Huang Gui's hands!

After hearing this, Hu Yanglin understood the truth, and couldn't help shivering.

The palace wall of Dachen Palace is not someone's wall, Wei Chi stands under the majestic wall, looking up at the raised eaves of the tower, helpless.The snow in the sky is gradually getting bigger, and sometimes the sudden barking of dogs seems to indicate other footsteps, and the silence reveals hidden anxiety.

"The main entrance is impossible. Let's go to the gate of Xiyuan." Hu Yanglin had been a guard a few years ago, let alone for a few days. He could barely remember that the guards at Xiyuan seemed to belong to him. Xiang Fang's forces: "Unless the people inside open the door! Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible to get in!"

Although Wei Chi had many more opportunities to enter and exit the Forbidden Palace than Populus euphratica Lin, she always walked through the door, never thought about today's situation, and had no other way, so she had to follow Populus euphratica Lin.The side gate closest to Xiyuan is Xian'an Gate, and the gatekeeper's name is Mao Yixuan. Of course he doesn't know Populus euphratica, let alone Wei Chi, but he does know cabinet member Yang Shenyun.Hu Yanglin knew that this happened not by chance, but because Mao Yixuan was actually a cousin of Yang Ge's hometown even though he was a general and not well-known in court.Although a minister like Wei Chi would not be interested in this kind of thing, it is something that the servants in the palace must know.Yang Shenyun knew Wei Chi, and Mao Yixuan knew Yang Shenyun, that's enough!

Elder Yang Ge happened to stay in Xiyuan on duty tonight in order to avoid Eunuch Huang's birthday banquet. Wei Chi didn't spend much time seeing him.After hearing Wei Chi's words, Mr. Yang Ge went to Xian'anmen in person, regardless of his old bones, which were nearly eighty years old.Mao Yixuanguo opened the Xian'an Gate without hesitation, just as Populus euphratica had speculated.

"Wei Da, you are a hero! Do you know about Mr. Zhou Ge?" Mr. Yang Ge ran out of breath.

"The important ministers are all in Huanggui's mansion. There was once a general named Tang He who guarded Fengyi with him. He just came back from the south, and the instructor who reported the letter has already asked him to contact him, and he will take care of Huang's mansion. "

"Okay!" Elder Zhou Ge supported Wei Chi's shoulder: "Follow us and go in to find the prince."

"Mr. Yang Ge, you can keep it here." Mao Yixuan is actually very assertive: "According to Hu Yanglin, Huang Gui's may have arrived in the palace at this moment, and I'm afraid it's not safe enough inside. You can write an article , let them be sent to Wucheng Bingma Division, and they can immediately help. Huang Gui is just a eunuch, and Tan Youzhi is just a corner of Jin Yiwei. Regardless of how many of them there are, most of them are low-level officers who don’t know why. If you know If they want to rebel, they are very likely to mutiny. Wei Da was once the prince's teacher and a military commander, so it is best for him to find the prince."

"It may take an hour for the soldiers and horses of the five cities to arrive. After all, the Forbidden City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if you don't go through the main entrance, you have to enter through Xian'an Gate, and there is still a pass like Zhendu Gate. Even if dozens of guards I can't make it through!" Wei Chi felt that this Mao Yixuan was too optimistic.

"This? I have my own way." Mao Yixuan smiled.

Jiang Shouping's strategy is perfect. He has indeed entered the Forbidden City. As long as he can find the prince immediately, he will guard the palace immediately and kill those who come to meet him. It worked.But he didn't expect that he would meet Mao Yixuan. Although Yang Ge's distant cousin had never been on the battlefield, he was calm in times of danger and could come up with clever plans.

When Huang Gui's eunuchs led the Jinyiwei to the harem smoothly, the turret on the other side of Yinghua Hall unexpectedly caught fire!The leader was naturally startled, Tan Youzhi thought that most of the things had been leaked, Yinghua Hall belonged to the harem, could it be possible that he had already entered the Forbidden City from the south?

"Send half of the team to look for it over there! It is very likely that the prince is there!" Tan Youzhi thought about it again: "The rest, each team will follow a father-in-law, and go to Ciqing Palace where the prince lives as originally planned."

Wei Chi entered the palace one step later than Tan Youzhi. Mao Yixuan's fire helped him save a lot of disadvantages. It was this fire that not only frightened Qin Youzhi, but also woke up the palace. Many palaces came out to fight the fire. , Running around, news of Huang Gui's rebellion also spread, and the situation fell into chaos for a while.

"The Ciqing Palace is just further ahead!" Hu Yanglin saw Wei Chi turning the corner and thought he was going the wrong way.

"We have to go to Hede Palace!" Wei Chi took a deep breath: "There are only two of you, and there is no response. If you go, you can't protect the crown prince. You have to go to the eldest princess!"

Just as Wei Chi was explaining, suddenly a fire flashed in front of his eyes, before he could react immediately, Populus euphratica hugged her, climbed over the stone steps of the promenade, and lay down under the flowers.It was such a coincidence that the fire was the lantern in Tan Youzhi's hand.These two groups came in from the west one by one, and the other came in from the south. Qin Youzhi who came in from the south was going to Ciqing Palace in the northwest corner, and Wei Chi and Populus euphratica who came from the west were going to the Hede Hall in the east. Met a guy in the gallery to the west!Even though Tan Youzhi and his party were flustered, and even though Hu Yanglin had quick eyesight and quick hands, Tan Youzhi still became suspicious.

"Who?"

The only answer to Tan Youzhi is the wind and trembling dead branches. Snow is the best evidence to reveal his whereabouts, but unfortunately the gallery has a roof and there is no snow on the ground. snow blocks.

"Look carefully!" Tan Youzhi signaled his subordinates to turn around and check.

Wei Chi heard Tan Youzhi's voice, her heartbeat was about to stop at the moment, and as the footsteps approached, Wei Chi couldn't help turning his face slightly, the candlelight in his hand in the gallery happened to reflect her face through the branches face.Wei Chi held his breath and lowered his body, hoping that Tan Youzhi would give up soon.Hu Yanglin's heartbeat was also about to stop, he knew Tan You knew this, he knew it would be easy to escape his eyes, but when Wei Chi's face was pressed against the clothes on his chest, his heartbeat stopped because of it.How many years?Only then did I get so close to him again, so close that I held him in my arms, so close that he pressed against my heart.Although Hu Yanglin knew that maybe in the next moment, he would have to jump out of the bushes and draw his sword against the enemy, and the result would probably be hacked to death by the opponent, but at this moment he hoped that time could be suspended, and he wanted to carve this moment into his heart with a knife. , into his memory.There was a subtle sound of boots stepping on the bluestone board, and Hu Yanglin felt his hand was tightly held by Wei Chi. He knew that Wei Chi couldn't see his face, so he smiled inappropriately, melancholy and sweet, Wei Chi's forehead As far as his lips were concerned, he could only maintain the posture at the moment when he was lying down... Hu Yanglin kept telling himself: He no longer belongs, or has never belonged, and will never belong...

In the end, Tan Youzhi gave up checking, he decided to believe it was an illusion: "Let's go!"

When the light of the lantern completely disappeared, and when the sound of footsteps completely disappeared, Wei Chi got up from Populus euphratica Lin, and said a bad word.

"I've never been scared like this in my life!" Wei Chi sat up and took a deep breath: "Fortunately, he was smart! Otherwise! Ouch! I was really scared to death."

"Ok!"

Seeing Populus euphratica's calm expression, Wei Chi let go of his hand and pretended to touch his forehead: "You're not scared, are you?"

"Look, let's go!"

After all, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time. The two stood up and took a picture of the snow, then ran out of the gallery and went straight to the Hall of Hede.The road ahead went much smoother, Wei Chi secretly admired Populus euphratica while running—as expected of Jin Yiwei, Jin Yiwei is really amazing!

Hede Hall is still quite a distance from Ciqing Palace, but the news of the fire has obviously reached here. Chen Yuxiang has already got up and looked at the northwest corner worriedly.

"It is said that the turret is flooded, the weather is cold, the princess should go back quickly." Tangtang comforted her: "Although the fire is raging, it is a turret after all, I will send servants to take a look later."

"...In the past, I only heard that the palace was flooded, but turrets were rarely flooded. This...is so strange." Yuxiang just felt a bad premonition.

While the master and servant were talking, the eunuch Wu Gonggong suddenly ran in in panic: "There is a minister! A minister just knocked on the door and shouted that it was Huang Gui! Huang Gui conspired against him!"

"Quick! Open the door!"

The fifth father-in-law got the order and hurried to open the door of Hede Palace.

"Tangtang, go and wake up all the people in Hede Palace, almost counting them, you can't miss any of them."

Chen Yuxiang didn't have time to comb his hair, so anxious and panicked, he walked to the gate of the palace and looked out.

"Wei Chi!? Wei Da!?" It turned out to be!

Wei Chi couldn't care less about saluting: "Huang Gui has rebelled and entered the Forbidden City, does the princess know where the prince is?"

"Him? How dare he do such a thing?"

"Huang Gui hijacked the important officials of the court through the birthday banquet, and then claimed that the emperor was killed by the barbarian, and encouraged Dongchang's rebellion."

"Brother Huang! Brother Huang?" Chen Yuxiang's face turned pale.

"Princess, don't panic. This must be Huang Gui's lie. If the emperor really made a mistake, how could Mr. Zhou Ge not know? If it was true, how could Mr. Zhou Ge attend his birthday banquet calmly. It was just his instigation They are all his cronies and some low-level military officers, so they were deceived by him. He just wanted to take advantage of the chaos to hijack the cabinet and the crown prince, so that the Ming Dynasty could order the courtiers. Although the ministers also guessed...there may be defeats outside the Great Wall...but this matter is suspicious There are too many, the emperor must be safe, and Elder Yang Ge thought so too. The fire in the turret was set by you, just to mess up Huang Gui's position, and it won't be long before the soldiers and horses of the five cities will come to support, now we We must find the prince before chasing them!"

Although Wei Chi tried his best to comfort him, Chen Yuxiang almost fainted: "Wei Da, you...you are the prince's teacher, you must save the prince!"

Wei Chi hurriedly helped Chen Yuxiang sit down. Chen Yuxiang took a sip of water and tried to calm down: "Wei Da, the Ciqing Palace is much closer to the turret, and the people around the prince probably know it." nodded.

"However, the crown prince has Huang Gui by his side. Naturally, these things have been prepared for a long time. Also... It may be inconvenient to walk in the palace. Tangtang is the maid in charge of the Hede Palace. The principals everywhere know her, let her and Let's go together."

"Okay!" Without further ado, Wei Chi signaled Hu Yanglin to leave: "Princess, Huang Gui has nearly a thousand in his hands. If he fails to succeed, he may harm the royal family. You'd better go to Xiyuan, where there is Mr. Yang Ge and the defenders of Xian'anmen."

"Don't worry Wei Da, let's go to Ciqing Palace quickly."

"Yes!"

"Da Wei!"

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"You... please be careful!"

The people in the capital still enjoy their sleep peacefully and welcome the winter in awe of the severe cold.They didn't notice some small footsteps on the road. The residents near the palace knew about the water, but because it was separated by the moat, those in cold weather didn't bother to get up and look around.It wasn't until reinforcements from Wucheng Bingmasi rushed to the Forbidden City that the common people noticed the strangeness.

After Mao Yixuan set fire to the turret, he set fire to Long Zongmen again, this time completely confused Tan Youzhi.They thought that the reinforcements had already arrived at Longzongmen, so they quickly divided up and came all the way to stop the "reinforcements".Qin Youzhi originally wanted to find the crown prince as soon as possible, and then guard the main palace with one husband.Not only did Mao Yixuan disrupt his pace, but he even helped the reinforcements a lot - he didn't need to search for rebels all over the palace, he could go wherever there was fire, and he would be sure of who he was.

But the situation is still not optimistic. Although a large number of enemies have been dispersed, the more than [-] people led by Qin You Zhiben still have a clear goal.And no matter how disintegrated, the two are not hundreds of opponents.With Tangtang leading the way, Wei Chi and Populus euphratica, who were not familiar with the route of the harem, went much smoother, but they still couldn't reach Ciqing Palace before Tan Youzhi and his party.

"Don't go in, something is wrong." Hu Yanglin pointed to the main entrance of Ciqing Palace: "Look at the snow on the ground."

This mark can't be stepped on by a few people. Although the door is closed, it is very likely that there is more than good.

"His Royal Highness said that there are Huang Guis around the prince, do you know who they are?" Wei Chi asked Tangtang.

"There are three great eunuchs beside the Prince's Hall, and one of them is."

"Whose are the other two?"

"One is Lu Jing...huh? That's it?"

The three were secretly running towards the side door, but saw a shadow hiding in the corner.Hu Yanglin chased after a few steps, kicked it to the ground, pulled it up and saw it was an eunuch.

"Lu... respect?" Tangtang recognized this.

Lu Jing recognized Wei Chi, "Master Wei!"

Wei Chi also thought of him, isn't this the eunuch who waits next to him every time?

"Where is the prince? Where are those rebels?"

"Ouch," Lu Jing said with snot and tears running down his face, "you are here! When the turret caught fire, Wang Xi had to make an emergency. He is Huang Gui's godson, so he must have prepared it long ago. He ordered them to go to the turret. He also felt that something was wrong, so he kept an eye out and turned back halfway. But he saw Li Min leading the Ciqing Palace to kill him!"

"The other one is Yang Xiu! He, he belongs to Concubine Hu Gui!" Tangtang exclaimed, "Concubine Hu's bedroom is closer to the turret, she must know the information!"

"What Aunt Tang said is true! Seeing those rebels coming, it doesn't look like they have found the prince! This servant also thinks that Li Min took the prince away!"

Hu Guifei?Li Min?Wei Chi remembered, when the crown prince was studying, the one who went to the imperial study to show off his prestige was not that Li Min and Eunuch Li?It seems that Concubine Hu Gui is indeed scheming, although the relationship between Hu Runzhi and the King of Qin is extraordinary, she can't care about that much at the moment.

"Eunuch Lu, where is Concubine Hu Gui's bedroom? Take us there quickly!"

Foreign ministers broke into the concubine's bedroom privately. Concubine Hu Guifei expected that she would not dare to do it, but unexpectedly she did.

Seeing Wei Chi, Lu Jing felt confident and stopped crying. He took Wei Chi and his party to the side door of Concubine Hu's bedroom.

"How do I get them to open the door?"

"Slaves have their own ways!" Lu Jing went up and called the door: "Come and open the door! Who dares to hide the crown prince! Don't blame the brothers in Dongchang if you don't open the door! Come on! Set fire!!"

The people in Concubine Hu Gui's palace didn't know that Mao Yixuan set the fire in the turret. Yang Xiu only told them that Huang Gui wanted to hold the prince hostage. Concubine Hu Gui naturally believed that this series of chaos was caused by Dongchang.Dongchang has always been vicious, and the person he is best at dealing with is himself. Lu Jing's voice really scared the gatekeepers inside.Hu Yanglin and Wei Chi also understood, and slapped the scabbard in cooperation.

"Open the door quickly! Open the door quickly!" Lu Jing slammed the door fiercely.

Squeak——the guards at the side door were, after all, a group of eunuchs and maids who had never seen the world, and they opened the door in a panic, even forgetting to inform them.

"Go away!" Lu Jing kicked one of them over: "Big! Let's go!"

Although there were many slaves and maidservants in the inner palace, they were all unarmed. When they saw that the visitor was a sergeant with a steel knife, they were frightened and hid everywhere, and they went to the main hall smoothly.However, Concubine Hu Gui’s subordinates were not gone. When Lu Jing led everyone into the main hall, Li Min stopped him: "Bold madman! How dare you bring foreign ministers into the harem at night!"

Li Min was very imposing, blocking the gap between Concubine Hu Gui and Lu Jing, Lu Jing was speechless for a while.

The two stalemate for a moment, and Wei Chi, who was standing by the side, suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, I have ordered the Empress Dowager to take the crown prince to Qianqing Palace, and I also ask your concubine to bring the prince out."

Concubine Hu Gui didn't care about Wei Chi, she just smiled contemptuously: "There is no prince here in this palace! I want to find the prince and go to Ciqing Palace."

"I also ask the imperial concubine to bring the prince out!" Wei Chi's tone became more serious.

Concubine Hu Gui looked arrogantly at the strange military officer in front of her, "If this gentleman thinks that I have hidden the crown prince, you can go find it yourself. I will not stop you!"

These words are very provocative. Where can I find a child in such a big palace?

Tangtang was also secretly anxious - although she came in, as long as Concubine Hu Guifei didn't let go, she would definitely not be able to take the prince away.This Wei Da is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Since he can sneak into the palace astutely, he may be able to persuade Concubine Hu Gui or not!After all, Concubine Hu Gui's brother is on good terms with King Qin...

Tangtang was thinking, when Wei Chi took a step forward in a calm manner.Seeing that Wei Chi was being disrespectful, Li Min quickly put aside Lu Jing and stopped Wei Chi.

Wei Chi didn't look at him, but quietly looked at Concubine Hu Gui. Suddenly, Concubine Hu Gui saw a chill in his eyes that frightened her.

In the next moment without any warning, Li Min's neck was slashed in two, and blood spattered all over the floor.

"Ah!!!!" All the servants in the hall shouted, even Lu Jing was shocked.

"I also ask the imperial concubine to hand over the prince." Wei Chi took another step forward with a calm tone.

"Bold! Bold! Bold and crazy!" Hu Guifei was startled by this bloody glance.

A maid next to her stood in front of the imperial concubine and angrily scolded Wei Chi: "Bold! How dare you disrespect the imperial concubine!"

Wei Chi raised his eyebrows faintly, picked up the maid's collar, and lifted her from Concubine Hu Gui's feet.

The maid's status was obviously not ordinary, she still tried her best to keep calm and looked at Wei Chi with menacing eyes.It's a pity that Wei Chi didn't look at her. The light in the hall reflected the blade in Wei Chi's hand—it was a good knife, shaped like a seedling leaf, and the blood from the previous one fell on the ground along the blood groove on the blade. .

"I also ask the imperial concubine to hand over the prince!"

"There is no prince here in this palace!" Concubine Hu Gui shouted with all her strength while trembling.

Clap—it wasn't the candle that burst, it was the head that split.

This time, I got closer and saw more clearly. When the blade was pulled away from the eyes, the maid's bun was divided into two evenly along the cold light left by the blade, making the bloody smell of fear gushing out from the crack. out.

Wei Chi threw the body at Concubine Hu Gui's feet, and took another step forward, stepping on the edge of Concubine Hu's throne.Wei Chi made a beautiful flower on his knife hand, and then slowly approached Hu Guifei's face.

"The minister is Wei Chi, the Zuo Cheng of Dali Temple, do you remember the imperial concubine?"

Dali Temple... Zuo Cheng... Wei Chi?

"Go! Go and get the prince out!!"

The palace maid hurriedly carried the prince out.

"Master Wei! Master Wei!" Chen Entropy didn't expect to see Wei Chi, and burst into tears with excitement.

Wei Chi covered Chen Entropy's face and hugged him to Populus euphratica.

"go!"

Tangtang slumped on the ground, staring blankly at Wei Chi, when his hand grabbed her hand to help her up from the ground, Tangtang felt bloody sticky fingertips.This... is that handsome young man I met in the woods?With a gentle smile, a humble posture, and every move that makes you feel excited?

Tangtang staggered and leaned on Wei Chi's shoulder. She felt fear and panic. Her eyes were covered with blurred snow and blood. Amidst the chaos, there was a faint gunshot from the direction of Ciqing Palace.

The sky in the east showed a tinge of paleness, and it was about to dawn.