King's Landing [Rebirth]

Not long after Wang Shuzhi lay down, he was falling asleep in a daze when he suddenly heard a rapid knock on the door, woke up immediately, put on his clothes and went to bed, and asked Wang Ting, who was guarding outside, to open the door, and walked around the screen by himself. Lifting his eyes, he saw Pei Liang striding in.

Pei Liang's face was serious, and he cupped his fists and said, "Prime Minister, Commander Ye sent someone to send the news that there seems to be something unusual about the deployment of troops in the palace in the middle of the night."

Wang Shuzhi frowned slightly, and asked in a deep voice, "Did you ever say what happened in the palace?"

"I have never heard of an accident in the palace, and Commander Ye does not know the reason. He just felt that the situation was suspicious, so he ordered someone to pass the message to the prime minister."

Wang Shuzhi frowned, and when he was thinking, he heard hurried footsteps outside, and walked out. Seeing the steward of the mansion rushing from the corridor with a lantern, he turned to look at him, and asked, "But What happened?"

The steward nodded, stopped in front of him, bowed his head and said in a respectful voice: "Prime Minister, someone came from the palace and said that the emperor ordered you to enter the palace, and we have something to discuss."

Wang Shuzhi paused, his eyes seemed to be stained with thick ink: "Oral instructions?"

"Yes."

"Understood, go and call Yan Qing over."

"Yes." The steward replied, turned around and left in a hurry.

When Wang Ting saw Wang Shuzhi enter the room, he began to untie his clothes. He knew that he didn't need to order him, and hurriedly went to get the clothes of the palace face saint.

Not long after, footsteps sounded outside again, and Wang Shuyi knew that Sima Rong was coming. He raised his head quickly, and the gloomy look in his eyes quickly dissipated, like thick ink mixed with water, becoming clear and soft.

When Sima Rong saw his attire, he was taken aback for a moment: "The prime minister wants to enter the palace?"

"Ah."

"What are you doing in the palace in the middle of the night?" Sima Rong frowned, seeing Pei Liang standing aside, he couldn't help but darken his eyes: "But what happened?"

Wang Shuzhi raised his hand to straighten his hair crown, and his voice added a bit of chill: "The palace dispatched troops late at night, but we didn't know in advance. I'm afraid something happened in it, and at this juncture, the emperor suddenly called me into the palace. Gong, do you think there is something weird?"

Sima Rong nodded, lowered his eyes to contemplate, tried his best to recall in his mind, but couldn't think of what happened at this time in his previous life, but since he was reborn and entered the prime minister's mansion, many things were different from his previous life, even thinking about it. be useful...

Sima Rong stopped recalling, thought about the current situation, and pondered: "There is no major event in the court recently, except that Da Sima and General Yu will enter the capital in a few days, and there is no news from Da Sima's side. I can't figure it out. However, the sudden deployment of troops in the middle of the night must be a tense situation in the palace. The emperor called the prime minister into the palace, but it seemed a little casual. This is probably because the ulterior motives are not in the mood, and the prime minister should be careful."

Seeing his concerned expression, Wang Shuzhi felt warm in his heart, and said with a smile, "It's okay, there is someone in the palace to meet you, I'll go back as soon as I go." He took out a token and put it in his hand, "Keep the token away. , if I come back late, all affairs in the mansion will be arranged by you."

Sima Rong looked at the token and tightened his hands: "Cheng can trust me?"

"If I can't trust you, what do I like you to do?" Wang Shuzhi said with a smile.

Pei Liang, Wang Ting and others at the side hurriedly raised their heads to look at the beam, pretending that they were deaf.

Sima Rong didn't expect him to laugh teasingly at this time, even in front of other people, the tips of his ears burned, he pursed his lips uncomfortably, and put away the token with a cold face.

Wang Shuzhi smiled and squeezed his chin: "Be careful yourself." Then he withdrew his hand, flicked his wide sleeves, stepped across the threshold, and strode away.

Sima Rong turned around and watched his back disappear into the thick night, then turned to Pei Liang and said, "Send someone out of the city to meet Da Sima, just say that there are changes in the palace."

"Yes."

Not long after Pei Liang left, he came back with a person behind him, and found Sima Rong in the study: "Mr. Yan Qing, Da Sima has sent someone to deliver the letter."

Sima Rong turned his head and looked over: "Where's the letter?"

Seeing the man take out the letter from his pocket, Pei Liang showed hesitation, looked around, and hurriedly said: "The prime minister is still in the palace at the moment, and all affairs will be taken care of by Mr. Yan Qing."

Seeing Sima Rong showing his waist badge, the man presented the letter with both hands.

Sima Rong looked at it, and his face changed greatly: "The emperor ordered the big Sima to bring the army into Beijing?"

"Yes. Da Sima felt that this matter was strange, so he ordered his subordinates to come down to find out the news. I don't know what the emperor's intention is?"

Sima Rong's heart stopped, he squeezed the letter subconsciously with his fingers, and after a moment of silence, he held the letter up to the fire and lit it. After it was burnt out, his eyes turned cold and he asked, "Master Pei, do you know if there is anything important in this study?" Documents?"

"Not in the prime minister's mansion." Pei Liang shook his head, "They are all placed in the shogun's mansion and supervised by special personnel."

Sima Rong cheered up: "Accompany me to the shogunate, and go immediately!"

"Yes."

Sima Rong turned his head to look at the person next to him, and ordered: "Go back and report to Da Sima, let him bring the army back to Jingzhou quickly, the capital has changed, I'm afraid it will be unfavorable to the Wang family." Take the private seal of the prime minister and hand it over to him.

As soon as the few people arrived at the door, they suddenly saw the fire outside, and there seemed to be a strange movement, so they hurriedly dodged and hid behind the door.

"Surround the prime minister's mansion quickly, and no one is allowed to let go!"

Sima Rong's complexion changed abruptly when he heard the voice outside, and he turned his head and said in a low voice, "Is there still time to go through the back door?"

"I'm afraid there are people at the back door, but it will take a while to seal the prime minister's residence. We should have time to climb over the wall." Pei Liang walked in first as he spoke.

Sima Rong ordered the people at the door to wait for time, while he and the messenger soldiers followed quickly.

The three of them quickly walked through a peach forest in the thick night, and found the most suitable corner of the wall according to the estimation in their hearts. Pei Liang held the wall and listened, then clasped his hands and squatted slightly: "Mr. Yan Qing, go up!"

"Thank you!" Sima Rong was not polite to him, stepped on his palm and turned to the wall.

As soon as the three of them jumped off the wall, they saw torches coming densely on both sides. Fortunately, this was not an alley. They quickly ducked down and hid in the grass, and left quietly before they surrounded them.

Every house in the capital is closed and settled down, only a few scattered households are lit with candles, and it looks like it is the same as usual. All changes are like a raging undercurrent. Under the cover of night, it seems to be calm.

After passing a small street, Pei Liang took two horses out of a certain shop. This shop was obviously closely related to the Prime Minister's Mansion, so there was no delay.

Although Sima Rong had good legs and feet after his rebirth, he kept going out by car and was very unfamiliar with riding a horse, so he shared a ride with Pei Liang, rushed to the north gate of the city, showed his token, and went out smoothly.

But after a while, all the guards at the gates of several cities received an imperial decree: the Wang family conspired against each other, and anyone related to the prime minister's mansion was not allowed to leave the gates.

The guards at the north gate were stunned when they heard this, and a drum sounded in their hearts: "Fang, just now... three people from the prime minister's residence have left the city."

The messenger was taken aback when he heard that: "Hurry up and chase after him!"

Pei Liang's hearing was excellent, and he could hear the movement behind him from a long distance away, so he hastened to speed up the horse. Fortunately, the horse under him had good foot strength, so he quickly threw off the pursuers, rushed to the shogunate, and chased the people inside. All alarmed.

Sima Rong looked at the guard: "Is Zhao Changshi there?"

"exist."

The prime minister's mansion has arranged residences for all the staff, and it is at the foot of the mountain, adjacent to the shogunate, so these staff occasionally go back to rest very late.

Sima Rong and Pei Liang walked in quickly, and soon saw Zhao Changshi coming out with a lamp, followed by six or seven people, Ding Wenshi and Master Ji were all there, and seeing only Sima Rong and Pei Liang coming, they looked at the door After looking around, he didn't see Wang Shuzhi's figure, so Qiqi couldn't help showing surprise.

Sima Rong looked solemn, stepped forward and said to Zhao Changshi: "The prime minister has an order to immediately destroy all confidential documents in the shogunate."

Zhao Changshi's complexion changed drastically: "What happened? Where's the prime minister?"

"There has been a change in the city. The Prime Minister has entered the palace according to the edict and has not yet returned." Sima Rong looked at him with deep eyes, "Where are the requirements? Take me there."

Ding Wenshi had already had prejudices against him, and now he looked at him with vigilance: "If the Prime Minister hadn't personally ordered such an important matter, there must have been a letter written by him. How can I listen to your empty words?" Destroy those secrets?"

Sima Rong turned his eyes and glanced at him coldly: "There are no letters, only oral messages."

Zhao Changshi has grown a bit jealous of him recently, seeing his imposing manner at this time, he dare not despise him even more, thinking: "Ding Zong is right, how can those secrets be easily destroyed? In case the prime minister is responsible..." Then he turned to look at Pei Liang, "Is this really the prime minister's order?"

Pei Liang paused, his expression unchanged: "Yes."

There was a hint of displeasure in Sima Rong's eyes, and he took out the token: "You all know this token, right? There is a token here, and Mr. Pei is a witness, so what is there to be suspicious about?"

Zhao Changshi took a closer look, his expression slightly relaxed, hesitated for a moment, and was about to agree, but suddenly heard Ding Zheng said: "It's not that I can't trust Mr. Pei, but I can't trust you. Who knows that the prime minister gave you this token personally. Or did you steal it from your bed?"

Sima Rong's expression darkened: "Rope!"

These staff members have stereotypes about Sima Rong, mostly because of his special status, coupled with his high self-esteem, he always felt that it would be demeaning for a male favorite to work with them, but the ordinary guards in the shogunate didn't care about these things, naturally everything Taking Wang Shuzhi's lead as the leader, he even respected Sima Rong a little bit. Hearing his orders, someone came out of the darkness immediately: "Mr. Yan Qing, what are your orders?"

"Bring the rope."

"Yes."

Soon a rope was presented to him.

Sima Rong glanced at Ding Wenshi, saw his complexion changed slightly, and said calmly, "Tie up Ding Wenshi."

The guard hesitated a little, and finally obeyed his order and stepped forward to kidnap the man.

"What are you doing?!" Ding Wenshi was shocked and struggled hastily, but he was a literati and couldn't break free from the restraint of the two guards.

The expressions of several staff members beside him also changed, and Zhao Changshi said urgently, "Speak up if you have something to say, Mr. Yan Qing, don't mess around."

Sima Rong walked up to Ding Wenshi, tore off a piece of his clothes and stuffed it into his mouth. Seeing that he was glaring at him, he pressed it in with more force. Hearing his sobs, he felt inexplicable Feeling a bit of pleasure in avenging public and private revenge, he couldn't help but sneer at him: "Shut up!"

Zhao Changshi was so anxious that he wanted to wipe off his sweat: "This is..."

Sima Rong turned around: "The Prime Minister's Mansion has already been surrounded, and this matter cannot be delayed."

Everyone was taken aback, and had the same thought in their hearts: If what he said was true, something really bad would happen.

At this moment, even Ding Wenshi was stunned and stopped struggling.

Zhao Changshi collected himself, and hurriedly said: "Young Master Yan Qing, please follow me!"