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Chapter 167 Who dares to prevent me from entering the palace to see you 【order】

Several burly men with bare chests and muscular bodies held buffalo whips soaked in salt water in their hands and looked at Qian Ning panting.

Several people looked at Qian Ning with admiration in their eyes. Don't look at what they are using right now is whipping, but with their experience and strength, even a man of iron will never be able to handle it. Right now.

However, Qian Ning was stunned and didn't say a word. This was the first time they saw someone like Qian Ning in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

The leader picked up a bucket and poured water on Qian Ning's head. Suddenly, the salt water invaded the wound. The burning pain only made Qian Ning groan, and woke up in pain.

Qian Ning tried his best to raise his head and glanced at several people.

Geng Li, who had been sitting on the side all the time, said to Qian Ning, "Qian Ning, if I were you, I would admit everything. Even if I die, I can die happily, right? Why bother to suffer here?" Wait for torture."

Qian Ning glanced at Geng Li coldly, spit out a mouthful of bloodshot saliva, and cursed angrily: "Geng, you want Qian Moupan to bite Eunuch Liu. Let you go."

Hearing this, Geng Li sneered and said: "It seems that you don't shed tears when you see the coffin. If so, then I will let you know that Liu Jin, whom you rely on, may not be able to protect herself!"

As he said that, Geng Li waved his hands at those people, and they hurried out of the cell, leaving the cell to Geng Li and Qian Ning.

After hearing Geng Li's words, Qian Ning naturally sneered with disdain.

Liu Jin is deeply favored by the emperor, and now he is in the limelight, and there is no second in the world. It can be said that as long as the emperor does not have any accidents, no matter what the hell these people do, they will be liquidated in the end.

Of course, Qian Ning was very clear about Liu Jin's temperament. If he really dared to betray Liu Jin, Liu Jin would definitely put him in a life-or-death dilemma.

Geng Li walked up to Qian Ning with his hands behind his back, looked at Qian Ning with a slight smile and said, "Aren't you just looking forward to Liu Jin coming to save you?"

Qian Ning snorted coldly, but Geng Li didn't care at all and said with a smile: "You are a thousand households of Jinyiwei, I think you should have known earlier that Liu Jin has been ordered by the Queen Mother to shut up in the mansion to contemplate her mistakes, and not to step out of the mansion."

Qian Ning naturally knew this. Hearing this, he glanced at Geng Li and said, "So what, although I don't know what happened to His Majesty, but you should know one thing, Your Majesty is the emperor of Ming Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager can be trapped Can Eunuch Liu still be able to trap the first Eunuch Liu?"

Geng Li said with a sinister smile, "What if His Majesty is gone?"

Qian Ning turned cold all over, stared at Geng Li with an unbelievable expression in his eyes, and said in horror: "Impossible... This is impossible. Your Majesty is in the prime of life, so how could there be an accident."

Geng Li said indifferently: "So what, people will always die. So many emperors in history, don't they die early? Your Majesty is no exception!"

Qian Ning suddenly came to his senses, stared fiercely at the other party and said, "You...you are so courageous that you even dare to assassinate His Majesty!"

Geng Li shook his head and said: "You don't want to spout blood. As a minister of the Great Ming Dynasty, we are loyal to His Majesty, and we are loyal to His Majesty. How could it be against His Majesty!"

Qian Ning just sneered. He knew these literati very well. If he could believe one out of ten words of these people, that would be good. If he really believed what these people said, he might die without knowing how he died .

These people can really do regicide.

Thinking of this, Qian Ning couldn't help feeling hopeless in his heart. If the emperor finally collapsed as Geng Li said, earth-shaking changes would definitely take place immediately in the court.

Don't look at the power of the eunuch party centered on Liu Jin today, it seems to be able to compete with the civil official group, but this is based on the support of the emperor Liu Jin, without the support of the emperor, those officials who are attached to Liu Jin will definitely be in the first place. For a while, they turned against each other to add insult to injury.

Seeing the change in Qian Ning's expression, Geng Li whispered in Qian Ning's ear like a devil: "How about it, as long as you are willing to bite Liu Jin and say that Liu Jin assassinated the emperor with the intention of rebelling, then I may help you Please forgive your family members."

Qian Ning suddenly laughed, spit at Geng Li and said, "Mou Qian can't believe what you say, and I want Qian to accept the death penalty of punishing the nine clans, in the next life."

Unexpectedly, Qian Ning was so stubborn, and he screamed in a sharp voice: "Come on, give me the execution!"

Time passed quickly, and another day passed.

British government
In the back garden, Zhang Mao was sitting there with a tall and straight body. Even though his hair was gray, he looked full of energy, which was not to be underestimated.

Zhang Lun stood beside Zhang Mao, standing there quietly without disturbing Zhang Mao.

In the hands of Zhang Mao, there is a piece of inquiring news.

With the ability of the British government, if they really go to investigate one thing, there is really not much that can be hidden from them.

At this time, the information in Zhang Mao's hands was densely packed, all of which were obtained during the night.

With a bang, Zhang Mao slapped the desk with his face full of anger.

"How courageous, they are really courageous, even the emperor dares to plot!"

Zhang Lun had read the inquired news in advance, including the major events that happened in the palace, the mobilization of soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp, and even the events that happened in the Jinyiwei Yamen, which were all recorded in incomparable detail. .

After the Battle of Tumubao that year, Zhang Mao was in charge of the British government. For decades, he did not show his mountains and waters, but secretly weaved a ubiquitous big net.

Of course, this information network has such great energy only in the capital, and it is also thanks to Zhang Mounai who is the leader of the noble family. This big network can be said to have brought together the influence of the entire capital, so It is said that even if it is news that Jinyiwei and Dongchang cannot find out for a while, they can still find out.

Just like what happened in the imperial palace, the key targets of the civil official group's defenses are naturally Jin Yiwei and Liu Jin, the eunuch.

However, there is not much defense against the Xungui Group, and even the news received by the British government is not from the Xungui Group, but from the Zhang family, a foreign relative.

Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling, the two uncles of the country, tried their best to squeeze into the ranks of nobles, so they naturally made good friends with many nobles.

The emperor was assassinated and fell into a coma. Liu Jin couldn't hear the big news even though he tried his best, but Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling got it from the queen mother.

Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling knew about it, and the British government naturally had a way to learn about it from the two of them.

It can be seen that Zhang Mao was very angry. Not long ago, in the leopard room, the martial spirit exuded by Zhu Houzhao made Zhang Mao see the hope of Wu Xun's rise.

Even these days, Zhang Mao was thinking about whether to send a letter to the noble family in Beijing, asking them to select some available children from the clan, so that he could arrange these people into the Beijing camp.

It's just that he had just seen hope here, and he hadn't made any arrangements yet. As a result, something happened in the palace and the emperor.

What also made Zhang Mao furious was that Changning Bo Gao Changsheng personally commanded the battalion that was previously transferred by the Ministry of War. Now this battalion is sealing several palace gates in the imperial city.

What this means, Zhang Mao is not clear.

Someone in their honorable group has blatantly attached to the civil official group, how can this not make Zhang Mao furious.

Although Zhang Mao also knew that over the years, Wu Xun's power in the court had gradually lost, many people flirted with the civil official group, and even most of the children in the clan abandoned martial arts and tried to follow the path of writing.

But it was the first time that Chang Ningbo Gao Changsheng directly disregarded his face and went off to show up for the civil official group.

At this moment, Zhang Mao even suspected that the assassination of the emperor was not only involving the civil servants group, but maybe even the Xungui Group was involved.

The Xungui Group and Daming both prosper and lose, but it doesn't mean that the Xungui Group will be loyal to a certain emperor. They don't care who the emperor is from the Zhu family. Honorable Hugh.

Looking at Zhang Mao's ugly face, Zhang Lun couldn't help but said worriedly: "Grandpa, your body is important, don't be angry."

Zhang Mao patted the table and said with a sneer: "Hehe, now someone dares to lead soldiers to surround the gate of the imperial city. I really didn't expect that his Changning Bo Gao Changsheng really got water in his head, even such a taboo thing Dare to end in person."

Zhang Lun said: "Grandpa, the palace elders didn't inform Grandpa about such a big event, they..."

Zhang Mao's eyes shone brightly, and he looked towards the Forbidden City and said slowly, "Lun'er, get Grandpa's court clothes ready, I'm going to the palace to face the saint."

Hearing this, Zhang Lun couldn't help being stunned for a moment and said, "Grandpa, is entering the palace at this time..."

Looking at the worry in his grandson's eyes, Zhang Mao couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't worry, no matter how crazy they are, they won't do anything to grandpa."

As he spoke, Zhang Mao said slowly: "Grandpa entered the palace for His Majesty, and there is not even a trustworthy person around His Majesty. If it is true..."

Liu Jin was confined in the mansion, Gao Feng, Qiu Ju, and even Gu Dayong who was in charge of the Tengxiang Four Guards Camp were also called into the palace, and now they are locked in the side hall.

The commander of the guards was replaced, and the Jinyiwei could not enter the imperial city. All these incidents showed how tense and dangerous the situation in the imperial city was.

Glancing at the hesitant Zhang Lun, Zhang Mao shouted: "What are you doing in a daze, go and get my court clothes!"

Soon Zhang Lun changed into a fine court dress, and then the door of the British government opened, dozens of elite private soldiers cleared the way, and the carriage of the British government went straight to the imperial city.

In the imperial city
Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Xia looked nervously at the imperial physician Chen Jiu who was helping the emperor to diagnose the pulse.

Chen Ji turned around slowly and said to Empress Dowager Zhang: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty's pulse has been beating weakly all day and yesterday, I'm afraid..."

"roll!"

Even though she had already made some psychological preparations, Empress Dowager Zhang still couldn't help getting angry. If she hadn't relied on the other party to hang the emperor's life, Empress Dowager Zhang would have ordered him to be dragged out and killed with a stick.

Sitting on the edge of the emperor's bed, looking at the unconscious Zhu Houzhao, Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help reaching out and gently stroking Zhu Houzhao's face that resembled Emperor Xiaozong, but with a bit of childishness.

"Emperor, you are so cruel, if something happens to you, how can you let my mother live alone!"

Empress Xia was just a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old, and she was sitting beside her sobbing silently at the moment.

Looking at the obvious bruise between Zhu Houzhao's necks, Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly got angry, stood up suddenly, and shouted to the outside: "Send this palace to tell Li Shoufu and Yang Ge to come here."

Soon, I saw Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang walking over quickly. Just looking at their exhausted looks, I knew that they must have been very tired these two days.

Seeing the appearance of the two, Empress Dowager Zhang sighed softly, stopped the two of them from bowing and said: "The two Qing families have worked hard. On behalf of the emperor, I would like to thank the two elders for stabilizing the situation in the court. , so as not to cause trouble."

Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and Lian Dao didn't dare.

Instructed the servants to prepare seats for Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, and the two of them. After they sat down, Empress Dowager Zhang looked at them and said, "You know the situation of the emperor. Now it's all up to the imperial hospital to hang his life. I don't know when." Just to wake up."

After hesitating for a while, Empress Dowager Zhang said again: "Before Your Majesty wakes up, the two court elders will temporarily preside over all affairs in the court. In order to make up my mind, I convened the six ministries and nine ministers to discuss it together, what do the two elders think?"

Looking at each other, the two hurriedly got up and said to Queen Mother Zhang: "The ministers will follow the Queen Mother's order, and will do their best to stabilize the court before His Majesty wakes up."

Hearing what the two said, Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a slight smile: "The late Emperor trusted you a lot when he was here, and now that His Majesty has suffered such a catastrophe, I have to thank you all."

In front of the palace gate, the carriage with the signboard of the British government stopped steadily, and a team of private soldiers guarded it twice, and there was a sinister aura all over the body, making people palpitating.

At this moment, a man with the appearance of a general saw the carriage of the British government stop, hurried up to greet him, and bowed to the carriage very respectfully: "The last general Wu Yuan often pays his respects to the Duke."

Seeing that the cloth curtain was lifted slowly, a figure slowly came out from the sedan chair, it was the British Duke Zhang Mao in court uniform.

Zhang Mao got off the carriage, glanced lightly at Wu Yuanchang who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Get up."

Wu Yuanchang was nothing more than a hundred households in the army, and he was nothing in front of the Duke of England, who was in charge of the Beijing camp.

Following Zhang Mao's side, Wu Yuanchang felt so nervous, especially when he saw Zhang Mao walking towards the gate of the city.

Zhang Mao didn't seem to notice the nervousness of Wu Yuanchang who was following him, but just walked towards the palace gate with a calm expression.

At the gate of the palace, a group of Jingying soldiers were guarding the gate firmly. Seeing Zhang Mao in court uniform approaching, these soldiers subconsciously looked at Wu Yuanchang.

They were nothing more than low-level soldiers. Naturally, they didn't recognize the old Duke Zhang Mao, but not knowing Zhang Mao didn't mean that they were all fools and couldn't recognize the carriages and guards of honor of the British government.

That kind of ceremonial guard, only a few princes in the huge capital can enjoy it, not to mention that at this moment, the adults of their family are obediently following Zhang Mao.

Zhang Mao looked at the soldiers standing in front of him, didn't speak, but looked calmly at Wu Yuanchang beside him.

Wu Yuanchang naturally saw Zhang Mao's gaze, although he said his gaze was calm, but for some reason, being stared at by that gaze, Wu Yuanchang felt infinite tension and felt a great pressure in his heart.

Cold sweat broke out on Wu Yuanchang's forehead, and finally he plucked up the courage to say to Zhang Mao: "Old Duke, it's not that the last general will not let the old Duke enter the palace, it is that the last general has a military order in his body, no order, no release Anyone can enter the palace."

As he said that, Wu Yuanchang knelt down in front of Zhang Mao with a thud, and kowtowed to Zhang Mao non-stop.

Zhang Mao frowned, and snorted coldly: "You are so brave, you even dare to stop me. You know that whenever I want to see the emperor, I can enter the palace at any time, and no one has ever dared to stop me. Lord, you are the first person who dares to stop me from entering the palace..."

Hearing what Zhang Mao said, Wu Yuanchang was so frightened that he almost fainted, but he didn't dare to disobey the military order. Not long ago, his superior said that if there is no order, no matter who comes, he is not allowed to enter the palace. In the middle, otherwise, kill without mercy.

On one side is the military order, and on the other is the British Duke Zhang Mao who has been in charge of the Beijing camp for decades. For a while, Wu Yuanchang didn't know what to do.

Glancing at Wu Yuanchang lightly, Zhang Mao said with his hands behind his back: "Go, call me the person who can make the decision. Today, I want to see if I can enter this palace with my status as an old man." Ouchi."

Wu Yuanchang heard the words as if he had received an amnesty, and hurriedly said: "Grand Duke wait a moment, the final general will go here."

Wu Yuanchang soon found his boss, Ning Bo, Gao Changsheng.

When seeing Gao Changsheng, Wu Yuanchang fell to his knees in front of Gao Changsheng with a thump as if he had seen a savior, and said, "My lord, help me."

Gao Changsheng frowned, looked at Wu Yuanchang and said, "Didn't you be asked to guard the palace gate, what are you doing here?"

Wu Yuanchang said with a mournful face: "My lord, the British lord... the British lord is right now in front of the palace gate forcing the last general to let him into the palace."

"What? British Duke, why is he here? Who told him the news!"

Gao Changsheng's complexion also changed drastically when he heard the words. They have blocked the news as much as possible. It can be said that only a very small number of people know about the changes in the imperial city. .

Among the people they are hiding from the truth is Zhang Mao, who has been the admiral of the Beijing camp for decades. The influence among them is not small at all.

Wu Yuanchang said: "My lord, Duke Ying is waiting for you to see him right now."

Gao Changsheng shook his head almost subconsciously when he heard the words: "No, I won't go."

Speaking of which, Gao Changsheng glanced at Wu Yuanchang, rolled his eyes and said, "Go back immediately, hold the British Duke back for me, and I will go to the palace to meet the two elders, as long as you hold the British Duke back, Afterwards, I will give you an official promotion."

Wu Yuanchang almost burst into tears when he heard the words, why is Zhang Mao so easy to talk about when he is promoted to the rank? He dared to say that if he went back alone and dared to prevent the other party from entering the palace, Zhang Mao would dare to go crazy on the spot Break into the palace.

Gao Changsheng glared at Wu Yuanchang and said, "What are you doing stupidly, don't hurry up."

After saying that, Gao Changsheng turned around and went directly into the palace through this palace gate.

Wu Yuanchang looked at Gao Changsheng's disappearing figure, gritted his teeth, and went to see Zhang Mao with a look of death.

At this moment, Zhang Mao was looking at the soldiers guarding the palace gate with great interest. At this moment, these soldiers already knew Zhang Mao's identity, and their eyes were full of awe when they looked at Zhang Mao.

That is to say, there was no movement from Zhang Mao, otherwise, a word from Zhang Mao might scare them to disarm on the spot.

"My lord, my lord, the general is back!"

Wu Yuanchang bowed and bowed to Zhang Mao with a smile on his face.

Zhang Mao frowned, a stern look flashed in his eyes, and said, "Where is Gao Changsheng?"

Wu Yuanchang hurriedly said: "My lord... he has something to do, and he will come to see the Duke later."

"Okay, okay, it's really good. If that's the case, you should get out of the way!"

Wu Yuanchang was taken aback, and instinctively stopped in front of Zhang Mao and said, "Master, you can't..."

The next moment Zhang Mao stretched out his hand and pulled out the long knife from the servant's waist. Along with a flash of blood, Wu Yuanchang's head flew up.

Wu Yuanchang still had an unbelievable look on his face, obviously he didn't expect Zhang Mao, the Duke of the state, to kill people directly.

Not to mention Wu Yuanchang, even Wu Yuanchang's subordinates were terrified, they instinctively clenched the weapons in their hands, and stared at Zhang Mao who was full of evil spirits in horror.

Zhang Mao's eyes fell on these soldiers, and he snorted coldly: "Get out of the way, otherwise don't blame me for being rude to you."

As Zhang Mao moved forward step by step, these soldiers retreated timidly, not daring to stop Zhang Mao at all.

In the palace, Gao Changsheng saw Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang in a panic.

At this time, Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang had just come out of the inner palace, and they had obtained the Queen Mother's order, and they could lead the government in a legitimate manner, with relaxed smiles on their faces.

When they saw Gao Changsheng running over in a panic, the two couldn't help frowning.

Yang Tinghe glanced at Gao Changsheng and said, "Uncle Gao, what's the matter, why are you in such a panic."

Gao Changsheng said out of breath: "Master Ge, the Duke, the Duke is here, he wants to enter the palace to see you!"

Hearing Gao Changsheng's words, Yang Tinghe's complexion changed slightly: "But British Duke?"

The only one who can scare Gao Changsheng to such an extent is Zhang Mao, the British prince who has been in charge of the Beijing camp for decades and has great prestige.

Gao Changsheng nodded repeatedly when he heard the words: "Yes, it is the British Duke Zhang Mao."

Li Dongyang pondered for a while, looked at Yang Tinghe and said, "Jiefu, the Duke of England came here at this time, I'm afraid he has gotten some rumors, and with his status, we can't stop him, so why not invite him into the palace, With him here, when the news of His Majesty's accident spreads, it will also stabilize those nobles."

Yang Tinghe nodded slightly and said: "What the chief minister said is true. If that is the case, then I will personally invite the Duke of England here."

Gao Changsheng and Yang Tinghe rushed towards the gate of the palace as quickly as possible. After all, Wu Yuanchang was counting on Wu Yuanchang, a small hundred household official, to hold back a Duke like Zhang Mao. To be honest, even Yang Tinghe was not optimistic about it. .

So Yang Tinghe and Gao Changsheng, who were afraid of any unexpected changes, rushed there as quickly as possible.

Before he even reached the gate of the palace, he heard an angry shout: "Get out of the way, otherwise you will be so greedy and kill without mercy!"

Hearing this roar, both Gao Changsheng and Yang Tinghe felt bad.

The next moment, Yang Tinghe couldn't help shouting loudly: "Stop the British public! Stop the British public!"

With a bang, the palace gate opened suddenly, and the soldiers fell down. At this time, Yang Tinghe and Gao Changsheng also rushed to the palace gate just in time to see the moment the palace gate opened.

The palace gate opened, and Zhang Mao, who was stained with blood, was holding a long knife in his hand, staring at the two of them with a vicious expression on his face.

Yang Tinghe, who was startled by this scene, couldn't help but thump in his heart, relying on his strong willpower to stabilize his figure, and didn't let himself retreat.

However, compared to Yang Tinghe, Gao Changsheng was obviously much worse. Gao Changsheng, who had always been in awe of Zhang Mao, happened to see Zhang Mao covered in blood, and was so frightened that he backed away again and again, almost falling to the ground.

In fact, Zhang Mao had already heard Yang Tinghe shouting, but he didn't intend to stop. Instead, he broke open the palace door directly.

Yang Tinghe only saw Zhang Mao staring at him with a long knife in his hand, his mind turned, and when he understood Zhang Mao's intention, he couldn't help letting go of his heart a little bit, the shock on his face dissipated, and he waved his hands towards Zhang Mao with a smile on his face. He bowed and said: "Old Duke, if you always want to enter the palace, you only need to say a word, why do you need to use swords and guns, why are you here, why are you here!"

Zhang Mao looked at Yang Tinghe coldly, glanced at Gao Changsheng who was timidly shrinking his neck, and couldn't help but snorted coldly: "Really, why do you think this imperial city seems to have changed its owner? When His Majesty was around, I wanted to enter the palace, but I didn't see anyone who dared to stop me. I never imagined that today someone would dare to prevent me from entering the palace to meet His Majesty. I suspected that this person was plotting something wrong, so I chopped off his head with a knife. Yang Ge Old man, you said that I did this, is there anything wrong?"

When Zhang Mao was talking, his eyes kept falling on Gao Changsheng's neck, and he was full of evil spirits, especially with the blood dripping from the blade in his hand, so scared that Gao Changsheng leaned towards Yang Tinghe subconsciously.

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