Prince Xiao is the elder brother of the current emperor. He is able to control the military power of the imperial court. First of all, the emperor trusts him very much. Secondly, Prince Xiao does have many outstanding qualities.
For example, in the official bank case, he did not follow common sense and made many special arrangements. Generally, when major cases occur in various places, the imperial court usually orders local officials to investigate. If this fails, the imperial court will send imperial ministers to investigate personally.
However, when King Xiao handled the official bank case, he did not let the local government investigate it, and he did not directly send an imperial envoy. King Xiao determined that many martial arts sects must be involved in this case. If the court was directly involved, it would probably be difficult to find out the truth.
King Xiao believes that it is best to let the people of Jianghu handle the affairs of Jianghu. So King Xiao made a very bold decision, which was to let a martial arts hero with excellent martial arts and moral character investigate the case privately. King Xiao's move was indeed effective. Not only did he find out the real culprit behind the case, Sheng Lingren, the Lord of the Temple who was entrenched in the capital, he also successfully recovered the imperial government's official silver.
However, when King Xiao knew the real culprit behind the scenes, he did not directly order the arrest. Instead, he issued an edict and settled the matter. King Xiao knew that the Sheng Ling people were deeply rooted in the north and had disciples all over the capital. If I attack him rashly, I'm afraid it will force him to rebel.
However, Sheng Lingren was a person who refused to admit defeat. After he knew that the matter was exposed, he expected that Prince Xiao would definitely deal with him. So he planned to strike first, colluding with the foreigners at the border, and then secretly planned to dominate the martial arts world. As long as he unifies the martial arts world and then interacts with the barbarians at the border, everything seems to be done.
Sheng Lingren was secretly preparing for the martial arts conference, but secretly he was asking Suolekang to help him plan another more important event - entering the palace to assassinate the saint.
Suolekang had previously led a large number of barbarian warriors into the pass, but due to unknown reasons, he was surrounded and suppressed many times, resulting in heavy casualties. Now only he and his apprentice Hegao are left. He Gao was loyal to him and had good martial arts skills. He had been with him for many years. The two of them went through many hardships and dangers through life and death.
Although there are only two people left in Solekang's group, Solokang still decided to enter the palace again to assassinate the emperor. Fortunately, Sheng Lingren, the Lord of the Temple, was there to help him at this time, because Sheng Lingren also needed help at this time. If Sheng Lingren wants to get out of trouble, he must muddy the water so that he can fish in troubled waters.
Sheng Lingren had already summoned all the temple disciples, and most of them were led by Solekang. This could be regarded as his last desperate attempt.
It was Xiong Sanbai, the lackey of the temple in the capital, who led the people to contact Solekang. This man was originally a gangster. After being taken in by the Sheng Ling people, he helped the temple handle various chores.
The temple disciples led by Xiong Sanbai were divided into many groups in the capital. If they were all gathered together, there would be thousands of them.
According to the plan, Xiong Sanbai came to contact Suolekang and discuss entering the palace together.
"Have you brought everyone?" Solekang asked.
"Here they are, they're all in the city, there are thousands of them?" Xiong Sanbai replied.
"There are too many people and the target is too big. For assassination, it is better to be more skilled than too many. You first help me select one or two hundred good men, and then I will take them into the palace to assassinate. The other troops will ambush at each exit of the palace gate. . If I succeed in the palace, I will fire three cannons, and you will use the sound of the cannons as a signal to take the opportunity to rush into the palace from all entrances. Then great things will happen!" Suolekang explained the plan to Xiong San in detail. Bai Dao.
"Okay! Just follow the general's words." Xiong Sanbai is a reckless man, and his brain is not very good. He can only do what others ask him to do, and he has no idea whether he can do it or not. .
"Master, our question now is, how should we enter the palace? It is difficult for hundreds of people to sneak into the palace without being discovered by the guards." He Gao reminded from the side door.
"Yes! This is also what I am most worried about." Solekang also seemed a little worried.
"Don't worry, two generals. My Lord has already thought of the matter. He has already obtained hundreds of sets of armors for the Royal Guards, as well as tokens for entering the palace. Then you will change your armor, take the tokens, and swagger into the Imperial Guards. Enter the palace. If someone interrogates you, just lie and claim that you are the general of the capital guard, a subordinate of General Lu Xiao, and you will be safe." Xiong Sanbai said, and then took out the token and handed it directly to Suolekang. .
"Master Sheng Ling is still thoughtful." Suolekang took the token and praised.
"Not only that! The Lord said that after we enter, there will be someone inside to pick us up and take us to the emperor." Neng Sanbai added.
"That's it! I didn't expect that Lord Sheng actually had someone in the palace. Who is he and what is his name?" Suolekang asked happily.
"The Lord said that in order to keep it secret, it is better not to tell us the details of that person. When we go in, he will come to us. As long as we see someone taking out the same token as us, that person will be ours. Internal response." Xiong Sanbai replied.
"Okay then! Where are the people and armor?" Solekang said no more.
"Follow me." Xiong Sanbai said, and took Suolekang to a secret contact point in the temple, but the manpower was already prepared.
Solecon changed his armor according to the plan, and planned to lead people into action.
At this time, Xiong Sanbai also planned to join, but was suddenly stopped by Solekang.
"I am loyal to the Lord, why don't you let me go?" Xiong Sanbai asked.
"You and I have both gone. Who will direct the large number of people outside?" Solekang asked.
"Yes! Then I will stay and wait for your good news, and then come in to pick you up?" Xiong Sanbai then confirmed.
"Okay. If there is no signal from the palace after three hours, it means we have failed. You can escape for your own life!" Suolekang is a kind-hearted person. He thinks that Xiong Sanbai is more upright. So before setting off, I didn't forget to remind him.
For Solekang, Xiong Sanbai selected exactly two hundred temple warriors, no more, no less, all dressed as imperial guardsmen. Solekang and Hegao were the chief and deputy officers respectively, and planned to enter the palace directly through the Meridian Gate.
Solekang took the token, and his two hundred men lined up in four rows, each row was exactly fifty, and marched towards the Meridian Gate. However, they had a decent appearance and did not look fake at all. It seems that Sheng Lingren has made a lot of preparations for today. These people have obviously been trained before, otherwise they would not be able to pretend to be so similar.
Solekang led the sergeants to the palace gate. The guards would inevitably check: "Who are you?"
"General Lu Xiao's vanguard camp came to the palace to escort him according to the imperial decree." Suolekang replied loudly, and then handed the token to the guard for inspection.
