"Quick, don't let him get away!"
Just when everyone was surprised, Wang Chengen took the opportunity to escape from the encirclement and ran forward quickly, getting up and down in a hurry and shouting repeatedly.
"Whoosh!"
At this time, a sharp arrow shot out from nowhere and hit Wang Chengen in the back.
Wang Chengen staggered for a while, and then continued to run forward.
Gao Qiqian saw this and shouted: "Don't be stunned, pick up your weapons and follow our family into the imperial city!"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at him with horror on their faces.
Because although these people are domineering and murderous, they are dealing with common people and officials who are not a threat.
If they were asked to attack the imperial city, they did not dare.
At this time, Li Zushu's bodyguard Li Da hurried in and shouted: "Gao Jianjun, Duke Dingguo has led his troops into the imperial city. Please go and come up with an idea."
After hearing this, everyone in the East Factory looked at Li Da with some surprise.
Gao Qiqian saw that everyone's frightened expressions had subsided, so he said to Li Dadao: "Okay, you go and tell Duke Ding that our family will be here in a minute."
Hearing this, Li Da glanced at everyone with contempt and said with some dissatisfaction: "Gao Jianjun, the overall situation has been decided anyway, why do you have nothing to do with them..."
Before Li Da finished speaking, he saw angry looks from everyone.
He knew that he had said the wrong thing in a moment of impatience, so he cupped his hands in a somewhat embarrassed manner, and left in a hurry.
A flash of anger flashed across Gao Qiqian's face, and then he looked at everyone in the Dongchang and said, "Aren't you very angry? Our family is the same."
"But don't just be angry. Who told you that you don't have the courage? You see, others are about to get things done, but if you are still afraid of wolves in the front and tigers in the back, how can you make others think highly of you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, two officers jumped out and were willing to go with him.
Gao Qiqian nodded with satisfaction, then looked at the others and said: "Our time is tight, so we won't say more. If you are willing to come with us, we guarantee that he will be prosperous and wealthy in the future..."
"I go!"
"I am coming too!"
"Count me in!"
...
Under Gao Qiqian's instigation, many more people stood up.
Some other hesitant people saw everyone around them walking out and followed them against their will.
Gao Qiqian saw that everyone in Dongchang had agreed, and laughed and said: "Okay, don't worry, after today, you will all be the heroes of the founding of the country..."
Under Gao Qiqian's instigation, everyone in Dongchang finally overcame their fear of imperial power and roared towards the imperial city.
At the same time, Wang Chengen was rushing to Dongnuan Pavilion.
When he saw the light of fire looming in many places in the imperial city and the sound of fighting, he felt even more guilty.
Just at this moment, he met Wu Mengming, who led the army to suppress the rebellion.
So he hurried forward and told the other party about the rebellion in Dongchang.
When Wu Mengming heard this, a flash of anger flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything. He just asked him to go to Dongnuan Pavilion to report the matter to Zhu Cihong.
Wang Chengen endured the pain and came to Dongnuan Pavilion with difficulty.
He saw that there were more than double the number of guards here than before. Thinking that Zhu Cixiang should be ready, he felt a little more relaxed.
Then he thought that Gao Qiqian had lived in the palace for a long time and had a good relationship with the eunuchs in the palace. He also served as a military supervisor and had good friendship with some generals in the capital.
Now that Gao Qiqian dares to enter the palace so blatantly, I am afraid that many people in the Beijing army have taken refuge with him.
If that group of people followed him in revolt, how could Zhu Cixiang resist?
Thinking of this, Wang Chengen couldn't help but shudder, and then walked quickly inside, wanting to report the matter to Zhu Cihong, but unexpectedly he was stopped by the Jin Yiwei at the door.
Although Wang Chengen was a little surprised, he still patiently explained.
However, Jin Yiwei refused to let him in because he did not have Zhu Cixi's handwriting.
It happened that Shen Zhanran came back from abroad at this time. Seeing this situation, he took him into Dongnuan Pavilion.
After Wang Chengen entered Dongnuan Pavilion, he was shocked to find that not only Zhu Cixiang was in military uniform, but also Zhou Hou, Fan Jingwen, Li Jing and others were also here.
When he saw Zhu Cixiang's eyes, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to plead guilty: "Your Highness, Dongchang has rebelled, and this servant is guilty..."
When Zhu Cihong saw Wang Chengen, he was filled with anger.
At this moment, I saw that he had an arrow piercing his chest and his upper body was covered with blood. He slightly restrained his anger and said in a deep voice: "Admiral Wang, my father has asked you to close the East Factory several times, but you have been delaying it with excuses."
"Nowadays, the capital is in crisis, but you went to close down the Dongchang, causing the Dongchang to rebel. Tell me, are you going to suppress the rebellion, or are you going to help the enemy?"
Wang Chengen was stunned when he heard this, and then kowtowed repeatedly to apologize.
Zhu Cixiang shook his head, motioned for him to get up, and then looked at Shen Zhanran and said, "Mr. Shen, what's the situation outside now?"
When Shen Zhanran asked, he bowed and said: "Master Wang Jiayan has suppressed the important generals in the Beijing army, and at the same time also strictly ordered all battalions not to go out."
"Those who disobey the order will be punished with the crime of treason and the nine tribes will be killed. Therefore, all the camps of the Beijing Army are relatively calm, and no one is rebelling."
"In addition, Wu Tongzhi has forced Gao Qiqian and others to the vicinity of Huangji Palace. The situation in the imperial city is initially under control, but..."
"Just what?"
Seeing doubts on Shen Zhanran's face, Zhu Cihong asked hurriedly.
Shen Zhanran knew that Zhu Cixiang had misunderstood what he meant. To prevent Zhu Cixiang from losing his dignity in front of Fan Jingwen and others, Shen Zhanran hurriedly replied: "It's just that there seem to be fewer people entering the palace."
"Furthermore, Weichen did not see Xu Yunzhen, Li Zushu and others. I wonder if they got the news and knew that we were on guard, so they did not participate in this matter."
When Zhu Cihong heard this, he couldn't help but look at Wang Chengen who was standing aside.
It turned out that yesterday, after Shen Zhanran and Zhou Hou made a plan to exploit each other, they asked Wu Mengming to transfer some people with suspicious identities, cheating and cheating to Xianghe, and at the same time re-investigate everyone in Beijing.
After some investigation, Zhu Cihong learned that Fan Jingwen, Wang Jiayan and others were all upright and had no tendency to be rebellious. On the contrary, Wang Chengen was a little wavering.
In particular, his apprentice Wang Youde's behavior was suspicious, and a lot of information seemed to have been leaked from him before.
Furthermore, there were many generals in the Beijing army who had close contacts with Li Zushu secretly, as if they were plotting something.
After Zhu Cihong and Shen Zhanran discussed it, they asked Wu Mengming to focus on Wang Youde and pay close attention to the movements of the Beijing army.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Wu Mengming to follow Wang Youde's line and find Gao Qiqian, and found that Gao Qiqian, Li Zushu and others were preparing to give military advice.
Zhu Cixiang was shocked when he learned about this. He wanted the Jinyi Guards to arrest Li Zushu and others, but was dissuaded by Shen Zhanran.
Because Shen Zhanran felt that the servants of Li Zushu and others, including the power of Dongchang, were not enough to threaten the imperial city, and believed that there was something inside.
In addition, their betrayal has not been revealed at this moment. Even if they are captured, it will be difficult to convict them. On the contrary, they will only alert the enemy.
If the people behind them find out that the plan is exposed, they may cut off their tails to survive, which is detrimental to the overall situation. Therefore, Zhu Cixiang is advised to wait until the situation becomes clear before taking action.
However, in order to avoid accidents, Shen Zhanran suggested informing Wang Jiayan and others about what was going on in Beijing to gain their support.
So after the palace gates were closed last night, Zhu Cihong and Shen Zhanran quietly went to see Wang Jiayan, Fan Jingwen and others.
When Wang Jiayan and others first saw Zhu Cihong, they were very surprised.
However, when Zhu Cihong told them about the situation in Beijing and asked them to help, these veterans agreed without hesitation.
