At night, the streets still retain a bit of excitement as the New Year approaches, but because of the shocking case in the East Palace, the faces of passers-by have lost a bit of joy, and they are all in a hurry.
The secret sentries arranged by Jin Yiwei are hidden in every corner, like spiders on a cobweb, watching closely for any movement in the huge web in the capital.
"There is someone." Finally, a person in the dark suddenly focused his eyes and called his partner beside him. The two of them shuttled between the eaves and streets like monkeys. The dark clouds covered the moonlight, and everything in the darkness was unknown.
Two Jin Yiwei sneaked onto the eaves of a house with an excellent view. One of them pointed to the southeast side of the street and whispered: "Look at that guy, he's sneaky."
The Jinyiwei refers to a man wearing gray and black robes. He keeps walking on the street, faster than others, and looks back from time to time, as if he is avoiding something.
It might not have been noticeable during the day, but now that it was already late at night and there weren't many people on the street, his behavior seemed very suspicious.
The two Jinyi guards looked at each other, one of them stayed in place to observe, while the other followed in the dark.
The man looked nervous, occasionally stopping to look around, and then he started walking faster, almost running. The Jin Yiwei who was following him wanted to test, so he simply used a flaw and kicked away the stones at his feet, attracting the opponent. He immediately looked back.
When the man saw the Jin Yiwei staring directly at him, his expression immediately changed drastically. He turned around and ran away, which made the Jin Yiwei sneer: "There is indeed a ghost."
After saying that, he chased after him. Unexpectedly, the man took out a bunch of firecrackers and threw them towards the back. The sound of the firecrackers was very obvious in the night. This movement attracted a lot of people. People went out to find out.
When there are more people, the situation becomes chaotic, and when the situation becomes chaotic, it is easier to fish in troubled waters. The person took advantage of this turbulence and planned to escape.
Don't you know that Jin Yiwei, who was watching from the eaves, saw the fish bite the hook? The police whistle was blown immediately, and three or two black figures sprang out from the streets on both sides and rushed towards the man.
"Being smart. That's not right!"
The Jin Yiwei was about to go down when he suddenly discovered with keen eyes that in the completely opposite direction to the man's escape route, there was another figure taking the opportunity to go out against the flow of people.
"Sound in the east and attack in the west, huh!" The Jinyiwei's face looked a little more serious. He jumped down and easily caught the figure who was fleeing in the opposite direction like a roc.
At this time, the arresting team on the other side also turned back. One of them grabbed the sneaky guy, brought him forward and said, "Boss, the man was caught, but nothing was found on him."
"It's not surprising, because the thing is here." The Jin Yiwei sneered and ordered people to search the body of the man at his feet, and as expected, a letter was found on his body.
The Jin Yiwei opened the letter and looked at it. There was only one date written inside, which was the time when the year-end ceremony was held.
The Jin Yiwei looked serious and said: "Take this man back to the imperial prison and interrogate him overnight. Before sunrise, he must be made to vomit."
"yes!"
Several Jin Yiwei escorted the person back in response. On the other side, the matter quickly reached Meng Yuan's desk.
The old man's return to the Imperial Guard has not yet been announced. The news was supposed to be reported to Lu Hanjiang according to the rules, but the reason why it was not reported to Mr. Lu was because it was late at night and Mr. Lu had already rested.
After Wu Qiming heard the report from the people below, he frowned and said, "I thought this person was probably sent by the East Palace."
Meng Yuan did not speak, but just glanced at him to signal him to continue, so Wu Qiming continued: "We have spies in the residences of the princes and ministers in the capital. This person can easily come to the street without being noticed by others. He must have come from the palace."
The emperor was concentrating on rituals and immortality at the moment and had no time to care about anything else. Cao Yuan's forces were all in the inner palace and there was no need to send anyone out, so only the east palace was left with motives.
Wu Qiming said in a deep voice: "My lord, I suspect that the East Palace also wants to take action. This messenger is probably going to the North. Her Highness the Crown Princess may have noticed something, and maybe she also knows something, so she will also know something about tomorrow's ceremony. action."
"As expected." Meng Yuan nodded lightly.
"In that case, sir, why don't we strike first?" Wu Qiming's tone became serious and his eyes became fierce.
"No, and this matter is a little weird."
menu , we should have sent people there long ago, why did we wait until the last day to make any movement?"
There is no problem in sending the information out. The key lies in the timing of sending it out. At this moment, even if the prince successfully obtains the information, the crown prince and the forces in the East Palace who remain in the capital will definitely not end well. The other party will definitely be too late to save people.
Meng Yuan didn't quite believe that the princess would treat the prince so wholeheartedly, but it seemed that the truth was like this. Whether it was the letter they intercepted or the intelligence handed over after the person who sent the letter was tortured, it proved that everything was like this.
After thinking for a long time, Meng Yuan finally decided to put the matter aside. He said: "Donggong's trump card in Beijing has been exhausted. This is just because they still don't give up and plan to fight stubbornly. Ignore her. The key now is still the Emperor Tomorrow." How do we deal with it in the city?”
Having said that, just to be on the safe side, Meng Yuan still ordered: "The situation in the capital has been decided. Before dawn, you will transfer the remaining manpower to the four gates to guard in case someone jumps over the wall."
"Understood. Since Commander Wen has agreed, the only ones left are Dongchang and Neixingchang." Wu Qiming's eyes were full of murderous intent: "Most of the Jinyiwei masters who were sent out of the capital by Mr. Lu before have been secretly You are back, sir, don't worry, Cao Yuan and Xia Zhang can't afford to make any trouble."
"I have never worried about them. Once Your Majesty...then they will be nothing more than a bunch of rootless people. Cao Yuan may still have some spirit, but Xia Zhang will definitely not fight to the end."
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Wu Qiming took a deep breath and said nothing, just bowed down.
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Meng Yuan's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately strode forward, concentrating energy in his palms, and shot forward with a manic wind, blasting open the main door of the main courtyard.
"Who are you!" Hundreds of Jin Yiwei who came one after another drew their swords and shouted angrily. Meng Yuan had no time to explain to them at this moment, so he slapped his palm backwards to force them back, and then flew into the main courtyard of the sect.
These imperial guards were so shocked that they fell on their backs. When they came back to their senses and looked at the fire all over the sky, they gritted their teeth and said bitterly: "Send the trumpet! Go to Jingzhao Mansion alone, and patrol the camp alone! Half of the rest will guard the gate, and the rest will follow me in." !Don’t let a thief escape!”
"Yes!" Jin Yiwei immediately followed the instructions and acted separately.
On the other side, Meng Yuan was like a wild bull rushing left and right in the fire, and finally he found a suspicious figure among the panicked Zongzhengyuan officials.
Without saying a word, he directly picked up a piece of broken wood from beside him, cut its head into a sharp shape with two palms, and threw it at it as a hidden weapon. He never thought that the man was so skilled in qinggong that he avoided it directly.
Meng Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he quickly chased after him. At the same time, he concentrated his energy in his palms and struck out repeatedly. The opponent drew his sword to fight, and while running away, he responded to the enemy. The two of them chased each other, and soon they reached the base of the wall.
The main courtyard was built at the foot of the Imperial City, and behind it was the Forbidden Palace of the Imperial City. I saw the man swinging his sword from a distance, and the sword rotated like a top. Meng Yuan raised his palm and shot it down. At this time, this man had already Flying up the wall, he disappeared into the darkness at the top of the wall.
Meng Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, but he also chased after him with his feet on the flying wall. But halfway through the chase, his expression changed, and he turned back the way he came, far away from the high wall of the imperial city.
Because he saw the Forbidden Army soldiers patrolling on both sides of the city wall, and saw the fire in the main courtyard below the city wall but was indifferent. These people were obviously the elite of the Forbidden Army. It seemed that the emperor had indeed worked hard for tomorrow's ceremony.
But what was even more shocking to Meng Yuan was that the man in black knew the patrol arrangements of the Imperial City Forbidden Army very well. He could capture him just one second later if he controlled the timing at this point.
But it was useless to be upset at this moment. Meng Yuan looked back at the raging fire in the main courtyard of the Dazong, and with one step, he rushed into the sea of fire again.
