"The other party has His Majesty's imperial edict. Do you still want to detain the Crown Prince by force?" The British Duke gave Marquis Dingyuan a cold look.
Without the British Duke's obstruction, the sedan chair was quickly lifted away from Donghua Gate.
Zhou Yanru secretly breathed a sigh of relief after leaving Donghua Gate.
The British Duke really wanted to stop them and prevent them from leaving. He had no choice at all, especially when the capital seemed to be in chaos. Upon closer inspection, the imperial edict in his arms did not conform to the formal process of the imperial edict at all. Several steps were omitted in the middle, at most. It's the target.
Both Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren came to the palace in sedan chairs.
Now that there was an additional crown prince, the two of them agreed to let the crown prince's sedan walk in the middle, while Zhou Yanru's sedan walked in front, and Wen Tiren's sedan followed at the back.
Since Zhou Yanru was from Changzhou Prefecture in Nanzhili and was the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, the crown prince accompanied Zhou Yanru to his residence.
Wen Tiren did not want to see the Crown Prince and Zhou Yanru alone together, and was afraid that Zhou Yanru would brainwash the Crown Prince. After all, the Crown Prince was too young and easy to trust others, so he simply chose to go to Zhou Yanru's place with the Crown Prince.
Although one part of the inner city of the capital was breached, there were still people from Dongchang and the Yulin Guards resisting.
The inner city is almost where the Ming Dynasty's dignitaries live, but at this time, except for the people with the Tiger Flag, there are only the Ming Dynasty's resistance forces on the streets.
Almost all of those officials were hiding at home. At most, they only let their servants nearby to secretly investigate the fighting situation outside.
From the time the Tiger Character Banner conquered the outer city until it sent troops to the inner city, no large-scale Ming officials came to ask for surrender.
This does not mean that all officials of the Ming Dynasty are loyal ministers and are willing to live and die with the Ming Dynasty, but because the Tiger Character Banner broke through the city so quickly, most of the officials living in the capital had not had time to join forces, and the fighting on the streets was still I am afraid that if I go out at this time, I will be hurt by weapons.
Arriving at the gate of Zhou Yanru's mansion, three sedans stopped.
After the bearer pressed down on the sedan chair, Zhou Yanru took the lead to get out of the sedan chair, and Wen Tiren, who was in the last sedan chair, also stepped out of the sedan chair with him.
Wen Tiren walked a few steps to the sedan in the middle and whispered to the Crown Prince in the sedan: "Your Highness, don't get down yet. I'll have someone carry you in in a sedan later."
"When will the emperor and the queen arrive?" A small hand opened the curtain on one side of the sedan, revealing the prince's white and tender face, but his eyes were red from crying on the road.
Wen Tiren hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, Your Majesty and the Queen are very safe. As long as the rebellion in the capital subsides, Your Highness can see Your Majesty."
"Then put down the rebellion quickly. I miss my father and mother." The crown prince opened and closed his mouth and said.
In the heart of the crown prince, his father is the most powerful person in the world, and there is nothing in the world that his father cannot accomplish.
Wen Tiren put one of the Crown Prince's hands back into the sedan and said, "Your Highness, sit safely in the sedan. In a moment, the door of Zhou Ge's mansion will open, and I will escort you into Zhou Ge's mansion."
The curtains of the sedan window were lowered again.
Zhou Yanru in front of him had already asked someone to call the door.
Because of the unrest in the capital, his mansion no longer dared to open its doors for a long time, and the people in the mansion strictly guarded the doors and would not open the doors without orders.
And just when the servants of the Zhou Mansion went to call the door, seven or eight big men walked out of the alley on one side and blocked Zhou Yanru directly.
Upon seeing this, Zhou Yanru immediately realized that something was wrong and hurriedly retreated to his sedan chair.
Sitting next to the sedan chair, I felt a little more at ease. In addition, in front of me was my own house. I could call out a group of servants from the house with just one voice.
"Mr. Zhou Ge, I've been waiting for you for a long time." The leader of the visitors spoke to Zhou Yanru first.
After hearing this, Zhou Yanru looked at the person in front of him nervously, knowing that the other person was not malicious. His face immediately darkened and he scolded: "How dare you, who are you? You dare to intercept me."
"Let me introduce myself first. I am Wang Zizi, the shopkeeper of a grocery store." Wang Zizi introduced himself calmly.
When Zhou Yanru heard that the person in front of him was just a grocery store shopkeeper, he immediately flicked his sleeves and threatened: "I don't care whether you are the shopkeeper of a grocery store or another shop. Get out of the way now, otherwise I will Let someone catch you and put you in jail!"
He was threatening, but in his heart he was extremely nervous.
Why would the shopkeeper dare to bring so many people to block the door of the home of the chief minister of the cabinet? They also brought weapons, knowing that the origin of these people was unusual.
Wang Zi rubbed the bridge of his nose with his hand and said, "I also have another identity. I am a secret spy placed in the capital by the Tiger-Character Banner."
Upon hearing his self-introduction, Zhou Yanru's eyes shrank subconsciously.
I thought it was someone sent by his political opponents in the DPRK, but I didn't expect that the problem was more serious than expected.
"Since you are members of the Tiger Flag, what are you doing blocking outside my palace? Do you want me to welcome your army into the city? Or do you want me to write a letter asking for surrender?" Zhou Yanru asked tentatively. road.
Wang Ziqing chuckled softly and said: "Why do you pretend to be confused, Mr. Ge? Don't you know why we are here?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yanru took a step back nervously.
However, when I thought about it, the people in the Tiger Character Banner probably didn't know about the Crown Prince during this period, and it was even less likely that they would send someone to his house in advance to stop him.
Thinking of this, he said: "I don't know. If you have anything to say, just say it. If you can do it, I won't mind helping you once."
"It's meaningless for Mr. Ge to talk like this. Since I came here, I naturally have a purpose. Mr. Ge, what do you think?" Wang Ziyi tilted his head and looked at Wen Tiren beside the second sedan.
Zhou Yanru's heart sank, and he had a bad feeling, but he still said: "I don't understand what you mean. If it's okay, please get out of the way. I want to go back to my house."
boom!
Suddenly a gunshot sounded.
Wang Ziyi looked back and found that one of his men had hit a servant of Zhou Yanru's house with a blunderbuss.
At a distance of less than ten steps, the shooter could easily hit a target as big as an adult, not only with perfect accuracy.
The servant who had been hit by a bullet fell on the threshold in front of the mansion, with more air coming out and less air coming in before his eyes.
The other servants who were about to rush out from the mansion retreated back to the inside of the mansion, leaving only the man who had been shot outside.
"Mr. Zhou Ge, you'd better not let people in your house mess around, otherwise it will be bad if this kind of accidental injury happens again." Wang Jingzhi threatened.
Zhou Yanru fell silent.
He understands that these people in front of him are murderous madmen. The servants in his house can bully ordinary people and local scoundrels, but they may not be able to deal with these people.
