The atmosphere in the capital these days is very strange, and even ordinary people can feel it.
First, all the soldiers of the 12th Regiment Battalion were transferred out of the city. In addition to the soldiers of the three major battalions in the capital, the people who saw the most were the soldiers of the mighty university who originally only entered the city once a month.
, and some people who knew about it quietly mentioned to their family members when they closed the door and murmured about this matter, even the soldiers guarding the nine gates of the capital seemed to have new faces.
The traders coming in and out of the city didn't recognize any of them.
Another thing is that the nine city gates of the capital originally opened at a quarter past midnight every morning and closed at three quarters at midnight. This rule has also changed in the past few days. There is only two hours of opening and closing of the city gates every day, regardless of whether they are in or out.
How many people are at the city gate? When two hours are up, all the city gates will be closed without exception. Of course, there are also those who do not believe in evil and rely on their own power to try to force their way in and out of the city when the doors are closed.
, However, even if these people brought out the names of their masters, those patrolling soldiers who came from the mighty university did not buy any face, they just grabbed them all and threw them into the station cage one by one.
, we came and went like this twice, and everyone behaved.
The strange thing is that the masters behind these people seem to have done nothing, allowing these soldiers to abuse their own people like this. This kind of reaction is enough to make the ordinary people who don't know what is going on open their minds and start talking to each other.
After the city gate is closed, if there are weddings, funerals, or serious illness or critical matters, you can usually make accommodations with the city patrol officer, but this time it is different. Except for these two hours, no one can ask for permission.
For this city gate, in the words of an unknown soldier from the Mighty University Hall: This is the order from above. They can't make the decision. Even if they get a serious illness and die outside the city, they can only die outside the city.
As for the officials who serve in the court, the reaction is even more bizarre. There are not many other things in the capital, but there are many officials. Logically speaking, under such control, those officials who claim to be the people's masters have long been singled out.
He cursed at the court for a while. There were many officials in the Ming Dynasty who dared to curse, but just once, each of these harsh people seemed to have taken dumb pills, and they all remained silent, as if they didn't speak at all.
It's like I haven't seen this happen.
The situation inside the palace, and even the Leopard Room in the northwest of the imperial city, is a place that ordinary people cannot access, but officials, especially those with a certain status, know that it is so heavily guarded.
, such a gathering of important ministers, such a situation only happened a few years ago when Emperor Xiaozong was on his deathbed, and before that, the news that His Majesty's dragon body was not in good health had been circulating in the country for a month.
Don't let these smart officials think in some bad directions. Of course, no one who has the courage to talk about this matter will dare to talk about it.
It was in this solemn atmosphere that Mu Siniang returned to the capital.
After revealing her identity when entering the city, Mu Siniang hurried towards the Zhenfusi Yamen. According to Qian Wubing's order, the first thing she did after arriving in Beijing was to get in touch with her father and then take over Qian Wubing.
The secretly hidden Iron Guards that Wu Bing left for him. While taking over the Iron Guards, his father, the current commander of the Imperial Guards, Mu Tianqiu, had enough time to tell her what happened.
She entered the city from Chaoyang Gate, and it took about half an hour to get to the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen. However, before she could even burn a stick of incense in the city, she was caught by Yibiao who came out of nowhere.
The soldiers stopped her. Mu Siniang didn't know that the soldiers patrolling the city had been replaced. However, even if she knew, she would not take these soldiers to heart.
She just sat on the horse and looked coldly at the soldiers who blocked her group with guns and knives. On the contrary, the dozen or so guards he brought back from Qianhu overseas were either Fusang or Korean. Where had she seen them before?
With such a formation, the weapons were displayed with a loud bang, and the shops on both sides of the street were so frightened that they closed their doors. It looked like a long street fighting. At this time, the people of the capital knew better than anyone else the principle of protecting themselves wisely.
"Don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand!" The leading general probably knew that his way of unfolding was a bit wrong. He shouted loudly to Mu Siniang while shouting at his subordinates.
"The last general is Zhang Changfa, the commander of the fourth team of the Water Science Team of the Weiwei University Hall. With the order from the peak, please ask the people of Muda to move!"
Mu Siniang just sat on the horse and looked at him coldly.
Behind her, in addition to the women's soldiers holding Japanese swords, several guards from Goryeo had already opened their cloth bags and started loading firecrackers.
The man with long hair was almost sweating. He felt that the other party didn't have to be brave enough to take action directly on this long street. However, if the other party had the courage, then his death would be in vain.
"The last general is in Quanzhou, and together with Commander Qian, we have resisted the Western Barbarians!"
Mu Siniang just sat on the horse and looked at him coldly.
Qian Wubing once said that she had to be careful in everything in Beijing. She felt that being careful meant not to trust others casually. But in the framework she had drawn for herself, probably except for her father, Empress Feng'er, that is,
Wu Yanran, Qian Wubing's wife, could believe it, but she was definitely afraid of other people. She didn't believe it at all, this little officer who appeared out of nowhere.
The fire gunman has loaded the ammunition. Zhang Changfa has never seen this kind of fire gun. He has heard that the fire gun of Xiyi is not like the fire gun of Ming Dynasty. It requires a long fuse to light, and it is fired as soon as it is said to be fired.
, seeing those strange-looking firecrackers all aimed at him, he suddenly became anxious.
"Mu Qianhu, Concubine Jing sent me to pick you up!"
He lowered his voice, leaned into Mu Siniang's horse head, and spoke in a low voice.
"Oh!" Mu Siniang said, tilting her head and looking at him. She seemed to ponder for a moment before waving her hand and opening her mouth slightly: "Lead the way!"
Without the cold gaze locked on him, Zhang Changfa suddenly felt refreshed. Of course, the sound of the guards behind Mu Siniang sheathing their swords in unison, which had originally surprised him, became insignificant at this moment. On the contrary,
The soldiers behind him saw their leader chatting with the woman on the horse. The murderous aura that the woman's guards had just burst out at any time to rush to fight for their lives suddenly disappeared, and each one of them secretly twitched.
They were all veterans who had been in battle. Who didn't know what such murderous aura meant? How many people behind this woman had to kill to have such a majestic and murderous aura!