Just when the vassal meeting in Prince Yan's Mansion was in full swing.
There was deathly silence here in Prince Dai's Mansion, and there were no lights in the mansion.
At this time, Zhu Gui had already brought the people from Dai Wangfu and the Qian Gang to the same place and appeared in the underground secret passage of the Jin family.
Mr. Jin of the Jin family has been waiting in an underground hall with his servants for a long time.
But when he saw Zuo Erniang, his face showed frost.
It seems that he recognized the current gang leader who took away the money gang.
"Your Highness, why does this person appear here?" Mr. Jin's men had already drawn their weapons.
The two parties have dealt with each other many times, but it is clear that the Jin family has not benefited much.
Zuo Erniang glanced at Zhu Gui but said nothing.
Zhu Gui said: "Mr. Jin, no matter what unpleasantness we had in the past, we are all allies now. I hope that for the sake of my king, we can forget the past."
Zhu Gui said as he took out a one thousand tael silver note and handed it over.
Mr. Jin's mouth twitched, but he still took the banknote.
I don't know whether it was Zhu Gui's face that played a role or the power of the banknotes. In short, Mr. Jin restrained his men, and then the three parties gathered together.
Mr. Jin handed a map to Zhu Gui and explained: "Your Majesty, this is the largest secret passage that our Jin family has control over. With so many people, it may take an hour to get out of the city."
Zhu Gui looked at the map, then nodded and said: "Okay, as long as you can leave the city tonight, it will be fine. Are the horses outside the city ready?"
Mr. Jin nodded and said, "Everything is ready."
"Okay, let's start taking action."
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Just when Zhu Gui and others started to move out of Nanjing along the tunnel.
At this time, in the palace, Ming Hui Emperor Zhu Yunwen was listening to the reports of his subordinates.
"Your Majesty, according to the information from my subordinates, all the other vassal princes except King Dai are in Prince Yan's palace at this time. I don't know what they are plotting."
"Where is that generation of kings?" Zhu Yunwen frowned and continued to ask.
"The acting king is still in the palace."
"Okay, notify the Royal Forest Army immediately and ask them to block Prince Yan's Mansion."
After Emperor Ming Hui finished speaking, he thought for a moment, and then added: "Send someone to announce the decree to summon the king to the palace."
"yes."
After the guards went down, Ming Hui Emperor Zhu Yunwen let out a long breath and said: "Since you are unfaithful, don't blame me for being unjust. However, it is good that you understand the interests of the king and do not join in the rebellion with those who rebel against the king. This is enough."
"Come, General Xuan Lan Yu and Academician Fang Xiaoru are entering the palace."
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In Prince Yan's palace, a servant hurriedly ran into the secret room where the vassal kings were discussing their affairs and shouted: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the Royal Forest Army has been dispatched."
When everyone in the room heard this, they immediately exploded.
"What? Royal Guards? What on earth is going on? Who told the secret?"
"What's the use of talking about that now? Let's go quickly."
"Go? Where to go? Unless we can leave Nanjing and return to the fiefdom, where can we escape to?"
Everyone who had just been thinking about whether to go against the new emperor now began to despair.
If you give them a chance now, I'm afraid no one will refuse at this time.
This was the moment Zhu Di was waiting for.
"Everyone, be quiet, be quiet."
But it was already this time, and no one paid any attention to him.
Zhu Gui had no choice but to walk back to the chair and pull out a sword from the wall.
The sound of a sword being unsheathed made everyone in the room look towards Zhu Di.
They didn't know what Zhu Di wanted to do.
Zhu Di said loudly: "Listen to me, everyone, I have spies in the palace, so it will take at least half an hour for the Royal Forest Army to arrive here."
The expressions on everyone's faces became a little more relaxed.
King Xiang stood up and said: "Fourth brother, this has to be you. Since there is still time, let's leave quickly. It's time for everyone to run away one by one. When the time comes, don't forget what happened tonight."
Tell the truth."
After King Xiang finished speaking, he turned around and left. Thousands of people also rushed out.
However, at the originally empty doorway, more than a dozen armed guards rushed in and blocked the doorway.
Everyone was immediately dumbfounded again. They didn't know what Zhu Di meant.
Zhu Di said again at this time: "Everyone, now that the emperor is ready to take action against us, do you still want to kill us at the first glance?"
The King of Shu turned around and said, "Fourth brother, it's time now. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Others also nodded, but the expressions on their faces were somewhat unnatural.
Zhu Di nodded and said: "I have actually talked about this day for a long time, so I have prepared a retreat."
"A way out? What way out?" someone asked immediately.
"There is a secret passage from the mansion to the outside of the city, and horses have been prepared at the exit of the secret passage. Everyone can return to their respective fiefdoms."
Zhu Di explained.
There were expressions of surprise on everyone's faces, as if they were wondering why Zhu Di had prepared all this in advance.
Some smart people have vaguely guessed that all this may be a trap set by Zhu Di, and they have all been plotted.
But at this time, if they speak out, it is tantamount to seeking death.
So even if they knew the truth, they could only keep silent.
Zhu Di continued: "All this the king has done is for everyone. Please return to the fiefdom and listen to my signal. I will take the lead in raising troops."
"This is a rebellion."
Others couldn't help but tremble when they heard the word 'rebellion', but they quickly remembered one thing, that is, the late emperor they feared, Zhu Yuanzhang, was dead, and what they were facing now was
It is the new emperor Zhu Yunwen who is only twelve years old.
But even so, everyone still felt sad.
When Zhu Di saw this, he immediately said: "No, we are not rebelling, but we are on the side of the Qing army to revitalize the Chao Gang. Yes, the reason for this operation is the 'Qing Jun side', to kill Fang Xiaoru and others who are causing trouble to the Chao Gang."
Villain."
Zhu Di suddenly had an idea and immediately thought of a reasonable reason for raising troops.
When everyone heard this, they were in a daze for a moment, then they all came to their senses and agreed with this slogan.
However, their expressions were still a little uneasy. If Zhu Di hadn't promised to take the lead in raising troops, I'm afraid they wouldn't have agreed anyway.
But even so, Zhu Di could not predict how many of them would be able to support him in the end.
But now this is the best situation he can think of.
Otherwise, without the help of Zhu Gui's firearms, Zhu Di would not dare to fight against the entire imperial court with the strength of Yan.
Finally, after everyone gave verbal assurances, Zhu Di asked his guards to make way.