When King Jin came to the palace with a group of confidants, the Yinhan Gate had already been opened.
King Jin's confidants led several generals of the imperial guards in armor and stomach, and quickly came to King Jin, saluted in unison, and shouted:
"Meet Your Highness!"
King Jin reined in his horse, looked at his subordinates, and said solemnly:
"How is the situation in the palace?"
"Your Majesty, my subordinates entered the palace in the name of escort. They obtained the Tiger Army and Shesheng Camp. They often joined the army to help. They have taken control of the Jinshen Palace. The remaining imperial guards do not know where they are and dare not act rashly!"
The Jinshen Hall in the Xia Kingdom has similar functions to the Yangxin Hall in the Yun Kingdom. They are both places where the emperor handles government affairs on a daily basis when he is not in court.
After all, Emperor Xia was already in his seventies or eighties, so he naturally didn't go back to the harem very often. Therefore, the Jinshen Palace became the de facto emperor's bedroom in the Xia Palace. Taking this place meant that
Now the current Emperor Xia has fallen into the hands of Prince Jin.
King Jin raised his head and looked into the palace. Through the open Yinhan Gate, he could see at a glance that on both sides of the corridor, there were soldiers of the Imperial Guard holding open fires. There was deathly silence, and the entire imperial city was full of solemnity and solemnity.
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Even though we have reached this point, there are no shouts of death in the palace, obviously the situation is under control.
The Imperial Guards are stationed in the imperial city and are responsible for protecting the emperor. In such a critical position, what is important is not that the Imperial Guards can fight, but that they are obedient! As an army without its own ideas, it is absolutely impossible and impossible to do so before the emperor gives a clear order.
Dare not take any action.
Therefore, throughout the dynasties throughout the ages, situations like this where rebels pretended to be ordered to enter the palace to control the emperor, leaving the imperial guards at a loss, often happened.
Even though King Jin was usually prudent, looking at the imperial city that was defenseless against him, he couldn't help but feel proud and ecstatic in his heart.
Going against the wind and seizing the big position, this decisive method is not much different from the one used by Emperor Yun to eradicate powerful ministers!
At this time, King Jin was riding on a war horse, his face was full of energy and high spirits, and he shouted loudly:
"The rebels have held the Holy Chariot hostage, and my father must have been frightened. I want to enter the palace and personally serve His Majesty in front of his bed!"
Everyone present is the confidant of King Jin, so there is no need to use such a high-sounding excuse to explain. When I say this at this time, it is more because I am already thinking about how to stabilize the situation in the country in the future, and even thinking about my future records in the history books.
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Everyone cooperated very well, and immediately knelt down on both sides of the road, with solemn expressions. They all bowed down, kowtowed to the ground, and shouted:
"Your Highness is welcome to the palace!"
At this time, although these people did not open their mouths to shout long live, but when they saluted, they seemed to have used the etiquette of bowing to the king.
King Jin, riding on a war horse, suddenly turned his head, looked at Dao Yan who was following him, and said in a deep voice:
"Master, please think clearly. If you serve me here, and if you make a decision when you arrive at Jinshen Palace later, the rewards and treatment in the future will be different!"
Daoyan was guarded by several guards around King Jin. He had never had a chance to escape before, so he followed King Jin's confidants to the front of the Xia Kingdom's palace.
At this time, when he heard what King Jin said, Daoyan looked calm and did not answer the words. He just chanted the Buddha's name and lowered his eyebrows.
At this time, King Jin was at his most proud, and his heart was filled with excitement and ecstasy. Naturally, he did not think about anything else. He just thought that Dao Yan had not seen the situation clearly at this time.
"Enter the palace!"
King Jin snorted softly, and immediately grabbed the horse's belly, and with the soldiers kneeling to welcome him, he led a group of confidants and marched toward the palace in a mighty manner.
Entering from the Yinhan Gate, the road was lined with imperial guards holding open fires guarding both sides. The King of Jin led all his confidants to the front of the Jinshen Hall without any hindrance.
At this time, in front of the gate of Jinshen Hall, only the slightly crouched figure of the old eunuch Si Xi was waiting here. Even if he faced the imperial guards in front of the hall, he would not give in.
The old eunuch had a very high level of cultivation, at least a ninth-level expert. King Jin had always been afraid of him.
But now, in King Jin's view, it is obvious that not just an old eunuch, but a top master can reverse the situation!
Most of the imperial guards in the palace turned against each other, and the remaining troops were at a loss. The entire Jinshen Palace was besieged by the army. No matter how good the old eunuch's martial arts skills were, could he still carry the old man and rush out?
King Jin didn't care about the old eunuch who was blocking him in front of the palace. He got off his horse and, accompanied by the master guards around him, quickly came to the door of the palace, bowed to the ground and said loudly:
"The imperial city is in turmoil, and I have led the troops to put down the rebellion. I am worried about the safety of the Holy Emperor, and I hereby ask to see my father!"
There is naturally unfairness in seizing power through palace changes. If he kills his father with his son again, then the King of Jin will no longer be able to secure his position. Even if the old Emperor Xia is seriously ill and dying, and his time is running out, he cannot die.
Tonight!
Therefore, King Jin's words and deeds at this time were still extremely respectful and did not exceed the rules.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Emperor Xia's low and hoarse voice coming from the Jinshen Palace:
"allow!"
When the old Emperor Xia spoke in the palace, the old eunuch Si Xi, who was originally guarding the palace gate, no longer stopped him. He took a step back slightly and moved out of the way.
King Jin glanced at the old eunuch and wondered what he was thinking.
He raised his hand slightly, and when a trusted aide came forward, he helped King Jin take off his armor and sword, and then straightened his clothes before King Jin raised his legs and walked towards the Jinshen Hall.
As soon as you enter the Jinshen Hall, a strong medicinal smell hits your nostrils. The medicinal smell is also vaguely mixed with an old and decaying smell that is common to the elderly.
King Jin suppressed the excitement in his heart and looked at the dragon chair in the palace. The smile on his face suddenly froze and he stood there blankly.
Then he saw the old Xia Emperor dragging his sick body in the Jinshen Palace and sitting on the dragon chair.
Next to the old Emperor Xia, King Qi, who should have been on his way back to Beijing, actually appeared next to Emperor Xia. He looked at King Jin who walked into the palace with a complicated expression and said:
"Third brother..."
King Jin suddenly came back to his senses, looked at King Qi standing on the steps, and said in disbelief:
"Nineteen, you, you have returned to the capital?"
King Qi sighed quietly and said:
"Previously, my father issued an urgent order to secretly return to the capital. As soon as I arrived in the capital the day before yesterday, I was taken directly into the palace to serve my father personally..."
Hearing this, King Jin trembled all over, subconsciously took two steps back, and looked in shock at Emperor Xia who could hardly sit upright on the dragon chair.
No matter how stupid King Jin was, he realized something was wrong at this time.
Jiangcheng Mansion is thousands of miles away from Jinling City. Even if the ordering experts work hard day and night, it will take more than half a month to go back and forth.
There is only one explanation for King Qi to appear here in time.
Everything he did fell into Emperor Xia's plan!
Thinking of this, King Jin looked shocked, looked at Emperor Xia, gritted his teeth and said:
"Father, is this all your arrangement?"
Old Emperor Xia coughed a few times, sat up straight, looked deeply at Prince Jin, and said hoarsely:
"Li'er, you let me down..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sudden cry of killing outside Jin Shen's palace.
"Your Majesty has an edict, and the Imperial Guard will obey your order! The King of Jin conspires to rebel, and all his followers will be killed. Don't let him go!"
"yes!"
The soldiers suddenly agreed, and loud shouts resounded over the palace.
King Jin hurriedly turned his head and looked outside the palace, and saw that the imperial guards who had been obedient to him just now suddenly turned against him and drew their swords to kill all the confidants he had brought.
The only thing the King of Jin can really control is a few hundred private soldiers. At this time, these private soldiers are still scattered throughout the palace, so the sound of fighting can only be heard for a moment, then gradually becomes fainter, and then quickly becomes completely silent.
Come down.
At this time, Emperor Xia, with the support of King Qi, stood up reluctantly, looked at the panicked King Jin in the palace, and said in a deep voice:
"I'm not angry that you raised troops to enter the imperial city. I'm also happy with your decisiveness tonight. I don't think it's a big deal if you collude with the Yun people. The battle for the throne is extremely dangerous, and I can't be polite with the power I can borrow."
Having said this, Emperor Xia's eyes sharpened, he breathed slightly and said:
"I am disappointed that you chose to believe the generals I deliberately assigned to you so easily! As long as you keep an eye out and let the Yun people investigate more, you will definitely be able to find some clues!"
Emperor Xia raised his hand tremblingly, pointed at the dragon chair under him, and gritted his teeth and said:
"Sitting in this position, what I hear in my ears are always flattering words. Every minister will tell the person sitting in this position that he will swear allegiance to him. But the selfishness hidden in their hearts is really
Are you young? You can't even see clearly, how dare you think of sitting in this position!"
At this time, King Jin did not listen to the long speech of the old Emperor Xia at all. His expression was in a daze, and it seemed that the desperate cries of his henchmen before their death could be heard in his ears.
He stumbled on his feet and suddenly fell to the ground. He closed his eyes slightly and said in a trembling voice:
"Lost, lost..."
Seeing the incompetent look of King Jin, Emperor Xia's chest swelled, and the anger in his heart could not be suppressed. He casually grabbed the white jade paperweight from the table and threw it at King Jin.
Emperor Xia's body was indeed completely exhausted now. He was completely powerless. The paperweight he threw with all his strength did not go very far before it hit the ground directly.
The white jade paperweight fell to the ground and shattered. The absent-minded King Jin was shocked and came back to his senses.
Noticing Emperor Xia who was shaking and breathing heavily, Prince Jin slowly raised his head, his expression looked a little ferocious, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"Haha, first let me leave the house, then order the imperial guards to pretend to be loyal, and finally spread the news that you are seriously ill and dying, secretly ordering the 19th to return to the capital..."
"If it wasn't like this, how could my son be like this, putting all his hopes on those generals of the Imperial Guard and hastily raising troops? Now, you want to say that my son is useless?"
Having said this, King Jin's eyes turned red, his fists were clenched tightly, and the veins on his neck were exposed, and he said:
"Also, since you know that the Yun people are with Erchen, why don't you help a group of Erchen... Erchen, Erchen doesn't want to fight anymore!"
Tears of regret fell to the ground.
Originally, the King of Jin had lost his intention to seize the throne and wanted to guard the palace and Ansheng could be his prince.
It was Daoyan of the Yun State who wanted to participate in the Xia Kingdom's struggle to seize the legitimate son and stir up political turmoil, so he used all possible means to force him to come out and seize the legitimate son again.
Since Emperor Xia already knew that the Yun people were by his side, why didn't he take action? Why did he let him go out of the mansion?
As soon as these words came out, even Emperor Xia's expression froze and he was speechless.
The purpose of letting King Jin out of the palace was to check and balance King Qi's power. Even though the three people present knew this truth in their hearts, it was difficult to say it out loud.
After a long silence, Emperor Xia finally spoke:
"I just learned about the Yun people. My people saw the monk next to you and checked it out. I didn't know that you had already colluded with the Yun people..."
In the Xia Kingdom, Taoism is prevalent, but monks are rare, and there are not many with names. The embroidered clothes envoy followed this clue to check, and sure enough found some clues around Dao Yan, and then confirmed that he was from the Yun Kingdom.
If those generals of the Imperial Guard who pretended to be loyal to King Jin had not noticed Dao Yan in front of the study room of King Jin's palace, Emperor Xia might not even know now that the people of Yun State were so courageous that they would dare to interfere in the matter of seizing the legitimate son!
King Jin sneered twice and said again:
"That's it. It seems that I mistakenly blamed my father!"
At this time, King Jin looked at King Qi, who had a complicated expression and was silent. A trace of unwillingness suddenly appeared on his face, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"Now that the matter has come to this, I know that I have no way out, so I just want to ask: Father, why do you value Nineteen so much?"
When a group of princes complained about King Qi in Prince Jin's palace, why didn't Prince Jin think so?
King Qi's rise did not rely on the power and connections of his mother-in-law's family, nor did he rely on his own efforts to gain the recognition of the ministers in the court. In terms of ability and temperament, he did not look like a human king at all. He was completely like Lao Xia.
The emperor supported it with all his strength!
Tonight's defeat was planned by the old Xia Emperor and had nothing to do with him. How could the Jin King be willing to accept it?
Looking at King Jin who was so proud just now, but now looking quite embarrassed, Emperor Xia frowned slightly and said:
"You have a smooth and steady temperament. When you were young, your behavior and handling of affairs were like that of an old official. You were unwilling to get involved in the slightest trouble. Of course, this will make the ministers of the DPRK praise you for your thoughtfulness.
, long-sleeved and good at dancing. But with such an irresponsible temper, what good will it do to the country if he becomes a king?"
If nothing else, let’s just say that at the beginning, Emperor Xia secretly instructed King Qi and King Jin to go to the southwest frontier army to attack and deal with the southwest generals who were entrenched in the army.
King Qi went to do something offensive and tried his best to weaken the southwestern generals. But King Jin played a red face and continued to mediate to benevolent to these southwestern generals.
Of course, it can be said that he used a combination of kindness and power, firmness and softness in order to stabilize the southwest frontier army.
But later, when King Qi saw that the generals in the southwest were massacring the people, he would rather bear the responsibility of being good at mobilizing troops and horses, and took the opportunity to massacre these generals' families, and clean up for the imperial court these people who were entrenched in the southwest and sucked the imperial blood.
Leeches.
On the other hand, King Jin obviously went on an errand with King Qi, but in the end, he was able to get away smoothly, leaving King Qi to bear the blame alone.
"Ling'er is not as good as all of you brothers, but he is just as good as him. He dares to do things and is responsible! Without this, I would not dare to hand over the country to him!"
King Jin glanced at King Qi again and couldn't help but argue with Emperor Xia:
"The Emperor of Daxia can do anything as long as he dares to do anything? The Emperor Xiaowenren at that time was not worthy of the evaluation of daring to do anything, but because of his kindness and generosity, he spread his wisdom and became a wise king!"
Hearing this, Old Xia Emperor's face darkened and he said quietly:
"Party strife in our country began with the reign of Emperor Xiao Wenren!"
As a generation of kings praised by both the court and the public in the Xia Kingdom, Emperor Xiaowenren was indeed the best among all kings in terms of moral integrity.
But a good person does not mean he is a good emperor...
"Besides, my heir can do nothing else, but he must dare to do his job!" Old Emperor Xia said firmly.
And at this moment, several figures covered in bloody aura quickly walked into the palace, leaned down and prostrated, saying:
"Your Majesty, I am reporting that all the rebels and members of the Jin Dynasty have been killed! All the palace gates have been controlled by the Imperial Guards of each department."
"Your Majesty, the city defenses in central Beijing have been taken over by the generals of the Left Army!"
"Your Majesty, the Yulin Army is suppressing the capital, and those who take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble will be suppressed!"
At this time, the old eunuch Si Xi walked quickly into the palace, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, all the men and horses of the Embroidery Envoy are dispatched. Princes such as King Chu, King Lu, and King Qi have all been imprisoned in the palace!"
The aura around Old Xia Emperor suddenly became cold and he shouted:
"The princes colluded with the King of Jin, committed rebellion against their superiors, and were treasonous and immoral. If they were considered as accomplices, they would be deprived of the title of king and imprisoned in the palace for the rest of their lives, and they would not be allowed to go out even half a step for the rest of their lives!"
As soon as these words came out, both King Qi, who was supporting Emperor Xia, and King Jin, who was sitting paralyzed in the palace, were all shocked.
"Father, it doesn't need to be like this, right?" King Qi couldn't help but said.
Emperor Xia glanced at him slightly and said in a deep voice:
"Your brothers, who have been fighting for the position of crown prince for so many years, have become wild-minded and will not be able to live in peace in the future. I will help you clean up tonight, so that you will not have the reputation of murdering your brothers in the future!"
When King Qi heard this, he immediately shut up and said nothing.
Old Emperor Xia was the one who made the plans, so any more words at this time would be too ungrateful!
When the King of Jin heard this, he smiled sadly and said:
"Whether there is collusion or not, my father knows better than my sons!"
In the final analysis, King Chu and others just wanted to push King Jin out and have a good fight with King Qi. I am afraid they would not dare to raise an army to rebel.
Having said this, King Jin looked up at King Qi and said mockingly:
"It seems that the only son in His Majesty's eyes is you..."
Carefully arranged the plan, coerced and coaxed him to rebel, and punished the princes at the same time. In the eyes of your old man, is King Qi worthy of such care?
When the old Emperor Xia heard such angry words, he was not upset at all. He just looked at King Jin quietly and said in a deep voice:
"You are all my sons, but Ling'er is still the next emperor of Daxia..."
"Today you will know why my successor must dare to do anything!"
Having said this, Old Emperor Xia slightly pushed away King Qi's hand holding him, stood up straight, and shouted loudly:
"Pass the edict!"
"The princes have committed treasonous and unethical things, and there are many people with wings in the court. I order Lord Lingqi to investigate this matter thoroughly, and the embroidered clothes envoys must obey the orders and make no mistakes!"
"According to the order!"
The old eunuch Si Xi on the side responded quickly. Then he came up to King Qi, bowed, raised a list with both hands, presented it to him, and said:
"The list of those who have rebelled against the party has been sorted out by the Embroidered Clothes Envoy. Please take a look at it, Your Highness!"
King Qi subconsciously took the list, glanced at it, couldn't help but feel a jump in his heart, and exclaimed:
"Father?"
On the list, there are all high-ranking officials in the court. If they are really arrested according to the list, it will be an unprecedented earthquake in the court!
Old Emperor Xia seemed to be struggling a little at this time, so he sat back on the dragon chair without a trace, rested for a while, and then continued:
“If we don’t clean up in this way, how will the party dispute between North Korea and China end?”
"I can help you deal with your brothers, but if you hadn't personally eradicated these officials from hundreds of families and devoted themselves to party fighting, there would definitely be trouble again after my death. Go and tell them with bloody killings.
People in the world, you, King Qi, hate these people with all your heart, and you only know people who scheming and scheming about party disputes all day long!"
When King Qi heard this, he thought of all the frivolous things he had encountered when he was coordinating government affairs in the capital. He also thought of the time when he recruited the yamen in the southwest, and hundreds of disciples worked together to overcome the difficulties.
My heart was suddenly touched.
I saw a flash of determination in his eyes, and he immediately knelt down and shouted loudly:
"My son, obey your order!"
Being bloodthirsty and daring to kill is not a good thing for the emperor's reputation, but it is not necessarily a bad thing for a country!
At this time, King Jin looked intently at King Qi who was leaning over to receive the order, and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.
If it were him, would he choose to accept this imperial edict?
Maybe, not...
The root cause of the party struggle between North Korea and China is actually the struggle over the ideals of hundreds of schools. If we want to completely clean up the party struggle, we must purge officials from hundreds of schools of thought in North Korea and China.
As soon as the King of Jin thought about purging out nearly 80% of the civil and military officials in the court, he felt panicked and there was no way he would accept this imperial edict.
At this time, Emperor Xia took a short rest and looked at the somewhat lost King Jin again, with a trace of undetectable unbearable color flashing in his eyes.
After a moment of silence, Emperor Xia said in a deep voice:
"Hand over all the information about Yun Guo's spies that you have in your hands, and I won't kill everyone in Prince Jin's palace!"
The Xiu Yi Envoy has now begun to conduct a thorough investigation into the spies of the Yun Kingdom in Jinling City. It is impossible to say that the King of Jin knows more about it than the Emperor of Xia.
What he said at this time was nothing more than that Emperor Xia still had a trace of father-son kindness in his heart and wanted to find an excuse to leave a bloodline to Prince Jin.
When the King of Jin heard this, he smiled sadly, changed from sitting to kneeling, leaned over and saluted, and said in a trembling voice:
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
He didn't call himself his son, and he didn't call him his father. It was obvious that he still hated Emperor Xia for using his own plan to helplessly watch him die.
But for the sake of the royal family, the King of Jin at this time had to bow his head and kowtow.
Anger, unwillingness, luck, joy, the complex emotions among them are really difficult to express in words.
After a while, in the Jinshen Hall, an embroiderer quickly ran out and shouted:
"Monk, that monk cannot die!"
At this time, a group of imperial guards who were cleaning the battlefield were stunned when they heard this.
What does it mean that a monk cannot die?
The embroiderer came quickly, looked at the imperial guards, and immediately shouted:
"Monk, where is the monk who was among the Jin King's followers just now? Find him quickly. He is a secret agent of the Yun Kingdom. His Majesty has ordered that he not be killed for the time being!"
Hearing this, a group of imperial guards looked around at the dead bodies on the ground, and their eyes suddenly twitched.
I just said clearly that I would kill them all...
The emperor decreed that these words could not be said out loud. They were just complaining in their hearts, and then they lowered their heads and rummaged through the corpses on the ground, hoping to find some monk among them.
But after searching for a long time and searching through all the corpses on the ground, I could not find the corpse of a single monk.
A general of the Imperial Guard said hesitantly to his subordinates:
"Did you just meet a monk?"
When the guards heard this, they shook their heads repeatedly, saying that they had not seen it.
Only one of the Imperial Guards spoke:
"Just now, my subordinates did indeed see a monk with a bald head among the crowd. But when the fight started, he turned around and disappeared..."
When everyone heard this, their faces suddenly showed a look of horror.
He was there just now, but at this time, he rummaged through the corpses and couldn't find any. Doesn't this mean that someone ran away? Your Majesty had an order before now, don't let it go!
The general of the Guards opened his eyes wide, frightened and angry, and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Quickly, order all the soldiers and horses in the palace to put their handles at the palace gates. The monk must be found!"
"Yes!" all the soldiers shouted in unison.
A moment later, in the palace, the general of the Imperial Guard reported tremblingly:
"Your Majesty, I just found no monk outside the palace... I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I don't know what method was used to escape secretly!"
When Emperor Xia heard this, he frowned and asked:
"Escaped?"
"Yes..." the general of the Imperial Guard said bravely.
Emperor Xia was stunned for a while, then suddenly laughed and said in a hoarse voice:
"The army blocked the palace gate, and people were able to escape? Does that mean that if he uses the same method next time, he can sneak into the palace secretly, come to me, and directly take away my head?"
At this moment, Emperor Xia had a smile on his face and his voice was not loud, but the coldness in it made the Imperial Guard general who was kneeling on the ground tremble all over.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"Okay, what King Jin said seems to be true! The spies of the Yun Kingdom have already extended their tentacles to the upper and lower parts of the court, both inside and outside the palace, and even in my Imperial Guards." Emperor Xia said through gritted teeth.
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In Emperor Xia's opinion, how could Daoyan escape if there were not people from the Yun Kingdom in the Imperial Guard?
When the general of the Imperial Guard who was kneeling on the ground heard this, he suddenly panicked and said quickly:
"Your Majesty, the one who just took action outside the palace was the embroiderer!"
When Emperor Xia heard this, his face was stunned, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"King Qi, when you are on an errand this time, you should clean up the embroidered clothes envoys! I want to see how capable the Yun people are, and whether they have really infiltrated everyone from top to bottom in the court!"
When King Qi heard this, he said in a deep voice:
"According to the order!"
At this moment, at the main entrance of Xia Kingdom's Imperial City, Dao Yan and Xu Zhu, who had transformed themselves into disguises, walked out of the palace in a swaggering manner with the embroidered clothing badges in their hands.
There was turmoil in the palace tonight, and even the guards stationed throughout the palace were not allowed to move rashly. Only the embroidered robe envoys, because they wanted to convey information inside and outside the palace, traveled unimpeded.
Outside Danfeng Gate, there were people waiting to greet them. When they saw the two coming, they quickly led the carriage to greet them.
"Master, all the personnel have been withdrawn!"
"Okay, there will be a lot of turmoil in Jinling City in the future, and we have to withdraw!"
Dao Yan entered the carriage, casually took off the wig on his head, opened the curtain and looked at the majestic Xia Kingdom Imperial City in front of him, he suddenly sighed softly and said:
"We say goodbye today. I'm afraid that next time I come to Jinling City, I will have to come here with His Majesty's army..."
This time, Dao Yan was really in the limelight in Jinling City! Don't talk about him in the future. It's probably just a few random monks and embroiderers who have made a fuss over there. Therefore, he can't even think of coming to Jinling City in the future.
Got it!
When Xu Zhu heard this, his eyes blinked, but he let out a long sigh of relief.
This Jinling City is too dangerous, and Master Daoyan likes to take risks. It would be better if he never comes here again!——
Let's go back to a few days before King Jin's uprising.
In the quiet room, sandalwood rose slowly, accompanied by the sound of wooden fish, it was the sound of Dao Yan and Xu Zhu chanting sutras softly.
According to historical records, Dao Yan and Xu Zhu were still unwilling to return to secular life after being granted the title of Duke. After retiring from the imperial court, they still wore monk robes and observed the precepts. They only had Zhu Di's personal order before they changed their secular names. Xu Zhu changed his name to a secular one.
Needless to say, from the beginning to the end, I always wanted to be his little monk.
They are all very devout people for Buddhism. Even though they are in another country at this time, they have never missed the daily homework scriptures.
But before the two of them finished their homework, they heard the urgent voice of Jie Meng suddenly coming from outside the quiet room.
"Master, there is urgent news!"
Dao Yan opened his eyes suddenly and signaled Xu Zhu to continue doing his homework, while he quickly walked out of the quiet room.
His own habits are not unknown to his subordinates. Unless the information is really urgent, they will generally not come to disturb him at this time.
When Ju Meng saw Dao Yan, he immediately said:
"Master, according to the information coming from the Embroidery Envoy, Emperor Xia seems to have suddenly noticed your traces, Master, for some unknown reason, and directly arranged for manpower to conduct a strict investigation in secret."
Hearing this, Daoyan frowned, subconsciously groped for the Buddhist beads in his hand, and said in a deep voice:
"Check me?"
On the Xia Kingdom's side, even if they notice the spies from the Yun Kingdom, it stands to reason that they should be the spies in the periphery who move the most frequently. They definitely shouldn't have discovered themselves directly!
Unless there is something wrong with the Jin Palace!
However, the sticky rods had been cleaned up all over the Prince Jin's palace, and Zhong Zizuo, the embroiderer, was watching over there. If something went wrong, he would have been discovered a long time ago, so how could he wait until today?
So, what flaws have I unintentionally exposed in the past few days?
Dao Yan pondered for a long time, and suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he thought of the generals of the Imperial Guard who had met him in Prince Jin's Mansion a few days ago.
Thinking of this, Daoyan narrowed his eyes and said to himself:
"Could it be that those people are Emperor Xia's people..."
Ju Meng was standing aside. Hearing this, he was stunned and said:
"Who are the Xia Emperor's people?"
Daoyan's eyes moved and he said in a deep voice:
"Do you still remember those generals of the Imperial Guard that I asked you to check a few days ago? Send people to check carefully. There is something wrong with these people!"
"yes!"
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
In the evening, I saw that my novel had not been updated, and I thought that this chapter had recently been closed, and I thought that I had crossed a line and was being reviewed again.
When I checked the background, I found that yesterday's chapter was copied in the background. As a result, I closed the page directly and forgot to click send...
Then I just didn’t finish the plot of yesterday’s chapter, so I thought I’d just finish it and post it today, but it’s been delayed until now. I’m really sorry!
