In the Xiyi Palace, Huangmen ordered Chu Li to stand in front of Tie Shengwen, bowing and humbly saying:
"Back then, when the villain just entered the palace, because of his quick thinking, by chance, he became the adoptive father of the late emperor's close servant, the then Huangmen servant, Eunuch Chu. The late emperor trusted his adoptive father quite a lot, so he passed on the secret passage in the palace to his adoptive father.
He had full authority over the construction of the tunnel. He had to mobilize manpower to cover up the secret tunnel. In addition, the secret tunnel project was huge and the progress was slow. Just after the secret tunnel was completed this year, the late emperor fell seriously ill and died. His adoptive father was a die-hard loyalist of the late emperor and his follower
Then leave and tell the villain this secret passage before dying."
Hearing this, Tie Shengwen's eyes flashed, he nodded slowly and said:
"To be able to dig out such a tunnel in the imperial city, only the late emperor spared no effort to mobilize the last secrets of the royal family to hide it from the eyes and ears of the Grand Master!"
Speaking of this, Tie Shengwen couldn't help but sigh:
"Everyone in the world calls the late emperor fatuous, but just looking at the decisiveness of the late emperor in sending people to dig tunnels, the forbearance of pretending to be fatuous for more than ten years, and the method of hiding it for so long without even the slightest hint of a flaw, it is enough to see how powerful he was!
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After resisting and knowing that he could not regain power from Wang Xiao, he turned around and mobilized the last secrets of the royal family to dig tunnels.
That is to say, his body could not hold on and he died of a serious illness. Otherwise, the late emperor fled with the royal family and called on all the Yun Kingdom to mobilize troops to rescue him. It would be really a troublesome thing for Wang Xiao!
At this moment, Tie Shengwen suddenly turned to look at Chu Li, and said with a half-smile:
"Tie Mou really wants to thank Eunuch Chu! Although Tie Mou had already known that there were people from the Ailao tribe in the palace and had found out about Concubine Zhang, but for Eunuch Chu who had figured out the key and informed me secretly,
As for the matter, I'm afraid Tie will really suffer a hidden loss!"
Seeing this, Chu Li quickly bowed and said:
"The villain was confused before and just wanted to protect himself. Now he has concealed it and reported it to the Grand Master's Mansion. He really deserves death. I don't deserve the credit. I just want to ask you to say a few nice words in front of the Grand Master!"
"Hahaha, easy to say!"
Mr. Tie laughed loudly and walked straight into Xiyi Palace.
At this time, Nan Rongshu's people from Xiyi Palace had already evacuated.
The nearly 70 people Wang Xiao could use with confidence had already gathered in Xiyi Palace, and even used crossbows and arrows.
A group of elite palace guards held their breath and concentrated their attention, surrounding the side hall where the secret passage was. They buckled their bowstrings, unloaded their crossbows, and pointed at the side hall. When someone came out, they fired arrows at random.
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In the Grand Master's Mansion, two sword lights shot out. The sword energy stirred up wind and dust and crashed towards the gate.
There was only a "bang" sound of explosion. The gate of Taishi Mansion could not withstand such a strong force and suddenly exploded.
The remaining dozens of loyal guards in the mansion, seeing someone breaking in, were determined to die. They immediately formed a military formation and blocked the door of the mansion.
Guo Xie stepped into the Taishi's Mansion. Seeing that the guards were still trying to resist, he frowned. The eight-sided long sword in his hand came out horizontally. The sword energy overflowed, and there was a burst of slicing sounds that cut through flesh and blood. The first few
The palace guard suddenly fell down like a weed that had been cut open, covering his wound.
Although the guards are elites selected from warriors who have fought hundreds of battles, they are now very few in number and weak in military strength. Secondly, there are no masters above the sixth level to take charge. Facing an eighth-level master like Guo Xie, they are really at a disadvantage.
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Outside the Grand Master's Mansion, facing the impact of hundreds of palace guards sent back by Wang Xiao for support, Ju Meng was like a rock, blocking the intersection.
The long sword thrust out, the sword light was dazzling, and several people fell down.
The guards gritted their teeth and resisted the impact of Ju Meng's sword light. However, no matter how they charged, they could not get past Ju Meng's obstruction.
Some guards wanted to take advantage of the entanglement of their companions and bypass them, but Guo Xie's rangers were hiding in the alleys on both sides. Whenever any guards tried to bypass them, they would swarm up and kill them.
Even Wang Xiao and Tie Shengwen are not simple figures. Under Xiao Cheng's calculations, they all thought that the people who attacked the Taishi Mansion were the Ailao tribe members who used the method of "shuttle tigers away from the mountain" to transfer his bodyguards away.
plan.
They all thought that most of the Ailao clan's high-level warriors should be in the secret passage, waiting to quietly give them thunderous blows. More than a hundred guards should be enough to deal with it.
But they never expected that Xiao Cheng's handiwork was behind this.
Two eighth-level masters, if there are not enough troops to form a military force, or high-level warriors to resist, can kill thousands of people.
After a while, the sound of fighting stopped.
Guo Xie wiped the blood on his sword with his sleeve, put it back into its scabbard, and walked out of the Grand Master's Mansion slowly.
"Did you get it?" Ju Meng turned around and asked.
Guo Xie nodded, casually threw the seal of Taishifu in his hand to him, and said:
"I will allocate half of my men to you. With this seal, you go to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, order the army to close the camp gate tightly, then summon the generals above Du Bo to the capital, and kill them all on the road! I will go to the city defense.
Battalion, the inspection battalion takes over the military power! Once the military power is obtained, you and I will enter the palace as soon as possible to escort you!"
Ju Meng heard this, took the seal, nodded and said:
"I understand, don't worry!"
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Guessing that the time was almost up, Cheng Bushi, who was standing on the palace wall, suddenly opened his eyes, swung his cloak behind him, and said in a deep voice:
"Close the palace gate!"
"What? We are having a court meeting at this time, why do we have to close the palace gate?" Hearing this, the captain of the Forbidden Army on the side couldn't help but said in a daze.
Cheng Bushi turned his head and said with a wooden face:
"The Grand Master has told me to close the palace gate!"
"How come we don't know when the grand master gave his explanation?" The people who spoke at this time were the dozen or so guards who Wang Xiao had left at the palace gate.
When Cheng Bushi saw that everyone was asking questions in return, his eyes became colder and colder, and he said:
"The grand master secretly ordered, what do you know? If you don't believe it, close the palace door first, and I can follow you to see Mr. Tie!"
It has to be said that Cheng didn't know this kind of person, and he didn't look like someone who could lie at first glance. He looked so sworn and steadfast, which made several people on the palace wall feel confused.
After hesitating for a moment, several people were afraid of ruining Wang Xiao's important event, so they agreed to close the palace door first.
And at this moment, outside the palace, a figure ran in embarrassment, followed by several people, chasing him.
The man crawled and ran under the palace wall. Seeing the palace door closed, he felt frightened and frightened in his heart, and said angrily:
"Hurry and open the palace door. There are thieves chasing me behind me. The Grand Master's Mansion has been captured by thieves! Report to the Grand Master and Mr. Tie quickly!"
When several people on the palace wall heard this, they were shocked and said quickly:
"Hurry, open the palace door quickly!"
While he was talking, several people chasing him came quickly. In full view of everyone, they rushed forward and slashed the palace guard who delivered the message to death with random swords.
"Take down, take down these thieves!" a captain of the imperial army said urgently.
As soon as he said this, the Imperial Guards on the palace wall all drew their weapons, and then in the horrified eyes of the Imperial Colonel, they suddenly took action and stabbed the Colonel and the guards of the Grand Master's Mansion.
Cheng Bushi's expression remained unchanged and he walked straight to the wall.
The men who were chasing after them finished killing the people and were still waiting below. When Cheng Buji showed his head, they threw the package in their hands at him.
Cheng Bushi took the package and opened it, revealing that it was the waist badge token of the Taishi Mansion.
"Take this thing and take over the checkpoints in the palace. Leave no guard behind in the Imperial Palace!" Cheng Bushi said coldly.