The original time is August 16th, and it is also the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Like the normal holiday, the ministers stayed in their respective palaces in Jiangdu City, without having to come to Jiangdu Palace to attend court early in the morning. Jiangdu Palace is located twenty southwest of Jiangdu City.
In the middle, Yang Guang ordered the government to build a spacious and flat road that leads directly to the city, so that the ministers can only take half an hour to attend court every day to get the original first release]
Although it is a dynasty today, not every minister can rest. Some important temples also need officials on duty, and the prime minister also needs to leave one person to guard the palace.
Yesterday, the Mid-Autumn Festival was Yu Shiji on duty, and today it was Pei Yun's turn on August 16th. It happened that Pei Yun was a little sick today. He rested until after noon before getting up and heading to Jiangdu Palace.
In fact, there is no point in going to court for ministers. It is difficult to deliver memorials from all over the world to Jiangdu. Every memorial takes a lot of effort to arrive. Sometimes a memorial will be delivered in a few days, but Luoyang will also be from time to time.
Feiying sent some information, but most of this information was military information. The first thing the ministers did when they went to court every day was to gather together to ask if there was any news in the capital yesterday.
The day before yesterday, Yang Yuanqing sent a memorial, and Pei Yun also saw the copy. Yang Yuanqing had led his army to conquer Taiyuan City. This information was of great significance to Pei Yun. He knew that it was time to leave Jiangdu.
Pei Yun secretly contacted more than a dozen confidant officials, and the ship had been arranged, so he was waiting for the opportunity to leave.
Pei Yun sat in the carriage and considered his future. He knew very well that Yang Yuanqing, the King of Dai, would definitely make Yang Yuanqing the emperor. Then, according to his qualifications and influence, he should be able to become a prime minister.
The status of the Pei family and its own aspect must be at the forefront.
While Pei Yun was thinking, the carriage suddenly stopped and the voice of the coachman came, "Master, the bridge in front is broken."
Pei Yun was a little strange. The bridge on the Jiangyang River in front was newly built last year, so why did it break? He looked out and saw that the bridge had been broken. The bridge was five meters long and was a must-pass for the Jiangdu Palace.
The bridge was broken on the road. What should I do when I went to Jiangdu Palace? Pei Yun looked around and there was no one around.
"Prime Minister, why don't we go on the turmeric path!" a follower suggested.
Turmeric Road is a path south of Jiangdu Palace. The road is narrow and rugged. Pei Yun walked by carriage once and almost threw him to death. It would be fine if the road was uneven. The problem is that he had to retreat to Jiangdu City first and then go around from the south.
Thirty miles passed, and this was forty miles away. It was probably dark when we arrived at Jiangdu Palace.
Pei Yun waved his hand unhappily, "Go back to the city!"
It's nothing to go to Jiangdu Palace. He doesn't want to go again. He plans to go back to the city to find Sima Dekan to send someone to build a floating bridge, otherwise the officials will not be able to attend court tomorrow.
Pei Yun's carriage turned around and headed towards Jiangdu City. After walking less than two miles, several people rode horses in front. One of them wore a black hat and a green robe, kept beating the horses and speeding up, followed by several yamen servants.
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"Mr. Zhang!" Pei Yun suddenly recognized this person, Zhang Huishao, the magistrate of Jiangyang County. He shouted quickly.
Zhang Huishaole stopped the reins. When he saw that it was Pei Yun, he immediately said happily: "It turns out that Pei Xiangguo is here. I have an emergency to report to the emperor."
Seeing that he was anxious, Pei Yun was confused. He asked, "What happened?"
"Reported to the Prime Minister Pei, Sima Dekan's 20,000 troops disappeared this morning. The 10,000 troops who should have been stationed in Jiangdu Palace appeared outside Jiangyang County. Generally, such mobilization will be reported to the county government, but today
Without any notice, Bei Zhi felt that there was something wrong with it, so he wanted to report it to Jiangdu Palace."
Pei Yun frowned, what's going on? The garrison of Jiangdu Palace has been transferred to Jiangyang County, so who will guard Jiangdu Palace?
Pei Yun looked back and thought that the newly built bridge had broken, and he began to feel uneasy in his heart. A bold and terrifying idea jumped into his mind. Could it be
"Mr. Zhang County Magistrate, the Jiangyang Bridge in front has been broken. I can't get through, so I have to turn around."
Zhang Huishao was shocked and said repeatedly: "How could it be? It is a new bridge of low-level responsibilities. It is very solid and solid. It cannot be destroyed by flood once a century. How could it be broken? Unless someone deliberately destroys it."
The two of them looked at each other and understood at once that ordinary people could not destroy it, they could only be the army.
Pei Yun immediately ordered, "Go to Beidaying immediately!"
Jiangdu City is composed of two counties, called Jiangdu County to the north and Jiangyang County to the south. Beidaying is located in the north of Jiangdu County, with 20,000 garrisons led by Chen Len, the General of Youtun Guard, and Nandaying is located in the south of Jiangyang County.
There were also 20,000 troops stationed, led by Sima Dekan, the general of Hu Ben.
The abnormality that appears now is that the 20,000 garrisons in Nandaying disappeared, while the 10,000 garrisons in Jiangdu Palace appeared south of Nandaying.
Pei Yun immediately guessed the mystery here. It must be that Sima Dekan led the 20,000 troops of Nandaying to take over the defense of Jiangdu.
This is an extremely serious incident. Once Sima Dekan has a different intention, the emperor will be in danger of his life. Pei Yun was anxious and rushed to Beidaying. Although he had decided to leave, he was a minister after all, and he did not want Yang to be
Guang was in danger of life. As a minister, he wanted to do everything possible to save the saint's life.
Pei Yun didn't care about the bumps and felt uncomfortable, so he ordered the coachman to keep speeding up. After half an hour, he finally arrived at Beidaying.
They stopped waiting outside the camp. Pei Yun got off the carriage and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. He was considering the cause and effect of this matter. He heard that Yuwen Chengdu was suspended from his post last night because Xiao Xian wrote to him.
But now when looking back at this incident, it is obvious that it is a yin plot, and the other party took advantage of the relationship between Yuwen Chengdu and Xiao Xian.
Pei Yun was thinking, and a captain ran out of the camp and bowed, "Pei Prime Minister, General Chen invites you in."
The captain said to Zhang Huishao again: "General, please let the magistrate Zhang go in together."
Pei Yun and Zhang Huishao followed the captain to the big tent, and explained while walking the captain, "Last night, the general was sick when he watched the moon, and he was still lying on the couch and couldn't get up. He couldn't come to greet Pei's prime minister in person.
, please forgive me!"
"Why, I'll have an urgent matter when I'm looking for your general."
Pei Yun also thought that he had not recovered from his illness, but he ran around and could not lie down to rest. He couldn't help but sigh.
“That’s ahead!”
The captain pointed to a tent in front of him and smiled, and saw that the tent was full of soldiers and was on high alert.
"Pei Prime Minister invites you to come in, General Chen is waiting inside."
Pei Yun and Zhang Huishao walked into the tent. They were stunned. The tent was empty and there was nothing. Pei Yun suddenly reacted, turned around and rushed out, and several spears pressed against his chest.
At the same time when Pei Yun was under house arrest in the military camp, the gate of Jiangdu City was closed, and teams of soldiers ran around the city. They used the excuse of arresting the Wagang Army and rushed into the mansions of many important officials, Pei Shiji, Xiao Ju,
Yuan Chong and other ministers were arrested one after another and were centrally imprisoned. Dozens of royal families living in the city were also arrested and sent to the military camp.
The army immediately implemented martial law and did not allow anyone to leave their homes. People in Jiangdu were panic, as if a major disaster was about to come.
The Jiangdu Palace is still very quiet, and you can't feel the drastic changes in Jiangdu City at all. The guards in Jiangdu have three floors, and the outermost are ten thousand Xiaoguo inner guards. They are stationed outside the palace and cannot enter the palace.
On the middle floor are ordinary guards, also Xiaoguo Guards, with about 2,000 people. Leaded by Zhao Xingshu, the general of Huya Lang, and Meng Bing, the general of Yingyang Lang, they stationed in the palace city outside Jiangdu Palace, that is, the main hall and court rooms.
The inner palace is guarded by a thousand guards in the hall, guarding Yang Guang's inner palace. They are also called envoys, and they all select the brave and warlike fruits and enjoy the best treatment.
He can even marry a palace maid.
These thousand jing Ruiguan Guards are usually divided into two shifts on duty, one during the day and at night, guarding Xuanwu Gate and the various palace gates leading to the inner palace. They cannot enter the emperor and concubine's bedroom, but today, the big one is here.
Li Zhongliang had already passed the emperor's will. On the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, they were allowed to go to Jiangdu City to have fun and drink. The guards left Jiangdu Palace and went to Jiangdu City, leaving less than 200 guards left behind in the inner palace.
Yang Guang's imperial study room has two, one in the Yinlong Hall outside, which is where he usually handles court affairs, while the other imperial study room is in the Qilin Pavilion in the inner palace, which is usually on night or on vacation.
He will handle the court affairs here.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, so Yang Guang handled court affairs in the Qilin Pavilion Imperial Study. Because there was not much work, he came only in the afternoon and usually did not return to his bedroom until the evening.
The inner palace was very quiet. Occasionally, a eunuch and a palace maid were passing by. It was afternoon, and the inner palace was even more quiet. It would not be a little lively until dinner in the evening.
At this time, the little palace maid Yu'er hurriedly ran into Princess Danyang's bedroom. In the yard of the bedroom, Yang Fangxin was practicing swords in armor. She worked hard these days, always dreaming that she could become a female general and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
And she is now wearing armor and holding a sword in her hand. She has found the feeling of being a female general, and she is only riding a horse and she is the only way to ride an arrow.
"Princess!" Yu'er ran into the yard panting.
Yang Fangxin stopped the sword and asked anxiously: "Have you found the horse?"
Yu'er focused on her head, "I found it. Brother Shen gave the princess a good horse, but the horse was outside the palace and could not come in."
Yang Fangxin suddenly felt angry. What's the use of horses not getting in?
Yu'er smiled and whispered a few times in Yang Fangxin's ear. Yang Fangxin was surprised, "Really?"
"Really, there is no guard guard in the Narcissus Shui Ding Gate. The guards guarding Shui Ding Gate outside are Brother Shen's subordinates. We can take a boat out. Brother Shen is waiting for us outside. We will come back after riding a circle of horses. We will not be allowed to be
Discover."
Yang Fangxin's heart was pounding. After all, she was young and playful and wanted to go out to ride a horse. She finally couldn't stand the temptation of riding a horse. She called a confidant maid. The three of them boarded a small boat on the Yuhe River and secretly rowed out.
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Going out of Yuhe, you have to pass two water gates, one is the inner palace Narcissus Gate, and eight guards should be guarding both sides. However, after they took a vacation, they locked the water gate and left the palace. A confidant from Shen Guang swam over and opened it At the Narcissus Gate, the boat successfully rowed out the Narcissus Gate.
The Shui Ding Gate is the Shui Ding Gate of the outer palace for dozens of steps. There is a crossing between the two Shui Ding Gate. This is also the narrowest part of the entire outer palace. There are more than 20 guards guarding the Shui Ding Gate, and the leader of the school captain Song Feiyu is the chief It's a sunny person.
Inside Shuidingmen is the inner dock of Jiangdu Palace, from which you can take a boat directly to the canal. At this time, a pleasure boat stopped at the dock.
After all, Yang Fangxin was a princess, and she knew she couldn't really leave the palace, so she smiled and asked, "Where are the horses? I'll ride here for a few laps."
"Princess, please go ashore, the horses are there."
Song Feiyu smiled and pointed forward. A white horse was tied to a willow tree not far away, and it seemed very gentle. Yang Fangxin was overjoyed, jumped ashore and walked towards the horse.
At this moment, Song Feiyu suddenly activated and slashed behind Yang Fangxin's ear. Yang Fangxin fell softly to the ground. Yu'er and another palace maid were also knocked unconscious. Everyone started to fight, blocked their mouths and stuffed them into a cloth bag. , quickly carry the pleasure boat.
As soon as the bamboo pole was supported, the water waves rippled, the pleasure boat started shaking and drove out of the Shuiding Gate and headed towards the distant river.