Guo Ning found a sheltered doorway inside Xuanhua Gate and found a simple blanket.
There were inevitably mosquitoes and lice in the doorway, but Guo Ning was so tired that he wrapped his robe around his head and fell asleep immediately.
When I woke up early the next morning, I felt refreshed. But Monk Luo's loud voice was ringing outside: "There are really thieves in this imperial city! Last night, someone went to Da'an Temple to cause trouble. I took the iron bone flower and hammered it to death."
Five! Two of them are under Li Erlang! Li Erlang, you have to give the Sa family an explanation!"
Then I heard Li Ting's excuses, saying that they were all prisoners and had not yet seen the strict military laws, so they would have to be honest in the future. Monk Luo yelled that there was no future, the Sa family had already saved them! Everyone else laughed.
Guo Ning stretched out and accidentally touched a wound on his shoulder, and took a breath. Everyone outside heard this and leaned over to look.
Standing on both sides of the doorway were still Zhao Jue and Ni Yi.
Guo Ning patted Zhao Jue's arm and said with a smile: "Are you feeling dizzy? Can you eat?"
Zhao Jue nodded repeatedly: "It's okay! I can eat and drink, and I'm energetic!"
Guo Ning squeezed his arm hard and looked at the crowd. It turned out that not only Li Ting, Jing Anmin, Du Shisheng, Han Xuan, but also Jing Anmin's subordinates Hao Duan, Ma Bao and others were there.
Jing Anmin and his party were all neatly dressed and seemed to be on guard all night. Especially Jing Anmin, whose eyes were bloodshot but his spirit was high.
"Brother Anmin, what's wrong with you?" Guo Ning asked with a smile: "Aren't Lao Hao and Lao Ma still asleep?"
At this time Ni Yi brought a cloth towel and cold water.
Guo Ning wiped his face vigorously and then heard Jing'an Min say: "There was another turmoil in the city last night. The soldiers guarded the palace city and did not dare to make any mistakes. Therefore, they took turns to go to the city to guard, lest someone would take advantage of them."
"It's chaos again? I was too asleep last night and didn't pay attention." Guo Ning put down the cloth, gargled his mouth, and asked vaguely: "Who is causing trouble this time? Who is unlucky?"
The people of Jing'an wanted to speak but stopped.
Du Shisheng said from the side: "It's ridiculous, Hu Shahu actually still has remnants of his troops scattered in the city. Last night they saw various armies entering the city, and they knew they were inevitable, so they resisted desperately, and they rushed in while looking at the high-ranking households in the city.
, I struggled for half an hour."
"A wealthy family?"
"It's the area in the east of the city where all the princes' palaces gather." Du Shisheng shook his head and sighed: "I don't know why the guards of those princes' palaces were so weak. Even Hu Shahu's small remnant party couldn't resist them. King Yue, King Kui and King Huo
The three Your Highnesses, together with the families of the three sect princes, were killed by the thieves at that time. The chaos then spread to many surrounding places, even Prince Sheng’s Mansion and the residences of many officials in the north were disturbed.”
"Then what?"
"Fortunately, Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou were leading their troops to inspect the city defense at that time. When they saw the disturbance in the city, they immediately sent troops to suppress it. They fought hard and finally wiped out all the remaining members of Hu Shahu's party."
Guo Ning looked at everyone's expressions and nodded: "These two are really interested."
Du Shisheng said it easily. In fact, the situation last night must have been tragic. Even if the Jurchen kings have been suppressed by the efforts of the two emperors in the past ten years or so, after all, the trees are big and the roots are deep, otherwise they would not be able to defeat Hu Shahu.
After death, the head will be revealed immediately.
If Wanyan Congjia hadn't been waiting outside the city, he might have been picked by one of these three people.
But such a force, with so many years of management, was unable to fight back in the face of outright violence. Guo Ning didn't need to think about it, he knew what a bloody scene it would be.
It's just that everyone present is a warrior who has struggled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. They have seen killings ten times more brutal than this, so they don't particularly care.
Ma Bao said enviously: "I heard that those two were praised by King Sheng for this. When all the ministers went to pay homage today, King Sheng also asked Miao and Zhang to be in charge of the palace guard!"
Monk Luo, Li Ting, and Han Xuan immediately laughed.
Ma Bao asked blankly: "What are you laughing at?"
Hao Duan took a piece of wheat cake and stuffed it into Ma Bao's mouth.
Ma Bao whined and waved his hand, wanting to say something else. Jing Anmin knew that his subordinate was honest, so he put another piece of wheat cake into his hand: "Eat the cake honestly! It's none of your business!"
After thinking about it, Jing Anmin took Ma Bao's round-collared robe and asked him to stand up, then kicked him on the butt: "It's better not to eat. You can go patrol the city again!"
Ma Bao staggered a few steps, with an incomprehensible look on his face. He was a rough and simple-minded man, and he didn't care. He laughed twice and headed towards the city.
Jing Anmin kept staring at Ma Bao until his figure disappeared behind the battlement on the corridor to the city, and then he said: "It looks like we are leaving the palace?"
Guo Ning nodded: "Once those three sect kings died, King Sheng became the only choice for the ministers. If Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou are so cruel, King Sheng will definitely like them. And both of them are Han'er. Before that,
It has nothing to do with the Jurchen nobles in the court, so it can be used with confidence. I estimate that the two of them should have received the transfer order by now and will take over from us and take control of the palace."
Du Shisheng added: "Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou controlled the imperial city and the palace city, Pusan Anzhen controlled the entire Daxing Mansion in the central capital, and Shuhu Gaoqi was stationed outside the city. The three forces were intertwined with each other, and King Sheng was able to ascend the throne.
Have the courage to proclaim yourself emperor."
These two old guys have made it to the top in one fell swoop. Not long ago, Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou were still under the front of the Mongolian army, trying their best to stabilize the villages they ran in Yizhou and Dingzhou. At that time, someone was needed
They said that they could enter Zhongdu and intervene in the most central position of the Kingdom of Jin. They would probably just laugh wildly and think that the speaker was crazy.
But now...
Jing Anmin couldn't help but laugh. Since yesterday, he has seen clearly the true faces of countless people in Zhongdu City.
Jing Anmin remembered the look in Guo Ning's eyes last night.
In Guo Ning's eyes, those high-ranking officials and nobles were just like dead people. Although Jing'an people were not so fierce, they no longer took these high-ranking figures seriously.
On the contrary, he has full confidence in Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou. Of these two people, one is generous and can win people's hearts, and the other is extremely shrewd and decisive. With the abilities of the two of them and the thousands of people in their hands, no one in Zhongdu can do anything.
them.
And with these two people entrenched at the center of the imperial court, and Guo Ning outside, they will definitely be able to fly without being restrained. The two parties support each other, which is a good thing for mutual benefit.
Just as he was thinking this, Guo Ning said leisurely: "The Mongolian army is rampaging now and will approach Zhongdu sooner or later. With Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou here, we can also have hope for Zhongdu... I hope this
The longer the city lasts, the longer the better, so that I can have time to slowly display it."
After hearing the first half of the sentence, Jing Anmin smacked his lips.
After all, this is Zhongdu! Such a big city with iron walls, as long as the people in the city are not in chaos, how can the Mongols conquer it? Guo Ning's words are too pessimistic.
Then he heard the second half of Guo Ning's sentence and immediately cheered up: "Then where are we going? After leaving Zhongdu, there must be somewhere to go, right?"
He looked at Guo Ning and then at Du Shisheng: "Sure enough, it's Shandong?"
Guo Ning nodded, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly stood up and looked under the city wall: "Qing Jin is here!"
As Yiza Chucai approached quickly, Guo Ning felt his heart beat a few times. He tried his best to keep a calm expression and smiled at everyone: "Let's see what he can bring to me."
Everyone knew that the final result was about to be revealed, so they stood up one after another.
He stabbed Chu Cai and urged his horse straight into Xuanhua Gate. Soldiers had already come forward to follow him and pointed out Guo Ning's location.
The tall scholar put his hands on the pergola and looked up. When he saw Guo Ning's figure, he held up the corners of his robe and trotted up from the walking path to the city.
After a few steps, he moved Chu Cai and bowed down and saluted: "I have met Mr. Lang."
"Get up, get up quickly." Guo Ning rushed up to help Chu Cai and move him.
He was not in a hurry to ask, but looked at Yitan Chucai's face. After a moment, he smiled and said: "Qing Jin has worked too hard these days. He has lost weight. It seems that his beard is also sparse."
Yizai Chucai actually looked at his own beard subconsciously. After doing so, he realized that Guo Ning was joking. This move made everyone around him laugh.
Turning his head, Guo Ning called Ni Yi again: "Get a clean cloth and wipe Jin Qing's sweat."
"No rush, no rush."
Yi La Chucai took out a folded white paper from his sleeve and handed it to Guo Ning: "Lang Jun, after King Sheng ascends the throne, arrangements will be made as soon as possible. Tu Dan Youcheng has also confirmed it.
At present, the court has no owner, and only the handwriting of Youcheng is the only evidence."
In fact, this handwriting is not an important piece of evidence. The current situation is such that if the important people in the court do not want to see the fragile balance between the various forces collapse again, they will have to hold their noses and approve it.
However, something is better than nothing.
Guo Ning opened the white paper and nodded slightly. There was nothing else on the paper except three big characters: "Ding Haijun."