Chapter five hundred and eighty eighth
The imperial guards shouted and asked the ministers to enter the palace from Xuanwu Gate. After hearing this, everyone knew it. They thought that the Queen Dugu had passed away. They probably had a candidate for the throne in the palace. Anyway, there were only two people, either the eldest princess or the prime minister, and there would be no third person!
The ministers no longer made noises, and they all got on their horses and took their servants to take a detour to Xuanwu Gate. On the way, some familiar ministers began to gather together, whispering, guessing who would become the emperor in the palace.
Almost everyone believed that Empress Dugu was dead. Those who were ministers should cry loudly, and those who were dying should die. In order to show their loyalty, they could even ask for a burial of their lives. Anyway, no matter who became the new emperor, they would not be allowed to die, so it is safe for the ministers to act in a gesture. However, no one has announced that Empress Dugu has passed away, so they don’t have to rush to cry.
Several ministers in red robes gathered together, one of them said, "I heard that the Taoist temple where the Second Prince lives, something happened yesterday. If I guessed it well, the Second Prince should have been gone. Not long after the eldest prince came back from the west of the town, and there was no one available under his command. I guess he would not be in the palace at this time."
Several other ministers nodded together, and one of the well-informed ministers said, "However, I heard that Yang Ze brought his troops back. He broke into the city last night and set a torch to burn the princess's palace. This is a rebellion!"
"Yang Ze is not afraid. At this critical moment, if he didn't help the eldest prince, he would actually go to vent his anger. How could such a person succeed? Moreover, he was burning a house, which means that he was not in the palace, and the eldest prince was naturally not in the palace. There were only two people in the palace, the eldest prince and the prime minister!" said another minister.
But as soon as he finished speaking, a minister disagreed and said, "The King of Prime Minister should not be in the palace either. So the two people in the palace should be the eldest princess and the King of Linzi. If I were asked to guess, there would be only one person left to die at this time."
Several ministers who heard him talked were silent together, and walked more than ten feet away before someone answered, "It should be like this, otherwise I wouldn't have closed the palace gate and refused to let me wait in. It should be cleaning up the front and ends inside, at least you have to wipe the blood clean. You guys say, who is more likely to be alive?"
"It seems that it should be the eldest princess. Maybe she is sitting in the hall, waiting for us to enter the palace and shout long live to her!" a minister snorted and said with a sneer.
But the other ministers shook their heads again and started talking nonsense. They had to follow the eldest princess' personality. As long as they win, they would immediately let the ministers enter the palace. She didn't care about wiping the blood in the palace, ascending the throne first and then talking about anything else. As long as they become emperor, who would dare to ask what the blood in the palace is going on? How did the King of Linzi be killed? This is inconsistent with the eldest princess' personality!
They guessed randomly, but after a long time, a minister suddenly said, "It's not that the imperial seal was not found, right? The eldest princess must have a throne edict. She occupied the palace. No edict could be written, hundreds of copies were written, but if there was no imperial seal, her edict would be useless!"
Several ministers took a breath of air conditioning in one go, and their eyes widened, thinking that the minister was very reasonable!
However, the imperial seal was lost... Of course, it could not be lost, but was hidden by someone. This is very likely. The eldest prince cannot find the jade seal. If he wants to ascend the throne, it will be a little troublesome. Who would hide the imperial seal?
Several ministers looked at each other and saw an answer from each other's eyes. This answer was very unique, that is, Princess Chengqian, the jade seal must have been hidden by Princess Chengqian. That Caicai is the daughter of the eldest prince, and Yang Ze, who led his troops back to the city, is also the eldest prince's iron-kick. Maybe he will be a son-in-law in the future. If they join forces, they will be able to compete with the eldest princess!
The ministers stopped talking this time and began to remember things. They were all new officials in the dynasty, not deeply rooted. The powerful Chang'an tribes, the Chang'an tribes have been swept away by the Queen Dugu. But for this reason, they do not value who is the emperor very much. Anyway, who is the emperor, the result is the same for them.
However, no matter what, if they can infer in advance who can become emperor in the end, they can stand in the team at the last critical moment and stand in the right team, this is very important, it is very important to their future. They may have this opportunity in their life to gain huge benefits by taking sides!
Hundreds of ministers were divided into many small piles. The things they were discussing were all this. After the discussion, they all fell silent. The entire team walked quietly, and even the followers they carried remained silent, just like their masters, they began to get nervous.
Not long after, the ministers walked around Xuanwu Gate and lined up in front of the palace gate, waiting for the people in the palace to call them to court. This time, no one was arguing, and they were all waiting quietly.
Xuanwu Gate is both a city gate and a palace gate. It is divided into two doors inside and outside. The outer door is the city gate and the inner door is the palace gate. There is an open space between the two doors. The ministers stand on the open space, and a large number of soldiers stand on both the inner and outer doors.
The ministers waited for a while, but there was no movement in the palace. They were too nervous just now, but now when they relaxed, they would inevitably look around. A careful minister found that the number of guards in front of the inner gate was much smaller, while there were a lot more guards on the outer gate. This was really amazing!
It was not just one person who discovered this phenomenon, but many ministers discovered it and inevitably started to whisper again.
The small group of red-robed ministers came together again. Anyway, they had similar ranks and stood in line. One minister said, "It's amazing. At this time, there should be many soldiers on the palace wall and few people on the city wall. The palace is the key point. Why is it going backwards now?"
A minister whispered: "Is it possible that there is danger outside the city now, so the focus has become outside the city?"
They looked at the city wall together and found that there were at least two thousand soldiers standing on the city wall. So many soldiers standing here only meant that Xuanwu Gate was unsafe, but the safety in the city is quite reasonable now. Only Yang Ze and his people were setting fires everywhere, but they only burned the houses of the eldest princess and the others. There was no manuscript to make the whole city chaotic, so there were only people outside the city who needed defense!
Another minister said: "There is a need to be guarded outside the city? Who will be that?"
"Imperial Guard?"
"Stop talking. The Imperial Guards don't want to rebel. Unless someone instructs them, why are you running to Xuanwu Gate? Where do you think this is the previous dynasty!"
Several ministers looked at each other, spoke in unison, but said very quietly: "Yang Ze!"
Yang Ze was a man with heavy troops and led a large army to expedition. If he had any ideas, Nati's troops rushed back to Chang'an and threatened Xuanwu Gate. That was very likely. Yang Ze brought his confidant cavalry into the city and left a large group of people outside. Wouldn't this become a cooperation between inside and outside?
These ministers did not know Yang Ze's plan, nor did they know that the Right Shenwu Army did not listen to Yang Ze's words. As for Yang Ze's intention to let them attack Chang'an City, the Right Shenwu Army would never listen to such orders. How the eldest princess and Li Zhenglong dealt with Yang Ze were all acting secretly. They did not tell the ministers why they told the ministers such things, were they free? So no ministers knew the key. They thought that Yang Ze could fully control the Right Shenwu Army, and the army was waiting outside the Xuanwu Gate!
Hundreds of ministers were still divided into many small piles, all talking about their thoughts. At this moment, suddenly, they heard a noise on the city wall, and the guards began to run. The generals also began to give orders loudly. Then, the ministers heard a noise outside the city, and the sound was extremely loud, as if tens of thousands of people were shouting, and the content of the shouting was even simpler, that was, the guards wanted to open the Xuanwu Gate!
The ministers looked at each other. Did they guess correctly that the Right Shenwu Army was really going to start attacking Xuanwu Gate? Yang Ze was in the city. If the Right Shenwu Army also began to attack the city, then no matter who had the upper hand in the palace, it would be a big problem. Will the army still expect not to kill people when entering the city?
Is it time to take the team now? How should this team stand?
On the city wall, the generals pulled their necks and shouted, asking the guards to set up all the bows and arrows and aimed at the enemies below. At the same time, they shouted at the enemies below, asking the enemies below to go away. Are they going to rebel? They gathered outside Xuanwu Gate!
Outside Xuanwu Gate, there was a team of hundreds of people, all of which were armored knights, and they also brought siege hammers. Although they had not attacked yet, it was scary to see so many soldiers standing outside the city gate, especially the siege hammers and sandbags used to fill the moat, which was the real threat!
The men and women on the city wall shouted, asking the guards not to be afraid, and they all shouted: "They can't get through. Look at the sandbags they brought, which are not enough to fill the moat, they can't get through!"
The leading generals outside the city gate shouted: "Brothers, prepare for the rockets. If they don't put down the suspension bridge, we will set the rockets and shoot the bastards on it to death!"
The army outside the city gate looked very powerful, but the military discipline was really poor. They were dressed like steel warriors, but stood in a mess. Some people were still running around like headless flies. They ran and shouted while shouting. A team of tens of thousands of people could make noises of tens of thousands of people. The degree of chaos in this army can be imagined!
This army was extremely well-equipped, but the military discipline was too poor. It was a miscellaneous army mixed with some of the Zhenxi Army and the famous hooligans in Chang'an City!
Yang Ze sent people to call them to Xuanwu Gate, just to scare the defenders and do nothing else, just to make trouble at Xuanwu Gate. As for the way to make trouble, it will be their wishes. Yang Ze did not explain in detail. He had no plan himself, and it was even more impossible to assign tasks to this army.
But because he just asked this army to come to Xuanwu Gate, it just fits the characteristics of this army. The Zhenxi soldiers have always been lawless and advocated personal courage. One of the reasons why the gangsters in Chang'an are notorious is that they will cause chaos even if there is no chaos!
When it comes to combat effectiveness, this army cannot even get through the moat, let alone conquering Xuanwu Gate, but if they talk about shouting, harsh words, and loud voices, then these more than a thousand people can scare tens of thousands of troops with their mouths alone!
I heard someone shouting below: "Grands above, listen, Grandpa is worthy of you when he walks from your door, so he can open the door quickly and kneel down to welcome Grandpa into the city! Open the door quickly, Grandpa counts three numbers, just count three numbers, one...two...two and a half...three! Okay, Grandpa gives you another chance, one, two, open the door quickly, otherwise I can count three!" (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
Chapter completed!