Chapter 138 – Idle Pushing of the Door Under the Moon and Violent Surge

The imperial city is even thicker than the powerful nobles in Kyoto, the upper can ride a horse, the lower can store things, even the room where the forbidden army deliberates is set between those big green stones, in the darkness, there is a solemnity. Only a few jumping lights, illuminating the faces of all the people in the room, all the people’s eyes, let them wake up.

These generals and lieutenants of the forbidden army are indeed very tired, since the three horsemen entered the capital and reported the report of the Great Eastern Mountain, the whole Kyoto is stormy, and the palace they are responsible for guarding has become the center of the storm that all the forces are staring at. For several consecutive days, none of the generals could leave the imperial city, and even when they were on duty, no one dared to return to the palace to rest.

Flame in the eyes of the great prince into a burning luster, he looked at the room more than a dozen generals, cold voice said: “What the king said, all of you have heard clearly?”

The chamber was silent, one general sank to one knee and said through clenched teeth, “The last general is not clear.”

“Shall I read out the posthumous edict again?” The Grand Prince stared into his eyes and said in a chilling voice, “The Crown Prince colluded with Northern Qi’s Eastern Barbarians assassins to assassinate the late Emperor on top of the Great Eastern Mountain with the intention of plotting to usurp the throne, and framed Lord Little Fan afterwards. Since this king has received the late emperor’s posthumous edict, those who are to be executed will be executed!”

The general glanced at the thin piece of paper beside the Grand Prince, his eyes narrowed slightly and said, “Your Highness, the so-called posthumous edict, who knows whether it is true or false?”

The Grand Prince looked at him indifferently, then slowly took out a box from his arms and placed it on the table.

The box was opened, and inside was a small seal on one side, which was the …… emperor s line seal that had been missing for several days, making the palace decree never able to comply with the transition!

As soon as the line seal came out, the room full of generals’ faces changed dramatically, each kneeling on the ground, saluting to this side of the jade seal, no one dared to say more.

“I respectfully obey your highness’ military orders.”

“Lord Little Fan was ordered to weed out the rebels and ordered this king to help.”

The Grand Prince’s gaze slowly slid over the faces of these generals kneeling on the ground, reading the minds of many. Although he had already placed many close friends within the forbidden army after listening to Fan Xian’s persuasion and taking command of the forbidden army at ease, the remnants of Yan Xiaoyi’s forces left behind by his rule of the forbidden army were still extremely numerous, and if he wanted to rely on this party’s traveling seals and posthumous edicts, he would let these people convince him to use them for himself…….

The corner of the Grand Prince’s eye twitched, sneering to himself in his heart, there was never anything so simple in the world.

“Any generals who are willing to follow this king to save the country from danger, please stand up.” The Grand Prince spoke calmly, the glow emanating from the several oil lamps in the corner of the chamber enveloped his face, making his face seem to gradually overflow with blood.

All the generals in the room stood up. The power is stronger than the people, at this time the room is full of the great prince’s personal army lieutenants, even if those generals have other thoughts in their hearts, but they don’t dare to make an issue in front of them.

The general who came out to speak in front of him had some bitter lips, he had been in contact with the Princess in the palace, but he did not expect that this night, the Grand Prince would suddenly make trouble, and all the generals were concentrated in the secret room for a meeting, and the transmission was so fast that he did not give himself a moment of reaction time.

All the forbidden army generals were in the chamber, not a single one was left out, and if the Grand Imperial Prince chose to kill, no one would be able to resist, so those who were Yan Xiaoyi’s original subordinates had no choice but to make false pretenses for the time being.

“Zhang Hao, Chen Yijiang ……,” the grand prince suddenly opened his mouth, naming five general officers.

Those five general officers’ faces chilled as they looked at each other, sensing a hint of inauspiciousness, and walked out from the queue. These five were all subordinates that Yan Xiaoyi had promoted back when he was there.

The Grand Prince looked at these five people indifferently, pausing for a moment before saying quietly, “You know what this king’s intention is in calling you out.”

A general’s face turned as if it was dirt, and with a plop, he fell to his knees in front of the Grand Prince and said, “Your Highness! The last general absolutely looks up to Your Highness, and has absolutely no dissenting thoughts.”

The Grand Imperial Prince looked at him and nodded, saying gently, “How about commissioning you to stay in this chamber for half a day first?”

That general’s face changed color, but he finally nodded and retreated back to the wall.

The other four people, on the other hand, had incomparably complicated emotions in their hearts, if they were guarded in this chamber by the Grand Prince’s own soldiers, how could they send a message to the palace?

Four people look at each other, or that the leader of the people who spoke spoke, this person surnamed Chen name a river, is Yan Xiaoyi personally promoted up the year of the close friends, know that today, since the great prince against, how can not tolerate their own, and their own identity is doomed, it is not possible to tie their hands in this way.

Chen Yijiang was silent for a moment and then said, “Your Highness, at this time, two thousand forbidden troops above the imperial city, at least six to seven hundred people, are subordinate to these five of us, dare to ask Your Highness, if there is no assistance from us, how will you subdue all the forbidden troops?”

He raised his head violently and said with a cold smile, “The Kyoto guard division may enter the capital at any time, and the forbidden army has transferred a third of them to the Great Eastern Mountain, so what can you take to counteract those tigers and wolves today? The last general dares to ask the king to think about it, lest he misuse his own life.”

Although these words were spoken sternly, these silent officers in the room were clear that this was nothing more than Chen Yijiang’s colorful final struggle.

“This king never needs to rethink what he has thought about.”

The Grand Prince looked at Chen Yijiang coldly, his eyes gradually filled with a murderous intent, a cold murderous intent that had been honed from fighting the Hu people in the west back then.

Chen Yijiang’s heart trembled, hot blood rushed up, roar, hand gripped the waist side of the knife, choking sound unsheathed knife, then rushed over to the great prince.

The roar was cut short, the sword fell to the ground, and three spears pierced Chen Yijiang’s body in an unusually cold-blooded and brutal manner, penetrating his body and hanging in mid-air like this!

Chen Yijiang’s mouth sprayed blood, unwillingly and despairingly looking at the Grand Imperial Prince three feet away, his body convulsed twice on the spears, and he died with his head hanging down.

At the same time Chen Yijiang drew his sword and rushed over, the other three generals left behind by Yan Xiaoyi also drew their swords and bravely but desperately rushed over. Just the room is full of the great prince’s close friends, only to hear several swish and break wind sound, knife light flashes a few times within the red red light ……

Corpses fell to the ground, the smell of blood gradually rose, four generals of the forbidden army just suffocated and died.

The Grand Prince quietly looked at the corpses at his feet, suddenly turned his head to look at the last general, looking at the man trembling his legs, but simply did not have the courage to go forward, could not help but shake his head, and softly spat something.

“Watch well.” The Grand Imperial Prince commanded to his cronies, yet without looking back, he walked out of the room where the proceedings were taking place.

Walking high above the Imperial City, the Grand Prince stood in the corner tower of the Imperial City, his palm gently caressing the defending crossbow machine that was fixed with a dead set plate, his eyes following the large crossbow arrows that flared with black light to the square outside the Imperial City, as well as the four streets and alleys outside the square that had already been controlled by the forbidden army.

“According to the Marshal’s order, those six hundred men are all resting in shifts at this time.” The school official who had personally arranged for Fan Xian to lead the team into the palace stood behind the Grand Imperial Prince and reported in a low voice.

After spending a day and a half tampering with the change of duty of the forbidden army, the Grand Prince finally succeeded in transferring those six hundred or so forbidden soldiers away from the Imperial City without alerting those four generals who were already dead at this point.

The Grand Prince said quietly, “Are you ready?”

That colonel looked up at the Grand Prince and resolutely reported, “Twelve hundred people have completed the encirclement, ready to strike at any time.”

At this moment, in those resting quarters of the forbidden army, there were already twelve hundred subordinates loyal to the Grand Prince, sneaking in in the darkness of the night, dividing and surrounding the six hundred soldiers. As long as an order was given, they would raise their butcher’s knives and remove the last part of the unstable factors in the forbidden army.

“Those soldiers should still be sleeping.” The Grand Prince’s expression was somewhat complicated, “Dying in their sleep should be good.”

The Grand Prince personally led tens of thousands of troops on a westward expedition back then, striking a good deal of success on the border of Western Hu. The most praised, as well as the virtue of letting the soldiers in the army to serve death, is that he has always loved soldiers like children. However …… mercy does not control the army, especially in the major events involving the future of the Qing Kingdom, the Grand Prince’s heart is like an iron stone.

“Honorable Hau Grand Marshal sends the order.” That crony, however, did not know what was in the heart of the Grand Prince, there was some anxiety in his heart, secretly thinking that Little Lord Fan had already entered the palace, and if the King suddenly went soft at this time, no one knew what would happen after daybreak, which is why he had such a reminder and careful urging.

The Grand Prince smiled to himself and withdrew his gaze from those darkened homes, looking back towards the deeper night shrouded palace.

He looked at it for a long time and never issued an order, as it was still as calm as ever in that harem.

“It is not for me to decide when to strike.” The Grand Prince gently patted the heavy garrison crossbow under his palm and said, “If we make the first move, I’m afraid we’ll only startle the people in the palace …… Fan Xian, who will decide when to make the move.”

He looked at the quiet deep palace, could not help but shake his head, himself in fact and this palace wall of the city guard crossbow how similar, although powerful, but by some concrete or nothingness to bind the hands and feet, can only be the arrow blade to the outside of the palace, but can not bear to the palace.

The whole imperial city was divided into three areas, the cold palace at the end of the square autumn garden small building, did not live in what nobles, basically is forgotten corner. The area surrounded by the walls of the Imperial City at the King’s Landing Square is a solemn complex that includes the Taichi Palace, where the Emperor of Qing and his ministers discuss and decide on all things in Qing.

The place where the nobles live is after the Taichi Palace, which consists of countless palaces guarded by the inner guards and the eunuchs of the inner court, which we generally call the Harem.

Many people thought that once they entered the Imperial City they could enter the Harem without any problems, but they seemed to have forgotten how much the Emperor, an alternative male creature, cared about his territory and his female beasts.

Emperors of all dynasties have been very tight on this matter, because they have too many women, and then gifted, but also can not help but cold too much, naturally become the world’s most easy to wear a cuckold of the Lord.

In order not to wear a cuckold, the emperors invented eunuchs, in the harem and the front of the palace along the middle of the high wall, scattered a large number of their trusted guards. So history, and the harem concubines have a leg or have a finger of color, basically can not escape guards, eunuchs, eunuchs these three kinds of people.

However, although the high walls of the harem could not prevent the red apricots in the palace from reaching out beyond the walls, it succeeded in preventing many people who wanted to conspire against the emperor.

History has long proved this. More than a hundred years ago during the Wei Dynasty, there was once a civil servant who took advantage of the emperor’s far away patrols with the intention of plotting against the emperor, and he, like Fan Xian tonight, only brought a thousand people to kill into the imperial city, somehow passed the defense of the forbidden army, and saw success in the inter …… but was left behind in the harem of the empress with a large number of guards eunuchs and palace maidens, and succeeded in keeping those rebellious soldiers out of the palace gates. The soldiers blocked outside the palace gate.

Finally this bold civilian minister, despair, those women and children eunuchs, even more powerful than the forbidden army, actually sealed themselves outside the palace for three days long!

Finally the rebel, of course, ended in death. And successfully prevent this plot against, in addition to that the empress of the calm and courage, the palace eunuchs and palace maid guards of all the people, in fact, the most critical reason …… is the emperor used to captive women’s high walls, is too strong!

However where there is a wall, there must be a door, unless it is an underground tomb. Plus because mankind has always disliked from God opened another window to climb in and out, so again how to prohibit the outline of the strict building, will also open a variety of doors.

And when there is a door, there is naturally someone who opens it. So decide whether a place is good to attack, the key is not in the door how thick, inside the bolt is not made of steel, but lies in whether you mastered the person who opens the door.

Chairman Mao and many great men have said that the ultimate mystery that determines everything is people.

Fan Xian dared to surprise everyone by attacking the harem, naturally because he had mastered the person who opened the door.

Two hundred “forbidden army” in accordance with the weekdays of the scheduled journey, the silent and nervous patrol, in the high wall of the imperial city toward the west, will be to the star below, the sky suddenly a cloud over, the starlight faded, the city dark, forbidden army along the back and forth of the stone ladder walked down.

The taiji hall has no light at all, occasionally you can see a few guards carrying lanterns to patrol, and eunuchs in charge of the night watch, rickety walk through.

This group of forbidden troops gathered at the place nearest to the harem under the imperial city, and then …… dispersed like the wind!

Fan Xian indifferently watched his subordinates, scattering like countless falcons, swooping down on those people and lights that remained in the former palace. In but a split second of effort, those lights went out, and a handful of guards were silently stabbed to death.

He nodded, these two hundred people were a mixed unit, one hundred people were transferred from the five hundred black cavalry, the other one hundred people were the last group of assassin troops collected from the six divisions, acting in the darkness, they were really ruthless and powerful.

Jing Ge, the deputy commander of the Black Riders who followed him, glanced at him, then at the high wall of the Harem some dozens of feet away, and asked in a deep voice, “A strong attack?”

Fan Xian’s gaze glanced at an unnoticeable door under the palace wall, shook his head and said, “We’ll take the door.”

“Take the door?” Jing Ge glanced at Lord Titus in surprise, thinking to himself that his words were truly marvelous, could it be that after a trip to the Great Eastern Mountains, he had actually learned the legendary ability to penetrate the walls of the temple?

Fan Xian ignored him and took off his heavy forbidden army armor, revealing his tight black nightclothes on the inside, using the cover of the trees in the front palace to approach the square door.

Jing Ge made a gesture behind him, and the members of the assault squad that were scattered in the surrounding darkness suddenly swept back like bats, arranging themselves in two straight lines with Fan Xian as the center, sticking closely under the palace wall of the harem.

Jing Ge also followed, standing two feet behind Fan Xian, looking up at the wall, thinking that it wasn’t too high, and that at least a large portion of these two hundred people would be able to climb over it.

Right at this moment, the clouds in the sky slightly dispersed, and a round of bright and clear moon penetrated out from between the light clouds, and the silvery moonlight shone on Jing Ge’s silver mask, which was very beautiful.

Fan Xian stood in front of the door and gently knocked on the door under the moon.

His knuckles gently fell on the thick wooden door, making a slight buzzing sound. However, it was a single sound, and no one responded behind the wooden door, but immediately afterward, there was the faint sound of the door spring lightly moving.

The two hundred men in black lurking on both sides of Fan Xian, their faces were involuntarily shocked, this night following Little Lord Fan, by the late emperor’s posthumous order to kill into the palace, although these two hundred people are brave and loyal, but their hearts are also sadly prepared for certain death.

I didn’t expect that Lord Little Fan would just gently knock the door of the harem open!

In this instant, all the subordinates who had killed their way into the Imperial City suddenly felt a boundless awe for Fan Xian in their hearts, and their confidence in this night’s success or failure was doubled.

The wooden door of the harem was extremely thick and heavy, and it was obvious that the inner traitor who opened the door inside was struggling a bit. Fan Xian closed his eyes and put his meaty palm on top of the wooden door, and suddenly frowned, his body’s true qi was slightly transportation, and the gentle TianDongDi true qi was transmitted to the door along with his palm, shocking the wooden door open to about two people’s width.

It opened the door very gently, without making a single sound.

Fan Xian flashed through the door like a gust of wind, then glanced at the eunuchs behind the door who were looking at him with tense, frightened eyes, nodded slightly, and said, “Tough job.”

Eunuch Dai swallowed a mouthful of water and glanced at the dark surroundings with some trepidation, not daring to answer.

I’m afraid that the Eldest Princess’ side hadn’t expected that within the palace today, there was actually someone who dared to risk the danger of a full house to be Fan Xian’s mole. Even more, no one would have thought that this traitor, actually is now long gone when the power, just an ordinary poor old eunuch Dai eunuch!

Yes, Fan Xian had been kind to Eunuch Dai, at least three times. But this eunuch’s willingness to risk so much to help Fan Xian was more than just repaying a favor. On the one hand, he wanted to help Fan Xian to regain the power he missed after losing it, and on the other hand, he had been deeply involved with Fan Xian all these years, so if the crown prince really became the emperor, I was afraid that he wouldn’t even want to work for the Laundry Bureau, and would just wait for his death.

Most importantly, Eunuch Dai knew that his nephew had been under Fan Xian’s watchful eye, and Eunuch Dai was counting on his nephew to take care of his own life.

Eunuch Dai looked around fearfully, he was actually a bit puzzled, why did he open the door so smoothly, and why didn’t those guards who were staring around notice him?

“My lord, slave will lead the way for you ……”

The palace door that was opened two people wide, from time to time, black-clothed men drifted in. These men in black were extremely fast, and within a moment, they all burst into the middle of the harem, each choosing the terrain to hide their form. Dai eunuch looked at this scene, heart trembling with fear, know that this is the small Fan Lord used to mess the palace’s subordinates, just look at the …… people seem to be a little too little, right?

“Find a place to play dead.”

Fan Xian said softly to Eunuch Dai, the determination in his eyes gradually intensifying. His familiarity with the terrain of the palace was unimaginable to all, for from the first time he entered the Hall of Contained Light to steal the key, he had calculated the retreat route for the palace raid many times in his residence.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.

Dai eunuch heard, hurriedly rick disappeared in the dark night, listening to the words of small Fan adults, find an unobtrusive place to pretend to die.

And the two hundred night people over here had each made their final preparations. Fan Xian glanced at Jing Ge, his thin lips slightly opened, and spat out an incredibly cold word: “Suddenly!”

The mission had been arranged long before entering the palace. Having eyes and ears in the palace that others couldn’t even guess at, and having channels in all directions to help Fan Xian understand, he knew the layout of the palace very well, and had divided the two hundred people into four groups, the most crucial of which were the two groups led by him and Jing Ge.

Fan Xian would lead the assassins and swordsmen of the six departments to raid the Hall of Containing Light, making sure to rescue Ning Cai Ren, Yi Gui Concubine, and the Third Prince from the Empress Dowager’s personal custody before the people in the palace reacted!

This is a top priority. The eldest prince dared to lead the forbidden army against him precisely because he believed that Fan Xian would be able to get his mother out, and naturally, Fan Xian could not let down his elder brother who trusted him so much.

As for Jing Ge, he was leading the Black Riders, who were mainly single-horsemen, and he wanted to attack Guangxin Palace with a sudden attack, in order to hit the target.

Because the Eldest Princess was in Guangxin Palace, if he did not kill this woman, Fan Xian would always feel that there was a poisonous snake staring at him.

Fan Xian has already found out that Wan Er and Dabao are in Guangxin Palace, but he does not personally go to Guangxin Palace, on the one hand, it is more important at the Hall of Containing Light, on the other hand …… I do not know if it is because he is subconsciously also very afraid of facing that kind of situation, so he simply let Jing Ge lead the army?

Two hundred black-clothed people like two hundred ghosts, in the pale moonlight, divided into countless lines, along the arrows, to the various places in the harem pounced.

Fan Xian traveled at breakneck speed in the direction of the Hall of Containing Light, passing flowers, trees, lakes, and pavilions along the way, and then met a few guards.

“C-worthy guards with swords.”

Fan Xian didn’t even look at these guards who were standing by, he just said in his heart that the guards who were responsible for patrolling this area in shifts were C-value guards, and it seemed that the little guy didn’t miss a beat.

The reason why he didn’t even look at these guards was because these guards along the road could no longer move!

I don’t know if they were poisoned or what kind of curse they were under, these guards who were closest to the palace gate opened by Eunuch Dai had their eyes rolled around in horror, but they couldn’t make a sound, and their entire bodies were a bit stiff, so it was no wonder that Eunuch Dai had opened the palace gate for Fan Xian in such a smooth manner!

This scene was bizarre, a few guards responsible for the harem guards, looking at the black-clothed man floating over in front of their eyes, were unable to react!

Snorting several times, the last two of Fan Xian’s group of six place swordsmen, drew their braziers, and cleanly slashed at the throats of these few guards, killing them, and also allowing them to finally get rid of this nightmarish emotional distress.

Past the trees, past the flowers, past the lake, past the pavilion, the Hall of Containing Light was close at hand.

Fan Xian threw out his hand, and a concealed crossbow shot out, nailing one of the night watch eunuchs who had discovered himself and opened his mouth to cry out!

Fan Xian needed speed, he needed the feeling of sudden and severe killing that this speed brought, he needed the shock of this feeling to everyone in the palace, so he didn’t care if his figure was exposed.

The drug could only be used against a class of guards, and could only ensure that the guards found out about him a little later. He never had the luxury of bursting into the palace with two hundred people until he stood in front of the Empress Dowager’s bed, while still none of the guards would be able to discover him.

It was only a matter of time before he was discovered.

The Hall of Containing Light was less than thirty feet away from this group of black night assassins that shot out like arrows from a string.

Suddenly, there was a cry of alarm from the distant rear, and the sound of several swords clashing with iron and gold. Fan Xian did not turn around, but he could also hear that it was not in the direction of Guangxin Palace, and that it should be the other two groups of subordinates who were preparing to go in the dark to the place where the guards were stationed.

His heart tightened and a drop of cold sweat seeped out from his forehead, knowing that his whereabouts had finally been discovered.

“Release, disperse!”

Fan Xian’s figure did not stop, but his right hand clenched into a fist before dispersing swiftly. At the sight of this command, the well-trained swordmen of the six divisions of the Inspection Academy immediately dispersed from behind him, transforming into countless curves along that curved lake on the side of the Hall of Containing Light, skirting around the road, taking advantage of the cover of the trees, and sweeping towards that cold palace.

And the Inspectorate swordsman who was dragging at the very back, violently paused, his brazier stabbed into the earth, took out a small tube from his bosom, squinted his eyes at the bright moon in the sky, and then yanked it with force!

Fireworks straight to the sky, a moment, will be this clear deep black palace shine clearly, but also to the Kyoto on all sides of the hidden people, sent the clearest signal.

The hidden trail had come to an end, and officially entered the sudden kill.

A sword flew over and chopped into the right shoulder of that Inspectorate’s swordsman. This swordsman, who was still holding the fireworks at this point, didn’t dodge it, and blood blossomed out. However, after he let out a muffled grunt, his left hand pulled the iron brazier from the ground, and fought with the two guards who came next to him.

Fan Xian at this time is only ten feet from the Hall of Light, he did not go to see the fireworks, no time to pay attention to the death of that loyal subordinates, just coldly staring at the Hall of Light, and found that there has been movement inside, can not help but heart gradually chilled, this harem in the defense forces of the speed of reaction, is really high out of their own estimates.

Fast, faster!

There seemed to be guards reacting in all directions, and Fan Xian was now facing the Hall of Containing Light, his eyes narrowed slightly, his killing intent fully released, and the hegemonic true qi in his body was raised to the extreme point of what his meridians could accommodate in a split second, and then he stepped on the stone fence on the side of the hall!

The stone fence shattered to pieces!

Borrowing the force of this tremendous recoil, Fan Xian’s person flew up, like a large black bird, riding above the Hall of Containing Light in the moonlight with a rough and arrogant gesture, displaying his determination!

To the highest place, the true qi slowed down, his body had a downward momentum, he stifled a grunt, his right hand slapped down horizontally and horizontally, with the momentum of a big wall coffin, his body was driven to move three points horizontally, and slapped on the glazed tiles of the Hall of Containing Light.

Under the slap, the tiles flew chaotically, flying about in the moonlight, giving the impression that it seemed as if the entire Hall of Containing Light was being slapped and trembled in this instant!

No one could match Fan Xian’s speed at this moment, no one dared to resist such a forward momentum. Under the moonlight, he used the force of the slap to soar up again, like a great bird spreading its wings, and was at the top of the hall, before his qi traveled all over his body and crashed down!

A loud rumble, the Hall of Containing Light was held by his whole body’s domineering true qi, hard smashed out a big hole to!

Just as the palace maid of the Hall of Contented Light was lighting the first palace lamp in terror, Fan Xian, dressed in black, landed on the floor of the back of the Hall of Contented Light like a stone. His side was covered in broken tiles and gray soil, and under his feet was the lapis lazuli floor that had been stepped on and cracked inch by inch.

In his hand was the Heavenly Son Sword.