These people were the confidants recruited and promoted by Qiu Yizhi, and they could not be trusted anymore. Therefore, when he saw them, he immediately felt confident and said loudly: "Someone is causing trouble now. We will go immediately to protect the emperor's safety." , everyone come with me." After that, he walked towards the emperor's bedroom and study in "Qingya Temple".
Qiu Yizhi led more than two hundred brave soldiers to the emperor's residence. Instead of escorting him, it seemed more like he was kidnapping the emperor and plotting evil. And in this "Qingya Temple", Zhao Chengxiao is not the only one responsible for guarding. The momentum of such a big operation will inevitably attract the attention of other departments, who come to inquire about the situation.
Now is the time of great urgency. Qiu Yizhi doesn't have time to explain to them. He only needs to explain what he can clearly in one or two sentences. If he can't explain clearly, he just surrenders his weapons. In just a blink of an eye, he has already killed them. In front of Emperor Zheng Rong's temporary palace.
After all, it is the emperor who has the emperor. Although Qiu Yizhi had soldiers at hand, he did not dare to be too arrogant. He stretched out his hand to signal the soldiers behind him to slow down and move forward carefully. However, he saw that the door of the palace was surrounded by soldiers. Look at their clothes. However, they all looked like the Northwest Army, and there were about forty or fifty people in number.
Qiu Yizhi shouted: "No! Zheng Xin took the lead!"
This group of northwest troops are naturally direct descendants of Zheng Xin. The emperor's palace is surrounded by them, which means that the emperor is now controlled by Zheng Xin.
Zhao Chengxiao also realized this and asked Qiu Yizhidao in a panic: "Sir, it seems that His Highness has arrived at the Emperor's side. What should we do?"
Qiu Yi didn't have time to think too much and replied: "There's nothing wrong with it. Be polite first and then fight. I'll just ask Zheng Xin to come out. If he doesn't come out, he will break in. If he can't break in, he will fight his way in. There is no need to be polite to him. "He was so eager to suppress the rebellion that he no longer cared about etiquette in front of the emperor.
After that, Qiu Yizhi stepped forward and asked a leading officer of the Northwest Army: "Hey, let me ask you, is Zheng Xin inside?" Yuchi Lianghong, Yuchi Jiming and his daughter also hurriedly followed. Go up and protect you on the left and right.
The officer cadet was two heads taller than Qiu Yizhi, with a full beard and a purple scar on his right cheek. He looked very fierce. Hearing Qiu Yizhi's question, he was a little dazed - a piece of Zheng Xin's Given his status, no one ever called him by his first name. Secondly, he thought his actions were secret, so how could this little man of unknown origin know about it.
So the tall officer replied: "Who are you? Do you care? Why don't you step back!" The officer was not very smart, so these two sentences actually answered Qiu Yizhi's question.
Qiu Yi knew what he was doing, so he shouted loudly: "Qiu Yi has come to escort me and ask for an order to pay my respects to the Holy One!"
He shouted loudly, but there was no response from the palace. However, an extremely tense atmosphere radiated from the inside out, frightening Qiu Yizhi, who had always been bold and bold, and his heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably. .
Seeing that there was no response, Qiu Yi shouted again: "Qiu Yi misses the Emperor very much. If the Emperor has no will, he will come in to pay his respects. Please forgive me!"
With his shout, the palace door finally opened a crack, and a man in light armor walked out of the door, scolding: "Qiu Yizhi, aren't you in the cell? Why did you come here without authorization? The emperor is not feeling well now. , if you were shocked, wouldn’t you be able to bear the crime?”
The person who spoke was the emperor's eldest son Zheng Xin.
Seeing Zheng Xin's appearance, Qiu Yiyi suddenly remembered that his master Zhongli Kuang had just been killed by him, and felt that his whole body was almost bursting with anger. He cursed: "You have no king and no father, you rebellious minister, I I have nothing to say to you, I want to see the emperor!"
Zheng Xin is the majestic eldest son who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. He has never been insulted in such a direct way. His face turned pale with anger: "You Qiu Yizhi, you dare to insult the prince, you have committed a crime." It's a crime of disrespect. I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you. You go back and write a memorial to apologize, and don't disturb the emperor's rest!"
"Fart!" Qiu Yizhi said obscene words, "You are the emperor's son, and I am also the emperor's adopted son. We have been equals since we were young, so is it disrespectful to scold you? What's more, you are a rebellious minister and traitor. How can I scold you? Wrong? Do you dare to confront me in front of the Holy One?"
Zheng Xin felt guilty, so of course he did not dare to meet the emperor with Qiu Yi to argue, so he spat: "I won't talk to you, you have made a mistake and gone crazy!" After saying that, he seemed to run away. Turning around and hiding his face, he was about to return to the emperor's palace.
How could Qiu Yizhi allow him to leave like this? She opened her legs and wanted to follow him in.
Zheng Xin also could not let Qiu Yizhi enter the house, and hurriedly ordered his northwest soldiers: "This man is a madman, stop him! Don't scare the Holy Master."
This group of northwest troops only recognized Zheng Xin and did not recognize the emperor, let alone Qiu Yizhi, the emperor's adopted son with a dishonest name and unfaithful words. After listening to Zheng Xin's order, they immediately prepared their swords, guns and weapons. He took it out, got into a fighting stance, and was about to drive away Qiu Yizhi and others.
This "Qingya Temple" is now the emperor's palace. All the security measures are the same as those in the Forbidden City. Even relatives like the prince are not allowed to enter without permission with weapons. Therefore, if the Northwest Army under Zheng Xin dared to show off their weapons here, they would have committed a serious crime of treason.
Thinking of this, Qiu Yizhi was confident in her heart, and she loudly ordered: "Zheng Xin came to court with swords and slingshots, and he has evil intentions. Zhao Chengxiao, you are the guard here, why haven't you disarmed them yet?"
After hearing this, Zheng Xin suddenly felt that he had been caught by Qiu Yizhi. He suddenly panicked and hurriedly said: "These people were brought in to protect him after I heard that someone was trying to harm the emperor. I didn't expect it to be you. Qiu Yi is entangled with the emperor's servants and intends to rebel! If you are wise, please put down your weapons and apologize, I can still save you a life in front of the emperor!"
Qiu Yizhi knew that there was no point in arguing with Zheng Xin now, so he refused to answer him. He turned to Zhao Chengxiao and said, "Zhao Chengxiao, have you heard everything? Why don't you catch this traitor?"
Originally, Zhao Chengxiao was hesitant about Qiu Yizhi's seemingly reckless action today, but just now he heard that Zheng Xin actually slandered Qiu Yizhi for leading the army with him. It was expected that Zheng Xin must have something evil in his heart. If he didn't stop it immediately, I'm afraid, The consequences could be disastrous.
So Zhao Chengxiao made a gesture to his soldiers, and then walked half way forward: "The last general, Zhao Chengxiao, is responsible for guarding the emperor. I also ask you to put down your weapons and obey the emperor's will." He finished his words. , more than two hundred of his soldiers had lined up, and gradually formed a semi-encirclement situation against dozens of northwest troops.
Since Zheng Xin was not very close to Qiu Yi, he only felt that Zhao Chengxiao's face was somewhat familiar and thought that he was the emperor's newly promoted guard general. He did not know that he and Qiu Yizhi were close friends of life and death who had experienced hardships, so he said : "This General Zhao, I am Zheng Xin, the eldest son of the emperor. This Qiu Yi criminal has caused trouble, and the emperor is about to issue an order to punish him. If the general can arrest him now, he will be rewarded heavily."
How could Zhao Chengxiao be won over in just a few words? He cupped his hands and said: "Then please ask the Emperor to come out and speak, and let the Emperor decide everything. If His Highness still wants to block the passage for Lord Qiu to meet the Saint, then Don’t blame the general for being offended.”
Zheng Xin was not sure what kind of behavior Zhao Chengxiao was, so he actually dared to contradict him in person, and said cruelly: "Okay, is it a lie for you to treat me as His Highness? Since you intend to cause trouble, I won't be polite to you anymore. !”
After that, Zheng Xin raised his hand and ordered his sergeant: "These are rebels, capture them all for me!"
The sergeants brought by Zheng Xin were all carefully selected from the Northwest Army he recruited. They were brought to Jinling City and Qingya Temple in the name of his personal bodyguards in defiance of the imperial edict. Therefore, although the number was not high, There are many, but the combat effectiveness is not weak at all.
However, Qiu Yi's men were also warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles. Their number was several times that of the Northwest Army. They were also assisted by two martial arts masters, Yuchi Lianghong and Yuchi Jiming. In just a blink of an eye, they were defeated. All these northwest soldiers were subdued.
Zheng Xin is well aware of the combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army. He fully believes that the fifty or so elites of the Northwest Army he has brought, coupled with the accumulated power of His Highness, may not be impossible as long as they are used properly. Suppress the situation unexpectedly.
But he didn't expect that his desperate and risky move would be cracked by Qiu Yizhi in the blink of an eye. Zheng Xin was confused and immediately turned around and entered the emperor's palace.
Qiu Yizhi could not allow him to be alone with the emperor. He only ordered Zhao Chengxiao to take care of all the northwest troops, and then quickly followed him, kicked open the door of the emperor's palace, and walked in.
Looking up, he saw that in addition to the panicked Zheng Xin, the emperor Zheng Rong was sitting slumped on the dragon bed, looking weak.
Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi took half a step forward. Just as he was about to kowtow and salute, he saw two people standing in the corner of the house. Their figures were very familiar. After taking a closer look, he screamed: "Wen Honghui, it is you! You are so evil." , It’s so harmful to people, it has reached such a point! Aren’t you afraid of death from heaven and earth?”
Wen Honghui sneered: "His Royal Highness, please be careful in your words and deeds. I am now His Highness's retainer. As the saying goes, 'beat the dog to see the master'..."
Wen Honghui continued to talk, but Qiu Yizhi interrupted him: "Today I am here to beat you, this vicious dog. Now I am surrounded outside. If you don't surrender immediately and lead me to death, I will kill you." , Be careful to be cut into pieces and die without a burial place!”
Wen Honghui was not afraid at all, and sneered again: "His Royal Highness has tried to kill me several times but failed. I'm afraid he may not be able to do so today, right?"
After hearing Wen Honghui's provocative words, Qiu Yizhi's expression was so angry that he cursed: "Isn't it the old aunt of Yuchi's family you are fighting against? Today I brought Yuchi Lianghong, Yuchi Jiming, two direct descendants of the Yuchi family, are here. They are no match for four hands. Are they still afraid of you?"
Wen Honghui also responded tit-for-tat: "It is said that His Highness Yi does things unexpectedly. I didn't expect that two people would deal with an old woman. Is it the behavior of a gentleman to do such a thing that overwhelms the minority?"
"Hmph! How can we talk about benevolence, justice and morality when dealing with a heretic like you?" Qiu Yizhi cursed a few more times, then called to Yuchi Lianghong and Yuchi Jiming, "Why don't you hurry up and take down Wen Honghui!"
Just when Yuchi Lianghong and his daughter were about to take action, Wen Honghui shouted: "Wait a minute, Your Highness, don't forget, the emperor is in my hands now. If you dare to act rashly, you will force me to kill the king."