(Another oolong, actually turned the link of Quan Gang into an evil name, ahem, of course, both books were written by one person, the book number is corrected as follows, it should be: 1040013... I don’t understand why I put the evil Ming’s link is brought up, I’m really scratching my head.)
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Zhang Deqing, the commander of the Thirteenth City Gate Division—Sanpin, his personnel files are in the Privy Council, his residence is in Nancheng, his servants are selected by the Overwatch Council, and his salary is paid by the inner court. Go one step further. In name, he was a soldier, but his relationship with Qing's military was like that of a widow and father-in-law, and he didn't dare to get too close to him even if he was killed.
His family, his colleagues, and his contacts are all allowed by His Majesty to associate with him. The reason for this is because His Majesty has always pinned the keys of the nine city gates of the capital to his belt, so His Majesty the Qing Emperor must fasten his head to his belt.
If Zhang Deqing dares to rebel, His Majesty the Emperor has too many ways to make him die without a place to bury him. However, no one ever thought that Zhang Deqing would rebel, not only because his family had been loyal for generations, not only because his wife was also a loyal minister for generations, but because people had become accustomed to Zhang Deqing's handling style over the years.
Eat your majesty's meal and listen to your majesty's words.
Master Zhang would not wish His Majesty the Holy Spirit when he was eating, nor would he find excuses to enter the palace to flatter His Majesty from time to time, but he was extremely resolute in carrying out any of His Majesty's will, including that bloody night in Kyoto many years ago.
Counting with one's fingers, Master Zhang Deqing, like Dingzhou Ye Zhong, is an old man who has managed this capital for nearly twenty years.
For such a person who is as white as tofu, and his management role is too sensitive, no force dares to contact him, not even the second prince who was fighting for power with the crown prince, because to contact Zhang Deqing, Waiting for Ruo to touch his father's crotch.
So Zhang Deqing was somewhat invisible in the officialdom, and no one could remember him until the critical moment like now. After His Majesty Qing died heroically on Mount Dadong, the object of allegiance of Lord Zhang Deqing was transferred to the Empress Dowager extremely accurately and quickly. His figure appeared immediately, and it was particularly dazzling.
Allegiance to the Empress Dowager is not because the Empress Dowager is His Majesty's biological mother, but because Her Majesty announced to the world before offering sacrifices to the heavens that the Qing Kingdom is now ruled by the Empress Dowager.
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After reading the monitoring report of the Supervisory Director for many years, Fan Xian believed that Master Zhang was really a rare "foolish and loyal minister", and Xiang Bingyun also gave exactly the same judgment. These two young officials in the Overwatch Council could of course guess that His Majesty must have other methods to control Zhang Deqing, but now that His Majesty has gone, they have no way to start, they can only proceed from the word of loyalty.
Tonight Yan Bingyun is going to hold Zhang Deqing's hand and dance a heart-moving Loyalty Dance.
Zhang Deqing was already old, and the bags under his eyes were a little thick, maybe it was because he had been worried these days and didn't have a good rest. At this time, the pupils above the bags under the eyes were shining with sadness, anger and many other emotions.
At this time, in the yamen of the Thirteenth City Gate Division, Yan Bingyun arrived alone, and after handing over the copied will, he quietly waited for Zhang Deqing's choice.
Being able to make a copy of Emperor Qing's will in a very short period of time proves that the level of craftsmanship of the Overwatch Council has made a qualitative leap after it successfully forged the will of Old Master Ming. It also proved Fan Xian's revolutionary rebellious spirit that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water at this time, and it also proved that although Master Xiaoyan is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, he does not adhere to mechanical bureaucracy in details.
The so-called will was actually just a letter written by the emperor to the queen mother in an extremely indifferent tone that saw through the world on the night of the Dadongshan siege. In the letter, he mentioned the abolition of the crown prince and the sinister roles played by the crown prince and the eldest princess in the siege of Dadongshan. In disbelief, everyone gave Fan Xian the power to choose the next generation of Qing Kingdom's monarch.
Two lines of old tears flowed from Zhang Deqing's eyes. Although he knew that His Majesty had died on Dadong Mountain, but seeing His Majesty's handwriting at this time, the third-rank leader of the city gate division still couldn't stop his inner tears. Emotional.
"This edict...has the queen mother read it?" Zhang Deqing suddenly raised his head and stared into Yan Bingyun's eyes.
At this moment, Young Master Xiaoyan became more and more certain that the strategy drawn up by himself and Fan Xian should be successful. No matter how he looked at it, this leader who was famous for his loyal loyalties would stand by his side.
He said softly: "Your Majesty has already seen it."
"Then what happened to the fireworks and arrows in the palace earlier?" Zhang Deqing stared at Yan Bingyun.
"The imperial edict ordered Mr. Fan to assist the Queen Mother to get rid of the rebellion." Yan Bingyun did not panic. As long as Fan Xian's operation to break out of the palace can succeed and capture the prince and princess, there is no reason for the city gate department to go wrong. The order has already begun."
"I can't trust you just by a will." Zhang Deqing said: "I want to meet the Queen Mother."
"It's a matter of course." Yan Bingyun's face was frosty, and he answered neatly. In fact, he didn't know the situation in the palace at this time, and he didn't know whether the Queen Mother was dead or alive, but right now, he had to answer with confidence.
"The generals have been loyal and good for generations. When Daqing is in danger, you should follow the emperor's last edict."
Yan Bingyun never forgot to attach his majesty's last edict to his majesty's last edict. Back then, he traveled around the Northern Qi Dynasty under an alias. It’s just that I have only done some copywriting work in the courtyard these years, and I have been separated from this dangerous work for too long. Tonight, I persuaded the governor of Kyoto alone, and at this time, I persuaded the commander of the thirteen city gates in the middle of a forest of guns. It can be regarded as returning to the old line.
"There is chaos in the palace." Zhang Deqing said after a moment of silence: "I have to enter the palace right now."
Yan Bingyun frowned, Zhang Deqing's eyes were fixed, as if he had noticed something. At this moment, Yan Bingyun reprimanded indifferently: "Master Zhang, don't forget that His Majesty entrusted these nine city gates to you, and it is your duty to guard the gates for the capital firmly!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Deqing fell silent again, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he said, "Lord Yan, give me some time."
drag? Yan Bingyun faintly sensed something strange. Could it be that Zhang Deqing was not persuaded by this edict, so he wanted to look at the situation in the capital again? But at this moment, he didn't know that the eldest princess and the crown prince had already escaped from the palace. In order to protect Fan Xian's attack from the palace, if the thirteen city gate divisions were temporarily neutral, it was not an unacceptable result for him. Even better than what he expected.
Since it's procrastinating, let's procrastinate, Yan Bingyun sat down in the city gate's yamen in a leisurely manner, between the guns of the generals and officers, sitting peacefully, with a calm face.
Looking at his expression, Zhang Deqing couldn't help being slightly startled, as if he didn't expect him to be so confident.
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However, no one thought that the delay would take such a long time. Yan Bingyun was imprisoned in the yamen of the Chengmen Division in a disguised form. There was no hot tea to drink, and no ditties to listen to. It was really uncomfortable. Of course, the most uncomfortable thing was the ubiquitous pressure.
What he drank was the northwest wind, what he heard was the sound of fighting in the capital from time to time, and sometimes he could even smell a faint smell of burning, which must have been set on fire somewhere.
Zhang Deqing didn't have that much time to sit with him. As the commander of the city gate department, he had too many important things to deal with. At this time, he was holding the sword at his waist, walking on the city wall in the night, the eyeballs under his eyes miraculously disappeared, and the pupils were shining like falcons, staring at every move in the capital, and at the same time issued Orders, suppressing his subordinates, strictly prohibiting participation in the coup in the capital, and only allowing 3,000 officers and soldiers to watch the nine city gates of the capital to death.
Yes, in his eyes, the so-called righteous force led by Fan Xian is actually a coup d'etat. Although after reading the will, he had to admit that Fan Xian had a righteous name, he still subconsciously believed that all offensive People in the palace are all bad guys.
Compared with the Shang capital of Northern Qi, the capital of Qing Dynasty does not have a rich history, but has more military traces, so although the city wall is not mottled, it is extremely thick. Although the height is not as high as the imperial city, if it is really used for defense, the various configurations are much more powerful.
Standing on the city wall, Zhang Deqing seemed to have drawn inexhaustible power from the thick stone-brick mixed city wall, which made him have the courage to make certain choices.
At a lookout, he stood still and looked in the direction of the imperial city from a distance. The turmoil in the capital gradually subsided. It seemed that the capital of Kyoto had been conquered by Fan Xian, and government servants began to take to the streets to sound gongs to appease the people.
He didn't know that at this time the two masterminds of the Kyoto Palace Change, the First Prince and Fan Xian were also standing on the wall of the imperial city, looking towards the city gate. A hint of worry flashed in his eyes, if things really went on like this, he had no choice but to accept the will.
Perhaps this was also a good choice, but Zhang Deqing heard the sound of carriage wheels crushing the stone road. The voice rang very clearly in his ears.
"It's a triangular stone road, near the city gate."
Zhang Deqing was very familiar with the vicinity of the city gate that he had managed for nearly twenty years, so familiar that he could even hear whether the carriage wheels ran over the bluestone road or the triangular stone road. He was silent for a moment, then walked down the high city wall and walked to the yamen of the City Gate Division.
When the sound of the carriage sounded at the city gate, Yan Bingyun had already stood up with a sullen face. The soldiers around him who were guarding him became tense and surrounded him with their weapons drawn.
Yan Bingyun's heart sank, not because of being surrounded by soldiers, but because of the sound of the carriage. In Kyoto late at night, who would ride a carriage close to the city gate? The people of Kyoto have been in court for a long time, and the movement like tonight will not scare them away. And the common people are not so stupid, sitting in a carriage, waiting to be tortured by those red-eyed sergeants.
At this time, there is only one kind of people who intend to go out of Beijing in a carriage.
At this moment, Zhang Deqing walked in, looked at Yan Bingyun with a sullen face and said, "I offended you, Lord Yan."
He continued to shout: "Take down this court prisoner for me!"
Yan Bingyun's pupils shrank slightly. He didn't know why Zhang Deqing's attitude had changed so drastically before and after. Could it be that Fan Xian's attempt to break out of the palace failed
The soldiers surrounded him, but Yan Bingyun did not resist. Everyone knows that the biggest difference between this Young Master Xiaoyan and Mr. Fan is that his force value is a bit low, and his hands are not very lethal.
As far as Bing Yun would not risk his life, Zhang Deqing just wanted to take him down. If he resisted, these dozens of long spears would smash into his body, it would not feel very good.
The City Gate Division does not have the steel finger cots of the Overwatch Council, but has a small hand shackle, which is impossible to break free after clasping a person's wrist joints. After Yan Bingyun was bound tightly, Zhang Deqing breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the night outside with some doubts.
"Unexpectedly, you came here by yourself." Zhang Deqing frowned very tightly, "I don't know whether to say Master Xiao Fan is stupid, or you are too bold."
Yan Bingyun was kicked to the ground, and made a rare joke: "Actually, it's just a matter of manpower." He paused and said, "I can't imagine that I would misjudge someone."
After a moment of silence, Zhang Deqing said: "The reason is very simple. If you win, I will naturally obey the imperial edict, but if you lose, what good does it do me to obey the imperial edict?"
Yan Bingyun frowned, sighed after a while and said, "Loyal ministers, loyal ministers, how loyal they are."
"I am loyal to His Majesty, but I will not be loyal to this edict whose authenticity is unknown." Zhang Deqing's complexion was a little ugly, as if he felt a little fear that he had violated His Majesty's edict.
The commander of the city gate department thought in his heart, if His Majesty is still there, of course he will be a loyal minister for the rest of his life, but His Majesty is no longer here, who wants to guard these nine broken city gates for the rest of his life
Yan Bingyun was silent. He came to the city gate department to take risks, but it was also based on his judgment of Zhang Deqing. He still couldn't convince himself why such a commander would choose to stand on the opposite side of the will so cleanly. .
Was Fan Xian defeated? Yan Bingyun's brows were still furrowed, as if he was thinking about an extremely difficult problem.
At this moment, Zhang Deqing was only three steps away from him.
Yan Bingyun's brows suddenly relaxed, but a drop of cold sweat fell from the corner of his brow.
Zhang Deqing clearly heard a cracking sound, as if a table leg was snapped off abruptly.
Yan Bingyun raised his head suddenly, and said word by word: "Zhang Deqing, the commander of the thirteen city gates, violated the order and helped the chaos. All the people of Qing Kingdom should be punished according to His Majesty's will."
Zhang Deqing's eyes moved slightly. He didn't know who Yan Bingyun was speaking to. At this time, there were all his cronies in the government hall. No one would be stupid enough to do it. Weird, subconsciously retreated, wanting to stay away from Yan Bingyun who was tightly bound.
Someone moved, and the person who moved was not Yan Bingyun, but one of Zhang Deqing's personal soldiers. After hearing Yan Bingyun's words, that person gritted his teeth with a sullen face, and raised the knife in his hand. The back of Zhang Deqing's head was chopped off!
As I said before, no matter how assured Emperor Qing was of Zhang Deqing's loyalty, there would always be eyeliners all over the city gate department, and most of these eyeliners were naturally cast out by the Overwatch Council. Fan Xian and Yan Bingyun can't get in touch with these nails, but Yan Bingyun is betting on the blood of these nails with the will at this time, even if one out of ten, it will have a great effect!
The knife wind cuts down!
Zhang Deqing had a sullen face, and without looking back, he raised his sword, only to hear a crisp sound, his men were shocked and took a step forward, and the knife of the spy of the Overwatch Council behind him was also blocked.
The spear stabbed at once, and the spy was instantly covered in blood and died.
However, Yan Bingyun also moved at this moment.
When the drop of cold sweat dripped from his forehead, he was already moving! He gritted his teeth and broke his left wrist abruptly! He is not an ordinary official or general, but the chief inspector-designate of the Overwatch Council. He dared to come to the city gate department in person, so he naturally has the confidence in his heart.
The Overwatch Council did not know how thorough the research on the tools used by the city gate jailers was, and finally discovered the problem with the handshake. As long as someone can disengage the entire wrist joint in a short time and endure the sharp cracking pain, You can pull your wrist out.
Yan Bingyun was able to bear the pain, and he was willing to be cruel to himself, so when Zhang Deqing took a step closer to him, he rushed up like a cheetah, and smashed Zhang Deqing's head fiercely with the shackle in one hand!
A trace of panic flashed in Zhang Deqing's eyes, maybe betraying His Majesty made his mind unsteady, he didn't dare to accept this shackle, and retreated hastily.
But at this time, the soldiers behind him were going to stab the spy of the Overwatch Council to death, which happened to block his escape route, so he had no choice but to rush to the gate of the yamen hall in embarrassment, intending to temporarily avoid the killing.
Yan Bingyun floated up and chased after him like a cloud. On the way, Dai Yao flipped his wrist and grabbed the sword in Zhang Deqing's hand. With a flash of blue light, he cut off the arm of a school officer who was about to come to rescue him.
Like a maggot attached to a bone, like a cloud greedy for the sky, Yan Bingyun clung to Zhang Deqing's body and came to the gate of the yamen hall without a single step down.
Feeling the strong sword aura behind him, Zhang Deqing was terrified. He never thought that Yan Bingyun had such a delicate and ruthless swordsmanship!
Yes, Yan Bingyun is not good at martial arts, but that is compared with the monster Fan Xian, but once he violently kills, how can the most famous spy figure in the history of the Overwatch Council be made by Zhang Deqing, who has been guarding the city gate for twenty years? Can resist!
The lightning-like pursuit did not give the guards at the city gate any chance to react. The two had plundered to the gate of the yamen hall. Moji, I'm afraid he would have died by now.
At this moment, suddenly two bursts of fierce energy rushed directly at Yan Bingyun's body, extremely tyrannical and abrupt!
Yan Bingyun snorted, put his sword around his chest, and blocked a move with blood oozing from his mouth and nose. However, the fierce offensive finally came to an end, and Zhang Deqing rolled to a person's feet in embarrassment, and the light-colored palace skirt hidden in the ordinary clothes could be seen.
Her Royal Highness Li Yunrui, with a calm face, looked at Yan Bingyun with a smile and said, "Let me tell Mr. Xiaoyan that the reason why Deqing rebelled was because... people."
A trace of unbelievable shock flashed across Yan Bingyun's eyes, and then turned into despair. His left hand was already useless, standing in the yamen hall of the city gate department, standing in front of the pool of blood of that brave spy, he looked so lonely.
The eldest princess nodded to the young Overwatch Council official, and said with a smile, "Go."