Since King Yan led the Tornado Cavalry straight into the palace, Emperor Yongping has strengthened the defense of the palace and the capital, and issued a decree that any troops and horses, without decree or deployment of military symbols, as long as they appear within the scope of the capital, the North and South Battalions thirty-six The guard does not need to report and can directly attack and kill.
At the very beginning, the eldest princess broke into the palace once with her female guards.
But that time, what the eldest princess did was to dissuade him. Although Emperor Yongping was angry afterwards, it finally made him realize the deficiencies of the palace's defense.
For this reason, Emperor Yongping repeatedly reorganized the Yulin Guards.
Unfortunately, facing King Yan's Whirlwind Rider, Yu Linwei still stretched his hips.
Nowadays, the local noble families have put on a posture of disobeying the emperor's orders. Although they have not officially launched an army to rebel, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the imperial court's control over the world has fallen far behind.
In order to reorganize the country and restore the orthodoxy of the court, Emperor Yongping did not hesitate to use his daughter as the eldest princess.
To reorganize the 36 guards of the North and South Battalions, Emperor Yongping was cruel this time.
He even issued a decree to open martial arts and select powerful generals and talents.
Although the local aristocratic families were resistant to Emperor Yongping's martial arts, there were still many children from poor families heading towards the capital.
The local aristocratic families did not clearly raise the banner of anti-Tang Dynasty. The orthodoxy in the world is still the Li Tang court, and the way for the children of poor families to get ahead is still in the court.
A large number of children from poor families poured into the capital, many of whom were truly talented, and there were also many who were brave and capable of fighting.
Although the martial arts department has not been officially opened yet, through the news sent back from the Imperial City Department, Emperor Yongping knew that he had made the right move.
As long as Wu Ke can be successfully completed, he will gather a group of powerful generals and talents under his command. Perhaps these people are still immature, but given time, these people will eventually become the mainstay of the Zhongxing of the Tang Dynasty.
Under such circumstances, Mr. Xu entered the capital.
After leaving Changshan Mansion, he originally planned to return directly to Jingbian City. But on the way back, the more Mr. Xu thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable.
For Shen Wansheng's sake, he couldn't do anything to Shen Dongsheng or the Shen family. So the anger in his heart could never be vented.
Then, Mr. Xu thought of Nightingale.
Especially after knowing that Nightingale's people actually bribed Guan Laosan and others, Mr. Xu's anger exploded.
He didn't know if the Queen Mother was behind this, but Nightingale was a hidden force controlled by the Queen Mother. It is impossible for the Queen Mother to be unaware of such things happening to the old Xu family.
So Mr. Xu simply transferred to the capital.
Because Wu Ke was about to come, too many people came to the capital during this period. Mr. Xu put on a little makeup again, so his entry into Beijing did not alert anyone.
Neither the Imperial City Secretary nor Nightingale noticed that a big man like Mr. Xu had arrived in the capital.
Nightingales are mysterious, hidden beings in the darkness.
Mr. Xu didn't want to find out where Nightingale's stronghold was. He came to Beijing for one purpose, and that was to send the Queen Mother to see the late Emperor.
If the top leader of any force is suddenly destroyed, this force will inevitably fall into turmoil for a period of time.
However, it is not easy to sneak into the palace and assassinate the Queen Mother.
After Mr. Xu entered Beijing, he quickly discovered that the palace was much more tightly guarded.
Although it is still the Habayashi Guards who serve as palace guards, the Habayashi Guards now are obviously more elite than before.
"The Dog Emperor has learned well!"
After observing the palace's defense, Mr. Xu couldn't help but frown.
The last time he was in the capital, he had observed the Yulin Guards. Compared with now, the Yulin Guards at that time, although they looked elite, were actually nothing more than gold and jade.
But although the current Habayashi Guards are still not absolutely elite, they are indeed much more capable than before.
"But it's not a big problem!"
After observing for a while, Mr. Xu smiled.
Habayashi Wei has indeed become different.
But Mr. Xu still discovered the problem.
The Yulin Guard guards the imperial city. Every soldier of the Yulin Guard is carefully selected. As a Habayashi guard who often patrols the palace, he has many opportunities to encounter the emperor.
Therefore, many nobles will put their sons and daughters into the Yulin Guards.
Even if the children of honorable families have been severely trained, some of them still have a dandy air in their bones.
Although the patrol frequency of the Yulin Guards increased, Mr. Xu still found a few teams of people who were acting perfunctorily. And this means that the palace's seemingly tight defense actually has big loopholes.
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At nightfall, Mr. Xu carried two spears and a quiver on his back, raised his strong bow, and quietly hurried towards the palace.
Because many people participating in martial arts came to the capital, the imperial city department and the yamen of the capital government have stepped up patrols in the imperial city. In order to prevent thieves from causing trouble, the eldest princess even asked Emperor Yongping to send two guards to the capital to join the patrol of the capital at night.
With so many people patrolling, Mr. Xu's speed towards the palace was really affected.
However, with his outstanding skills, Mr. Xu still arrived outside the palace wall without any danger.
On the palace wall, groups of Yulin guards crisscrossed back and forth, closely inspecting the palace walls.
Mr. Xu took advantage of the gap between the two teams of people and horses, rushed to the palace wall, and pressed his whole body against the palace wall.
Relying on analyzing the shadows cast by the light of the torches on the palace wall, Mr. Xu took advantage of another gap in the defense change between the two teams and threw the rope he had prepared long ago onto the city wall.
A muffled sound echoed on the city wall, immediately alerting the guards on the palace wall.
However, the iron claw that Mr. Xu threw up was wrapped in thick black silk cloth, so it would not be discovered immediately.
By the time the Yulin Guards on the palace wall noticed someone climbing up the rope, Mr. Xu had already scaled the palace wall and killed the group of Yulin Guards with lightning speed. His figure climbed down the palace wall and headed toward them. He flew in the direction of Qiantian Temple.
The gong sounded urgently.
"There's an assassin!"
"Your Majesty the Protector!"
"Catch the assassin!"
In an instant, the silent palace became very noisy.
However, when everyone was rushing towards Qiantian Palace, Mr. Xu had already arrived at the Queen Mother's palace.
There was an assassin in the palace, and naturally this could not be hidden from the Queen Mother.
After hearing from the people below that the assassin was heading towards the Qiantian Palace, the Queen Mother hurriedly set off with her people.
At the moment when the Queen Mother hurried to Qiantian Palace, Mr. Xu bent his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow like lightning.
The arrow pierced the Queen Mother's chest, came out of her body, and hit the lower abdomen of the nun who was following behind the Queen Mother, killing both of them with one arrow.
But Mr. Xu did not stop there, but shot one arrow after another!
By the time the arrows in the quiver behind her were empty, the Queen Mother had completely disappeared, and even the people around the Queen Mother were dead on the spot. (End of chapter)