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Chapter 461 They are all soldiers of the imperial court!

The little emperor was sitting in his seat, dumbfounded, and looked at Duke Ma in panic.

Ma Guogong felt uncomfortable being looked at, and said quickly:

"Your Majesty, it was the old minister who turned the tide, sealed off Miyagi, and let his own daughter accompany you every step of the way. You know the loyalty of the minister best. This matter has nothing to do with the old minister."

He was also afraid that his words would not be convincing enough, so he pointed at Shen Qingzhi who was standing opposite, and complained:

"It must be him. Of the three camps outside the city, only his camp survived. Fengji Youshan was completely lost. Your Majesty, his heart is to be punished!"

When Shen Qingzhi heard this, Tong Ling's big eyes stared, his thick black eyebrows flew up, and he said angrily:

"Ma Guogong, I want you to remember that the three battalions are soldiers of the court, not yours or mine!"

This scolding sounded magnanimous and deafening in the hall, and everyone was silent for a while.

Everyone has some emotion in their hearts, so to speak, but since the death of the first emperor, everyone has their own ghosts and serious factions. In fact, the soldiers of the imperial court have long been no longer the soldiers of the imperial court.

It was also Shen Qingzhi who, after retiring from the army, broke contact with the old department and did not communicate with each other.When he said this, everyone knew that he was stubborn, but other people had ghosts in their hearts, so they naturally remained silent.

At this time, Eunuch He said:
"Your Majesty, there are many strange things about this matter, and it is too early to make a conclusion. In the mansion of Xian Wang, the old slave has placed someone. According to him, although it was late at that time, what he saw was indeed the deputy capital of Fengji's camp. Guo Shao."

Seeing that Ma Guogong was about to interrupt, he quickly stretched out his hand to hold down his words:
"Uncle Ma Guo, Mo Cao, I haven't finished my words yet. At that time, the gate of the city was sealed, and I took people to control the palace, but who knew that those people had already fled. I asked the time, but it was just a matter of front and back. But disappeared without a trace. And according to the testimony of Chen Jiu, the commander of the guard camp, Guo Shao might have died in the war outside the city at that time. Unless he has the ability to clone, otherwise, it is impossible to appear at the same time In two places."

He Gonggong turned to ask Chen Jiu, who was accompanying the camp:
"Chen Dutong, why did you fight with the Fengji camp?"

Chen Jiu also knelt on the ground and listened to the disputes between the ministers in the court. At this time, he clasped his fists and said:
"Your Majesty and all my lords, just after nightfall, a young eunuch from the palace hurriedly came to the gate of our camp, yelling that he insisted on seeing me.

The battalion soldiers on duty let him in when they saw that he was wearing the clothes of a palace servant and looked distressed and anxious.

According to him, he is He Gonggong's subordinate, and there was a change in the palace. Ma Guogong was going to control the imperial guards to rebel.Let us immediately lead our troops to Beijing to escort them. "

After hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Eunuch He.

Eunuch He was stunned by everyone's eyes, and asked quickly:

"Did he bring a seal? Documents? If you don't have anything, just based on one-sided words, you will believe it? Then send troops to fight Fengji's camp?!"

Eunuch He asked loudly, each sentence was louder than each sentence, and the slightly sharp voice was full of anger and urgency.

Chen Jiu lowered his head slightly, and replied very calmly:

"No, there are a lot of military orders in the barracks. If it wasn't for the transfer of the superior, or the order of His Majesty, I would not dare to deploy the army without authorization. But because the little eunuch said, I have to take it seriously, so I immediately sent someone to the capital to verify, but there has been no people come back.

At this moment, we saw the sounding arrow for help issued by General Xie not far away. In desperation, we sent scouts to investigate and assembled the army to rescue. Unexpectedly, on the way forward, we encountered the soldiers of the Fengji camp. intercept.

As soon as they met, they said... that we intend to plot rebellion and prepare to attack the capital in the middle of the night.There will be no mercy unless we surrender.

Originally, it was difficult to tell whether the news of Duke Ma's rebellion was true or not, but now Fengji's camp came out and asked me to surrender and surrender, waiting to be killed.The ministers and others naturally refused, so a bloody battle broke out. "

After hearing this, Shen Qingzhi asked in a heavy tone:

"How many people are left in Fengji's camp? Is there anyone who can testify to your words?"

After hearing Shen Qingzhi's words, Chen Jiu raised his head in surprise, with a wounded look in his upright brows, then lowered his head after a moment, and said:

"Back to the Duke, there are 400 people left in the Fengji camp, all of whom can testify. The battlefield where we fought was close to our camp, which is enough to prove that the Fengji camp had planned it long ago."

The more Ma Guogong listened, the more he felt that he couldn't explain clearly, so he asked eagerly:
"Then what happened to Youshan camp?! Youshan camp is going to attack you too?!"

Chen Jiu raised his eyes to look at the one next to Ma Guogong, who kept his eyes down, watching his nose and heart all the time, the silent commander of the imperial army, and said:

"I don't know the specifics. It's just that when we arrived at the scene, the deputy commander of Youshan Daying was deploying soldiers to surround and kill the general Xie Yuanjie. General Xie was the hussar general appointed by His Majesty. Consort, there is no reason not to save him."

"Ha!" Ma Guogong let out a disdainful smirk, which was very forceful, as if he was afraid that others would not hear him.Then he said angrily:

"This is really a coincidence. I don't know who made the game. The person who won in the end is either Shen Guozhu's apprentice or Shen Guozhu's former department. Besides him, who else has benefited from this scuffle?!"

When Shen Qingzhi heard this, he said angrily:

"Uncle Ma! Before the matter is cleared up, don't you want to rant!
As I just said, the three battalions are soldiers from the imperial court!No matter what the damage is, it is the court's damage!
But you insist on conspiring to speculate... Then if I say that you and the commander of the Imperial Army intend to rebel and do all this, but it is only stopped by the reconciliation generals of the guard camp and the defeat, isn't it reasonable? ! "

Shen Qingzhi spoke loudly and quickly, with a kind of straightforward and sincere appeal, which made Ma Guogong's body stiffen and he was speechless.

"You!" Ma Guogong was much lower than Shen Qingzhi, and pointed at him through the middle aisle with a finger, but couldn't speak.

Li Jin, the commander of the Youshan camp, and the commander of the imperial army are from the same township, and both of them were promoted by the former emperor, so they have very close personal relationships.

And the commander of the imperial army is very close to the Ma family, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the Ma family controls half of the imperial army.

Shi Ji, the commander of the Forbidden Army who had been lowering his eyes for fear that others would realize his existence, finally trembled at this moment, and said gently in a persuasive voice:
"Shen Guozhu, what does this have to do with me? Didn't we agree that the three camps outside the city are all soldiers of the imperial court, regardless of personal affiliation? I think the cause of this riot is quite strange. Why don't we hand it over to Eunuch He?" , Let’s talk about it when we find out.”

(End of this chapter)