serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 450 Chaos in the Capital 5
The night was already deep, but Prince Ning's Mansion was still brightly lit.

After dusk, the entire palace was under martial law, and no servants were allowed to leave the house. Soldiers patrolling with torches and lanterns were everywhere.

The backyard of Ning'an Hall was now silent, and every step was filled with soldiers like snow figurines.

Xue Baochai, Hu Bo and others were all called over by Lin Daiyu. Even Yingchun, who was pregnant, was brought from Yang's house and they all stayed in the inner room at this time.

Lin Daiyu sat behind Jia Hu's desk and looked through the information that was constantly being sent to her.

The atmosphere was very heavy. Xue Baochai, Yingchun, Xichun and others did not speak much. Even Jia Jinxuan, who liked to be naughty the most, sat quietly on the kang and played with her bicycle.

There was a rush of running outside the house.

Then, Grandma Wang's voice came from outside: "Princess, Mr. Jiao is here."

Lin Daiyu's eyes lit up, she got up and walked out.

Jiao Da is already waiting outside.

As soon as he saw Lin Daiyu coming out of the inner room, Jiao Da quickly handed the letter in his hand to Grandma Wang.

Lin Daiyu took the letter and read it, her eyes flashing with excitement, and she looked at Jiao Da: "Is that correct?"

Jiao Da's eyes flashed with excitement, his beard trembled slightly, and he replied: "Niu Jizong was indeed shot and killed under Di'anmen!"

Lin Daiyu thought sharply for a moment and then asked: "Is there any news from the palace?"

Jiao Da: "People from the Bujun Yamen have blocked Xuanwumen Street, and the information transmission is not smooth."

Lin Daiyu walked to the desk and sat down.

Jiao Da: "We suddenly withdrew from the imperial city. Both the Niu family and the Feng family planned to take advantage of the situation. Feng Tang and his son took the lead. There must be a fight in the palace at this time! Move your troops! As long as we rush into the imperial city, we will be done. !”

Lin Daiyu thought for a moment and said, "We can't rely on guesswork for this kind of thing. Let's wait a little longer."

Before he could finish a word, the officer on duty ran in panting with a letter: "An urgent letter just arrived!" As he said that, he put the letter on the desk with both hands.

Lin Daiyu picked up the letter, tore it open and read it, then stood up and walked into the inner room.

After a while, he came out again holding the box and the gold seal.

Taking out the blank warrant with the seal of Commander Jia Hu from the box, Lin Daiyu wrote it quickly. After writing, she stamped it with her gold seal, sealed it in a cowhide envelope, and then shouted loudly: "Come on!"

A soldier who had been prepared walked in.

Lin Daiyu took out another token from the box, put it together with the cowhide envelope on the table and pushed it forward: "I have told you what to do. The mission was screwed up. Come and see me!"

The soldier patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law!" He stuffed the envelope and token into his arms, turned around and strode out.

Jiao Da's eyes flashed, Lin Daiyu believed most in the group of people who followed Jia Hu from Liaodong.

At this time, Lin Daiyu wrote another warrant and said to the officer on duty: "Take the prince's warrant and go to the back street barracks. Let Yang Dayong lead the troops to Xuanwumen Street and surround the soldiers and horses of the infantry yamen! Tell them to disarm. Surrender and wait for punishment!”

The officer on duty took the order and replied loudly: "Yes!" He turned around and strode out.

Lin Daiyu turned her attention to Jiao Da again.

Jiao Da immediately took a step forward.

Lin Daiyu took out a list from the box: "These are all the people the prince placed in the Forbidden Army back then. Those with a cross are those who died in the previous purges. Those who were put in charge are all people with careful ideas and cannot be used. Those in the circle are all loyal and available people." After saying that, he handed the list to Jiao Da.

Jiao Da took over the list: "But, there is a melee in the imperial city."

Lin Daiyu raised her hand: "I didn't ask you to go find them now. After taking the imperial city, let the people who are still alive in the circle lead the rest of the imperial army. We can't let Montemu and this group of Mongolians guard the imperial city. Let's spread it out and the people won't get angry!"

After hearing this, Jiao Da smiled awkwardly, then carefully folded the list and stuffed it into his arms.

Lin Daiyu: "Mr. Jiao, do something for me."

Jiao Da: "The princess ordered."

Lin Daiyu: "Go to Gulou Street immediately and kill that Hong Zhou. Even a foreigner dares to cause trouble in the capital!"

"Don't take advantage of him." Lin Daiyu added.

Jiao Da was satisfied and hurried out.

The footsteps were getting farther and farther, and Lin Daiyu leaned back on the chair, with a trace of fatigue on her face.

Grandma Wang, who was standing aside, quickly brought a bowl of hot tea over and said softly: "Girl, have a sip of hot tea." Lin Daiyu took the tea and took a sip. She smiled and said to Grandma Wang, "It's okay." After that, He stood up holding the desk, then walked towards the inner room holding the box and the gold seal.

The voice just now was not quiet, and could be heard clearly in the inner room. When they saw Lin Daiyu coming in, Xue Baochai, Yingchun, Hu Hu and others stood up subconsciously.

"Sit down and sit down."

Lin Daiyu walked to the desk and sat down. She smiled and said, "Everyone in the military camp has a loud voice, so I shouldn't scare you."

Except for Xue Baochai, everyone lowered their heads.

Lin Daiyu looked at Xue Baochai with a smile: "Tell me."

Xue Baochai hesitated for a moment and said: "The Mongols are a foreign race after all. If you stay in the city for a long time, there will always be rumors."

Lin Daiyu thought about it, picked up a pen, wrote a letter to Lin Ruhai, and handed it to Zijuan: "Ask the soldiers to leave overnight, and this letter must be delivered to father within three days!"

Zijuan took the letter and hurried out.

Lin Daiyu turned her gaze to Xue Baochai again, and after a while she said: "From tomorrow onwards, you will be the concubine."

Xue Baochai was blindfolded on the spot after hearing this.

Yingchun, who was sitting aside, saw this and pulled Xue Baochai's skirt.

Only then did Xue Baochai come to his senses. He answered "yes" and was about to stand up and kneel down.

Lin Daiyu stretched out her hand to help her slightly: "That's all. You are a healthy person, so these false courtesy will be waived for the time being." Then she said to Amber who was sitting there looking at Jia Jinxuan with a silly smile: "The same goes for you."

"Ah~" Amber looked at Lin Daiyu blankly.

Lin Daiyu glared at her angrily, and then said to Yingchun and Xue Baochai: "Are you hungry? I asked someone to cook a pot of porridge."

Xichun: "Sister-in-law, I'm hungry too!"

Lin Daiyu was too lazy to pay attention to her and shouted outside: "Mother Wang, please serve the meal."

The sound of cannons, roars, and the clash of weapons echoed over the imperial city.
Niu Ben, with a blood-stained face and shaggy head, chopped down an infantry yamen soldier who was blocking the front with his sword, and went to kill Feng Tang!
"Protect the prince!" an infantry yamen general shouted loudly.

Many soldiers from the infantry yamen rushed over. Some raised their swords and spears to fight the onrushing imperial army, while others raised their shields and escorted Feng Tang back.

The soldiers of the infantry yamen were chopped to the ground one after another. Feng Tang was so anxious that his eyes were red. He underestimated the strength of the Xiyuan Camp Forbidden Army. The Jingshan Camp Forbidden Army has not yet broken through the defense there and failed to catch up in time. to reinforce them.

The result was that Feng Tang and the infantry yamen soldiers under his command were suppressed, beaten, and chased by the imperial army under Niu Ben. Feng Tang felt aggrieved!

Niu Ben slashed left and right in the crowd, the sword flashed past, and each infantry yamen soldier was chopped to the ground. His goal was very clear, to kill Feng Tang for revenge!
At this moment, Feng Ziying led the new army to kill from the direction of Meridian Gate!
The roar immediately sounded in front of the Jinshui Bridge, and countless infantry and Yamen soldiers rushed over like lightning!

Niu Ben understood that his only chance now was to enter the Cining Palace and control the young emperor and the queen mother, so that he could have a chance to survive.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and chopped down the rushing infantry Yamen soldiers with his sword, shouting loudly: "Protect Your Majesty!" He took the lead in slashing through the side of the Infantry Yamen crowd.

His soldiers and horses followed him and killed him from the side.

"Stop them!" Feng Tang shouted.

The soldiers from the infantry yamen did not dare to step forward because the opponent was too fierce!

Finally, Feng Ziying led the new army to kill.

"Go away!" Feng Tang shouted away the only eight soldiers left around him, walked up to Feng Ziying with his sword in hand, and scolded: "Hurry up and protect your majesty!"

Feng Ziying was startled: "Quick, protect your majesty!" She hurriedly ran to Cining Palace.
The blazing torch illuminated the backyard of Hongzhou's ancestral residence brighter than the lantern market!

Jiao Da understood the importance of Lin Daiyu in Jia Hu's heart, so he decided to do the job beautifully.At this time, he was standing under the eaves in a fur cloak, looking coldly at the Korean Tatars in the yard who were fanning the ice.

In order to satisfy Lin Daiyu, he chose a cruel and non-bloody punishment, ice punishment.

Ice torture does not freeze people to death, but tortures the victim repeatedly. For example, the victim saves him when he is about to freeze to death, and then freezes him again after rescuing him. This is repeated until the victim is made to respond. Death produces despair.

Jiao Da not only stripped Hong Zhou naked and threw him into a pile of ice cubes, but also ordered the captured Korean Tatars to fan around the ice cubes with fans!

At this time, an officer hurriedly walked towards Jiao Da holding a box.

Walking up to him, the officer whispered, "I found it in Hong Zhou's bedroom." He opened the box.

Jiao Da took a look and saw that it was full of letters. He took out the top letter and read it. His eyes lit up. It was actually a letter written by the Tatar Emperor. He read the remaining letters in general and took a breath. Angry, I didn’t expect that the Japanese and Korean Tatars actually wanted to take advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains to come in from Liaodong, and they had been preparing for more than two years.
Stuffing the letter into his arms, Jiao Da looked at Hong Zhou in the ice pile again. This old boy is dishonest!
With a cold snort, Jiao Da said: "Drag him out and loosen his bones first."

(End of this chapter)