581 Magical Array
Sun Sicheng whispered, "Don't worry, we can see them, but they can't see us."
This is a team of seven or eight internal security guards, divided into two groups of three or four to search for someone.
Their focus was on the flowers and plants, and they searched everywhere they could.
Three people walked a few steps outside the formation and sat down.
"Brother Xu, Brother Wu, please sit for a while. The emperor and his men must have run away. There is no way they can stay here, unless they are fools.
We are so unlucky, how could we encounter such a heinous thing?"
"Stop talking. It's not good if people hear it. Who would have thought of such a thing? Let's sit down and talk about it. If we can avoid getting involved, then don't get involved. If we really meet, just pretend we didn't see it."
well.
The three of them sighed and sat there for about a quarter of an hour before they were called away by other people.
Sun Sicheng waited for a while before letting go of the hand that was covering the crown prince.
"Your Highness, I'm sorry." Sun Sicheng lowered his voice.
The crown prince shook his hands and said, "It's all right, Grandfather, Father, the formation set up by Ping An is truly magical. You can't even see it right in front of you."
The emperor said, "We have no other options now. We can only wait for reinforcements. Why don't we all get together and close our eyes for a while? Resting up is worse than anything else."
Several people nodded, but stopped talking, wondering if someone would come at any time.
They all closed their eyes, but no one was in the mood and no one could fall asleep.
One by one, they could only pray to God in their hearts that the general and his men would be able to detect it in time, and that Ping An would be able to find Wang Wei and his men smoothly and turn the situation around.
This is a matter of life and death.
When Ping An came out of the battle, it was already dark. He was wearing a black shorts and used the Snow-Walking Step directly. He was as light as a swallow and quickly jumped over the wall.
The lights were bright inside the palace walls, but there was no shouting or cries of fighting. Instead, it was surprisingly quiet.
Ping An knew without a doubt that all the guests attending the palace banquet had been under control. Furthermore, it was only half an hour from the time they opened the mechanism and entered the tunnel to the time he came out of the wall. These people were still looking for the emperor's three generations in the outer garden or other places in the palace.
As for himself, his master, and Eunuch Hu, they did not take them seriously. Once he sat in a high position, all of Da Zhou would belong to him, the Second Prince. Unless you don't want to live in Da Zhou, I can crush you to death whenever I want.
"Young Master." Two dark shadows flew over.
Ping An was startled: "Xiao Wu, Lin Feng, why are you here?"
The three of them hid in a leeward place.
Xiao Wu said, "Master, we didn't go back, but waited for you outside the palace wall. Just now, we saw several teams of people looking for someone inside and outside the back garden wall. We didn't dare to be careless. We saw the snow-stepping steps and confirmed that it was you. But what happened?"
"Xiao Wu, there is no time to talk. Go back to the mansion first and let them hide in the formation of the remaining house in the backyard. It is too late to leave the city. There is a cellar below where you can hide.
Then I went to my master's house. I had also set up a formation at his house, so it was okay to take shelter there temporarily. If you ask my master, just say it's safe now, and don't say anything else.
Lin Feng, go to my biological father's house and ask his family to hide there, and say that something happened in the palace. Then go to the two masters' houses quickly to prevent them from looking for my and my master's relatives to threaten us.
I'm going to my two godfathers' homes, and then we'll meet at our villa, so hurry up."
"yes."
The three people quickly disappeared into the darkness in three different directions.
Finding the general is important, but it must be done under the premise that the family is safe, otherwise everything will be meaningless.
The city is quiet.
General Huang and his two godfathers should have attended the banquet, but there was a rule in the Great Zhou that the closer it got to the New Year, the more important it was that military officers in important positions had to guard their posts.
Ping'an went straight to the Hao family. Godfather Hao was still with General Huang in the camp outside the capital. It was said that his new position was likely to be the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, but it had not been confirmed for various reasons.
Hao Ting and Huang Fei are also in the camp outside Beijing. They will have to go to the northern border to help Huang Zhan after the New Year. Huang Zhan is very young, and it is not easy for him to manage 100,000 Huang family soldiers alone.
Hao Lei served as deputy commander of the Kyoto Guard, and Hao Meng served as an aide to General Huang from beginning to end.
I don't know who will be home at this time.
Just as he was about to reach the gate of the Hao family's mansion, Ping An heard a noisy sound in the palace and saw a fire filling the sky.
Some people still lit a fire to sound a warning. The palace was located high up in the capital city, and the flames could be seen all over the city.
Ping An jumped directly into the Hao family's wall, and was immediately surrounded by several guards.
"It's my peace."
A man came out and asked, "Ping An, what are you doing?"
"Young Master, the palace is on fire." A guard pointed in the direction of the palace and said in a lost voice.
Ping An grabbed Hao Lei and said, "Brother, the second prince has rebelled. Someone has set a fire to warn people. The capital will soon be in chaos. Go find godfather and General Huang. It's too late."
"Where's the Emperor?"
"Brother, the emperor is safe for now, but if the second prince really wants to succeed, then, brother, I will set up a formation in your backyard and let your family hide in it. It's too late to leave now."
Hao Lei immediately ordered several guards to go out. They definitely couldn't get out of the city gate at this moment, so they had to go to the camp outside the capital through another passage. His father had gone to replace the general on duty tonight, so they should all be in the camp now.
He pursued peace.
The Hao Mansion is not large, with only about thirty or forty servants.
When Mrs. Hao heard what her son said, she had no time to curse her bad luck for coming back to Beijing at this time. She forced herself to be brave, packed up the house's valuables and some food with her daughters-in-law, and quickly took the two elderly people and the children into the formation set up by Ping An in the remaining room in the backyard.
A quarter of an hour later, the formation gate was sealed safely.
"Brother, my godmother and the others will be fine for the time being. I have to go to the Huang family."
Hao Lei looked at the row of remaining houses disappearing in front of him and had no time to admire them.
He blew out the last angry lantern, and under the extremely dim moonlight, the Hao family was silent.
"Ping An, I will go with you. Since the Hao family is safe, the general's family must be protected. I have already sent out a dozen personal soldiers, some of whom have left the city, and some are lying in ambush near the city gate."
"Okay." Ping An and Hao Lei left the mansion with a few personal soldiers.
…
Ping An has been gone for half an hour.
Just now, some people came to the back garden to look for the emperor and his entourage.
Sun Sicheng and his four companions gathered together tightly, with the Crown Prince in the middle.
The emperor stared at the direction of the palace and asked: "Why is there such a big fire in the harem?"
He felt uneasy, as that position should be the one in his harem.
He had been feeling unwell yesterday morning, with a cough and tears in his eyes. Doctor Huang diagnosed him with a cold after feeling his pulse. His good second son came to visit him and volunteered to accompany him, even suggesting that the mother and the others should not come, to avoid them all getting infected.
He realized now that it was not a cold but poisoning, and everything was planned by Hao Er'er.
It was said that Zhu Yuanzheng broke his leg, so he sent Master Sun Sicheng and his apprentice over, but it was fortunate that Master Sun Sicheng and his apprentice came.
The crown prince and the crown prince also became anxious, as their mothers were there.
Sun Sicheng said softly, "Your Majesty, Crown Prince, it took us less than half an hour to get in and out of the tunnel and get to Ping An. It will take a long time for the Second Prince and his men to open the tunnel entrance and chase to the back garden. During this time, Ping An should go to look for the Hao family, the Huang family, and the Prince's family.
Although their families are above the third rank, the military commanders in important positions do not have to attend the palace banquet, but take turns guarding their posts, so at least they will not be lost, unless the second prince and his men conferred titles on their families right away."
The emperor shook his head. His good second son mainly wanted to use the prince to threaten him. The eunuchs in the palace might have been controlled by them little by little over the years, but the Huang family, the Hao family, and even the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery could not be controlled by them. He could not control these families.
It was just that the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery had obtained the blueprints for a new ship two months ago, and had gone to the south of the Yangtze River to look for a shipbuilder.
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