Chapter 539 Stealing the House
At this critical moment, Li Huaizhong actually broke into the house in this way. Needless to say, it is clear that something big must have happened.
"What's wrong?"
His heart sank suddenly, and Ning Yongnian slowly turned his head to look at Li Huaizhong. Even Wu Ding and Sima Cong temporarily stood still.
"emperor!"
Ignoring the astonished looks of the crowd, the old eunuch quickly ran to Ning Yongnian and whispered something quickly into his ear.
Ning Yongnian's expression also changed drastically within a few breaths.
From gloomy, to shocked, to extremely angry.
When a distorted and ferocious expression appeared on the face of Emperor Da Ning, everyone felt a piercing chill.
"When did it happen?"
The chilly wind was biting, and Ning Yongnian's voice was a little hoarse.
"A quarter of an hour ago"
Li Huaizhong lowered his head, not daring to look him in the eye: "Your Majesty, although this incident happened suddenly, Wei Xianzhi must have planned it for a long time. All places in the capital fell into the hands of the Wei family before they could react."
"Where are the Guards?"
After a pause, Ning Yongnian took a deep breath and suppressed his inner irritability: "Send a message to Han Zhao immediately! Tell him to stay at the palace and wait for me to return!"
"this."
Cold sweat immediately soaked his back, and Li Huaizhong's appearance immediately made Ning Yongnian realize that something was wrong.
"Speak! Is Han Zhao already dead?!"
“This.”
His Adam's apple moved and Li Huaizhong swallowed hard. His expression was uglier than crying.
"Your Majesty, General Han, no, no, Han Zhao is not dead."
"I just received news from the Imperial Guards."
"Call, call Han Zhaoshishi"
"Actually what?!"
"He is actually a traitor."
“.”
A quarter of an hour ago, in the capital of Daning.
When the ancestral jade in the Xuan Jing Si headquarters was burned for the third time in two years, Han Zhao got the news almost immediately.
In less than an incense stick of time, the entire capital was in chaos, and 50,000 guards gathered urgently in the palace, awaiting his orders.
"General! The people from the Xuanjing Division have taken control of all four city gates!"
"General! People from the Duwei Mansion appeared on the west side of the Imperial Palace!"
"Report! The city defense troops are transporting heavy crossbows, stone carts and other items to the outskirts of the palace!!"
“.”
Messenger soldiers ran into the main tent of the Imperial Guards one after another, as if the situation in the capital would change every few breaths.
Also coming with him was the current prince of Daning, Ning Wenjun.
“.”
"General Han!"
The four-clawed dragon robe was not very straight, and if you looked closely you would find that one of the buttons was fastened wrongly.
Accompanied by a young eunuch, Ning Wenjun walked through the vast torchlight outside the tent in disheveled clothes and hurriedly ran into the main tent of the Imperial Guards where the atmosphere was tense.
His face looked extremely ugly, but he still maintained the most basic respect for Han Zhao in his words.
"I heard that the Wei family made a big move this time?"
"What is the current situation?"
"Your Highness."
Han Zhao bowed to Ning Wenjun and said calmly, "Except for the Imperial Palace, the rest of the capital has fallen into the hands of the Wei family."
“W-what?!”
Ning Wenjun shook his body and breathed rapidly: "Does the emperor know about this?!"
"I have sent a message to the emperor."
Han Zhao walked up to Ning Wenjun and said in a deep voice, "Don't panic, Your Highness. All 50,000 guards are in the palace now, and we still have the strength to fight the Wei family."
"Even if we can't defeat them, it won't be difficult to defend the palace."
"As long as we can protect the Imperial Palace and wait for the Emperor to return from Huailing, no matter what the Wei family is planning, they will surely fail."
"Yes, the general is right."
Ning Wenjun was not an incompetent person after all, so after a brief panic, he had regained some composure.
He took a deep breath and nodded heavily:
"General Han, if that's the case, then let's quickly set up defenses in the palace!"
"I obey your command."
Han Zhao bowed his head and immediately turned around and ordered: "Immediately summon all the lieutenants in the army to come to the main tent to discuss the matter!"
"yes!"
The messenger ran out of the tent with the order, and the tent curtain was lifted up and then fell down.
The fire flickered in the makeshift main tent, and there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the tent.
Looking at Ning Wenjun with a frown in front of him, Han Zhao's expression gradually became serious.
"Your Highness, the situation is urgent now. I have to ask you something. I hope Your Highness can tell me the truth."
"Um?"
Ning Wenjun was stunned when he heard this: "What do you want to ask, General?"
"It is all the secret passages and mechanisms in the palace."
Han Zhao narrowed his eyes and said seriously:
"Your Highness, since I have been ordered to lead the Imperial Guard, I will naturally do my best to ensure that the Imperial Palace is not lost."
"However, I don't know the layout of all the secret passages in the palace at the moment, and I'm worried that the Wei family will take advantage of it later."
"So I hope Your Highness can tell me all of this for now, so I can prepare in advance."
"this."
With his eyes slightly widened, Ning Wenjun was obviously hesitant.
The huge Daning Palace naturally has many secret passages and mechanisms.
Some of these have a low level of confidentiality, and the Guards know that.
But there are also many that only certain members of the royal family know.
Of course, under normal circumstances, this kind of thing must not be told to Han Zhao.
After all, once the palace was lost, the royal family, including the queen, would need to use these secret passages to escape.
But just like Han Zhao said, what if the Wei family also knew the location of these secret passages and used them to sneak into the palace? The incident happened suddenly, and Ning Wenjun had no time to think about it.
After just a moment, he no longer hesitated and immediately answered Han Zhao's question.
"General, there is a secret passage in the dry well in the backyard of Ziluan Palace that leads directly to Qingnian Lane outside the palace. There is also a secret passage under the desk in Shiqu Pavilion that leads to..."
“.”
As the fire flickered, Ning Wenjun revealed all the arrangements made by Ning Yongnian without hiding anything.
From a God's perspective, he seemed a little stupid and lacked the vigilance that a prince should have.
But you have to know that even Ning Yongnian did not doubt Han Zhao's identity, so how could Ning Wenjun have imagined that the great general and commander of the imperial guards in front of him had actually been Wei Changtian's man for a long time.
"Your Highness, is that all you just said?"
Glancing at the swaying curtains, Han Zhao finally asked, "Anything else?"
"there is none left."
Ning Wenjun shook his head and his eyes fell on several deputy generals who had already heard the order and rushed over.
“Your Highness!”
“Your Highness!”
When several deputy generals saw Ning Wenjun, they hurriedly bowed their heads and clasped their fists, then looked at Han Zhao together, waiting for the latter to make arrangements for the deployment.
However, Han Zhao not only did not say anything, but the solemnity on his face slowly faded away, and was replaced by a meaningful smile.
"General Han, you!"
Seeing this smile, Ning Wenjun immediately felt something was wrong. His pupils suddenly contracted and his heart seemed to stop beating.
He was about to ask Han Zhao something, but before he could finish his words, the latter's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot the next moment.
"Bang!!"
“Bang, bang, bang!!”
"ah!!!"
Suddenly, a loud explosion echoed around me, followed by shrill and unexpected wails.
In just a blink of an eye, four unprepared third-rank deputy generals vomited blood and flew out of the main tent. Two of them died on the spot, and the other two were seriously injured.
Han Zhao is in the late second rank, and his strength is far beyond those deputy generals.
In addition, he launched the attack suddenly and did not encounter any resistance at all, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he was able to achieve such a result.
“Swish!”
Amid countless horrified gazes, Han Zhao did not stop after his sudden attack. Instead, he flashed to the side of the two deputy generals who were still alive and gave them two more palms without hesitation.
“Bang! Bang!!”
The red light of the torches was fierce and terrible. The two lieutenants who had just been full of energy didn't even have time to figure out what was happening before they followed the other two who had died earlier and set foot on the road to the underworld.
It was not until this moment that some of the guards outside the tent finally came to their senses.
"General Han is also a traitor!!"
"quick!!"
"Protect His Royal Highness the Prince!!"
“.”
A few breaths later, the crowd that had come late rushed into the main tent.
However, Han Zhao and Ning Wenjun had disappeared long ago.
(End of this chapter)
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