Chapter 428: Death
By the way, the Yanjing City at that time was the Nanjing system of the Liao Dynasty. The palace city or the imperial city was located in the southwest of the city. It not only occupied more than a quarter of the entire city, but the two palace walls on the southwest simply shared the gates with the walls of Yanjing City... It was a typical city with a large area, few people, and leaks everywhere.
This also directly led to the defense of the palace becoming a big problem.
The eldest prince transferred Hezhameng'an out before because the new army and the Yanyun clans were all in the north city, but he did not expect that they were easily taken advantage of by Talai, Yin Shuke, Taiyu and others.
Although Hesheli Taiyu and others took advantage of the situation and occupied the palace, they did not dare to stay in the palace due to their strength.
In this case, Shangshutai, located near the city center, became the best choice. Although it was small in area, its walls were built according to the regulations of palace walls, which made it easy to defend. A large hall in the center also made it easy to monitor and control.
In fact, this was an important reason why Wuzhu chose to eliminate Nianhan in the Shangshu Tai.
"What do you want?"
In the twilight, the dark walls of the Shangshu Terrace were dimly visible in the firelight. After watching Zheng Xiunian return to the Qin Mansion to report the news, Hong Ya suddenly noticed Qin Hui's still hesitant attitude, and immediately stepped forward to ask.
"I'm wondering whether I should go back to the eldest prince." Qin Hui lowered his voice in the dark night. "If necessary, persuade him to come to see the emperor in person."
Hong Ya frowned for a moment, because he instinctively sensed the other party's cunningness.
After all, even at this point, the situation is only a 50-50 chance of winning or losing. If he still insists on being a member of the eldest prince's party on the surface, then if tonight fails, Qin Huizhi may be able to get rid of suspicion by virtue of the chaos and some kind of tacit silence; and if tonight succeeds, he will still be recognized as a great contributor by everyone here.
I can only say that it is a good plan.
But at the same time, Hong Ya had to admit that with the king in his hands and the Secretariat right in front of him, the battle of Elubu and Jiaguwulibu to suppress the new army and private soldiers of the three major clans was irreversible. The most important thing at this time was to get the eldest prince to the Secretariat as soon as possible... He could be tricked, lured, locked up, or forced to use dirty tricks and shoot him with an arrow outside the gate of the Secretariat, but the eldest prince had to be brought here and controlled.
At this time, Qin Hui, who had not revealed any obvious flaws, returned to the eldest prince. It was certainly beneficial to the situation to encourage the eldest prince to come to the Secretariat from an internal perspective.
Therefore, Hong Ya just frowned but did not object, and did not even sneer.
Seeing that Hong Ya had no objection, Qin Hui made up his mind and took the initiative to talk to Wanyan Talai and Hesheli Taiyu to express his feelings. As expected, the two of them did not express any extra words and let him leave calmly.
In the darkness, Qin Hui secretly left with a few guards without attracting the attention of others. Soon, the king and his wife, Wanyan Hela and Queen Pei Man, arrived in front of the Shangshu Terrace, escorted by a group of soldiers and riding on the same horse.
Besides, the chaos in Yanjing City had already been big enough, and the Shangshutai had certainly heard it and reacted. When everyone arrived at the outer gate of the Shangshutai, the gate was closed, and there were also lighting braziers and armed soldiers behind the high wall.
However, all this quickly disintegrated with a word from Wulinda Zanmo, who took the initiative to come forward to the door:
"I am Wulinda Zanmo, the Minister of Rites. The king and queen are here now. Marshal Talai, Commander Yinshuke, General Hesheli, and Hong Chengzhi are also here. Open the door quickly to welcome them!"
With just one shout, the soldiers behind the wall became panicked, and then in just a moment, the door of the Shangshu Terrace was opened.
Everyone rushed in, protecting the king and the queen. They saw that it was still dark inside the Shangshu Terrace. Talai hurriedly scolded the soldiers and clerks who stayed behind to light up the lights and make sure they were bright to prevent the king and the queen from falling... Of course, everyone knew that this would make it easier to monitor the main hall in the center.
Soon, as everyone quickly poured into the main hall, the entire Shangshu Terrace quickly became brighter, to the point where it felt as if it was brightly lit, and it continued to get brighter...even gradually becoming too bright.
A few dozen steps away from the central hall of the Shangshu Terrace, Talai and Hesheli, who were walking on both sides of the king and queen, seemed to be the first to notice something, and then began to slow down and try to observe.
But it was too late.
The evening wind was howling, the fire was dazzling, and the five doors of the central hall of the Shangshu Terrace were suddenly opened. Hundreds of soldiers swarmed out from the four side doors, and in the middle of the tide of soldiers, several figures suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
That’s not all, more soldiers also poured out from the outer side halls and wing rooms.
At this moment, unlike the others beside him who hurriedly stopped and even instinctively held their swords to be alert, the King Wanyan Hela was not surprised but happy, and actually went straight to meet him:
"Fourth uncle! Mr. Xi Yin!"
These two names made Hong Ya's heart sink to the bottom in the rear, and also made most of the palace guards and Hesheli officers who accompanied him completely panicked.
Wanyan Xiyin, with a gloomy face, stepped forward to support Hela, while Wanyan Wushu, who was standing behind the door of the hall, just nodded slightly to Hela, and then limped out of the hall with the support of the Tai Shi Nu. When he came to the front of the hall, he just glanced at Hesheli Taiyu, Wanyan Talan, Wanyan Yinshu and a few others, and of course Hong Ya, and he felt completely cold.
After a hard day's work, you end up falling into someone else's trap!
Of course, there were also those who remained calm. For example, Wulin Da Zanmo, who had been at the front of the team, did not hesitate and directly supported the somewhat bewildered little queen, lowered his head and walked forward, and went inside the door to look for the king and Xi Yin.
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