Chapter 188 No chickens or dogs left behind
late at night.

A group of people suddenly appeared on the deserted street.

The group walked through the streets and alleys, and then... finally arrived at their destination.

At this time, in front of a tall mansion.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door, breaking the silence of the night!
clap clap clap...

This huge mansion was suddenly knocked open by someone.

Someone inside exclaimed: "How dare you! Do you know where this is? This is the Marquis of Yan'an's Mansion."

Tang Shengzong, Marquis of Yan'an, was the co-director of the Five Military Commandery, a powerful official. Moreover, he was a founding hero, and everyone in the capital feared him.

But at this time, the visitor just sneered, took out a warrant, and said: "I have been ordered to arrest Emperor Shengzong of Tang. Where is Emperor Shengzong of Tang? Here is the warrant!"

The man vaguely recognized the imperial edict, and his high spirits suddenly wilted. He shrank his neck and said hesitantly, "My master... is still on duty at the Governor's Mansion... this... this..."

Before he could finish his words, someone kicked the door open with a fierce kick.

The leading officer of the Yiluansi shouted: "No one should be spared!"

Not a word of caution was left out.

The captains behind him rushed into the mansion like a tide.

Immediately afterwards, exclamations were heard from all around.

When the officers entered the mansion and saw people being killed, they quickly rushed into the backyard. The screams of the women, mixed with the shouts of the killing, resounded inside and outside the mansion.

At this time, someone shouted, "Tang Shengzong is guilty of treason, which is unforgivable. Now, in compliance with your majesty's order, his entire family must be killed. No one in this mansion should be spared. No one should be left out, otherwise we will all be punished."

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The lights in the Left Army Governor's Mansion were bright at this time.

In this public house, none of the governor, associate governor, and assistant officials of the Left Army Governor's Office slept. In addition, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, Zhu Liangzu, the Marquis of Yongjia, also came.

Tang Shengzong was the second-in-command of the Left Army Commander-in-Chief's Office. The original commander-in-chief of the Left Army was Chang Yuchun. Since Chang Yuchun died of illness, the position of commander-in-chief has been vacant. However, His Majesty obviously did not find a candidate for the position, so the position of commander-in-chief has been vacant.

At this time, Tang Shengzong was pacing back and forth in the public housing with his hands behind his back. His brows were deeply frowned, and he seemed unable to make up his mind.

However, Yongjia Marquis Zhu Liangzu said, "Brother Tang, you can't hesitate any longer. The date has been set and the time is approaching. If the Left Army Commandery doesn't take any action, once we miss the opportunity..."

"Wait a little longer... wait a little longer..." Tang Shengzong raised his head, anxiety in his brows. He looked at the sky outside and seemed extremely nervous. His expression was tense at this moment, like a frightened bird.

Zhu Liangzu seemed very anxious and said, "Mr. Hu..."

Tang Shengzong finally stood still, looked at him and said with a wry smile: "Don't be impulsive. If you want to move, let others move first. Why are you in such a hurry? If you fail at that time..."

Zhu Liangzu became even more anxious, and couldn't help but raise his voice a few degrees, saying: "Brother, that's not the way to say it. If we sit and wait for death now, we will die. If we fight, we still have a chance. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Mr. Hu has already made arrangements. If we hesitate at this time, once the plan fails, do you think we can still survive, Brother Tang?"

After a pause, he continued, "Over here in the Beijing camp, the troops stationed in the capital, these camps, all followed Brother Tang through thick and thin. As long as Brother Tang gives the order, we have the order from the Left Army Governor's Office, and Brother Tang is here, everyone will have no doubts and will definitely follow his lead. Now is the time to cut the Gordian knot, otherwise we will suffer the consequences."

Tang Shengzong frowned deeply and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, which made him even more anxious. So he said in a rough voice: "That's what you said, but why don't the others move first and wait for us? Be calm and let me think about it. Think about it again."

Zhu Liangzu didn't know that at this moment, a figure in his mind was like a mountain that he couldn't get rid of.

That man... Tang Shengzong had been through thick and thin with him in the past. The more this happened, the more Tang Shengzong felt the panic of this man.

Can it really succeed?

It is said that now that everyone is complaining, all the arrangements now available will be foolproof.

Mr. Hu is indeed a cautious person. With so many people behind him, Emperor Tang Shengzong is enough to face any enemy, except... that person.

At this moment, Tang Shengzong couldn't help feeling a little powerless. He slowly closed his eyes and sighed.

At this time, noisy footsteps were heard outside.

Tang Shengzong suddenly opened his eyes and his body shuddered.

Soon, someone rushed into the duty room.

Tang Shengzong took a closer look and saw that the man was covered in blood and was trembling all over as if he had been stimulated.

Looking more closely, I found that the person looked familiar.

"Master...Master..."

This shrill scream finally made Tang Shengzong recognize the person, and he immediately asked in surprise: "Are you Tang Zheng?"

Tang Zheng cried, "Master, it's over, it's all over. The Yiluansi people have been ordered to go to our mansion overnight, saying they want to arrest you..." After hearing this, Tang Shengzong felt something was wrong. His body trembled and his voice stuttered involuntarily: "Arrest...arrest me?"

"Yes, they said that the master had colluded with the traitors and was planning a rebellion. Those officers took the imperial edict and the imperial seal and rushed into our house... The master... is dead, the old master, the second master, the mistress, and several young masters and young ladies... are all dead... I felt that things were not going well, so I managed to climb over the wall and escape. Master, I'm afraid those officers will come here to arrest the master soon. Master... let's go, run away..."

When Tang Shengzong heard these words, his mind was in turmoil. His body was shaking violently, but his eyes were dull. It seemed that he could not accept such a shock all at once, and his body could not support himself and began to stagger.

Zhu Liangzu, who was standing by, quickly supported him.

Tang Shengzong suddenly began to hit his forehead with his fist, screaming: "How could this happen... How could it be so fast... Damn it, damn it, I really deserve to die... Oh my God."

However, Zhu Liangzu's face looked grim.

He said with a sad face: "Brother, His Majesty... His Majesty has finally taken action, he is going to take action..."

How terrified he was that he killed Tang Shengzong's entire family. Could his entire family be spared?
Even Emperor Shengzong of Tang couldn't get away with it, so how could Zhu Liangzu possibly save his family?

"Brother... His Majesty..."

Tang Shengzong clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes began to turn blood red.

Perhaps it was the extreme sadness that aroused the cruelty in his bones.

People like him who crawled out of a sea of ​​blood and corpses would be so terrible that people would not dare to look at them directly when they get angry.

"Zhu Yuanzhang, I am marrying your mother. From now on, all the ties between you and me are severed. I will never live in harmony with you. Someone, someone, come..."

He roared like a wild animal.

Soon, Zhu Liangzu also cheered up.

Dozens of trusted officers who had been arranged outside by Emperor Shengzong of Tang had also heard the noise and filed in.

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Guard Command Office.

At this time, at the east gate of the Forbidden City, someone was sitting at his desk tiredly, looking doubtful.

This city tower is unique for the capital city because it is close to Chunhe Palace, the prince's residence.

At this time, Nanxiong Marquis Zhao Yong was sitting here, with an uncertain look on his face, unable to make up his mind.

Originally he wasn't supposed to be on duty here, but somehow he came here tonight.

At the founding of the country, Zhao Yong's military achievements were enough to make him a duke, but because he kept slaves, he was only given the title of marquis.

Over the years, Zhao Yong had always been unwilling to accept his fate, and as a result, he was nicknamed the number one marquis in the world. However, the more he was called this, the more resentful he felt in his heart.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to understand this point. The reason he dealt with him in this way was to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. Therefore, in the past few years, he has been giving special care to Zhao Yong.

Under this special care, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Zhao Yong as the deputy secretary of the Zhanshi Palace.

Although he was the deputy chancellor, in reality, Zhao Yong was in charge of guarding Chunhe Palace.

In fact, another intention was to let Zhao Yong work hard, so that when the prince ascended the throne in the future, in recognition of his contribution to the founding of the country and his loyalty to the prince, he might be promoted to the rank of duke in the future.

But even so, Zhao Yong still felt aggrieved.

Such a great contributor still had to continue on duty to earn a salary. The Ming Dynasty had extremely strict rules for the nobles, even slaves had a fixed number, and founding heroes still had to be controlled by civil officials.

If you make a mistake, the authorities will intervene.

He was the greatest marquis in the world and the seventh hero among the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty, but his treatment was not even as good as that of a mere county magistrate in the Yuan Dynasty, who could decide life and death and obtain countless wealth.

Zhao Yong was originally a low-ranking military officer in the Yuan Dynasty, commanding a mere water fort. But now thinking about it, he could lead his men to arbitrarily extort money and goods from the merchants who came and went. On the contrary, after he surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang, although his status rose rapidly, he not only lost his freedom, but became like a prisoner with his hands and feet tied.

When Zhao Yong thought of this, he gasped through his nose and couldn't help but punched the table hard.

One can imagine the resentment in his heart.

At this moment, a clerk suddenly came in and said, "My Lord... there is a fire in the West City... and there is a commotion. It seems that the troops stationed in the West City of the Beijing Camp have made some movement."

After hearing this, Zhao Yong's eyes suddenly lit up. He said, "Xicheng... Could it be that... Tang Shengzong took action first? Yes, I thought Tang Shengzong was steady and would not take the initiative, but now it seems that this man is very courageous."

After saying that, Zhao Yong also perked up and continued, "It seems that everyone is going to take action. That's great. I can't fall behind. Otherwise, when the time comes to reward people for their contributions, I will fall behind others again."

At this point, he looked at the clerk who came in with an excited expression and said, "You... quickly gather our people together, and start now. Let's go to Chunhe Palace first."

(End of this chapter)