Chapter 10: The Capital ()

August, the capital.

Although it was early autumn, except for the cooler weather in the morning and night, the autumn tiger was still very powerful during the day. Du Ning ran all the way, and finally saw the blue-gray city walls outside the capital around the second hour of Si.

The capital of the Great Jian Dynasty was high and thick, covering an area of ​​thousands of miles. The city wall was surrounded by the city wall, and the portal was next to the portal. Under the sanitation of the city wall and the city gate with the arch tower outside the city gate, the entire capital was divided into several parts, namely the outer city, the inner city, the imperial city and the palace city. The outer city wall opened its doors on the east and west sides, but the north city wall did not. Du Ning originally came from the northwest along the road. If you enter the city from other gates, you must go around a big circle, but things are urgent and cannot be delayed. Therefore, Du Ning chose to enter the city from Xiyimen in the northwest corner of the outer city. Xiyimen was not big, and was built as a temporary entry and exit channel, which was now providing convenience for Du Ning.

Du Ning whipped all the way, and before the people reached the city gate, the voice was already roaring. The guards on the Xiyi Gate city tower saw him far away. Although they didn't see who it was, they could see clearly. Who didn't know that the black shiny flying ling, the black raccoon suit and the black sheathed golden sword were the iconic outfits of the Feiling Guard? What's more, those who can wear the golden flying raccoon suit are probably people who can walk horizontally in the capital!

At this moment, the guards hurriedly opened the city gate. When Du Ning was approaching, the garrison soldiers could see clearly and secretly felt a little scared. It turned out to be this adult! Fortunately, they were busy with their own hands and feet, otherwise they would have been late, and the consequences would be unpredictable...

From top to bottom in the capital, who doesn't know that Du Ning, the commander of Feiling Weidong Town, is a popular man in front of the emperor? Seeing him rushing through the city gate with a whirlwind and moving away quickly, the garrison soldiers couldn't help but mutter to themselves, looking like this, the major event a few days ago was probably not a result, or the result was very bad, otherwise this Lord Du would not be so anxious and his face would not be so ugly!

Along the way, the noise in the capital was filled with eardrums. The outer city is where the people live. Although the court has just returned to the north, the current capital is not able to feel the smell of war. After all, they are thousands of miles apart! Thinking of what they saw and heard in the north a few days ago, Du Ning couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

After entering the outer city, Du Ning's horse speed still did not slow down, and he rode his horse in a long street as if he was in a state of no one! On the one hand, Du Ning's flying guards were used to being prestigious in the capital, and on the other hand, it was indeed urgent. So even if he did this a bit arrogant, he might be seen by those who were interested and left with any handle, but Du Ning couldn't care so much. Even if there were any trouble in the future, Du Ning didn't care!

The people on both sides of the street saw Du Ning's flying suit. Seeing that his horse was very anxious, they had already run and avoided it. Du Ning walked through Yuhe Gate to the east, dismounted in front of Xining Gate, and further inside was the imperial city. No matter how brave Du Ning was, he did not dare to ride a horse in the imperial city. He quickly tidied up his clothes and dusted off his body. Du Ning hurriedly walked along the corridor to the southeast.

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At the end of Si, the Golden Palace.

The war had just passed. Although it was actually the Beirong invading the border, which forced the court to fight, the Jiangong Dynasty nominally called this war "the battle of the north". At this time, the imperial army was conquering the north but not long. In addition to routine business matters, there were many more things to discuss in the court.

This time, the victory of the Northern Expedition was achieved. Any officials of all sizes who participated in the matter would be rewarded and those who had made great contributions would be punished. The specific lists had been submitted to the Yousi Yamen, but they had to go through a motion in the court. Beirong retreated, and how to deal with the end of the war in the three prefectures, the sequelae of the war must be dealt with by relevant policies. The most important point is that the shocking case that occurred in Ganzhou, Anyang Prefecture, half a month ago, although the emperor had been strictly enforced thoroughly, there was no accurate result, which made the emperor furious. When the court mentioned this matter, many ministers bowed their heads and dared not take on this.

Although the emperor handed over the primary task to Fei Lingwei, it was not that there was no other matter. As for this matter, although it had been discussed several times, overall, there were two opinions.

Some people think it was done by Beirong, because the other party was clean and ruthless, which was in line with the usual style of Rongdi in the north. In addition, the two sides were fighting, if a team of the other party inserted into the gap in their own defense line and went back to the rear, "just happens to" encounter a prince's carriage who returned to his hometown to visit his relatives while fighting a ceremonial war, and then the two sides met with blood. This is one of the statements: a coincidence is happening.

Although this statement has some basis, not many people support it, but there are a large number of people who oppose it, among which the generals are the top. Why? Because the people who proposed this statement are simply slapping the generals in the face! The court had just won a great victory before the north. Just say that the other party crossed our defense line and assassinated the prince's visiting team? What's not a slap in the face? Besides, the court, including the emperor himself, is still immersed in the joy of victory. At this time, I am afraid that the emperor would not be very happy even if he was worried about the sixteenth prince who was unknown to life and death.

Another statement is similar, and it is also believed that it was done by the Beirong. But the reason is much more reliable than the first statement. The court and Beirong fought for years, and the court arranged detailed work in Beirong. Beirong was also infiltrating personnel in the northern border towns of Jianchao. This time, if the other side took advantage of the army's battle on the front line and suddenly attacked the forces in the rear border towns, it would be reasonable. If a prince on the other side was killed at that time, and a son of the emperor's favorite, it would be a psychological blow to the Jianchao emperor in the south and the soldiers of Jianchao who were fighting.

Both statements sound a little reasonable at first glance, but after a careful analysis, it seems a bit far-fetched.

No matter which statement, there is a problem that cannot be avoided in the end, that is, why did the other party seize the opportunity so well? He suddenly attacked just when the team entered Ganzhou. Obviously, the other party should have obtained detailed information in advance! Because the decision to let the prince visit his mother was not only temporary, but not many people knew about it... In order not to show off, the team did not even return home with great fanfare, and there were not many entourages. Only the emperor sent a group of guards to protect each other secretly. I originally thought that it was on the ground of my own home and there were also a large eunuch escort, so it should be foolproof, but who knew that something went wrong?

In the Golden Palace, Emperor Qiyuan's face was as deep as water, and he coldly glanced over the faces of all the ministers. When the court was discussing rewards and punishments, these people were scrambling to speak one by one, all of them were all excited. When the prince was assassinated, everyone lowered their heads, and the huge golden palace was silent. For a moment, Emperor Qiyuan was so angry that he was speechless. Finally, he snorted and had no choice but to disperse.

The little eunuchs on both sides had just rolled up the curtains. Emperor Qiyuan looked up and suddenly found that the eunuch Qian Hai, the eunuch next to him, was waiting. He couldn't help but snorted: "Qian Hai, what are you doing here?"

When Qian Hai saw that the emperor had dispersed, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to see the salute. Seeing that the emperor was not very happy, he had guessed the reason in his heart. Qian Hai stood up from the ground, glanced at the little eunuch next to him, and whispered: "Your Majesty, Commander Du has just returned from the north and is waiting in the side hall."

"Ah? Du Ning is back?" Emperor Qi Yuan's heart was thrilled, and two thick eyebrows were chanting: "Why didn't you say it earlier, hurry up, lead the way!"
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