The scorching sun outside the noon gate had turned orange and had begun to slide towards the west.

A group of officials in green or green robes or even scarlet robes no longer had the excitement of the morning, replaced by a complex expression of shame, surprise, fear, exhaustion and other emotions mixed together, just a few hours ago, one of their colleagues was beheaded by Yang Feng's family in front of them, and now the pool of scarlet blood has turned into a black coagulated object after a day, and the body of the beheaded Yushi is still lying on the ground, just covered by a straw mat.

Gao Panlong is an old man who is nearly seventy years old, so naturally it is impossible to stand all day, and at this moment he is sitting on a low stool that I don't know who got it, and his old face is full of exhaustion.

And Qian Qianyi, Guo Yunhou, Fang Zhuangli and others standing next to him, although they are younger than Gao Panlong, they can't be compared with young people, they are hungry and tired, and they don't have an image to sit on the ground at the moment.

Fang Zhuangli licked his chapped lips, and said to Gao Panlong a little anxiously: "Lord Gao, it will be dark in two hours, do we continue to wait here?" ”

"Keep waiting!" Gao Panlong's voice was full of firmness, "Su Yushi can't die in vain, in broad daylight, he openly killed the imperial history of my Imperial Court in front of the noon gate, the old man wants to ask the queen, if such a cruel person is not severely punished, wouldn't our Ming law be in vain!" ”

"Right...... Yang Feng is so brutal, tomorrow we will let his atrocities be made public, so that everyone in the world can see what Yang Feng and his Jiangning Army are. Qian Qianyi on the side also said indignantly.

Li Qiyuan also nodded and agreed: "Yes...... Lord Su's blood can't be shed in vain, we must see Yang Feng's brutality clearly in the whole world. ”

Fang Zhuangli pursed his mouth inadvertently, and his heart was tired for a while, he naturally knew why Gao Panlong was so unrelenting. Gao Panlong, as the left capital of the Imperial Palace, is in charge of the entire Imperial Palace. This morning, those Jiang Ning soldiers cut off the heads of their subordinates in front of him, if he didn't stand up for his subordinates, his prestige in the Imperial Court would inevitably be lost, which is the reason why he was still here until now.

In fact, the stalemate has reached now, and many of the officials outside the noon gate have retreated in their hearts, but in this case, naturally no one dares to go home without authorization, after all, if anyone dares to escape without authorization in today's situation, what awaits him will inevitably be collectively boycotted and blocked by his colleagues, and his future career will inevitably be bleak.

After a while, Qian Qianyi slowly walked to Gao Panlong's side and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Teacher, if it's too late today, do we really want to spend it here?" ”

Gao Panlong frowned slightly, and said in a resolute tone: "Of course, since we have already come, we must not return in vain, otherwise our Donglin Party's face will be lost, and the most important thing is that we must let that person see our determination, which is very beneficial in the future." ”

Qian Qianyi nodded again and again, and the one Gao Panlong said was naturally His Royal Highness King Xin, who had already returned home. As long as Zhu Youxiao dies, King Xin will definitely become the next emperor, and he can get King Xin's attention in advance at this time, which is very beneficial to him for the Donglin Party. With so many benefits, even if they stayed here for a day or two, and the more miserable their appearance was at the moment, the better their senses would naturally be after reaching Zhu Youzhen's ears.

Thinking of this, Qian Qianyi couldn't help but glance around, and sighed in his heart that it would be better if he could faint a few people now, and he must be able to get more sympathy and support from the Manchu civil and military forces, right? Of course, it would be even more perfect if His Royal Highness King Shin was here.

At this time, a cool evening breeze blew, which made the officials who had been exposed to the scorching sun all day feel a chill, and many people let out a pleasant sigh.

A servant came to Gao Panlong with a bowl of herbal tea and tried to persuade him to drink something, but Gao Panlong refused.

"You take it back, the official doesn't need this, you go and distribute it to those who need it."

The servant looked around in embarrassment, not knowing how to show affection.

At this time, Guo Yunhou said to him: "You go down, I am here today for the righteousness in my heart, what is thirsty, as long as I can let the world know what I am doing, even if I die of thirst, what does it matter." ”

"Well said!" Fang Zhuangli gave a thumbs up on the side, "Master Guo is worthy of being a model for my generation, Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness, only his righteousness is done, so benevolence, my generation of scholars naturally can't give up halfway, and let those thieves in the palace see the spirit of our scholars." ”

After Fang Zhuangli's words were heard by the surrounding officials, many people praised them one after another.

"Great...... Master Fang is reasonable, even if we die here today, we must not give up halfway, and let the world see our determination! ”

"Right...... We are consumed with them, and Lord Su's heroic spirit is watching us from the sky! ”

For a while, the originally sluggish atmosphere began to rise again, and at this moment, a melodious bell rang.

"Knock...... Boom...... Knock ......"

When the melodious bell rang, the original noisy sound outside the noon gate suddenly stopped, and the expressions on everyone's faces froze for the first time, and everyone heard it, Jingyang bell rang.

Jingyang bell is a big bell placed on the Jingyang floor, this bell has only one function on weekdays, that is, to notify the officials in the capital in the morning, it is going to be early, you hurry up to enter the palace for me. Moreover, this bell is so large that it is said that once it rings, most of the people in the capital can hear it.

Of course, now that the sun is about to set, the bell ringing will naturally not be to convene the ministers of the early dynasty, nor will it be to convene officials to discuss matters, and now the emperor is critically ill, and no one except the emperor is qualified to order it to be ringed. But there are exceptions, such as......

"Jingyang Clock...... It's Jingyang bell ringing......"

When the bell came into Qian Qianyi's ears, he first froze for a moment, and then looked at Gao Panlong on the side, and found that a hint of ecstasy flashed in the other party's eyes. Yes, it is ecstatic, Qian Qianyi can swear to God, he is absolutely not mistaken.

However, Gao Panlong's subsequent actions made Qian Qianyi even more shocked, his ecstatic eyes were just fleeting, and then Gao Panlong's face immediately turned into a sad look, and then Gao Panlong made a move that Qian Qianyi admired and threw himself to the ground, only to see Gao Panlong suddenly pounce on the ground, and let out a wail in his mouth.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty...... Your Majesty...... Why did you just leave? ”

"Hiss......"

Seeing this, Qian Qianyi almost gasped, he finally understood now why Gao Panlong was able to become the leader and founder of the Donglin Party, and he was just a disciple of others, just this ability to reflect and change his face was enough for him to learn for a long time.

At this time, the surrounding officials were stunned for a moment when they heard Gao Panlong suddenly kneeling on the ground and Tao Tao was crying, and then many people also came back to their senses. In addition to summoning officials to the court and summoning ministers to enter the palace for urgent deliberations, Jingyang Zhong also has a function, that is, when the emperor dies, it will also ring, and now the Emperor of the Apocalypse is critically ill, so naturally he will not go to the court or convene the ministers to discuss matters, so now that the Jingyang Bell is ringing, there is only one possibility, the Emperor of the Apocalypse has died.

After thinking of this, the officials present also knelt down in the direction of the palace and cried bitterly one by one.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty......"

"Your Majesty, why did you leave?"

Regardless of whether these officials were really crying or fake crying, when hundreds of people cried together, the momentum was still quite loud, and for a while, the crying resounded everywhere outside the noon gate.

Qian Qianyi knelt behind Gao Panlong, and cried loudly with everyone, for a qualified official, when to show what expression, what kind of emotion to show is a compulsory course for officials, and its professionalism will be put in the future generations, even if it is not an actor, it is definitely at the level of an old actor.

The guards outside the noon gate and the family members brought by Yang Feng looked at the officials who were crying in front of the noon gate, but they didn't reflect for a while, and they were almost stunned.

A family member muttered, "Your Majesty has died?" Can't you? ”

"How is it possible, our uncle is still inside, how can Your Majesty die?"

The tears of the officials came as soon as they were said, and the crying was so touching that some people felt that something was wrong just by crying and crying.

"Huh...... Why did Jingyang Bell stop? ”

"yes......"

One after another, someone found something strange and couldn't help but ask his companions around him.

"Lord Lu, how many times did the Jingyang bell ring just now?"

"I don't know, I just cried, and I didn't have time to count?"

"It seems to have sounded twenty-four." Someone on the side interjected.

"What...... There were twenty-four rings, Lord Wang, did you hear me right? Are you sure there were only twenty-four rings, not fifty-four? ”

"What are you talking about, brother, I haven't been so old and confused this year that I can even count twenty-four and fifty-four wrong!" The official named Lord Wang was a little displeased.

"But...... But ......"

Everyone looked at me for a while, and I looked at you, and for a while they didn't know what to say, and now they found that they seemed to have made a big joke.

As mentioned earlier, the Jingyang bell will ring in the early dynasty, when the ministers are convened, and when the emperor dies, and the way to distinguish them is to listen to it ring a few times. The twelve tones are to tell the officials to come and clock in to work, otherwise the boss will curse. Twenty-four is to inform the officials in the capital, no matter what you are doing, hurry up and report to the palace for me, the boss has an urgent matter to find you for a meeting. In the end, the Jingyang bell rang fifty-four times, which is the meaning of the emperor's death.

Now the bell has only struck twenty-four times, but they are crying bitterly here, which emperor will be furious, Lao Tzu is alive and well, but you are here to mourn me, are you looking forward to my death?

"That's not right." The official said in disbelief: "Jingyang Bell is the important weapon of the country, except for that kind of thing, if there is no His Majesty's permission, if anyone dares to strike without authorization, it will be killed!" Now that His Majesty is critically ill, who has the courage to ring the Jingyang Bell without authorization? ”

But fortunately, the Jingyang bell rang again after a pause, and this time everyone finally heard it clearly, it was indeed twenty-four rings, which was to summon the civil and military officials to enter the palace to meet him?

For a while, the officials were a little confused, the emperor Lao Tzu is now critically ill, who is summoning them into the palace?

"Master, what do you think is going on?" At the same time, Qian Qianyi was also quietly asking Gao Panlong.

"How does the old man know?" Gao Panlong's face is also very ugly, your sister, just thought that the boss had burped, and she cried for a long time, but in the end she found out that it was the boss who was annoyed for a long time and was calling for him to go to work to punch in.

Looking in the direction of the palace and listening to the melodious bells, Gao Panlong's expression became a little cold: "Anyway, since the Jingyang Bell has sounded twenty-four times, it is natural for me to enter the palace to meet Your Majesty as a courtier." ”

When the word "Your Majesty" was spoken, Gao Panlong specially accentuated his tone, but there was still a hint of irony in his tone. Gao Panlong is very clear about the condition of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, judging from the news from the palace, the condition of the Emperor of the Apocalypse has been deteriorating in the past few days, the high fever does not go away, and there is a coma for longer and longer, unable to eat, etc., there is already the imperial doctor who has said that the emperor's death is a matter of the past two days, since even the imperial doctor has sentenced him to death, Gao Panlong will never believe that there will be any reversal in the matter that has been confirmed.

"Although the old man doesn't know who is so bold and rings the Jingyang bell without authorization, the old man will let you know the consequences of angering the old man!"

Gao Panlong patted the dust on the official robe, tidied up the crown and the black gauze hat on his head, and turned his head to the crowd: "Ladies and gentlemen, since the Jingyang bell has sounded twenty-four times, I, as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, naturally have to hurry into the palace to meet Your Majesty. ”

"Right...... Let's enter the palace together, and seek justice for Lord Su, who died tragically under Yang Feng's knife today! I don't know who shouted in the crowd.

"That's right, this time we are entering the palace by edict, I want to see who dares to stop it!"

Thinking of the humiliation they received today, the officials were "excited" for a while, and soon everyone consciously lined up and walked towards the noon gate, and this time the guards outside the noon gate and the Jiang Ning army did not stop them, and they entered the palace smoothly.........