The royal guards who shouted shouted, let the ministers enter the palace from the Xuanwu Gate, and the ministers below heard this, and everyone knew it in their hearts, thinking that Empress Dugu had died, and it was estimated that there was already a candidate for the throne in the palace, anyway, there were two people, either the eldest princess or the king of Xiang, and there would be no third person!

The ministers stopped making noise, and they got on their horses one after another, took their servants, and made a detour to Xuanwu Gate. On the way, acquaintances began to gather and whispered, all guessing who would be the emperor in the palace.

Almost everyone thinks that Empress Dugu is dead, and the courtiers should cry loudly, and they want to die or live, and in order to show their loyalty, they can even take the initiative to ask for a funeral, anyway, no matter who is the new emperor, they will not be allowed to be buried, so it is still very safe for the ministers to make a gesture to come out, but now, isn't there no one who has announced that Empress Dugu has died, so they don't have to cry in a hurry.

Several ministers in red robes gathered together, and one of them said: "I heard that the Taoist temple where the second prince lives, there was an accident yesterday, if my guess is correct, the second prince should be gone, and the eldest prince has just returned from Zhenxi not long ago, and there is no one available under his hand, and it is estimated that he will not be in the palace at this time." ”

Several other ministers nodded together, and one of the well-informed ministers said: "However, I heard that Yang Ze came back with his troops, broke into the city last night, and set fire to the princess's mansion of the eldest princess, this is a turn of face!" ”

"Then Yang Ze is not afraid, at such a critical moment, if he doesn't help the eldest prince, he actually runs to vent his anger, how can this kind of person succeed? And he is burning the house, which means that he is not in the palace, and the eldest prince is naturally not in the palace, there are only two people in the palace, the eldest princess and the king! Another minister said.

But as soon as he finished speaking, some ministers disagreed, and said, "King Xiang should not be in the palace either." So the two people in the palace should be the eldest princess and the king of Linzi, if I had to guess, there should be only one person left dead at this time. ”

Several ministers who listened to him fell silent together, and walked out for more than ten zhang before someone answered: "It should be like this, otherwise the palace gate would not be closed, and I would not be allowed to wait to enter, it should be cleaning up inside, at least I have to wipe the blood clean, you say." Who is more likely to be alive? ”

"It seems that it should be the eldest princess, maybe she is sitting in the main hall, waiting for us to enter the palace and shout long live to her!" One of the ministers snorted and said with a sneer.

But the other ministers shook their heads again, and talked about it, according to the character of the eldest princess, as long as they won, they would immediately let the ministers enter the palace. She doesn't care about wiping the blood in the palace clean, she will ascend to the throne first and then say anything else, as long as she becomes the emperor, who dares to ask what the blood in the palace is about. How was the King of Linzi killed? This doesn't match the character of the eldest princess!

They speculated wildly, but after guessing for a long time, a minister suddenly said: "It can't be that they haven't found the jade seal of the country, right?" The eldest princess will definitely have an edict of succession, and she occupies the palace. What edict can't be written, hundreds of copies have been written, but if there is no jade seal. Her edict is useless! ”

Several ministers took a breath of cold air in unison, and their eyes widened, feeling that what this minister said was very reasonable!

However, the heirloom jade seal was lost...... Of course, it can't be lost, but it was hidden, this is very likely, the eldest prince can't find the jade seal, so if you want to ascend the throne, it will really be a little troublesome, so who will hide the jade seal of the country!

Several ministers looked at each other, and they all saw an answer from each other's eyes, this answer is very unique, that is, Princess Chengqian, the jade seal must have been hidden by Princess Chengqian, that vegetable is the daughter of the eldest prince, and Yang Ze, who led the troops back to the city, is the iron of the eldest prince, maybe he will be a son-in-law in the future, if they join forces, then they will have to fight with the eldest princess!

The ministers stopped talking this time, and they all began to think about it, they were all new officials in the court, not the deep-rooted, powerful Chang'an Hao family, Chang'an's Hao family had been swept away by Empress Dugu, but it was precisely for this reason that they didn't pay much attention to who was the emperor, anyway, whoever became the emperor would have the same result for them.

However, in any case, if they can predict in advance who will become the emperor in the end, then they can stand in line at the last critical moment, and stand in the right team, which is very important, and it is very important for their own future.

The hundreds of ministers were divided into small groups, and they were discussing this thing, and after the discussion, they all fell silent, and the whole team walked quietly, and even the retinue they brought with them were silent, just like their masters, and began to get nervous.

After a short time, the ministers went around to the Xuanwu Gate and lined up in front of the palace gate, waiting for the people in the palace to summon them to the court, but this time no one was noisy, and they all waited quietly.

The Xuanwu Gate is both the city gate and the palace gate, which is divided into two gates, the outer gate is the city gate, the inner gate is the palace gate, there is an open space between the two gates, the ministers stand in the open space, and there are a large number of soldiers standing on the inner and outer gates.

The ministers waited for a while, there was no movement in the palace, they were too nervous just now, and now as soon as their spirits are relaxed, they will inevitably look around, and the careful ministers will find that the number of imperial guards on the inner gate is much less, and above the outer city gate, there are many more guards, which is really strange!

It was not one person who discovered this phenomenon, but many ministers who discovered this phenomenon, and it was inevitable that they began to whisper again.

The small group of red-robed ministers got together again, anyway, they were of similar rank, and they were standing in a similar line, and one of the ministers said: "Strange, at this time, there should be more soldiers on the palace wall, and fewer people on the city wall, the palace is the key, why is it the other way around now?" ”

A minister whispered: "Could it be that there is danger outside the city now, so the focus has become outside the city?" ”

They looked at the city wall together and found that there were at least two thousand soldiers standing on the city wall, so many soldiers standing here, it can only mean that the Xuanwu Gate is not safe, but now the safety in the city is okay, only Yang Ze and people are setting fire everywhere, but only the eldest princess and their house are burned, and the whole city is not in chaos, so it can only be someone outside the city who needs to be defended!

Another minister said: "Need to be guarded against outside the city? Who could that be? ”

"Praetorian Guard?"

"Don't talk nonsense. The Praetorian Guards don't want to rebel, unless someone instructs them, what are you running to the Xuanwu Gate, where do you think this is the front court! ”

Several ministers looked at each other and said in unison, but they said very quietly: "Yang Ze! ”

Yang Ze is a man with a heavy army, leading a large army on an expedition, if he has any ideas, then the troops will rush back to Chang'an and threaten Xuanwumen. That is very likely, and Yang Ze brought his cronies and cavalry into the city, leaving a large group of people outside, isn't this a combination of inside and outside!

These ministers didn't know Yang Ze's plan, and they didn't know that the Right Shenwu Army didn't listen to Yang Ze's words, as for Yang Ze to let them attack Chang'an City, the Right Shenwu Army would definitely not listen to this kind of order, and how the eldest princess and Li Zhenglong dealt with Yang Ze were all acting in secret. I didn't tell the ministers, what are the ministers doing with this kind of thing, they have nothing to do, so none of the ministers know the key. I thought that Yang Ze could completely master the Right Divine Martial Army, and the army was waiting outside the Xuanwu Gate!

The hundreds of ministers were still divided into many small groups, all talking about their thoughts, and at this moment. Suddenly, I heard a commotion above the walls, and the guards began to run. The generals also began to give orders loudly, and immediately, the ministers heard a commotion outside the city, the sound was extremely loud, as if tens of thousands of people were shouting, and the content of the shouting was even simpler, that is, the guards opened the Xuanwu Gate!

The ministers looked at each other, did they guess correctly, the Right Shenwu Army was really going to start attacking the Xuanwu Gate? Yang Ze is in the city, if the Right Shenwu Army also begins to attack the city, then no matter who has the upper hand in the palace now, it will be enough to choke, the army enters the city, do you still expect not to kill?

Isn't it time to take sides? How should this team stand?

On the city wall, the generals pulled their necks and shouted, asking the guards to set up their bows and arrows and aim at the enemy below, and at the same time shouted at the bottom, let the enemy below get away, is it to rebel, and actually gathered outside the Xuanwu Gate!

And outside the Xuanwu Gate, there are thousands of hundreds of people, all cavalry, all ironclad knights, and they also brought a battering ram, although they have not yet attacked, but so many soldiers stand outside the city gate, just looking at it is scary enough, especially the battering ram, and the sandbags used to fill the moat, that is the real threat!

The generals on the city wall shouted not to be afraid, and they all shouted: "They can't come, look at the sandbags they bring, they can't get over if they don't fill the moat!" ”

And the leading generals outside the city gate shouted: "Brothers, prepare the rockets, if they don't lower the drawbridge, let's put the rockets and shoot the bastards above!" ”

The army outside the city gate looks very strong, but the military discipline is really terrible, all dressed like steel warriors, but standing in a mess, some people are still running around, like headless flies, shouting while running, a team of 1,000 or hundreds of people, can send out tens of thousands of noisy, this army chaotic Cheng dù can be imagined!

This army is extremely well-equipped, but the military discipline is so bad that it is a ragtag army mixed with some of the Zhenxi Army and the famous hooligans in Chang'an City!

Yang Ze sent people to recruit them to Xuanwu Gate, just to let them scare the defenders, not to do anything else, just to make trouble here in Xuanwu Gate, as for how to make trouble, it is up to them, Yang Ze did not specify, he himself has no plan, let alone assign tasks to this army.

But because he just let this army come to Xuanwumen, but it just fits the characteristics of this army, the Zhenxi soldiers have always been lawless and advocate personal bravery, and the reason why the hooligans in Chang'an are notorious, one of their specialties is to add chaos even if there is no chaos!

If you want to talk about combat effectiveness, let alone capture the Xuanwu Gate, this army can't even cross the moat, but if you talk about shouting, talking about ruthless words, and scaring people with your voice, then these more than 1,000 people, just by their mouths, can scare tens of thousands of troops!

I heard someone shouting below: "Grandchildren above, listen, grandpa walks through your door, he looks up to you, don't you hurry up and open the door, kneel down to welcome grandpa into the city!" Hurry up and open the door, grandpa counts three, just count three, one...... Two...... Two and a half ...... Three! Okay, grandpa will give you another chance, one, two, hurry up and open the door, or I'll count to three! (To be continued......)