Jinyiwei's psychic case: the opening is Lingbo Weibu

Chapter 1153

"Grand Secretary Zhou, the Emperor Jingtai's urgent summons of us to the palace at this moment is probably..."

"Let the Jiangnan navy go directly to Lishui to defend against the enemy without having to go to the capital."

"At this critical juncture for the Ming Dynasty, Grand Secretary Zhou, the uncle of the Grand Commander, will surely be entrusted with heavy responsibilities."

"They might even have the adults draft the decree themselves."

"This way, Grand Commander Zhou will be even more 'hardworking' after seeing the Grand Secretary's work!"

Suddenly realizing these things, Jaco immediately became certain.

"Ha ha!"

After he finished speaking, the entire scene erupted in even more jarring laughter.

"I guess Zhu Youwei has run out of ideas by now, hasn't she?"

With the situation now almost completely under their control, both the Zhou and Jia families became extremely arrogant.

They even dared to call Emperor Jingtai by his given name.

Upon hearing this, instead of stopping them, the crowd laughed even more wildly.

"Kun'er!" Zhou Ge called softly after stopping laughing.

"Ah? Yes, father."

Zhou Kun, who quickly stepped forward, responded.

"Take your men and carry my letter, and immediately go out of the city to meet your cousin's party."

"Tell him that no matter what the imperial edict says, he must go directly to the capital."

"understand!"

"Now, both the city defense battalion and the patrol battalion in the capital are under our control."

"Wouldn't it be incredibly easy for my cousin to enter the city?"

"Go to Lishui again to intercept the Jiujiang navy?"

"Those are our own people."

"Haha."

Hearing Zhou Kun's words, everyone burst into laughter again.

"Alright. Don't be too high-profile."

"Go directly out through the city gate under Zhang Guang's jurisdiction."

"Before things are settled, we should keep a low profile."

After Zhou Ge finished speaking, Jia Ke put away his smile and said, "Yes, yes. What Grand Secretary Zhou said is absolutely right."

"Then please, Grand Secretary Zhou, proceed to the palace. Shall we go and appease Zhu Youwei first?"

"Go together, go together."

"While we can still find out the true strength of the Divine Mechanism Hub."

As they spoke, the two went back to their rooms to change into their court robes.

Then, surrounded by guards, they made their way to the palace in a grand procession.

"Wow! The main gate of the palace is open at this hour?"

Upon arriving at the palace, seeing the main gate wide open, Jacques immediately called out.

At this moment, Lin Pingzhi, who had joined the Imperial Household Department, stepped forward in his official robes and said, "Lord Jia..."

"This was specially instructed by His Majesty to be prepared for Grand Secretary Zhou and Lord Jia."

"This is enough to show how boundless the imperial grace is bestowed upon the two lords."

Upon hearing this, the two exchanged glances for a moment, then bowed respectfully towards the imperial study, saying, "Long live the Emperor!"

After saying this, the two of them, without any hesitation, stepped into the main palace gate one after the other.

"Closing the palace gates is an honor reserved only for Grand Secretary Zhou and Vice Minister Jia. Any other officials will enter through the side gate."

"Yes."

Upon entering the palace, Zhou Ge and Jia Ke's faces became even more arrogant when they heard these words.

The other ministers, who were slightly behind him, had faces filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

There is no way!

Who told them to be the uncle of the Grand Admiral of the Jiangnan Navy and the Vice Minister of War, who currently control the city's defense and patrol battalions?

'Bang.'

With the palace gates tightly shut, Zhou Ge, Jia Ke, and the rest of the 'former imperial faction' were completely isolated from the outside world.

In that instant, Lin Pingzhi's originally hunched body slowly stood upright in place.

Several eunuchs and guards gathered around him.

"Lord Xu has given the order."

"No minister who enters the palace without his permission may leave."

"Yes!"

at the same time……

Because of the curfew and martial law, the city gates, which should have been closed, were opened to Zhou Kun and others by Zhang Guang's unauthorized order.

Now, as the highest-ranking officer in the North City Camp, he has lost his former humility.

Completely disregarding orders from above, they chose to establish a one-man show here.

Because all the generals who were of higher rank than him and who had refused to obey him had died tragically tonight.

Therefore, those who remained were either his loyal followers or dared not speak out against him!

"Have someone keep a close watch on this city gate."

"Without my order, even if the Heavenly King himself came, he wouldn't be able to open it."

"Yes!"

Enjoying the privilege of being the center of attention and the satisfaction it brings...

At this moment, Zhang Guang, with an air of indifference, returned to his main tent.

"Ok?"

"what's the situation?"

"Is there not even a single guard in front of my main tent?"

"What if someone tries to assassinate me?"

Seeing that there were no guards standing inside or outside the main tent, Zhang Guang instantly became arrogant.

Upon hearing this, the accompanying adjutant shamelessly said, "General Zhang, who would dare to touch you in the capital now?"

"Whether the capital is in chaos or not, isn't it up to you, General Zhang... to decide?"

"what?"

"Haha."

"Well said. But we definitely need guards."

"clear."

"Your subordinate will arrange it immediately."

As he spoke, the deputy general opened the door for Zhang Guang.

But as soon as they entered, they saw a figure sitting in the main seat, 'unruly' reviewing Zhang Guang's correspondence with others.

"Ok?"

"You bastard, who the hell let you in?"

"You dare to look at Commander Zhang's letters? Are you courting death?"

'bass! ’

'Sizzle.'

"what……"

Just as Zhang Guang's deputy uttered these words hysterically, a dark figure chopped off his head.

In an instant, the splattered blood sprayed like ink onto the faces of Zhang Guang and his accompanying guards.

This drew their screams!

"There is an assassin..."

'bass! ’

Realizing that someone had infiltrated the city defense camp, Zhang Guang subconsciously urged his strength to defend himself.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he found himself enveloped by waves of murderous energy.

As a result, none of him and his trusted subordinates were able to move anymore.

After a brief moment of panic, Zhang Guang and his men were plunged into endless terror.

'Snapped. '

Until, the figure who had been sitting at the head of the table the whole time casually tossed the letter onto the table, making a sound...

Once again, everyone's attention was focused on him.

Unlike the fleeting glance just now, and unlike before when the other person had kept their head down, the young man sitting in the head seat had now raised his head.

They were completely focused on each other.

In the instant their eyes met, Zhang Guang and more than a dozen veterans of the city defense battalion recognized each other instantly.

"Lord Xu, Lord Xu?"

'boom.'

After confirming the other party's identity, everyone, including Zhang Guang, had their heads buzzing.

"I dare not accept such a title of 'Sir'!"

"I, Xu Shan, what virtue or ability do I possess to be worthy of being your elders?"

"What do you think..."

"Commander Zhang!"

‘Gulu. ’

When Xu Shan, who was sitting in the first seat, uttered these words with a cold smile, Zhang Guang, who had been called out, couldn't help but swallow hard!