Imperial City, Kunpengfang.

When half of the palace was covered in blood, the Prime Minister's Mansion was closest to the palace.

In the back garden, there is an artificial rockery hundreds of feet high. On top of a towering tower several dozen feet high, dozens of officials in purple robes are leaning on the railing, gazing at the imperial city shrouded in blood.

The current prime minister Zhu Chong, the six newly established ministers under the prime minister's office, the officials of the Sikoutai, Yushitai, Dali Temple, Guanglu Temple, Honglu Temple, and even the heads of the Imperial College and Taixue, dozens of important officials who held high positions and power in the court of Dayin and had the right to speak in culture and education, gathered here.

"The emperor has entered the palace."

"It is said that the Queen Mother wants to use the power of the Son of Heaven to suppress the evil spirits."

"The spirit of the emperor? What if the emperor also dies in the palace tonight?"

"The Queen Mother, the General, and all the core members of the Le family are in the palace. What if..."

"There are many members of the Dayin royal family. If the emperor dies, it will only be a question of which one is the most suitable."

"Master Bai Shan, there are also royal family members studying in the Imperial Academy. Who do you think is the most suitable?"

Bai Changkong stood proudly in the wind, stroking his long beard with his right hand, and smiled implicitly: "Gentlemen, the matter of dethroning and enthroning is just a trivial matter for our culture and education. Don't worry about it."

"The most important thing today is that ghosts really exist."

"If these legendary things really appear, what impact will they have on our Great Yin country?"

"Where did they come from? What are they doing? How can we eliminate them? How can we deal with them? This is what the dignitaries should pay most attention to at the moment."

"Compared to these ghosts, the government affairs are nothing more than reading a document in your palm, as easy as pie!"

Bai Changkong was very confident and smiled at his colleagues and friends around him.

Zhu Chong and other cultural and educational leaders all nodded with dignity and smiles on their faces.

Indeed, even if the emperor was gone, it would only be a matter of replacing him...and if the empress dowager also died in this incident, it would be a good thing for cultural and educational officials.

Perhaps it would be a better choice to replace a helpless member of the royal family with a member of the royal family. If he was a member of the royal family from the Imperial Academy, then he might be more obedient? His own disciples are always a hundred times better than the lazy and incompetent monarch now!

Compared to such a trivial matter as changing the emperor, these ghosts that suddenly appeared really gave the gentlemen a headache.

"Perhaps, what the Queen Mother did today does make some sense." Li Zi, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, laughed dryly: "My Lords, there are many unicorns hidden in the fields. Our Great Yin is vast, and I believe there must be some extraordinary people among the people. All we need is a recruitment notice..."

As soon as Zhu Chong spoke, all the cultural and educational leaders applauded and laughed.

"Well done, well done, Lord Li is right... This list of talents needs to be published by the Honglu Temple so that it can spread throughout the nine provinces at the fastest speed." Zhu Chong praised: "After all, among the many government offices in the court, only the Honglu Temple has the closest connection with the surrounding provinces and the most channels... If we can recruit three or five talents to deal with these ghosts, Lord Li will be the first to be credited!"

Everyone laughed in unison.

Zhu Chong extended his hand and smiled to all the big guys and colleagues, "Come, come, come, it's boring to just stand there. I've prepared some fine wine and delicious food, and invited several great artists to play music to entertain us. Let's drink and have fun, and see what happens in the imperial city tonight."

The word "end" is quite derogatory, and one can imagine Zhu Chong's attitude towards the empress dowager and the emperor.

In a short while, on the high-rise building, the aroma of wine and meat wafted in the air, beauties danced wildly, several of the top beauties in Haojing played the piano and the flute, and a group of big men gathered here to feast and have fun, it was really indescribably happy.

At the same time, in the Yushunfang Investigation Department, in Lu Yi's office, Ah Hu was frowning and put a note in Lu Yi's drawer.

"In recent days, the brothers of Kunpengfang have discovered that the various snacks sold every day, as well as the various foods flowing out of the grain and oil rice shop, have increased by thousands compared to usual days. Has the income increased by a lot of money?"

"Well, isn't it a good thing to make more money?"

Ah Hu mumbled vaguely: "It's the New Year, everyone has money on hand, it's normal to be greedy and eat more."

As he spoke, saliva began to flow from the corners of Ah Hu's mouth.

He strode out of the room and shouted, "I'm hungry, I'm hungry. Hey, eunuchs, are you hungry? I'll treat you to something to eat... It's not anything fancy, but I'll give you enough old wine, plenty of stinky tofu, and all kinds of lamb and beef skewers!"

"Hey, do you want some roasted lamb whip? This is a good thing... uh, oh, you can't use it!"

Several young eunuchs looked at Ah Hu with resentment.

If Ah Hu was not a close associate of Lu Yi who was transferred here personally, these eunuchs would definitely teach Ah Hu a lesson given their vicious nature.

However, since he is Lu Yi's confidant, what can they do?

Eat it, it’s a waste if you don’t eat it!

A few young eunuchs called their friends, and soon twenty young eunuchs gathered, lined up and followed Ah Hu out of the station, heading straight for the night market where a bunch of small vendors gathered at the corner of the street.
In the darkness of the night, a sentry on duty chuckled and said, "Does it look like an old rooster leading a group of chicks to catch insects to eat?"

In the darkness, the guards' laughter could be heard everywhere.

Ah Hu turned around again and waved towards the garrison: "Brothers, come with me. I will take the young eunuchs to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks. Brothers, don't treat them badly. I will go and get some roasted lamb, roasted pork, and some good wine, and we can have fun together."

The guards were overjoyed, and immediately a team of fifty people rushed out of the station and followed Ah Hu eager to fight.

Ah Hu held his head high and led a large group of people to eat and drink.

This was what Lu Yi had instructed. Anyway, there was no shortage of money, so he could use good wine and meat and generous rewards to win over these eunuchs and guards. These eunuchs were all masters, and these guards were all good fighters. Combined with sophisticated standard military equipment, this was a small mobile force that was powerful enough.

When it comes to using his brain, Ah Hu is not good at it.

But when it comes to drinking, bragging, eating meat, and fighting with his brothers, and everyone becoming sworn brothers with great enthusiasm, oh my, he is really an expert.

As strings of ram's indescribable things were sprinkled with cumin powder and chili powder and roasted on charcoal fire until they were fragrant, a team of cavalry was marching silently on Kunpeng Avenue, the main road of Kunpeng Square.

There were not many cavalrymen, only about four or five hundred of them. They were wearing heavy armor and helmets on their heads. They carried special bows that were almost as long as their bodies, and held 24-foot-long lances in their hands. Their mounts were not ordinary war horses, but wolves with gray hair all over their bodies and a circle taller and larger than ordinary horses.

As soon as it got dark, the changes in the imperial city and the bloody light were blocked by the city walls that were hundreds of feet high. Even if ordinary people climbed up high, they could not see clearly the changes in the imperial city.

Therefore, Kunpeng Avenue is still bustling with pedestrians and carriages everywhere.

Seeing this group of wolf cavalrymen galloping at full speed along the military road that was a hundred feet wide in the middle of the avenue, some children of officials on the roadside exclaimed: "These are the Icefield Gray Wolf Cavalrymen of Beijie City, the direct cavalry of Marquis Tian'en. Why are they back to the capital?"

No one of the Canglang Cavalry said a word, and the leading general, holding the golden axe bestowed by the emperor, marched straight in. All the patrolling soldiers and military marshals on the road looked at them sideways, and no one dared to block their way.

This is the axe bestowed by the emperor. It can be used to conquer disobedience and to execute those who are plotting treason first and then report to the emperor.

Of course, the emperor's authority was not strong, so it was impossible to kill princes or important officials in the court with this method. However, if ordinary second- and third-rank ward leaders, that is, ordinary fourth-rank and fourth-rank officials, were unlucky enough to run into it and be beheaded, they would be beheaded.

If high-ranking officials of the third and fourth ranks can be killed, what about these small minions?

Therefore, the Canglang Cavalry rushed north along Kunpeng Avenue as if they were in an empty land. When they were about to reach the imperial city, they turned east and passed directly in front of the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Continuing to walk a few miles eastward, a dark blue, heavy and solemn building suddenly came into view.

In front of the gate of this majestic building, thousands of soldiers wearing armor, all of them were carefully selected big and strong men, looking quite elite, were lined up in a military formation, guarding the gate in eight positions.

This is the military office of Dayin. Guarding the gate are soldiers from the Gaojing City Defense Force.

The Haojing City Defense Force was not an organization in Dayin’s military system a hundred years ago.

Until nearly a hundred years ago, when culture and education rose to prominence, the prime minister in charge of civil administration in the court was controlled by the children of culture and education. Six new ministries were set up under the prime minister's office to cut off the power of traditional court offices and to cut off interests from traditional nobles - this was euphemistically called "reform."

The Ministry of Justice targeted the Sikoutai.

The Ministry of Revenue has set its sights on the Taifutai.

The Ministry of Rites turned its knife towards the Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple and other government offices.

The Ministry of War naturally set its sights on the General's Mansion and the Five Military Mansions.

The power struggles involved have been bloody and violent for a hundred years, enough to be written into a long, smelly story like Old Lady Wang's foot binding.

Seeing hundreds of elite Canglang cavalrymen galloping over, more than a thousand city defense soldiers in front of the Ministry of War trembled, and with a "clatter", they thrust their spears and halberds forward one after another. A general wearing a flying tiger robe, bright silver armor, and a sword at his waist took two steps forward and shouted sternly, "Who are you? The Ministry of War is the hub of Dayin's military affairs. How dare you barge in?"

The Canglang Riders, who were galloping at high speed, suddenly stopped.

These ice wolves only had a short buffer of two or three feet from running at high speed to stopping suddenly. From running extremely fast to stopping suddenly, it was almost a matter of a second. Such a relaxed and comfortable speed change made the faces of these city defense soldiers who had not fought a battle since the establishment suddenly change.

The general holding the golden axe reached into his waist and threw out a red copper tube as thick as his arm.

"Two months ago, my master reported to the emperor that he would return home to visit his family. According to the order of the Ministry of War, I have come to report here."

"This time my Lord is returning to Gaojing. According to the military regulations of the General's Mansion, with my Lord's title, 10,000 guards are stationed outside the city. They have already set up camp. Three thousand personal guards, the Canglang Cavalry, will follow my Lord into the city. You all need to register in detail in case there are any mistakes!"

The general raised the golden axe in his hand and chopped forward lightly.

A wolf howl sounded, and a stream of blood-red energy gushed out from the golden axe, shooting forward thirty feet before exploding with a 'bang', exploding into a hurricane that almost knocked the military general in bright silver armor to the ground.

Hundreds of Canglang Riders laughed strangely in unison, then turned their mounts and ran straight towards Wuyinfang in the west.

In Wuyinfang, at the northwest corner, on the edge of the imperial city, at the General's Mansion, Marquis Tian'en Lu Yu, had already arrived at the gate with about two thousand of his personal guards, the Canglang Cavalry.

"I, General Lu Yu, am returning to Gaojing to visit my relatives and would like to report to the general!"