Volume 4: Holy Capital Tribulation Chapter 251 A fatal blow
As he spoke, all the capable personnel of the Inner Guard had already arrived outside the hall awaiting orders.
These people are the elite forces of the Inner Guard and also the last resort.
"Xu Zun," Cai Kun said excitedly, "Since you have a solution, why don't you tell us quickly? What are you waiting for?"
"I am now basically certain that the way Xuanmen creates chaos is to use that kind of pill," Xu Zun said, "So, you need to mobilize some people to stop them as soon as possible!"
"Sir," Huo Anu asked hurriedly, "can you really confirm it?"
"Yes," Xu Zun said confidently, holding up a piece of information, "This is the evidence!"
When everyone looked, they saw a list on it.
"At first," Xu Zun said, "we focused all our attention on Shui Ling Cheng Cao Ding, Imperial Physician Xu Chi, and Shengdu Transport Envoy, but overlooked that Yan Hai, the Minister of Personnel, was the most critical figure!
"Of course, there is another person who has been overlooked. He is a general of the Imperial Guard who also died in an assassination attempt."
"Yan Hai...this...this is..." Cai Kun recognized that the names on that list were all officials promoted by Yan Hai.
“When I found out that Shi Chun was promoted by Yan Hai as an exception, I realized that there was something wrong with Yan Hai.
“However, I never had time to check carefully, and only now did I discover the key to the problem!
"Look," Xu Zun pointed at the list and said, "most of the people on this list are minor officials appointed by Yan Hai to the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Palace Guards, and the jobs of these minor officials are all related to cooking in the kitchen!"
"this……"
"It is precisely because they are all minor officials that no one noticed. If it were not for the detailed intelligence provided by our Zuoge Leader, no one would know about it!
"Also," Xu Zun took out another document and said, "The assassinated Yulinwei general happened to be in charge of military supplies. He had enough authority to transport special ingredients to the army.
"Just based on this..."
Before Xu Zun finished speaking, Cai Kun snatched the list and said to one of his commanders:
"Quick, divide the people into groups, arrest the people according to the list, and interrogate them thoroughly once they are caught!"
"Yes!" The commander immediately led a group of internal guards away.
"Also," Xu Zun added, "I have already sent Ah Xiu and others to stop the shift change between the Jinwu Guard and the Yulin Guard. You can send more people. As long as we ensure that the guards who are off duty do not leave the palace, we still have a chance of winning!"
"Understood, understood!" Cai Kun quickly handed his token to another commander, "Take this thing and stop those palace guards from changing shifts!"
"Yes!" The commander took away another group of people.
"Then," Xu Zun continued, "just as you said before, immediately notify all the imperial guards in the Holy City to eat and drink strictly.
"These imperial guards have irregular shift changes. I suspect that the people from Xuanmen may have tampered with their drinking water. So while we are organizing them, we must also strictly check the water supply!"
"Okay!" Cai Kun tilted his head to signal a certain commander, and the commander took away another group of people.
"Alright," Xu Zun looked at the few remaining guards outside and said to Cai Kun, "Next, it's the most important step!
"Call the best fighters from your inner guards and follow me to a place!"
"Ah?" Cai Kun was surprised, and Huo Anu was also puzzled. They asked almost in unison, "Where are we going?"
Xu Zun pointed his finger at a location on the map and said, "It's here!"
The two looked down and saw that the place Xu Zun pointed to was actually the place where the tablets of the royal ancestors were enshrined - the Imperial Ancestral Temple!!!
"Ah? Here..." Cai Kun seemed to have understood something, but also seemed not to have.
"This..." Huo Anu suddenly remembered, "Isn't this place being renovated?"
“Yes,” Xu Zun nodded, “At that time, my mind was full of the idea that Xuanmen would use the method of blowing up buildings to release the heavenly tribulation, so I ignored its important role.
“Moreover, I later imagined that the enemy would sneak into the palace, but the Imperial Ancestral Temple was not within the palace, so I overlooked it again.
"It wasn't until I was trapped underground that I figured it out," Xu Zun said, "Although the Imperial Ancestral Temple is not inside the Imperial Palace, it is only separated from it by a wall!
"More importantly," he pointed to the map of the palace, "behind the wall is the Wanfu Palace where the Queen Mother is!"
"Ah? So..." Cai Kun was completely dumbfounded, "They really want to take action against the Queen Mother!"
"The Minister of Works said that diamonds are buried under the ground of the entire palace. If we want to dig, we can only dig from top to bottom," Xu Zun said, "Then the place where we can dig diamonds legitimately is obviously in the Imperial Ancestral Temple!"
"So..." Huo Anu took a breath, "We were the first to suspect the right thing, there's something fishy about the Minister of Works, Ying Rang!"
"I just saw the deployment of guards around the Imperial Ancestral Temple," Xu Zun said, "It is as solid as a rock, worthy of being the imperial ancestral temple.
"So, the enemy is willing to expend enormous energy to find a way out from underground. This is probably for today's fatal blow!"
"Yes," Cai Kun said in amazement, "I have been to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and the wall behind the Imperial Ancestral Temple is the wall of the Imperial Palace.
"There are palaces and pavilions in front blocking the view, and the guards there are relatively weak. If the thieves can really enter the Imperial Ancestral Temple from underground, then... entering the Imperial Palace will not be difficult!"
"And the most crucial point," Xu Zun pointed at the map, "the entrance behind the Daye General Temple is very close to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
“So the people from Xuanmen were willing to block the cave entrance even if it meant exposing themselves. Perhaps they were trying to buy time for another purpose!”
"No need to say more," Cai Kun nodded and said, "I understand everything! After those Xuanmen assassins carry out their plan of heavenly calamity, they will escape unscathed through the underground ditches and leave the city directly.
"So they don't want to run into our people underground when they return!"
"Oh," Huo Anu chuckled, "If that's the case, then isn't Zhao Yu in danger?"
"There is no time to lose. Oh no, it's urgent!" After figuring out everything, Cai Kun almost jumped up and shouted anxiously, "We must immediately recruit more people to Wanfu Palace, but we must, must, must not let the Queen Mother get hurt!"
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At the same time, Ah Xiu was arguing with the golden-armored guard at the Taiping Gate.
It turned out that a team of Jinwu Guards who had just started their duty had already entered the palace, while the Jinwu Guards who were preparing to get off work were blocked at the door by Ashurai and were not allowed to come out.
"I say, you can't do this. Even if you are an inner guard, so what?" The golden-armored guard pushed Ah Xiu away and said, "You know where this is. If an off-duty Jinwu Guard stays in the palace without permission, it's a capital crime!"
"What do you know?" Ash pointed inside and shouted, "I suspect there's something wrong with the Jinwu Guards who just entered. If they start killing people in there, do you know what crime you'll be charged with?"
"You... where did you come from, you lunatic?" The golden-armored guard drew his sword and threatened, "If you dare to speak nonsense and make alarmist remarks here again, we will not be polite!
"It's rare to see people trespassing into the palace, but I have seen it before. However, it's the first time that you've stopped the palace guards from changing shifts!"
"Yes!" At this time, the guards standing in the doorway waiting to get off work shouted impatiently, "We are the palace guards. If you really have an emergency, you should either take the order or ask the general to pass the order!"
"That's right, that's right..."
As they were talking, a group of Jinwu Guards wearing golden helmets and golden armor crowded out. Although Ashurai and his subordinates tried their best to stop them, they were no match for so many burly palace guards and were immediately forced to retreat.
At this stalemate, there was a sound of armor, and a group of strong soldiers in silver armor came over on the street.
From the armor they were wearing, Ah Xiu recognized at a glance that they were the Yulin Guards who were changing shifts at noon!
The Jinwu Guard and the Yulin Guard are both palace guards, but they belong to two different systems. This is also a method adopted by the royal family to ensure safety.
The two check and balance each other, so if one of them rebels, there will be no worry of overthrow.
"Look," seeing the Imperial Guards coming, the golden-armored guard at the gate accused Ah Xiu, "The Imperial Guards are already here, are you still planning to make trouble here?"
“Ah…ah…”
"ah……"
“Wow…”
Unexpectedly, while Ah Xiu was still at a loss, he saw that some of the Yulin Guards were dizzy and vomiting...
this……
Before everyone could react, they saw the Yulin guards who had vomited, and their eyes suddenly changed!
Their faces were hideous and their eyes were bloodshot, as if they had been suddenly cast under a spell.
"ah……"
The next second, these people roared to the sky, and then rushed towards Ashurai and the group of Jinwu Guards like crazy.
The unprepared Jinwu Guards were immediately thrown to the ground, and many of them fell over!
At the same time, a young eunuch covered in blood suddenly ran out of the palace and shouted at everyone:
"Oh no! Oh no! The guards killed someone..."
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