Yang Tinghe calmed down and said quietly: "Master Zhenguo, the imperial edict in my hand was drawn up by the emperor himself. The Queen Mother was present as a witness and stamped with the imperial seal. This is the real edict. ¡÷¨J How could the emperor leave two copies? It¡¯s really ridiculous that you pretended to have a copy of the imperial edict in your hand.¡± Song Nan said: ¡°Master Yang, Master Yang, you have worked hard to choose the new emperor. I also have a copy of your imperial edict, and this copy has also passed. The emperor was so angry that he vomited several mouthfuls of blood. I never thought that you, Yang Tinghe, would do something false. Mr. Yang, it¡¯s not too late to step back from the cliff. If you insist on reading out your fake edict, But don¡¯t blame me for making the inside story public. Then I won¡¯t discuss it with you, but will be severely punished by the national law.¡± The ministers were in an uproar. Song Nan could not have said it more clearly, accusing Yang Tinghe of counterfeiting the imperial edict, which meant that Yang Tinghe was hypocritical. The crime of transmitting an imperial edict, but not a testamentary edict written by Zhengde himself, is a serious crime. If the contents of the edict are related to the selection of the new emperor, it is even more suspected of treason. How could Yang Tinghe be willing to let Song Nan accuse him like this? Although he was acting like an edict, he would never admit it, so he said angrily: "Mr. Zhen Guo, you are slandering others. Your Majesty has issued this edict. The Queen Mother has always testified that it¡¯s okay for you to slander me, but you also slandered the Queen Mother. You are committing rebellion and treason.¡± Song Nan waved his hands and said, ¡°It can¡¯t be true if it¡¯s true, it can¡¯t be false if it¡¯s true. The content is true and will not be made public. I guess no one else knows the content except you, Mr. Yang and the Queen Mother?" Yang Tinghe frowned and said, "That's natural. The imperial edict has not been announced yet. How can the officials know the content of the edict?" Song Nan said. : "I know the content. If you don't believe me, I'll recite it to you. If I miss a word, I'll assume that your edict is true." Without waiting for Yang Tinghe's answer, Song Nan put his hands behind his hands and raised his head and recited: "I am dying, and my heir has not yet been born." Jian. The eldest son of King Xingxian, Houfu, has grown up. He is wise, benevolent and filial, and his moral code is upheld. He has followed the instructions of his ancestors and reported them to the ancestral temple. Please inform the Empress Dowager Cisheng. , I will send officials to the capital that day, and I will ascend the throne to the ancestral temple and rule the world." Yang Tinghe was shocked and looked at Empress Dowager Zhang, who also looked at him suspiciously. Both of them suspected that the other party had leaked the imperial edict. content, but in fact they all understand that this is absolutely impossible. All the civil and military officials were astonished. Song Nan recited the contents of the edict in a dignified manner, as if he had read it thousands of times and knew it by heart. If this was a strictly confidential content, it would be too much fun. "Yang Shoufu, is the original text of the imperial edict recited by the Zhenguo Duke?" Someone couldn't help but ask. Yang Tinghe looked cold and nodded slowly: "The Duke of Zhen Guo is so bold. Only the Queen Mother and the ministers know the content of the emperor's edict. The Duke of Zhen Guo dares to send people to inquire privately and make it public without permission. It is a child's play. This is a serious crime." Song Nan said. "What crime am I guilty of? The imperial edict in your hand is a fake. You are guilty of fabricating the emperor's imperial edict. You are the one who should plead guilty." At this time, we ministers should stabilize the Ming Dynasty, arrange the emperor's funeral, and be more sincere and united with each other. The Duke of Zhen Guo is our hero of the Ming Dynasty. Even if there are unauthorized intruders in the capital, the emperor's chamber, and unauthorized exploration and disclosure of the contents of the imperial edict. I don't intend to talk to you about inappropriate behavior; but the Duke of Zhen went too far, talking nonsense, falsely accusing the Queen Mother and me of the so-called crime of correcting the imperial edict, disrupting the situation in the court at this time, and seemed to have done something wrong. In view of this, I have to take action against you. In order to maintain the stability of the Ming Dynasty, in order to maintain the dignity of the Queen Mother, and in order to live up to the emperor's legacy, I must eradicate you, Zhang Wei and Tan You, as a scourge in the court. "Master, I ask you to take the Duke of Zhen into custody immediately. After the emperor's funeral and the enthronement of the new emperor and other major events are decided, the crime of the Duke of Zhen will be decided publicly." Zhang Wei, the Marquis of Hui'an, and Tan You, the Marquis of Xinning, have been waiting for Yang Tinghe. After giving the order, he heard the words and shouted in unison: "Follow the order of the chief minister." Yang Tinghe turned to the Queen Mother Zhang and said: "The Queen Mother, please avoid it. It is not appropriate for the Queen Mother to be here on such an occasion. After the matter calmed down, the veteran will lead all the ladies to Cining Palace. Report back to the Queen Mother. " Queen Mother Zhang glanced at Song Nan, sighed slightly and nodded: "Okay, the Ai family will go back to Cining Palace. Duke Zhen is an important minister of the country, so you can't be too rude to him. " Yang Tinghe Chui. The first said: "Old minister, don't worry." Song Nan sneered as he watched the man and woman performing the double act. Seeing that the Queen Mother was about to leave, he raised his hand and shouted: "Queen Mother, are you just leaving like this? Don't you want to hear the content of the emperor's real edict? ?¡± Yang Tinghe scolded: ¡°Master Zhenguo, why are you doing this? Everyone knows that you don¡¯t have any imperial edict in your hand; it¡¯s just a fabrication by you. Lord Zhang and Lord Tan, why don¡¯t you ask Duke Zhenguo to leave here. Where? The emperor's dragon body needs to be buried. Can't we just let him stop at the entrance of the palace and talk nonsense, and let the emperor lie here all the time?"bsp; Zhang Wei and Tan You agreed, walked forward slowly, and looked up at Song Nan at the foot of the steps. Zhang Wei said coldly: "Dong Zhen, please don't resist, otherwise you won't be blamed for hurting the Duke." "We." Song Nan said coldly: "Very good, if you are not good at literature, you will come to military. You have been planning this for a long time. Zhang Wei and Tan You, the troops of the Governor's Office led by you two are only responsible for the periphery of Gyeonggi. Why did public security appear in the capital? When did the guards in the palace become your subordinates? Who gave you the order to act so boldly? Do you know that you are digging your own grave? If I were you, I would never do it. You would do such a stupid thing." Tan You said with a smile: "Don't worry about it, Duke Zhen. You should think about your situation. Don't blame me for not reminding Duke Zhen that if you resist, the sword has no eyes. If you die like this, you deserve it." Song Nan sighed and said, "It's all about being stubborn and refusing to repent. It seems that the only way to do what happened today is to use force. How much I don't want this to happen, but I have to. Do this." Zhang Wei and Tan You laughed and looked at each other: "I'm afraid the Duke of Zhen is going crazy. What nonsense are you talking about here alone? Come on, please leave this place." Dozens of guards with swords rushed out from both sides and quickly approached the steps in front of the palace. Song Nan shook his head helplessly and reached out to take out the blunderbuss from his waist. Yang Tinghe and others hurriedly hid behind the servants, fearing that Song Nan would attack the crowd. , but saw Song Nan raising his gun into the air, pulling the trigger, making a continuous boom, and two red color bombs flew into the air with a crackling and popping sound. As these two firework bombs were annihilated, figures and figures hurried behind the flowers and trees on the side of the Yangxin Palace. Generals with thousands of brocade robes and guards rushed towards them. The swords and guns in their hands were shining with golden light. Two big men, one tall and one strong, came from the front of the palace. People lined up on the avenue, raised their hands to Song Nan from a distance and shouted: "Wan Zhi, Wang Yong, please see Mr. Song." Everyone was shocked. Song Nan seemed to have been prepared. The Han general camp of Jinyiwei had already arrived from the west at some unknown time. Yuan sneaked into the palace, but Zhang Wei and Tan You were flustered but not confused. He waved his hand and ordered three thousand knife-hands to come forward. The two sides stared at each other with swords in hand from dozens of steps away, and the atmosphere suddenly fell into suffocating tension. Yang Tinghe looked at Song Nan on the steps and said: "Song Nan, are you really going to do something treasonous and unethical?" Song Nan shouted coldly: "It's you who are treasonous and unethical, and it's not too late to rein in the situation. I advise Mr. Yang to stop immediately. , otherwise I will take decisive action according to the emperor's decree. " Yang Tinghe sneered: "In this case, I have nothing to say. If you insist on making a mistake, I can't save you, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Tan. There is no need to hold back the position. "Zhang Wei and Tan You didn't pay much attention to the Qianjin Yiwei Han General Camp. These people usually only held up golden melons and golden knives and followed the emperor on their tall horses. They looked like nothing. This man is mighty and majestic, but his silver-like pewter spear-head is useless. At this moment, there are three thousand swordsmen in the palace, and more than three hundred guards with swords are all under his command. More than three thousand people are fighting against these thousand people. The Han general of Jinyiwei is not a piece of cake. "Chang Sheng obeyed the order, captured the thief and the king, and immediately led people to capture Song Nan. If there was resistance, he would be killed without mercy. The third battalion of Fork Knife Hands immediately surrendered the weapons of the Han general's camp. If there was resistance, he would be killed without mercy." Zhang Wei Senran ordered. Chang Sheng hesitated for a moment, then immediately waved his hand to summon more than twenty guards with swords. They drew out their steel swords and stepped up the steps to approach Song Nan step by step. Song Nan sighed and said: "Chang Sheng, Chang Sheng, you are really confused. You just escaped from death under my fire gun, but you come up to die again." Chang Sheng licked his lips and said: "Zhen Guo Gong, aren't you? "Stop, I'm here to do what I ordered." Song Nan stopped paying attention to him and shouted loudly: "Wan Zhi Wang Yong listens to the order, the cabinet scholar Yang Ting and the Liang Prince Fei Hong are guilty of perverting the imperial edict and treason. I am the governor of the country, Song Nan." , I hereby order you to arrest them immediately and kill them immediately if they encounter any resistance." As soon as he finished speaking, Song Nan raised his hand and pulled out another fire gun from his waist, and shot Chang Sheng, who was rushing forward. After shooting out, Chang Sheng subconsciously raised his arms to protect his head and face, but he felt excruciating pain on his arms. Countless blood holes appeared on his arms. He could not hold the steel knife in his hand, and he also fell down and rolled down the steps. . Everyone did not expect that Song Nan would take action as soon as he said so. Just when they were frightened, they heard loud noises from behind where the knife-hand and the Han general of the Jinyiwei were confronting each other. The thousands of Jinyiwei generals did not know when they had a blunderbuss in their hands. Song Nan's gun The sound was the order, and they opened fire without hesitation. After just one round of earth-shattering shooting, on the south side of the square in front of the palace filled with gunpowder smoke, all the fork cutters were cut off like spring leeks. The distance was too close, the launch was too sudden, and the firearms were too domineering. These thousand generals instantly became man-eating devils, no longer the silver-like pewter spear heads in the eyes of everyone. This was Song Nan's carefully prepared backup plan. The entire Jinyiwei Dahan General Camp had already been secretly equipped with Mrs. Song's firecrackers.??, the combat power of these thousand Han generals soared with the help of firecrackers and equipment, but it was a pity that no one outside knew about it. This was the reason why Song Nan dared to enter the palace. When he knew that the Jinyiwei Han General's camp was still in the palace, but had been transferred to Xiyuan to garrison, Song Nan knew that even if he entered the palace alone, he would be able to sweep away all the people in the palace. All are not our own soldiers and horses. When Song Nan was arguing with Yang Tinghe and others on the steps, he saw the silent fireworks bombs rising from the direction of Shouning Palace. They were special silent fireworks bombs that only traced a trajectory in the air. If they didn't carefully observe, they would not be visible. Notice the white trails in the sky. When Song Nan saw those tracks, he knew that the Han general camp had successfully entered the palace. As for how he entered the palace without causing confrontation from the palace guards, Song Nan had no idea. There was no room for compromise between Yang Tinghe and himself. At this point, Song Nan launched the massacre without hesitation. All civil and military officials were lying on the ground with their heads in their hands. Queen Mother Zhang had already been surrounded by several palace maids and eunuchs and huddled behind Luan Jia. The entire Yangxin Palace Square seemed to be doomed. Zhengde¡¯s lifeless body was lying quietly on the bed in the East Nuan Pavilion of the Yangxin Hall. The body was still warm and the torso was not yet stiff. He was not aware of the fighting outside the Yangxin Hall. He may never have imagined that before his body was cold, the cruel struggle for power in the Ming court had already begun. The knife-bearers and the guards with swords are all elite soldiers and horses, equipped with extremely sophisticated equipment and weapons. More than 800 of the three thousand knife-bearers are archers. After the first round of fire blunderbuss attack, the archers Without waiting for the order to be issued, they immediately launched a counterattack. For a moment, the sound of bows and arrows piercing the air, and the roar of firecrackers filled the square in front of Yangxin Hall. The pungent smell of gunpowder filled his nose, and the screams of the soldiers before they died echoed in the sky. Wan Zhi rushed to the front. When the arrows rained down like locusts, he waved his long knife to block the arrows. But in the blink of an eye, he saw a dozen Han generals around him fell to the side with arrows on their bodies. He immediately cursed loudly and shouted angrily: "Kill, kill all these bastards." Hundreds of fire blunderbuss spurted out flames, killing the row of fork-knife hands in front of them to the ground, leaving broken branches and leaves everywhere. Splashing, he forcibly tore a gap in the formation of knife-forkmen blocking the way in front of him. Wang Yong came from behind and shouted: "Brother Wan, I will lead people to rescue Mr. Song. The guards with swords are here. "Besiege Mr. Song." Wan Zhi said: "Brother, go ahead and leave this place to me. I want to kill all these bastards, but they dare to fight back." Wang Yong nodded and said, "My lord, I will not show mercy to the soldiers who resist." , but don't kill the officials by mistake." Wan Zhi raised his hand and fired a blunderbuss, turning around and shouting: "I know, I will give you a hundred people to rescue Mr. Song." Wang Yong turned around and shouted. : "Follow me." More than a hundred Han generals and lieutenants followed Wang Yong's footsteps and rushed out from the flower bed in Xianzali. Under the powerful firepower ordered by Wan Zhi, they quickly broke through the defense line of the left fork knife hand. , to open up the road to the square in front of the palace; more than a hundred Han generals and lieutenants rushed towards the square like hungry wolves, firing on both sides with their muskets, knocking to the ground the soldiers with forks and swordsmen who came up to intercept them. All the officials in the square were lying on the ground and didn't dare to raise their heads. Wang Yong led the crowd and rushed over. The ground was covered with backs and butts, and there was no place to step. Wang Yong didn't care. He raised his foot and stepped on the fat butt of an official. , the official screamed when he stepped on it, and all the lieutenants followed suit, stepping on the meat pads and running towards the steps of the Yangxin Hall. The fork cutter behind him habitually fired a hail of arrows, killing more than a dozen of Wang Yong's lieutenants. At the same time, the officials lying on the ground also suffered a terrible disaster. Dozens of them were hit by arrows in their backs and buttocks, and they screamed in agony. Zhang Xiuxing, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, was stabbed in the thigh by an arrow. He raised his head in pain and shouted: "Song Nan, do you really want to rebel? You even dare to kill officials. I will fight with you." Wang Yong happened to run in front of him, and he took the time to raise his hands and said: "Shilang Zhang, you can see clearly, it's not us who hurt you, it's the fork-knife man who shoots arrows randomly without caring about your life or death. We didn't hurt you at all. We can't offend the general." "Pour the dirty water on Mr. Song." Zhang Xiuxian was about to curse, but Wang Yong was already a few feet away. He stepped on the head of the punishment department with his left foot and Wai Lang, a member of the official department, with his right foot, and ran away. On the steps, Song Nan was already surrounded by more than a dozen knife-fork-hands. The musket in his hand had already been thrown on the ground and he had no time to load the ammunition. He used the embroidered spring knife to block it. He also did not forget to protect the little palace maid named Liu Yu'er behind him. There are dangers amidst the flash of swords and shadows. Wang Yong shouted loudly: "Sir, don't panic, you have come to a humble position." Song Nan shouted: "Leave me alone, capture Yang Ting and Zhang Wei and Tan You, and protect the Queen Mother." Hundreds of fork-knife hands guarded Yang Tinghe and others in the center. Song Nan's words also fell into their ears clearly, and Zhang Wei shouted sternly: "Stop them." More than a hundred soldiers raised their hands with forks and knives.The sword came up to meet the attack, and Wang Yong shouted angrily: "Kill." Dozens of firecrackers exploded loudly, making people's ears buzz. When the smoke cleared, Wang Wei, Tan You, Yang Tinghe and others were shocked to find that they rushed Not a single one of the hundreds of fork-knife-hands who went up to meet the enemy was standing, they all fell to the ground like coke, with black blood flowing out. "Protect Yang Shoufu, protect the Queen Mother." Tan You shouted. Song Nan also said to protect the Queen Mother, and Tan You also said to protect the Queen Mother, but in fact there was not a single soldier next to the Queen Mother's Luan Jia. Empress Dowager Zhang was holding her head in her hands, surrounded by several palace maids and eunuchs, huddled in the corner next to Luan Jia, and the officials were trembling. The dozens of cutlerymen who besieged Song Nan on the steps had no choice but to separate more than half of them to protect Yang Tinghe and others. A leader of the cutlerymen rushed over with the remaining dozens of people shouting. This man was tall and round, holding a big sword in his hand. He has a fierce look and a very impressive momentum. Wang Yong roared and rushed forward. The Xiuchun knife in his hand emitted a dazzling cold light. He slashed diagonally at the man's neck regardless of the situation. He raised his sword horizontally to block, but heard a click and the sword A gap appeared on the blade; the leader's hands went numb, half of his body could barely move, and suddenly there was a pain in his lower abdomen. His whole body flew up like clouds and mist, crossed a distance of more than ten feet, and rolled down to Yang Tinghe's feet. Yang Ting, Tan You and others were so shocked that their faces turned pale. Tan You stamped his feet and cursed: "You are a piece of rubbish, and you can't stop it with even one move." He fell to the sky again and could not get up again. This man was one of the best in martial arts among the sword-carrying guards in the palace. Unexpectedly, he was defeated in a fight with Wang Yong. Wang Yong's kick almost broke his ribs. Broken, the internal organs in the chest and abdomen all moved, and for a while, he could not stand up. Zhang Wei's eyes quickly wandered around. Song Nan was still lively on the steps. Outside the square, the roar of firecrackers was heard one after another. A large number of soldiers with forks and swords fell down like wheat. In front of him, Wang Yong led dozens of people who rushed towards him with ferocious looks. He was approaching, but of the more than a hundred fork-knife hands and dozens of sword-carrying guards who protected him, only about twenty people were left. If he didn't leave, Wang Yong would rush forward.