Phi-Fic Chapter 778: The Inner Guard House was attacked
Chapter 778: The Inner Guard House was attacked
The carriage continued forward and soon arrived at the gate of the Inner Guard Palace. It saw that the independent and secluded Inner Guard Palace had been turned into ruins in the raging fire.
Huang Shengyan stood outside the fire scene with a ferocious expression, unwilling to believe that the Inner Guard Palace had been burned down.
Most of the leaders of the Inner Guards in Beijing are here. Except for Fenghuang who serves in the palace, the rest have arrived.
The most powerful demon spirit in the Inner Guard Palace was sitting on a dozen corpses with a sword in his hand. His robe was stained with blood and he looked very scary.
A large number of internal guards gathered here. Looking around, almost everyone was injured, and some of them were seriously injured.
After a moment of deathly silence, Huang Shengyan turned around and looked at the demon spirit guarding the Inner Guard Palace.
"what happened?"
He tried his best to calm himself down and face the evil spirit with the most peaceful attitude.
The demon spirit looked up at Huang Shengyan, opened his mouth, but could not say anything. He just used his eyes to signal Huang Shengyan to look at the corpse under his butt.
Huang Shengyan followed Mo Ling's gaze and saw that among the dozen or so corpses under Mo Ling's butt, there was a group of corpses of internal guards.
Huang Shengyan did not know the owner of the remaining corpses, so he could not tell their identities.
"make it clear."
"Someone from our Inner Guard colluded with someone outside and sneaked in shortly after you left. We finally discovered him." The demon spirit's voice was hoarse. "Let Shadow speak."
Shadow sighed helplessly and told the whole story.
Ever since Huang Shengyan was about to go to the palace to report, the Internal Guard House closed the door to avoid unnecessary trouble.
But not long after, You Huan, who was on patrol, discovered some unfamiliar faces in the Inner Guard Palace. These people did not belong to any institution under the Inner Guard Palace. They seemed to appear out of thin air and parachuted into the Inner Guard Palace.
Feeling something was wrong, You Huan immediately took people to stop these people, but these outsiders were not pushovers. After being discovered, they, together with some members of the Inner Guard, attacked You Huan.
The sound of fighting was heard by several other leaders, who hurried over to help besiege these outsiders.
Just as they were about to kill the outsiders and secure victory, an accident suddenly occurred. Fires broke out everywhere in the Inner Guard House, and a group of people of unknown origin were let into the house. Hundreds of them rushed in and went straight to the members of the Inner Guard House, fighting desperately with them.
There were many masters among the outsiders. In order to eliminate these people as soon as possible, Mo Ling fought against more than a dozen masters alone, and finally killed all these outsiders outside the gate of the Inner Guard Palace.
At this moment, the dozen or so corpses under the demon's butt were those dead masters.
But other problems also emerged.
What is the purpose of these outsiders after they attack?
What kind of person could gather such a group of experts and even attack the Inner Guard Palace under the surveillance of many armies in order to achieve his goal?
"Grand Lord, you have seen that until now, many troops are still on the way and have not arrived at our Inner Guard Palace." Shadow sighed helplessly.
Since the fire started, no one has come to the Inner Guard House to help. What responsibility can they not shirk for the fact that the Inner Guard House was burned down?
But even if they can shift all the responsibilities, will their Inner Guard Bureau be able to rest easy?
It wasn't until today that Shadow finally realized that no matter how powerful the Inner Guard Bureau looked, it was still a force not worth helping in the eyes of outsiders.
"Your Highness, Prince Qin, please lend me a hand!"
Huang Shengyan no longer has the majestic aura of the past.
He had already seen Li Cunxi, Wu Chengsi and Wu Yanhao, and now felt that it was time to ask for help.
In several past cases, he had worked closely with Li Cunxi and even personally helped.
Even if Li Cunxi didn't treat him as his own, there were still so many favors stacked up, and it was the time to use up the favors.
Li Cunxi put his hands behind his back and said:
"Grand Councilor Wuyou, I, Li Cunxi, will definitely not sit idly by and watch this matter."
"However, we must know the purpose of these people. Fellow ministers and the inner guards, has anyone seen them looking for something, or going to the prison to rescue someone?"
You Huan was knocked down by a stick during the battle. He hadn't gotten up for a long time. But he seemed to remember something and dragged his heavy body out of the arms of a female leader and sat up straight.
"Your Majesty, Prince Qin, after I was knocked down, I seemed to see a group of people escorting a man wearing a black hood away."
"But I was so dizzy at the time that I didn't see clearly what he was wearing. I just saw a large group of people in black surrounding him and leaving."
As soon as he finished speaking, a seriously injured internal guard stood up.
"I also saw someone being escorted out, but I couldn't see clearly what he was wearing. He was sandwiched between more than a dozen people as he walked out."
Several internal guards who were distracted by the battle spoke up in agreement.
Through the descriptions of these inner guards, Li Cunxi could basically conclude that the fundamental reason for the fire in the inner guard house was that someone wanted to save people.
Moreover, this person's identity was very important, so important that the Inner Guard House had to be burned down in order to destroy the body and cover up all traces.
So who could this person be?
The person who was rescued must be a high-ranking official in the court, as he was able to gather so many subordinates without anyone noticing.
Since he is a high-ranking official in the court, he will definitely be imprisoned in the Internal Guard Prison.
If his prediction turned out to be true, there must be no missing criminals in the Inner Guards' prison who had not had time to escape, and they would all be burned beyond recognition.
"Grand Chamberlain, how many officials of the fifth rank and above are currently imprisoned in the Inner Guard's prison?"
The quick-witted Wu Yanhao asked.
"Two, one is the Minister of Revenue, Zong Chuke, and the other is the Right Prime Minister of Wenchang, Wu Sansi."
Huang Shengyan told the truth.
Speaking of these two, they are two very famous people in this dynasty.
Wu Sansi, a big vegetable leaf, is known to everyone for having water in his brain.
Zong Chuke, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was second only to the Minister of Revenue in status. He also had an older brother named Zong Qinke, who was the number one troll under Li Cunxi and even dared to slap Wu Sansi.
"It seems that our target has appeared."
"I wonder what crime Zong Chuke committed?"
Although Li Cunxi appeared calm on the surface, he became uneasy when he thought about the fact that Zong Chuke was not a good person in history.
You know, Zong Chuke's brother Zong Qinke fought bravely for him. If something happened to his brother and Zong Qinke was implicated, Li Cunxi would lose a capable general.
The most important thing is that no one in the court, including civil and military officials, knows that Zong Chuke has been arrested.
Huang Shengyan thought for a moment before speaking, "Zong Chuke was corrupt and accepted bribes while serving as the Minister of Revenue. We have him secretly detained, but we haven't started the interrogation yet."
"I guess you won't have a chance to interrogate me."
Wu Chengsi smiled and said, "If those people were cautious, they would never leave anyone alive."