Liu Ruobing said, "Qiuchi is negotiating with Ji Gang inside and ask him to hand over Brother Ling. He asked me to come out and tell the princess that he must not rush in. This is Ji Gang's conspiracy. He deliberately angered you so that you can lead your troops in and then falsely accused you of robbing the imperial prison. That is the death penalty of the Zhujiu clan! We cannot be fooled by Ji Gang!"

If someone else said this, Yun Lu might not have heard it, but Liu Ruobing was Yang Qiuchi's concubine, and she conveyed Yang Qiuchi's words. Moreover, Liu Ruobing himself was not angry and had a convincing majesty. Yun Lu suddenly woke up a little. When she thought about it calmly, she realized the serious consequences and couldn't help but feel cold sweat.

Yunlu hurriedly asked, "What should I do with my brother? Sister Liu, you have great martial arts skills. Can you sneak into the imperial prison to rescue my brother, or secretly help take care of him!"

Liu Ruobing hesitated and pondered for a moment, thinking that what Ji Gang wanted most now was to let our people go to the imperial prison, and then he would confirm the truth about the prison robbery. They must have been prepared for it. At this time, they would not be able to succeed easily, and secondly, they were afraid that they would hit their trick. Then he said, "Qiuchi is negotiating with them, and he might not go to the emperor..."

Yunlu became anxious again: "When I entered the palace and found the emperor, my brother might have been beaten to death by them!"

"Brother Ling is the son of King Miao, and your elder brother of the princess. He Ji Gang dared not execute him without authorization. He just wanted to use this to attack Qiuchi and lead us into a trap. It would be of no benefit to him to execute him without authorization."

"But……"

Before Yunlu finished speaking, she heard the noisy sound of horse hooves coming from afar, and several armies rushed over.

Zhang Xiaojiang was startled and immediately ordered a battle formation. Fortunately, the square in front of the gate of the North Town Fushishi was very wide, and the guards in Yunlu were well trained and quickly formed a battle formation.

The army was not weak, and the long snake formation fan surrounded Yunlu and her iron cavalry. Several war horses rushed out from it. The young man in the lead was tall and burly, and shouted loudly: "Emperor sister! You are so brave to lead your troops to rob the imperial prison without authorization! If you don't get off your horse, go with me to see your father!"

Yun Lu was shocked and looked up and saw that the person came was the second prince Zhu Gaoxu. The army led by the emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty was the personal guards given to him by Tiance Guard.

In principle, the military system of the Ming Dynasty was that each guard had a quota of 5,600 soldiers. Therefore, the Tiance Guards had a force far exceeding the 500 iron cavalry of Princess Yunlu.

Yun Lu ceded forward and said, "Second Emperor, Ji Gang accused my brother of killing people, beat him up, and arrested him in the Northern Fushishi Prison. I believe my brother will not kill people. It must be Ji Gang's dog thief...!"

Zhu Gaoxu said coldly: "Is it a false accusation? Commander Ji will naturally find out. Commander Ji is a minister whom the father has always favored. Emperor sister, how can you slander the important officials of the court? Humph! You led your troops to surround the Jinyiwei Pacification Department without authorization. You are too brave to try to rob the imperial prison, right? You still don't disband your guards, and then go with me to meet your father to take the crime!"

Yunlu was simply stupid. The second emperor brother did not help his family, but helped outsiders instead, and wanted to accuse him of robbing the imperial prison. Fortunately, Liu Ruobing stopped him just now and did not lead his troops in, otherwise, he would be unable to clean himself even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

She didn't know that Zhu Gaoxu and Ji Gang were in the same group. In the Jingnan Campaign, Ji Gang was the personal guard of Chengzu of Ming Dynasty and fought side by side with Zhu Gaoxu many times. Life and death several times can be said to be a comrade in the life and death. In the subsequent battle for the position of prince, Ji Gang always stood firmly on Zhu Gaoxu's side.

It is not unreasonable to make this choice. Ji Gang is extremely politically keen. As early as the Jingnan Campaign, the second prince Zhu Gaoxu fought bravely. He saved Ming Chengzu's life several times. He was highly appreciated by Ming Chengzu and praised Zhu Gaoxu many times, which looked like his back then.

The prince Zhu Gaochi was sitting in the rear at that time and did not flatter and wanted to please the Emperor Chengzu of Ming, so the Emperor Chengzu of Ming did not like him very much. He repeatedly wanted to change the prince and let the second prince Zhu Gaoxu be the prince. Although he had never made this decision, his desire to favor the second prince was very obvious. Even his personal guard, Tiance Guard, gave Zhu Gaoxu.

This Tiance Guard is extraordinary. When Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty Li Shimin became the King of Qin, he opened the Tiance Guard and his troops were called Tiance Guard. Ming Chengzu agreed to use his personal guard as the guard of the second prince Zhu Gaochi, and his intention was very obvious.

It was precisely because Ji Gang saw this clearly that he firmly stood on the side of the second prince Zhu Gaochi. Although later facts proved that his choice was wrong and he lost his life because of it, at that time, this choice was undoubtedly the most consistent with his logical judgment.

It was not accidental that Zhu Gaoxu appeared at this critical moment. This trap was discussed with Ji Gang. After Yang Qiuchi entered the Beizhenfusi and Yunlu's troops rushed into the imperial prison, Zhu Gaoxu immediately sent troops to capture Yunlu, Yang Qiuchi and others in one fell swoop, and took this opportunity to accuse the two of them of robbing the imperial prison. This crime can be confirmed.

However, Zhu Gaoxu's eyeliner found that Yang Qiuchi was not fooled. Yunlu was originally going to rush in but did not rush. After telling Zhu Gaoxu who was ambushing not far away, Zhu Gaoxu was worried that Yunlu would withdraw from the Northern Town Fushi. All plans were ruined. Then he immediately sent troops to surround Yunlu, hoping to falsely accuse them of trying to rob the imperial prison based on the current facts.

The crime of trying to rob the imperial prison is not small. If it is not done properly, it will cause a loss of mind.

At this time, Yang Qiuchi, under the protection of the guards, rushed out of the North Town Fushi and came to the square.

Seeing that the two armies were confronting in front of the square, the war was about to break out, Yang Qiuchi was shocked and rushed to Yunlu and shouted, "What's going on?"

Yunlu was angry and anxious: "The second emperor brother didn't help me, and he also falsely accused me of telling me that I wanted to rob the imperial prison - where is my brother?"

"Don't worry, this is a trap set by Ji Gang's old thief. We cannot be fooled. Now you and I will go to the palace to meet the emperor immediately."

"Yeah!" Yun Lu nodded.

There was a loud laugh from afar: "One person surnamed Yang, aren't you going to turn my imperial prison into the sky? Why? Are you going to run away with your tail now?" It was Ji Gang who spoke.

Ji Gang, surrounded by guards, walked out of the gate with a cane, walked to the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, and bowed and bowed: "I am not good at ease, please see His Highness the Second Prince."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and pointed at Yang Qiuchi with a whip: "A bold thief actually provoked Princess Yunlu to lead the army to rob the imperial prison. What crime should he be? Don't kneel down!"

Regarding the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, Yang Qiuchi had only heard of it before and had never dealt with him. Now, when he saw it, the second prince actually framed himself for robbing the imperial prison. This made a mistake and his ability to frame him is no worse than Ji Gang.

It would be easy for Ji Gang to frame himself like this. If he were to add Zhu Gaoxu, the second prince who was deeply appreciated and favored by Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty, it would be a big problem. He couldn't help but feel a sank in his heart. He quickly stepped forward and bowed, "Yang Qiuchi, the commander of the Jinyiwei, was ordered by the saint to take charge of the Nanzhenfu Office. Ji Gang captured our company from the Fu Yunling. He came to ask for people. It was not a prison for robbing the imperial edict..."

Zhu Gaoxu whipped the horse whip in the air and shouted: "Shut up! You surrounded the Beizhen Fushi, and you personally led people into the department, committing murder and injuring people, and shouting for robbing prison. Is there any fake?"

Yang Qiuchi was a little angry and said: "I am the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei. I was ordered by the saint to inspect the laws and regulations of the Jinyiwei and said that even if I enter the imperial prison, it is still within the scope of my power. How can I say it is a prison robbery? Princess Yunlu's guard is only outside the Beizhenfu. I asked Ji Gang to ask her brother Yun Lang's affairs. This is normal, so how can I be considered a prison robbery?"

Zhu Gaoxu was speechless for a moment and shouted, "I don't listen to your arguments. I only saw you leading troops to surround the Northern Fushi Office and attempting to rob the imperial prison. Even if you are extremely guilty, you will not kneel down!"

Yang Qiuchi raised his chest: "Why are you guilty of doing things under the order? The prince is just the prince, not the emperor, and there is no need to kneel down!"

"Rebellion! It's really against it!" Zhu Gaoxu shouted, waved his whip, "Take this thief off for me!"

The personal guards behind him agreed and rushed up to arrest people.

Nangong Xiong and other guards stepped forward and stopped in front. Song Yuner waved her sword and shouted: "Come here if you are not afraid of death!"

In the stalemate, suddenly, the sound of horse hooves in the distance was heard, and a group of people rode their horses and rushed over. The leader shouted loudly: "Stop it! The imperial edict is here!"

Everyone looked up and saw a team of big inner guards coming, and then Eunuch Li was coming.

Eunuch Li rode his horse to Yang Qiuchi and Zhu Gaoxu and said loudly: "The imperial edict has arrived. Commander Ji Gang, Marquis of Zhenyuan Yang Qiuchi, Princess Qingxi Yunlu knelt down to receive the edict!"

The three of them looked puzzled and kowtowed.

Eunuch Li continued in a sharp voice: "The emperor ordered Ji Gang, Yang Qiuchi, Yun Lu, and escorted the criminal Yun Leng, and immediately entered the palace to see him. I will see you!"

The second prince Zhu Gaoxu said: "Dad father-in-law, did the emperor ask me to go?"

"The emperor doesn't know that Prince Han, you are here too," Eunuch Li looked around for a moment, and immediately understood, and smiled and said, "Or... Prince, you can go with me too."

"Okay, I'm just thinking this!" Zhu Gaoxu pointed at Yang Qiuchi with a whip. "This thief bewitched Princess Yunlu and led his troops to surround the Beizhenfusi, trying to rob the imperial prison. He should be punished! The person...!"

Eunuch Li hurriedly said, "Prince, the emperor just said he wanted Lord Yang to see him, but he didn't say he wanted to arrest him."

"Can't I take down this traitor?" Zhu Gaoxu said angrily.

The second prince Zhu Gaoxu did not make any sense. He had to take him down and tie him up before he could be content. Yang Qiuchi couldn't help but burst into fire, and he didn't care about so much. He said loudly: "Prince, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, only the Jinyiwei and the Three Laws can take people, or they can only act according to the order of the saint to take people." The implication is that although you, Zhu Gaoxu, are the King of Han, have no power to arrest people at will.

Zhu Gaoxu had never been confronted by such a confrontation. He pointed at Yang Qiuchi and shouted angrily: "Okay! OK! I will be the one who is here... Humph! I will destroy your nine tribes first!"

Yang Qiuchi felt cold in his heart. Before he came, he was not clear about this period of history. After he came, he knew that the three princes were competing for the position of crown prince, but he did not understand history and did not know who the emperor behind Chengzu of Ming Dynasty was. If it were the King of Han, Zhu Gaoxu, he would be in trouble.

However, it was Zhu Gaoxu's words that made Yang Qiuchi secretly make up his mind to help his savior, Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, succeed to the throne, and he must never let Zhu Gaoxu, the second prince who is going to destroy his nine clans, take office after becoming emperor.

Since he made up this decision, Yang Qiuchi didn't have to be afraid of the second prince. He smiled coldly and turned to Ji Gang and said, "Mr. Ji, the emperor ordered you to escort Yunling immediately to meet us. You won't resist the order, right?"

The timely intervention of Ming Chengzu surprised Ji Gang. However, Yang Qiuchi did not completely fall into his trap today, which made Ji Gang a little regretful, but for now, he was also confident that he could frame Yang Qiuchi, Yun Leng and Yun Lu. He turned around and ordered his subordinates to ban Yun Leng out.

Yunlu exclaimed, turned over and jumped over and hugged Yunlang: "Brother! How are you?"

Yun Lang was beaten to his nose and face, and his eyes were swollen and squinting and unable to see clearly. His lips were swollen, and blood marks were covered with whip whipping everywhere. He said vaguely: "Brother is okay... don't worry..."

Yunlu hugged Yun Leng with heartache, turned around and instructed Zhang Xiaojiang: "Come here quickly! Help me unlock my brother!"

Zhang Xiaojiang turned over and got off the horse, rushed over with his sword in his hand. The Jinyiwei who was escorting Yun was stunned to pull out the Zhuchun sword to block the front. Zhang Xiaojiang's long sword danced, and a few clangs. Several Jinyiweisers were in the wrists and screamed and retreated. The other Jinyiwei were about to step forward, but Ji Gang coughed. He shook his head and then retreated.

Zhang Xiaojiang brushed a few swords and cut Yunling's back rope. Yunling's arm had been tied for a long time, and it was so sore and could not move for a while. Yunlu supported him and walked back.

Yang Qiuchi came forward and said, "Yun Lang, how about it? Are you seriously injured?"

Yun Lang grinned with his swollen lips and smiled silly: "I'm fine, I'm all injured. Thank you for your concern." Then he knelt down on one knee and said with his fist: "I have not been able to complete the tasks assigned by the Marquis. Please punish me!"

Yang Qiuchi helped him up with both hands: "It's not your fault, it's just that we don't have enough understanding of these habits of biting people! I ask you. Have you ever killed someone in the Chunlou of Liuhua Hutong?" This is what Yang Qiuchi cares most about. Others are not as clear as the person involved himself.

Yun Leng said anxiously: "I don't! They tortured me in the imperial prison and asked me to admit that I had killed that person, but I really didn't kill him. We escorted Lin Yuan out. As soon as we arrived at the yard, a large group of people rushed in, holding iron sticks and beating us randomly. I don't know who they were. I took out a knife and waved it to resist, and then I was knocked unconscious by the random sticks!"

"Wave resistance? Then have you hurt someone?"

"It certainly didn't! I can definitely feel that if I hurt people, I was just resisting their iron rod attack."

Yang Qiuchi said: "I will find out this matter clearly, don't worry. Now the emperor wants to summon a few of us. You can follow us to the palace to meet the saint. You must explain the matter in detail. The emperor will make a statement."

Yun Leng was kept locked inside, beaten and knew nothing about the situation outside. After hearing what Yang Qiuchi said, he realized that such a big thing had happened. He heard that the emperor was going to summon him, and he was a little panicked. Although he had seen the emperor and his father Yun Tianqing sent Yun Lu to the capital to marry the third prince, he was now in a state of guilt, so the situation was different, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Yang Qiuchi patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, with Princess Yunlu and I here, we won't suffer any losses!" He turned to Yunlu and said, "Let's go!"

Yunlu nodded. Zhang Xiaotian had already led Princess Yunlu's horse over and led another horse to Yunling to ride. Yang Qiuchi also got on his own horse, and the group rode their horses towards the palace's Meridian Gate.

Zhu Gaoxu was so angry that he was trembling all over when Yang Qiuchi said, but now he had an imperial edict to summon Yang Qiuchi and Yunlu, so he had no choice but to follow Ji Gang and come to the palace.

The Jinyiwei Fushi is inside the imperial city outside the palace city, on the left side of the imperial road, Yang Qiuchi and his party cross the Wulong Bridge, Chengtian Gate, and Duan Gate, and came to the outside of the palace city's Meridian Gate.

After entering the Meridian Gate, it is the real Imperial Palace, so here, except for personal guards and followers, the guards cannot enter.

Yang Qiuchi took Song Yuner, Liu Ruobing and Nangong Xiong and other three personal guards, Yunlu, and Zhang Xiaojiang and several other guards, and entered the palace from the right gate next to the Meridian Gate. The second princes Zhu Gaoxu and Ji Gang also brought their personal guards into the right gate. The group walked through Fengtian Gate, Ganqing Gate, entered the Houting Court, and came to the Ganqing Palace of the Ming Chengzu's bedroom.

It is already midnight now, but Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty often read memorials until late at night and slept very late.

The group arrived in the yard, and Eunuch Li went in first to report, then came out and said, "The emperor asked Commander Ji and the Second Prince to go in first, and took the criminal Yun Leng into the same place. Lord Yang, Princess Yunlu, please wait outside."

When Ji Gang heard this, he looked at Zhu Gaoxu and smiled, and a trace of hideousness appeared on the corners of his mouth.

After the two of them walked into the room, the guard of the inner guard escorted Yun Leng in. Yang Qiuchi felt even more wrong. The ancestor of Ming Cheng asked Ji Gang to come in. It was obvious that although Ming Chengzu hoped that he could become a force to check and balance Ji Gang, for now, in Ming Chengzu's heart, his status was still not as good as Ji Gang!

This is not surprising. Yang Qiuchi is just proactive in solving cases, and solving cases is not very important for Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. If he needs to crack down on a certain force, Ji Gang's frame-up is already very competent. What he needs is not evidence, nor iron evidence to convince the other party. He needs it, an excuse, an excuse that can make people convince on the surface, such as the other party plead guilty. And Ji Gang is competent for this.

Compared with consolidating the regime of Chengzu of Ming Dynasty, Ji Gang's role is really greater than that of Yang Qiuchi. Yang Qiuchi thought to himself that the emperor let them in first, listen to nonsense, and have preconceived ideas. This situation is unfavorable.
Chapter completed!