When Ma Cheng heard Ma Xi, the idiot shouting loudly, he whispered in a low voice: "Third brother, you are drunk too much, why are you talking nonsense?"

This is the palace. Do you want to live in the emperor's home?

Seeing Ma Cheng like this, Ma Xi laughed and said, "Second brother is too cautious. How far is the emperor away? These Jinyiwei and eunuchs dare not say anything without saying anything. Second brother, what are you afraid of?"

Ma Cheng saw that Ma Xi was still talking nonsense, and looked at the Jinyiwei around him, and found that no one was paying attention to Ma Xi's nonsense, and he felt relieved. However, when Ma Cheng's attention, he found a problem. The Han generals of these Jinyiwei's military uniforms were completely different from the clothes racks in the past. From walking to holding a knife, they were obviously veterans of the hundred battles.

If these Jinyiwei were Ma Cheng's subordinates or the military commanders of the inner city, this would not attract Ma Cheng's attention, because whether they were Ma Cheng's subordinates or Lu Siye's subordinates, they had experienced bloody battles during the Nanjing Defense War, and some veterans of hundreds of wars were reasonable, but the Han general of Jinyiwei in the palace was not like this.

There are two types of guards in the palace. One is the Jinyiwei led by Mei Chun, the commander of the imperial city, with a population of about 3,000. These guys are still somewhat combat-effective. The other is the Han general standing guard at the entrances of Qianqing Palace, Fengtian Palace and others.

These Han generals were under the jurisdiction of the rituals, with a total of 1,500 people. They were responsible for court meetings, emperor tours, attendants and other etiquette occasions. Because they were the emperor's face, fighting ability was not the choice when choosing people, but appearance and figure were the top priority. Therefore, since the early Ming Dynasty, these Han generals had chosen some good families as their roles, which in Ma Cheng's words were a complete dress rack.

There were a total of six people who followed Ma Cheng. Two little eunuchs in front were in charge of the way. Two great Han generals from the Jinyiwei supported Ma Shiying and walked in front. Finally, two great Han generals followed behind.

Ma Cheng looked at the one beside him and asked, "Why do you think this brother looks familiar? Have you seen it somewhere?"

The great general of the Jinyiwei was stunned and stammered for a long time: "Go back to the marquis, the villain is low in status, how could the marquis have seen the villain before!"

When Ma Cheng heard this guy evasively, he immediately knew that he was telling lies. Just now, Ma Cheng just pretended to be a trick. With Ma Cheng's identity and more than 100,000 soldiers of the Ming army during the Nanjing Defense Battle, how could Ma Cheng remember an ordinary soldier?

But this guy was stuttering just now, and it was fake when he heard it. Ma Cheng felt doubtful at this time, was it because the emperor wanted to deal with him?

Ma Cheng suddenly realized that many things were in contact with each other when he returned to Beijing. Ruan Dacheng asked himself to return to Beijing as soon as he died, and promoted himself to a duke. At the same time, when he was having dinner, the emperor easily agreed to the cabinet candidate. You must know that Ma Shiying had nullified his power for this matter. How could Zhu Lunkui agree so simply in the end?

However, although Ma Cheng was a little suspicious, he was still not sure that the emperor was going to deal with him. Ma Cheng had been back to Beijing for a month, and there was nothing unusual about the news from the Military Information Department, and the army in the city had not been mobilized. Lu Siye still ate, drank, gambled every day, so Ma Cheng did not dare to guarantee that the emperor was going to deal with him.

Ma Cheng's mind turned sharply, and in a short while he arrived at the palace gate.

.Ma Cheng had something to do just now, but he didn't look at the detailed path. He only found out how he had arrived at Xihuamen when he got in front of him.

Just now, Ma Shiying and his son entered the palace from Fengtian Gate, and Ma Cheng's personal guards were waiting at Fengtian Gate. Why did he run here now?

"How come you guys, why did you arrive at Xihua Gate? Our sedan chair is still at Fengtian Gate!"

A eunuch in front of him bowed and said, "Mr. Marquis, Xihuamen is closer. Please rest assured. I have already sent someone to Fengtianmen to send a message, so that all the sedan chairs can wait in front of Xi'an Gate, so that the marquis will not delay the marquis' rest!"

What the eunuch said was reasonable. It took a big circle to go from Fengtian Gate to Nancheng, but it was much closer to go out from Xihua Gate and passing through Xi'an Gate.

Ma Cheng followed the eunuch who led the way to Xihua Gate. There was a vigilant Jinyiwei checking the waist sign, and then opened the palace gate and placed a few people out of the palace city.

The Forbidden City in Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty was divided into two layers. The outermost layer was called the Imperial City, and the innermost layer was called the Palace City. There was a large warehouse between the Imperial City and the Palace City. This was the location of the inner palace warehouses. In the early Ming Dynasty, the royal gunpowder warehouse, arsenal and granary were all in this place. However, with Yongle's capital moving, the Nanjing Imperial City became increasingly deserted, and the three major halls were burned in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the warehouse between the Imperial City and the Palace City.

The Xihua Gate of the palace city is five hundred meters away from the Xi'an Gate of the imperial city, and there is a red palace wall next to it. However, the palace wall has been disrepair and is seriously damaged. If you stand outside, you can see a large number of abandoned warehouses inside.

Ma Cheng followed these eunuchs and Jinyiwei. When he was two hundred meters away from Xi'an Gate, the lights in front of Xi'an Gate were brightly lit, and a large group of people were waiting in front of Xi'an Gate. Ma Cheng didn't care at first, thinking that it was the palace guard who was patrolling the night, but it only appeared when he was more than 100 meters away. The leader on the opposite side was his mortal enemy Lu Siye.

Lu Siye is responsible for the public security in Nanjing. He can't get in the imperial city. Now this guy is waiting in Xi'anmen with so many people? Ma Cheng uses his butt to know that this guy is here to deal with him!

At this time, Ma Cheng didn't know where the emperor was going to deal with him. Ma Cheng looked at the Jinyiwei beside him in a hurry. Seeing the embroidered spring sword on his waist, Ma Cheng smiled and asked, "Do you want me to be a servant in this supervisor?"

While Ma Cheng was sluggish, he stepped forward and pulled out the Jinyiwei's embroidered sword and stabbed it into his stomach without saying a word. The Jinyiwei was still thinking about how to answer Ma Cheng's question, but he didn't expect that Ma Cheng would take action first, without any warning that Ma Cheng was stabbed to death by Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng stabbed this unlucky guy to death, which scared Ma Xi and another Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei knew that the matter was exposed tonight and was about to draw a knife to fight Ma Cheng, but after Ma Cheng was trained in the Nanjing Battle, he had extremely rich fighting experience. Before the Jinyiwei could react, he killed him with one knife.

Screams from behind were heard repeatedly, alarming the two Jinyiwei who were supporting Ma Shiying in front. They turned around and saw Ma Cheng killing their two colleagues. They quickly threw Ma Shiying aside, drew their swords and stepped forward to prepare for the battle.

Ma Cheng threw the dead Jinyiwei's embroidered sword to Ma Xi and shouted: "Last brother, the emperor wants to kill us, but why don't he take action?"

Ma Xi was so scared to death by Ma Cheng's actions that he had just died of death. Killing the Jinyiwei in the palace was a serious crime of beheading. Ma Xi's wine had already been awakened by fear at this time, and was about to ask Ma Cheng what was going on.

It's the matter. But at this time the two Jinyiwei in front had already come to kill him. Ma Xi had no choice but to take the knife and fight them in order to save his life.

Although these Jinyiwei are veterans of war, how can they compare to Ma Cheng who crawled out of the dead? What's more, Ma Cheng's reputation is beyond the brink of evil, so the Jinyiwei who fought with him is more careful to prevent being killed by Ma Cheng. Originally, this guy was not as good as Ma Cheng, and he was burdened in his heart, and Ma Cheng kicked the calf in a few strokes. Ma Cheng took this opportunity to step forward and kill him with a knife.

Now there is only one Jinyiwei fighting with Ma Xi. Seeing that his partner was killed, the guy didn't dare to fight and ran towards Xi'an Gate, shouting, "Lu Junmen, the matter has been exposed!"

Lu Siye originally brought his subordinates to the Xi'an Gate and wanted to wait for Ma Cheng to arrive, and then grabbed Ma Cheng and took him outside Xi'an Gate and killed him with one knife. He knew that Ma Cheng had already shown his arrangement before he left the city gate. Lu Siye was so angry that he scolded: "Your mother, come here, His Majesty the Emperor's order, Ma Shiying and Ma Cheng and his son intend to rebel, and now he will rectify the law on the spot!" After saying that, Lu Siye took more than 100 subordinates away from Xi'an Gate and chased Ma Cheng.

In fact, Emperor Zhu Lunkui had already become a murderous intention to kill Ma Cheng, but Ma Cheng used to hold heavy troops, and Ma Shiying was very powerful in the court. If Zhu Lunkui killed Ma Shiying and his son, his throne would be unstable.

However, after Ma Cheng eliminated the Lu Wang group, the strength comparison was reversed. The Donglin Party under Lu Wang defected to Zhu Lunkui, giving Zhu Lunkui the strength to compete with Ma Shiying in the court. However, at this time Ruan Dacheng died. Without Ruan Dacheng's restraint, the Donglin Party's strength was above Ma Shiying. Therefore, under the persuasion of Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou, Zhu Lunkui decided to eradicate Ma Shiying's family and truly grasp the supreme imperial power.

In order to avoid leaking the news, only a few people learned about the detailed plan. Even the emperor's father-in-law Qian Qianyi did not know the specific steps and time.

Zhu Lunkui handed over this task to his confidant eunuch Lu Jiude. Lu Jiude led troops in Fengyang and had 200 confidant soldiers, all of whom were brave. Lu Jiude placed these people under his nephew Lu Siye and was ready to take action when the emperor was married.

But Zhu Lunkui didn't want to let his wedding celebration be covered with blood. After all, the bride was Qian Qianyi's daughter this time. After Ma Shiying's death, Zhu Lunkui was still planning to use Qian Qianyi to control the situation. So after careful consideration, Zhu Lunkui ordered Lu Siye and the Ma family father and son to go out of Xi'an Gate to take action.

Because Lu Jiude was well prepared and few people knew about this, although Ma Cheng's military intelligence department was well-informed, he still had no news. However, because Lu Jiude could not believe that his feet were exposed on the Jinyiwei's body, Ma Cheng was also a general who had led the soldiers. Is it true that he could show up at a glance?

When Lu Siye saw his uncle's perfect plan, he was so angry that he ignored the emperor's orders that the emperor was not allowed to take action in the palace, and he would come forward and chop the Ma family and his son to death in Xi'an Gate.
Chapter completed!