When Zhao Ji and his group arrived at Xuande Gate, they saw nearly a thousand fully armed soldiers waiting there with fierce killing intent.
The ones guarding in front of Xuande Gate were the "Dragon Might Army" who had rushed into the palace.
Zhao Ji glanced coldly at the leader, Lin Chong, and asked Cai Jing beside him," Cai Jing, do you know this person?"
Cai Jing had entered the palace more frequently these few days and had also seen Lin Chong.
"Retired Emperor, this person is Lin Chong, the one who caused Grand Commandant Gao to lose his position. He was previously just an instructor of the Imperial Army, but now he is the commander of the Dragon Might Army, the personal army of the new Emperor."
Zhao Ji's eyes turned cold." Hmph, the Dragon Might Army is quite famous. He's just a small commander of the palace guards, yet he dares to stop me from leaving the palace. He's quite bold. Cai Jing, let him leave quickly. Otherwise, he'll be punished for offending his superiors!"”
Cai Jing received the order and came up to Lin Chong. He shouted,"All of you should leave quickly and not delay the Retired Emperor's southern tour. Otherwise, you will be punished for committing the crime of rebellion.”
Looking at Cai Jing, who was shouting in front of him, Lin Chong did not have a good impression of these people.
If it wasn't for the fact that Zhao Huan didn't give the order, he really wanted to kill this treacherous official who brought disaster to the country and the people.
"Lord Cai, we are under the orders of His Majesty to guard Xuande Gate. Other than the Retired Emperor and the Empress Dowager, no one else is allowed to leave!”
"What? How dare you stop the Retired Emperor? You're simply courting death!”
"Lord Cai, whether I, Lin Chong, die or not is not up to you to decide. That is up to His Majesty. You have no right to criticize!”
"You, you…!"
Seeing that his words did not work, Cai Jing was furious. He quickly returned to Zhao Ji's side."Retired Emperor, this thief has guts, this lowly official also can't do anything to him!”
Zhao Ji kicked Cai Jing.”
He then instructed Zhao Gou,"Majesty Kang, go and get Lin Chong to move aside. Otherwise, when we capture him, we'll execute his entire family!"”
"Your son will go now!"
However, the confident Zhao Gou was still rebuffed.
"Imperial Father, this thief doesn't listen to your son!”
"A group of traitors, they are really courting death!" Zhao Ji was really angry this time. He gave an order to his trusted guard commander beside him,"Chen Shuo, bring some men and capture this bastard for me, dead or alive!”
"Understood!" Chen Shuo cupped his hands and rushed forward with forty to fifty guards of Blessing Extending Palace.
"Your name is Chong Lin?" Chen Shuo sized up Chong Lin and questioned him sternly.
Chong Lin glanced at Chen Shuo and said coldly,""That's right, I am Lin Chong, the commander of the 'Dragon Might Army', the personal guards of His Majesty's palace.”
"Remember, my name is Chen Shuo, and I am the commander of the Retired Emperor's guards. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for not being sensible and daring to block the Retired Emperor's carriage!”
Chen Shuo waved at the dozens of guards of Blessing Extending Palace behind him.""Brothers, capture this thief, dead or alive!”
Chong Lin was fearless as he watched Chen Shuo make his move.
He sneered and shouted at the "Dragon Might Army" behind him,"Soldiers, whose personal army is our Dragon Might Army?”
As soon as Lin Chong finished speaking, the Dragon Might Army, which was filled with killing intent, roared in unison,
"The Dragon's Might Army is His Majesty's personal army and only listens to His Majesty's orders!”
Chong Lin nodded and gave the order to kill with his spear in hand."Those who trespass on the Dragon Might Army's formation will be killed without mercy!”
Chong Lin brandished the spear in his hand and charged at Chen Shuo and the others.
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
The soldiers of the Dragon Might Army behind Chong Lin roared and charged forward.
Chen Shuo, who originally thought that Lin Chong and the others did not dare to make a move, felt the murderous intent pouncing on him. His eyes panicked and he cried out in his heart,"It's over, the other party doesn't even put Retired Emperor in his eyes!”
In the blink of an eye, they engaged in close combat.
In a few rounds, the dozens of guards of Blessing Extending Palace that Chen Shuo had brought with him were all killed on the ground.
As for Chen Shuo himself, he had been pierced through the heart by Chong Lin's spear, and blood splattered all over the ground.
"S-Retired Emperor, take revenge for this subordinate!”
Chen Shuo fell down unwillingly. He twitched a few times and stopped breathing.
In the blink of an eye, he had killed Chen Shuo and the dozens of guards he had brought with him, but not a single person from the Dragon Might Army was injured.
They did not continue to attack, but returned to their formation. With sharp killing intent, they continued to block in front of Xuande Gate.
Looking at the scene before them, Zhao Ji, Zhao Gou, and the others were dumbfounded.
They had not expected that these people would actually dare to ignore the Retired Emperor's dignity and attack the guards by his side.
This, this was too unexpected.
Zhao Ji was also anxious at this time. Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, if he did not leave now, it would be too late.
"Majesty Kang, go tell him that as long as he lets us leave the palace, I'll confer him the title of King of a different surname, and the title of nobility will be hereditary!”
"Father, this…!"
Zhao Gou didn't expect Zhao Ji to throw out such a big bait.
"Hurry up and go. If you don't go now, it'll be too late!”
Zhao Gou quickly went forward to negotiate, but Chong Lin gave a very clear answer.
"Retired Emperor and Tai He can leave, but you, without His Majesty's orders, don't even think about leaving!”
Zhao Ji would definitely not agree.
If he went to the south alone, Cai Jing and the others would definitely not have a good ending. His trusted ministers would be gone, and how would he be able to come back and continue to control the government?
"Majesty Kang, go find your royal brother and ask him to come see me!”
When Zhao Gou heard this, he was very unhappy.
"Imperial Father, this is clearly His Majesty doing this on purpose. So what if we see him? This is probably the result!"
"Then what do you think we should do?”
"Retired Emperor, let these hundreds of guards charge over and hold these people back. We will take advantage of the chaos to escape. As long as we leave the city and reach the south, we can form a loyal army.”
"Retired Emperor, for now, it's more important to leave the city!”
Zhao Ji listened to the suggestions of the people beside him. After some consideration, he gave the order to attack the hundreds of guards of Blessing Extending Palace beside him, regardless of the difference in numbers.
"Go, take down all these thieves!”
"Yes!"
"Brothers, kill the traitor!”
"Kill them!"
The guards of Blessing Extending Palace had followed Zhao Ji for many years and were very loyal. Without any hesitation, they charged towards the Dragon Might Army.
At this moment, Zhao Huan, who had not appeared at the side of the Hall of Great Celebration, looked at the guards of Blessing Extending Palace who had rushed up.
"You really overestimate yourself. You're courting death!"”
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