Xiao Huairen drew a big cake for the second prince, a big and fragrant cake, but the premise was that it was hot.

There was silence in the bamboo court for a while, and Lu Zhixing suddenly said, "Since Brother Xiao is so sure, why don't you talk about the specific actions?"

Xiao Huairen said: "Brother Lu asked well, no matter what, tomorrow morning is the opportunity for His Highness, tomorrow morning the courtiers will assemble outside the palace, if nothing else, the palace will definitely use His Majesty's discomfort as an excuse to stop the early court." His Royal Highness can also lead several adults of Matsujuku to go with him and lead the hundred officials into the palace. ”

Someone asked: "But the court is full of Matt's people, and he is also in charge of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, how can it be easy for His Highness to ascend to the throne?"

Xiao Huairen said with a smile: "What does he dare to do? This is not His Highness entering the palace alone, he can still take a risk, supported by hundreds of officials, in the early dynasty, His Highness was surrounded by everyone, does he dare to hurt His Highness or dare to hurt hundreds of officials? "Shoulder-to-shoulder enthronement is a kind of system in the past barbaric era, when a person is particularly popular with everyone and is more modest, the people can raise him over his shoulders to show support, there is a little yellow robe to add the meaning of the body, the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty also has such a precedent.

Someone else said: "How can it be so simple, the inner court plus the Five Cities Terracotta Division, how can Matt let us easily raise our shoulders to succeed to the throne." ”

Xiao Huairen explained: "Those soldiers and horses are not his, they are the king's and the royal family, Matt is just exercising power on his behalf, if His Royal Highness has an army behind him to support him, do they really risk fighting a civil war to support Matt?"

It's not unreasonable for everyone to think about it, unlike the previous battle in the capital, which was a power struggle between two princes, and it was not easy to stand in line, but this time after the king was paralyzed, did they not support the second prince to support a eunuch? Besides, the king is paralyzed, not unconscious, if he loses consciousness, how can there be too much uncertainty, maybe he will wake up after a year, or he may learn to wake up immediately. However, when paralyzed, the consciousness is awake, and the physical discomfort is definitely not relieved in three or five days.

Everyone can't let go of all the business and wait for the king to recover, so at this time, the second prince wants to take the opportunity to take the throne, and others may just mumble a few words. After all, this king has not left a good reputation at present, and not many people will be upset about him.

Someone obviously noticed Xiao Huairen's words: "Mr. Xiao just said that he wanted an army to support His Highness, but I don't know which way it is?"

Xiao Huairen expected that someone would have this question, so he replied: "It's still early tonight, I can help His Highness lobby the Eighth Captain of Beichen, and I think I can find at least two or three families, after all, it is also very tempting to support the merits." "Since ancient times, the main defense force in the capital has been the Beichen Army, led by the Beichen Zhonglang General, and under this is the Beichen Eighth Captain. In addition to the four gates of the four gates, there were also lieutenants in charge of infantry, light cavalry lieutenants in charge of cavalry, heavenly attack lieutenants in charge of archers, and flying captains in charge of chariots and other equipment.

After a pause, he continued: "As for the reason for privately transferring troops and horses, the old lady was killed, the army of the Marquis of Shu was approaching, and several captains were responsible for guarding the capital, so they naturally wanted to see Your Majesty arrange the defense of the capital, and it happened that at the palace gate I learned that Your Majesty was not in good health, and it was a coincidence that the adults raised their shoulders to succeed His Royal Highness, and the eighth captain happened to be at the right time and decided to give priority to the military situation to express his support......"

After saying the plan, even the Songshu disciples present couldn't help but sigh that Xiao Huairen had led a good show, presumably at the gate of the palace early tomorrow morning, whether it was a prince or a hundred officials, students or military officers would be possessed by the spirit.

If you do what he said, the chances of success tomorrow are indeed very high, even if you change the hexagram temporarily, Your Highness, the minister and the eighth lieutenant at the gate of the palace may not be fine, after all, the military situation is urgent, so there is nothing wrong with everyone coming together.

Seeing that everyone was already moved, Xiao Huairen added another fire: "My lords, think about it, the king uses the eunuch party just to contain His Royal Highness and the Song Party, if His Royal Highness raises his shoulders to succeed to the throne, then the value of the eunuch party does not exist, Matt or something just kill it directly, you think about it again, the Marquis of Anling controlled the capital by 100,000 troops, but what did he rely on to control the court?"

Everyone recalled at once, what really made the hundred officials and even His Majesty frightened was that Lin Yue killed the prime minister of the current dynasty, in front of His Majesty, in front of the hundred officials, the white knife went in and the red knife came out. Just now they were still discussing and plotting to seize power, according to Xiao Huairen's thoughts, thinking that those would be redundant and hacked to death.

The second prince took a deep breath and asked, "Mr. Xiao, I only want to ask you, are you really sure to move the eighth captain?"

Xiao Huairen immediately said: "Tomorrow, His Royal Highness can go to the palace gate with all of you, if you see the eighth lieutenant and then act according to the plan, if you don't see anyone come to the court normally, then Your Highness can ask me for guilt, and there will be no resentment in life and death." ”

This is the most reassuring thing for the second prince, because the whole process is not strong, even if he does not act or fails, he has no loss, unlike his two younger brothers who are desperate, either you die or I die.

The second prince also said: "If this plan is really successful, I will not forget your credit." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness. ”

......

After discussing in the bamboo court for a while, Xiao Huairen left the second prince's mansion, and when he came out, it was already past the hour, and he walked towards another destination, at this time, Xiao Huairen had already obtained the qualification to enter and exit the bamboo court, which was the first harvest tonight.

In a small courtyard in Beicheng, four people sat in the house, unlike the other three who were slightly nervous, and the owner of the house, Su Shun, seemed very calm. Beicheng District faces the northern Xinjiang, and most of the military planes are located, so many military families are in the northern district for the convenience of deployment.

When Lin Yue was the commander-in-chief of Yuanzhou, he was a lieutenant under Lin Yue, and later Lin Yue led an army of 100,000 to dominate the Beijing Division. Many people were promoted after the Demon Cloud Sea re-took over, and even Su Shun led the original Yuanzhou Army to re-accept the reorganization. was directly promoted to one of the eight captains of Beichen, Captain Feiyuan.

And now he is beside the captain of the eighth lieutenant in charge of the infantry, the captain of the light cavalry in charge of the cavalry, and the captain of the heavenly attack in charge of the archers. As for the four gates of the east, west, north and south, they are duty-oriented, and they have received orders from the palace, and I am afraid that they will be under martial law for the next period of time.

Su Shun already had the secret support of the mutual aid association, and he was sociable, and he began to have a relationship with his comrades in the army after he was appointed as the captain of Feiyuan. In the past two years, he has not only secured his position, but also left a good popularity and reputation in the Beichen Army. Even Xiao Huairen, a courtier in the eyes of outsiders, is trying his best to make friends. However, in the process of dating, he found that Xiao Huairen was not as simple as it seemed.

As soon as he got the news of the death of the Demon Master this afternoon, Xiao Huairen came to the door, and the two of them discussed for a while and decided to go their separate ways, Su Shun gathered the people who could come over from the eight captains, and Xiao Huairen tried to persuade the second prince and his party.

The other three captains didn't really want to get together, after all, the eighth lieutenant almost controlled the lifeblood of the outer city of the capital, and if they had a private gathering, it would be difficult to ensure that they would not be reported, and they didn't want to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for tea. But Su Shun only used one sentence to let them all come over, 'The old lady is dead.' ’

Different from the high-ranking power players, as relatively grass-roots officers, their news coverage is still relatively narrow, but they still have some military literacy, and they can all see that the Great Zhou Dynasty is not the opponent of the Marquis of Shu, but as long as there is an old lady, there will be no problem. Now that the old lady is dead, it will not be a few days since the Shu army came to the city.

These people have not always been school captains, and like Su Shun, they only came to power after the chaos in the capital at the beginning, they know very well what it means for the capital to be in chaos again, although they are also a little suspicious of Su Shun's intelligence sources, but in the spirit of being afraid of what to do and huddle together for warmth, they still came over. And after coming to Su Shun's house, they got another shocking news that the king was paralyzed because of the death of the old lady.

It's a real hammer, you can't be wrong, today the eight captains of Beichen have received orders from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and all the soldiers and horses in the capital have entered a state of standby, waiting for orders at any time.

Several people anxiously discussed what to do, they couldn't avoid the power struggle internally, and they couldn't resist the army of the Marquis of Shu externally, but Su Shun told them that Xiao Huairen had a way.

Of course, a few people know Xiao Huairen, just like Su Shun is trying to build a relationship, Xiao Huairen is not idle in the capital, and many petty officials and young generals have a little friendship with him, probably because he once surrendered to worship the Holy Maiden, so the officers don't think very highly of him.

While the three of them were anxiously waiting, Xiao Huairen was about to come after the morning, and told a few people about his plan again, Su Shun only knew a few words about this plan, but he didn't expect Xiao Huairen to think so far, he really underestimated him before.

Everyone else breathed a sigh of relief, for better or worse, there was a way out, and it was better than anything else.

After calming down, the light cavalry captain spoke: "It's not good for us to take the troops to the palace gate like this, if something happens, we will be a big crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan." "It's good that this plan succeeds, but it's too risky if it fails.

The lieutenant also agreed: "Yes, it is a big crime to use troops without approval, and whether it can be done in the end or not, this is a stain." ”

Xiao Huairen said with a smile: "Everyone, please rest assured, I don't plan to let you use too many people, the four of you here can each bring about twenty henchmen early tomorrow morning, and there will be a hundred people, the reason is also very simple, the matter of the old lady has been reported, and you don't know where to get the news." The Shu army is coming, in order to protect the capital, you have to meet the master of Ma to ask about the defense of the city, after all, your superior is not there, you can only ask to see the master. ”

A few people suddenly realized that this plan is feasible, Beichen Eighth Captain himself is an officer, he can carry a certain number of guards, and bring more than 20 people to the palace gate, although it looks a bit excessive, but there are no strict requirements in law. And the eighth lieutenant is only a grassroots officer, and it stands to reason that he has no qualifications to go to the court, but he is about to come to the city, as their Shangguan Beichen Zhonglang General Chai Shengnan is not in the capital, and the person who should be in charge of everything is not there, and several captains can only skip the level to find the overseer of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, Matt, which is fine.

It's just that people haven't seen a shadow yet, and a few officers are in chaos like this, which inevitably gives people the impression of incompetence, but incompetence is better than standing in the wrong line.

The lieutenant was still not at ease: "Brother Xiao's plan is indeed ingenious, but there are only a hundred people, can it be useful in the palace? "There are less than 10,000 people in the palace, and there are 3,000 guards alone, and if a hundred people are just 3,000 in front, it will be slow to die.

Xiao Huairen laughed and said: "Brother, what are you worried about? That's the early dynasty, that's the hundred officials, that's the second prince, what does Matt want to do? Kill the crown prince? His power comes from the royal family, and the guards are not stupid, will they obey the order of a eunuch to hurt the crown prince? When the time comes, you don't have to say anything, you don't have to do anything, just follow the crowd, quote scriptures and play tricks, naturally there are those literati to do, just stand there as a background." ”

As soon as we said this, everyone immediately put their minds at ease, yes, even if the second prince failed in the end, the excuse on his side was not useless, but when I asked Shangguan, I happened to meet the second prince to make trouble, we are soldiers, and it is inconvenient to participate and it is not easy to object, just standing on the side.

The second prince party did not dare to make up his mind, and the eighth lieutenant did not dare to make up his mind, Xiao Huairen pulled the line at both ends, and he said to the second prince, "The eighth captain and his subordinate officers and soldiers support you." He also said to the eighth lieutenant, "The second prince is willing to cover you" for one night, and Xiao Huairen changed from a villain who was disliked by civil and military officials to Mr. Xiao and Brother Xiao.