Zhao Kuangyin's mood is very complicated these days, he took Zhao Pu and five hundred light horsemen to make a detour to the direction of Ulzhou first, and when he was sure that he would not be discovered, he turned south and went straight to Kaifeng.

At the beginning, Zhao Kuangyin was also like an arrow, and he was in a hurry to return to Beijing to read the edict of Emperor Guo Rong.

However, there is such a strange emotion that has been haunting Zhao Kuangyin's heart.

The Ninety-Five, the emperor's position, is in the brocade box he carries, which is a great temptation.

It's just that this Ninety-Five, the emperor's position, does not belong to him Zhao Kuangyin, but to a little doll Guo Zongxun who is not yet seven years old, which makes Zhao Kuangyin feel very angry.

Since ancient times, the position of emperor has been obtained by those who are capable, and this has been enshrined as truth in the mouths of rebels.

A little doll less than seven years old, how can he sit on the throne of this emperor.

In this era of four-way scuffle and multi-headedness, it is not uncommon for you to sing and I appear, the people are still those people, but the emperor may not be replaced one day.

Zhao Kuangyin is three years Chinese New Year's Eve old today, and when Guo Rong ascended the throne, he was also thirty-three years old, Guo Rong was originally called Chai Rong, but his aunt was the queen of Taizu Guo Wei, and Guo Wei's heirs were killed by the Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, so Chai Rong was succeeded as an adopted son.

Guo Rong must be the true dragon emperor?

I'm not good at Zhao Kuangyin?

During Guo Rong's reign, he integrated the imperial and military powers, and the means were tough, and did not give any court officials and local envoys the opportunity to rebel.

And what about Guo Zongxun, a little doll less than seven years old, does he have the ability to firmly grasp the imperial power, military power and political power in his hands?

Imperial power is nothing, whoever holds the military power in their hands, that is the most important thing.

With military power, it is equivalent to having the capital to seize imperial power and political power, as long as the timing is right, it will not be possible to create Guo Rong's rebellion, and it is still very certain to create Guo Zongxun's rebellion against a little doll.

But what about military power?

The emperor sent me back to read the edict, which is equivalent to temporarily relieving my military power in the Great Zhou Forbidden Army, and I, Zhao Kuangyin, now have nothing but these five hundred light horsemen.

No, I still have military power in my hands, Shi Shouxin stayed in Kaifeng, and there are 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and these 20,000 soldiers and horses are still responsible for garrisoning Kaifeng City.

As long as the plan is appropriate, the inside should be combined with the outside, plus I have the edict of Emperor Guo Rong in my hand, and the content of this edict ......

Zhao Pu followed Zhao Kuangyin all the way and galloped on horseback, never daring to ask more, and kept paying attention to Zhao Kuangyin's uncertain face.

I don't know how long I ran wildly, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly slowed down, and began to march unhurriedly, deliberately stopping and stopping, and Zhao Kuangyin's words became obviously less, and many times he was thinking alone.

At noon that day, Zhao Kuangyin and his entourage came to Chenqiaoyi, from where the fast horse can reach Kaifeng for a maximum of half a day, but Zhao Kuangyin insisted on stopping and resting.

Chen Qiaoyi here, all of them have been replaced by Wei Zhongxian's brocade guards, these brocade guards are all wearing the clothes of ordinary post station officials, attendants and pawns, this arrangement, but all of them are to deal with Zhao Kuangyin.

"Liu Junshi, Zhao Kuangyin's guy called Zhao Pu into the room alone, our people can't get in, and they can't hear the content of their conversation."

Wei Zhongxian, who was hiding in a remote room, was a little worried, worried that he would not be able to complete the task given to him by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Father-in-law Wei, don't worry, it doesn't matter what they talk about, the important thing is to see their next move, be patient, everything is in the hands of His Royal Highness the Prince, he Zhao Kuangyin can't make big waves."

"Master Liu, let's ask a superfluous word, how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know that this Zhao Kuangyin will definitely stay at Chenqiaoyi?"

Liu Bowen twisted his beard under his chin and said:

"Liu doesn't know, but all of this is probably providential......"

Chen Qiaoyi, Guo Zongxun chose here, naturally there is some luck meaning, here, it takes most of the day to run to Kaifeng, if it is after noon, nine times out of ten it will stay in Chenqiaoyi for one night, and then rush to Kaifeng the next morning.

As a result, Guo Zongxun really made the right bet.

Chen Qiaoyi is destined to be Zhao Kuangyin's fateful place.

In the room, there were only Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu, Zhao Kuangyin endured for several days, and finally was about to enter Kaifeng, so he told Zhao Pu about Emperor Guo Rong's order for him to return to Beijing to pass on the edict.

Zhao Pu was shocked in his heart, no wonder the lord has been very worried about it for the past few days, this ......

This is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but unfortunately, there are no soldiers in hand.

Zhao Pu can naturally think of, or guess Zhao Kuangyin's thoughts, Shi Shouxin, who stayed in Kaifeng, is Zhao Kuangyin's sworn friend, he has 20,000 forbidden troops in front of the palace, and he also holds the power of Kaifeng's defense.

However, this is far from enough, the prince still has 20,000 guards in his hands.

"Mr. Zeping, I won't go around the bend with you, do you think there is a chance to take advantage of this matter?"

By this time, Zhao Kuangyin had completely exposed his ambitions for the throne.

"Lord, Zhao thinks that we don't know what the current situation in Kaifeng City is, and the 20,000 forbidden troops in Shi Shouxin's hands are far from enough, and the most important thing is that the emperor ...... there."

"I know what Mr. Zeping wants to say, the emperor's side is conquering the Liao State to recover Yanyun, this is the national righteousness, we are doing this at this time, the time, the place, and the people are not occupied, but I just feel a little unwilling."

Zhao Pu naturally knew what Zhao Kuangyin was unwilling to do, Guo Rong asked Zhao Kuangyin to pass on the edict, that was absolute trust, didn't the person who engaged in conspiracy and trickery have to implement the plan under the premise of full trust of others.

Such a heavy trust, if you don't make good use of it, you will be unwilling to sleep at night.

"Lord, there is one more thing, my subordinates must remind you that the lord is holding the emperor's edict in his hand, what about the jade seal of the country? Shouldn't it be handed over to the crown prince along with the edict? ”

Zhao Kuangyin's tiger body was shocked, he was confused by the authorities, yes, what about Yuxi, what about Li Tongjie, the great eunuch next to the emperor?

"I remember, since the emperor set out on the expedition, Li Tongjie and Guo Wanche have never left the emperor's side for half a step, but when the emperor handed me the edict, Li Tongjie was not ......there."

"That's it, my lord, this matter seems to be a great opportunity on the surface, but the power of heaven is unpredictable, this is also what you said, who knows if the emperor really trusts you so much."

Zhao Kuangyin stood up, walked back and forth in the house a few times, stopped and said:

"Then we will honestly send the emperor's edict back and hand it over to the prince, so that the prince can succeed to the throne smoothly?"

Zhao Pu shook his head and said:

"No, first of all, we don't know if there is another secret edict sent back by Li Tongjie, if not, then even if we can't change the world this time, we should make good use of this matter, if there is, then ...... What would the emperor's other edict say? ”

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned again, patted his head, he was really damned, he was crazy about that throne these days, and he couldn't see such an obvious thing.

"Please also ask Mr. Zeping to teach me."

"Lord, my subordinates suggest that you immediately rush back to Kaifeng in disguise, and listen to the movements of Kaifeng City first, if you are not afraid of anything else, you are afraid that returning to Kaifeng will be a killing game."

asked Zhao Kuangyin to pass back the emperor's edict, which is called transferring the tiger from the mountain, completely cutting off Zhao Kuangyin's connection with his cronies in the army, and then, another secret edict said that the prince should take the opportunity to capture and kill Zhao Kuangyin......

Alas, this is really a thief's heart.

It is a common disease of human beings to treat others with their own hearts, and good people think that others are also good, and dark people think that others are also dark.

"Okay, just according to what Mr. Zeping said, I'll immediately rush back to Kaifeng in disguise."

As everyone knows, Zhao Kuangyin's every move was completely exposed to the surveillance of Jinyiwei, and when Liu Bowen and Wei Zhongxian learned that Zhao Kuangyin was disguised and hurriedly left Chen Qiaoyi, the two glanced at each other.

"Let's go, let's go too, Gonggong Wei has already arranged people along the way."

"It's all arranged, and the people who connect Zhao Kuangyin into the city have been arranged."

Shi Shouxin's henchmen, some of whom were die-hard, had already been killed by Cao Bin when they were arrested.

Jinyiwei's prison was opened for the first time, and the effect was still good, these veterans of a hundred battles are all unambiguous, this is a group of people who don't know a few words.

Soon, those who were not considered Shi Shouxin's loyalty were turned against a lot, and while confessing to Shi Shouxin's corruption and bending the law, in order to survive, they expressed their loyalty to Jinyiwei.

These people are not stupid, they know that even if they don't die, it is impossible to return to the army, what is Jinyiwei doing, they have already seen that Jinyiwei is a murderous knife in the hands of His Royal Highness the Prince.

It's not about hugging your thighs to show loyalty, but when.

In this regard, Guo Zongxun's opinion is that these people can be mixed into Shi Shouxin's cronies, and naturally they will not be rice buckets, so why not use them.

"Let's call these people informants, people who specialize in providing secret information to Jinyiwei."

So, under the careful planning of Liu Bowen and Wei Zhongxian, a big drama of all-weather surveillance against Zhao Kuangyin, from Chen Qiaoyi to Kaifeng City, has already quietly kicked off.

Yao Mingshi was wearing a lieutenant's uniform at this time, pressing a long knife in his hand, standing at the head of Kaifeng City and looking into the distance.

General Zhao, the lives of my Yao Mingshi's whole family are tied to your old man's body.

"Captain Yao, it's quite majestic, was it so arrogant to follow Shi Shouxin before."

Yao Mingshi's side, followed by a few soldiers dressed as brocade guards, all pretended to be the forbidden army in front of the palace.

The 20,000 forbidden troops of the palace front division who were transferred out of Kaifeng have all gathered in the camp on the outskirts at this time, and His Royal Highness the Prince's instructions to them are that your generals are all meeting in Kaifeng City, and arrangements will be made for you later.

Zhao Kuangyin rushed all the way, and finally arrived at the north gate of Kaifeng City in the evening.

Everything is as usual at the north gate of Kaifeng City, and there is still about half an hour before the time to close the city gate.

"Captain Yao, it's your turn to appear."

Finding that Zhao Kuangyin was about to enter the city, Yao Mingshi took a few soldiers and swaggered down the city tower, walked to the north gate of Kaifeng City, saw Zhao Kuangyin walked to the city gate, and immediately shouted to several soldiers guarding the door:

"A few of you, cheer up, where is there a little bit of the appearance of Si Huben in front of my palace, if General Shi comes back and sees it, don't pick your dog skin."

Zhao Kuangyin was thinking about finding Shi Shouxin, and suddenly heard a school captain mention Shi Shouxin's name, and listening to the tone of this school captain, Shi Shouxin didn't seem to be in Kaifeng City now.

After Yao Mingshi scolded a few soldiers, he took people away.

"Captain Yao, you have been with General Shi for so long, you see that you are all captains, and we are not even a captain, hehe, it's better to follow General Shi."

A brocade guard began to play with Yao Mingshi.

"Haha, that's Lao Tzu's luck, General Shi takes me Yao Mingshi as a confidant, I, Yao Mingshi, only recognize General Shi in my life, rolling in the mountain of swords, going in the sea of fire, and being sent."

"Captain Yao is worthy of being a loyal and courageous person, no wonder General Shi was ordered to go to the party office on an errand, and he will entrust the important task of garrisoning the north gate of Kaifeng to Captain Yao, hehe, my brothers want to invite Captain Yao to eat and drink today, I don't know if Captain Yao can appreciate his face."

Yao Mingshi pretended to be angry and said:

"You dogs, you also know that General Shi handed over the task of guarding the north gate to Yao, and you want to drag Yao to drink, I think you don't want to live."

Several brocade guards hurriedly kept moving, and said:

"Captain Yao has wronged us, borrow our ten guts, we don't dare to delay Captain Yao's military affairs, this is not about to close the city gate, the city gate is closed, presumably Captain Yao will still have time to give my brother a chance to honor you."

Only then did Yao Mingshi turn his anger into joy and said:

"Count a few of you acquaintances, go back and defend the city well, and after you get off duty, the captain of this school will give you this opportunity."

Several brocade guards were ready to leave, but they were stopped by Yao Mingshi.

"You, follow the captain of the school, you go and talk to the people in the city, just say that the captain of the school will take him to do errands, don't talk too much, dare to talk nonsense, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up."

Zhao Kuangyin looked at it all on the side, and said in his heart, this person named Yao Mingshi can mix with the trustworthy henchman, it seems that there is a problem with the vision of trustworthiness and understanding people.

This guy obviously wants to find a restaurant to drink first, and then wait for those soldiers to pay the bill after they are on duty.

From the conversations of several people, Zhao Kuangyin learned that Shi Shouxin was actually sent to the party, how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be so confused, Shi Shouxin was the supreme general stationed in Kaifeng except for His Royal Highness the Prince, the general, how could he be sent out casually.

But that's fine, Trustworthy must be holding his stomach and complaining a lot about His Royal Highness the Prince.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuangyin led the horse and quietly followed behind Yao Mingshi and came to a restaurant.

"Captain Yao, my brothers can't make any money, so I can only invite you here, Captain Yao must be disgusted."

"What's so disgusting about this, Yao...... Hehe, Yao doesn't have any money, it's good here, don't dislike it, don't dislike it. ”

As he spoke, Yao Mingshi inadvertently took out a jade ring from his arms and walked into the restaurant while playing.

"Oh, Captain Yao, what you have in your hand...... Oops, it's so dazzling......"

Yao Mingshi smiled proudly:

"After a while, my brothers will be happy to drink, Lao Tzu will take you to visit the flower house and drink flower wine, remember it, you must change into civilian clothes."

"Brother Yao, it's not that the brothers are crying poor with you, going to the flower building and drinking flower wine, the brothers can't even think of it."

Yao Mingshi put the jade ring back into his arms and scolded:

"Something that doesn't come out, just the melons and dates in your hands, I Yao Mingshi can't look down on it, drink the bar, and after drinking, Lao Tzu will go to Cuihualou to give a ring to my little baby."

Yao Mingshi took out the jade ring just now, in Zhao Kuangyin's opinion, it is not a licensed product, but it is also in good condition, but a lieutenant like Yao Mingshi, he can't afford to kill him just by his salary.

This must have been involved in Shi Shouxin's matter of eating empty salaries and deducting military salaries, and those who also drank soup must also be Shi Shouxin's cronies.

"When Shouxin comes back, he must be reminded to pay attention to controlling his subordinates, and if someone like Yao Mingshi is scared, it's good to get rid of it as soon as possible."

However, now is the time to put this person to good use.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't dare to go back to the house, if this return to Beijing to pass on the edict was a killing situation for him, then his mansion would definitely be closely monitored by the prince at this time.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't dare to take this risk, if he returned to Beijing early and was discovered, then he, the hero of the edict, would be identified as a thief in an instant, and he would definitely be punished by the Nine Clans.

Now when the situation is unclear, keep the last chance to spare, as long as it is determined that Kaifeng is not killed, then after the edict is passed on, my Zhao Kuangyin's status in the court will definitely be improved.

Zhao Kuangyin was afraid that he would never have dreamed that his every move had always been under the strict monitoring of Jinyiwei.

"Oh, Zhao Kuangyin returned to Beijing, or sneaked back?"

Li Tongjie stayed with Emperor Guo Rong for six years, and most of Guo Rong's control of Kaifeng City was achieved through Li Tongjie, and after Li Tongjie returned to Beijing, all the forces in his hands were naturally handed over to Guo Zongxun.

Guo Zongxun did not let Li Tongjie hand over the power in his hands, and it just so happened that with the power in Li Tongjie's hands, it was also a constraint on Wei Zhongxian's Dongchang.

"Yes, Yao Mingshi is drinking in the restaurant, and Zhao Kuangyin is waiting patiently."

Guo Zongxun already had a killing intent towards Zhao Kuangyin in his heart, a very strong killing intent.

Sure enough, it's an anti-bone boy, and he should be killed.

Holding the edict of succession in his hand, but he was still half-hearted, and secretly ran back to Kaifeng, which is a capital crime.

"What about Zhao Pu, are they still in Chenqiaoyi?"

"Yes, they're still in Chenqiaoyi."

"Okay, Lone knows, let's do what I planned, Li Banban, you also saw it, alas...... Father, the secret decree you gave to your sons is simply a tight spell. ”

"The old slave also felt it, alas...... No matter what decision you make, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the old slave will fully cooperate. ”

"No need, my father's last order, I, Guo Zongxun, must obey, Li Companion, you can rest assured, this is also Lone's loyalty to his father."

"The old slave knows, the old slave is very pleased, the Emperor Taishang asked the old slave to hand over the Spiegel Division directly to His Royal Highness the Prince, the Emperor Taishang is really wise."

The secret organization in charge of Lee Tong-suke is called the Spiegel Division.

The sphere of influence of the Spiegel Division is mainly in Kaifeng, and there is not much news in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Like the Iron Guard, these are two secret organizations left over from the time of Taizu Guo Wei that are directly subordinate to the emperor.

"I went to eat with my mother alone, remember, I kept an eye on Zhao Kuangyin, and I couldn't let him have the slightest time to leave the sight of the Spiegel Division and Dongchang."

"The old slave obeys."

Guo Zongxun came to Yanfu Palace to accompany the queen Fu Jinhuan for dinner, and he also sighed in his heart, history is still trying its best to return to the original trajectory, after the death of her father, this woman still gained the right to listen to the government.

Although Guo Zongxun has obtained the jade seal of the country, although the military power of Kaifeng City is currently firmly in the hands of Guo Zongxun.

But Guo Zongxun knew that as long as Zhao Kuangyin finally honestly returned to Kaifeng to read the edict of succession, all of this would change dramatically.

This change made Guo Zongxun shudder, and in his father's secret decree, although the throne was passed to him, many restrictions were added to him.

When the time comes, I'm afraid that Fan Zhen and Wang Pu will stand up again and stare at Guo Zongxun.

"Queen Mother, the father and the emperor have good news on the front line, the child really wants to grow up quickly and go out for the father, so that the father can stay in Kaifeng and accompany the queen mother."

Fu Jinhuan looked at the well-behaved prince again, as if he was in another world.

"The crown prince shoulders the heavy responsibility of supervising the country, but he can't say these unrealistic words anymore, although the queen mother misses your father very much, but the queen mother knows that your father is doing what the most heroic man in the Great Zhou should do, so the queen mother will fully support him, although the queen mother will miss your father very much, but the queen mother will definitely not drag the emperor back."

Guo Zongxun felt funny in his heart, these righteous and awe-inspiring words, everyone would say, but when they really did it, who could do it very truly and thoroughly?

"The child has been taught, and the child will follow the example of his father and mother, and strive to be a qualified prince of the country."

"This is the good prince in your father's mind, so that when your father returns triumphantly, he will definitely be very proud, and the queen mother's face will also be bright."

Guo Zongxun suddenly felt that Fu Jinhuan was actually very pitiful, he was not yet thirty years old, in the era of 2020, it was a woman who enjoyed the sweetness of love, enjoyed the love of husband and wife, experienced the hard work of having children, and felt the troubles and happiness of children growing up......

It should be the best age for a woman.

But Fu Jinhuan was claustrophobic in this deep palace and became the mother of a country, which is actually no happiness for women.

Coming out of Yanfu Palace, Guo Zongxun took Li Tongjie to the back garden to relax, and the news about Zhao Kuangyin came again in a steady stream.

Zhao Kuangyin stayed near the restaurant, waiting patiently, until Yao Mingshi and several people staggered out of the restaurant, thinking that these people were really going to visit the flower building to drink flower wine, but they didn't expect these people to separate, Yao Mingshi staggered on the street alone.

Yao Mingshi naturally won't drink too much, and it is also necessary to be single, just to give Zhao Kuangyin a chance to find Yao Mingshi.

Zhao Kuangyin appeared beside Yao Mingshi very cooperatively.

"Captain Yao, take a step to speak."

Zhao Kuangyin was dressed like an ordinary scribe at this time, and he also carried out a simple disguise, and when it was dark, he really couldn't recognize himself.

"Who are you, and what are you looking for me?"

Yao Mingshi looked at the people around him vigilantly, and unconsciously pressed his hand to his waist, but found that he did not have a knife.

"Captain Yao don't be nervous, I am very familiar with your General Shi, my name is Zhao Pu, and I am a staff member of General Zhao Kuangyin."

Zhao Pu and Shen Yilun are usually very low-key, they are just Zhao Kuangyin's staff, and they rarely come to the stage, but in comparison, Zhao Pu seems to be more unwilling to be lonely, therefore, among the people who Zhao Kuangyin knows and friends well, many people are more familiar with Zhao Pu.

"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Zhao, who has admired his name for a long time, and the villain is called Yao Mingshi, a small captain in front of General Shi Shouxin's tent."

Zhao Kuangyin grabbed Yao Mingshi and stopped him from giving him a salute.

"Captain Yao, don't be quiet, Zhao came to you to ask you about something."