In the ninth year of Yanwu in the Great Zhou Dynasty, at noon on February 24, the weather was cloudy.

"Finally arrived in the capital!"

Liu De led the horse and looked at the tall and towering city in front of him, and sighed that after nearly two months, he had been in the dust all the way, overcoming thorns and thorns, although there were obstacles, but finally arrived in the capital safely.

Beijing--Luodu is the most prosperous city in the Great Zhou, although Liu De has been baptized by modern society, accustomed to seeing cement concrete, but when he sees such a majestic city, he still has waves. This city wall embodies the wisdom of the ancients for thousands of years, and in the previous life, such a city wall has long been lost in the long river of time, leaving only some broken wall remains for future generations to study.

"One day I will enter this imperial city in another capacity, and then he will have a new master." Liu Dra's reins tightened and led everyone into the city, and at this time, the sun's rays penetrated the dark clouds and dispelled the darkness.

Jian Yong found an inn and arranged for everyone to rest, and Gonggong Song came to Liu De at this time and said: "Master Hou, our family should hurry back to the palace to pay homage to Your Majesty, and I hope that Lord Hou will stay for a while." ”

Liu De said: "Okay, then I'll wait for my father-in-law here." ”

Gonggong Song nodded and said: "The form in the city is complicated, and I hope that Hou Ye will be careful, if our family returns to the palace, there will definitely be a hot watch for our family tonight, so our family can't leave the palace, but our family will let Xiao Huanzi or Xiao Xizi come over to send a message to Hou Ye, except for the two of them, Hou Ye will never believe anyone else." ”

Gonggong Song pointed to the two little eunuchs behind him, and then continued to add: "I hope that the Hou Ye must not go out, just wait for news from our family here!" ”

Liu De looked at Xiao Huanzi and Xiao Xizi behind Gonggong Song, remembered the appearance of the two, did not squeak, just nodded slightly.

Song Gong announced his resignation and left.

Liu De looked at the background of Gonggong Song's departure, and said to Dian Wei beside him: "Lao Dian, accompany me to Situ Mansion for a while." ”

"Yes!"

Jian Yong thought about it for a while, and said to Liu De: "Lord, what is the purpose of this Song father-in-law not wanting us to go out?" ”

"I guess he's afraid we're going to cause unnecessary trouble! Although the emperor summoned me to Beijing, he only took a fancy to the force of the generals under my command, and did not really want to reuse me, we are from Dongyu, and we have no foundation in the capital, and we do not pose a threat to the imperial power. It's just that he doesn't know, we have an old relationship with Chen Situ.

My purpose is also very simple, if the emperor dies, then Dongyu will become very dangerous, I want to take this opportunity to seek the greatest benefit for Dongyu. ”

Xun Yu said on the side: "Lord, the inside and outside of this capital still looks prosperous, but I am afraid that the dark tide is surging behind the scenes, Chen He, as the third prince of the dynasty, there must be spies from other forces around him, and the lord should be more careful when he goes this time, so as not to startle the snake." ”

"I know, don't worry, Cao Sui shouldn't even know who I am, even if I go to find Chen Situ, he probably won't think that I was recruited by the old emperor to kill him!"

"That's good!" Xun Yu thought about it, and then he made up his mind.

"During the time I'm out, everyone will go back to the room to rest and recuperate, and this time it will be a tough battle."

"Yes!"

The generals commanded.

Liu De pretended to be a rich child, took Dian Wei and two tiger guards out of the inn, and inquired about the location of Situ's Mansion from the inn's junior second, and went straight to Situ's Mansion without delaying for a moment.

......

Zhongzhou, Luodu, Sikong Province.

"Master Qiyu, the spies outside the palace found Song Shi who had not been seen for a few months." One of the guards came and said.

Cao Sui's eyes flashed, he closed the teacup and said: "Song Shi is a close confidant of Zhang Zhong, who is a regular servant of Zhongchang, and he must have been sent out by Zhang Zhong in the past few months, but I don't know what Song Shi is doing?" It was a shame that I didn't catch him on the road because I found it too late. In that case, let's send someone to keep an eye on them, and I'll see what the hell they're up to. ”

"Yes!"

The guard replied, looked at Cao Sui who was sitting in the main seat, and continued to flatter: "Now that the lord controls 50,000 Beijing camps, any disturbance in the capital is in the master's hands, and in the twenty-one states of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are more than a dozen state pastors who have taken refuge in the lord, what is the use of him Zhang Zhong churning outside?" ”

"Haha!"

The guard's praise made Cao Sui laugh heartily, quite complacent, but he still pretended to say: "As long as the capital is controlled, the rest of the states have no capital to resist at all, a group of guys who tend to be inflammatory, what is the difference between them and them?" ”

"Please also Lord Sikong, don't be careless, be careful of King Luan and Li Zhen conspiring to kill you!"

Cao Sui looked at the door, it turned out to be his own adviser and his son-in-law - [Lin Yu], Cao Sui waved his hand to let the guards retreat, and said to Lin Yu: "Then what's the matter, I have 50,000 Beijing camps in hand, and I can't make any waves for them!" ”

"Having said that, please don't be careless with your father-in-law, Li Zhen has united several big clans, and he also controls a lot of weapons, plus the 10,000 Praetorian Guards of King Luan, the strength should not be underestimated, not to mention that the southern army led by Huang Fuyi will arrive in Beijing in a few days, this is another new force, and He Sui in Jinzhou, he must not use force unless he has to."

"Humph!" Cao Sui snorted coldly, of course he understood this truth, "Huang Fuyi, that old thing, I don't know what to do, sooner or later I will cut it with a thousand knives!" ”

Lin Yu ignored Cao Sui's complaints, and continued: "Now the main purpose of my father-in-law is to let Your Majesty canonize the second prince as the crown prince, so that we can really control the initiative, otherwise in case Your Majesty dies, at that time our side and Li Zhen's side will inevitably face each other, although the father-in-law controls the Beijing camp, but in fact, the odds of victory on both sides are only five or five, but, if the second prince is the crown prince, then we have the name of righteousness, and when the second prince ascends the throne as the emperor, the two holy decrees can pay the military power of Huang Fuyi and He Sui." ”

"But the old emperor has long been wary of me, and he doesn't want to see me at all, so Ji Changyou is guarding the palace gate, can I still break in?" Cao Sui said dissatisfied.

"Then the father-in-law can instigate hundreds of officials to put pressure on Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty doesn't want to see you!" Lin Yu came up with another idea.

"Yes, that's it! I've got to do it! ”

Cao Sui very much agreed with Lin Yu's suggestion, and sent people to the official mansion of his own faction, so that they could come and meet with him to discuss the matter of advising His Majesty to canonize the crown prince.

......

"My lord, there are indeed spies monitoring outside Situ's mansion, and there are three of them I have found, and I don't know how many are hidden in the dark."

Dian Wei said to Liu De.

"In that case, let's knock on the door and go in."

Liu De tidied up his clothes, after all, Chen He is his elder, and he can't be rude.

"Yes!"

Liu De was dressed in a gorgeous costume, with a sword hanging from his waist, the folding fan in his hand was opened, and he fanned the wind as if he was forced, and under the eyes of many spies, he entered the Situ Mansion.