In the battle of Hanjiang, Cangwu was defeated.

Emperor Wen's Dai Yan ship and 50,000 troops were all sunk by Wen Lan, and the news reached the capital of Wanhua Emperor for a while, and it was already a chaos.

Since Chen Qi was beheaded and hung at the city gate, Zheng Lun died outside Xinyang County, Ye Zhiqiu was burned to ashes in Qinghuai Villa, and the fact that he controlled the imperial capital should have fallen into the hands of Prince Yue.

However, a fire in the imperial capital has burned the entire Zhangren Palace to blacken, whether it is the prince of Yue, or the "prince Li Chongyan", who was previously known as the "prince who is recuperating in the palace", no one is alive or dead. Above the entire court, there is no leader of the dragons.

In this situation, some people are happy and some are sad.

Who rejoices? Nature is a person who is good at fishing in troubled waters.

Speaking of good hands at fishing in troubled waters......

You guessed it, Pei Ran!

To say that Pei Ran is fishing in troubled waters is to underestimate him, and it is more appropriate to say that he is like a fish in water.

Pei Ran has always formed a party in the DPRK and China for personal gain, and Ye Zhiqiu cut a group of upright ministers before, and the rest except for those who are only promised, the rest are basically on good terms with Pei Ran.

It's not difficult to understand, things gather like people, and people divide into groups.

So Emperor Wen died, the prince died, King Yue died, Ye Zhiqiu died, the three commanders of the Dragon Scale Army died, and the ministers who dared to speak died, and then how did that saying come about?

There are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkeys are kings.

Pei Ran relied on his reputation of helping the army with private grain and grass when he burned the imperial capital, and relied on his relationship with General Xu Fu to get close to him, and then used the 4,000 soldiers in his hands as a backer, and he became the most powerful person in the imperial capital!

Of course, Pei Ran's mind is also very clear, no matter what he does, he is a courtier after all, it is no problem to play prestige with a tiger skin, if he pretends to be a tiger by himself, it will definitely be a dead end.

So who can make it like a tiger skin to tear it off now?

Pei Ran thought about it, there were two key people.

One is the crown princess Zhu Zhijie.

Li Chongyan died in Xuelu with his own eyes, and now that Emperor Wen dies again, won't the royal blood be left with the child in the crown princess's belly?

The only way out for the crown princess to escape is the blue sea of the mother country, no matter whether she is dead or alive, even if she dies in which ravine she has already died, she must respect the child in the princess's womb and stabilize the situation for the time being, because that child is her own talisman! Oops, speaking of which, before going to Xuelu that day, I found a mother-in-law to make the princess happy, and now I think about it is really prescient, and it would be better if I pointed out a title like the prince and the princess to myself, hehehe.

Cough...... Straight to the point.

The other is Huo Qinglin, with Huo Qinglin's 50,000 people as the backing, this Xu Fu's 4,000 people are a fart. Whoever Huo Qinglin is protecting at the moment is the real Lord of Cangwu. So whatever you say, you have to get on the line with Huo Qinglin's side as soon as possible!

So Pei Ran gathered a group of ministers to cry and hold a funeral for Emperor Wen, and at the same time hurriedly sent someone to Jingzhou to send a letter to Huo Qinglin, which was extremely flattering and flattering, and pretended to ask him to support the new monarch with him.

As for where is Xinjun...... Well, I'm still trying my best to find the whereabouts of the crown princess.

The previous fire burned the pigeon harriers in the Zhangren Palace, and Pei Ran had no choice but to send a fast horse for eight hundred miles to send the letter over. When Huo Qinglin received the letter, it coincided with the end of the Hanjiang War

, just when he wanted to report back to the imperial capital, he had two pigeon harriers on hand that survived, so he hurriedly replied to the letter.

Huo Qinglin is a martial artist, and his speech has always been short and to the point, and he doesn't have so many fancy intestines, so the letter is not long, just a few points. First, I am in favor of supporting the new monarch. Second, the country can't be without a monarch for a day, and the new monarch is in the hands of the Bihai people, I heard that it is still raised by the two concubines themselves, you hurry up and send more officials over, and we will do the matter of welcoming the new monarch by the Hanjiang River, saving you a lot of dreams at night.

Huo Qinglin originally wanted to write about the fact that Master Mu Yun was also in Hanjiang, but when he pondered, this Pei Ran saw that Master was like a mouse seeing a cat, not being frightened and not being able to push it would be very irritating, so he simply pressed it and didn't write it.

The pigeon harrier flew extremely fast, and Pei Ran soon received the letter, which can be described as mixed after reading the letter.

The good thing is that Huo Qinglin agrees with his plan to welcome the new king, but the worry is ...... What the? This has found a new king? Too fast, right? This chicken feather makes the arrow pinch in his hand and will be invalid in a few days?

Anyway, I can't care about this much in front of me.

Pei Ran immediately told the rest of the ministers the news, and said sadly: "The country can't be without a king for a day, the sooner the new monarch is established, the better, but now the war in Hanjiang is still raging, and it is bound to be dangerous to go to Jingzhou now. If you are unfortunately lost at the hands of the Imurans, I hope that you will take care of the old children in my house with the old feelings. So he hurried to Jingzhou with great righteousness and awe.

After listening to Pei Ran's words, those ministers also squeezed out a few tears to comfort them because of their feelings, and swore to say heartfelt words such as "treat your son as my son" and "serve your father as my father", but fortunately they didn't say such words as "treat your wife as my wife".

As soon as Pei Ran left the imperial capital with his front foot, those ministers breathed a sigh of relief on his back foot.

It seems that the battle of Hanjiang has been decided, and it must be the defeat of Imuran!

If it weren't for that, would you dare to step into Jingzhou half a step? What a good luck is unknown, believe you ghost! It's just that now that you are a villain, you don't want to offend, are you really stupid to be someone else?

Pei Ran stepped up quickly, and wanted to show his loyalty in front of the new monarch alone, and he had entered Jingzhou in a few days. Li Zhuo, the prefect of Jingzhou, had already received the news and was waiting at the post house, and flatteringly told him that General Huo and Xinjun would arrive in Jingzhou tomorrow.

Pei Ran was so excited when he heard this, and Li Zhuo's next sentence scared him so much that he almost didn't pee his pants.

"The Imurans are coming, too."

"What? Imurans? Crossed the river? Isn't the battle over? Pei Ran felt that his legs began to tremble.

"Yes, the fight is over, and it is said that the remaining Imulans want to negotiate peace with our Cangwu country."

Pei Ran finally settled down a little, and asked again: "Who is the leader of the Imulan side?" ”

"There are two people at the head, a man and a woman, who are said to be the patriarchs of the Blood Clan and the Eagle Clan. Oh, and their lord of Imuran. ”

"The lord of the country?" Pei Ran was stunned, "The lord of Imulan is also in Jingzhou Mansion?" ”

"Yes," Li Zhuo whispered, "I still see it." There's just something strange. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Master Pei, do you still remember when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent an envoy to Bihai Kingdom?"

"I remember."

"At that time, His Highness had a bachelor by his side, and I remember his surname Su."

"Well, that's Ye Zhiqiu's nephew, what's wrong?" Pei Ran deliberately did not mention the fact that he was captured by Su Xiaochen on the outskirts of the imperial capital.

Li Zhuo hesitated for a moment, and hesitated: "I see how the Lord of Imulan looks exactly like that Master Su......"

"Huh?" Pei Ran was said to be drenched on the bald head of the second monk, and he was confused------ and he couldn't figure out the situation. "Okay, there is no need to say more about such inexplicable words, where are those Imulans now?"

"They brought their own soldiers and horses to camp at the Binzhou wharf, and when General Huo and His Majesty the new monarch arrived tomorrow, they would negotiate peace. The hall of Yihe is located in the yamen of Jingzhou Mansion, why don't you lead Lord Pei to stay there tonight? Li Zhuo looked flattering and wanted to curry favor.

Pei Ran was slightly relieved when he heard that the Imurans were far away on the dock and there were still seventy or eighty miles of land. As soon as he heard that he was staying at the Yamen of Jingzhou Mansion, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I won't go over, I'll stay at this post station tonight." When General Huo and His Majesty Xinjun arrive tomorrow, I will follow them to negotiate peace. ”

I really think that this Imuram is fierce and vicious, and it must be farther away. Huo Qinglin brought Xinjun here, and there must be personal soldiers to protect him, and I will be safe with him.

With a certain idea, he stopped moving forward, but made Li Zhuo a mess.

Pei Ran asked again: "I heard that there are many bandits in Jingzhou, will it be unsafe to negotiate peace in Jingzhou Mansion?" ”

Li Zhuo said with a smile on his face: "Master Pei, where is this, His Majesty the new monarch has arrived, under the emperor's authority, how can the bandits run away without looking at the wind?" ”

Pei Ran thought to himself, a newborn child with a fart emperor, frowned and said, "Don't give me all these empty heads, talk about people!" ”

Li Zhuo immediately said honestly and quietly: "Not long after the patriarch of the Imuran blood clan came ashore, the rumor spread, and the bandits who hid from a distance said that the patriarch was as tall as ---, the knife in his hand was as long as ---, and the horse he was riding was like a lion!" Just a glance at it is already terrifying. So, Master Pei is too worried, and those bandits have been hiding a long time ago. ”

Pei Ran's scalp tingled when he heard this, thinking to himself that such a fierce and vicious person, how could Huo Qinglin rest assured that Xinjun would come in person? In case that giant spirit god-like patriarch suddenly made a move, wouldn't Xinjun's life be in danger? ”

Seeing his panicked expression, Li Zhuo said with relief: "Master Pei really don't have to worry, in addition to General Huo, there is also Master Mu Yun who accompanied His Majesty the new monarch here." ”

"What?" Pei Ran felt as if his head had been hit hard by the bell cone that hit the bell, didn't he want to see the hell?

"Do you mean the left master or the right master?" As soon as Pei Ran's words came out, he felt that something was wrong, whether it was the left master or the right master, weren't they all dead? The funerals of the two of them were handled by themselves, how could it be wrong?

Li Zhuo thought for a while and said, "General Huo only said that the Taishi was coming, but he didn't say which one. ”

Pei Ran became more and more suspicious, if he wanted to say who the person he was most afraid of in his life, it must be the two Taishi of Muyun Mansion. Mu Yunyou is slightly better, so when did Mu Yunzuo see him and not scold? As soon as he heard the word Mu Yun, his scalp had already begun to tighten.

A thought suddenly flashed in his mind: When Mu Yunyou was buried, he could see it clearly, only Mu Yunzuo was said to be buried in the belly of a fish after the Fengtou ship exploded, and he didn't see the corpse, could it be that it was Mu Yunzuo who didn't die?