Zhao Junsheng took Li Bao and a few personal soldiers to the mountain, and was walking towards the handsome tent, when Zong Ai came over from the side and gave him a look.

The two came to a secluded place, and Zong Ai said in a low voice: "The little eunuch left on the mountain by our family found that in the middle of the night last night, the servant Yi Jue, the guard commander Pi Loujin, the king of Gaochang Tuobana, and Dazai Changying and others gathered together in private to discuss something, not long after our family came back this morning, these four people met again in private, and our family is sure that they have formed a party!" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "I already know about this matter, last night Yi Jue sent a messenger to report the news to King Le'an, which was intercepted by my cavalry, and after interrogation, I learned that they had decided to support King Le'an!" By the way, the mountain sent someone to say that he wanted to discuss the matter, who came forward to preside over it? What shall you discuss? ”

"It was Dazai Changying who initiated it, and sent people to notify them one by one, and our family just found out, I don't know what medicine this old guy sells in his gourd!"

"Listen to what these people are going to do, go!" Zhao Junsheng said that he walked towards the handsome tent with Zong Ai, and at this time, they don't need to hide it, and whoever supports the ministers to ascend the throne will definitely not be able to hide it.

Walking to the door of the tent, Zhao Junsheng saw that almost all the ministers had come, and there were no other soldiers in the tent, so he ordered Li Bao to wait outside the tent with his own soldiers.

There were only two seats left at the door in the tent, and Zhao Junsheng didn't care, kneeling in one of them, Zong Ai was next to him, and the main seat was empty.

Dazai Changying coughed twice and said: "It's all here, then I'll start the discussion, today's discussion was initiated by the old man, and the old man said first, dare to ask General Zhao, I don't know when your baggage will be delivered?" ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't expect that the first thing to ask this old thing was him, he didn't know what this old thing meant, and replied: "It should arrive today and tomorrow, and it will never exceed tomorrow!" ”

"That's good!" Chang Ying said, glanced at the others again, and continued: "It has been two days since Your Majesty was assassinated, but now there is still no coffin in the burial, and all the colleagues and soldiers on the mountain and down the mountain have not been filial piety, what kind of system is this?" ”

Speaking of this, Chang Ying angrily asked the ministers: "We can't let Your Majesty's dragon body be exposed to the sun all the time, right?" Will you be at ease? ”

In the past two days, the ministers have not been arguing about which prince will ascend the throne, and they have also considered buying a funeral for the emperor, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and the Western Route Army itself has no baggage, and the grain and cattle and sheep are snatched from the hands of the Rouran people, and there must be a large amount of white cloth to let the ministers and soldiers wear linen and filial piety, and there must be a coffin to bury the body of Tuoba Tao, and there is nothing to do for the funeral.

Champion General An Jie said with a bitter face: "Chang Dazai, who don't know what you said?" If you can't get a lot of white cloth, how can you wear filial piety? How can a coffin be made without a craftsman? You can't just ask someone to chop down a few pieces of wood and nail them up to make a coffin and bury the Emperor Daxing, right? This is too shabby, if it gets out, won't we be ashamed to death? ”

Chang Ying immediately said: "You all heard General Zhao just say that his baggage team will arrive tomorrow at the latest, and there must be a large amount of gauze for the wounded soldiers in the baggage. There must be craftsmen in the baggage team, so let the craftsmen quickly build the coffin, and put the dragon body of the Daxing Emperor into the funeral first! Ladies and gentlemen, this matter cannot be delayed any longer, and if it drags on any longer, the body of Emperor Daxing will ······ It's going to stink! Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty, the minister is incompetent, he can't even do a decent funeral for you, woo woo woo ······"

The ministers saw Chang Ying crying sadly, thinking of the friendship with Tuoba Tao's monarchs and ministers, and remembering that they and others were courtiers, but they couldn't find a decent coffin to bury the emperor's body, and they didn't have the conditions to wear linen and filial piety, and they all cried bitterly in shame.

Zhao Junsheng instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong, Chang Ying proposed to hold a funeral for Tuoba Tao, but he always felt that there was something wrong here, you must know that now is a critical moment for the throne, and any move by any minister present may be preparing for the throne.

Will Chang Ying be fraudulent when he proposed to hold a funeral for Tuoba Tao at this time? Could it be a conspiracy?

Zhao Junsheng saw the ministers in the tent crying, he was not as sad as them, he regarded himself as an outsider about the funeral, what impact would the funeral have?

Suddenly, a thought flashed in his mind, but he didn't catch it, Zhao Junsheng rubbed his face, and then Li Bao gave him a look outside the tent.

Zhao Junsheng got up and walked out of the tent and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Li Bao whispered in Zhao Junsheng's ear: "General, the outer guard ranger post has stopped a messenger from the Left Wing Army, who was sent by the king of Changle, Su Xijing!" ”

Zhao Junsheng suddenly felt enlightened when he heard this, he finally understood Chang Ying's true intention to give Tuoba Tao a funeral, he could order to block the news, intercept the messengers sent by the ministers on the mountain, but he could not guarantee to stop the messengers who came back from outside, once the messengers sent by the generals of the Zongzi Army, the Shuzi Army, the Left Wing, the Right Carriage and other armies saw the ranger guard post from a distance, and saw the white flags on the mountain, they would inevitably guess the emperor's death, those messengers would inevitably turn around and run back, and the news would spread to all the armies, At that time, the situation will not be under his control.

"What's the matter, Chang Ying, this old thing, is really insidious and cunning, and he puts forward a request that ministers can't object to at all!"

Zhao Junsheng scolded in his heart, and instructed Li Bao: "Send someone to tell Gao Xiu that you should take care of the person to General Ben, and you can't let him run away!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng stood outside the tent and thought, on what basis did he refuse to let everyone wear linen and filial piety?

After thinking for a while, he thought of the reason why he could barely explain the past, and walked into the big tent to see that the ministers were still crying, so he said: "Everyone, crying can't solve the problem, there will be a few words to say at the end, and please listen to me!" ”

The ministers stopped crying one after another, wiped away their tears and looked at him one by one.

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a moment and said to Chang Ying: "Chang Gong, it is understandable that you proposed to let the ministers and soldiers wear linen and filial piety to Emperor Daxing, but there is no gauze or white cloth in the baggage this time, and I am afraid that there is no way to wear linen and filial piety." There should be a few craftsmen in the baggage team, and it is no problem to build a coffin for Emperor Daxing! ”

Chang Ying was a little crazy: "Impossible, how can there be no gauze in the baggage?" You're prevaricating the old man, aren't you? ”

Zhao Junsheng's face immediately turned cold, "Chang Gong, the last general respects you for your old age, and calls you Chang Gong, if you doubt the last general's loyalty to His Majesty, the last general will no longer be polite to you!" What can I do if there is no gauze in the baggage? The last general won't conjure up gauze for you! ”

Chang Ying was so angry that his white beard trembled, and he pointed at Zhao Junsheng: "You ······"

Under normal circumstances, how dare a lower-level official be so disrespectful to a higher-level official? There is an emperor who is in charge of justice, and the slightest disrespect of lower-level officials to higher-level officials will be severely punished, after all, the officialdom is strictly hierarchical, and the emperor must maintain this hierarchical system in order to maintain his authority.

But now that the emperor is gone, and the candidate for the new emperor has not yet been decided, even if Zhao Junsheng pointed at Chang Ying's nose and scolded, even beat him and killed him on trumped-up charges, no one treated Zhao Junsheng well.

At this time, Cui Hao came back to his senses, after Zhao Junsheng made such a fuss, he immediately understood Chang Ying's intentions, his mind turned, and he immediately thought of a good idea, and immediately said: "Chang Dazai, this official thinks that it is inappropriate to let everyone wear linen and filial piety at this moment!"

Chang Ying was furious: "Why? Cui Hao, Cui Hao, Your Majesty was not kind to you during his lifetime, in just a few years, he canonized you as the Duke of Dongjun, the official residence is too Changqing, and he regards you as a confidant, but he is so disloyal and unfilial······"

"Dazai's anger, listen to me!" Cui Hao hurriedly interrupted Chang Ying, "Now that our army is in Mobei, there are Rouran people hidden everywhere, if the whole army is plain, it will inevitably be detected by the spies of the Rouran people, it is not difficult for them to speculate that His Majesty has died, and when the time comes, the Rouran people will attack with a large army, and our army will be demoralized because of His Majesty's death, and the battle will be lost, not only will we not be able to live, but we will also be taken away by the Rouran people, isn't it a greater sin?" As for the funeral, when I return to Pingcheng, I will wait for the new emperor and the court to organize a grand funeral for Your Majesty! ”

Zhao Junsheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he secretly gave Cui Hao a thumbs up, this guy is clever, this reason is simply irrefutable.

Chang Ying opened her mouth, her expression darkened, and she couldn't speak anymore.

An Jie stood up again to play a round game: "Okay, okay, since you can't be plain, then wait for the baggage team to arrive, and order the craftsmen to quickly build a coffin for Your Majesty, and bury Your Majesty as soon as possible!" The next question is the selection of the new emperor, this matter cannot be dragged on for a long time, should we send someone to inform the generals who are outside the army and let them lead the army back? ”

"Don't ······"

Quarrels began again in the tent, and after a long day of arguing without result, no one would compromise, and the meeting was again interrupted.

Early the next morning, Yi Jue, Pi Loujin, Tuobana, Chang Ying and others gathered together again in private.

"Ladies and gentlemen, until today, there has been no news from King Le'an's side, it is almost certain that Zhao Junsheng and they have blocked the news, and the last time Zong Ai went out at night, it should have been to fake the holy decree to King Le'an!" Ija said to the other three.

Pi Loujin stretched out his hand and slapped the table angrily: "This Zhao Junsheng is too bold, he dares to block the news of His Majesty's death, if he is allowed to gain momentum, he will be able to return it?" We must find a way to inform King Le'an of the news! ”

Chang Ying shook his head: "There is no other way to spread the news, unless the armies from all walks of life return on their own, but this is almost impossible, the movement of the army must have a will, and it is a big crime to lead the army to return without a will!" Yesterday, I asked the whole army to use this method to let the messengers sent by the armies from all walks of life notice that His Majesty had died, and they would be able to turn around and return to bring the news back when they saw this, as long as the armies from all walks of life returned, the situation of Cui Hao, Zhao Junsheng and others covering the sky with one hand would be broken, but now ······"

At this time, Tuoba Na said with murderous aura in his eyes at this time: "Everyone, there is no other way, now I can only make a desperate bet and find a way to kill Zhao Junsheng and seize his military power!" ”