"Nope! Of course this is wrong, no emperor will execute a courtier for no reason, this is an act of self-destruction of the Great Wall, no matter how stupid a person is, he will not do this! The person who spread this word was obviously ill-intentioned, and must have been a person who was dissatisfied with the emperor."

Zhao Junsheng smiled after speaking, "Let's resign from our official positions, and don't wade into this troubled water anymore, only the two of us are together, and the others don't want to separate us again!" ”

Hua Mulan immediately said: "No, our current official position is for us to fight with our lives, how much effort and money did your thousands of soldiers and horses cost you?" How can you say don't want it? Living in the world, you have to eat, drink, and Lazar, the cost is too great, how can you only spend money without income? We don't want to be prosperous and rich, if we give birth to a baby in the future, will we also let them follow us to eat chaff? ”

Zhao Junsheng opened his mouth, and only after half a sound did he burst out of a sentence: "Then what do you mean?" ”

Hua Mulan said: "Naturally, I will intervene in the selection of the new emperor!" Tuoba Tao only has a son who is less than a year old, obviously not suitable to inherit the throne, the throne can only be selected from his brothers, and you and I are only familiar with the king of Yongchang, the king of Yongchang is not bad, if he is the emperor, there is only good for us, there is no harm, now you have thousands of soldiers and horses up and down the mountain, who dares not to give you a little face? If you try your best to protect the king of Yongchang, who would dare to say a word? ”

"Mulan······ Why do you feel like the weather? Zhao Junsheng shook his head helplessly, "Forget it, you're right, we can't stand by and watch this matter!" But it's not as simple as you say······ By the way, how long have I been in a coma? ”

Mulan said: "It's been a whole day, and now it's almost the time of unitary!" ”

"What? It's been a whole day? Did those ministers make any moves? Zhao Junsheng immediately asked.

"I don't know about this, I've been worried about you, only Lao Lu knows best! During the period of time you have been in a coma, many ministers have come to look for you, and I have let the Oiran block it, and the ministers are all in a hurry, there may be something that needs you to come forward! ”

Zhao Junsheng hurriedly shouted: "Old Lu, come in!" ”

Lu Xuanbo lifted the curtain and walked in and hugged his fists: "Young master!" ”

"What happened to me while I was unconscious? How did the ministers go? Was there a unified decision? ”

Lu Xuanbo replied: "As far as his subordinates know, the ministers have been arguing about the choice of the new emperor between King Le'an and King Yongchang, and there has been no unanimity of thought. During this period, many ministers came to look for the young master, but they were all blocked back by the young lady on the grounds of illness! Since his subordinates learned that the emperor was dead, his subordinates gave an order to Gao Duwei in the name of the young master that no one should leave, and it is said that several people who tried to go out to report the news were caught by our men and horses at the foot of the mountain! ”

Zhao Junsheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "That's good, things haven't gotten out of control yet, as long as the news doesn't leak out, we still have a lot to do!" Before I came last night, I sent a flying eagle to report to the king of Yongchang, I believe that he should have received the news at this time, what we have to do now is to delay as much time as possible, and we must prevent the king of Le'an from leading the army back! No, I have to find out what I believe and test the thoughts of the ministers! ”

Hua Mulan hurriedly stopped: "Your injuries are not healed yet, you can't go!" ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and slowly got up and said, "It's okay, I feel much better!" Now at this time, we can't be careless, the battle for the throne has always been bloody, and it is impossible to stay out of the matter with our current situation, only by doing our best to assist King Yongchang to ascend the throne can we have vitality! ”

"Okay, but you haven't eaten a drop of water for a day and a night, I'll ask Oiran to boil you a little gruel, you can eat some and then go!"

"I'm really hungry when you say I'm hungry!"

After eating two bowls of gruel, Zhao Junsheng was about to go to Zong Ai, and Hua Mulan said to him: "Then you be careful, don't burst the wound." Then take Li Bao and them with you, safety is the key! ”

She thought for a while and then said to Zhao Junsheng: "I think if you want to inquire about the thoughts of the ministers, you should go to Zong Ai, presumably he knows this matter best!" He's been here three times last night and today, but you haven't woken up yet, and I was worried that something would happen, so I didn't let him know about you! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, got up and slowly walked out of the tent, feeling that the abdominal position was still a little painful because of the wound involved in walking, he asked Li Bao to find a spear as a crutch and go to find Zong Ai.

Zong Ai's tent was next to the Tuoba Tao Spiritual Hall, and when Zhao Junsheng found him, he was eating.

"Brother Zhao, come in, you ······ What's wrong with you? Zong Ai was very happy to see Zhao Junsheng coming, but he saw that his face was pale, his expression was haggard, and he was holding a spear, and his heart was raised.

Zhao Junsheng walked into the camp tent and refused Zong Ai's polite invitation to sit down, and gave Li Bao a color to keep him outside the tent, and then said to Zong Ai: "Hey, the emperor died last night, and I was so worried that I suffered a war injury and almost lost this life, but it got better this afternoon!" ”

Among all the ministers and generals on the mountain, if you say who is the most sad and sad when Tuoba Tao dies, Zong Ai is definitely one of them, his power comes from Tuoba Tao, as soon as Tuoba Tao dies, he completely loses his backer, and he is also the most desperate one.

At this time, hearing Zhao Junsheng mention the matter of Tuoba Tao, Zong Ai actually shed a few tears, "Hey, Emperor Daxing died too suddenly, our family has to be favored by Emperor Daxing to have today's status, and now that His Majesty has died, the future of our family is uncertain!" Brother Zhao, I don't know if I can take care of you in the future······"

Zhao Junsheng reminded the old story: "Brother Zong, we said okay at the beginning, you are in the court, I am in the opposition, we are advancing and retreating together and sharing wealth and wealth, you can't forget, right?" Although Your Majesty has died, someone will always do this throne! ”

Zong Ai said: "If our family can speak and be favored by the new emperor's side, our family will naturally not forget the original agreement between you and me, but if our family is neglected and has no power or power, this agreement will naturally be impossible to talk about!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was noncommittal to Zong Ai's words, he was silent for a moment and asked, "Then what do you think about who will succeed King Yongchang and King Le'an?" ”

Zong Ai smiled and shook his head: "What can I think as a eunuch?" Who do the ministers want to support, can our family oppose it? I can't object to it! ”

"No, Brother Zong, the new emperor's accession to the throne has the greatest impact on you and me, and you may have three endings: first, you are still favored; second, to be left out in the cold; Third, he was executed by the new emperor! So you can't sit back and watch the situation change! Now that the mountain is full of my people, I have a lot of say in the replacement of the throne, but once I can't be trusted by the new emperor, or stand on the wrong team, my end will definitely be miserable, so we must join forces and have a unified mind! ”

Zong Ai looked up at Zhao Junsheng, was silent for a while, and said, "Okay, then let's talk about our family's thoughts!" Our family and the king of Yongchang do not have much contact, but with the king of Le'an a lot, he is the general of the right wing, often with the emperor of Daxing to discuss military affairs and military affairs, so there are more opportunities to meet with our family, our family since entering the palace has been favored by the emperor of Daxing, the king of Le'an is very displeased with our family, thinking that our family is relying on sycophancy to get His Majesty's favor, so our family and King Le'an have always been not very dealing! If King Le'an ascends the throne as an enemy, even if our family does not die, I am afraid that life will not be too easy! ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled, "That's good, Brother Zong, you have no choice but to choose King Yongchang, I only have a relationship with King Yongchang, and I can only choose him, now you and I want to support the same person, this is easy to do!" ”

Zong Ai didn't look relaxed, frowned and said: "But King Yongchang is still in the Eastern Route Army of Gong Lushui, too far from here, and King Le'an is close to here, and His Majesty has already sent Baba Daosheng to order King Le'an to lead the army back to help, think he should be back soon, right?" Once King Le'an returns, he will be the highest-ranking person here, and he will have soldiers and horses in his hands, and he will still be the only person qualified to inherit the throne, but I am afraid that he will not wait for King Yongchang to come over, and King Yongchang will not know the news of His Majesty's death! ”

Zhao Junsheng comforted Zong Ai, "Last night I ordered someone to ride a fast horse to report to King Yongchang, I believe that he will rush over as quickly as possible after receiving the news, I deduce that this time will not exceed five days!" As for King Le'an, I have sent a detective sentry over the Qionglu Ridge to the north for more than a hundred miles to investigate, once I find the traces of the army on the right side, I will soon get the news, and then I am afraid that I need the sect brother to go out to stop King Le'an! ”

Zong Ai couldn't help but say with a bitter face: "Brother Zhao looks up to our family too much, after His Majesty died, our family is not even a fart, why stop King Le'an and the soldiers and horses in the right wing?" He is going to come to the throne as emperor, if our family stops him, won't it be tantamount to sticking his head out and letting him cut it off? ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said, "What if King Le'an doesn't know that His Majesty has died?" ”

Zong Ai's eyes widened: "Impossible, our family found out that several people secretly went down the mountain late yesterday night, presumably to report to all parties, it is impossible that there is no one who has not reported to King Le'an, after all, he is the most likely to ascend the throne as the emperor now!" ”

"These people have all been detained by my generals, and I, Zhao, dare to vouch to my sect brother with my head, until now, the news of His Majesty's death has not leaked out, except for King Yongchang!"

Zong Ai felt that he needed to get to know Zhao Junsheng again, and this guy did so many things quietly, which greatly surprised him.

"Brother Zhao is really taking precautions, he even thought of blocking the news, but he sent someone to inform King Yongchang of the news! Now it seems that as long as King Yongchang does not make trouble, we have a great chance of putting him on the throne of the emperor! But we'll have to get rid of the ministers! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, "I didn't go to Shuai's tent today, and I don't know how those ministers discussed, do you know their thoughts?" Which people are inclined to King Le'an, and which ones are inclined to King Yongchang? ”