On April 18, Zhao Ziliang and the officials of the Left Wing Embassy sent dozens of colonels and more than 300 people to the clouds to guard and inspect military affairs, carrying so many servants to inspect, this level and scale is extremely rare, it can also be said to be the importance of guarding in the clouds, but it can also be understood as a distrust of the guards in the clouds, and the signal conveyed is really intriguing!

The weather in April began to warm, the wild eyes were all turquoise, the sun rose, the eyes shone on the body warm, the birds chirped and flew wildly, the accompanying servants were wearing single clothes and armor, the first dozen knights were each holding a flag, the first two knights held the sign of "quiet" and "avoidance", the flag fluttered in the wind, there was a big pole in the middle of the team, a big "Zhao" word was written on the big silk, there were two flags on both sides of the big Xu, respectively: "Hedong Left Wing Soldiers and Horses" and" Datong Army Festival Ambassador".

Zhao Ziliang put on this guard of honor so formally and with great fanfare, firstly, to show his rights and majesty, secondly, to promote authority on behalf of the imperial court along the way, and thirdly, to spread the news, so that everyone knew that the purpose of this trip was to inspect military affairs, paralyze those people in the clouds, and make them dare not act rashly.

Zhao Ziliang looked up at the sky and said to Brehan: "Send the order to go down, speed up the march, we will spend the night at the foot of the Great Wall tonight, and go straight to the clouds tomorrow morning to guard and capture!" ”

"No!" Brehan answered, turned his horse's head and went to give the order.

The cloud guard is not Taiyuan from Yunzhou City, if you hurry up, you can arrive within a day, but it is already night when you arrive, Zhao Ziliang as a party member, of course you can't arrive at night to inspect a place, tonight at the foot of the Great Wall to rest for a night, tomorrow morning departure, you can rush to the clouds in the morning to capture, when the time comes, the guard of honor is put out, the majesty is shown, but there is no such effect at night.

At this time, in the clouds, in the lobby of a house near the Shoufu Mansion, a group of officials in official uniforms and armor gathered together, and these people drank wine and ate meat, and enjoyed singing and dancing.

In a secret room not far from the lobby, Zhang Yulin, the deputy envoy of the Yunzhong Guarding Mansion, Gao Yaohui, the chief historian, Chen Hekun, the judge, and Lu Changge, the marching army, sat here quietly, and none of them spoke.

At this time, the door of the secret room was opened from the outside, and a middle-aged man dressed in a fine costume, wearing a golden crown, with a broad forehead, and a handsome appearance, appeared at the door of the secret room, and behind him stood four masked men in black with knives. As the middle-aged man walked into the secret room, the four black-clad masked men with knives were left outside, and the door to the secret room was closed.

When the four people in the secret room saw this middle-aged man appear, they immediately stood up and saluted with a humble and fearful expression: "Subordinates, wait for adults!" ”

The middle-aged man walked into the secret room, and the four black-clothed masked people with knives were left outside, and as the door of the secret room closed again, the middle-aged man with the golden crown walked behind a desk and sat down, raised his hand to the four people kneeling on the ground and said, "Get up, sit down and talk!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" The four of them spoke in unison, and each returned to his original position and sat down.

The middle-aged man asked: "Just now I heard that Zhao Ziliang set off from Yunzhou with a guard of honor and is already on his way to Yunzhong, what is the specific situation?" ”

Changshi Gao Yaohui arched his hand and said: "The people who are stationed in Yunzhou City came to report that Zhao Ziliang and his entourage of nearly 400 people came from the north gate of Yunzhou City this morning to the clouds with a guard of honor. Under normal circumstances, they would have spent the night at the foot of the Great Wall tonight, set off tomorrow morning, and arrive in the morning."

Zhang Yulin, the deputy envoy of the guard, said with a "tsk" sound in his mouth: "It's just an inspection, and there are as many as 400 officials, colonels and servants accompanying me, no matter how I look at it, I feel that something is wrong!" ”

Judge Chen Hekun said: "A few days ago, Wu Tiande went to Yunzhou City, this person should not be entrusted to Zhao Ziliang, right?" ”

Marching Sima Lu Changge shook his head and said: "Wu Tiande only knows a little about our affairs, since he refused to cooperate with us, we haven't let him know anything else, even if he wants to complain to the surnamed Zhao, he can't say anything, how can the surnamed Zhao believe him?" Even if he is a cloud guard, Zhao Ziliang will not only believe him, right? And Wu Tiande only came a month earlier than the surname Zhao! So I didn't let people do anything to Wu Tiande, so as not to lose a big one because of a small one! ”

I have to say that Lu Changge's analysis is still very reasonable, and the weapon echoes the truth, if it weren't for Zhao Ziliang who had already noticed that something was wrong with the defense in the clouds, and sent someone to conduct a detailed investigation, he would not easily believe Wu Tiande, who would believe that the highest military and political chief of a place would be so easy to be overpowered by his subordinates?

The middle-aged man with the golden crown affirmed that Lu Changge did not act rashly, he nodded approvingly: "Lu Sima has done a good job, Zhao Ziliang has never been to Yunzhong since he took office, and his affairs with us should not be clear, if we do something to Wu Tiande, it may cause Zhao Ziliang's suspicion!" ”

Chen Hekun frowned and said: "But Zhao Ziliang has traveled all over Shuo, Yun, Wei Sanzhou and the Lan Army and the Datong Army in the past three months, and has carried out a major rectification, and the atmosphere in various places under his jurisdiction has greatly improved, but he has only never come to me to guard and arrest in the clouds, which makes Xiaguan and the others feel very unsure, either he has no time to pay attention to us here, or he is suspicious of the Yunzhong guard!" ”

Zhang Yulin, the deputy envoy of the guard, sneered: "He must be suspicious of Yunzhong, otherwise he wouldn't have taken more than 300 people with him this time!" ”

The middle-aged man with the golden crown looked at Changshi Gao Yaohui and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Gao Yaohui hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Don't dare, don't dare!" My lord, the lower officials thought that no matter whether Zhao Ziliang was suspicious of us or not, we would have to receive us according to normal specifications. On the other hand, even if he is suspicious of us, the lower official believes that he will definitely not know the specific situation on our side, he just suspects that we just need not to show our feet during this reception! ”

Chen Hekun poured cold water and asked, "What if someone shows his feet and is discovered by him?" ”

Zhang Yulin said coldly: "If you really get to that point, you can only keep doing it and let them have no return!" ”

The other people's faces changed when they heard Zhang Yulin's words, and the middle-aged man with the golden crown scolded: "Zhang Yulin, I think you are crazy!" So who is Zhao Ziliang? Not to mention that he is strong in martial arts, whether we can kill him or not, if he runs away, do you know how serious the consequences are? Just said that he is the soldier and horse envoy of the left wing of Hedong, the No. 3 person in Hedong, or His Majesty's favorite general, if something happens to him in the clouds, do you think His Majesty and the court will be indifferent? Once Your Majesty and the imperial court think that the capture in the clouds is no longer controllable, hum, I am afraid that all of us, including the more than 7,000 soldiers below, will be wiped out by that time! ”

After listening to the words of the middle-aged man with the golden crown, the faces of the four people present changed drastically, especially Zhang Yulin, he knew that it was not so easy to move Zhao Ziliang, and if he didn't do it, he would be burned, with Zhao Ziliang's current official rank and military rank, even if he was not a feudal official, it would not be far away, and if he killed such a person, the Tang Dynasty would use all means and manpower and material resources to investigate the murderer.

The middle-aged man with the golden crown continued: "Your official position is still low, I still don't understand, at the level of this official and Zhao Ziliang, ordinary means can't deal with him, he himself is strong in martial arts, and there are many servants around him, how easy is it to kill him?" Use a large army to encircle and suppress? Hmph, as long as he puts his identity on his face, how many people below will follow your orders to do something to him? These means of assassination and the use of armies against him cannot be used unless absolutely necessary! If you want to move people like him, you can only do it through political means! ”

Chen Hekun brought up the previous question again: "My lord, what if after Zhao Ziliang came, someone accidentally exposed his horse's feet and was caught by him?" It's not impossible for this to happen, I'm going to make a plan now, and if it happens, I'll not be caught off guard! Also, Zhao Ziliang is a soldier and horse envoy in the left wing, he has the right to directly appoint and dismiss us people, if he is suspicious of us, and he can't grasp the handle, and really dismisses us, then what is good? ”

Zhang Yulin also said: "Yes, my lord! I'm better, they are all adjutants, and the appointment and dismissal don't need to go through the Hedong Jiedu Embassy at all, Zhao Ziliang can decide with a word! ”

The middle-aged man with the golden crown waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, even if it is an adjutant, Zhao Ziliang's appointment and dismissal also needs a reason, if a single person is dismissed, this official will find a way to relocate him, and it is impossible for him Zhao Ziliang to remove everyone, unless he wants to paralyze the cloud guard!" In addition, what Lord Chen said is that we really have to make a plan, if someone is really accidentally caught by Zhao Ziliang, then he can only abandon the pawn to protect the car, as long as the arrested person bites and does not let go, the official will find a way to save him! All in all, sending Zhao Ziliang away from the clouds is the most important thing in our days, and no one can slack off, understand? ”

All four stood up and said, "No! ”

"You guys go out, Zhang Yulin went to the front lobby to tell everyone, Zhao Ziliang came to Yunzhong during this time, let me be vigilant, tell them, if you are accidentally caught by Zhao Ziliang, don't panic, as long as he doesn't let go, the official will find a way to save him, if he can't hold on, before he speaks, the official will definitely shut him up forever!" The middle-aged man with the golden crown said this murderously, which made the four of them shudder.

"No"

Not long after the four of them left, a middle-aged man appeared at the door of the secret room again, this person was dressed more gorgeously and wore a higher standard than the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man with the golden crown saw him, and immediately stood up to meet him and bowed down and said, "Master Hou!" ”

"Hou Ye" nodded, walked into the secret room and sat where the middle-aged man with the golden crown was sitting just now, and asked, "How is the situation, is everything arranged?" ”

The middle-aged man with the golden crown said: "Don't worry, Master Hou, everything is arranged, in case something happens to someone, we will abandon the pawn to protect the car first, in short, send Zhao Ziliang away first!" ”

"Hou Ye" said fiercely: "If it weren't for the fear of causing more trouble, Ben Hou really wanted to cut Zhao Ziliang here with a thousand knives to relieve the hatred in my heart!" ”

The middle-aged man with the golden crown hurriedly comforted: "Don't worry, Master Hou, there will definitely be a chance in the future!" (To be continued.) )