254 Coercion of the Son of Heaven

The bear's face froze, and then he became even more angry: "He let the widow resist!" ”

The full hall of civil and military people couldn't help but be speechless when they heard this, isn't this nonsense!

Wu Zixu, who was annoyed by Gongsun Yan's various invitations for three consecutive days, finally couldn't hold it back, and bluntly said that he must return to China immediately, otherwise it would be really difficult to explain to King Wu.

I thought that Gongsun Yan would still find all kinds of excuses to force him to stay, but he didn't expect the other party to agree very happily, and even personally sent the Wu delegation to Xingyang City ten miles away.

Wu Zixu looked at Gongsun Yan's warm and sincere face, and couldn't help but be a little shaken in his heart - is this not due to the instructions of Duke Tang, but this Lord Gongsun made his own opinion?

Seeing Wu Zixu away from afar, Gongsun Yan breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

It's been delayed for three days, and the border should be ready, right?

As soon as Wu Zixu left on his front foot, Tang Guowenwu had already embarked on the journey to Luoyang.

The bureaucracy can be slowly relocated, and the most important thing now is that Fang Li should appear in Luoyang to stabilize the situation and prevent Ji Zhenggou from jumping off the wall in a hurry.

For Ji Zheng, who had repeatedly taught and was bent on finding trouble for himself, Fang Li had completely lost his patience.

If Ji Zheng still can't learn well after this incident, he will have to consider changing his heavens.

Luoyang, where the Tang army was stationed, Cao Ren took advantage of the night to lead a team of soldiers and horses to the palace city of Zhou Tian murderously.

The palace guards had all been replaced by the Tang army, and Cao Ren was unimpeded all the way, until Ji Zheng was stopped by the inner guards tremblingly outside the palace.

The chamberlain looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was trembling with fear by Cao Ren and the dozens of Tang Jun with murderous faces behind him, but he still mustered up the courage and said, "General Cao, the Son of Heaven has rested. ”

Cao Ren sneered: "Then you call the Son of Heaven up, and say that Cao Ren has something important to see!" ”

The chamberlain took a deep breath: "General, the Son of Heaven will not see the foreign ministers when he sleeps, so you should come back tomorrow." After speaking, he craned his neck and looked directly into Cao Ren's cold eyes, with an expression of death.

Cao Ren was too lazy to talk nonsense with a eunuch, so he directly pushed the person away and strode into the dormitory.

Ji Zheng actually didn't rest, but hid in the hall and nervously paid attention to the movement outside.

Since sending away Wu's secret envoy a few days ago, Ji Zheng has been in a state of suffering from gains and losses, one moment he dreamed that Wu Guo's army killed himself from Fang Li's control, and for another time he dreamed that Fang Li struck first and took his own life with one sword.

Hearing that Cao Ren led the troops to kill, Ji Zheng was even more frightened, and went to bed and pretended to sleep.

Cao Ren pushed open the door and saw a bulging figure on the bed, and couldn't help but sneer: "Your Majesty is really so interested, you don't even take off your shoes when you go to bed?" ”

Ji Zheng was startled, and then he realized that he jumped directly on the bed in a hurry, so he had to turn over again, put on the posture of the Son of Heaven and stretched his face and said: "General Cao, didn't anyone tell you that the widow didn't see the foreign minister at night?" ”

Cao Ren arched his hand perfunctorily: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, the minister does have something to report." ”

Ji Zheng couldn't help but feel weak and uneasy that kept coming up, and his eyes drifted everywhere: "The widow wants to rest, I don't want to be a director now, General Cao will come back tomorrow." ”

Toasting without eating and drinking, Cao Ren snorted coldly, and saw Ji Zheng tremble undetectably, and his heart was even more disdainful: "It's late tomorrow, and I will inform Your Majesty on the order of my lord that my Tang Dynasty has decided to move the capital to Luoyang, and Tang Gong will arrive tomorrow, please prepare Your Majesty!" ”

After speaking, he ignored Ji Zheng's reaction, waved his sleeves and left, but left the five personal soldiers behind him in the dormitory.

Ji Zheng was frightened by the sudden bad news, and his mind was full of Fang Li's fierce and evil appearance, and after a while, he realized that there were actually five Tang soldiers standing in front of him with swords, and he couldn't help screaming: "What do you want to do?" ”

"On the orders of the general, protect Your Majesty."

Tang Bing, the leader, responded indifferently, and then turned his back to guard the edge of the collapse, never saying a word again.

In the early morning of the next day, Tang Guowen and his entourage arrived in Luoyang, Cao Ren waited at the gate of the city early, and bowed when he saw Fang Li: "The minister Cao Ren has seen the lord!" ”

Fang Li asked in a condensed voice, "How is the Son of Heaven doing recently?" ”

Cao Ren clenched his fists: "Back to the lord, I am so scared that the Son of Heaven does not remove the clogs when he sleeps." ”

Fang Li sneered: "Zhongqing, go with the widow to meet our great Zhou Tianzi with his hands and eyes!" ”

Ji Zheng didn't sleep all night, he wanted to gather his henchmen to discuss overnight but didn't dare, looking at Tang Bing's cold back, he trembled with fright, and various possibilities flashed through his mind.

Wu Guo was far away in the sky, but the murderous Fang Li was close in front of him, and the more Ji Zheng thought about it, the more scared he became, and he couldn't help but start to regret it.

Just as he was thinking wildly, the soft voice of the waiter suddenly came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, it's time to go to court." ”

Ji Zheng was excited, and screamed: "Don't go!" The widow is unwell and will not go to court today! ”

There was silence outside the door for a while, and the embarrassed voice of the chamberlain sounded again: "But Your Majesty, Tang Gong said that Your Majesty must go to this morning's court meeting." ”

"What kind of thing is he, dare to order a widow!" Extremely frightened, Ji Zheng didn't want to blurt out, "The widow is the son of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the most noble person in the world, he is just a courtier, why do you talk to the widow like this?" ”

The chamberlain seemed to gasp, and did not make a sound for a long time.

Thinking that the other party was suppressed, Ji Zhenggang wanted to continue to scold angrily, but Yu Guang suddenly found that Tang Bing, who was guarding the collapse with his back to him, had turned around at some point.

"Your Majesty." The young Tang soldier pressed the knife expressionlessly, "Your Majesty is unwell?" ”

Ji Zheng suddenly lost his voice, and the fear of the other party's departure came up uncontrollably, and after a while, he finally got up reluctantly: "The widow is very ...... Unharmed. ”

Tang Bing then removed his hand from the hilt of the knife and arched his hand indifferently: "Your Majesty, please." ”

Dog fights people!

Ji Zheng scolded angrily in his heart, but he didn't dare to show anything on his face, and slowly changed into court clothes under the service of the attendants.

As soon as he left the palace gate, Ji Zheng was horrified to find that all the attendants serving outside the hall had changed, and couldn't help asking, "What about the little waiter who served the widow last night?" ”

Tang Bing glanced lightly at the trembling attendants around him, and replied indifferently: "That person dared to falsely spread the message of the Son of Heaven, and he was disrespectful to General Cao, so he had already dragged it down and cut it down." ”

Ji Zheng shuddered, couldn't help but close his eyes, and his heart was sad.

To Ji Zheng's surprise, Fang Li did not embarrass him too much in the court, although his attitude was still arrogant, he more or less saved face for Ji Zheng, and even confessed to the sudden relocation of the capital.

Ji Zheng's mind was full of secret meetings with Wu envoys, where did he have the heart to care about whether the Tang State moved the capital to Luoyang and did not give face to the Zhou royal family, so he laughed dryly and bypassed it twice.

The court meeting ended without incident, and when he returned to the dormitory, Ji Zheng couldn't stop wondering in his heart - didn't Fang Li find out about that incident?

What happened from last night to this morning was just Fang Li's bluffing, lest he pursue the matter of moving the capital and make Fang Li unable to come to the stage?

The more he thought about it, the more likely it became, Ji Zheng couldn't help but pat his chest funny: "Really, Fang Li is not a god, and the widow is even more afraid of himself." ”

"How did Your Majesty scare yourself?"

A familiar voice came, Ji Zheng was so frightened that he went into cardiac arrest, and when he looked up, the door of the hall had been opened at some point, and Fang Li was standing in front of him looking at him with a smile.

"You!" Ji Zheng almost didn't jump up, "Why didn't anyone pass on the widow first?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the minister just wants to say something considerate to Your Majesty." Fang Li waved his hand to let everyone in the hall withdraw and closed the door, then moved a chair and sat on the edge of the bed, pretending to be concerned and asked, "I haven't seen you for a long time, is Your Majesty in good health?" ”

Ji Zheng looked over vigilantly: "What do you mean?" ”

"I just care about Your Majesty." Fang Li smiled, "I heard that Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, is this body unbearable for a long time?" ”

This is obviously something in the words, and Ji Zheng has an ominous premonition in his heart: "What do you want to do?" ”

"Of course, it's for Your Majesty's worries." Fang Li stretched out his hand and took out a stack of white paper filled with his own, "I don't know which son Your Majesty likes the most?" ”

Ji Zheng's eyes widened in disbelief, and his vocal cords almost lost control: "Fang Li, do you want to abolish the widow?!" ”

Fang Li showed a pure smile: "Don't you dare, didn't you say it?" The minister is just sharing his majesty's worries."

Ji Zheng took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

This time, he was sure that Fang Li must have already known something before he thought of threatening himself in this way.

Abolish the Son of Heaven, this kind of thing that has never been done before or since, does Fang Li dare to do it?

Maybe you dare.

He even dared to do the thing of controlling Luoyang and holding the Son of Heaven hostage, just changing the Son of Heaven, why didn't Fang Li dare?

Besides, the Zhou Chamber has been in decline for hundreds of years, will the other vassal states really take this matter to heart? I'm afraid not.

As long as there is still a son of heaven in Luoyang, he can appear when needed.

Wu may send troops, but it can't be for himself.

Ji Zheng is not a fool, he sorted out the pros and cons almost instantly and calmed down again.

"Fang Li." Ji Zheng looked directly at Fang Li's smiling eyes, "What do you want to know?" ”

is worthy of being a person who has been the Son of Heaven for more than ten years, and the reaction is really fast.

Fang Li took back the paper and chuckled: "Your Majesty is really smart, the minister just wants to know, what did He Lu say to Your Majesty?" ”

The situation in Luoyang is changing, Wu Zixu hurried all the way, and rushed back to Gusu in less than ten days.

He Lu had been waiting anxiously for a long time, and as soon as he heard the news of Wu Zixu's return, he immediately summoned people over and asked quickly: "Doctor, how did you get from this trip?" ”

Wu Zixu bowed dignifiedly: "The minister has the trust of the king, and the Duke of Tang is unwilling to form an alliance." ”

"The doctor doesn't have to blame himself, isn't this all expected by the doctor?" He Lu hurriedly helped the person up, and asked, "How is the strength of the Tang State?" ”

Wu Zixu frowned in confusion: "What the minister saw is too weird, and I have to ask General Sun Wu to analyze one or two for the king." ”

He was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked people to invite Sun Wu over, and then asked suspiciously: "Could it be that the Tang Kingdom is not empty?" ”

Wu Zixu frowned and said nothing, waiting until Sun Wu came in, and then he told in detail what he had seen and heard along the way.

"The strength of the Tang army has not been greatly damaged?" Sun Wu's eyes widened in surprise, "Could it be that the doctor treats the new recruits of the Tang Kingdom as elites?" The Tang State won a tragic victory in the battle of attacking Jin, and the loss was only afraid of less than half, right? ”