Chapter Twenty-Six: Whose Conspiracy
Li Hongji was woken up in his sleep, he was a little impatient, there were too many things recently, so he couldn't sleep well. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info I finally fell asleep today, but I was woken up, and it seems to be a very important thing.
Li Hongji secretly swore in his heart that if it was really not a particularly important matter, he would have to teach this person a lesson. Li Hongji asked someone to bring in, this is a soldier dressed as a Janissaries, after entering the door, he knelt on the ground and said, "I have seen King Yan in my humble position." ”
"Okay, what's the matter, tell me quickly." Li Hongji said, looking a little anxious.
"King Yan, just an hour ago......" The soldier relayed what Chen Keyan told him one by one, Li Hongji narrowed his eyes, this news is really exciting, but Li Hongji did not show it, but listened to it very calmly, and pretended to be silent for a moment, which means that he knows about this matter, General Chen is in the palace, but be careful.
The soldier took the order and left, Li Hongji received the news, but he couldn't sleep anymore, Chen Keyan was able to pass on the news to him, which is enough to prove a lot of problems, but Li Hongji can't easily trust anyone, Chen Keyan is just one of the chess pieces, Li Hongji will not put all his hopes on Chen Keyan, he needs to take precautions and make more deployments in order to get close to success.
Li Hongji paced for a while, thought a lot, and fell asleep again unconsciously.
Recently, every day, Guo Rong would rush to Yanwang's Mansion to discuss things with Li Hongji, integrate the news of each day, and put forward a more reasonable plan. Guo Rong laughed when he heard Li Hongji say this, he didn't expect this matter to go so smoothly.
"What's next?" Li Hongji couldn't help but ask happily in his heart.
Guo Rong waved his hand and said with a smile: "King Yan, don't worry, now is the most important moment." Waiting for the news to come back from the palace, then there was further certainty. ”
Li Hongji nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Only Brother Guo would come up with such a clever plan." ”
Guo Rong laughed and said: "This luring the snake out of the hole is certainly dangerous, but if it is used well, the opportunity is the greatest." Now that Yang Lian has sued the emperor in front of His Majesty, he has nothing to do with this matter, and in a few days, His Majesty will definitely summon King Yan into the palace, and at that time, it will be the best opportunity. ”
With a smile, Li Hongji approached the case table, carefully looked at the map on the case, and after the investigation in the past few days, the deployment in the imperial city was already clear. Li Hongji knew that if his father transferred all the people on the list, it would be a great help to him.
Because the people on that list are not the people who really take refuge in him, once these people are transferred, the Praetorian Guard will be at least one-third empty, so that the father and emperor have to make adjustments, and the generals who really serve the Yan King can easily control the imperial city, in this case, it will be too easy for Li Hongji to enter the imperial city.
The question now is, when will His Majesty order Yang Lian, King Qi and others to enter the palace, if Li Hongji has already controlled the imperial city, then the edict in the name of the Son of Heaven to order the two to enter the palace is the best way, that is, you can kill Yang Lian and King Qi in one fell swoop and successfully seize power.
Qingjun side? That's just a name. Li Hongji and Guo Rong are both gambling, betting that when the Son of Heaven gets the news, he will not rashly take the method of directly sending people into the Yan Wang's mansion to arrest the Yan King. This has to be attributed to that list, and also because Guo Rong has seen through Li Hongji's mentality.
At this time, Li Hongji's emotions are complicated, in a few days, this Jinling will change the sky, if he can master the Tang Dynasty, with his ideas, it is natural to dominate the world, then the Great Zhou, Khitan, Shu and so on are all potential enemies of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Hongji thought of Guo Rong again, with his advice, things can go so smoothly, but if one day, if he is an enemy, he will be the most difficult opponent, in a short moment, Li Hongji has killing intent, but it will soon disappear, before the matter is completed, Li Hongji still needs to be patient.
Guo Rong was so shrewd, he soon discovered that Li Hongji's demeanor was a little abnormal, but he didn't react, but took the opportunity of drinking tea to hide a trace of turmoil in his heart. You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, and it is not so easy to kill me. If he can return to Kaifeng, Guo Rong will try to take power, he is determined to be in the world, but escaping from Jinling is the first step and the most important part, this step fails, and the rest is not to be discussed.
After Yang Lian got up early, he practiced martial arts and had breakfast, and walked towards the Qi Palace. He needed to be tempted again. The expression on the Son of Heaven last night was enough to prove that he needed to confirm again.
On the eve of this storm, everyone was competing with each other, the Son of Heaven had his ideas, Li Hongji had his ideas, and Yang Lian was trying to find a balance among them. In the face of the crisis, Yang Lian seems to be stable, but in fact, the king's heart is unpredictable, and Yang Lian can't say what the Son of Heaven will suddenly think. After all, King Yan is his son, and he is just an ordinary courtier, even if he is a so-called concubine, in terms of intimacy, how can this relationship compare to the relationship between father and son?
King Qi has also been quite entangled in the past few days, on one side, it is the advice of the imperial brother, and on the other side is his son-in-law Yang Lian. The emperor's side is important, but as the most powerful assistant of King Qi's party, Yang Lian has made a lot of contributions, and the power of King Qi's party has gradually expanded, the main reason is that Yang Lian has made great achievements in foreign expeditions, and at the same time, he has maintained contact with a group of generals in the military.
Judging from the words of the imperial brother, King Yan's goal seems to be the throne, but in the process of ascending to the throne, he must step on the corpses of many people, King Qi and Yang Lian are part of it, King Yan is powerful, and he can't escape the fate of failure.
This must not be allowed to happen, otherwise the lives of the whole family will be dominated by King Yan, Li Jingsui considered, should he tell the truth to Yang Lian? Let him prepare earlier in case he was plotted by Li Hongji.
Li Jingsui was thinking, and when he was hesitating, Yang Lian hurriedly came.
"Uncle Yue." Yang Lian bowed his hand.
"Yang Lian, are you here?" Li Jingsui hesitated.
Yang Lian was so shrewd, seeing the hesitation on King Qi's face, he smiled and said, "Uncle Yue, I got a piece of news last night, which is very important, and I have come to discuss it with Uncle Yue." ”
Li Jingsui felt that something was wrong, could it be that Yang Lian knew? Seeing Yang Lian's solemn face, Li Jingsui nodded, and the two found a remote place to discuss.
Yang Lian told Xiao Yan about the list he brought, Li Jingsui couldn't help but be taken aback, now that there is evidence, it seems that the evidence that King Yan is going to rebel is conclusive. After Li Jingsui gasped, he looked at Yang Lian with some concern and asked, since the Son of Heaven already knew about this matter, what was his attitude?
Yang Lian finished the matter, and Li Jingsui listened to it, but felt that something was wrong. According to his thoughts, since he has obtained the evidence, it would be good to send someone directly to King Yan's mansion to arrest King Yan, as for those who support him, they only need to be tortured, and it will naturally come out.
The emperor's behavior like this, obviously he didn't believe that King Yan had rebelled, and Li Jingsui felt that this matter could not sit still. In order to make Yang Lian make a better deployment, he told him everything that the imperial brother told him a few days ago.
In fact, Yang Lian already had a bottom in his heart about this matter, but in order to cooperate with King Qi, he still pretended to be surprised. After Li Jingsui finished speaking, Yang Lian pursed his lips and thought for a while before speaking.
"Uncle Yue, there is no doubt that Li Hongji wants to rebel, and actually wants to kill you and me, sweep away his political enemies, and thus ascend to power. Of course, judging from the current situation, the best way is to completely control the imperial city, kill political enemies, and then persecute the Son of Heaven, first crown him the crown prince, and then the Son of Heaven abdicates. ”
Li Jingsui nodded and said, "Yang Lian, this is reasonable, we must not sit idly by, if you have any good ideas, you might as well say it." ”
Yang Lian didn't rush to speak, he pretended to be contemplative, Li Jingsui watched him ponder from the side, sweat appeared on his forehead unconsciously, Li Hongji wanted to rebel, the time is uncertain, it can be said that danger will happen at any time, how can he not be very nervous?
"This matter, judging from His Majesty's attitude, is mostly suspicious, but before he has the evidence, His Majesty is not sure, so he did not send someone to the Yan Wangfu to arrest Li Hongji. Moreover, since the list was given to His Majesty by his son-in-law, His Majesty is likely to think that the news was because of the party dispute and deliberately attacked Li Hongji. Yang Lian analyzed.
Li Jingsui couldn't help but nodded, it was reasonable, he also guessed like this just now.
"It seems unrealistic to pin your hopes on Your Majesty. Although Your Majesty is on guard, the speed is too slow, Uncle Yue, my suggestion is that the soldiers of the Qi Wangfu and the Yang Mansion should be ready at any time, and once there is a mutiny in the city, they must control the situation in time. The best way is to protect His Majesty from King Yan as soon as possible. Yang Lian said.
Li Jingsui pursed his lips and thought for a while, and said, "Alas, how cute King Yan was when he was young, I didn't expect that he would rebel now." ”
"Within these five or six days, His Majesty will transfer the people on the list out of the Imperial City and send them on missions under various pretexts. Subsequently, His Majesty will order Li Hongji to enter the imperial city, and according to my guess, Li Hongji will take this opportunity to rebel nine times out of ten, but since most of his subordinates have been transferred, the situation is still in His Majesty's control. So it doesn't seem very dangerous. ”
"However, just in case, whether it is the Qi Wangfu or the Yang Mansion during this time, it is best for the people in the palace to go out less, even if there is business to do, there must be enough people to escort it, and when the time is ripe, Li Hongji is captured by His Majesty, and this matter will be solved."
Yang Lian said, secretly observing Li Jingsui from time to time.
Li Jingsui paced while thinking about Yang Lian's method, this method looked good, and for a while, he couldn't think of a better way, so he had to choose. Li Jingsui told him for a while, saying that in the event of an emergency, he was willing to hand over more than 100 generals from the Qi Palace's mansion to Yang Lian.
Yang Lian got up and thanked him, and the two chatted for a while, and after confirming some things, Yang Lian got up and left. Back at the Yang Mansion, Xiao Yan was waiting in the study.
Zhao Peng was making tea for Xiao Yan, and the whole study was filled with a fragrance, Zhao Peng saw that Yang Lian was back, and after bowing down, he retreated very interestingly.
"Xiao Siqing, but what news is there?" Yang Lian asked, Xiao Yan can be regarded as having nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, he must have something important to do.
Xiao Yan nodded and said, "That's true, Marquis Wu knows that His Majesty has just made some changes to the generals of the Praetorian Guard?" ”
"I don't know this for the time being." Yang Lian shook his head and said, he really didn't know yet.
Xiao Yan laughed and said: "This matter has only been announced for half an hour, and at the same time, His Majesty has also transferred the guards of various gates in Jinling City, some have changed the gates, some have been ordered to recuperate at home, and some have been transferred to other places to take up positions such as regimental training envoys. ”
"It seems that entering the palace last night still had an effect, Your Majesty has made arrangements, and the power of King Yan's party has been greatly weakened. If it weren't as Benhou expected, and even waiting for His Majesty to summon him, Li Hongji would jump off the wall in a hurry. Yang Lian said.
Xiao Yan laughed and said, "Wu Hou Yingming, if you think about it again, maybe you can send someone to infiltrate the Yanwang Mansion to spy on the situation." ”
"This matter is not so easy, the guards of the Yanwang Mansion must be very strict, but Xiao Siqing's suggestion is not bad, even if the Yanwang Mansion is a sword mountain and a sea of fire, Longtan Tiger's Den, it is also good to understand." Yang Lian said.
"I'm afraid this matter will depend on Wu Hou to do it." Xiao Yan waved his hand, he was a scholar, although he was in charge of Dali Temple, he had no ability to climb over the wall, so he could only rely on Yang Lian.
"Xiao Siqing, don't worry, tonight, tonight, I will send someone to Yanwang's Mansion to take a look, test it, if there is news, I must tell Xiao Siqing." Yang Lian said, deliberately emphasizing tonight.
"In this way, there will be Lao Wuhou." Xiao Yan said, stood up, after the matter was finished, he still had a lot of things to do.
Yang Lian nodded, and suddenly remembered another thing, so he said: "Xiao Siqing, this time you can make such a great contribution, and after successfully foiling Li Hongji's conspiracy, presumably Your Majesty will definitely look at Xiao Siqing differently." ”
Xiao Yan waved his hand and said, "It is the honor of a courtier to serve His Majesty, and of course, it is also the honor of a subordinate official to serve Wu Hou." ”
Yang Lian laughed, personally sent Xiao Yan out of the door, and after sending Xiao Yan away, Yang Lian stood at the door, pondered for a while, and couldn't help laughing.
At this time, Zeng Yiling hurriedly walked over and saw Yang Lian with a smile on his face, which couldn't help but be a little strange.
"Young Master Yang, there is indeed a change in the imperial city." Zeng Yiling said.
Yang Lian asked, "Miss Zeng, are you talking about the incident of the generals of the forbidden army?" ”
"Exactly." Zeng Yiling nodded, she hurried over when she got the news, but she didn't expect Yang Lian to already know.
"Miss Zeng, things are developing in a good direction now, let's go in first, I have something I want to discuss with you!" Yang Lian said, naturally took Zeng Yiling's hand and walked in.
Zeng Yiling was stunned for a moment, and was about to shake off his hand, but found that he looked serious, and couldn't help but follow quickly.