Chapter 780: Secretly seizing power

The Pan Yue that Cao Sheng said was the main culprit involved in the case that Li Yanqing saved in the 'Pan Yue case' when he served as the imperial historian of the imperial history platform a few years ago, and the official was reinstated after Pan Yue recovered, and the Pan family was very sorry for him, so they took out a lot of money to help him with officialdom, and finally got the weight of Gao Yu, and was promoted step by step to the marquis of Yu Yu, the infantry in front of the palace.

At present, Pan Yue is one of the four generals in charge of the army under Wang Daoqi, who controls 5,000 forbidden troops and is stationed near Caomen in the east of the inner city.

Under Cao Sheng's matchmaking, Li Yanqing met Pan Yue on the tower of Caomen City, Pan Yue was about forty years old, but he looked very old, his hair was half white, and the corners of his eyes were wrinkled, giving people the feeling of being at least fifty years old, which had something to do with the torture he suffered in prison a few years ago, but Pan Yue's tall stature made him look very powerful, and it also made up for Pan Yue's shortcomings in appearance to a certain extent.

When Pan Yue saw Li Yanqing, he felt a little ashamed, after all, his army also participated in the search and arrest of Li Yanqing the day before yesterday, Li Yanqing was his savior, if Li Yanqing had not helped him in time, he would have died in prison long ago.

Cao Sheng saw the shame in Pan Yue's eyes, so he patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Don't be ashamed, I explained to Li Shaobao, you are just pretending to search and arrest, don't say that you know that you can't touch Li Shaobao, even if you really do, you will protect it, I'm right!" ”

Pan Yue nodded, "If I really meet Li Shaobao, even if I fight with them, I won't allow them to touch a single hair of Li Shaobao." ”

These words were Pan Yue's heartfelt words, and Li Yanqing was very moved by the sincerity of his fists, and Li Yanqing hugged his fists and said: "General Pan's love, Yanqing remembers it in his heart!" ”

Pan Yue sighed, "I don't thank you for saving my life, but it's a pity that Pan has not had the opportunity to repay the favor so far." ”

"Lao Pan, who said you didn't have a chance to repay the favor!"

Cao Sheng smiled on the side and said, "Isn't Yanqing here now?" ”

Pan Yue suddenly understood, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Please Li Shaobao's orders, Pan Yue will obey unconditionally!" ”

Li Yanqing sighed and said: "Actually, I am here for General Pan's army, I hope that General Pan's 5,000 troops will obey my command, if General Pan feels embarrassed, he will not be reluctant, in short, I fully understand General Pan's sincerity." ”

Pan Yue's army is not an ordinary army, but the personal army of the Son of Heaven, asking him to turn his allegiance to Li Yanqing, which is indeed a bit embarrassing, Pan Yue was silent for a while.

Cao Sheng suddenly said angrily: "It's not for you to be loyal to Li Shaobao, but to let Li Shaobao replace Wang Daoqi, what's so embarrassing about this!" ”

Pan Yue suddenly realized that he had drilled the horns of the bull, and Li Yanqing did not want to establish himself as the emperor, but just wanted to take away the command of Wang Daoqi's army.

He immediately made a decision, bowed down and said, "I am willing to obey Li Shaobao's command!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded happily, "Time is pressing, now let's talk about the defense of the inner city." ”

Pan Yue pulled over the two chairs, "Li Shaobao, please take a seat, Liulang, you also sit down, let's discuss together!" ”

Li Yanqing sat down, he sorted out his thoughts for the past two days, and said slowly: "I think I can make some necessary preparations first. ”

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The three of them discussed until noon, and Li Yanqing and Cao Sheng said goodbye and left, "Yanqing, go to my house for a cup of tea!" Cao Sheng grabbed the reins of Li Yanqing's war horse and smiled.

Noon is the time to drink tea, but the teahouses in Bianliang City have all closed, and only a few low-end tea shops sell large bowls of tea.

Li Yanqing smiled happily, "Then I'll be disrespectful!" ”

Cao Sheng's Horse Mansion is located in the southeast of the imperial city, it is a large mansion covering an area of about thirty acres, but it seems that there are not many servants, Li Yanqing only saw an elderly old housekeeper, and a few little maids, and the other servants were gone, making the mansion seem empty.

"The other servants have fled to the south!"

Cao Sheng knew that Li Yanqing was looking around, so he knew what he was thinking, and said with a wry smile: "We also bought a house in Hangzhou, and the emperor was considerate of the people, so he sent them first." ”

"Then why doesn't the sixth brother leave?"

Cao Sheng gave him a blank look, "Yesterday you called me Sixth Uncle, and today you will change to Sixth Brother?" ”

"Didn't I ask you to do something yesterday?" Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Of course, you have to mix some sugar in your mouth." ”

"Gotcha! I wrote to Yun Niang when I went back, saying that you don't respect your elders. ”

"Then I'll write to the old man and say that you won't help me."

The two stared at each other for a long time, and suddenly laughed together, the eldest brother doesn't talk about the second brother, they all have the handle in each other's hands!

Li Yanqing followed Cao Sheng into the inner hall and sat down, and Li Yanqing said again: "Seriously, why don't you go south, at least you should also send the emperor away, it's too dangerous for her to stay here." ”

Li Yanqing knew very well the tragic fate of these emperors in history, and he was afraid that he would not be able to grasp the fire, so that these poor women would still fall into the hands of Jin Bing.

Cao Sheng sighed, "Things are not as simple as you think, after Zhao Huan ascended the throne, no royal family was allowed to leave the capital, and he sent people to closely monitor each royal family, including me and Emperor Ji, who would hand over reports to him every day, as long as we showed the slightest sign of escaping, we would immediately be put under house arrest in the cold palace, just like Zhao Kai." ”

"Then why aren't you worried about the spy who wrote the report today?"

"Since yesterday, the person who watched us has withdrawn, otherwise I wouldn't have invited you to tea."

When Cao Sheng said this, a palace maid walked in and served them refreshments, and said to Cao Sheng: "Madame said that the tea will be fried immediately, please wait a little longer for the concubine and the distinguished guest." ”

"Thank you!"

The palace maid secretly glanced at Li Yanqing, slowly retreated, and when she walked to the door, she remembered Emperor Ji's instructions again, and hurriedly added: "Madame asked me to tell the concubine that Emperor Maude is here!" ”

Cao Sheng was immediately overjoyed, "Tell Madame, I'll go over right away!" ”

The palace maid saluted, and then turned around and left, at this time, Li Yanqing asked lightly: "Sixth brother is interested in Emperor Yanqing?" ”

Cao Sheng was stunned for a moment, then he reacted, waved his hand again and again and smiled: "Where do you want to go?" The fact that Emperor Yanqing can come means that the control in the palace has been relaxed, and I want to know about Zhao Kai's situation and see if it is possible to rescue him. ”

"Isn't it easy for the sixth brother to save Zhao Kai? This can be wrapped up in me, but ..... The sixth brother rescued Zhao Kai, wouldn't he want him to succeed to the throne? Li Yanqing looked at Cao Sheng with a smile.

Cao Sheng's heart jumped, he faintly felt something from Li Yanqing's words, but like a flower in the fog, he seemed to feel something, but he couldn't see it clearly.

Li Yanqing didn't give him a chance to think about it, patted his arm and smiled: "Go quickly!" Don't let the emperor wait. ”

"You kid!"

Cao Sheng pointed at Li Yanqing, shook his head again, and then got up to leave.

When Li Yanqing saw him leaving, he picked up a piece of delicate and sweet white jade cake, and while tasting it, he pondered, he and the Cao family are one good, but it doesn't mean that everything can be said on the table, some things have to be understood, it depends on whether Cao Sheng can understand his intentions.

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Cao Sheng walked quickly to the inner house, he was still thinking about Li Yanqing's hint in his mind, not to mention Zhao Kai's matter, did Li Yanqing want to move Zhao Huan? Although it is said that Li Yanqing has the ability to establish a new monarch again, but it is too shocking to really do this, this is the Great Song Dynasty, not the late Tang Dynasty, and changing the emperor is the same as playing.

However, Cao Sheng really hopes that there will be this day in his heart, because he has a close relationship with Zhao Kai, so that Zhao Huan is extremely hostile to him, if he does not have the identity of a concubine, I am afraid that he will be the second Wang Huang.

Thinking of this, Cao Sheng smiled bitterly again, with the identity of his Cao family, Zhao Huan should not dare to touch himself.

As soon as he thought of the Cao family, Cao Sheng stopped suddenly, and he suddenly understood that Li Yanqing had just hinted at himself that he actually wanted to let him help him do it, and the blood in Cao Sheng's heart began to boil slowly.

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In the inner hall of the back house, Zhao Jinnu poured a cup of hot tea for his sister Zhao Fujin and said with a smile: "Since the palace doesn't care about you anymore, then you can live with peace of mind with me, and don't go back, I'll let you pack up your things and send them back, to be honest, I really don't feel at ease if you stay in the palace." ”

Zhao Fujin lowered his head and laughed quietly: "Didn't you give sencha to your brother-in-law?" Why did you drink it yourself? ”

Zhao Jinnu was stunned, and she also laughed, "Just think about your affairs and forget about them." ”

She put a pot of freshly fried tea on a plate along with the tea cup, and said to a court maid, "Send the tea to the guests of the horses, and go!" ”

"Yes!" The palace maid stepped forward and picked up the tea tray and walked quickly.

Zhao Jinnu saw her walking away, so he pursed his lips and smiled at Zhao Fujin, "Do you care about your brother-in-law, or do you care about another person?" ”

"you!"

Zhao Fujin's face flushed, and he reached out and twisted it on the back of his second sister's hand, "You neglect the guests, and you still want to push the responsibility to me?" Is there a sister like you? ”

"It's because I'm your second sister that I care about you, tell me, what did you always go to Baoyan Zhai to do some time ago?"

Zhao Fujin's face turned even redder, and he quickly explained: "Isn't it normal for a woman to run Baoyan Zhai? ”

"Then what are you blushing about? Do you think I really don't know, and you want me to say it? ”

"You damn girl, talk nonsense all day long, look at how I screw your mouth!"

Zhao Fujin pounced on and frolicked with the second sister.

At this time, there was a heavy cough in the courtyard, and Zhao Fujin hurriedly sat back in his seat, looking calm.

I saw Cao Sheng walking in with a smile in the corner of his eyes.