On the seventh day of the lunar month in 622 years of the Great Dry Calendar,

The royal family of the Great Qian Empire now lives in the Chunhua Hall of Taiji Palace, the Queen Mother knelt in front of the portrait of Taizu, washing her face with tears all day long, she thought she was ashamed of the first emperor and the ancestors. In the past, Prime Minister Zhao Mu was just playing with power and setting up imperial power; Now he has intensified his efforts and seized the rights of the entire society, wanting to ask the emperor for the throne and change the dynasty!

This made the Empress Dowager shameless to face the first emperor under the Jiuquan of the Great Qian Empire, and even more shameless to face the ancestors and ancestors of the Great Qian Empire!

On the contrary, it was the Great Qian Empire, the fifteen-year-old little emperor, who thought a lot, and said to the empress dowager: "Anyway, I'm just a puppet, whether I can be an emperor or not, I don't have any taste." Over the years, I've had enough of being manipulated and toyed with in applause, but it has only affected the queen mother, making you suffer and humiliate with your child. ”

The Empress Dowager couldn't cry and said humiliatingly: "Emperor, you think too simply. Since ancient times, which deposed emperor can die a good death, my hard-working emperor! These words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, which made the little emperor frightened, and sat on the chair in a daze, not knowing what to do.

The two mothers and sons were miserable, looking at each other and speechless

Seeing that there are still two days to go, the world of the Great Qian Empire is about to change. Nowadays, inside and outside the palace, teams of imperial city guards patrol back and forth in the streets and alleys of the city, causing an increasingly tense atmosphere in the entire city. On the other hand, the courtiers, no matter how stupid and stupid they were, smelled something. At present, all the ministers have no intention of doing things, huddled together all day long, discussing a lot, and they are more and more speculative about the future change of the throne. And as the close ministers of the two princes who may become candidates for the crown prince of the Great Chu Dynasty in the future, they are together all day and night, conspiring and discussing.

In today's Los Angeles, the strange atmosphere has become more and more intense, and the imperial court has issued a strict order prohibiting the people from discussing the government in vain, and those who violate the order will go to prison. The ordinary people walking on the streets seemed to have lost their usual leisure and leisure, hurriedly walked through the streets, and returned home after shopping, not daring to stay too long.

However, today's Los Angeles is very lively. One after another, there were many small merchants and hawkers, five or six people, more than ten people, twenty or thirty people, forming a small team, as well as horse-drawn carriages, which poured into the capital like a tide from the east, west, north and south gates. The city gate guards carefully examined them, but found nothing unusual, so they let them into the city.

In the Xiaoguo military camp of the Nanya Forbidden Army

Cheng Shide, the general of the Xiaoguo Army, stood in the lobby of the barracks, with a group of generals standing on the left and right, and the general standing on the upper right stood up and said to Cheng Shide: "General, the emperor's throne is imminent, should we also prepare in advance to prevent accidents!" ”

Hearing this, Cheng Shide glanced at him and said to him with some dissatisfaction: "What can happen?" We have also dealt with the Yulin Army for decades, and I am very familiar with the generals and pawns of the Yulin Army! The Yulin Army is responsible for the guards in the palace, although it is said that the Yulin Army is composed of warriors selected by the prime minister from various armies before, but it has never participated in any battles in the past few decades, can the combat effectiveness be compared with our Xiaoguo Army? ”

Brushing aside the general, he feigned anger and said, "You are embarrassed to say that you were asked to do that thing a few days ago, and you said what you have done." They did not kill them, but they cost hundreds of our brethren to the army. Let you inquire what's going on? You don't even understand anything. Let me say what is good about you! ”

That's right, this Xiaoguo Army general is the same general who was kicked by Zhao Hui in the Dadu Governor's Mansion a few days ago and almost vomited blood, his name is Hu Zhishang. is also a relative of Cheng Shide, he has no military merits, and he is a relative of Cheng Shide to sit in this important position as a general, it can be said that Hu Zhishang is ambitious and talented, and he has no ability at all.

However, Hu Zhishang has one of the biggest advantages, that is, he is absolutely completely obedient to Cheng Shide and never asks why. is his henchman, much more intimate than some generals of the Xiaoguo Army. Thinking of this, Cheng Shide looked at the commander on the left and looked at him, his eyes were quite disdainful.

This person's name is Li Jinyan, as his name suggests, he is cautious in everything he does, he likes to dig into the roots, he has to ask everything clearly, in the Xiaoguo army, he is the most difficult to serve, what to do, he likes to ask why, but he can't catch the other party's handle, and he can't replace him at will. Otherwise, with Cheng Shide's arbitrary personality, he would have been assigned to be a partner in the army.

However, it was his prudence in everything he said and did that allowed him to gain a foothold in the army and not cause any trouble. What makes Cheng Shide puzzled is that he is such a timid character, but many of his subordinates are loyal to him, and he has sent people to win him over several times, trying to make them stumble on Li Jinyan, but to no avail. It can be seen that he does have his merits.

Thinking that he was at a critical juncture now, Cheng Shide was a little worried, would such a person who kept a faint distance from himself do something that he regretted? But now is not a good time to deal with this person, once Li Jinyan is moved, then many generals in the Xiaoguo army are afraid that they will have to deviate from themselves. Thinking of these, Cheng Shide is one head and two big, I hope it is better not to make extraneous branches. Suddenly, Cheng Shide thought of a person, as long as he held this person, Li Jinyan would not be able to escape from the palm of his hand! He had secretly decided that no matter what, he would find a way to get this person out, find a secret place, and imprison him, so as to threaten Li Jinyan.

In order not to leak the secret of the action plan, in the next military discussion, Cheng Shide took advantage of the excuse of letting Li Jinyan inspect the military camp and took him and several generals away, and then discussed the next action plan with the generals.

Just when the Xiaoguo Army was secretly discussing, Zhao Hui was in the backyard of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, looking around at the black-clothed armor soldiers below with a solemn expression. At a glance, there are at least hundreds of them. I saw these hundreds of armor soldiers standing one by one with their hands in their hands, with a solemn expression, staring at Zhao Hui who was standing opposite them in front of them.

On these hundreds of armor soldiers, you can easily feel the sharp aura emanating from their bodies, and these people's eyes are sharp, like a sharp sword about to be unsheathed, which is extraordinary. And these people are in a neat queue and act in unison, and it is clear that they must have been the most rigorously trained, and they must be elite people.

These people are a group of dead soldiers secretly trained by Zhao Hui, a group of dead soldiers who absolutely obey Zhao Hui. They are all orphans, deeply affected by Zhao Hui's kindness, and they are desperate for Zhao Hui, as long as Zhao Hui gives an order, they are definitely not afraid of death!

"The day after tomorrow, it is the day when my father ascends the throne, and there will be a bloody battle. At that time, the palace must be strictly prohibited, and the armor will not be allowed to enter, so you have to lie in ambush outside the palace, once things change, the Yulin army will inevitably enter the palace to make trouble, and when you see the signal in the palace, you will immediately attack the palace with the Xiaoguo army. Enter the palace and be the king! You know? Zhao Hui said to everyone in a high-sounding manner.

"Understood!" The crowd agreed.

Seeing that everyone's momentum was like a rainbow and unstoppable, Zhao Hui nodded secretly, very satisfied with his five hundred daring people, he nodded, and said to the leader of the person: "Ye Xiwu, you secretly contact Cheng Shide, when the time comes, everything will be at the disposal of Cheng Shide, and you can't make mistakes!" Bad for me! ”

"Yes, yes!" Ye Xiwu surrendered his hand.

On the other hand, on Zhao Jingyu's side, Lin You, the secretary of the household department, and Dai Xuantai, the secretary of the ministry, sat on the left side of the lobby, Dai Xuantong was on the top and Lin You was below. Last time due to the Lingzhou War, Zhao Hui lost hundreds of thousands of loads of grain and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, Lin You impeached Zhao Hui, but this official Shangshu sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, and did not say a word. Although both of them are only in their forties, but unlike Lin You's outgoing and straightforward personality, Dai Xuantao is a person of few words, but this person is thoughtful, cautious in words and deeds, and is an old and serious person. It can be regarded as one of the few loyal ministers who have been following and supporting Zhao Jingyu. At this time, the three of them were also discussing the specific arrangements for the next two days.

After everyone sat down together and exchanged a few words, Dai Xuantao sat down like an old monk, closed his eyes and recuperated, which made Lin You very unhappy, he ridiculed Dai Xuantao and said, "Hey, Your Highness." I, Lin You, am a straightforward and fast-talking person, to use a vulgar saying of the common people, that is, the rectum farts, what to say. Unlike some people, after sitting down, it seems that they don't care about their own business, and a pestle there, like a stake, makes people angry! ”

Zhao Jingyu laughed at Lin You's rectal fart sound, he knew what the personalities of these two ministers were, and he didn't care at all. He relieved: "Don't be angry, Lord Lin, it's been so many years, you don't know what kind of character Lord Dai has, don't be angry." ”

Immediately, Zhao Jingyu didn't want to dwell too much on such a trivial matter, so he said to the two: "Today I came back from the Taiji Hall with my father, but I gained an unexpected joy. Zhang Cheng has completely broken with his second brother and is willing to help me. What do you think about the current situation, and what should we do? ”

When Lin You heard this, he suddenly stood up in surprise, rubbed his hands and said, "Great, His Royal Highness has lost Zhang Cheng's helping arm, but we have gained a powerful ally." That's great. ”

"What do you mean to get another ally? Sling the bull. His Majesty's eyes are like torches, and he has planned it a long time ago. If it weren't for Zhang Cheng's willingness to do things for His Royal Highness, His Majesty would hand over the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Yulin Army to him? Dai Xuanqi really deserves to be Zhao Jingyu's henchman and think tank, and his words pierce people's hearts, and he guesses Zhao Mu's thoughts at all!

Dai Xuanqi thought for a while, and then said: "But a Yulin army, we may not be able to succeed!" However, with Zhang Cheng in charge, the grasp is naturally a little bigger. Jing Zhaoyin was killed the day before yesterday, and His Majesty appointed Fang Qian as the new Jing Zhaoyin, which added some strength to our control of the capital. At the court, Your Highness doesn't have to worry. Once the dust settles, the ministers of the Second Highness will have nothing to say. As for those who watch the fire from the other side, they don't have to worry about it, it's just a clown jumping off the beam. Only Lord Xiao has never been able to figure out the details, but the lower officials thought that Lord Xiao would never help His Royal Highness. In all these years in the court, when he competed with Du Hongwen and others, did Lord Xiao stand up and say anything for His Royal Highness? On the contrary, several times, he said a few words for Lin You. Although Lord Xiao does not know how to support us, but the following officials have been watching from the court for many years, Lord Xiao will neither follow His Highness nor His Second Highness, and Lord Xiao will definitely follow His Majesty. ”

After a pause, Dai Xuanqi said again: "From the opinion of the following officials, Your Majesty still likes Your Highness more in his heart. In other words, Lord Xiao will definitely support you above the court. In this way, His Royal Highness does not have to worry too much about the affairs of the court. On the contrary, outside the court, those invisible guns and arrows are even more shocking! We still need to plan carefully and think carefully. ”

Zhao Jingyu and Lin You glanced at each other, and both had a sudden meaning. Zhao Jingyu nodded in agreement and said, "In this case, I will send someone to find Zhang Cheng in the evening, let's plan carefully!" ”

It is said that after Zhang Cheng and Zhao Jingyu met in the Taiji Palace, after reporting the beheading of Jingzhao Yin and Zhao Que, there was nothing to do, and they swayed left and right in the palace, especially the Taiji Palace, and carefully looked at the surrounding terrain. The Taiji Hall can only be entered through the main entrance, but the back leads directly to the Taihe Hall, and then there are no other doors to enter. If you want to hold the Taiji Palace, it is easier to surround the palace gate. Only three or five hundred armor soldiers are needed to ensure the safety of the Taiji Palace. It seems that this palace is really an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, and if the situation changes, it will be really difficult to do, but then, as if thinking of something, he smiled secretly, and left the palace and returned to the place where he stayed.

Fang Qian's father and daughter received the will of the imperial court and took over the post of Jing Zhaoyin, they had already left the post station, Zhang Cheng and others were also on the edge of Suzaku Street, which was closest to the palace, and spent a few hundred taels of silver to buy the mansion, and now hundreds of people live in it, one is to hide their whereabouts, and the other is to facilitate Zhang Cheng to stay in the palace. Although the inner palace is now garrisoned by the Qianniu Army, and the outer court is guarded by the Yulin Army, no matter what, it is still a little closer to the palace to facilitate "going to work".

As soon as they returned to their residence, Feng Jingyu and Long Qiuling walked over with excitement on their faces, it seemed that they had been waiting at home for a long time, and they had brought Zhang Cheng a very good news.

"Yo, seeing how excited you are, what's the matter? Got the money? Or did you meet the big girl of Huanghua and say that she was going to marry you? Zhang Cheng said as he walked inside.

The two of them were a little embarrassed when Zhang Cheng said this, Feng Jingyu took the lead in saying to Zhang Cheng: "The iron pillar has already arrived, just arrived." Seeing that they had been in the dust all the way, I asked them to go down first to rest and have some food. This journey can be regarded as hard work for them, in order to hurry, they have to eat dry food for three days and three nights. In addition, the guard battalion also entered the city with them. ”

"Oh? It's actually here? Los Angeles is under martial law, so they didn't have any trouble entering the city, right? Zhang Cheng was also very surprised, now that the nine cities inside and outside Los Angeles have been under martial law, and those with swords are not allowed to enter the city. It stands to reason that Tiezhu Zhang Boss and others are all fully armed, there are not a few blades and armor weapons, and there are more than a thousand people, mighty, which will definitely arouse the vigilance of the garrison, the outer city is guarded by the Xiaoguo army, and Tiezhu and others will definitely not be allowed to enter the city, so Zhang Cheng will have this question.

"It was Lord Yang who anticipated the enemy's opportunity, and had already asked Tao Jinshan to prepare clothes and carriages outside the city, as well as grain and cloth and other decorations, and more than 1,000 people dressed up in disguise, pretending to be business travelers and traveling to and from the city, and hid their weapons in the grain cloth with horse-drawn carriages to hide people's eyes and ears. Mixed with the officers defending the city. Didn't run into any trouble. Feng Jingyu explained.

On the other side, Long Qiu Ling said with admiration: "My lord's subordinates are really heroes, I think these more than 1,000 people are comparable to the personal guard battalion." And they all have a great killing aura, I think they must have fought in the army all year round and killed countless people! It's really a strong general, and there are no weak soldiers under him. ”

Waving his hand, Zhang Cheng said to Longqiu Ling: "Brother Longqiu laughed. Let's go see them. ”