Emperor Kangning was simply killed by Li Cunhuan's order. But the matter did not end like this, and a political storm that Li Cunhuan did not expect appeared. First of all, Li Cunhuan had just returned to Yanzhou, and Wang Shifan actually sent someone to send a document to ask Li Cunhuan with a slight rebuke in his words, why did he commit a rebellion? What are the following offenses? Killing the king with a minister?

Then there was Yang Xingmi, whose words were much sharper than Wang Shifan's. bluntly said: The ancient sages have words, and the three admonitions are not used, and they go to the ministers (to put it simply, it is to the ministers). Thou hast slain a king for the sake of a servant for the sake of disloyalty. Thou shalt not admonish the king's faults, but kill him for the sake of injustice. It is unkind to inflict military disasters on the world. In the end, Yang Xingmi asked Li Cunhuan to express his guilt.

Jingnan Jiedu made Cheng Wei, Shannan Dongdao Jiedu made Zhao Kuangning, Wuzhen Jun Jiedu made Lei Yangong, Zhenhai and Zhendong Army Jiedu made Qian Biao also wrote to reprimand Li Cunhuan, but in addition to Zhao Kuangning's fierce words, the words of several other people were also a little weaker than Yang Xingmi, perhaps they did not have as deep feelings for the Tang Dynasty as Yang Xingmi.

However, the world seemed to be boiling all of a sudden, and there were also a lot of questioning voices inside Li Cunhuan, which made Li Cunhuan anxious for a while. But fortunately, it's not just Li Cunhuan himself who is anxious. Zhu Wen is not much better, Li Hanzhi occupies Huaizhou, Zezhou, Henan Fu (Zhiluoyang) three prefectures, as well as Zhengzhou Banzhou, claiming to be the envoy of Heyang and Zhenguo. And this Zhengzhou also lost Zhang Quanyi's stubborn defense, and only half of it was lost, otherwise Li Hanzhi might have directly attacked Kaifeng City.

That's it, Liu Zhijun was successfully rebelled by Sun Dingshi, the right suppressor of Jinyi Weizhen sent by Li Cunhuan. In Zhu Wen, he sent an envoy to Liu Zhijun to send troops from Tongguan and attacked Li Hanzhi back and forth. But he didn't want Liu Zhijun's soldiers to send troops, but he took the opportunity of the army to occupy Shaanzhou (now Sanmenxia City), the gate of Guanzhong and the Central Plains, without blood. When he arrived in Shaanzhou, he first used the excuse that Zhu Wen was not the king of Liang, not the Son of Heaven, how could he be qualified to order him? Then Liu Zhijun proclaimed himself the envoy of Youguo and Hezhong Towns, occupying the four towns of Chang'an, Dunfang, Hezhong and Huazhou.

Li Hanzhi because of the least strength, he urgently contacted all the forces that could be contacted, he formed an alliance with Liu Zhijun, and contacted Zhao Kuangning, the envoy of Shannan Dongdao Jiedu, but he ran into a wall with Zhao Kuangning. However, Zhao Kuangning, who was subjugated to Zhu Wen, was also uneasy, and he did not follow Zhu Wen's order to attack Li Hanzhi from the south. On the contrary, under the pretext that Jingnan Chengwei had a change, he did not send troops to attack Li Hanzhi. However, he was not ready to join forces with Li Hanzhi, but scolded Li Hanzhi a few words without being soft or hard, which made Li Hanzhi very uninteresting.

But even so, Zhu Wen was very sad to find that he originally occupied Kannai Province, Gyeonggi Province (Chang'an area), Henan Province, Dugi Province (Luoyang area), and Shannan East Province, and he was dominant. Now only Henan Province is left to listen to his own words. Moreover, the three states of Yanzhou, Jeju, and Yizhou, which were still under his control, have been in the hands of the great enemy Li Cunhuan.

That's all, but Li Cunhuan turned the clouds and rain in the hinterland of Zhu Wen, but he did a lot of harm to Zhu Wen's Xuanwu Town. Bianzhou, Yunzhou, Caozhou, and Huazhou are all hard-hit areas. Zhu Wen can now be described as half-crippled. Luo Hongxin doesn't deal with Zhu Wen very much now, it was originally a relationship between superiors and subordinates, but now it has become a relationship of equality and alliance.

However, Zhu Wen has one characteristic, no matter how angry he is, he still tolerates all this casually on the surface. However, everyone who is familiar with Zhu Wen knows that if Zhu Wen does not turn over with salted fish, it will be fine. If Zhu Wen can turn over the salted fish, then these people will definitely have hardships in the future, and it is not ordinary hardships.

But at this time, there was a news that made Zhu Wen laugh happily. After all, Emperor Qianning did not withstand the invasion of illness, and died of illness in Taiyuan Mansion in late October of the sixth year of Qianning.

In fact, since Li Maozhen and Wang Xingyu rebelled and trapped Tang Zhaozong, Emperor Qianning, who was the eldest son of the emperor at that time, was not less frightened, and had already fought several times, plus the war was in chaos at that time. Li Maozhen is a big old man, in addition to the emperor may still be full, Emperor Qianning is not less hungry, he is already pampered, and he still tosses it like this.

In the end, Li Ke finally used it and supported him as the emperor, but Li Ke used this guy to monopolize power, and Emperor Qianning, the emperor, did not have much power at all. How can Emperor Qianning, the emperor, not be depressed? When a person is depressed, his body is naturally not much better. The result was good, and I heard that Li Keyong was defeated in Xingzhou. Although Emperor Qianning hated Li Ke for using power to monopolize power, he knew better that there were no two heavens and no two people. Zhu Laosan came to Taiyuan Mansion, let alone continue to do it as an emperor, it is difficult for him to live in the sky.

Frightened and sorrowful, he couldn't help but get sick, his face was blue, and his mouth was as white as the hair of the little white rabbit. As a result, when he heard that Liu Zhijun defeated Shi Yan and drove straight to Taiyuan Mansion, he was really frightened, and he rolled his eyes and almost died. Frightened, Li Kening, who was guarding Taiyuan Mansion at that time, hurriedly took out a Changbai Mountain ginseng that was said to be 800 years old in his treasure house and hanged Emperor Qianning.

It was boiling soup again, slicing it in his mouth, and he was busy, saying that it was good to talk about it, and then he pulled Emperor Qianning back from the king of Yama. Well, wait for Shi Yan to ambush, defeat Liu Zhijun, and intercept his offensive. Li Kening was afraid that Emperor Qianning would click, so it was very rare not to write to Li Keyong first, but to go to the palace to report the good news to Emperor Qianning, in order to make him comfortable. But it's a pity that Emperor Qianning is really a pair of rotten straw shoes, and he can't make up for it.

(This is a proverb that rotten straw sandals are not repaired, which means that once the straw sandals are rotten, there is no way to make up for them, and it also refers to people who are weak and do not need to make up.) was taken aback by Li Kening, but the result was overly excited, and he was happy for less than two days, but because of the consumption of vitality, he lay on the bed and relied on Li Kening's eight-hundred-year-old Changbai Mountain ginseng to hang himself. As a result, he still didn't pull Emperor Qianning back from King Yama again, and Li Keyong cried! He cried with all his heart! My heart is bitter as if I have eaten Coptis chinensis!

What does the successor of each emperor rely on to inherit the throne? Naturally, it depends on fame and the prestige left by his father. Emperor Qianning, an emperor with no prestige, died, and the influence of the Tang Dynasty was further weakened, and the righteousness that he had originally received from Tang Zhaozong was even weaker. If Li Keyong, like Zhu Wen before, was still coerced by half of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, then he is now holding one out of ten of the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

The world was in chaos, and Li Keyong finally supported Li Qi, the younger brother of Emperor Qianning, as the emperor, and changed the name of the year to Tianyou, which means that he hopes that God will bless him.

At the same time, the imperial mausoleum was built in Taiyuan, preparing to bury Emperor Qianning, who had reigned for three years, but did not encounter a little power.

Originally, Zhu Wen also wanted to join in the fun, and he also re-established an emperor. However, Zhu Wen thought about it again and again, feeling that his strength was too weak now, and Emperor Kangning and his royal family were served by Guo Chongtao during the memorial service, if Zhu Wen made the emperor, he could only find someone from far away to know how many generations to succeed him. This will definitely become a public enemy, and the most important thing is that Jing Xiang persuaded Zhu Wen of this idea of doing all kinds of harm and no benefit.

Jing Xiang's original words were like this, "Chitose, in the past, the reason why you were able to support Emperor Kangning was because Emperor Kangning was the eldest brother of Emperor Zhaozong, and Emperor Zhaozong's son was young, so he was able to serve the public. Now that Emperor Corning is dead, it stands to reason that his son should be supported, which is the best way. But where is the prince of Emperor Corning now? It's all in the hands of Li Cunhuan. If you support other remote clans, it will go against the will of the people, and it will be harmful and useless in Chitose. ”

Although Zhu Wen was unwilling, he finally adopted Jing Xiang's opinion, which in fact proved that Jing Xiang's approach was not wrong. probably felt that Zhu Wen was still loyal to the Tang royal family, and Zhao Kuangning, who had always been loyal to the Tang royal family, sent an alliance with Zhu Wen. Although he changed his thinking to be subordinate, it finally made Zhu Wen's flank safe.

was able to let Zhu Wen attack Li Hanzhi wholeheartedly, and drove Li Hanzhi out of Zhengzhou all the way to Bishui Pass. When he arrived here, Li Hanzhi also gritted his teeth and withstood Zhu Wen's onslaught, and the battle temporarily fell into a gelatinous state.

But at this time, there was an earth-shattering event in the world!

………… The weather has entered the cold winter, Li Cunhuan did not return to Youzhou, but chose to settle in Zizhou, Pinglu Town (now Qingzhou City, Shandong). Li Cunhuan did this because Li Cunhuan had the intention to let Wang Shifan move to the town. To put it bluntly, Li Cunhuan is unwilling to let Wang Shifan still retain the power of half reading, and he wants to completely control the Pinglu Domain.

Wang Shifan also knew a little about Li Cunhuan's purpose, and Li Cunhuan also sent someone to crown Wang Shifan's official position and reward Wang Shifan for his contributions in the Hebei War. But in fact, it was to explore Wang Shifan's tone, but Wang Shifan is still hesitating.

After thinking about it, Wang Shifan decided to talk to Zhou Yanpet Zhou Daoist, and didn't want to say that Zhou Yanpet Zhou Daoist, who was always invited two or three times before he was late, but this time he sent someone to invite him once.

Entering the hall, without waiting for Wang Shifan to speak, Zhou Yanpet had already swung the dust, sat on the wooden chair, and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!" Adults invite the poor road to come, the poor road already knows! ”

"Could it be that Mr. Fei can not predict the prophet?" Wang Shifan asked with a little surprise.

"Definitely!" Zhou Yanpet shook his head, "How such a thing as an unpredictable prophet exists, the so-called divination is just speculation through some news and observations, plus some experience!" Poor Dao knew the request of the lord because Poor Dao knew that His Royal Highness King Qin was in Zizhou. How far is Zizhou from Qingzhou? It was only a hundred miles away, and the cavalry came on horseback, but it was only two or three hours away. The King of Qin wanted to collect Lu's intentions, and after a little pondering, he could know the intentions of His Royal Highness the King of Qin. ”

Wang Shifan smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. is a god, so naturally he will know it after a little pondering, and I only know it through the words of the messenger and some speculation." I don't know how it should be according to what Mr. means? ”

Zhou Yanpet pondered for a moment and said: "I will say bluntly in the poor way, if the adults are reluctant to have the power at the moment, they will choose a beautiful scenery and invite the King of Qin to enjoy the snow." King Qin will definitely agree, and he will come leisurely. The adults only need to ambush hundreds of swords and axes, and personally risk coming, coupled with careful planning, the poor road is seventy percent sure that the blood of King Qin will be spattered in seven steps. ”

Wang Shifan was silent, and his calm face couldn't tell what Wang Shifan was thinking.

Zhou Yanpet pondered for a moment, and then said: "If the adult is willing to give up the current power, the adult will definitely be able to keep the wealth and wealth, and even get other reuses." After all, the achievements of the adults in governing Pinglu over the years are well known. The King of Qin is a person who wants to do great things in the world, and he may be jealous of the prestige of the Lord in Lulong, and will not let the Lord manage the army, but he may let the Lord dismount and manage the people. ”

"Isn't there a danger to your life?" Wang Shifan's words exposed the tendency in his heart.

An inexplicable and complicated look flashed in Zhou Yanpet's eyes, and then his eyes were no longer wavering, and he said indifferently: "Those who want to do great things must have a big mind." Don't adults know about Zhang Xiu in the past? In the past, it was said that Zhang Xiu was more enemies than Cao Gong, and Cao Gong did not harm him, why? is all because Cao Gong wants to do great things in the world and has great ambitions, so naturally he will not be enemies of others because of personal grudges. And now His Royal Highness the King of Qin is the Duke of Cao in the past, and the adults have not harmed the King of Qin, the King of Qin will naturally return the favor, and dare not say that one person is above ten thousand people, but his life is glorious and rich, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin will still give it to the adult. ”

"So good! Mr. Lao has solved his doubts! Wang Fan respectfully thanked Zhou Yanpet.

Zhou Yanpet shook his head and said, "Poor Dao is just for the courtesy of the adults over the years, and the last time to thank the adults!" ”

"If it's okay, don't disturb the poor road in the future." Zhou Yanpet said to Wang Shifan, and after finishing speaking, he strode out of the hall without looking back, although his behavior was quite rude, but he exuded a freewheeling fairy atmosphere.

Wang Shifan sighed at Zhou Yanpet's back and muttered: "What a strange person, it's a pity that it can't be used by the world!" ”

Solving the big stone that was pressing on his heart, Wang Shifan couldn't help but feel relaxed, and said to the servants beside him: "Go!" Pull my horse to the outskirts of the city! ”

When Wang Shifan went out of the suburbs, he had just walked around, and suddenly a person sprang out of the grass on the side, but before he reached Wang Shifan, he was already caught by the tooth soldiers beside Wang Shifan. Wang Shifan was also taken aback by this person's behavior, and angrily reprimanded: "Who! Dare to collide with this official! ”

"Wang Jieshuai! Please let the villain speak! The man was caught, and instead of panicking, he replied very calmly.

"Who are you?" Wang Shifan squinted suspiciously, fixed on the other party, and soon he found that something was wrong, this person had a white face and beard, and his skin was white, so he didn't look like a down-and-out person, but like a son-in-law or a eunuch? Thinking of the eunuchs, Wang Shifan couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

Wang Shifan jumped off the war horse, turned three steps into two steps, came to the man's approach, carefully looked at the other party, and found that although the other party was a linen coat worn by a civilian, his skin was fair, obviously pampered, and he was obviously not a person who did heavy kung fu. But this person's eyes are smart, and he can even observe his face, I'm afraid he is not a son. Thinking of this, Wang Shifan already had seven or eight points of certainty about the identity of the person who came, but he was still a little incredulous in his heart.

A few steps forward, a tooth general beside him suddenly staggered half of his body, stopped Wang Shifan, and reminded in a low voice: "Jie Shuai, beware of assassins!" It's better not to get closer. ”

"It's okay!" Wang Shifan shook his head, crossed his teeth, and came to the man only two steps away, and asked in a low voice, "Who are you, you should be able to answer now, right?" ”

"Sprinkle home, clean white!" The man lowered his voice and replied.

When Wang Shifan heard this, his body trembled slightly, although the person only said four words, Wang Shifan already knew who the person was. Sprinkle is the Guanxi dialect, this Kansai is the west of Tongguan, generally referring to Guanzhong, Longxi places.

And pure white is a kind of elegant name for eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty. Although the Tang Dynasty was open, it was still dominated by Confucianism, and it was an important idea that men and women should not be close to each other, and male and female deviance was regarded as extremely dirty and indecent behavior. And the eunuch doesn't have that thing, so naturally he can't do it if he wants to, so it's called pure white. However, this kind of title is popular among the scholar class, and among the common people, the titles of eunuch, eunuch, and eunuch are the most popular. In this way, the identity of the person who came was about to come out, this person was a eunuch in the palace, but it should have been left by Emperor Kangning, who was clicked by Li Cunhuan.

Wang Shifan pondered for a long time and asked, "Emperors...... Are you alright? ”

The man's eyes turned red, and he lowered his head and said: "The festival commander has a heart, everything is fine, that person is still okay with you, but some things cannot be changed because of this." The Sprinkler family is here just to give the festival handsome something. ”

Hearing this, Wang Shifan pondered for a moment, waved his hand to the two tooth soldiers who captured the eunuch, the two let go of their arms, and the eunuch took out a roll of exquisite silk from his arms and handed it over. Wang Shifan took it and was just about to open it, when a sudden force pulled from behind, and before Wang Shifan could react, he heard a muffled snort.

Wang Shifan hurriedly raised his head, only to see that the eunuch had a dagger in his chest, but the handle of the dagger was tightly held in his hand, and it seemed that it had broken by itself. Wang Shifan couldn't help but be surprised, "What are you doing here?" ”

"If not, I'm afraid that person will find out that today's Jieshuai is going to be an assassin!" After that, it didn't take long to lie on the ground and convulsions twice, and he was already dead.

The tooth general nodded his head and said apologetically: "Jie Shuai, the last general was rude just now!" Seeing that this person took out a dagger, he thought that he was going to assassinate the Jieshuai, so he pulled the Jieshuai behind in a hurry and asked the Jieshuai to punish him! ”

Wang Shifan shook his head with a heavy heart and said: "You didn't do anything wrong in this matter, not to mention the punishment, but it'...... Alas......"

The last sigh, but I don't know what I was sighing for, there were indescribable complex emotions in my voice.

Holding the silk tightly in his hand, he didn't know what he was thinking, and after a long time, he turned over and got on the horse with a somewhat melancholy expression, and did not continue to wander, but returned to Qingzhou City.

(To be continued)