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Spring to summer, in a blink of an eye has come to June of the next year, Renshou four years, another hot summer came to Daxing City, this year's temperature is higher than in previous years, walking on the street will sweat through heavy clothes for a while, the bustling and lively Daxing street market in the past suddenly became a lot more deserted, only the sound of the tree to know is still continuous, which makes people annoying.

Under the surface of this scorching summer, there is an undercurrent surging inside and outside Daxing City, and since a month ago, a terrible saying has begun to circulate in the streets and alleys: the emperor in Renshou Palace has been sick and dying!

The transfer of power is always a taboo subject, and although everyone knows it in their hearts, no one dares to discuss it in public.

At this time, the movement of troops outside the city was much more frequent, and groups of heavily armed soldiers, either on tall horses, or hundreds of people, passed through the streets, and the sound of the heavy boots of the soldiers on the street often drowned out the weak cries of the few remaining hawkers.

In the courtyard in the garden, it is still a summer scene, the lotus fragrance is full of mansions, visitors have been rare in recent years, and the servants in the house are also happy to be idle, and they are chatting in groups at the moment, but in the room on the fourth floor of Siyu Building, Wang Shichong, who is wearing a stepping crown, is looking at Pei Shiju and Wei Zheng in the room with a solemn face.

Pei Shiju was reading an edict he had just received, and after reading it, his face changed slightly, and he handed the edict to Wei Zheng, after Wei Zheng took the edict, he saw that it was written that the emperor was seriously ill, and that the left servant of Zhao Yue Guogong and Shangshu shot Yang Su into Renshou Palace to serve and allowed his son. Yang Xuangan of Shangzhu State accompanied the guards. Civil and military officials of five or more grades. Take turns to visit Inshou Palace in order.

Pei Shiju looked at Wang Shichong with a stern face: "Okay, is the emperor really not going to work this time?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded heavily: "I'm afraid that's the case, not only Yang Su, but I heard that Yang Guang and Liu Shu, the secretary of the military department, have also received the edict and have entered the palace." Daxing's defense was completely handed over to Changsun Sheng, while Yuwenshu was in charge of the guards of the East Palace, and as for the most critical guards of the Renshou Palace, they were now handed over to Yu Zhongwen's right guard of the East Palace. ”

Wei Zheng asked: "That means that the emperor's security guards are now guarded by the people of the Prince's East Palace, and the defense of this Daxing City is handed over to Changsun Sheng." The crown prince's east palace and the entire Daxing palace are guarded by Yuwenshu, right? ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Yes, Yang Yong and Yang Xiu were transferred to the prince's east palace last year, guarded by Yuwenshu. In order to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to bring out Yang Yong to make trouble, what will happen when this power is transferred. ”

Wei Zheng asked: "Is it that if there is no accident, once the emperor returns to heaven, the crown prince will officially ascend the throne?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Yes, if there is no problem, it must be the crown prince who has officially ascended the throne, and then Yang Liang, the king of Han, will be summoned back to Beijing in the name of holding a funeral for the emperor." It's just that with Yang Liang's personality, he may not be obedient. Nine times out of ten, there will be a rebellion. Hongdae, there hasn't been much change in the Han King in the past few months. ”

Pei Shiju has been in constant contact with Pei Wen'an in the past few months, and he has already figured out the situation over there, and when he heard Wang Shichong's words, he nodded, and said: "Yang Liang there, now he has also heard some rumors, and he is in full swing to prepare for the army, in order to cover up the rumors, he has not officially mobilized the troops in Youzhou, but Yang Liang's more than 30,000 guests in Taiyuan, as well as his dragoon guards, are ready to fight at any time." ”

"Wang Cheng is now Yang Liang's adviser to join the army, and he is planning the route of the march every day, and Yang Liang is also obedient to this person. The eldest grandson Wunai has not expressed his position, but it is another army member of the palace, Dou Lu Yu, that is, Yang Liang's brother-in-law, who has been trying to persuade Yang Liang not to act rashly these days. ”

"Yang Liang doesn't really have the determination to raise troops now, he is still waiting, and he doesn't dare to risk the world's condemnation when the emperor is still there, but with the information I have got, once the emperor returns to heaven and the prince recruits him back to Daxing to mourn, there is a chance that he will make a move and raise an army."

Wang Shichong nodded: "Do you mean that he relied on these tens of thousands of visitors, as we discussed when we were in Taiyuan City, with Xiao Maha as the vanguard, and first took the opportunity to control Puzhou or Tongguan and open the passage into the customs?" ”

Pei Shiju smiled and looked at Wei Zheng, the two of them had done this kind of sand table deduction many times in private in recent days.

Wei Zheng said in a deep voice: "According to Wei's view, if Yang Liang raised troops from Taiyuan, most of them would not go through Tongguan, but would go straight to Puzhou, and if he controlled Puzhou, he would control the most important ferry from the west of the Yellow River to the pass. ”

"After all, Xiao Maha is the general of the Chen Dynasty, although he agreed to take refuge in Yang Liang, but Yang Liang may not be willing to give him this most important vanguard force completely, in case Xiao Maha rebels, he will be finished, if Wei Mou's analysis is good, this vanguard force should be handed over to reliable cronies, and Xiao Maha will follow the army he raised behind him to act together."

Wang Shichong nodded: "Then according to you, can Yang Liang command the troops in Youzhou and Qingzhou?" ”

Wei Zheng smiled: "Lord, do you remember what happened to you and me when I went to Youzhou last year, in my opinion, Dou Kang may not be very loyal to the emperor, but he may not necessarily help Yang Liang, the king of Han." The Dou family almost stood on the wrong side in the previous dynasty, so it was suppressed in this dynasty, so it should be able to learn a lesson and will not take the initiative to get involved in this kind of family affairs between emperors. ”

Wang Shichong let out a "hmm" and lowered his head and groaned. After a while, he raised his head and smiled: "Xuan Cheng, it's time for us to act, you arrange to send letters to our shops and our powerful allies all over the world, and within fifteen days, let them bring people to Daxing for a while." ”

Wang Shichong's eyes fell on Pei Shiju's body, and he smiled slightly: "Our friends in Daxing City can also take action." ”

In the fourth year of Renshou, in July, Dinghai (13th).

In the summer night of Inshou Palace, the breeze is leisurely, this palace is built in the mountains, compared to Daxing on the flat land, it is much cooler, and I don't feel the heat wave of the scorching heat.

Yang Xuangan was dressed all over his body, wearing a bright silver helmet and bright light armor on his upper body. Anterior Cloud Swallower. Dressed in a bright red cape. The rhino leather belt, the golden winged boots under the shins, the sword pressed with one hand, and the brass nails on the armour on the wrists flashed under the light of the torches.

Yang Xuangan was leading a team of Xiaoguo guards to patrol this palace, and along the way, the sound of the impact of the armor on his body echoed in the empty square.

Yang Xuangan saw Yang Jian, who was already bedridden, after entering the palace with Yang Su three days ago, Yang Jian was already dying at that time, and he was even more thin and out of shape. His eyes were sunken deeply, his complexion was dark, and he couldn't say anything while lying on the bed, just holding the hands of the civil and military officials who came to see him for the last time, and wept incessantly.

At that time, Yang Jian's situation made Yang Xuangan feel very sad when he saw it, standing on the side and crying, and Yang Jian saw Yang Xuangan at a glance in a group of ministers who were standing aside and secretly wiping their tears, beckoned him to go over, and took Yang Xuangan's hand, and told him with a smile that he must do his best in the future. Loyalty to the country.

After Yang Jian met with the ministers, he asked Yang Su to order the warlock Zhang Qiu Taiyi to be released from prison. He sighed at the time and said, "What Qiu Taiyi said in this chapter is not half a lie, it is my own self-use, and I don't listen to good words and persuasion." ”

From the day he entered the palace, Yang Xuangan was assigned the task of guarding the palace, Yang Jian slept in the innermost Great Treasure Palace, and only Yang Guang was allowed to enter the Great Treasure Hall to serve the sick, and the others, including Yang Su, could only be outside the palace gate in the square in front of the Great Treasure Palace, and could not enter casually.

Yu Zhongwen's five thousand Xiaoguo forbidden army surrounded this big treasure hall, like an iron bucket, outside the big treasure hall is not a long section of the palace wall, three steps and a post, five steps and a sentry, each section of the palace wall is guarded, all equipped with strong bows and crossbows, if someone wants to climb over the wall into it is impossible, the slightest abnormal movement, will be immediately shot into a hedgehog.

Yang Xuangan is responsible for patrolling the area around the square outside the Great Treasure Palace, Yang Su lives in the guard room on the east side of the square, and Liu Shu lives in the signing room on the west side of the square.

Yang Xuangan was thinking as he walked, Yang Jian should have left Yang Su here so that once he died, Yang Su would summon hundreds of civil and military officials, but why did Liu Shu stay here, he really couldn't think of it after thinking about it for a long time, could it be that he had to rely on him to inform Yang Yong to do something in the end?

Yang Xuangan led the guards to pass the only exit of the courtyard wall of the Great Treasure Palace, and suddenly saw a person who looked like an inner servant hurriedly ran out and went straight to Yang Su's guard room.

After a while, Yang Su's room was lit up, and from the distance from the window paper, Yang Su could be seen getting up in his clothes, while the chamberlain stood on the side, saying something.

Yang Xuangan had some doubts in his heart, and led the team to patrol to the vicinity of Yang Su's guard room, only to see Yang Su writing something hard, and Xiong Kuohai was taking four Xiaoguo guards in the Yue Guo Mansion at this time, guarding outside the guard room.

Yang Xuangan looked at Xiong Kuohai, stopped the team first, and said to Xiong Kuohai: "I'll talk to my father, you take this team to inspect first." Xiong Kuohai nodded, and stood at the head of the team with those guards, Yang Xuangan easily untied the night patrol token on his waist and handed it to Xiong Kuohai.

Yang Xuangan said to the patrol sergeants at the back of the team: "Come back here after a round of inspection, and listen to General Xiong's arrangements during this time." ”

Most of these patrolling Xiaoguo guards had fought the Turks with Yang Xuangan and Xiong Kuohai a few years ago, and they all knew each other, and when they heard Yang Xuangan's order, they all nodded and obeyed, and continued to move forward with Xiong Kuohai.

Yang Xuangan walked into the room, this place is not big, three or four zhang square, it turned out to be just a place for the captain on duty to rest temporarily. After Yang Su came, he temporarily moved a desk, a Taishi chair, and a screen here, and temporarily placed a small bed behind him, and slept on that bed at night.

I saw that Yang Su was lying on the desk without raising his head at this time, and a waiter who looked like he was in his forties, with a fair complexion, a slightly chubby figure, and a hooked nose and deep eyes, was standing behind Yang Su, he was wearing a dark red inner servant suit, holding a handful of dust in his right hand, and his eyes were staring at his toes.

Yang Xuangan looked at this person's face, thought about it carefully, and seemed to have never seen it, so he asked, "Who is my father-in-law?" ”

The chamberlain smiled: "Our (read as miscellaneous) family is called Chunfu, and we have been serving Queen Dugu all the time, but later the queen returned to heaven, and our family was transferred by the emperor to this Renshou Palace to serve Chen Guiren." ”

Yang Xuangan nodded and asked, "Is it Chen Guiren who asked you to come over?" ”

Chunfu (An Suijia) nodded and said respectfully: "That's not it, it's the prince who asked the prince to pass this letter to Yang Fuju." ”

Yang Xuangan suddenly realized. Yang Guangnai entered the big treasure hall alone. There is no one around who can be trusted. So he entrusted this Chen Guiren's inner palace servant to pass a message for himself, but he soon wondered again, why did this Chen Guiren help Yang Guang again?

While Yang Su was writing, he said to Chunfu without raising his head: "You wait outside the door first, and after a while, I will ask you to come in and get it." Chun Funuo said a sigh and walked out of the door, and closed the door with his hand. An imperceptible sneer flashed on his face, and he secretly said in his heart: Yang Jian, you finally have today. I have waited for fifteen years of national hatred and family hatred in Ansui's family, and today I can finally find you for revenge.

Yang Su glanced up at Yang Xuangan, his face was quite solemn, and he glanced at Yang Xuangan, Yang Xuangan knew that his father wanted to go over by himself, so he took two steps forward.

I saw Yang Su take a new piece of paper. Quickly wrote on it: "My father finally made it clear today, it turned out that Yang Guang's inner line in the palace was this Chen nobleman." Back then, it was reported that Queen Dugu was the daughter of Wei Chi. Presumably this is the same person. ”

Yang Xuan was shocked, reached out and took a pen on the pen stand, picked up another piece of paper and wrote, "How can you see it?" Why did Chen Guiren help Yang Guang? ”

Yang Su's face sank like water, and his pen was like a dragon and snake, and the dragon flew and wrote: "I don't know when they got in touch with my father, but if Yu Chi Nu is favored, it must have an impact on Chen Guiren, originally Queen Dugu has the highest status after Queen Dugu, after all, Queen Dugu is close to the sixtieth birthday, but she is young, but if she inserts a younger Yu Chi Nu than her, in case she is pregnant with a dragon species, then she will be completely hopeless." ”

Yang Xuangan continued to write: "But it is obvious that she was an ally with Yang Guang before this, you also said before that it was Yang Guangtong Guò Ji Wei who knew about Lord Gao's plan and then told the news to the inside line of the palace, and the emperor went to sue Queen Dugu that night." ”

Yang Su nodded: "Yes, their contact should have been established long ago, as for when, it is not clear to the father, but at this most critical moment, Yang Guang sent this person to deliver the letter, obviously this is the person he trusts the most in the palace." ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "It turns out that Yang Guang has always cooperated with this Chen nobleman, and even his father and Queen Dugu don't know about it for so many years, which is really clever." ”

Yang Su's face was covered with a layer of frost: "This matter is very dangerous, it is not so simple, Chen Guiren has been in the palace since she was a child, and she has no scheming, there must be someone behind her." Either Yang Guang has always had a behind-the-scenes deal with her, don't forget, she is the sister of the former Chen Emperor Chen Shubao. ”

A huge shadow flashed in Yang Xuan's heart, and then he wrote: "What is Yang Guang sending the letter for? ”

Yang Su picked up the letter and let Yang Xuangan look at it, only to see that the items on it were all asking how to deal with emergencies, and all of them were talking about what to do if Yang Jian died suddenly, what to do with Yang Liang, what to do with Daxing, when to mourn, how to deal with Yang Yong, etc.

And Yang Su's reply is that once Yang Jian returns to heaven, he will not mourn first, and return to Daxing to ascend the throne, during which the guard troops of Daxing must be transferred to the troops of the left and right guards of the East Palace in the name of Yang Jian, and Yang Yong must first move to the Daxing Palace to be strictly guarded, and no contact with the outside world is allowed, and then the news of Yang Jian's death will be officially announced, and at the same time, he will ascend the throne in front of hundreds of officials, and grant amnesty to the world.

As for Yang Liang, he needs to send a special envoy to summon him back to Beijing for his father's funeral immediately after ascending the throne, and if he is willing to come, he will be given the status of a prince, relieved of his position as the governor of the state, and live in Daxing for a long time, and the state will disperse and disrupt the remaining officials of the former Han Wangfu to various places, so that it will not form a force.

Then at the same time, the government soldiers of Guanzhong and Longyou, plus the garrison troops of Daxing, held the ferries on the east and west banks of the Yellow River at the first time, especially sent elite troops to aid Puzhou, to prevent Yang Liang from raising troops to attack the ferry, and then the army forcibly crossed the Yellow River into Guanzhong.

If Yang Liang really rebelled, on the one hand, he would defend the west bank of the Yellow River and prevent the Bingzhou army from entering Guanzhong, and on the other hand, he would send an order to the whole country to gather troops to quell the rebellion together.

Yang Xuangan quickly read the letter and wrote: "Are these the countermeasures handed over to Yang Guang? It's mainly to deal with the Han King Yang Liang. ”

Yang Su nodded and continued to write: "Now that Yang Yong is in the East Palace, there shouldn't be much of a threat, and although Yang Liang is in the field, he has soldiers in his hands, and he is in a hurry to go straight to Daxing, this is the real trouble of the henchmen. ”

Yang Xuan felt "oh" and stopped talking, but there was always a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart, and he couldn't say what was wrong.

Yang Su picked up the pieces of paper that had been densely written, crumpled them into a ball, put them on the fire of the candlestick and lit them, and the paper quickly turned into a small fireball and fell to the ground, and in an instant it turned into pieces of black embers, floating without a trace.

Yang Su took a deep breath and called outside: "Chunfu, come in." (To be continued......)