Xia Liu actually wanted to replace Zhao Zheng in the top spot of Liuyun Village in Fuyu Mountain for a long time, but he couldn't beat it; His age is much older than Zhao Zheng, even if he can't survive Zhao Zheng; If there is a "coup d'état", most of the people in the cottage are still on Zhao Zheng's side.

In the past two years, the reason why Xia Liu's hair and beard turned white so quickly has a lot to do with how he calculates how to kill Zhao Zheng and overthrow Yuwen Xiyue every day. Now that there is such a good opportunity in front of him, how could Xia Liu give up?

Originally, Zhao Zheng was arrested, he was the leader of the bandits who occupied the mountain as the king, and there was no reason to be released; A felony like him is usually held in secret, and the guards must be very tight, and it is basically impossible to rob the prison. But now it is no coincidence that Yuwen Xiyue actually captured the emperor as a hostage, and the court doesn't have to think about it, it must have agreed to exchange. In this way, the top spot of Liuyun Village in this floating jade mountain is still Zhao Zheng's.

"No, Zhao Zheng must not be replaced." Xia Liu secretly made a plan in his heart, "But how can I not exchange him back?" Ruined the letter? No way! If you ruin this one, you can write another one. The safest way is to kill the substitution chip - Li Guanqi - directly. Without the bargaining chips for substitution, the imperial court would not release Zhao Zheng anyway. And in this way, the imperial court will inevitably kill Zhao Zheng immediately to avenge the emperor. ”

"That's right! That's it! Xia Liu was excited, and what he thought in his heart blurted out.

"Sluggish! What other military advisors? So sluggish! Zou Qiaolai muttered in his mouth, but he didn't think much about it, he only said that Xia Liu was agreeing to exchange Li Guanqi for Zhao Zheng, but it was not the same thing at all.

And Yuwen Xiyue glanced at Xia Liu meaningfully. She naturally didn't think that Xia Liu would be so dull, she knew that Xia Liu must be thinking of some ghost idea in her heart, but Xia Liu didn't say it, she was proud of her identity, so she didn't want to ask.

The next day, Zou Qiaolai disguised himself as an elderly merchant, changed a road guide, and walked into Jinling City with a merchant.

Because the day before yesterday, Yuwen Xiyue and the three of them made a big fuss in Taibaiju, and now the atmosphere in the capital is even more tense, and from time to time there are teams of officers and soldiers passing by, but everyone will not think that this old man who looks at himself and looks around looking for business is the strong man who fought alone in Taibaiju the day before yesterday, so he just looked at it a few times at most, and walked over, and no one paid special attention to him, let alone stepped forward to interrogate.

Zou Qiaolai pretended to be selling all the way, and slowly walked to the office of the cabinet - the original Shangshu Province, now outside the entrance of the central mansion, and saw that there were only two sergeants at the door, and then turned around and left.

After a while, I saw a child jumping to the door of the Central Mansion, handing a bag of things to the sergeant at the door, the two sergeants opened the package with a puzzled face, and saw that there was a piece of jade pendant with good texture and a letter with the words "Qin Minzhong's personal enlightenment" inside. I didn't dare to slack off, so I hurriedly went in and went back.

Zou Qiao, who was hiding in the shadows, saw this situation, so he didn't delay any longer, picked up the merchant, and left in a hurry.

Qin Minzhong is not in the Central Mansion, in fact, the three cabinet ministers are not there, they are all in the Qinzheng Palace. It has been several days since Li Guanqi was robbed, although the palace and the three cabinet ministers blocked the news in time, but where is it so easy to block such a big thing?

Just after the Lantern Festival, the capital was blocked, saying that it was to catch some fugitives, but what fugitives need to dispatch Yulin Guard and Xiao Cavalry Guard?

Also, all three cabinet ministers were summoned to the palace, which was originally nothing, but after going for so many days and not coming out, it is doubtful.

In addition, the emperor's ploughing ceremony on February 2, which was originally scheduled, was suddenly canceled the night before, on the grounds that the emperor was ill. But since the emperor is sick, he should summon the imperial doctor into the palace, how did he summon the cabinet ministers?

It's not that Qin Minzhong didn't do well enough, it's just that the things they want to hide are too big, and there are too many "smart" people in the court, plus some information leaked by some people intentionally or unintentionally. Although it has not been a few days since the incident, rumors have gradually spread that Li Guanqi may have died.

Because the three cabinet ministers have entered the palace, the central palace is the central housekeeper Liu Qingjing, this central housekeeper's position is newly established by Li Guanqi, the rank is not high, only the sixth grade, but it is a role that can often enter the palace.

Originally, when the sergeant brought the letter in, Liu Qingjing didn't pay much attention to it, but when he saw the words "Qin Minzhong's personal enlightenment" on the envelope, his mind exploded, and he stood up sharply. He was responsible for passing the chapters and abridgements between the Qinzheng Hall and the Central Palace, and his handwriting was so familiar that he recognized these four characters at a glance as the imperial pen. Looking back at the jade pendant again, the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt, he was also a person who often faced the king, and it didn't take much effort to remember that it was on the emperor.

Liu Qingjing really couldn't go quiet. Qin Minzhong was in the Qinzheng Palace, but he received a letter from the emperor to Qin Minzhong. He really didn't dare to think about what was going on.

Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Qingjing spread her feet and ran towards the palace. God knows what is written in this letter, he is a small six-rank official who really can't afford the stakes in this, he just wants to hand over this letter to Qin Minzhong as quickly as possible.

At this time, the palace of diligence was also full of gloom, although it had already passed breakfast time, but none of the people in the hall had the idea of filling their stomachs first.

Empress Dowager You sat on the chair with a sallow face and weak energy, staying up all night and worrying about Li Guanqi's safety, Empress Dowager You, who had suffered a heavy blow after the incident of Jin Baobao, was even more physically and mentally exhausted at this time.

Yue'er stood behind Empress Dowager You, and from time to time she went over to help her change into a more comfortable position.

Qin Minzhong and Yang Bozheng's faces were already quite long, but now they have become veritable bitter gourd faces, and Yang Bozheng's hair has become more and more white after these few days.

Zhao Pu was listening to the report of He Ziming and the nameless two, and the Sichuan character pattern had already appeared between the young eyebrows.

Only Queen He Bijun seemed to have inexhaustible strength all over her body, and she was still circling the room, looking at everyone anxiously.

After Liu Qingjing was brought in by the guards, she even forgot the number of etiquette she should have, and she didn't salute the queen mother, the queen and the minister, so she said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the emperor has news!" ”