Since the arrest of the people in Mafu, he and Chen Xuanli have been sure that something unexpected will happen, so they have been trying their best to prepare. In his heart, he had already regarded Ma Lan as a rebellious minister and thief, but after receiving such a letter, Zhang Xun still felt extremely angry.

Even if he decided that Ma Lan was going to rebel, he didn't expect such a thing to happen. The Emperor Taishang was really in Tingzhou, and he was actually poisoned by Ma Lan.

Ma Renjie, he really dared to kill the king!

In the past few days, he has worked hard to stabilize the situation, and what he has done has long exceeded the authority of the right minister, and it can even be said that it is a big rebellion. An Sishun, Ge Shuhan, Guo Ziyi and Li Siye, who led the troops to attack the Monan grassland, were already on the way back to the division, and they had all broken away from their own soldiers and were rushing to Chang'an to discuss merit in accordance with the edict, he had ordered the messenger to leave Chang'an with the secret decree, and ordered the four generals to return to their respective armies immediately.

These arrangements are naturally designed to deal with possible unforeseen situations. Although he knew that it was not enough, he could only do so. And the secret decree taken away by the envoys was issued in the name of Li Heng, the son of Zhide, but the son of Zhide was still in a coma, and he could only unconsciously eat some liquid food every day.

However, it can only be so, the Son of Heaven has just ascended the throne, but he fell into a coma, and at this time he re-embraced a Son of Heaven. It's child's play. As the right minister, he can only support alone.

concealed the situation of the Son of Heaven and transferred troops. These are all capital crimes, Zhang Xun knows that his life is short, but he doesn't care about these anymore.

However, the news brought by the messenger today was a new blow to him, and he was almost broken.

Zhang Xun was extremely angry in his heart, but he was a lonely minister, and there was no one to share these things with. You can only bear it alone.

Originally, when it was the head of the household, the Shangshu Mansion was just an ordinary small courtyard, and when the new emperor ascended the throne, he became the right minister. The Son of Heaven felt that his mansion was too shabby, so he gave him this mansion, with all the maids and maids, but no family. He was not accustomed to being served. The back house was extremely deserted.

The garden was huge, and the silence was uninhabited, but it gave him a place to vent. However, after venting, it is still necessary to do things. In Xingqing Palace, Chen Xuanli, the general of Longwu, was still waiting for him.

Recently, I vomit blood every day, and after spitting up a mouthful of blood, my heart and mouth are much better. Zhang Xun stretched out his hand to wipe the bloodshot from the corner of his mouth, and quickly walked out of the right prime minister's mansion after straightening his clothes. Under the escort of a group of dragon warrior knights, he quickly went to Xingqing Palace.

In Xingqing Palace, Chen Xuanli, the general of Longwu, frowned. His expression was extremely solemn, and when he saw Zhang Xun walking in, he suddenly turned around and said in a deep voice: "The news of the death of the first emperor cannot be hidden!" ”

Zhang Xun nodded: "Tomorrow the court will meet, and I will inform the ministers of this news." ”

Chen Xuanli said again: "The coffin of the first emperor is still in the hands of the thief in the west, I don't care what the thief does, I need to welcome the coffin of the emperor back first." ”

"Old General, this matter—"

"Zhang Xiang, there is no need to say much about this matter, I have followed the emperor for more than 40 years, and I can't watch the coffin of the emperor be placed in the bitter cold land of Tingzhou!" Chen Xuanli waved his hand violently and said categorically, "I am a general of the forbidden army, and I don't have to obey Zhang Xiang's order." Tomorrow, I will personally take my soldiers and horses to meet the coffin of the emperor in the west, I want to see what Ma Renjie looks like and dare to do anything in front of me! ”

Zhang Xun shook his head and said, "Old general, this matter is not possible. ”

"Why not?" Chen Xuanli shouted angrily, "Is it impossible to watch the coffin of the first emperor in Tingzhou like this?" Zhang Xiang, someone told you that it can't be done! If you stop a certain family again, a certain family will ask you what your intentions are! ”

Zhang Xun took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Old general, it is inevitable to welcome back the coffin of the former emperor, this is the way of a minister, and this matter must be done." But it can't be the general, but Your Majesty! - Old General, do you understand? ”

Chen Xuanli was slightly stunned, and turned his head to look not far away. Li Heng, the son of Zhide, was lying there with his brows on his face, looking like he had lost a lot of weight.

In an instant, he also understood what Zhang Xun meant.

Your Majesty has always had a reputation for benevolence and filial piety, and now that the death of the former emperor has occurred, in any case, it is His Majesty who should personally go to meet the coffin. However, now that His Majesty is like this, how can he go to the west to greet the coffin of the former emperor?

If His Majesty does not personally go to the west to greet the coffin, it will be unfilial piety, and it will inevitably cause discussion. However, His Majesty himself is still in a coma, how can he go to the west to meet the coffin?

"Old general, Ma Renjie's disobedience is already obvious. Even if His Majesty is in good health, he is not allowed to go to the west to greet the coffin of the emperor. ”

Zhang Xun looked at Chen Xuanli with a solemn expression, the veteran's eyes were red, and he had obviously cried. He has followed the emperor since he was in the palace, and he has a deep affection for the emperor, Zhang Xun didn't dare to tell him about Ma Renjie's murder of the king, if he let the old general know, he was afraid that he would immediately get out of control.

He cares more about this empire, the entire Tang Dynasty, and the stability of the Han family, the first emperor has the grace of knowing him, he knows the news and has shed tears, but more is shocked and angry, and hates Ma Renjie's rebellion.

"Now that Your Majesty himself is like this, he naturally can't go to greet the coffin in person. However, the fact that His Majesty was in a coma cannot be spread at this time, otherwise Chang'an City will immediately become a quagmire, and everything will be over. ”

"So...... Old general, in order to calm people's hearts, His Majesty needs to leave Chang'an and make a gesture to welcome the coffin of the emperor, but he can't really go. So this thing - old general, do you understand? ”

"I don't understand!" Chen Xuanli waved his hand, "Zhang Xiang, a certain family is now in chaos, you just say what to do, don't go around the bend here." If what you want to say makes sense, a certain family will listen to you again. If it doesn't make sense, a certain family will think of it again. ”

"Okay, I'll get straight to the point." Zhang Xun nodded, "Old general, this matter has to be so ......"

……

August 23 of the first year of Zhide.

An astonishing news spread from Xingqing Palace and shook the entire city.

The Emperor Taishang, who had disappeared for nearly a year, finally heard from him, and some rumors were finally confirmed.

Emperor Taishang really went to Tingzhou.

The emperor has died!

The news was like a bolt from the blue, and everyone was shocked. Compared with this news, the news of Yang Guozhong, the left minister who died of illness in Tingzhou, was basically ignored.

Li Longji has been in charge of this empire for more than 40 years, and the feelings of the people of Chang'an City for this son of heaven are real. After hearing the news, I don't know how many Chang'an people shed tears.

For more than 40 years, the Son of Heaven of Taiping has been extremely prominent in his martial arts, but in the impression of the people of Chang'an City, it is more of the benevolence of the Son of Heaven. Even if it is a crime of rebellion, it is often only a crime, and the family can save their lives, more than 40 years have allowed Li Longji to accumulate enough popularity in this empire, even in fireworks places such as Pingkangfang, beauties have shed tears for this son of heaven.

In a short period of time, the whole city was in a state of silence, the Northern Ya Forbidden Army was all dressed in white and white armor, and their expressions were extremely solemn, and the officials of the two counties of Chang'an Wannian were also dressed in white, and the officials who came and went in a hurry were naturally the same, and everyone's expression was extremely sad.

The plain Bai Lian has always been disliked by people, but today it was quickly sold out, whether it was a literati or a peddler's pawn, those who could find Bai Lian were wrapped tightly up and down, and the sound of silk and bamboo no longer sounded in this city, and the whole city became extremely silent and sad, standing on a high place to look at it, as if it was winter.

The Son of Heaven went to Tingzhou in order to supervise the northern expedition, and died with a smile after the success, the forty-four years of the Taiping Emperor, which is also rare in ancient times, although long live long live, and which emperor can really last forever, people comfort each other like this, but tears still can't help but gush out.

Because of the death of a son of heaven, the whole city does not know how many people shed tears. Before they knew the whereabouts of the Son of Heaven, they wanted the Son of Heaven to ascend the throne because they needed a new Son of Heaven to calm people's hearts, and at this time, when they heard the news of the death of the emperor, their grief was also real.

It didn't take long for new news to come out from Xingqing Palace, but it was the will of today's son.

The Son of Heaven will personally go to the west to greet the coffin of the emperor, in the way of the whole Son of Man. Zhang Xun, the right minister, accompanied him, and all the ministers will follow. At the same time, in order to let the coffin of the former emperor return to Chang'an City as soon as possible, 800 li urgently sent an edict to the capital of Anxi to protect Ma Lu, so that he would escort the coffin of the former emperor out of Tingzhou and meet with the Son of Heaven in the Dao on his own.

The content of the will is not unexpected. When His Majesty was the crown prince, he was famous for his benevolence and filial piety, and at this time, he personally went to Tingzhou to greet the coffin of the former emperor, which is also a proper duty. After all, the road to the west is far away, and the death of the emperor has been some time, so it is necessary to enter the earth for peace, and General Ma escorted the coffin into Chang'an, and the two sides converged on the halfway, which is not rude.

After hearing the news, people with a heart went to Yankangfang to take a look, but there are still a large number of Longwu soldiers outside the Fufeng County Palace, but there are many craftsmen who are rebuilding the gate and wall of the Fufeng County Palace, the original brand of the Fufeng County Palace has long been damaged, but there is a new sign at the gate of the Fufeng County Palace.

This news naturally spread slowly in Chang'an City. For the sad people of Chang'an, this is good news, after all, with General Ma's merits, no one wants him to really end up with a rabbit and a dead dog. Your Majesty can do this, it is also the right choice, in the future, the monarch and the minister will get along, and it will not be good for General Ma to continue to expand the territory for the Tang Dynasty. Some people can naturally guess something, but it is not easy to say it openly.

On August 24 of the first year of Zhide, Li Heng, the son of the Tang Dynasty, left Chang'an City in his car, and under the escort of 20,000 dragon warriors, he left Anyuan Gate and embarked on the road to the west of the city. (To be continued......)