readx; Two days later, the coffin of the Tang Emperor Li Yu was sent back to Chang'an, hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an greeted them with tears, and the sound of mourning on the Vermilion Bird Street resounded, and the Emperor Li Heng was barefoot and wore his hair, lying on his son's coffin and crying, witnessing the white-haired people sending the black-haired people, countless Chang'an people wept sadly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In front of the Suzaku Gate in Chang'an, more than a thousand court officials and the crown prince Li Shi knelt in front of the coffin for a long time, crying in a low voice, and the entire Chang'an was immersed in grief.

Due to the hot weather, Li Yu's coffin was temporarily stored in the underground palace of Xingshan Temple, protected by huge ice blocks, and officially buried after the new emperor ascended the throne.

With Li Yu's coffin returning to Beijing, the empty throne is even more eye-catching, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the throne has been empty for two consecutive days, and the Tang Dynasty has no owner, this is the first time, although the crown prince Li Shi is in the East Palace, but it is difficult for him to ascend the throne, the reason is very simple, no one is willing to come forward to support him to ascend the throne, and to be more specific, there is no strong figure willing to come forward.

This time Li Yu's coffin came back, none of the officials he accompanied could come back, including his guards, all of whom were imprisoned in the Weinan Imperial Village, and the officials who were closer to Li Yu, such as Pei Min, the head of the household department, and other officials, were guarded by the Southern Army in front of their mansions, which was equivalent to putting them under house arrest.

At this time, there was a saying in the court that began to circulate, led by Wang Heng, strongly advocating the accession of Emperor Li Heng to the throne, on the grounds that the crown prince was young and not enough to deal with state affairs, and he could follow the example of the first emperor and establish the emperor's grandson.

For a time, the call for Li Heng to ascend the throne was loud, although many middle and low-level officials had slight opinions, but in the face of the strong appeal of Wang Heng and others, their opinions were not worth mentioning, and even the clan remained silent, perhaps they felt that Li Heng was cautious and should not be as radical as his son, and could entrust Li Tang Jiangshan to him.

In the wave after wave of appeals for Li Heng to ascend the throne, Li Heng finally made a statement in the evening, he was not good enough to convince the public, and his talent was also lacking, and he hoped that the ministers would consider carefully and choose the best heir to the throne.

It is understandable that Li Heng expressed his refusal to accept the throne, and generally speaking, he had to refuse three times, which was customary to show his humility, and most of them refused three times in the morning, and in the afternoon, he would reluctantly agree to ascend the throne under the strong opposition of the ministers.

However, the timing of Li Heng's first statement seems to have been a bit wrong, he stated that he would not accept the throne at dusk, so that he would need to spend one night, and if the night is long, there will be more dreams.

It was almost dusk, by the small river in the Wubenfang, a few old fishers were still sitting on the fishing platform, waiting for the last fish to be hooked, Zhang Yun sat on a big stone under the bridge, such as an old monk in the steady, from the appearance, he was no different from a few fishermen next to him, wearing a gray cloth robe, wearing a hat, covering most of his face, months of fishing, his skin was also tanned from white.

But his calm and calm temperament is incomparable to other fishermen.

The float on the water surface moved, a fish was hooked, but Zhang Yun was motionless, he knew the principle of fishing, this fishing is the same as officialdom, there will be people constantly tempting, as long as you wait for the surname, eventually someone will not be able to bear to jump out.

Isn't that the battle for the throne these days? All sides were tempting and waiting, and finally Wang Heng jumped out and shouted in support of Li Heng's accession to the throne, but Zhang Yun knew that no matter what Wang Heng called, no matter how fierce Yang Guozhong's letter was, Li Heng would not dare to ascend to the throne easily.

Because there are still people who remain silent, Li Qing'an, Guo Ziyi, especially Li Qing'an, he is the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, the head of a hundred officials, unless Li Qing'an is in Anxi, but he is now in Guanzhong, his army is only twenty miles away from Chang'an, he does not draw a knife, and even he does not express his position, Li Heng naturally does not dare to ascend the throne, this is the real reason why Li Heng announced for the first time in the evening that he would not accept the throne, he wants to leave a little room for time to negotiate with Li Qing'an.

Zhang Yun's face showed a cold smile, the real smart person will only show his true face at the last moment, see through the anxious person first, and then take out his own things, Li Qingan is undoubtedly smart, he knows that Li Heng can't bypass his own level, so he has not expressed his position, and put Li Heng on a low fire to fry and roast.

Zhang Yun couldn't help but think of himself again, and he didn't say anything, but would he be a hurdle that Li Heng couldn't get around? He has no official position at this time, he is idle, and he has no army in his hands, will Li Heng think of him?

The float on the water moved again, and it was dragged into the water violently, Zhang Yun's eyes narrowed, his wrist was extremely fast, and with a sound of brushing the ground, a big carp with golden scales was pulled out of the water by him, Zhang Yun smiled, yes, his power is still strong, someone will definitely come to him, just like this fish, it will take the bait by itself.

At this time, his scholar ran on the opposite shore, and made a gesture to Zhang Yun, which means that someone in the family came to find him, Zhang Yun saw that the sky was going to be dark, so he put the fish into the basket, calmly put away the fishing gear, got up and smiled with several fishing companions, and walked out of the bridge and went ashore in a hurry, not far from a big willow tree parked under a carriage, this is the carriage that comes to pick up Zhang Yun every day, and the carriage running all over the street in Chang'an is no different, very ordinary and low-key, which is in line with Zhang Yun's light surname.

Zhang Yun got into the carriage and asked, "Who is looking for me?" ”

The scholar said: "Master, he is a middle-aged scribe, he said that his surname is Yan, and he is Li Qing'an's staff. ”

"Li Qing'an's staff?"

Zhang Yun was stunned in his heart, although he knew that there would be a fish that would take the bait by himself, but he didn't expect it to be Li Qing'an, he suddenly felt a little vigilant in his heart, this is not a fish, maybe he is also an angler, but he was caught in it, he thought about it, the staff surnamed Yan, could it be that Yan Zhuang?

It has always been rumored that Yan Zhuang, an An Lushan's staff member back then, did not die, but took refuge in Li Qing'an, and someone had seen him in Anxi with his own eyes, if this was really the case, he was very interested.

The carriage walked quickly, and after a while, the carriage returned to Zhang's mansion, Zhang Yun washed his hands, changed his clothes, and then slowly came to your room, only to see a middle-aged scribe sitting inside, with a thin body and a goatee, which was solemn.

Yan Zhuang was ordered by Li Qing'an to enter Chang'an City to find Zhang Yun, and when he saw Zhang Yun coming in, he immediately bowed down and said: "Yan Zhuang see Zhang Yuanjun." ”

"Huh! Sure enough, it was you, who said that Mr. was dead, and it turned out that he had gone to Anxi. ”

Zhang Yun smiled very enthusiastically, waved his hand and said, "Sir, please take a seat!" ”

Yan Zhuang didn't explain much, he smiled and sat down, a maid came in and changed the tea for them, Zhang Yun took a sip of tea from the teacup and said with a smile: "I heard that the general has arrived outside Chang'an, why don't you go into the city?" ”

Yan Zhuang bowed and said with a smile: "The general said, Chang'an is too lively, Guo Ziyi garrisoned the east Baqiao of the city, Geshuhan garrisoned Chang'an County in the west of the city, and tens of thousands of Guanzhong troops showed off their might around Chang'an, so the Anxi army will not come to join in this excitement." ”

"Really?"

Zhang Yun said lightly: "Your General Li is now the right minister, the head of the hundred officials of the ruling pen, and now the saint has died, and the new emperor has not yet been established, at such an important moment, he is actually watching the excitement outside, which is a little undutiful!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yun laughed dryly and said, "I'm just joking, Mr. Yan don't take it to heart." ”

"Zhang Zhijun is right, in fact, the general has always been very concerned about the new emperor's belonging, today I came to your mansion, is entrusted by the general, to ask Zhang Yuanjun's attitude, who does Zhang Zhijun support? The emperor is still the crown prince, of course, if Zhang Yuanjun doesn't support anyone, then I don't ask anything. ”

Zhang Yun heard that there was something in Yan Zhuang's words, he Zhang Yun supported the King of Shu, this is almost an open secret, can Li Qing'an not know? He asked Yan Zhuang to ask whether he supported Li Heng or Li Shi, and it seemed that he was asking knowingly, but in fact, Li Qingan was deeply meaning in it.

He didn't answer directly, but asked with a smile: "Then who does General Li support?" ”

Yan Zhuang said with a smile: "Anxi supports the crown prince Li Shi, and the general said that if Zhang Yuanjun also supports the crown prince, we might as well make a deal." ”

Zhang Yun was a little nervous in his heart, and he didn't care whether his words should be tactful or not, so he smiled and said, "I don't know what kind of deal General Li wants to make with me?" ”

"That's the case, if Zhang Yuanjun is willing to take the initiative to take the lead and gather like-minded people to support the prince's accession to the throne, the general can agree, in the future in the new political hall, the general will support Zhang Yuanjun is still the head of the household department, and Yang Shenjin is the squire of the criminal department, if Zhang Yuanjun agrees to cooperate, then tomorrow we will launch a momentum together, I don't know what Zhang Shangshu wants?"

The smile on Zhang Yun's face disappeared, he lowered his head and pondered for a long time, it has always been his wish to regain the power of the household department, he resigned in order to express his dissupport for Li Yu, but he didn't expect that after he resigned from the political hall, Li Ji, the king of Shu, no longer paid attention to him, people are so realistic, the big husband has no power in his hands, he is just a fisherman.

He nodded silently, and Li Qing'an's promise he trusted, "Okay! Please tell the general that I made this deal with him, and I will mobilize the courtiers early tomorrow morning to write to the empress and ask for the crown prince to be the new emperor. ”

"Then we'll make up our minds!"

Yan Zhuang stood up and said: "Tomorrow, Pei Shangshu will also launch some famous ministers of the government and the opposition to petition the prince to take the throne, the general hopes that you can cooperate and create momentum, as for the army, you don't have to worry, the Anxi army will be stationed five miles away from Chang'an City, and no one dares to act rashly." ”

．．．．．．．． At the same time that Yan Zhuang came to find Zhang Yun, Li Li was once again entrusted by Li Heng to come to the Anxi Army camp twenty miles away and ask to see Li Qing'an.

This time Li Li did not get his wish, he waited outside the camp gate for a long time, the soldiers guarding the camp gate never let him in, Li Li shouted again: "Please report to General Li, the emperor has something important to discuss with him!" ”

At this time, there was a fire in the camp, and the camp gate finally opened, only to see thousands of soldiers pouring out of the camp, a row of soldiers in front, carrying torches, illuminating the front of the camp gate as if it was day, and the black oppressive army surrounded the city in a semicircle.

Li Li was stunned, and after a while, he stammered: "General, you, why are you?" ”

Li Qing'an pointed his spear at him and said, "You want to convince me and let the Emperor Taishang ascend the throne, right?" ”

"The general may have misunderstood, it is the prince who is young, and the ministers hope that the emperor will ascend the throne, temporarily deter the throne for a few years, and wait for the prince to be sincere, and then hand over the throne to him, and the emperor has no choice but to agree."

"Shut up!"

Li Qingan scolded angrily: "Do you think I am a three-year-old child? Take this kind of lie to deceive me, you swore that the emperor would not ascend the throne, this is what you said personally, and now your goal has been achieved, and you want to overturn the oath, I tell you, as long as I am here, you don't want to think! ”

After speaking, Li Qing'an pointed with his hand, and the soldiers brushed the ground and picked up their bows and crossbows, stretched their bows and arrows, and aimed the cold arrows at Li Li and his entourage.

Li Li was shocked by the momentum of the army, so frightened that he took a few steps back, and waved his hand desperately to explain: "The general misunderstood, really misunderstood, the Emperor Taishang originally had no idea of ascending the throne, and was really invited by the ministers..."

Li Qingan didn't listen to his explanation, he interrupted Li Li's words and said: "I'll count three times, you go back, otherwise I'll use your head to reply to Li Heng, one!" ”

Li Li's face changed drastically, and his entourage was so frightened that he retreated back.

"Two!"

Li Li turned around and ran, running towards the carriage parked in the distance.

At this time, Li Qingan scolded again, "Stand! ”

Li Li was so frightened that he stood still, and didn't dare to move, only heard Li Qing'an say coldly: "You go and tell Li Heng that if he dares to ascend the throne without authorization, I will support the first emperor instead, and the Anxi army will join forces with the Jiannan army to kill back to Chang'an, so that he can do it himself!" ”

Li Li sighed secretly, without looking back, he rushed into the darkness, and soon ran away.

Li Qing'an kept watching Li Li's carriage disappear, then he snorted heavily, turned around and ordered: "Pass my order, and the army will immediately set up camp and march towards Chang'an!" ”

．．．．．．． In the Yongwang Mansion, several important ministers who supported Li Heng gathered together, Li Heng listened to Li Li's report with a gloomy face, and when he heard that Li Qing'an was going to support the first emperor instead, he was so angry that his face turned blue, and he scolded: "This damn Western barbarian, who trusted him in the first place?" Appoint him? It's me, it's me who recommended him to be the deputy envoy of the Beiting Festival, he has today's power, and now he is proud, just such an ungrateful, unscrupulous bastard! ”

Next to him, Wang Heng hurriedly persuaded: "The Emperor Taishang is angry, although Li Qing'an has a little strength, but we have the support of Ge Shuhan's 50,000 troops, and nearly 100,000 southern troops, several times more than him, the Emperor Taishang does not have to be afraid, more importantly, the support of our hundreds of ministers in the government and the opposition, and the clan also supports the Emperor Taishang, forgive that Li Qingan does not dare to offend the anger of the people, tomorrow we will still act according to the plan, the Emperor Taishang officially ascended the throne, accepted the congratulations of hundreds of officials, and cooked rice for mature rice, then Li Qingan is helpless." ”

Ling Hufei, who was standing behind Yang Guozhong, couldn't help but stand up and said: "Emperor Taishang, don't forget Guo Ziyi's 50,000 troops, he is supporting the saint to enter Beijing to escort, although Guo Ziyi has not expressed his position now, but the minister thinks that if Guo Ziyi supports the emperor, then he will stand up and express his support during the day today, which shows that he is still biased towards the prince, if Li Qingan joins forces with him, it will be very unfavorable to us." ”

Wang Heng was a little displeased and said: "Li Qing'an occupies Lingzhou, is it possible for Guo Ziyi to join forces with him?" ”

Ling Hufei immediately retorted: "Don't Zuo Xiangguo know? Li Qing'an has written to the Ministry of War, on his occupation of Lingzhou to make an explanation, he is worried that Lingzhou troops are empty, will be taken advantage of by the Hui army, so he temporarily for the Shuo Fang army to garrison, if the Shuo army returns, he will immediately withdraw back to Liangzhou, Guo Ziyi has expressed understanding on Li Qing'an's statement, they have been reconciled, even I, a person in the wilderness, know, Wang Xiangguo's dignified Zuo Xiangguo, don't you still know about this? ”

Wang Heng's face flushed, these days he only thinks about how Li Heng ascended the throne, but he doesn't know about the reconciliation between Li Qingan and Guo Ziyi.

At this time, Li Heng asked Linghu Fei, "Then what do you say I should do tomorrow?" To accept or not to accept? ”

Linghu Fei said: "The minister's opinion is that tomorrow we will ask the Emperor Taishang to ascend the throne again, the Emperor Taishang will continue to refuse, make a good gesture, and at the same time we will expand the scope of support for the Emperor Taishang, and even mobilize the wishes of the people of Chang'an, if Guo Ziyi also expresses his support for the Emperor Taishang tomorrow, then we have an army of 200,000, plus the Emperor Taishang ascended the throne is expected by all, even if Li Qingan is strong, he will be difficult to hold alone, and then we will make a third wish, once again expand the momentum and scale of support, and let the prince take the initiative to give way to his grandfather, The emperor can be forced to ascend the throne in desperation, so that the mouth of the world can be blocked. ”

Li Heng pondered for a moment, and finally nodded and smiled: "Linghu Envoy Jun is worthy of being a master of planning, and he really made an extraordinary move, I accept the envoy's plan." ”

．．．．．． Located in Xuanyangfang, Pei's Mansion has been closely monitored by the Southern Army at this time, a battalion of about 300 soldiers is guarding the four corners of Pei's Mansion, and there are also soldiers guarding each door, Pei Min is not allowed to leave the house one step, and his family is not allowed to leave the mansion, in the night, there is not a single pedestrian around Pei's Mansion, but soldiers are patrolling back and forth in the dark with knives.

At this time, inside the east gate, Pei Min and his two sons had already changed into black clothes, and several burly men were waiting for the movement outside the door, these big men were the members of the Anxi Internal Affairs Office in Chang'an, they had just climbed over the wall to enter the house under the cover of night, ready to escort Pei Min and his son away.

Outside the east side gate, there are more than 20 soldiers guarding, they are sitting or squatting, they are gathering in one place to drink and eat supper, there are a few pots of wine on the steps, a few roast chickens wrapped in oil paper, everyone is eating while talking and laughing, quite lively.

At this moment, more than a hundred figures appeared in the darkness dozens of paces away, each of them holding a hard crossbow in their hands, and silently approached the east gate, and the soldiers there did not notice it in the slightest.

"Shoot!" There was a low voice in the darkness, more than a hundred crossbow arrows were shot out at the same time, fast and dense, there was a scream from the east side door, more than twenty all fell under the arrows, no one escaped, the black-clothed people in the dark swarmed up, a carriage came and stopped, at this time, the east door opened, and several black-clothed men escorted Pei Min and his son out of the door, and immediately got into the carriage.

The carriage turned around and quickly drove into an alley, and disappeared in a moment, and the hundred men in black disappeared immediately, and when the soldiers from other places heard the situation and ran, the raider and Pei Min and his son had long since disappeared, leaving only about two dozen soldiers lying in a pool of blood.

(To be continued)