Chapter 824: Darkness Chen Cang
When the day was bright, everyone had already eaten breakfast, packed up and prepared to go on the road, at this time Princess Taiping commanded, and after a while, everyone saw King Luling come out of the inner room with the support of Princess Taiping's two personal guards.
In this small palace courtyard, there were hundreds of people fighting here last night, and every room inside, including under the window, in the cupboard, and even every crevice and every brick, was searched, and there was no trace of him at all, but now Li Xian walked out of the back hall slowly.
Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi seemed to have seen a ghost, and they watched in amazement, unable to imagine where he was hiding last night. As soon as Li Xian came out, he apologized to everyone again and again, after all, everyone came for him, but he avoided it until this time, and everyone went through the chaos last night, naturally no one will be responsible.
In fact, everyone present knew that the assassin last night must have been sent by Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, but the wonderful thing is that everyone pretended not to know, even Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi themselves pretended not to know.
As soon as the King of Luling arrived, the people and horses who were already ready to go were about to travel, Princess Taiping's eight female guards were guarded in the innermost perimeter, and the eight Roshan surrounded the King of Luling through wind and rain, followed by the hundred horsemen and internal guards led by Yang Fan, and then a group of Yulin guards led by Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, followed by Di Renjie, Yao Chong, Wei Zhigu's Nanya Forbidden Army, and the outermost Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi's generals.
Princess Taiping made it clear that she couldn't trust the two princes, but because the people brought by the two princes were private soldiers. When the king of Luling returned to Beijing, of course, he had to be guarded by the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and there was no reason to borrow the private soldiers of the king of Liang and the king of Wei.
Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi had already dispelled the idea of assassination at this time, where would they still bother with her in this matter. A mighty team left the dragon gate.
News came out in Beijing early in the morning: the emperor heard that the king of Luling was sick in Fang County, and his son was heartbroken, and he had ordered Xu Yanbo, a member of the staff, to go to Fangzhou to recall the king of Luling, the princess, and the sons, so that he could return to Luoyang for treatment.
This will Wu Zetian had already drafted it, and it was not announced to the people of the world until King Luling arrived in the capital safely, but Xu Yanbo, the staff member and foreign man, only followed Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong on a trip, and he never showed his face to speak from beginning to end, and the court just borrowed his name.
Recall the prince. Of course, all it takes is a will, a messenger, and it will be done. Huanghuang Datang, the son of the Son of Heaven, what else can you have if you want to return to Beijing? What hundred horsemen, what internal guards, what assassinations all the way, what many thrills, what princes, prime ministers, and even the emperor's face capital should be sent out to ensure the safety of King Luling. These things have never happened and must be erased.
When the guard of honor was about to arrive in Luoyang City. Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, the two princes and the three prime ministers, led their men and horses to leave the team. Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong retreated into the background, and the Xu Yuanwailang, who had never shown his face, rode a high-headed horse to the head and became the messenger to welcome the king back to Beijing.
To be clear, he is the king of Luling who welcomed back from Fangzhou. The King of Luling had never lived in Longmen, and there had never been a riot like last night on Longmen Mountain.
The people of the capital heard the news of the return of King Luling to Beijing in the morning, and waited to see such a grand guard of honor enter the city. Those who didn't know knew knew that it was the King of Luling who had returned, and the people burst into bursts of enthusiastic cheers.
In fact, whether it is Li Xian, the king of Luling, or Li Dan, the crown prince, their influence among the people has long been declining, and the people only need to have food and clothing. Who cares who your emperor is, it's just that over the years, Wu Zetian's various behaviors of rejecting dissidents and reusing Wu clan people in the court have been unpopular, and his prestige among the people has been declining day by day due to various factors such as large-scale construction and unfavorable wars.
Compared with the two, the people were naturally very happy about the return of King Luling to Beijing, and they pinned their hopes on this prince to inherit the great unification in the future, make great efforts to govern the country, reproduce the magnificent style of the Tang Empire during the Taizong and Gaozong dynasties, and rebuild a rich and powerful country.
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With the support of Princess Taiping, Di Guolao, Wei Xiang and Yao Xiang, with the confirmation of Wu Sansi and Wu Chenghei, with the personal reception of Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, and with the honor guard sent by the emperor, will this prince still be fake?
No one thought so, so the secret sentinels at the city gates in Luoyang had withdrawn in disgrace, but Huang Xuchang and Anu, who were still outside the city, did not know about this immediate change.
When Yang Fan led the enemy to hide in Longmen Mountain early yesterday morning, Huang Xuchang had already rushed to Luoyang City by the trail, but he did not enter the city immediately, but followed Yang Fan's instructions and took Li Xian, the king of Luling, to hide in a small village nearby.
There are three Niu brothers in this village, the eldest farmer, the second sells vegetables, and the third does a small business. The father of these three brothers is the old housekeeper in Yang Fan's mansion.
After Huang Xuchang took King Luling to hide in Niujiazhuang, he soon arrived at the house of the second son of Niu Lao's steward. Soon, Niu Er carried a handful of vegetables into the city, he shouted all the way around the squares, when he came to Yang Fan's house in Fushanfang, a cook came out of the Yang family, bought two bunches of leeks, a dozen cucumbers and three bundles of spinach from him, and Niu Er left with the basket.
After half an hour, the old butler of the Yang family led a few young men to Nanshi, no one paid attention to them, even if they did, they would not see that one of those young men was played by Yang Fan's second wife Anu, and when it was nearly evening, when these guys came back from their own shop in Nanshi, the old steward and Anu who pretended to be a young man had disappeared.
Early the next morning, Anu escorted King Luling back to the city. Because Huang Xuchang's physical characteristics are too obvious, even if his appearance is changed, his physical signs are difficult to change, so Anu sent him to the northern city alone, and the heavy responsibility of covering the king of Luling was handed over to Anu.
Anu dressed King Luling as a butcher, the wrinkles on his face turned into fierce lines, there were a few more horizontal lines on his cheeks, a greasy apron tied around his waist, and he sat on a greasy cart, with the smell of lard and mutton. Anu disguised himself as a meat seller, carrying a whip and driving two little donkeys pulling carts.
Originally, Anu had left a few back-up hands just in case, but these countermeasures were not used at all, and the honor guard that marched from the south gate into the city along the most prosperous Dingding Street all the way to the palace city has attracted the attention of the whole city, and even if there are still a few people sent by Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi who have not had time to evacuate, they have no interest in searching the people who entered the city.
The process of Anu taking King Luling into the city was very smooth, and Xiaoman, the eldest lady of the Yang family, was also dressed in disguise, and led a few Yang family men to secretly respond in the south gate, planning to create a chaos once there was a change. Seeing that their wives came in peacefully, Xiaoman didn't say anything, just led people to follow in secret, and watched the meat cart enter Nanshi, and then smiled slightly. I went back to the store first.
The Yang family's business is getting bigger and bigger now, and Xiaoman is running it properly. The store is lucrative. Now there are a few more shops that are not doing well and have been taken down by her, but she also knows the truth of making a big move, so these shops have gone through two more procedures, so as not to be known that they have been swallowed up by the Yang family again.
Now Xiaoman has a lot of talents in her hands, and she doesn't need to take care of these stores in person, and if she needs to take inventory, she can also send another person. So at the moment, no one knows that these shops also have the surname Yang.
Although there has always been no shortage of chickens, ducks, fish and meat in rich and noble families, although the "slaughter ban" exists in name only, as long as this name exists, Luoyang City cannot sell meat in a grand manner. If you sell meat secretly. This price will inevitably rise, and it is already difficult for small households to open a meat restaurant.
Now that the "slaughter ban" has just been lifted, it is the time when the meat business in Luoyang City is booming, Luoyang has a population of one million, and the meat consumption is amazing.
The meat cart drove into the Yang family's butcher shop, drove directly to the backyard to unload, and when the empty car left, the butcher and the man were all changed, Li Xian and Anu, who pretended to be the butcher and the little man, had become a middle-aged scribe in a green shirt and a handsome servant who accompanied the reading, one by one, slowly walking in Luoyang City.
Luoyang has a population of one million, and the capital of the Son of Heaven is far more prosperous than the local area, especially the literati, and it can be seen everywhere in Luoyang City. The two walked forward slowly, passing through the two squares of Huihe and Anzhong, and arrived at the Luoshui River.
Anu paid a lot of money, rented a small boat, helped Li Xian get on the boat, and took a small boat to ride the waves, until he sailed under the Tianjin Bridge, and then the "one master and one servant" abandoned the boat and landed on the shore.
Standing at the bridgehead of Tianjin, looking at the splendid palace and pavilion, Li Xian couldn't help but burst into tears.
Anu said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, you haven't entered the palace yet, you still have to be vigilant!" ”
"Ahh Li seemed to be reminded by her, and quickly turned to look at the river, taking the opportunity to quietly wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
Huang Xuchang drove a carriage to Tianjin Qiaotou, Anu just agreed with him to meet here, he didn't know what image Anu would take King Luling to, what to ride, and from which direction, so after he arrived at Tianjin Qiaotou, he looked around there.
Anu helped Li Xian abandon the boat to land, and had been standing at the bridgehead for a while, when Huang Xuchang found them, and was overjoyed, he hurriedly drove the carriage to their side.
As soon as Huang Xuchang's carriage moved, Anu and Li Xian saw him, so Huang Xuchang drove to the two and didn't speak, just looked at them with an ugly look of excitement. Anu glanced around alertly, and whispered to Li Xian: "Lord Wang, please board the car!" ”
Anu didn't put down the pedal, just stretched out his hand to support Li Xian's ribs, and put him in the carriage, Li Xian also knew that this was a moment of success or failure, both nervous and excited, his movements became agile, he quickly got into the carriage and sat down, Huang Xuchang raised the horsewhip and drove to Miyagi.
In the Miyagi area, idlers are not allowed to patrol or stay here, and vendors are not allowed to set up stalls, so the square is empty. Anu took a few steps forward with the carriage, and saw that the carriage was speeding out, and it was impossible to have another accident here, so he stopped, smiled slightly, and turned to the bridge.
In the distance, a guard of honor is slowly appearing amid thousands of crowds and cheers......! On Monday, we sincerely ask for monthly passes and recommended tickets!
! (To be continued......)