The early morning dispersed the night, and the silence under the cover of the night was broken by various sounds.

In Linzhou, the emperor of the main hall of the Lu Palace sat on the dragon chair with his face hidden, listening to the noise.

"Gangnam Province, Henan Province have news sent."

"A couple of captives have also been captured, and they have already confessed."

"It's really An Dezhong's soldiers and horses."

"No, no, no, the key now is not the intrusion of the rebels in western Zhejiang, but An Dezhong! Andezhong! ”

"The captive said that An Dezhong went to Hedong Road!"

"How could An Dezhong go to Hedong Road? Take a look at the map, between the west of Zhejiang and the east of the river. ”

"What an iron wall, this captive said, An Dezhong not only passed, but also passed from Huainan Road!"

Hearing this, the emperor threw off his sleeves and stopped everyone's quarrel: "Don't use what the rebels say as evidence!" ”

The emperor's words caused the ministers to quarrel for a while, but a eunuch outside the door hurriedly ran in with a dusty messenger.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, urgent report." The eunuch shouted sharply.

The eyes of everyone in the hall were focused on the letter soldier, and the letter soldier knelt down: "The two generals Zhang An and Wang Lin urgently reported that An Dezhong has entered the east of the river. ”

There was a dead silence in the hall, and then there was an uproar.

The emperor once again covered his face with his sleeve and was surrounded by a commotion.

"How is this possible?"

"Is Zhang An and Wang Lin mistaken? These two are not reliable! ”

Because of Li Mingyu, the emperor did not need Zhang An and Wang Lin by his side, and led the troops to meet the rebels on the periphery of Linzhou, but the two did not dare, and the court did not worry about letting them go, so they arranged for the two to patrol and spy on them.

Hedong Road is the place that has attracted the most attention, and the turmoil there is related to the safety of Linzhou, especially when the emperor is preparing to return to Beijing.

So I got the news of Hedong Road as soon as possible.

Cui Zheng, who has been silent, said: "Don't deceive yourself at this time, good news is not necessarily reliable, but bad news is often true, and the news of the rebel crossing suddenly came from all over the country, this is not accidental, this must be the rebel army's moves, that is, An Dezhong." ”

The ministers were silent for a while.

"An Dezhong went to Taiyuan Mansion." A general pondered, "Isn't there an emptiness over there in western Zhejiang?" ”

An official smashed a handful of official documents in his hand, "The letter of the governor of Qi just arrived yesterday, and the traitor Chengqing attacked and broke through the three cities of the Southeast Road, and the situation is critical. ”

Another general frowned and looked at the place where the rebels in western Zhejiang were found marked on the map, "And judging from the news reported from everywhere, the number of rebels in western Zhejiang is not large, in groups of three or five, and there are only a hundred people at most, so it can be learned that An Dezhong did not take away many soldiers and horses in western Zhejiang." ”

Yes, such a big place in western Zhejiang is An Dezhong's lair, how can he give it up.

"Then to put it this way, An Dezhong didn't bring many soldiers and horses." An official had an idea, "It's nothing to go to Taiyuan Mansion...."

This was immediately rebuked.

"That's An Dezhong!"

"Ten rebels can turn into a hundred fighters in his hands!"

The emperor on the dragon chair threw off his sleeves again and asked in a trembling voice, "What's going on!" Why did An Dezhong run away to Hedong? ”

yes, it's so far away, and it's all where the guards are!

"Your Majesty, whether it is Henan Province or Jiangnan Province, it can be seen that they are not opponents of the rebels."

"The decree is to reprimand the local officials and generals."

"And Huainan Dao, Mrs. Chu ....."

The emperor lowered his sleeves and said, "Mrs. Chu is in the capital, she is not in Huainan Province." Speaking of this, he sighed, "If Mrs. Chu is here, she won't.... Xiao Xiang Gongzi is still young after all. ”

The ministers nodded when they heard this, yes, yes, but some people were a little distracted, as if, Mrs. Chu is not very old?

"So against the guards, it has to be Wu Ya'er and his wife.....," an official sighed.

Before the words fell, another eunuch stumbled in with the messenger outside.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." The eunuch shouted, "Lord Zhang and Lord Wang have sent an urgent report again." ”

These words suffocated everyone in the hall, although they didn't know the content yet, but as long as Zhang An Wang Lin sent it back, there would be no good news, and this became everyone's consensus.

Could it be that An Dezhong brought the rebels from Hedong over?

"Your Majesty." The letter soldier knelt down and said, "Shi Chao has also arrived at Taiyuan Mansion." ”

As soon as these words came out, the temple was silent again.

With a bang, the emperor stood up from the dragon chair.

"It can't be!" He shouted, "How could Shi Chao go to Taiyuan Mansion!" ”

Compared with An Dezhong's Zhexi and Taiyuan Mansion, there are several guards, and Shi Chao and Taiyuan Mansion are only separated by one guard, but this one guard is guarded by Wu Ya'er!

Wu Ya'er!

What rebel could walk past him unharmed?

Unless.....

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In the palace at night, the rare lights are bright, and many people can't sleep tonight.

The emperor sat in a chair and covered his face with his hands and sobbed.

Cui Zheng walked in after being busy, and when he saw this scene, he first solemnly reassured the emperor: "Wu Ya'er and his wife will not rebel." ”

The emperor raised his head and his face was haggard, and his nasal voice was thick: "However, how did Shi Chao and An Dezhong get to Taiyuan Mansion, at the beginning it was said that An Dezhong went to Taiyuan Mansion, and someone wanted to hold Mrs. Chu Guo accountable, and I also deliberately relieved her of the siege, I don't want everyone to blame her, but Shi Chao this, this..."

He stretched out his hand at Cui Zheng, his hand trembling.

"I really can't explain it!"

"Xiangye, what they did is now visible to everyone in the world."

"What is this not a rebellion?"

So from the beginning, he suspected that it was the problem of Mrs. Chu Guo, Cui Zheng looked at the emperor and put the results of this day's verification and deliberation on the dragon case.

"Wu Ya'er and his wife are unruly and disrespectful to the court and His Majesty." Cui Zhengdao. "But when it comes to rebellion, the minister doesn't think the two of them will."

Cui Zheng has always disliked Wu Ya'er and his wife, but now he actually speaks for them? The emperor's hands on his knees were clenched, and his nails were pinched into the flesh.....

Cui Zheng said: "They are unruly, greedy for fame and profit, they are rebels, they can't enjoy His Majesty's kindness to them in Ankang Mountain, without the convincing of the people of the world, there will be nothing, and this couple will not be so stupid." ”

The emperor asked, "Then why did they do such a thing?" ”

Cui Zheng looked at the map and said coldly: "Because they don't want Your Majesty to return to Beijing, and they don't want to leave the capital." ”

The emperor sighed: "If you don't want to go back, tell me, say what you want, can I still not give them to them?" I didn't believe that I would do such a heart-wrenching thing. ”

"They want too much, and they know they can't speak." Cui Zheng said, "I just want Your Majesty and the imperial court to take the initiative to give, what can I want, it is nothing more than greater power, more wealth, more prestige, these are easy to achieve in the capital and Hebei Province, so they are reluctant to leave at this time." ”

The emperor said: "When the world is too peaceful, and the summer is so big, what wealth and power do they want?" ”

Cui Zheng glanced at the emperor, what he said was ..... The emperor himself knows the answer in his heart, right?

Of course, they won't be able to get it then.

It seems that Wu Ya'er and his wife also know this, which is why they are so bold now.

"So what now?" The Emperor said, "I will write them a letter and promise them what they want.....

Cui Zheng interrupted the emperor: "Your Majesty, you can't be arrogant to them anymore, they were rebellious before, didn't listen to His Majesty's dispatch from the court, sold their officials to collect money, and killed the family of the world, but now in order to blackmail the court, they actually collude with the rebels, ignoring the world and the people, this is not rebellious, this is evil." ”

The emperor said, "What can I do?" Xiangye, at this time, I asked them, I was afraid that it would really be reversed. ”

Cui Zheng said: "Don't ask about the crime, now is not the time to ask for the crime, but you have to put shackles on them." ”

The emperor smiled bitterly: "Who can put it on them?" ”

Cui Zheng said: "Your Majesty, there is Xiang Yun." ”

Speaking of Xiang Yun, the emperor was even more angry, and asked him to do things, but he hid when he was assassinated, and his nephew, how to guard Huainan Dao, was obsessed with the beauty of Mrs. Chu and her lover, so that An Dezhong passed like this?

The little one was fascinated by Mrs. Chu Guo, and Xiang Yun couldn't say for sure!

"Your Majesty." Cui Zheng looked at the emperor's face and knew his thoughts, the emperor is now more and more unabashed, "Xiang Dudu is a safe person, as long as he is ready, he will definitely do things." ”

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The people outside the capital who were walking in the spring were scattered, looking at the soldiers and horses facing each other in front of the checkpoint from a distance, distinguishing the fierce military flags.

On one side it is very familiar, the Zhenwu Army and the Chu character flag are flying, and on the other side is the unfamiliar, the Yingwu military flag, the Xiangzi flag.

"Governor Xiang." The general of the checkpoint said respectfully, "You can enter Beijing if you want to, but the soldiers and horses have to wait in the camp here." ”

Xiang Yun said gently: "I'm not going to Beijing anymore, I'm here, please ask Mrs. Chu to come and see me." ”

The officials who got the news came on horseback, and when they heard this, they hurriedly saluted: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Chu is not in good health, so please ask the governor to move." ”

"That's a real unfortunate." Xiang Yun said apologetically and took out a scroll, "But the Holy Purpose is here, the stakes are very high, so please ask Madame to work hard." ”

Divine decree?

The officials looked at each other, then this really can't be refused.