When Li Longji learned the news, he had just finished breakfast. He was stunned for a moment, as if nothing had happened, and said lightly: "Taiji Palace Gate, Daming Palace Gate, Chang'an City Gate, send someone to find it, don't leak it." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan responded to the next sound, then turned to leave, and just took two steps, he heard Li Longji chase after him: "I want to live." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan paused, turned around indifferently, and shook again before slowly retreating.

Until noon, everyone failed to find Wang Maozhong. Li Longji heard that Wang Maozhong had never appeared in any of the places he said, his slightly gloomy face softened, and he sighed: "Even he has no confidence in me." Ah Yuan, you say, is there really such a big risk in our coup d'état? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan said: "Of course. The success or failure of a great cause has always depended on risk and luck. Therefore, Wang Maozhong said goodbye in order to save his life, and the slave felt the same way. After all, he just ran away on his own, and didn't run to tell Empress Wei everything, which is already very good. It's just that he'd better not come back in the future. ”

Li Longji laughed and said, "What? ”

"The slave is afraid that if he comes a second time, when the time comes, it may not only be him who has sneaked away, he may bring more people, or he may betray directly. For such people, it is a risk to keep them. ”

"I thought you meant that if he dared to come back, you would teach him a lesson."

"As long as it is done today, as long as he dares to come back in the future." Xiao Jiangyuan didn't want to continue on this topic, so he said, "Ah Lang, the decision of the coup d'état on this day should have been notified to Director Zhong yesterday, but he exchanged values with his colleagues and was not at home, so he still needs to inform him today?" ”

Li Longji thought for a while: "No need. ”

"But if you don't tell Director Zhong, when we get to Shen, we will pass so suddenly, if he ......"

Li Longji's eyes sank: "Then if you tell him, he will be the same as Wang Maozhong, temporarily retreating, what will happen at that time?" ”

“…… The slave understood. ”

To the north of Chang'an City, an ordinary mansion is located in the Forbidden Garden. Just after Shen, there were more than a dozen people in civilian clothes leading a team of honor guards to the door of the house, and after a mutual salute, a young man with a beautiful appearance and a straight back came forward and knocked on the door.

In the house, the man answered and asked where the worship post was, but I heard that there was no worship post, and there was a big event to come this time, so I must ask Director Zhong to come and open the door in person. After a while, Zhong Shaojing and his wife Xu came to the courtyard near the gate, but they did not step forward to open the door.

Zhong Shaojing was suspicious, so he first asked the little guy to climb the wall and take a sneak peek at who the people who came. When he learned who had come, he was amazed - how could they have come to his house so neatly? It's not like when you are a guest, you hand over the greeting post, only saying that there is a big event, and you must let him open the door in person, is it ......

Wrong! If they had decided on a coup d'état, they would have told themselves, so how could they come so suddenly? Could it be that the matter was revealed, and Empress Wei asked them to lead them out to convict, right?

Zhong Shaojing thought about it like this, and he didn't rush to open the door. The people in the house are not in a hurry, but the people outside the house are in a hurry. Ge Fushun took the lead and said, "What's the matter with him?" It's all about to come to an end, and he just remembered to pick a pick? ”

"General Ge, don't worry." Cui Riyong said, "Dare to ask Xiao Neishi, have you notified Director Zhong of today's matter?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan said: "The slave and maid have been notified several times, but Director Zhong is always not at home. The slave and maid thought about telling each other in letters, but they were afraid that if there was any evidence, it would be in vain. And the big thing has been decided, and it must not be suddenly adjusted for one person, so it was decided to simply come over directly. Director Zhong is his own person, and there is no reason not to open the door for us, but he doesn't want to ......"

Ge Fushun sighed: "Then we have been waiting outside?" Seeing that the dusk drum is about to beat, we will not be able to enter this mansion at that time, so we can only go back first, and we can only give up today's affairs. Don't forget that there are either forbidden troops or feather forest troops stationed near here, and once it is found that something is wrong, it will be over! ”

"It's still early, don't be impatient." Li Longji smiled comfortingly, walked to the door, and knocked on the door himself, "Director Zhong, it's me, Li Sanlang." I'm sure you already know what I'm here for. I've been informing you a long time ago, who told you not to be at home these days, and you haven't come to the Five Kings' Mansion to see me? Hurry up and open the door, and I'll tell you all the plans earlier, we don't need you. ”

Zhong Shaojing thought about it, but it was the same thing. But as soon as he stepped to open the door, he hesitated again. His wife was right behind him, and if he was just as he thought he was outside, he was really involved after all, and it didn't matter if he was caught or killed, but his wife hadn't escaped yet...... Let's wait for my wife to leave through the back door.

As soon as he thought of this, he withdrew his outstretched hand, and as soon as he turned around, he met his wife.

Xu knew at a glance that his husband, who was so decisive on weekdays, was confused again. She chuckled helplessly, reached out and held her husband's hand: "Those of you who serve the country and the people will have God's help, why do you have to be so panicked?" Whatever is outside the door, you will have to open this door sooner or later. If it's life, you hold on tightly, and if it's a dead end, I'll be with you. ”

Seeing that Zhong Shaojing's expression was shocked, but he became more and more hesitant, Xu's face changed: "Don't you want to regret it?" You don't want to do it now, is it too late? You are so close to them in the first place, even if you are not involved today, once the matter fails, you say that you have nothing to do with this matter, who will believe it? If you don't open the door again, you will be defeated before the great thing begins! ”

"I ......" Zhong Shaojing was sure in his heart, so he was about to turn around and open the door, but he was pushed hard by his wife, "If you don't open it, I'll open it!" ”

Knowing what happened in Fang Cai's house, Li Longji and the others couldn't help laughing. While laughing, Li Longji, Xiao Jiangyuan, Liu Youqiu, Cui Riyong, etc. all bowed to Xu's uprightness and didn't say anything, but Ge Fushun couldn't stop laughing at all, and said again and again: "There are few women that Ge has admired in his life, except for Queen Zetian and Princess Taiping, there is only Mrs. Sister-in-law." ”

Xu Shi first turned sideways to avoid everyone's courtesy, and did not eat Ge Fushun's set at all: "You want to kill me, right?" Saying that, he said to Li Longji, "These are all said by this bastard, and they have nothing to do with the concubine." ”

Li Longji smiled: "It should be like this, it should be like this." ”

Xu said: "A few people are discussing major events in the main hall, and the concubine is going to prepare wine and dinner to cheer up today's major events!" ”

Everyone bowed their hands in unison and said, "Thank you, Mrs. Sister-in-law!" ”

The wine is only tasted, and the food is full. Li Longji led everyone to review tonight's actions from beginning to end. After hearing this, Zhong Shaojing nodded and said, "When General Ge and General Chen bring the soldiers and horses, I will open the south gate of the Forbidden Garden, and it will be not far from the Xuanwu Gate." The king was on the Xuanwu Gate, waiting for the drum of Lingyan Pavilion to sound, and then marched into the palace. ”

"That's what I planned at first, but now, I want to change it." Li Longji said in high spirits, "Everyone is a brother, and we should live and die together and share weal and tribulation, how can I not take the lead, but hide in Xuanwu Gate and watch you throw your heads and spill blood?" ”

Zhong Shaojing said: "But the Xuanwu Gate needs the king to sit in charge, and you can't let the soldiers seize the Xuanwu Gate, and then let me wait in the Taiji Palace and fall into a heavy siege, right?" ”

Liu Youqiu also said: "The lord is in the middle of strategizing, and the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, and the matter of taking the lead is still left to the ministers." ”

Cui Riyong echoed: "Chang'an has been peaceful for a long time, and it is really not easy to make a military achievement, so the king should leave us some room to eat, let's ...... I still want to get in and out of the phase. ”

As soon as they heard the words "out of the general and into the phase", everyone's spirits couldn't help but be lifted. Ge Fushun picked up the wine jar: "I can't be the prime minister, but I also want to live in vain once in my life!" Don't rob us, my lord! ”

Li Longji still had to say something, so he heard Xiao Jiangyuan say: "It's better like this, Ah Lang handed over a personal thing to the slave maid, and the slave took it to take the lead, okay?" ”

Without waiting for Li Longji to say yes, everyone had already seconded the proposal. Li Longji had no choice but to get up and solemnly bow down to everyone: "The safety of the Tang Dynasty is entrusted to you!" ”

The crowd hurriedly bowed back. When they got up again, their eyes were full of excitement when they looked at each other, and their chests seemed to be filled with flames: "Long live Datang!" Long live Datang! ”

The dusk drum had subsided, the night was falling, and the entire Chang'an fell into peace. At the time of the second watch, a vision suddenly appeared in the sky. Countless stars came from the sky, falling like rain, making people dizzy.

Seeing everyone's expressions slightly restricted, Liu You begged: "This is a good omen, this is the heavens telling the king that the time has come, General Ge and General Chen can be dispatched!" ”

Li Longji immediately decided: "Where are Wan Qiguo Yi, Ge Fushun, and Chen Xuanli?" ”

"The last general!" Ge Chen and the two said in unison.

"Go to the camp of 10,000 cavalry immediately and meet General Li Xianyu!"

"The last general commands!"

"Where is Gong Liu?"

"The minister is here."

"Go with General Ge and General Chen immediately!"

"Yes!"

Finally, it was my turn. Ge Fushun was very happy, and the anger he received from the Wei family in the past had also turned into anger and murderous intent at this moment. This time, Chen Xuanli did not stop or suppress it, and there was a hint of a smile on his always dull face, but the cold meaning under the smile made people dare not look at it directly. Only Liu Youqiu still had an arrogant expression, but there was a touch of leisure between his eyebrows and eyes, as if such a night was his life.

As soon as Ge Fushun and Chen Xuanlifu arrived at the 10,000-cavalry camp, they first gathered the soldiers and horses under their command and asked them to make the battle as big as possible. Sure enough, it didn't take long for all the ten thousand cavalry soldiers to be lured out, Wei Bo and Gao Chong both looked angry, pointed at Ge Fu and scolded by the way: "You fang, so bold!" Seeing that the general did not dismount, it was disrespectful, and leading the troops privately was disloyal! ”

The swan song of the Tang Dynasty