Chapter Seventy-Two: Conspiracy
This Zhongyue sect disciple was captured by Huo Yuanzhen and brought back to Shaolin Temple.
After the fight a few days ago, the cold eyes of those Taoist priests are still fresh in their memories, and this Taoist priest is among them.
Based on his feelings, Huo Yuanzhen felt that the Zhongyue faction was likely to regard him as a thorn in his side, and he must want to eradicate Shaolin.
But the Zhongyue faction has not moved, and Huo Yuanzhen doesn't know what their idea is, and he is always worried in his heart, now that he has caught this Taoist priest, he will naturally have to be tried well.
Back in Shaolin, Huo Yuanzhen locked the Taoist priest in the vegetable cellar, and called Yue Shan over and asked him to guard it strictly, and when the Taoist priest woke up, he would come to the hall in person.
Yue Shan's loyalty to Huo Yuanzhen was no less than anyone's, so he immediately agreed, holding a cold iron rod and guarding the entrance of the vegetable cellar.
It was almost midnight when I was done with all this.
Huo Yuanzhen went back to the room to rest, and silently counted the days in his heart, there are still three days, that is, August 28, that is, the day of the system lottery.
Dreaming of winning the grand prize, Huo Yuanzhen spent the night.
Yue Ying supported Her Royal Highness the Princess, that is, the wife of the Jiedu envoy, Zhao Yuanji, the daughter of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and stumbled all the way to escape.
Some time ago, they were intercepted and killed on the road, and the two of them were rescued by Huo Yuanzhen, and after returning to the Jiedu Embassy, Zhao Yuanji complained to her husband Guan Tianzhao, hoping that her husband could help him arrest the murderer.
But although Guan Tianzhao promised to do so, he never took actual action, and every time Zhao Yuanji asked him, he would use his busy official duties as an excuse to prevaricate, and he refused to arrest the murderer.
If you are busy, you can be busy, Zhao Yuanji can understand, she can wait.
But in recent days, Guan Tianzhao has been very busy, frequently meeting with his subordinates, constantly arranging personnel transfers, and the capital Taishi Mansion has also come to the envoy, discussing something with Guan Tianzhao every day.
Wei Xian, the Taishi of the capital, had close contacts with Guan Tianzhao in the past, and the two of them were friends of Mo Zhi, one was a court official, and the other was a feudal official.
Zhao Yuanji's personality is a little rough and has no scheming, not to mention that Wei Xian's messenger is here, even if Wei Xian comes in person, it can't arouse her interest, what she cares about is how majestic she is, what she wears and what she wears is enough to be beautiful.
Guan Tianzhao knows Zhao Yuanji very well, and he usually doesn't take any precautions against her.
So a conversation between Guan Tianzhao and the messenger was overheard by Zhao Yuanji.
At that time, Guan Tianzhao and the messenger were talking in the living room, and Zhao Yuanji wanted to make tea on a whim, so he didn't let the guard in front of the door inform him, and he quietly slipped in, thinking that he would surprise Guan Tianzhao at that time.
But when she entered through the back door and was about to go to the hall, she heard a conversation between the two people, as if it involved herself, and she listened attentively.
That's what Guan Tianzhao said at the time.
"Brother Feng, in this matter, it is true that Guan did not do a good job, which disappointed the Taishi."
"Master Guan, this matter is really unexpected, who would have thought that a monk would be killed halfway and everything would be disrupted."
"Damn, this monk came from something!".
Guan Tianzhao slapped the table hatefully, and the tea bowl shook chaotically, after so much time, he was still a little angry.
"Lord Guan, we originally planned to kill the princess in the Dengfeng territory, and then arrange for those people to flee until Shandong, leaving clues along the way, implying that it was done by the governor of Shandong, in this way, the Lord of Jiedu has a reason to send troops to Shandong, first, to get the territory to grow, and secondly, this kind of thing can also get royal support, then the governor of Shandong also has the intention of establishing a Jiedu Embassy, and the emperor does not want to add another Jiedu Embassy, so Guan Daren sent troops, and the emperor will definitely support Guan Daren."
Guan Tianzhao's fingers tapped lightly on the table, and his face was gloomy and he didn't speak.
"There are many benefits, the Taishi side has also been prepared, the city guards can set off at any time to echo the Guan, two strikes, prepared against unprepared, Shandong will be defeated, when the territory is down, the emperor wants to take back the rights of Shandong but he can't help it, the Taishi will build momentum in the court, sing praises for the Lord of the Festival, and let the Lord of the Festival make the two provinces shoulder to shoulder, not only have the interior of Henan, but also open up the sea and contact the people over there."
"The people over there have a lot of appetites, and Guan really doesn't want to have too much to do with them."
"I don't want to be involved, but I also get involved, this can't be changed."
The man surnamed Feng continued to talk rhetorically: "When the time comes, with the strength of the two provinces, as well as the cooperation of the city guard corps in the middle of the country, coupled with the echo of General Ma in the northwest, nearly half of the troops in the world have already reached our hands, and most of the power in the court and China is also held by the Taishi, and the great cause of the lord can be expected."
"Hmph, what's the use of Brother Feng still talking about this! Things have been disrupted by a monk, I really don't know how Hua Wuji did it."
"Ha, Lord Guan seems to be very angry, I think the great cause of the adult is true, and the idea of removing Her Royal Highness the princess is also true, no wonder, the adult is the dragon among the people, and married the princess for the future, but the princess she alas, it is really not compatible with the adult."
The surnamed Feng shook his head again and again, as if he was complaining about Guan Tianzhao.
"Don't mention her, you won't have an appetite when you mention it."
"My lord, don't be too discouraged, according to Feng, the princess seems to be unaware of this matter, if it doesn't work once, we can do it again."
"What does Brother Feng mean?"
"A few days ago, didn't the merchants over there in Ruzhou want to ask the Jiedu envoy to inspect their ceramic workshop, and the Jiedu envoy can let Her Royal Highness the princess go on her behalf, and the princess's status is noble, which just shows that the Jiedu makes the adult care for the people under his rule."
"And then?".
"Then it's hard to say, life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, who knows if there will be a group of killers sent by the governor of Shandong halfway to intercept and kill the princess on the way."
"Brother Feng understands what Guan meant, it's the same method as last time, right!"
"The festival makes the adults and Feng have a heart, haha!"
The two of them laughed indoors, and Zhao Yuanji, who was behind the screen that listened, was terrified.
I see, I see!
That blamed Guan Tianzhao for refusing to find the whereabouts of the killer for himself, and he sent the killer for a long time, and it was he who instructed Hua Wuji of the Heavenly Dao Alliance to send someone to intercept and kill him.
And listening to the conversation between Guan Tianzhao and the envoy of the Taishi Mansion, it was clear that he had the intention of rebellion, and used his own death to blame the Yamen of Shandong, and then sent troops to Shandong, taking the whole province in one fell swoop, and turning the two major provinces into Guan Tianzhao's back garden.
With two large provinces as a base, Guan Tianzhao already has the strength to fight with the imperial court, and the imperial division who has the power to lean towards the government and the opposition to make a response, and General Ma in the northwest as their alliance, if these people suddenly attack, they are fully capable of changing the surname of the world!
It's terrible!
Zhao Yuanji's hands trembled, and he didn't dare to make a sound, so he tiptoed out.
She knew that if Guan Tianzhao was alarmed at this time, she would only have a dead end.
Guan Tianzhao married himself back then, only to gain the trust of His Majesty the Emperor, and finally sat on the throne of the Jiedu envoy, but he didn't expect Guan Tianzhao to have such ambitions, it was not enough to be a Jiedu envoy, and he still wanted to be the emperor.
In order to become the emperor, he did not hesitate to kill himself first!
Zhao Yuanji felt disheartened, no wonder Guan Tianzhao has been lukewarm to himself all these years, it turns out that he has never liked himself at all, he is just a poor chess piece, a chess piece that can be killed at any time in his eyes.
Whether she is disheartened or ashes, Zhao Yuanji is still alone, she wants to live, she doesn't want to be killed by Guan Tianzhao.
And the entire Jiedu Embassy, are all Guan Tianzhao's people, although she is a princess, but no one will really listen to herself, in the Henan territory, people only know the Jiedu Envoy, do not know what the royal is.
Zhao Yuanji decided to run away, and the only person she could trust was Yue Ying.
At the beginning, it was thanks to Yue Ying's persistence that she took herself into the woods to have the opportunity to meet that monk, and she only trusted Yue Ying.
Zhao Yuanji found Yue Ying and explained the situation, Yue Ying was also scared, and told Zhao Yuanji that this Jiedu envoy couldn't stay anymore, and he had to flee immediately, as long as he could return to Jingshi and explain the situation to the emperor, then Guan Tianzhao's plan would not succeed.
The emperor controlled the city guards, without the cooperation of the city guards, Guan Tianzhao himself could not eat Shandong, and without the fuse of the princess being killed, Guan Tianzhao had no reason to send troops to Shandong, which could only make him a sinner pointed out by Qianfu.
The two of them packed up some things overnight, and used Zhao Yuanji's identity as a cover, falsely claiming that they had something to do outside, and drove a carriage to leave the Jiedu Embassy.
Normally, Guan Tianzhao would not go to Zhao Yuanji's room at night, but when it was time to eat the next morning, everyone had to be present, and all Zhao Yuanji had one night to escape.
The two of them passed through the city gate again and left the Zhengzhou Mansion.
After leaving the city, Yue Ying drove the carriage and went straight to the west.
After the west passed Dengfeng, it was very close to Luoyang, and after Luoyang, even if it was out of the Henan boundary and out of Guan Tianzhao's sphere of influence, it was possible to return to Chang'an and see the emperor.
The carriage galloped all night, not daring to stop for a moment, lest Guan Tianzhao send someone to catch up.
After all, Guan Tianzhao found that Zhao Yuanji was gone, so he would ask, and after asking, he must have known that Zhao Yuanji had entered the guest room yesterday, with the purpose of bringing tea to himself, but Zhao Yuanji did not come to bring tea to himself, and after thinking about it, he could guess that Zhao Yuanji heard his plan and ran away, so it was strange that Guan Tianzhao did not kill her.
The horse pulling the cart was almost mad by Yue Ying's whip, and a crazy horse, with two frightened people, galloped all the way, getting closer and closer to Dengfeng!
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