In a secret room in Zhang Yaozuo's Xicheng Manor, Zhang Yaozuo knelt down with three incense sticks aloft in his hand, and behind him, five henchmen also knelt down.

"The emperor is above, the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty are above, the Son of Heaven is deeply deceived by traitors, vainly electing the emperor's heir, seriously threatening the long-term stability of the Great Song Dynasty, ministers Zhang Yaozuo, Zhang Sheng, Zhao Lian, Zhang Husheng, Zhang Jinding, Jiang Yuan six people, willing to abandon their lives, take care of each other, willing to re-establish a new prince for the Great Song Dynasty, clear the court demon fog, and return the world to a bright future.

Here, we swear that we will sincerely unite, share wealth and hardship, and have no two hearts, if we violate this oath, heaven and man will kill together! ”

After the six of them finished reading the oath, Zhang Yaozuo rolled up his sleeves, pulled out a sharp dagger, cut a hole in his wrist, and blood dripped into six bowls full of wine.

"Let's come along!"

The other five people cut their blood into the bowl in turn, and everyone took the wine bowl and drank it all, Zhang Yaozuo laughed, "We are allied with blood today, and I believe that our cause will be successful!" ”

The situation was critical, and Zhang Yaozuo finally showed his last strength.

Among the five, Zhang Sheng, Zhang Husheng, and Zhang Jinding are all Zhang Yaozuo's nephews, Zhao Lian is Zhang Yaozuo's son-in-law, and Jiang Yuan is not only Zhang Yaocheng's son-in-law, but also was rescued from death row by Zhang Yaozuo twenty years ago and is loyal to him.

The strength of the five people is not weak, Zhang Shengguan is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the right scattered cavalry permanent attendant, only half a step away from entering the prime minister, Zhao Lian took over as the right counselor, as the right counselor, these are two high-ranking civil officials.

The other three were all military generals, Zhang Husheng, Zhang Jinding and Jiang Yuan all served as generals in the forbidden army, holding an army of 50,000, of which Jiang Yuan was the general of the right prison guard, in charge of half of the imperial city.

Of course, Zhang Yaozuo also has some important henchmen, such as Vice Minister Guotian Guo, Niu Jin, deputy envoy of the Third Division, Zhao Changji, deputy head of the Ouchi, Yao Lingchen, a waiter of the Ministry of Industry, etc., and even more than 40 middle and low-level officials, as well as officials from dozens of prefectures and counties, these are all forces that Zhang Yaozuo has accumulated over the years, and even on the eve of Zhang Guifei's death last year, when his power reached its peak, more than seventy percent of the officials in the DPRK and the central government supported him.

Although the current power has been greatly weakened, it is still very considerable, but Zhang Yaozuo is afraid that there will be too many people and will leak secrets. Therefore, today's oath is only for the most core five people.

After making the oath, everyone came to the next meeting hall, Zhang Yaozuo said to everyone with confidence: "According to the latest news in the palace, the Son of Heaven has been critically ill, and it will be a matter of two or three days, I decided to raise things at the third watch in the evening after tomorrow, we will kill Zhao Ji and Fan Ning, and at the same time grab the national seal and the tiger talisman, control the Son of Heaven and Empress Cao, and protect Zhao Wenyun, the king of Langya, these are the four major things that must be done first, followed by the promulgation of the will of the new crown prince, and strive to complete the overall situation before noon the day after tomorrow." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yaozuo looked at Jiang Yuan and said, "Your army is the key, how sure are you to control the army?" ”

Jiang Yuandao: "The main generals in the army are all cronies promoted by me, as for the middle and low-level generals, as long as they tell them that we are protecting the Son of Heaven and defending the palace, they will obey the order."

Zhang Yaozuo said to Zhang Husheng again: "Your 20,000 troops are the elite of the elite, you are responsible for blocking the Shenwu Army, I estimate that Fan Ning is in the army, as long as you can kill Fan Ning, the Shenwu Army will be defeated without a fight, and I will hand over the Shenwu Army and the East Palace to you, I only need the heads of Fan Ning and Zhao Ji." ”

Zhang Husheng nodded, "I won't disappoint the Taishi!" ”

"Zhang Jinding's 20,000 troops are responsible for controlling the major gates of the capital, and the troops outside the city are not allowed to rush to King Qin."

"Yes!"

Zhang Yaozuo finally said to Zhang Sheng and Zhao Lian: "Once the army controls the situation, the next thing is for you to appear, it is your business to contact hundreds of officials and support the new prince, in short, I will be thoughtful in all aspects, and I can't make any mistakes." ”

Everyone went on to discuss the details, and everyone discussed in the Taishi's Mansion all night, and at dawn, they finally formulated a complete plan.

Although Zhang Yaozuo was exhausted, his eyes were still very excited, he raised his wine glass and said: "Everyone, for the sake of our success, we drank this glass of wine to show our feat!" ”

"Cheers!"

Fan Ning had set up an intelligence team as early as two months ago, with about 300 people, the foundation of which was the personal guards trained by the Zhu family, and some soldiers with high martial arts skills were selected from the Shenwu Army.

The reason why this intelligence team was formed was also because of Zhao Zhen's deteriorating condition and the constant pressure generated by Zhao Zhen before he ascended the throne, which came from the interests of various forces.

The new emperor's accession to the throne has become a major event of the country, to a large extent, it is a reshuffling and combination of various interests, which is related to the interests of a family for decades, and everyone will not stand by, so the closer to the enthronement, the demands of various families or interest groups begin to appear.

If it's just a demand for interests, I'm worried that some forces opposing Zhao Ji will appear at this critical moment.

Zhao Zongshi's opposition was cleared a few months ago, and the biggest opposition force left is Zhang Yaozuo, and there may be some hidden opposition forces, but none of them are as strong as Zhang Yaozuo's opposition and the urgency of the situation.

Frankly speaking, Fan Ning was a failure in terms of intelligence on the Zhao Zongshi incident, if Zhu Jie hadn't told him that Zhu Yuanfeng had given Zhao Zongshi three thousand taels of gold, he would have been completely in the dark about this matter, this incident had taught Fan Ning a big lesson, he couldn't be so lucky every time, and if he wanted to completely control the situation, there was only one way, and that was to monitor it comprehensively.

In a five-acre mansion near the east gate of the imperial city, Gao Taotao finally calmed down from the extreme excitement, and his plump and delicate body lay on Fan Ning's strong body, after they had the first time, they had a second time a month later, followed by the third time, and then the fourth time...

Gao Tao is Chinese New Year's Eve one year old today, only six years older than Fanning.

To a certain extent, Gao Taotao has become Fanning's secret lover, this mansion was bought by Gao Taotao for 20,000 yuan, it is very secret, and it has become a tryst between Gao Taotao and Fanning, she not only gets great physical and psychological satisfaction from Fanning, but also gets a sense of security.

"Aning, I'm not ready yet!"

Gao Tao said to Fanning in a little panic: "I don't know a lot of things!" ”

"Take your time!"

Fan Ning caressed Gao Tao's white and greasy face lovingly, and comforted her: "Everything is gradually proficient after more contact, and you will become a very good queen mother." ”

"Isn't it the same way you treat women, you become skilled after a lot of contact, A-Ning, how many women do you have?" Gao Tao asked with a smile.

"You're the fourth at the moment!"

"It seems that you are still honest and don't spend a lot of time drinking outside?"

Fanning shook his head, "I never go to Qinglou, but that doesn't mean I'm a decent man. ”

"I know, you have your own principles for women, Zhu Pei grew up with your childhood sweetheart, Ouyang Qian is your unforgettable relationship, Aya is that you have a pity for her, what about me?"

"Because you will be the Queen Mother!"

Fanning rolled over and pressed her under him, took a deep breath and said, "I also have a great sense of accomplishment in conquering you. ”

After scoring twice, the two calmed down again, Fanning put on his clothes, and Gao Taotao put his arms around his neck from behind and asked, "What will I do after I enter the palace?" ”

Fan Ning was silent for a moment, patted her hand and smiled: "Maybe not like now, Tao, you are the Queen Mother, at that time you have to consider your identity and influence." ”

"We're done with it?" Gao asked faintly.

"I don't know, I want to go out for a walk, maybe a year or two, I don't know what you'll be like when you come back? Let's talk about it then! ”

Gao Taotao was also silent, she put on her dress, and asked again, "Is there anything abnormal over there Zhang Yaozuo?" ”

Fanning nodded, "The seven thousand Zhuang Ding of his thirteen manors have begun to assemble at the manor outside Nishishi, Tokyo, this is a very obvious signal that he is going to make a move!" ”

"Is that needle dangerous?" Gao asked nervously.

"He's not in danger, don't worry! I'm in control. ”

Fanning took her in his arms, kissed her on the lips, and said with a smile: "If I return from outside in the future, you can still keep my chastity for me, maybe I will give you a big reward!" ”

Gao Taotao's originally gloomy eyes suddenly lit up, "Are you serious?" ”

"I mean what I say!"

Gao Tao looked at Fan Ning deeply and said: "You look down on me too much, I said that apart from you, there will be no third man in my life, I just hope that when that day comes, you will not be too ruthless!" ”

After speaking, Gao Tao put his arms around Fanning's neck and kissed him with emotion.

With this kiss, Fanning couldn't leave.

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