At noon, Zhao Zhen suddenly woke up, and immediately alarmed the palace maid who was guarding the side, the palace maid was surprised and happy, ran out, and said to Queen Cao and Zhao Ji who were talking outside: "The official family has woken up!" ”

Empress Cao's face changed, and she hurriedly took Zhao Ji into the inner room, and several imperial doctors who were guarding outside also hurried over.

Seeing that Zhao Ji's face was slightly flushed and his eyes lit up, several imperial doctors immediately understood, they glanced at each other, and called several palace maids and eunuchs out, leaving Empress Cao and Zhao Ji one last bit of time.

Zhao Ji held the hand of the imperial grandfather and asked in a low voice, "Imperial grandfather, do you feel better?" ”

Zhao Zhen recognized Zhao Ji, his lips trembled and whispered what to say, Zhao Ji hurriedly stepped forward, put his ear to his lips, and finally heard a word that the imperial grandfather said, 'forgiveness', forgiveness, does the imperial grandfather want to forgive him himself, or forgive Zhang Yaozuo, or forgive the world?

Zhao Ji nodded hurriedly, "Grandson heard clearly, the emperor's grandfather wants his grandson to have a forgiving heart and treat the people of the world well!" ”

Zhao Zhen showed a smile of relief, his eyes moved upwards again, Zhao Zhen didn't understand, looked at the imperial grandmother, and Empress Cao immediately understood that her husband was talking about the will hidden in the pillow.

She hurriedly said: "The concubine will definitely obey His Majesty's will and will never violate it!" ”

Zhao Zhen exhaled his last breath, the flushing gradually faded, his eyes were scattered, and his face gradually turned waxy yellow.

Empress Cao touched his nose, her hand shrank suddenly, and her tears couldn't help but fall down anymore, "Er, your imperial grandfather, you're dead!" ”

Empress Cao's legs were weak and she collapsed beside the bed, but Zhao Ji wiped away her tears and said to Empress Cao: "Imperial grandmother, Zhang Yaozuo is still eyeing outside, we must block the news and not let him launch a coup d'état in advance." ”

Empress Cao nodded sadly, "Er, you can do it yourself!" ”

She covered her face and began to cry again.

Zhao Ji walked to the outhouse and said to several imperial doctors: "From now on, each of you will be promoted to one level, and each will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver, and now you are guarding next to the Son of Heaven, and no one is allowed to visit, including palace maids and eunuchs, and no unfavorable news is allowed, it can only be said that the Son of Heaven is in stable condition and is being treated." ”

Several imperial doctors understood, and now was not the time to announce the news, so they nodded, "Weichen obeys!" ”

Zhao Ji said to more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs: "You stay in the main hall, you are not allowed to cry, whoever dares to cry, who dares to leave the palace, there will be no mercy!" ”

More than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs were so frightened that they didn't dare to take a breath.

Zhao Ji walked quickly to the entrance of the hall again, and said to a guard: "Quickly order General Zhao Shiyue to come to see me!" ”

Zhao Shiyue was near the main hall, and when he heard the news, he hurriedly came, bowed down and said, "See the emperor's heir!" ”

"General Zhao, you immediately add another five hundred reserve troops, surround the main hall, and no one is allowed to approach."

Zhao Shiyue's eyes darkened, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty went?" ”

Zhao Ji nodded, "Please ask General Zhao to send a henchman to inform Fan Zhan of the matter, just say four words, the flying dragon is in the sky." ”

Zhao Shiyue's nose was sour, and he said slowly: "Weichen will arrange it immediately!" ”

In just a moment, five hundred Qianniu reserve troops quickly arrived, plus the five hundred soldiers arranged before, a total of one thousand soldiers were guarding the periphery of the main hall, and no one was allowed to approach, at the same time, the entire inner palace gate was closed, and all contact with the outside world had been cut off, and even the soldiers who went to send a message to Fanning could only hang down the palace wall, and the palace gate would not be opened again.

In fact, it is necessary to keep the news tightly sealed in this way, Zhao Zhen still has many concubines in the harem, they are all waiting for the news, once they get the news of the death of the Son of Heaven, they will try their best to pass it on to their parents.

In addition, many forces have bought off a certain eunuch or palace maid in the palace to deliver news to them.

The news could not be spread out of the hall in the first place, and the concubines and other palace people could only look at the news flag, if the white flag was hung on the news flagpole, it meant that the Son of Heaven had died, and if the yellow flag was hung, it meant that the condition was stable.

On the high flagpole next to the dormitory, there are still apricot yellow flags, calming the tension of the people in the palace.

At this time, Fan Ning had already received the secret message of the death of the Son of Heaven, but he did not make any moves, and still secretly monitored Jiang Yuan's every move.

Of course, Fan Ning also considered the plan, if Jiang Yuan's trapping failed, then he would arrest people directly.

Time passed little by little, and the night fell quietly again, during this time due to the deterioration of the Son of Heaven's condition, the city gate would be closed in advance, and as soon as it was dark, the drum of closing the city gate would rumble and beat.

Jiang Yuan was wearing armor and sitting alone in the camp drinking glass by cup, he was both excited and nervous in his heart, excited that the avenue of glory and wealth had been spread out to him, Zhang Yaozuo promised him the king of Chu, and assigned the Jiangnan area to him, and at the same time allowed the only son born to him by the concubine to inherit his throne, which was also the first time that the Zhang family recognized his son.

And the tension is the upcoming big war, his task is to capture the northern cities, release the leopard army into the city, and then capture the harem, control the son of heaven Zhao Zhen and Empress Cao, and capture the jade seal, tiger talisman and gold medal for troop transfer.

His task is really heavy, but it is still early, it is just dark, and it will not be until the third watch to start a mutiny.

At this time, a personal soldier ran to the door and reported: "General Qiyu, there is a young man named Zhang Daquan outside, who says that he is your brother-in-law, and he has an urgent matter to report to you." ”

Jiang Yuan frowned, of course he knew Zhang Daquan, the brother-in-law who was idle and knew about visiting brothels all day long, he was the most disgusted, and he never saw this person.

"What did he come to himself for, and something urgent?"

Jiang Yuan suddenly thought that maybe his sister was gone and didn't tell him, he still thought something had happened at home?

In normal times, Jiang Yuan would not ignore him, but today's situation is special, Jiang Yuan is really afraid that Zhang Daquan will go to the government to report the case, attract the attention of the government, and cause a big deal.

He thought about it and got up and came to the gate of the barracks, only to see Zhang Daquan standing at the door anxiously, he really guessed that it should be for his sister.

When Zhang Daquan saw Jiang Yuan coming out, he ran forward and immediately said, "Brother-in-law, something happened to Ah Ming!" ”

Zhang Daquan knows his brother-in-law very well, and said that it is useless for his sister to have an accident, and he must say that his nephew has an accident, which is Jiang Yuan's only son, and only by using his son can he hook him.

Sure enough, Jiang Yuan was taken aback, "What's wrong with Amin?" ”

"My sister came back with Ah Ming just now, it seems that Ah Ming was poisoned and has been vomiting blood, my sister is crying so much that I can't help it, let me come to you."

Jiang Yuan's eyes widened, his son was poisoned, he grabbed Zhang Daquan's arm and asked, "Where is my son?" ”

"At my residence, my sister said that you wouldn't let her come to the barracks, so let me come to you."

It is indeed the case, Jiang Yuan is afraid of the tigress in the family, and never allows the concubine to come to him in public, at this time, Jiang Yuan is so anxious that he has completely forgotten that there is still action at night, he doesn't want to lose his only son.

"Take me there!"

Jiang Yuan knew that Zhang Daquan's residence was not far from the imperial city, and he didn't even ride a horse, so he hurried away with three of his subordinates.

After a while, they came to a deep alley, and Zhang Daquan pointed to it and said, "In front of me is my residence." ”

Jiang Yuan hadn't realized the danger yet, but his own soldiers felt that something was wrong, and said urgently: "General, there is a wall at both ends here, and we can't run away!" ”

Jiang Yuan suddenly came to his senses, and he shouted, "What's the matter? ”

Zhang Daquan turned around and fled, Jiang Yuan suddenly understood that he had fallen for the trick, he pulled out his knife and shouted: "Let's rush out!" ”

It was too late, and countless crossbow arrows suddenly shot out from both sides, shooting densely at several people in the alley, Zhang Daquan shouted in fear, "Don't kill me!" ”

A crossbow arrow shot into his head and killed him instantly, and Jiang Yuan and three of his retinue also died under the arrow.

Half an hour later, Fan Ning took Yang Yi, the general of the right prison guard, and hundreds of soldiers to break into the barracks of the left prison guard army, arrested two commanders on the spot, and then announced a new appointment, Yang Yi temporarily served as the general of the left prison guard, and the other three Jiang Yuan's henchmen were also arrested near Xuande Building, so far, including Jiang Yuan, six rebel generals of the prison guards were wiped out.

Not only that, but all the 5,000 soldiers of the left prison guard were disarmed and locked in the barracks and were not allowed to go out, and all the gates and vital points of the palace were taken over by the soldiers of the right prison guard and the Shenwu guard.

The palace was closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and at the same time, Xiao Chengxian, the envoy of the Nine Cities, also received an order that all the gates of the inner and outer cities of the capital were closed, and no troops were allowed to enter or leave at night.

At the second watch, 20,000 flying leopard troops appeared outside the Beifengqiu Gate, and the flying leopard army should be cavalry, but the cavalry transfer requires the order of the Privy Council, and today's flying leopard army can only march to the capital in the form of infantry.

When the 20,000 Flying Leopard Army had just arrived at the three-way crossing outside the northern city, suddenly the drums were loud, and there was a fire all around, and the 100,000 army had been waiting for a long time, surrounding the 20,000 Flying Leopard Army.

The Flying Leopard Army was suddenly panicked, the soldiers and generals didn't know what was going on, they would not convey tonight's mission until they entered the city, the Shenwu Army rebelled, and they needed to go to suppress it.

But now the soldiers still don't know anything, and the 20,000 soldiers look at each other, all at a loss.

At this time, someone in front shouted: "I am Han Qi, the right minister, Zhang Husheng wants to rebel, all the soldiers put down their weapons and surrender, and they are not to blame!" ”

Han Qi shouted several times, Zhang Husheng urged the horse to arrive, and he shouted angrily: "Brothers, Han Qi rebelled, kill me!" ”

But the soldiers of the Flying Leopard Army did not move, the generals of the Great Song Dynasty only had the right to lead the troops, but did not have the right to issue the battle, and the combat order must be issued by the civilian officials, which is a rule that all the Song soldiers know, Zhang Husheng blatantly violated it, and also ordered an attack, which was really unexpected by all the soldiers.

"Do you dare to disobey military orders?" Zhang Husheng yelled in a hurry.

At this time, a commander asked coldly: "General Zhang, can you tell us clearly where we are going when we leave the camp in the middle of the night?" ”

"This"

Zhang Husheng was speechless for a while, he just said that Han Qi rebelled, and he wanted to say that the Shenwu Army rebelled, and no one would believe it if he said it.

At this time, Han Qi shouted again: "Those who take Zhang Husheng's head and ask for merit will be promoted to three levels and rewarded with 50,000 taels of silver!" ”

Zhang Husheng's eyes widened, he felt that there were already generals around him who were looking at him wrongly, and he shouted anxiously: "I am the main general, who dares to disobey my orders!" ”

Suddenly, someone behind him said coldly: "You are just leading the army, and you have no right to give combat orders, so you should die!" ”

A spear stabbed from behind, Zhang Husheng was caught off guard, screamed, and was suddenly stabbed by the spear, and the tip of the spear leaked out of his chest.

Another general's eyes were quick, he jumped up, the sword waved, Zhang Husheng's head flew up, and everyone rushed up, splitting Zhang Husheng's body into pieces.

The 20,000 Flying Leopard Army surrendered one after another, and at this time, a group of soldiers rushed in and captured more than a dozen of Zhang Husheng's henchmen, and Han Qi appointed General Li Zhen as the temporary commander of the Flying Leopard Army, leading the Flying Leopard Army back to the barracks.

Before Zhang Jinding's other army could assemble, Zhang Jinding was killed by the deputy general Cao Huang, and the 20,000 forbidden troops acted as if nothing had happened.

At the third watch, Han Qi led an army of 100,000 to surround Zhang Yaozuo's manor.