Finding that Lu Cong was not in the palace and was likely to be taken outside, Lu Jian immediately gathered soldiers and horses to arrest all the people involved in the matter, and found Lu Cong and sent him back to the palace.

didn't know that Lu Cong was dead, and the civil and military officials who caused this ending, including Qiu Yan, had to accept the suggestion because they were afraid, and used the ice treasured in the cellar to freeze Lu Cong's body.

Because Sima Fa's army is still stationed in Yanzhou, he will definitely not be able to deceive them. So the prime minister took advantage of his identity to pretend to pass on the official document and Feige to Yanzhou first, and urgently summoned Sima Fa, Lu Yuan, Zhou Hao and other important civil and military generals to return to Miliang.

He is the prime minister's chief official, and he can be regarded as the spokesperson of Prime Minister Sun Ran, even Sima Fa will not be suspicious of him.

When the official document arrived in Yanzhou, it was obvious that Miliang had not yet figured out the reason for Lu Cong's disappearance, let alone that Lu Cong had died, and the imperial city was too busy to search for Lu Cong, looking for the escaped officials and their families, and they did not pass the situation to Sima Fa in time.

Sima Fa received a fake official letter and thought that Lu Cong urgently summoned him back because a villain was behind his back. Without thinking too much, he immediately brought the important civil and military generals mentioned in the official document, leaving a part of the troops to guard the border, and the rest of the troops collectively withdrew to Miliang.

Sima Fa's retreat route was different from Qiu Yan's route to Yanzhou, one team went north to cross the Yujiang River, to Mizhang, and then returned to Miliang in the west, and the other team went south to Wuqing and Chicheng, crossed Aishan and Shishan and went straight to Yujiang.

It is equivalent to the two sides forming an oval shape and not interlacing each other.

Along the way, they learned that Sima Fa had taken people out of Yanzhou and rushed to Miliang non-stop, Qiu Yan and others relieved themselves and hurried to Yujiang.

Sima Fa's team arrived at the Nujiang River, and there was still a day's journey from Miliang, and Qiu Yan's team had successfully entered the Yujiang River and arrived at the destination first.

Along the way, in fact, various states and counties were very wary of this huge team, and learned that they were here to support the border, and there was an official letter from the prime minister before they were released. As the prime minister's chief official, it is easy to forge the prime minister's official documents.

When they arrived here, Yu Jiang Taishou hurriedly greeted him, and he was very puzzled by the team supporting the border, because the composition of the team was too strange! and he found that the team was actually mixed with the families and relatives of these civil and military officials.

When questioned, Qiu Yan told him that something big had happened, and asked to immediately follow the team to the mansion of Lu Wei, the king of Yujiang, and pay a visit to the king of Yujiang and his mother, Mrs. Tian.

Yujiang Taishou Zhou Kang saw that their expressions were serious, maybe there was something big, so he personally led the way to Yujiang Palace.

The next person reported that the king of Yujiang and Mrs. Tian said that the imperial city of Miliang had sent troops to support Yanzhou, and that this team would come to the palace as soon as they arrived, but I don't know why.

King Yujiang is only 8 years old and doesn't understand anything. Mrs. Tian felt that it might be that His Majesty missed her and wanted her to return to the imperial city, so she was overjoyed and asked her to summon her into the palace.

Unexpectedly, the team came to the gate of Yujiang Palace, and suddenly played mourning music, Qiu Yan sent Hu Fan into the palace, and informed Mrs. Tian and King Yujiang that His Majesty was killed and died, leaving a testament to establish King Yujiang as the new emperor, ordering him to control Yanzhou, and sending troops to crusade against the queen and Lu Jian who killed His Majesty, and avenge him!

Mrs. Tian's first reaction was to take down these guys who pretended to pass on the holy decree, she didn't think that Lu Cong would die suddenly, and she knew that Lu Cong favored the crown prince Lu Jing, otherwise she would not send her son here to be a king of Yujiang, which means to be a free prince outside honestly, don't think about competing with your brother for the world.

However, after Hu Fan took out the edict and read it, Mrs. Tian invited her confidants to take a closer look, found no problems, and determined that the edict was true.

In fact, the edict is almost the same as the real one, except that the handwriting is imitated by Lu Cong, and the jade seal on it is real.

Qiu Yan has been by Lu Cong's side for so long, he can be said to be a henchman among his henchmen, and when he arranged to rescue Lu Cong, he naturally took out the jade seal.

There are edicts and jade seals, and there is Lu Cong's corpse, and Mrs. Tian, who can't tolerate it, doesn't believe it.

Mrs. Tian took her son out of the house, and when she saw Lu Cong's corpse and fainted directly after her death, she also believed that Qiu Yan and their affairs about the queen and Lu Lian's killing of His Majesty quickly notified the officials of all counties in Yanzhou to gather.

It stands to reason that the queen has always had a good relationship with Lu Cong, and her son is the prince, and Lu Cong is Lu Cong's younger brother, so there is no reason for both of them to do this kind of thing.

Second, with Lu Xian's prestige really going to be killed, it is impossible for the Chinese military ministers of the dynasty to follow the empress and Lu Zhuo, at least most of the courtiers will assist the emperor in taking these two. How could he be killed by them, and he had to make an edict for King Yujiang to avenge him?

Doubts are doubts, Yanzhou's side basically supports King Yujiang. For them, Yujiang Wang and Mrs. Tian are their own people, representing the interests of the people of Yanzhou.

Originally, King Yujiang had little chance of ascending the throne and becoming emperor, but suddenly this situation appeared, and everything was different.

Whether it's true or not, this is King Yujiang's opportunity, and it's also their opportunity.

Including Yu Jiang, Taishou and Zhou Kang all have the same idea.

When he arrived in Yujiang, he saw the edict and Lu Cong's body, including the jade seal brought by Qiu Yan and others, and quickly reached an agreement.

Mrs. Tian is still a little worried, is there a problem with secretly consulting a few Taishou edicts?

Although it was found that there was nothing wrong after many checks, there were several henchmen around Emperor Lu Cong, and if they really wanted to forge it, it would be completely flawless.

The eunuchs said to her: "It is no longer a question whether the edict is true or not, the lady can choose to arrest Qiu Yan and others and send them to the imperial city, when the crown prince successfully ascends the throne, or Lu Jian takes the throne, you will not be allowed to threaten the throne of the new emperor." In particular, if King Yujiang has received an edict, he will be suspicious of him whether he submits or not! Either he accepts the edict, and all the counties in Yanzhou will certainly give full support to King Yujiang to ascend the throne and quell the civil strife in Liang! If there is an edict and a jade seal, most of the ministers of the court and the central government will take refuge in us. ”

When Mrs. Tian heard this, she said in her heart that if she did not accept the edict, she would not necessarily benefit herself, and she might even be liquidated, and she seemed to have no choice. It's just that there are still some worries: "The one I'm worried about, Sima Faye, if he assists the prince, how can he be the enemy?"

"Don't worry, madam!" replied Zhou Kang, "We have an edict in hand, and we only need to send a person who can speak the Tao, and we will be able to persuade Sima Fa to support us! Even if Sima Fa throws himself to the crown prince, Yanzhou borders on Huaguo, so you can form an alliance with Ning Ze and invite him to help!"

"Inviting Ning Ze to help is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger!" Mrs. Tian asked worriedly, "What's more, the two sides are hostile, can he send troops to help?"

"It's true that he is seeking skin with the tiger, but our side is careful in planning, and it may not allow him to gain benefits!" Zhou Kang replied, "Liang's internal struggle is quite beneficial to Huaguo, as long as you ask him for help, you will definitely take action." If we can use the Hua State to get rid of the prince's power, wait for our side to control the Liang State, and then turn against it, and also join forces with Tang Niu and Ma Jian to contend with it. ”

"You all think the same thing?" Mrs. Tian looked around.

Several Taishou nodded one after another, no one wants to miss such a good opportunity, once they win, they will be from the minister of the dragon, their status will leap thousands of miles, and they may even become important ministers, and the power will be tilted towards the government and the opposition!

Mrs. Tian accepts the advice of the Taishou, why don't she want to seize the opportunity, she can't be the queen, and it's okay to be the queen mother!

So he announced the news of Lu Cong's death, and established Lu Wei, the king of Yujiang, as the emperor with His Majesty's "testament", and issued a document calling on all states and counties of Liang to respond to the new imperial regime and crusade against the queen and Lu Lian who murdered His Majesty.

As soon as the news came out, the world shook.

The Empress and Lu Jian were even more shocked by this news, and they had been looking for Emperor Lu Cong, who had escaped from the palace, worried that he would be deceived and then take the so-called Jindan. At the same time, they pursued those civil and military officials who fled to Yanzhou, thinking that they were instigating Lu Cong.

Who would have thought that Lu Cong would die?

And the other party framed himself and blamed Lu Cong's death on his head?

As for the so-called edict, neither the queen nor Lu Jian believed that it was true.

The two of them quickly summoned the Chinese military officials of the DPRK and asked them to immediately assist, issue official documents to stop the spread of rumors, and unite to send troops to recruit the rebels who spread false edicts.

In fact, the ministers of the DPRK and China were also extremely shocked, but they didn't expect Lu Cong to die suddenly!

Most people don't believe the content of the text, and they don't think that the edict is true, and it must have been done by the officials who fled!

However, there are also some officials in it who are moved, and they do not support the prince. Some of them do have a good impression of King Yujiang, and although the other part does not support King Yujiang, they want to deliberately mess up the situation at this time, and maybe they can find opportunities for the prince they support when the forces of the prince and King Yujiang are fighting.

This is not the case for officials in the DPRK and China, let alone local officials in the prefectures and counties. There were those who immediately jumped out to question the content of the text and scolded Mrs. Tian for rebellion, and there were also those who immediately announced that they would follow the will of the new emperor and join the regime of King Yujiang.

Needless to say, the five counties of Yujiang, Shishan, Aishan, Xigu, and Gu'an in Yanzhou must all support King Yujiang. At the same time, the two counties adjacent to Yanzhou, Wuqing and Chicheng, Yunzhou, announced their participation in the forces of King Yujiang, and the Taishou of Hexi County in Mizhou announced their obedience to the will of the new emperor.

Yunzhou Miliang, Nujiang, Tumen, Yueling, Jersey, Datong, as well as Mizhou Hongshui, Mizhang, and Daliang counties chose to support the prince and denounced Mrs. Tian for rebellion.

Sima Fa rushed to Miliang, but he didn't expect such a big event to happen suddenly, and he was also a little confused.

The queen urgently summoned Sima Fa into the palace, including Lu Yuan, Zhou Hao and other important ministers, gathered together and informed the whole thing of the cause and effect.

She was quite worried that Sima Fa would favor King Yujiang, after all, the other party had been fighting in Yanzhou during this time, and she might have some dealings with Mrs. Tian, and she might be co-opted by Mrs. Tian.

However, Sima Fa expressed his stance to break her worries, and the pillar of the Liang State expressed his willingness to support the crown prince's succession to the throne and fully assist in suppressing the rebels and restoring order in the Liang State.

Needless to say, Lu Yuan's father is Lu Lian, and it is impossible to support King Yujiang's forces.

Zhou Hao saw that Sima Fa and Lu Yuan were here, and it was impossible to go against them and go to the weaker side. After all, the first military division of Liang and the first fierce general of Liang are all here.