Xiao Ju and Wei Ran had returned to Jiangling at this moment, but they did not choose to enter the city. Instead, the teams are divided into arrays and spread out outside the city.

Wei Ran mainly didn't know what role Hengzhi played in this turmoil, Jiangling Taishou Heng was now a member of the Hengzhi clan, so Wei Ran decided to send someone to Jiangling City to find out the news first.

After a while, someone replied: "The name of Kaihuang is still used in Gangneung City, and there is nothing abnormal. ”

Wei Ran pondered and said, "It seems that the news of Jiankang has not yet reached Jiangling. ”

Wei Ran and Xiao Ju went against the current as soon as they escaped from Jiankang, so from the perspective of time, the two should arrive faster than the information from the imperial court.

"After all, Jiangling is governed by Hengxian, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here later, I will go to see Hengxian and let him start an incident together." After Wei Ran finished speaking, he got up and prepared to enter the city, but Xiao Ju hurriedly stopped him and said, "If Hengxian is not allowed, what should I do?" ”

Seeing the murderous feeling on Wei Ran's face, Xiao Ju understood it, and his face was very hesitant.

"Your Highness, if we don't have Jiangling as our base camp, even if we have soldiers and horses, and we have no food and grass to back up, will we not be able to plunder all the way?"

Hearing Wei Ran's words, Xiao Ju finally nodded.

Gangneung County is a good official in a sense. Diligent and loving the people, he has a good official reputation in Jiangling, which is why Xiao Ju doesn't want Wei Ran to be ruthless to him.

Wei Ran led two hundred princes and guards directly into Jiangling City, and then sent fifty people back to his mansion to report the news, and he himself led people straight to the county guard's mansion.

Hengxian was processing official documents in the official residence behind the county guard mansion at this time, and suddenly the subordinates rushed into the house: "My lord, the Guangling County Princess's escort rushed in directly. ”

Heng Xian looked shocked at this time, but before he could be shocked, Wei Ran had already led his troops into the mansion.

"What does the county want? Is it a rebellion? Hengxian was not humble or silent, and asked sharply.

"Xiao Luan and Lu Ke colluded to kill His Majesty. I took the prince to escape from Jiankang by luck, and now I want to wield Jiankang to help His Royal Highness clear the rebellion, and return to orthodoxy, can the county guard be together? Wei Ran directly explained the matter and the plate.

"The mandate of heaven should be attributed to His Highness, if this matter is true, this official will naturally help His Highness. Besides, now that the county knives are on Heng's neck, can Heng still obey? Heng Xian couldn't help but sarcastically retort a wave of Wei Ran.

Wei Ran immediately put down the knife after hearing this, and then said: "The matter is urgent, and I hope the county guard will forgive me." ”

Heng Xian saw that Wei Ran's knife had been put down, and he groaned slightly, and then said: "Where is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now, I have to let Heng see His Highness first." ”

"Outside the city, for the time being, in order to let the prince enter the city, now the situation is urgent, and the county guard wants to see the prince and go with his father."

Heng Xian nodded, and then followed Wei Ran to the outside of the city alone, Wei Ran saw this, and nodded secretly in his heart. It's not for nothing that this constant official reputation is so good.

Jiankang's Lu Ke is now in a hurry, and after the prince guards occupied Stone City, the army could not attack it for a long time.

Yang Hu fought very bravely, and even led his troops out of Stone Town a few days ago to attack a camp at night, burning a lot of grain and grass.

And today I heard the news that after the Huainan army broke through from the city of Hefei, it and the people of Guangling joined forces to capture Guangling County, and collected a lot of ships, which had the intention of crossing the river at any time.

And the court is now also in turmoil, many ministers close to the prince have now created a public opinion offensive in Jiankang City, the spearhead is directly pointed at Lu Ke, Lu Ke killed many officials in anger, and the remaining officials are now in danger.

At this time, in the Shangyuan Palace, Xiao Luan sat anxiously behind the desk, and on the side was the princess Zhaoyang of Northern Qin, the former princess of Chu, and the current queen.

Seeing Xiao Luan's worried face, Princess Zhaoyang didn't care, and said while grinding: "Your Majesty is worried, at a critical moment, you can also use the Great Qin army as foreign aid." Besides, Jiankang City is high and deep, and there are many soldiers and horses around, so what is there to fear? ”

Xiao Luan was calm when he heard this, and then grabbed Princess Zhaoyang's hand and said: "Queen, when the time comes, you must let the Northern Dynasty bring troops to save it, as long as you can kill Xiao Ju and let me stabilize the throne, the conditions are easy to say." ”

Princess Zhaoyang nodded slightly, but her heart was indeed full of disdain. Now that Xiao Ju has not officially started his army, just one Huainan army to capture Guangling has made Xiao Luan at a loss.

After Zhang Gui's troops broke through from the Hanging Gourd City, the remnants retreated to Yiyang one after another, and stationed in Yiyang City with Wang Xian.

Wang Xian found Zhang Gui with Wei Ran's secret letter at this moment, and said, "General Zhang, there is a letter from the county prince, asking you to take your subordinates to Jiangling to assemble." ”

"What happened?"

"Xiao Luan rebelled, the county prince and the prince wanted to raise troops in Jiangling and march eastward, and the general should go quickly."

Zhang Gui immediately led 5,000 troops to Jiangling.

Song Wuwei also received Wei Ran's secret letter at this moment, and he groaned slightly. He asked the partial general Hu Song to command 30,000 troops to go to Jiangling.

Song Wuwei said to Hu Song: "When you arrive in Jiangling, everything will be dispatched by the county prince, and you must not have a trace of doubt." ”

After Heng saw Xiao Ju now, he had no doubts and invited Xiao Ju back to the palace.

"Your Royal Highness, the county prince, now the plan is to quickly send troops to capture Xiakou, the place where the three rivers of Xiakou converge, the geographical location is extremely dangerous, since the county prince has transferred the troops of Xiangyang, then Weichen will write a letter to Xichuan, let the clan brother also lead the troops to respond, so that more than 100,000 troops can be gathered, and then all the way east along the Yangtze River, if the stone city is still under the control of the prince at this time, we can land on the Qinhuai River." After calmly analyzing the situation, Hengxian said.

"Why don't you land along the Yangtze River?" Xiao Ju was very puzzled at the moment.

"Is Hengjun Shou afraid of Lu Ke colluding with Northern Qin?" Wei Ran understood Hengxian's concerns, and then said: "Now the Huainan Army doesn't know what the situation is like, but Lu Ke categorically will not keep the Huainan Army, if the Huainan Army does not break through to Hefei, it will also be trapped in the city." If Lu Cao and Northern Qin unite, then we will be vulnerable to the enemy when we march along the Yangtze River. ”

Xiao Ju nodded when he heard this, and then Heng Xian said: "And now that the situation is urgent, His Royal Highness needs to immediately ascend the throne in Jiangling as emperor, and tell the world about the scandal of Xiao Luan and Lu Ke, so that the people can feel at ease." ”

"The father's bones are not cold, the enemy is still at large, what is the face of this palace to ascend the throne?" After hearing this, Xiao Ju hurriedly refused.

"Your Highness must ascend the throne, and the people are so ignorant that they are easily coerced into war. After His Majesty ascended the throne, the division was truly famous, and Hunan, Jiaozhou and other places also need His Royal Highness to issue an edict to appease them, so that they should not be directed to Lu Cao's side, otherwise even if our army finally quells the rebels, it will be greatly damaged. ”

After Wei Ran listened, he felt deeply reasonable, and began to persuade Xiao Ju.

After some politeness, Xiao Ju finally made a decision to immediately ascend the throne in Jiangling and proclaim himself emperor, and let Hengxian handle the relevant matters related to the enthronement.

After Heng Xian left, Wei Ran said to Xiao Ju: "Why is Heng Jun Shou more anxious than me. ”

Xiao Ju couldn't help laughing, but didn't answer the question. Instead, Chen Yuan'er said: "The county prince has worked hard immediately, but for the affairs of the court, let the slave explain it to the county prince." ”

It turns out that although Hengxian is a member of the Hengzhi clan, he is not a descendant. The future head of the Heng family still has to be passed on to Heng Xuan. Now that Heng has the opportunity to make a contribution to the dragon, he will definitely be added to the rank and knight in the future, how can he not be careful?

In the Southern Qi Dynasty, led by the Southern Shi clan, many people of the Heng clan were able to occupy high positions, and the art of left and right was a basic course.

Wei Ran listened to it, nodded secretly, and couldn't help but think a little more highly of this eunuch in his heart.

At this time, the Northern Qin court also set off a storm.