Chapter Seventy-Nine: Excessive Loyalty
After leaving the jewelry shop, Ren Xin was in a good mood, and he was not in a hurry to return to the Siyi Pavilion. Li Hao also accompanied her to wander around the street by Ren Xin, and she should also enjoy the world of the two.
It's just that this leisure and elegance didn't last long, and I saw Ning Yuanzhou and them on the street. At this time, they were wearing ordinary clothes, and Li Hao guessed that they were going to Yong'an Tower to investigate on the spot.
Therefore, he didn't plan to call them, but he was discovered by the sharp-eyed Yu Thirteen and told Ning Yuanzhou.
"Coincidentally, I met two people on the street, and you are ......." Ning Yuanzhou took the initiative to say hello, and Li Hao couldn't ignore it.
can only smile and say: "I'm bored in the Siyi Pavilion, so let's go out and walk around, after all, you also know that since we came to Andu, there is really nothing serious to do." Speaking of which, I really envy you, at least there is still hope for this, unlike us, we can only wait for the result. As for Li Hao's words, Ning Yuanzhou's heart was also quite complicated, he also wanted to be as leisurely as Li Hao, but unfortunately it couldn't be.
"Master Li is wrong, it should be that I envy you." Ning Yuanzhou smiled bitterly twice, and then asked, "Then do you go back to the Siyi Pavilion now, or continue to hang out." Li Hao didn't answer directly, but turned his head to look at Ren Xin and asked her opinion.
Ren Xin said: "It's late, so let's go back." Next, the group began to return to the Siyi Pavilion, and by the way, Li Hao asked about their progress in rescuing Emperor Wu.
"Recently, your King Li has been visiting the ministers of the Anguo Dynasty everywhere, and I don't know what progress has been made." Ning Yuanzhou's words were bitter: "These ministers are all wise people who protect themselves, and occasionally a few are willing to help persuade Emperor An, but there is no follow-up." We are also worried, what to do next, and I would like to ask Master Li if he has any suggestions? ”
"What advice can I have, this is nothing more than outwitting or coercing, one way to go if it doesn't work, change to another." Ning Yuanzhou and the others didn't expect Li Hao to say this on the street, so they couldn't help but stop and looked at Li Hao stunned for a moment.
Seeing this, Li Hao waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's just a joke, don't worry about Hall Master Ning." Ning Yuanzhou immediately smiled and took another step, as if he hadn't said this.
In order to alleviate the atmosphere just now, Li Hao asked: "By the way, didn't Changqinghou promise to help, doesn't he have any news from there?" Ning Yuanzhou replied: "The Marquis of Changqing said a few words for help, but Emperor An didn't pay attention to it, and Lord Li may not know that Emperor An has already given Marquis Changqing a marriage, and the other party is the daughter of the Duke of Chuguo." Under such kindness, the Marquis of Changqing did not disobey Emperor An's will at this time and forcibly admonished. Li Hao pretended not to know about this, and said with a smile: "So that's the case, then this Changqinghou must be proud of the spring breeze at this time." After all, this Chu Guogong has a prominent status, and he is the patriarch of Shaxi, one of the three major tribes of Anguo, and Changqing Hou has become his fast son-in-law, and his future is limitless. It's just that there doesn't seem to be a clear purpose in this matter, and Changqing Hou is indeed not good at breaking Emperor An's taboo at this time, so as to avoid many twists and turns. Along the way after that, Li Hao mentally encouraged Ning Yuanzhou and them, anyway, Li Hao also expected that they would not dare to let themselves participate in the plan to save people.
Andu is peaceful here for the time being, but the situation in Sudu is different. As time passed slowly, in the return of Qidu to Sudu, Li Haode's body had gradually recovered to the point where he could walk on the ground.
After Zheng Zhuo found out, he understood that he couldn't wait any longer. Because as Li Hao regained his ability to act, Cui Ming had already planned to summon Li Hao back to Beijing.
Zheng Zhuo's jealousy of Li Hao is engraved in his bones, where dare Li Hao return to Beijing. And he has always thought that the sooner he starts, the better, and by this time, he is barely ready.
After making up his mind, Zheng Zhuo immediately made an appointment with Ming Song and Cen Fa to come, and at the same time, Chen Song, the commander of the firearms battalion, Qiu Dongxing, the commander of the Forbidden Army's Banner Battalion, Ning Zhengquan, the commander of the Tiger Banner Battalion, and Wu Shun of Shuntianfu.
In addition to Chen Song, Qiu Dongxing and Ning Zheng were all people secretly cultivated by Zheng Zhuo. Of course, they didn't train them to raise troops at the beginning, they just wanted to grasp more military power and escort the family at a critical moment.
But now, they can't care about hiding their strength anymore, and they really start fighting to the death. Zheng Zhuo, as the only one of the three families who is good at warfare, naturally became the principal.
First of all, he first clarified the name and necessity of the action, and characterized the rebellion as the side of the Qing monarch, that is, to eliminate the traitors around Cui Ming, that is, the princelings headed by Li Hao.
Unifying this understanding, Zheng Zhuo began to discuss how to implement it: "Although there are many traitors around Your Majesty, now the crown prince, who is the head of the traitorous party, is far away in Qidi with a group of cronies. Without his order, although Gongyegu and the others were also in the forbidden army camp, they would never dare to act rashly. Therefore, after the army is raised, we must quickly seal off the palace, so that His Majesty will not be provoked by traitors and ordered to raise troops. This will allow me to have some free time, and then I will be able to take control of the capital and the palace, and I will be able to use the Tiger Talisman to take over the Forbidden Army camp. And His Majesty's edict officially abolished the reserve, and directly stabbed him to death, if he dared to resist, he ordered the whole world to fight against him. However, Zheng Zhuo also knew that this alone might not really be able to kill Li Hao, in order to reassure others, he also strengthened his confidence.
So after a pause, he continued.
"Of course, the deposed prince is extraordinary, and this alone may not be able to put him to death, so I have united with An Guo. Their soldiers and horses are already stationed on the border, and they will cooperate with us to strangle the deposed prince, so you don't have to worry about him escaping this fate. "Chen Song is an undercover agent who was inserted, and he obviously has some disdain for this issue, thinking that just with you crooked melons and cracked dates, he also wants to be able to deal with His Royal Highness the Prince.
It's just that he didn't show it, but instead participated more actively in the discussion and raised practical questions.
"With Marquis Zheng's careful calculations, we naturally don't have to worry, but now the imperial city guards are in charge of that Wang Qin, and the palace walls are tall and solid. After we enter the capital, how should we enter the imperial city, once we are frustrated here, so that the palace has time to react, and we are afraid that the forbidden army outside the city will move. Regarding this issue, Zheng Zhuo has also already considered: "You don't have to worry about this, the guard of Donghua Gate has been bought by Concubine Zheng Guifei, and he will open the palace gate for you during the critical period." All you need to do is to rush into the palace quickly, and the Firearms Battalion and the Tiger Banner Battalion will destroy the forbidden army in the palace and seal off the palace gates. As for the Banner Battalion, they blocked all the city gates together with Shuntianfu and did not let anyone enter or leave. This news was really unexpected for Chen Song, he didn't expect that there were traitors in the palace.
After that, several people worked together to improve the plan, and Chen Song and the others left and went back to reorganize their own armies.
Of course, the first thing Chen Song did when he returned to the barracks was to secretly send the information he got today to Chen Xi through the means of Jinyiwei, so that Chen Xi could prepare as soon as possible.
Jin Yiwei's speed was very fast, and Chen Xi received the news in the East Palace that night. Although he was a little surprised, Chen Xi did not panic, but fell into a deep thought.
According to Li Hao's private confession to him, the scale and impact of this rebellion had to be controlled. Li Hao needed to take power in advance, but he didn't want to touch Cui Ming's life, and even the prince born to Concubine Zheng and the nominal younger brother, Li Hao didn't want to kill him.
After all, the father-son relationship for more than ten years is still there, let him sit in the position of the emperor, and it is the same to provide him up, Li Hao is confident that he can control the situation.
But as far as Chen Xi is concerned, he is thinking about Li Hao, whether to directly help Li Hao remove this shackle once and for all.
Of course, he also understands that the result of doing so is that he has to pay for it, even if it is his own life.
After thinking about it for a while, he finally made a decision and burned this information directly. Then he went to Zhang Han: "Princess, the atmosphere in the capital is a little weird now, and there is something wrong, and the slave wants to ask the princess to secretly go to live outside the city temporarily." Zhang Han knew that Chen Xide had a temperament, and he was not a good person.
It's just that she really didn't feel anything abnormal, and based on Chen Xi's recent performance, Zhang Han felt a little strange more and more.
I couldn't help asking: "The situation has really reached such a point, then tell me, where does this danger come from?" Chen Xi replied: "The slave maid got some clues, indicating that the Zheng family united a group of courtiers who were dissatisfied with the prince and secretly planned a rebellion. It's just that there is no evidence for the time being, and he can't present it to His Majesty, so as not to be accused of spreading rumors and false accusations. For this reason, the slave and maid have sent a message to His Highness, asking His Highness to return to the capital as soon as possible to control the situation. But it will take time for His Royal Highness to return after all, and in order to ensure the safety of the crown princess, I invite you to live temporarily outside the city. Zhang Han frowned and said: "Rebellion is a felony of raiding the house and destroying the crime, does the Zheng family really have such courage?" Chen Xi thought of what Zhang Han would suspect, so he had already prepared the answer: "Originally, the slave maid couldn't believe it, but this time among the soldiers and horses who were attracted by Zheng Zhuo, there were soldiers who fought with His Highness in Qidi. It was he who remembered His Highness's kindness and wrote a bloody letter to me to expose the matter, but when I wanted to track it down again, this person could no longer be found. The slave estimated that the matter was leaked, which caused him to be killed. After speaking, Chen Xi took out the prepared blood book and handed it to Zhang Han.
This blood letter Chen Xi is very well prepared, and the notes are scribbled and hasty, which shows that the person who wrote it is extremely emotionally turbulent.
As for the content, it is about the movements of the forbidden army camp, mentioning some side situations, but there is no way to check the substantive evidence.
After reading it, Zhang Han still didn't speak, obviously because it was too big and he didn't think about it. Seeing this, Chen Xi continued to increase: "The crown princess is now pregnant with the heir of His Royal Highness, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about this child." Once there is a military disaster in the city, the East Palace will inevitably become Zheng Zhuo's primary target, which is too dangerous. But no matter how Chen Xi persuaded him, Zhang Han still had concerns: "But if I leave, what if the palace summons me or someone comes to visit." Chen Xi said: "The queen mother has already said before that she will not summon the crown princess into the palace again, if someone really summons her, it will definitely be an edict, the purpose is to let you throw yourself into the net." As for the visit, it is natural for the slave and maid to deal with it, and the custody will not be exposed. Zhang Han asked curiously, "You can deal with it?" How are you going to cope? Chen Xi explained: "In fact, the nobles in the palace have always had the habit of arranging stand-ins, in case they can attract the attention of the assassins and divert the enemy's target at a critical moment. Since the crown princess entered the East Palace, the slave maid has also prepared a stand-in for you, which can barely come in handy at this time. After speaking, Chen Xi shouted outside: "Come in." As soon as the voice fell, I saw the door open from the outside, and two women entered.
Zhang Han looked at their faces in shock, because this was exactly the same as her. Immediately shocked: "They really look the same as me, how did you find this?" Of course, in addition to being shocked, Zhang Han was also a little scared in his heart.
After all, if it's really exactly the same, doesn't that mean that these people can replace themselves in a grand way, and others can't find out.
Chen Xi also understood Zhang Han's concerns, and explained: "If you want to find someone who is exactly like you, it is naturally difficult to find, their original appearance is only a few similarities to you at most, and the rest is to use a special martial arts." This kind of martial arts is found by His Royal Highness, which can make people change their appearance slightly in a short period of time, and after doing so, they can have an eight-point image, and then the rest is the repair of clothes and makeup, so as to achieve the effect of fake and real. After saying that, Chen Xi asked them to return to their original state and let Zhang Han take a look.
After the two of them heard the sound and clicked on two acupoints on their bodies, their faces changed. This time, Zhang Han looked at it again, and sure enough, he could clearly see the difference, and the appearance of these two people was different.
couldn't help but admire: "I didn't expect this kind of martial arts to exist in this world, it's amazing." Chen Xi continued to persuade at this time: "So although the crown princess is relieved to have a baby outside the city, so that no matter what Zheng Zhuo does, we have room to turn around." But Zhang Han was still not at ease, and asked, "What about Your Majesty and the Queen Mother?" Chen Xi replied: "The palace has a forbidden army led by the uncle of the Wang family, and it can't be attacked for a while, but it's much safer than the East Palace." As long as it takes a long time, the forbidden army camp will naturally raise troops to quell the rebellion, and I will also inform General Gongye in advance so that he can prepare. Zhang Han's concerns were solved by Chen Xi one after another, and he finally agreed.
Then Chen Xi began to arrange carriages and horses, and hid Zhang Han in the ordinary cart for purchasing materials.
As for the Zhuangzi outside the city, it was prepared a long time ago, and it was the training station of Jinyiwei before. All kinds of conditions are good there, and there is a brocade guard, so there is no need to worry about safety.
When Zhang Han left like this, Chen Xi had no worries at all, and he could let go of his hands and feet.