At the end of October, Luoyang City.

In the Xuanzheng Palace, a large number of Yulin Army soldiers blocked the main hall, and no one was allowed to move around the hall within a hundred steps. At the same time, there were soldiers and horses patrolling all parts of the palace, and all the palace gates were closed, locking a group of royal relatives in various palaces.

Outside the Xuanzheng Palace, Xuanhui made Meng Hanqiong stride with a solemn face, and was stopped by the soldiers of the Yulin Army a hundred steps away from the Xuanzheng Palace.

I saw Meng Hanqiong take out an edict, and then said something to the soldiers of the Yulin Army, and was allowed to enter the main hall.

This time, Meng Hanqiong suddenly received an edict ordering him to enter the palace immediately for an audience, which made Meng Hanqiong, who had always been steady, anxious, and thought that it was Li Siyuan. At this time, after the soldiers of the Yulin Army guarding opened the main entrance of the main hall, Meng Hanqiong rushed in with an arrow step, and came straight to Li Siyuan's bed under the guidance of the eunuchs in the palace.

"Sage, Meng Xuanhui has arrived."

With the eunuch's soft call, Li Siyuan slowly opened his eyes, his cloudy eyes focused on Meng Hanqiong's direction, and a smile appeared on his sallow face.

Meng Hanqiong saw Li Siyuan, who had not shown up for a long time, only to see that Li Siyuan's face was like dry bones, his face was black, and he was already mortal, he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, and immediately burst into tears, bowed to the ground, and couldn't speak.

At this time, Li Siyuan's mind kept coming up with the appearance of several princes, and when he thought of Li Congyan, Li Siyuan sighed and said secretly: "It's a pity that Congyan is not my heir, but it's a pity that Congyan is not from Shatuo!" ”

Just when Li Siyuan fell into memory, Meng Hanqiong had been bowing for a long time, and the eunuch next to him called softly: "Sage ......"

Li Siyuan's thoughts were interrupted, and then he motioned to the eunuch to help Meng Hanqiong up, and then said in an almost inaudible voice: "Life and death are fate, Aiqing doesn't have to be sentimental." This time, Lao Aiqing went to Yedu and quickly summoned King Song to Beijing to inherit the unification! ”

Meng Hanqiong was immediately stunned when she heard this, she never expected that this would be the case, Li Siyuan would choose Li Conghou to succeed him at the last moment. At this time, Meng Hanqiong was slightly stunned, and then took the lead.

Seeing that Meng Hanqiong had already received the order, Li Siyuan seemed to have let go of something, and immediately let out a sigh of relief and fell unconscious again. The eunuch on the side was startled when he saw this, and he didn't care about Meng Hanqiong, who was kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly went to greet the imperial doctor in the side hall.

Meng Hanqiong looked at the imperial doctors, eunuchs, and palace maids who were in a hurry in the hall, and only felt depressed in her heart, and even the sky turned gray, and she didn't know where the world would go.

A moment later, Meng Hanqiong walked out of the Xuanzheng Hall and went straight to the palace gate.

At this time, the Song King Li Conghou was still stationed in Yedu, and rushed from Luoyang to Yedu, and it would take six or seven days to go back and forth by fast horses, if Li Siyuan failed to survive to the Song King Li Conghou to enter Beijing, then the court did not know what kind of chaos was going to be made, you must know that Li Congke and other princes were watching the artifact!

Thinking of this, Meng Hanqiong felt a chill in his heart, and when he left the palace, he rushed to the post station in the city, and asked the post man for the fastest horse, and he didn't even know how to go home, so he was ready to go out of the city directly to Yedu.

But just when Meng Hanqiong was about to leave the city, there was a sudden sound of bells ringing in the direction of the palace, which was the death knell of the palace!

Meng Hanqiong hurriedly stopped the horses and looked back in the direction of the palace, his face full of horror.

A few days later, Meng Hanqiong rushed to Yedu with a dusty face and handed over Li Siyuan's will to Li Conghou's hands.

Li Conghou was very excited, and on the same day, he ordered all the men and horses to march to Luoyang City, and Meng Hanqiong accompanied Li Conghou into Luoyang City. In the past few days, the court has been in chaos for a while, but fortunately, with the efforts of Feng Dao and other ministers, fortunately, there was no major turmoil in the court, and Li Siyuan's body was parked in the palace waiting to be buried.

On this day, Feng Dao led a group of ministers in the court to greet outside the east gate of Luoyang, and the Song King Li Conghou's chariot and horse honor guard slowly entered the city, and there was no drum music and no ceremony in the whole process, and this time the city was particularly bleak.

Many people in Luoyang City were watching on both sides of the road into the city, and many people looked at the carriage and horse of Li Conghou, the king of Song, and pointed and pointed, not knowing what the new emperor who was about to ascend the throne would bring to the people of the world.

In the midst of the crowd, several men with very ordinary looks and clothes watched Li Conghou's brigade, and after Li Conghou's honor guard entered the palace, these men withdrew separately and disappeared into the crowd in a blink of an eye.

On the tenth day of November, Li Conghou, the king of the Song Dynasty, became the emperor and was the current saint of the Later Tang Dynasty in history. The first thing Li Conghou did after ascending the throne was to issue an edict to grant amnesty on the seventh day of the first month of the following year, and to respond to the righteousness of Tianshun and change the Yuan to be Shun.

On November 15, at the insistence of Li Conghou, the state funeral of the former emperor Li Siyuan was held in Pishan in the north of Luoyang City, and the state funeral ceremony ended hastily after only half a day. Then Li Conghou devoted himself to preparing for his enthronement ceremony, and at the same time preparing to arrange the henchmen he brought from Yedu.

Li Congyan learned the news on the third day of Li Conghou's accession to the throne, and it was information sent back by the Beizhen Fusi Pegasus, several days earlier than the edict sent by the imperial court to Dengzhou.

In the Huyun Soldier Station, Li Congyan looked at the information in his hand and sighed for a long time, and now Li Siyuan is dead, which means that an era has officially ended.

Although Li Congyan does not have any special feelings for Li Siyuan, he just came to this time and space a few days after he left Luoyang and came to Dengzhou, and he has never met Li Siyuan a few times, but Li Siyuan, as a famous figure in the annals of history, such a bleak ending is enough to make the heroes of the world sigh.

At this time, Bai Jixun sat next to him, looked at Li Congyan's expression, and said: "The saint has died, don't be too sad, the whole of Dengzhou is still counting on the Lord to make a big move!" ”

Li Congyan nodded and said, "What news is there from the DPRK?" ”

Bai Jixun said: "After Li Conghou ascended the throne, he appointed Song Lingxun, the left capital of Tianxiong, as the assassin of Cizhou. ”

Li Congyan heard of this Song Lingxun and said: "This person is only a mediocre person, relying on the fact that he is Li Conghou's cronies, so it is not worth thinking about it." It's just that this person is Li Conghou's absolute confidant, even if he is released as an official, at least he is also an envoy of the town, why did he seal the history of a state assassination? Is there any other news in Luoyang City? ”

There are rumors in Luoyang City: Zhu Hongzhao thought that it was his own credit to kill Li Congrong, the king of Qin, and set up the current sage, and wanted to monopolize the government. And Song Lingxun has been with the current saint for the longest time, and has always been trusted by the current saint, Zhu Hongzhao didn't want the old man to be by the saint's side, so he was transferred out. Today's saints are unhappy, but they have no choice but to appoint. ”

Li Congyan raised his eyebrows and said, "In other words, Song Ling's inquiry about the history of the Cizhou assassination is what Zhu Hongzhao meant?" ”

"That's how it should be."

"That's interesting!"

Li Congyan sneered and said: "There is An Chongzhi first, and now Zhu Hongzhao." Does he Zhu Hongzhao think that today's world is still the world when the emperor was in his heyday? This man is greedy for authority, but he has no vision to judge the situation, and sooner or later he will die under the sword! ”

Bai Jixun said: "Lord, my subordinates think that even if Zhu Hongzhao can't set off a big wind and waves, he still has the ability to muddy the water, for us, Zhu Hongzhao is an uncontrollable variable, so we still have to be careful." ”

Li Congyan nodded, and at the same time remembered that Zhu Hongzhao in history was like this, cracking down on dissidents and controlling the government, and even Li Conghou, who was the emperor, could not stop it, which made the government of the Later Tang Dynasty more and more chaotic, which was a complete-stirring stick.

"The affairs of Luoyang and the affairs of the princes, we are just paying close attention, and it is impossible to intervene for the time being."

Li Congyan subconsciously knocked on the table, paused, and said: "With Zhu Hongzhao in the court, I expect that it won't be long before Luoyang will be in chaos." As for the princes' side, the Zhenfu Division focused on Li Congke's movements! ”

"Li Congke?"

Bai Jixun said: "This person is brave and martial, and he is indeed the most likely to interfere in the government with force. ”

"It's not possible, it's certain!"

Li Congyan said categorically: "Right now, Li Congke should be recruiting troops and preparing to lead troops into Luoyang!" ”

Bai Jixun suddenly had a bold idea, and said with his crossed hands: "Lord, my subordinates don't know whether to say it or not. ”

Li Congyan said with a smile: "Do you want to persuade me, like Li Congke, to directly lead the army thousands of miles to break through and enter Luoyang City?" ”

"The Lord is wise!"

Li Congyan shook his head and said: "Li Congke looks aggressive, he may rush into Luoyang City at any time, others think that this is the best way to seize power, don't you know that the current court is an abyss, whoever sits on the emperor's throne in Luoyang City will fall to pieces!" Although I want to control the situation, I don't want to be a bird! ”

"Don't you want to return to Luoyang?"

"Luoyang?"

Li Congyan said with a smile: "What I want is the abundance of food and clothing for the people of the world, the stability of the world, and the submission of the four yi, not the void throne of Luoyang City." Maybe one day in the future I will lead my army into Luoyang, but not now. In the Colosseum in Luoyang, let Li Congke and others go into battle shirtless. Let's do our own thing, and while sitting and watching the situation change in Dengzhou, think about how to win the Pinglu Festival to make Shen Tan! ”

Suddenly, Li Mu, the director of the Military Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, reported in, Li Congyan frowned slightly, and asked, "What information do you have?" ”

Li Mu said: "Your Excellency, the Military Intelligence Department has just received information, and Li Congke suddenly sent troops and began to attack the Changyi Jiedu envoy in the north of Fengxiang Mansion. It is said that Li Congke personally led the troops, and his army was like a broken bamboo, and the Changyi Jiedu could not resist, and he had already lost Tunnel Zhou and Yizhou, and the main force of the Changyi Jiedu Envoy was also completely annihilated by Li Congke's department! ”

Li Congyan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said with a smile: "The Zhenfu Division immediately collects information on Luoyang, I want to know what Li Conghou's attitude is towards this matter!" In addition, the Military Intelligence Department pays close attention to the movements of Li Congke's department, and at least the main attack direction of his main force must be clarified, as soon as possible! ”

"Whoa!"

After Li Mu and Bai Jixun were ordered to leave, Li Congyan stood in front of a map and looked at the current situation carefully, and then suddenly laughed and said, "Okay, finally waiting for the opportunity to make a move!" ”