At this time, the entire Qingyang City still didn't know that a series of changes had occurred in the parade ahead, and it was still singing and dancing, and it was peaceful.

Lang Zhong ordered Huo Jun and his nephew Sima Sima to board the Qingyang Palace Tower, routine inspection, Huo Ping is Huo Zheng's young son, although he works under the command of Wei Gaozhong, in fact, he is the left prime minister Huo Zheng inserted into the southern army palace guard, monitoring the important candidates in the forbidden middle, and it is impossible for Zuo Prime Minister Huo Zheng to completely entrust the 10,000 southern army palace guards to Wei Wei Gaozhong, after all, he is not surnamed Huo, and the key position must be more reliable with his own family.

Now Wei Wei Gao Zhong followed the Eastern Tour team to Kanto, and the 10,000 palace guards of the Southern Army temporarily obeyed the command of Huo Jun in Lang Zhongling, and only after the end of the Eastern Tour, Wei Wei Gao Zhong would return to take charge of the Southern Army.

After Huo Jun and Huo Ping inspected the circle, the palace guards were on guard.

Huo Jun sighed with emotion: "The Eastern Tour team has been out for more than a month, and I don't know where the eldest brother has gone. ”

Huo Ping followed closely beside Huo Jun, and when he heard this, he said: "Second uncle, I estimate that with the speed of the Eastern Patrol Team, it should be near Cai County, and the Tang Cavalry who will report the news tomorrow should have a letter." ”

Huo Jun snorted, his face was solemn, and he was silent.

Huo Ping saw the second uncle like this and asked, "Second uncle, what's wrong with you?" Are you worried about your father? ”

When Huo Jun heard this, he came back to his senses and said, "I don't know why, I've always been restless these days, and I always feel as if something big has happened." ”

When Huo Ping heard this, he comforted Huo Jun and said: "Second uncle, with the third uncle in control of the lieutenant army, the honor guard of the Son of Heaven is all in the applause of his father, there shouldn't be any major incidents, right?" ”

When Huo Jun heard this, he bowed his head slightly and said: "Yes, I hope I think too much, my eldest brother often reminds me that now our Huo family seems to be in full swing, but it is also a dangerous egg, we must act cautiously, the palace is temporarily inspected by you, and I will go to the outer city to inspect it." ”

Huo Ping said: "Okay." ”

Due to the transfer of all the lieutenant troops, Huo Zheng, the prime minister of Zuo, transferred another 10,000 county soldiers to assist in the defense of Qingyang.

Lang Zhong ordered Huo Jun to go all the way to the outer city to inspect the city defense, first inspect the arsenal, and then take the guests to the gates of the outer city of Qingyang to inspect the city defense, arrange work, since the emperor's eastern tour, he has been like this, at least three times a day, never slack off a day.

After the end of the patrol, Huo Zheng summoned the commander who was specifically responsible for the defense of Qingyang City and instructed: "Captain Lu, Your Majesty and the civil and military officials are traveling far away, at this extraordinary time, you must fulfill your duties, and after Your Majesty returns to the capital after the tour to the east, the official will be in charge, and say a few good words for you in front of the emperor, and in the future, you may not be able to be a minister in the same palace." ”

When Lu Duwei heard this, he was overjoyed, and bowed his hand to Huo Jun and said: "Lord Huo, don't worry, the lower officials will be loyal to their duties, as long as the lower officials are there, all the gates of the capital will be foolproof." ”

Hearing this, Huo Jun nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good." ”

Huo Jun saw that the soldiers on the city wall were standing straight, with five steps and one sentry, ten steps and one post, patrolling back and forth, nodded with satisfaction, felt a little relieved, and went back to the house with the doorman.

The city defense lieutenant was temporarily requisitioned from other places to Qingyang to assist in defense, and now the government and the opposition actually understand that the new monarch's succession time is too short, and the court still has the final say on Zuo Prime Minister Huo Zheng, and his younger brother Lang Zhongling Huo Jun's promise is equivalent to the promise of Zuo Prime Minister, and he naturally has to behave well.

Late at night, Qingyang City has been curfew, Lu Duwei is still fully armed, patrolling back and forth between the city gates, not long ago, when he just inspected Guang'anmen, a scout knight came to report: "Qiyu Duwei, there is a court envoy outside Donghua Gate." ”

When Lu Duwei heard this, he was puzzled: "In the middle of the night, what is the imperial court sending envoys for?" ”

When the military Sima who followed Captain Lu heard this, he said: "Lord Captain, the imperial envoy is coming to visit in the middle of the night, there must be something important, why don't we send someone to Huo Mansion to inform Lang Zhong to order Lord Huo to come to receive the envoy?" ”

Lu Duwei waved his hand and said: "In the middle of the night, Lord Huo must be resting, so don't bother for now, let's go see what is going on first, and then send someone to inform Lord Huo." ”

When Jun Sima heard this, he had no choice but to retreat.

Lu Duwei took a group of officers to Donghua Gate to receive the imperial envoy, Lu Duwei first climbed the city tower to take a look at the period just in case, only to see that there were only dozens of cavalry outside the city gate to protect the imperial envoy, the imperial envoy held high in his hand, but there was no doubt about the envoy.

Lu Duwei secretly breathed a sigh of relief and led a group of generals to the city to receive the envoys.

The envoy of the imperial court came all the way to this place, it was Guo Xuan, a close confidant of the emperor, and next to him was Zhou Jian, the commander of the Northern Army and the captain of the Guardian Army.

Guo Jue saw that Captain Lu Du and the others came out of the city gate to greet them, so he stepped forward to hold the battle high, took out a gold medal, and said: "Your Majesty's edict, Ling Er and others are under the orders of General Zhou, the captain of the Guardian Army, at this moment, and they are not allowed to disobey their orders. ”

When Lu Duwei and the others heard this, they looked at each other.

Captain Lu was secretly shocked in his heart, and he didn't know what was going on, but he still stepped forward and asked for orders according to the rules of the army: "Please show the tiger talisman to the general." ”

Zhou Jian took out the tiger talisman from his arms and handed it to Lu Duwei, Lu Duwei took the tiger talisman, and after confirming that it was correct, his eyes rolled and he stepped forward to explain: "The lower official position is low, and he does not dare to make a decision. ”

Before the words fell, Zhou Jian, the captain of the guard army, sneered and said: "There is no need to invite Master Huo, he is no longer Lang Zhongling, in a few days, the imperial court will issue its own edict, what are you still doing in a daze?" Don't open the gates yet? Do you want to disobey the will? ”

When Lu Duwei heard this, his heart was shocked, could it be that the Huo family had lost power?

Zhou Jian, the captain of the guard army, saw that Captain Lu hesitated, waved his hand, and the knight behind him raised the fire as a signal, and after a while, the 40,000 troops of the Northern Army lit torches one after another, and the neat queue appeared from the darkness, and the army was dense, like boundless black clouds, and slowly stepped forward to surround Donghua Gate.

Lu Duwei and other generals who were responsible for guarding the capital looked at the face of a big change, and they looked like a catastrophe was coming, this was definitely a coup d'état.

Guo Jue held the imperial court festival, holding the gold medal, pointed at Lu Duwei and reprimanded: "Lu Duwei, Ma ordered to open the city gate, seeing this gold medal, if the Son of Heaven is here in person, you and others dare to resist the decree and disrespect, they will all be regarded as complicity in rebellion and exterminate the three clans." ”

When Lu Duwei heard this, his face turned pale with fright, and he swept the elite of the Northern Army behind the imperial envoy who could not see the end, he understood that this kind of earth-shaking event was not something that he could resist with a small captain, and the other party was obviously prepared, and the formalities such as festivals, gold medals, and tiger charms on behalf of the imperial court were readily available, and he understood that he was an official of the imperial court after all, not a domestic slave of his Huo family, and it was impossible to be buried with the Huo family.

Then, Captain Lu immediately turned around and ordered, "Open the door!" ”

Lu Duwei gave an order, and the gate of Qingyang Donghua Gate slowly opened.

Seeing this, Zhou Jian, the captain of the guard army, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered the army to enter Qingyang and take over the defense of the capital.

After Guo Erren successfully entered the city with his soldiers and horses, Zhou Jian turned his head and said to Guo Jue: "Fortunately, this road is full of knowledge of current affairs, our army came in a hurry, and we have not prepared siege equipment, if he really doesn't open the door, it will be troublesome." ”

When Guo Jue heard this, he smiled and said: "General Zhou, everything is under Your Majesty's control, before our army returns to the division, Your Majesty has sent Tsing Yi to make the three thousand Xuanniao Army under his command blend into the city in advance and ambush it. ”

Zhou Jian was slightly stunned when he heard this, and sighed: "I see, it turns out that Your Majesty still has a backhand?" ”

Zhou Jian, the captain of the Protector Army, was even more confident in his heart, he was betting on the right treasure, although he was young today, it was really not simple, and he was able to secretly train three thousand Heavenly Son soldiers under the nose of Huo Zheng, an old fox?

In fact, the 1,000 Xuanniao army brought from the mountain puppet only mixed into the city, but there were only a few hundred people, and there were no weapons on them, if Lu Duwei really didn't open the city, these hundreds of people would at most create a little chaos in the city, and they wanted to seize the city gate together, and they were afraid that they would not be able to do it.

Then Guo Jue and Zhou Jian immediately led the army to rush into the mansion of Lang Zhong Ling Huo Jun, tied up Lang Zhong Ling Huo Jun in his sleep, escorted him to Qingyang Palace, and asked him to order to open the palace gate, occupy the palace city, and eliminate the remnants of the Huo family, and this major event was decided.

In addition to the soldiers and horses who controlled the capital, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Northern Army rushed to the main gate of Qingyang Palace at night.

More than 10,000 people surrounded the palace, and at this moment, Huo Jun, who was tied up by five flowers, looked ashen and defeated, like a mourner, it was all over, he didn't know what happened to the Eastern Patrol team, but as soon as he looked at today's posture, as well as Guo Jue, the emperor's confidant beside Zhou Jian, the commander of the Northern Army, he understood everything, his eldest brother may have been killed by the little emperor, he couldn't figure it out, the third brother Huo Qi had 30,000 elite lieutenant troops under his command, what he couldn't understand was how the little emperor turned the tables?

At this time, the garrison in the palace, the 10,000 southern army palace guards had already discovered the abnormality outside the palace city, and hurriedly found the person in charge, the bus Sima Ling Huoping.

Huo Ping rushed to the city gate to take a look, and his scalp suddenly went numb, and the black army surrounded the main entrance of the palace.

Guo Jue winked and motioned to Huo Jun, who was tied up by five flowers, to step forward and shout.

Huo Jun stepped forward and saw that his nephew was on the city tower, so he hurriedly stepped forward and shouted: "Ping'er, hurry up and open the door, the angel is ordered to take over the palace." ”

When Huo Ping heard this, his face showed determination, he knew that at this moment, the ten thousand palace guards in the palace were the last hole cards of their Huo family, and the emperor's family was also in the inner palace, so they could be hostages, if he opened the door easily, their Huo family would be finished.

Huo Ping glanced at the unlucky appearance of his second uncle Huo Jun, and shouted to the city: "The court has regulations, no matter what happens outside the palace, the palace door will be closed at the end of the day, and the door will be opened at the end of the morning, and the violator will be beheaded, even if His Majesty personally orders the door to be opened, the lower officials can only do so." ”

Of course, Guo Jue knew the rules in the palace, and he didn't dare to force it too hard, so he persuaded him with good words: "By Your Majesty's will, don't hurt the innocents in the palace, as long as you are ordered to open the door, only the first evil will be punished, and the rest will not be counted." ”

Guo Jue waved his hand and brought more than 100 old and weak women and children of the Huo family to the palace gate, and said in a calm tone: "Huo Ping, you can see clearly, whether your Huo clan can survive or not is all up to you." ”

When Huo Ping saw that his newly pregnant wife was also in the crowd, his eyes were instantly split, and he couldn't wait to order the door to open the door now, after thinking about it, he shouted to Guo Jue and asked, "May I ask Lord Angel, how is my father?" ”

Guo Jue said: "Don't worry, Prime Minister Zuo is safe and sound, the Prime Minister is high-spirited, and he has returned to His Majesty, Huo Ping, I will give you one night's time, think about it, we will wait outside the palace gate until dawn, dare to resist stubbornly, I will not be soft." ”

When Huo Ping heard this, he scolded secretly, you are carrying a bright knife, and you dare to say that your father is a little emperor who returned to power peacefully? I don't even believe it.

As soon as Guo Jue's words fell, Huo Jun also hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded him: "Ping'er, the elite of the 40,000 Northern Army has controlled the entire Qingyang, your father and your third uncle have been placed under house arrest, and the general trend is gone, you have to think about it, the life of the second uncle, the life of the entire Huo family is in your thoughts." ”

Huo Jun knew that his nephew had some tendons, so he asked him to think clearly about the benefits and losses.

Huo Ping took a deep look at the family outside the palace gate, he had to use a procrastination trick first, to see if he could delay until Tianming, whether he could delay and wait for change, he really couldn't imagine that a wise and decisive father would lose everything so quickly, inexplicably, he didn't believe it, he still had a little luck in his heart, maybe Tianming, tens of thousands of lieutenants under the command of the third uncle could be killed.

In the long night, Huo Ping was not sleepy, he clenched his long sword, and led his guards to repeatedly inspect the various palace gates, he could not slack off in the slightest.

Two hours later, the sky gradually turned white, and the sound of roosters crowing from time to time outside the imperial city came, Huo Ping was irritable, he knew that it was almost dawn, and he had to give an explanation outside.

Patrolling to the main gate again, the officer guarding the gate saw Huo Ping coming, his face was panicked, and he seemed to have stolen something.

Huo Ping's color changed slightly, and he reprimanded: "What are you hiding?" Hand it over? ”

The officer had no choice but to hand over a hidden wooden letter to Huo Ping, Huo Ping looked through it, it turned out to be a family letter, he sighed in his heart, it was broken, the family letter must have been thrown in from outside the city.

The officers and soldiers guarding the imperial city, many of their family members live in the nearby counties or live in the city, they didn't expect the northern army outside the city to be so well prepared, at this moment the southern army is already unstable, and the southern soldiers consider their families, and it is impossible to follow them behind the Huo family to the dark.

Thinking of this, Huo Ping immediately ordered: "All the soldiers obey the order, everyone is not allowed to steal family letters, and if there are family letters sent in outside the city, they are not allowed to watch them, and they will all be destroyed on the spot, otherwise, military law will be involved." ”

"No." Although the soldiers were resentful, they did not dare to disobey Huo Ping's orders.

Finally, the time had come, and Zhou Jian, the captain of the guard army outside the city, shouted: "General Huo, the time has come, what are you waiting for?" The emperor's edict is here, why don't you open the palace door quickly? ”

Huo Ping poked his head out of the city tower and shouted: "You and other rebellious people, taking the opportunity of Your Majesty's eastern tour, have pretended to be the emperor's order and committed usurpation, and it is impossible to open the palace gate, unless you who have committed rebellion all withdraw from the city." ”

When the envoy Guo Jue heard this, he pointed at Huo Ping and reprimanded angrily: "Okay, you Huo Ping, you are disrespectful to the decree, you are not afraid of destroying the three clans?" ”

Huo Ping said: "Lord Angel, forgive me, what if you kill my whole family?" If the rebel army rashly enters the palace and disturbs the inner court, it is a great capital crime, unless His Majesty comes in person, the humble duty will open the door. ”

Huo Ping turned his head and comforted the soldiers of the Southern Army and said: "Brothers, where the duty lies, we must not open the palace gate, in case it is a chaotic minister and thief who deceives us and others, won't we help the abuse?" ”

When the soldiers of the Southern Army guarding the palace heard Huo Pingzhi's remarks, they also felt that it made sense, what if someone took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters? Now almost all the big leaders in Qingyang City have followed the emperor to the east, if they can't guard the palace, then they and their families will be punished, and it will be difficult to escape the punishment of the imperial court.