Chapter 45: True and False Edicts
Bai Ying was so frightened by him that she trembled, and was forced to take poison, and obediently took out the edict of the prince's mansion and handed it to Liu Changqing.
All this seems too easy.
The streets of Beijing have been closed at night, and in an antique shop, Liu Changqing took out the edict, and under the lamps and candles, the yellow cloth was dazzling.
The shopkeeper took a look, and the frightened three souls and seven spirits were all confused: "This? This, this, this...... This ...... This is the edict of the first emperor......"
"Yes, I heard that the shopkeeper Chen is a master of calligraphy and painting, and he can confuse the real with the fake, and you can imitate all kinds of celebrity calligraphy and paintings in ancient times, and even if the connoisseur sees it, it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity, isn't it?"
"I ......"
The fool also saw clearly, that is, let him forge an edict.
Shopkeeper Chen's knees were weak, and he knelt on the ground: "This lord, don't be joking, forging celebrity calligraphy and paintings is to make a living, and forging edicts is a crime of killing your head!" Villain...... The villain would never dare to do this, so you might as well spare me. ”
It's all here, can you not do it?
Liu Changqing's subordinates drew out their long swords and put them on this person's neck: "If you don't do it, I'll send you back to the West now, your family, don't even want to live!" ”
"A few masters, the villain is just doing business, and the villain doesn't dare to participate in this kind of thing."
Liu Changqing was impatient: "Don't you do it, right?" Come on, go to the backyard of the back room, and kill all his wives and children. ”
As soon as he heard this, Shopkeeper Chen hurriedly grabbed Liu Changqing's thigh: "Don't! Your kindness, villain...... The villain just does it, but if he does this, will the villain be detected. ”
"As long as you do it realistically, who can find out? Do you not believe in your craft, or do you not believe in the sharpness of our swords? ”
The materials for the edict have been prepared, as well as the cinnabar used by the first emperor.
Before dawn, a new edict was successful, and compared with the original edict, it only changed Qin Chuan's name to Qin Yue.
With the thing in hand, Liu Changqing threw down a silver ticket and said with satisfaction: "It's really a good craft, take this silver ticket and leave the capital immediately." ”
When he went out to get into the carriage, Liu Changqing instructed his subordinates to wait for the Chen shopkeeper's family to leave the city, rob and kill them on the way, and dispose of the corpse cleanly, without leaving the slightest evidence.
……
Royal Palace, Kunning Palace.
The minions were all outside the palace, and the Liu Ning brothers and sisters were whispering inside.
The edict was successfully forged, but the real edict has been destroyed.
Now, there is only one edict that can announce the new emperor's accession to the throne at the ceremony of worshipping the heavens, and the name of the new emperor is Qin Yue.
Hearing the news, Liu Ning trembled with excitement: "Brother, in the end, you are still reliable, Zhou Dewei, that old slippery head, can never think of such a good idea, and he is not so neat in doing things." It has to be our Liu family to be reliable. ”
"Sister, it's not enough to have an edict, you have to be presided over by the clan, as for Zhou Dewei, this person is unreliable."
"He's unreliable."
Liu Changqing: "Zhou Dewei is a powerful minister, and he will be at any time. He cooperated with you, nothing more than to sit firmly in his position as the sole ruler of the government, so he chose Qin Yue, who was eager to take the throne, which is called mutual use. But what about after using it? Will he really serve you as the queen mother? Can you really assist Qin Yue? I don't think that's possible. ”
Liu Ning has told himself this kind of thing many times in his heart.
Zhou Dewei is so smart, he must want to get her mind, and they are all using each other.
Actually, this old guy supported Qin Chuan in the same way, but the fundamental reason why he chose Qin Yue was that the queen made the biggest concession to his greed and embezzlement of the treasury, turning a blind eye.
"Brother, you go to the clan and find Qin Shang and Qin Hui, these two people can be used, they have received the benefits of Zhou Dewei, and the handle is also in Zhou Dewei's hands......"
Uncle Guo has not returned to the capital for eight years, and has been serving abroad, and now he has come to invite guests to dinner, and Qin Shang and Qin Hui gave thin noodles.
He represents Zhou Dewei and the queen, so there is no need to hide it when he speaks.
"The two clan relatives, do you still support the second prince Qin Yue?"
Qin Shang put down his wine glass and felt helpless: "Liu Gong, Qin Hui and I are weak." Qin Chuan's son should not be underestimated, he wooed the Great Elder Qin Buzhi, and also used the 'bank' to envelop hundreds of people in the clan, the two of us...... What can be done? ”
"The two of you are too modest, isn't the reason why Qin Buyi pursues Qin Chuan and speaks for him because of the edict of the first emperor? If the name mentioned in the edict of the first emperor was not Qin Chuan, but Qin Yue, his support would be unreasonable. In terms of virtue, Qin Chuan is not as good as Qin Yue, and in terms of the power of the DPRK and China, he Qin Chuan only has the support of the Liu family. Looking at the Great Xia Dynasty, isn't it all Zhou Gong and our people? ”
Qin Hui smacked his lips and sighed: "Alas...... What you said makes sense, but the edict has been issued, and it is written about him Qin Chuan, what else can we do. ”
"The edict is a fake."
“……”
The two were stunned, the edict they got from the body of the former emperor, could it still be fake?
What happened in the Zhengde Palace, the edict read out among the eunuchs, can it still be fake, who believes this nonsense.
"Uncle Guo, you're joking."
"Huh. The two clan relatives, I didn't laugh, the real edict is now in my hands, and it was hidden in a secret place. ”
Looking at Liu Changqing's face, Qin Shang and Qin Hui understood a thing or two.
Qin Shang lowered his voice: "You ruined the real edict and made a fake one?" ”
"Hahaha! What is true or false, now there is only one edict, and it can only be true. Once this edict is seen by the people of the clan, Qin Buzhi will have to admit it. ”
"Oh? The handwriting of the edict is sure to belong to the first emperor? ”
"Of course, it's a fake."
Things have taken a turn for the better.
Qin Shang's frustrated look came to his senses: "If that's the case, then we can push Qin Chuan down." It's just that this matter is risky. ”
How can the struggle for imperial power be without risk.
If things come to fruition, there are networks inside and outside the capital, and the two of them can forcibly oust Qin Buji from power.
Controlling everything in the clan is also a bargaining chip that the two of them want to get.
But if they fail, they will have to face the risk of being suppressed, and the clan will collude with foreign ministers, according to the law of the ancestors, to be beheaded all over the house.
Liu Changqing saw their weakness: "Two clan relatives, we can ask the Great Elder Qin Buyu to watch the edict alone, and we have to deceive him, if he refuses to support Qin Yue, I will kill him." ”
"You want to kill Qin Buyi? Are you crazy? He was the Great Elder of the Clan, and now he was the core of the entire Imperial Power. ”
Hmph, at the moment of life and death of the family, who would kill anyone.
Any obstacle must be removed, either you die or I die!