Chapter 635: The Imperial Capital (6)
The discord between the four kings began at the beginning of the establishment of the imperial capital, and the four were the most trusted generals under the command of the first emperor, and they were also the four people who were the most capable of fighting in the world at that time. It can be said that no one of the generals gathered under the command of the First Emperor back then could do it, but these four people were indispensable. Balance has been the way for the superior to rule the empire since ancient times, even if it is between brothers, it is possible to turn their faces because of some interests, not to mention this kind of relationship between monarchs and ministers, so the four kings are naturally divided into two factions, and the four kings have been restraining each other for thousands of years, in order to ensure the rule of this empire and ensure the long-term peace and stability of this empire.
The four kings have been inherited for thousands of years, and their contradictions have continued for thousands of years, Liu Fan came to cooperate with the two kings this time, although his attitude is very tough, but he is ready to sacrifice a lot of interests. The turmoil in the imperial capital did not seem to affect the negotiations in the palace. What the negotiation is about is shili standing behind the scenes. Liu Fan came to the imperial capital with a few generals, wanting to control the situation in the imperial capital, and on the other side was the noble Shili who had been entrenched in the imperial capital for thousands of years. They have absolute authority in the imperial capital, and this authority must not be allowed to be blasphemed by others.
Negotiation is never a simple matter, at least in Liu Fan's opinion. He had been talking with such nobles for more than two hours, and still did not get the support of this group of nobles. This is a headache for Liu Fan, after all, the current emperor is still relatively weak, if he wants to completely control the emperor, it will be impossible without the support of these nobles. The officials in the court are bound to be purged after this time, and the court has to deal with some things without these officials. That will inevitably be made up by these nobles. Now Liu Fan just wants to persuade this class of nobles to help stabilize the imperial court.
Human beings fight for each other, and the only thing they fight for is interests. It seems that Liu Fan wants to win the support of this group of nobles now, and the difference in interests between the two sides is too big, even if Liu Fan holds the letter of King Pingxi and King Pingdong, there is no way to make the two kings change their words. The two kings were also very afraid, after all, after this coup d'état, Liu Fan was the master of the entire imperial capital, it can be said that the two kings of Pingxi and Pingdong were the dominant in the court, and the two kings would never let go without full guarantees. In any case, the two kings did not defend them when Zhang Rang mutinied, and they were also afraid that Liu Fan would settle accounts after the autumn.
It was finally dawn. When the first rays of sunlight shone on the earth, Liu Fan dragged his tired body out of the palace. Liu Fan's face was very ugly, and he said that Zuihou could no longer be promoted to the point that the negotiations were not smooth. Liu Fan finally chose to compromise, and the two kings also promised to help Liu Fan stabilize the imperial capital, and to provide Liu Fan with all the help they could, but there was one condition that had to be agreed, and that was marriage.
Marriage, this word Liu Fan is very sensitive now. Liu Fan didn't like this way of getting married, and the marriage made Liu Fan feel that he had been kidnapped by others, and this kind of marriage was unhappy. Liu Fan hated the feeling of being kidnapped. But Liu Fan had no room to choose. The two kings had to ensure their status and ensure that they would not be settled by Liu Fanqiu. To protect their own interests, then fellowship becomes a means that they must do.
Liu Fan finally agreed, but who to marry and when to marry Liu Fan has no time to discuss now. After all, the imperial capital has not yet settled down, and there are fights everywhere. When Liu Fan walked out of the palace, these nobles had not taken any action, but the soldiers under Liu Fan's command had already begun to sweep the whole process. There were soldiers from the Five Cities and Guards everywhere, and Bai Qi did not send out the Jin Wuwei and Dragoons under his command, after all, the palace is also a very dangerous place now. The people of Heibingtai and Dongchang are still fighting with these people in the rivers and lakes, they are the ones who rush to the front, after all, now Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian need to consume a lot of the combat power of Heibingtai and Dongchang.
"Lord, what should we do next?" In addition to the palace, Dian Wei scanned the surroundings with a murderous gaze, and held the iron halberd in his hand tightly. They came to support Dijing this time, the purpose was to kill all of them, and Liu Fan naturally ordered his soldiers to kill these people without surprise.
"Kill with all your might, let's go to the palace now. Liu Fan said a word to Dian Wei and Xu Chu, and hurried towards the palace with people. The people in the Imperial Capital still locked the gates, and there was no one in the wide streets, the people of the Imperial Capital were used to this kind of killing, and everyone was quietly waiting for the end of this killing. Liu Fan took Dian Wei and Xu Chu and hurried to the palace, Liu Fan wanted to meet Emperor Xian, after all, the last words left by the first emperor are now known to everyone. Although Ximen Yan doesn't want the rule of the Ximen family to be in the hands of others, she can't control Liu Fan now, and if Liu Fan wants to ascend the throne, Ximen Yan has no choice.
There were sounds of fighting everywhere, and the people of the Black Ice Terrace Ruishi Battalion and Dongchang kept sending information back to the palace, and Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian commanded the people under their command to continue to rush and kill the people in the imperial capital. A team of Rui Shi of the Black Ice Platform had just experienced a fight, everyone's face showed a look of exhaustion, several corpses of Rui Shi fell to the ground, the living people took off their nameplates, and rushed to the next place of fighting, now they have no time to clean up the bodies of their companions, they must continue to rush to the next place to support,
A remote corner of the Imperial Capital, this is the slum of the Imperial Capital, where the former River Gang was stationed, since a group of people made a big fuss in the Imperial Capital and robbed some property and went north to find the square corner, the people here have been the so-called gangs, and it is clear that all this is superficial. Dijing was made by Zhang Rang, how could there be no gang in this feng shui treasure land.
Against the background of chaos, there is a thick murderous aura. Dozens of men in black clothes looked around coldly, and it was difficult for people to think that there were still people using the dilapidated courtyard. The stinking smell makes everyone avoid it, and it is against this background that everyone avoids. Zhang Bai and Yin Chengfeng were locked in their faces, they were remotely controlling the turmoil in the Imperial Capital, but what disappointed them was that it was obvious that the enemy's shili in the Imperial Capital was far stronger than them, and now they were thinking about whether to use their secret strength. Although today's Imperial Capital has not yet shown an overwhelming advantage, their strength has been hit hard one after another. If they don't take steps to fight back. They will be the ones who will lose.
"I really didn't expect it. They have gathered so much strength in the past few years, it seems that we really underestimated him. Yin Chengfeng no longer has the elegant image he used to have, and now he is more like a gambler, a gambler who can only win and cannot lose, and a gambler who has gambled with red eyes. Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian's successive outbursts during this period of time finally made Yin Chengfeng lose his cool, if the Imperial Capital City was controlled by them, all the arrangements they had made would be in vain, at least it would not be easy for them to recapture the Imperial Capital City. Finally, their army has not yet arrived. And their paperwork to summon other armies was like a stone in the sea, and no one responded.
"Childe, are we?" Yin Chengfeng looked at Zhang Bai with a questioning expression, but his eyes revealed a resoluteness that was difficult to refuse, he didn't want to fail, he didn't want to lose his current status.
"Let's do it. There are only two people in the room now, Zhang Bai and Yin Chengfeng, and Zhang Bai's tone reveals a trace of helplessness. The nets have existed for thousands of years, and there are nearly 10,000 dead soldiers in their headquarters, and these dead soldiers are real dead soldiers. No one has ever known about the existence of these people, and in the eyes of outsiders, the net is just an intelligence network of the empire, and the assassination of them is a poisonous network. But no one knows that the net is actually divided into two parts, one is the sky net. That is, the net that everyone knows. There is also the absolutely hidden ground net, which is an organization that has never appeared in the eyes of everyone, and no one even knows when he was formed, and it is not known what he exists for.
Tianluowang, this is the real name of Luowang. After Zhang Rang took control of the net, he naturally realized the importance of this shili. It is impossible for him to get to this position without the support of the people behind him, but no one wants to be a puppet. Zhang Rang wanted to get rid of the puppet, so he naturally wanted to strengthen the strength in his hands, so the hidden ground network became stronger and stronger. Zhang Rang collected batches of dead soldiers from all over the mainland and enriched them into the ground net, and even Zhang Bai was not very clear how many people were in the ground net.
But he knew very well the horror and destructiveness of the ground net, these people were a group of real dead soldiers, and their existence was to kill. They are a group of demons who will never be able to get out of the cage, and now Zhang Bai has released them. The form of the imperial capital has forced them to use all means to protect their interests. Zhang Bai's face was a little pale, he knew that letting these people out might not be able to stabilize the current situation, but a killing was inevitable after all.
Zhang Bai took out a jade plate from his arms with difficulty and threw it to Yin Chengfeng, Yin Chengfeng took the jade card in his hand with a solemn face, and couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart. He also learned about the existence of the ground web recently, unlike Zhang Bai's ambitious Yin Chengfeng, after knowing the existence of the ground net, he worked hard to investigate the ground web, and finally let him find a trace of clues. As Zhang Rang fell ill, Zhang Bai took over Zhang Rang's shili, and Yin Chengfeng also rose with the tide, and some of the secrets of Luo Rang were finally exposed in front of his eyes. The terrifying shili of the ground net made Yin Chengfeng gasp, if the soldiers of the imperial capital are a pack of wolves, then those people in the ground net are a group of tigers, the real king of the forest.
Yin Chengfeng arched his hand at Zhang Bai, and walked down quickly with the two guards, and a trace of light flashed in Yin Chengfeng's eyes. As long as the ground net is activated, they will be able to change the current situation in an instant, and there is no doubt that he will be the victor of Zuihou. Zhang Bai looked at the back of Yin Chengfeng's disappearance, his heavy heart became even heavier, he was different from Yin Chengfeng, he was not optimistic about this operation, if the dead soldiers of the ground net were dispatched, then it was impossible for those nobles in the court not to move, because the dead soldiers of the earth net would seriously damage their shili.
The reason why Zhang Bai had to do all this was to buy time, to win the time for the arrival of the army that he could control. He didn't know if Dong Zhuo would bring troops to King Qin, but the army on the border had begun to move, and the Qingzhou army had also begun to move south. He was waiting, waiting for the army to arrive, waiting for the army to come to the door.
"Someone, send a letter to the Eight Great Imperial Merchants, tell them that I need time, it will take a lot of time, and if their army does not return to defense, we will have to give up the imperial capital. A glimmer of light flashed in Zhang Bai's eyes, it was not for nothing that he was able to get the support of the Eight Great Emperor Merchants, a large number of interest exchanges in exchange for this strong support. Zhang Bai knew that the Eight Great Emperor Merchants were treating him as a knife to a certain extent. Zhang Bai doesn't like to be used as a knife. If Zhang Bai leaves the imperial capital. These people will get nothing. They have completely turned their faces with Liu Fan, no matter how strong their strength is, Liu Fan will fight him to the end, if they want to get huge benefits, they have no choice but Zhang Bai.
"Aren't you still moving, I'm going to see how long you can endure!" Zhang Bai's eyes flashed with a fine light, and Zhang Rang had already told Zhang Bai all the facts. Zhang Bai naturally knew who was standing behind Zhang Rang, and Zhang Bai had already used all the liliang that could be used. But there is still no absolute certainty, but the people behind it have not come to him now, and their attitude in this matter is also very vague.
Not long after Yin Chengfeng left, a woman with a few guards appeared in front of the door, and the men who were guarding around immediately walked up, the woman showed her waist card, and several guards immediately walked down, and the woman walked directly inside. Zhang Bai suddenly had a look on his face when he saw the person coming, and he was relieved in an instant, the person who came was Zhang Ying, the leader of the heroic army who had already turned his face with Zhang Wuji.
"Sister Ying. Here you are, sit down. Zhang Ying is still wearing a veil. No one could see through her veil and see what she was thinking. Zhang Ying's mystery is far greater than that of everyone under Zhang Rang, even Zhang Wuji has never seen Zhang Ying's true face, but guessed who Zhang Ying is from Zhang Ying's every move.
Zhang Ying walked to the table and sat opposite Zhang Bai and looked at Zhang Bai coldly. Zhang Ying's eyes suddenly made Zhang Bai stunned, he had never seen Zhang Ying look at him with such eyes, although he didn't understand what this meant, but Zhang Bai was sure that this was definitely not a kind look. Zhang Bai just wanted to open his mouth to ask, but was interrupted by Zhang Ying before he could speak.
"Have you seen Father Jean?" Zhang Ying's voice was as pleasant as a yellow warbler, but this time the voice was full of killing. Zhang Bai nodded heavily, Zhang Ying's eyes softened slightly, and then asked, "What happened to Father?"
"The situation is not very good, Chengfeng and I met him when he was already unconscious, we finally woke up my father and told him about the situation in the imperial capital, and he only let me control the army. Zhang Bai looked at Zhang Ying with a heavy face and said, Zhang Ying's eyes flashed when he listened to Zhang Bai's words. Obviously, Zhang Bai's words made her think of something, when Zhang Wuji negotiated with her, he wanted to use Zhang Rang as a bargaining chip, but Zhang Ying did not agree.
"It looks like I made the wrong move after all. Zhang Ying's tone revealed a hint of helplessness, although the Haojie Army was under the direct command of Zhang Rang, the number of times Zhang Rang appeared in the army could be counted with one palm. At the beginning, Zhang Ying would also attack and visit Zhang Rang, since the establishment of the Black Ice Platform and the East Factory, Zhang Rang is no longer what he saw when he met.
"How many people can you control in the net now?" Zhang Bai instantly understood what Zhang Ying wanted to do, Zhang Bai looked at Zhang Ying with questioning eyes, but Zhang Ying did not respond to Zhang Bai at all.
"How many people do you need?" Since Zhang Ying didn't want to tell Zhang Bai, Zhang Bai naturally didn't want to ask more, Zhang Ying has always done things well, this time Zhang Bai originally thought that Zhang Ying would not choose to cooperate with him, so he excluded all the Haojie Army, and didn't even send someone to inform Zhang Ying.
"I'm going to the palace to rescue my father, and by the way, I'm going to bring you what you want, and I need you to mobilize a group of people to attack the palace and cover me. ”
"I know, but Sister Ying, do we have to think long-term about attacking the palace? The headquarters of the Black Ice Platform and the East Factory are both in the palace, and Jin Wuwei and the Dragoon Army are also in their hands, is it a little unwise to attack the palace at this time?" A trace of worry flashed on Zhang Bai's face, after all, the enemy's strength was far superior to theirs, and it was dangerous for Zhang Ying to lead people to attack the palace. It's not that Zhang Bai didn't think about attacking the palace, but the liliang in his hand was not enough to enter the palace at all, not to mention the Jin Wuwei and the dragoon army that had been controlled by Zhao Gao and others, even the Dongchang and the Black Ice Platform were not what he was willing to touch now.
"You don't need to worry about this, your people must attack the palace at noon, and I'll take care of the rest. Zhang Ying looked at Zhang Bai coldly, didn't give Zhang Bai a chance to reply, stood up and disappeared into Zhang Bai's house in an instant with his personal guard.
A trace of worry flashed in Zhang Bai's eyes, he knew the strength of the Haojie Army. Zhang Wuji's status in the Haojie Army is quite high, and this time his defection will bring a heavy blow to the Haojie Army, as if Bai Qi betrayed the Guards. Zhang Bai knew that Zhang Ying could not change his decision as soon as he made it, and all he could do now was to provide Zhang Ying with enough support. Fortunately, Zhang Bai had already activated the dead soldiers of the ground net, and more than 1,000 people were dispatched to attack the palace, which could also ease the tension in the imperial capital.
"It is unknown who killed the deer, Zhao Gao, let's coach well!" Zhang Bai's face flashed with a heavy killing intent. (To be continued......)