At dawn, the sky was already faintly bright.

The rainstorm that had fallen all night gradually stopped, and everything seemed sober and clean.

The blood outside the palace has also been washed away by the rain, and I don't know if the rain can wash away the resentment in people's hearts.

When the first rays of sunlight pierced the thick clouds and shone down, the bells of the morning dynasty had already sounded.

A bell rang, and a loud bell rang the entire Luoyang City.

A man dressed in a fish-scale official uniform strode from the back of the hall. When everyone looked at it, it was Bao Ziyun. The hundred officials couldn't help whispering: "What about the emperor?"

"Bao Ziyun took the emperor's yellow silk cloth decree in his hand"

I saw Bao Ziyun holding the holy decree and reading it out loud again: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said." I am already unwell, and I will pass the throne to Dezong, and I will travel with the queen mother from now on, and all affairs in the court and China will be handled by Dezong from now on. ”

When the hundred officials heard this holy decree, some of them were shocked, and some of them exchanged their heads, only Lao Chengru Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and others knew what was already going on.

There was no emperor in the court, and everyone talked about it one after another: "What's the matter, is it still the crown prince." "Then the queen mother is naturally defeated. Bao Ziyun is the emperor's favorite person, if the emperor is changed, Bao Ziyun can still have this status?"

It's no wonder that the ministers have such thoughts.

The ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens is an extremely important ceremony for the entire Tang Dynasty from Gaozu to Xuanzong, and the emperor has always been present in person. Even if the emperor is ill, he is replaced by the crown prince, when will it be the turn of the eunuch to read it?

Last night, there was a bloody battle, countless lives were killed and injured, but no one knew, the coup d'état that took place last night was like an epiphany, washed clean by this rain, and there was no trace.

After Luo Bing and Mei Changqing left, the Internal Affairs Office came out to clean up the mess.

Tang Suzong had long been tired of the matter of life and death, and ordered the order to be sent to Li Dan, informing Guo Ziyi to assist Li Dan, known as the patriarch of the Three Dynasties.

When Guo Antong was in danger, he saved him with death and named Guo Antong as a loyal general, inherited by three generations, and enjoyed loyalty and filial piety forever.

It is inevitable that Lu Changfeng has a meritorious escort, a seal with a knife to guard, and a Dali Temple.

It was inevitable to ask who Luo Bing and Mei Changqing were the subordinates who turned the tide of the battle last night, and Lu Changfeng told His Majesty that Luo Bing was the commander of the Jinwuwei Criminal Department, and he was the deputy secretary of the Dali Temple who was arrested quickly.

Mei Changqing is the descendant of Mei Lingzi, the head of Kongtong, and there is a sister named Mei Changzhu, who verbally promised to be with Luo Bing, and the two have not yet married, just waiting for the matchmaker to be the matchmaker.

After hearing this, Tang Suzong smiled slightly and said that this is easy to do, and appointed Luo Bing as a first-class guard with a knife, and took the responsibility of the general of the criminal department.

Mei Changqing has meritorious service in escorting, sealing the second rank of guard, leading the deputy secretary of Dali Temple, and is responsible for the investigation.

Lu Changfeng thanked them one by one.

Guo Ziyi is already a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and there is no reward for him, although Guo Ziyi does not want to see the Internal Affairs Office expand its power, but he also refuses to take credit.

Tang Suzong asked about Ouyang Qing's crazy killing and a monk Kongyuan, but Bao Ziyun was inconvenient to answer, so he naturally didn't dare to say that he was invited.

There must be people in the court who know the bottom story, because Bao Ziyun and Tang Suzong have always been very harmonious, and Bao Ziyun is the identity of the chief administrator of the inner house, so he can't afford to offend, so naturally no one comes out to expose it.

Bao Ziyun lowered his head and raised his head, his eyes were slanted and he was prostituting around, seeing that no one was the enemy of him, a stone in his heart fell to the ground, and he was about to catch his breath, but he knew that there was a person in the military general's team, but when he looked at it, it was Li Guangbi, and Bao Ziyun's hateful teeth were itching, but he couldn't do it.

I saw Li Guangbi walk out of the queue and replied: "Among these two people, one of them was once the first master of Dali Temple, and for some reason it was judged that the father of Dali Temple was Ouyang Shang, a loyal hero of my Tang Dynasty, and the other person was a figure on the rivers and lakes, and his name was quite famous, and he betrayed Shaolin Temple for some reason. These two people should have been opposed, but why they joined forces, Lao Chen didn't know. ”

Tang Suzong saw that the two of them were not recruited by the court, and he knew in his heart that it was Bao Ziyun who was doing it in front of him, but he didn't want to say it, his eyes slanted to the list of civil officials, and said, "Bao Ziyun, they are the ones you came to help, right?"

Tang Suzong is shrewd, saying that the person who came was Bao Ziyun invited to help, and never mentioned that Guo Antong was killed by Ouyang Qing, that is, he gave Bao Ziyun a gold medal for avoiding death, and also gave an explanation to the ministers, Guo Antong is dead, and he was named a loyal minister Zixiao, and everyone has nothing to say.

Bao Ziyun has always been a shameless character as long as he has benefits, and when he heard Tang Suzong's words, he nodded in a panic and said: "Shengshang, yes, it took a lot of effort for the minions to let them help Shengshang quell the rebellion." ”

Tang Suzong's face was overjoyed, and he was about to praise him, when Guo Ziyi suddenly interjected: "Ouyang Qing, and that monk, they are all helpers that you hired with a lot of effort, why did they all die at the hands of Luo Bing and Mei Changqing?"

Nan Yunfei is not dead now, and he still has a breath of air, but he has been in close contact with the Internal Affairs Office in recent days, and many party members in the court are deeply wary of him. Guo Ziyi originally hoped that his cousin could help the new party of the court to create a career with his ability, but who knew that he would be mixed with the enemy, so he was naturally disappointed and sad.

Bao Ziyun's face turned red, and his shameless temperament came out again, and then he laughed and said: "Guo Ge Lao, oh, yes, Master Guo has already dismissed his official and gone home, he shouldn't have returned to his original position, how can he come to the court today?"

This is a scoundrel act of a low level, the ministers and Tang Suzong were originally fighting but not breaking, although everyone was cheating, no one put the matter on hold. This time, Bao Ziyun pierced this layer of window paper

Guo Ziyi frowned, feeling that although this Bao Ziyun was the commander of the Internal Affairs Office, he was not able to speak.

Tang Su Zongrong Ma has been a horse all his life, and his ability to dilute the mud is first-class, and when he heard this, he raised his eyebrows and smiled: "The elder of the pavilion has meritorious escort, how can it be compared to it, you have meritorious escort, how can I blame you? Bao Ziyun, you go on, how did you invite those people?"

Bao Ziyun has no other skills, and his ability to talk nonsense is still very great

Hearing Guo Ziyi's questioning and the saint's inquiry, Bao Ziyun's mind turned, and a set of lies had been made up, and he said calmly: "Saint, there has been a great chaos in Luoyang in recent days, and from time to time there are people who have worked in the queen pretending to be robbers and robbers to do evil, and the queen has controlled 5,000 imperial forest troops in the name of suppressing bandits, and has also won the support of several ministers. The servant saw that the queen had the intention of rebellion, so he secretly arranged it, ordered someone to dig this tunnel, and invited several masters. As for Commander Ouyang, Nan Yunfei, and this master, they were not people invited by the minions. Ouyang Qing was friendly with the slave and loyal to the country, so the slave informed him. This master was invited by the slave's subordinates from the Shaolin Temple, and the slave did not know about it. And Nan Yunfei is a master of the new party in the court, what does it have to do with the minions?"

Tang Suzong heard Bao Ziyun make up such an unbelievable lie, but he was overjoyed in his heart, and nodded again and again at the moment, and said in a well-said voice: "Not bad, not bad." It's just that the two masters you invited, why did they pretend to be my enemies in the first place and kill my beloved general, Ouyang Qing?"

On that day, Ouyang Qing subdued the four heroes of Kanto and saved the emperor's life, and the emperor valued him very much. Now that he was lying in a pool of blood, he was saddened to see that he was no longer alive.

Bao Ziyun saw Ming Xizong's face, and was secretly happy in his heart, but his face showed a look of panic, and he knelt on the ground: "Ask the emperor for forgiveness." These two people have some grudges with Commander Ouyang, and they don't quite understand the reason, so they will kill the killer. When the slave heard that the queen had also asked him to help, he asked them to be false and give the queen a fatal blow when the time came. I didn't expect them to really hurt Commander Ouyang's life. The slave did not think it well and begged the emperor for forgiveness. ”

Tang Suzong was able to get out of the big trouble, and he loved Bao Ziyun's sycophant kung fu, so naturally he would not pursue Ouyang Qing's death, but just smiled and said: "Bao Ziyun, how can I blame you?" I originally wanted Ouyang Qing to be my imperial guard, but now that I have you, how can I need others to protect me? Bao Ziyun, you will be responsible for the safety of the palace in the future." ”

Bao Ziyun was overjoyed. In other words, the Imperial Forest Army has been merged into the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so how can the new party compete with the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the future? Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi's faces were gloomy, but it was inconvenient to say anything.

Tang Su Zongshi is a wise man, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's second brother Lao Fox can see it clearly, and he knows that the emperor's power strategy is really eloquent.

Tang Suzong sighed: "There is something to say, there is nothing to retreat from the dynasty, everyone is scattered, I am tired, you have to accompany Li Dan to the ceremony tomorrow." Alas, my body was frightened by typhoid fever and days of intimidation, and I did not go. In two days, my headache will be even more painful, and Li Dan should be able to travel from Chang'an to Luoyang, the divine capital, tomorrow. All of you will come to support the crown prince when the time comes, my body is really unbearable, and I think the mountains and fields outside are better than this palace. ”

When the people heard this, they were to retire.

The Praetorian Guards had taken all the former Jinwuwei prisoners, and Nan Yunfei was also carried on a stretcher and sent out for treatment. Bao Ziyun whispered to the Heavenly Demon: "What should I do, we don't have a hard hand here, if there is a big event, who will do it?"

Heavenly Demon smiled faintly and said, "Ouyang Qing is still alive, but he was injured, not fatal." As long as you treat it well, you will recover quickly. ”

Bao Ziyun was taken aback: "Can Ouyang Qing survive?" Luo Bing's sword ......" The Heavenly Demon shook his head and said with a smile: "Hurry up and take Ouyang Qing to heal." If the bleeding doesn't stop like this, then it's really hopeless. ”

Bao Ziyun only said that Ouyang Qing was already angry, who expected him to be saved, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and secretly ordered the little eunuch to bring 100,000 taels of silver tickets to ask the imperial doctor.

There are a few imperial doctors who don't see money, and there are a few who are not favored by Bao Ziyun, who came to treat Ouyang Qing Bao Ziyun made great contributions in the coup d'état, and was the most favored by the emperor.

After Tang Suzong finished speaking, his eyes were mimicky, and he no longer spoke, his face was full of exhaustion.

Everyone didn't dare to disturb the emperor's rest, and was about to retire, but they heard Tang Suzong ask: "Guo Gelao, Li Guangbi Aiqing, I am not feeling well, and I will not go to tomorrow's ceremony to worship the heavens." ”

Li Guangbi was shocked: "Holy Lord, this 。。。。。。 The ceremony of sacrificing to heaven is a symbol of imperial power, and if the Holy One does not go, will it not make people doubt the authority of the Holy One?"

Tang Suzong frowned, and said in a deep voice: "I have already announced my abdication, so let the crown prince Li Dan go." It can also be regarded as the crown prince's accession to the throne. “

After pondering for a moment, he said, "Bao Ziyun, the details and arrangements for tomorrow's Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony will be handed over to you." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed drastically. Li Guangbi first shouted: "Holy Lord, the ceremony of worshipping the heavens is so important, how can a person with incomplete limbs be allowed to participate?"

Bao Ziyun's heart was beating wildly, but he hurriedly knelt on the ground, shook his head again and again, and said: "How can a slave participate in the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens instead of the emperor?

Tang Suzong looked at Li Guangbi, and his heart was also unhappy, and said: "You old ministers, you are all pedantic people who can only read and mercenaries, and it is useless to do things, but you are pointing fingers all day long. But the secret passage was dug by Bao Ziyun, and the master who rescued the driver was invited by Bao Ziyun, and the Praetorian Guards outside were not your people. If it weren't for Bao Ziyun, I'm afraid you would still be sleeping at home, ready to welcome the new emperor tomorrow."

This was said very powerfully, Li Guangbi also panicked, and quickly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't dare." The old minister is dedicated to the emperor and the country, and he has no selfishness, so he asks the emperor to learn from it."

To say that the military exploits of the coup d'état were useless is actually completely wrong.

If it weren't for Guo Ziyi's face, how could Guo Antong, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, be willing to fight to the death?

It can be said that Guo Antong's desperate move made the strength of the queen and the emperor turn from strong to weak, and what Bao Ziyun did was just to delay time, and it was actually Guo Antong's Praetorian Guard who really decided the battle situation. But how dare Li Guangbi say these words? Once the emperor knows that Guo Antong and Luo Bing are informed by members of the New Party, he will inevitably become suspicious: If the civil and military generals colluded, did the New Party want to rebel?

Tang Suzong looked unhappy, and said in a deep voice: "It's so decided, tomorrow's ceremony of sacrificing heaven will be attended by the crown prince, and anyone who is not satisfied will be the one who resists the decree and destroys him" The people of the new party looked at each other, but they didn't dare to persuade them anymore after all.

Bao Ziyun smiled in his heart, his face was sincere and fearful, and he responded: "Your Majesty, it's not that the slaves dare to resist the decree, it's just that the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens is too important, and the servants are afraid of misleading the emperor." ”

Tang Suzong smiled: "It's okay, it's okay. Bao Ziyun, you are the one who really cares about me, how can I treat you badly?

The New Party's party rivals are all dead-faced.

After today, the emperor's trust in Bao Ziyun has reached the extreme, and it is impossible for him to compete with the Internal Affairs Office again.

Luo Bing and Mei Changqing found a better inn, took a bath in a wooden barrel, changed into clean clothes, and left Luoyang.

The two chatted a few words all the way, and they were amazed by Ouyang Qing's martial arts.

When they arrived at the hillside outside the city, the warm winter sun shone comfortably, and the two found a sunny hillside to lie down, and last night they had a lot of physical exertion, so it was comfortable to lie down and bask in the sun, so they stopped to rest.

It was getting late.

Luo Bing suddenly woke up from his daze, only to feel extremely nervous, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat. Looking around, Mei Changqing was sitting beside him, although the moon had not yet risen, but the sunset had sunk in the west.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "There was a big battle last night, and my spirit was too nervous. I'm still scared. ”

Mei Changqing looked at Luo Bing, with a hint of mockery in her eyes: "You did something, of course, you were scared. ”

Luo Bing was stunned and said, "What did I do?"

Mei Changqing said with a straight face: "Of course you know best what you do, otherwise your heart will be shocked and mysterious!"

Luo Bing shook his head, suddenly lowered his voice, and said, "Do you know why I went to kill Ouyang Qing? Actually, I didn't kill him."

Mei Changqing looked at Luo Bing strangely and said, "Because you hate him." ”

Luo Bing smiled: "If I hate a person, I have to kill people at every turn, I'm afraid I am already more famous than the thousand-handed butcher by now." ”

He lowered his voice again: "I'm going to kill him half to death, I just want to save him completely!"

Mei Changqing's heart jumped in fright, and said: "Ouyang Qingdu is so virtuous, you still plan to save him, your heart is already broken, how can you save him?"

Luo Bing said: "He really doesn't look like he can be saved, but unfortunately I just want to try." ”

He smiled and said, "The Ouyang family's ancestors are loyal, and Ouyang Qing is not a bad person in his bones, but he just injured his brain for the evil nature of the Flying Fish Sword, and did that kind of unkind and unrighteous thing." ”

Mei Changqing looked at Luo Bing as if she didn't know and said, "Reasonable." He was staring at him with those long smiling eyes again, and said, "For example, you ......."

Luo Bing opened his mouth and said, "How am I?"

Mei Changqing smiled: "You don't look like a wealthy person, if you are sent to do bad things, it is really no better." He laughed, like an old hunter with a broken leg.

Luo Bing was also looking at him, without even blinking his eyes, and said lightly: "Do you guess I'm a rich man or a bad guy?"

Mei Changqing said: "To be honest, you really didn't look like a good person when I first looked at you, but your performance at the underworld conference hosted by Dali Temple was an out-and-out good person." ”

Luo Bing said, "Oh?"

Mei Changqing said with a smile: "The last time I came to Dali Temple, there were almost no good people, because other people did not have the need to take risks, nor did they have such courage. ”

Luo Bing said, "Oh?"

Mei Changqing said: "If you are also a bad person, then those green forest heroes will never kill you." ”

Luo Bing said: "That's not necessarily. ”

Mei Changqing said: "Not necessarily?

Luo Bing said: "If I am also a green forest underworld, in order to clear myself, I want to surrender my name, and I will kill him!"

Mei Changqing looked up to the sky and laughed, and said, "Reasonable, what you think is indeed very reasonable." He added, "But there's one thing you haven't thought of yet. ”

Luo Bing said strangely: "Which point?"

Mei Changqing grinned and said: "The heroes of the green forest never do business without capital, no one will kill people for no reason, in the past, Li Wuning claimed that the blood sword still killed for a little justice." He followed up and said: "The heroes of the green forest pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers to do business, and no one will do anything for no reason, and your reason cannot be established at all." ”

He explained: "So if you are a bad person, even if you kill their gang of green forests, you can't wash yourself away, the Heavenly Demon sent people to pretend to be Lu Changfeng and killed so many people, and in the end, it didn't slowly come to light, because no one did a loss-making business." ”

This is a very complicated truth, and you have to have a very fucked mind to figure it out.