Ayimu and Mu Hanyi listened to his analysis, and they both admired it in their hearts, Mu Hanyi asked: "What the eldest brother said is very true, but what should I do now? ”

Hu Zhenbang thought for a while and said: "That's it, I'll go to Xiangguo's Mansion alone tonight to find out the news, little sister, you accompany the second sister to wait here, as soon as there is news, I will come back to tell you." ”

Mu Hanyi nodded in agreement, and Ayimu said, "Big brother still needs to be careful." Mu Yihan also said: "If the eldest brother sees that the situation is not good, come out as soon as possible." Hu Zhenbang said with a smile: "I am familiar with the way, and the two sisters don't have to worry about me." ”

It was night and sunny, and a first quarter moon hung high in the sky, bright and dark in the clouds. Hu Zhenbang quietly left the house, jumped on the roof, and walked along the road to Xiangguo's mansion the night before. After a short time, he came to Xiangguo's mansion, and saw that there was no one around, still over the wall, and gently fell in the courtyard, and saw that in the four side rooms in the courtyard, only the candlelight was lit in the west room, so he sneaked close to the bottom of the window of the house and hid under the wall to listen carefully.

I heard a very low voice from inside: "The crown prince is deposed, so there is no need to help him ascend the throne." But among this group of ministers, I am afraid that most of them will appoint Li Yuanhao's younger brother Ge Ningling as the lord of the country, I don't know what the Xiangguo will do?"

Hu Zhenbang couldn't tell who the voice was, but he knew that this person was definitely not Xiangguo did not hide the false Pang, and was struggling to guess, when he suddenly heard the voice of the Xiangguo not hiding the false Pang and said: "General Nuoyi, as long as the emperor dies, who will succeed to the throne, this is a later story, you can slowly calculate, the top priority is to ensure that the ministers of the DPRK and China must not nominate the abolished Empress Dowager Ning Lingge to succeed to the throne." ”

The general said: "Today, the emperor has decreed the abolition of Brother Ning Ling's crown prince, I don't think anyone will dare to support him to succeed to the throne? ”

Didn't hide Pang said: "Now no one dares to mention Brother Ning Ling's succession, but I'm afraid that Li Yuanhao will die at that time, if Brother Ning Ling has the courage to declare his accession to the throne on the spot, I will immediately take people for the crime of plotting against the king, Brother Ning Ling's death is inescapable, even if someone wants to make him the emperor, there is nothing to do." ”

General Na Nuo Yi let out two strange laughs and said: "Xiangguo's arrangement is the best, this trick is very clever and wonderful to kill people with a knife." ”

Hu Zhenbang was secretly frightened when he heard this, and said in his heart that this Wuzang Xiangguo was really cunning and insidious, and learned that the prince was deposed, but he still wanted to use him to kill the king, and then take down Ning Lingge, after being executed, he must want to set up a new king, I don't know if he wants to set up Li Yuanhao and the son born to the master of Wuzang as the king, but this child is still in infancy, how can he become the emperor. Thinking about it again, yes, although the child is young, but the child's mother is the sister of the master who did not hide the Xiangguo, wouldn't he become the queen mother, then wouldn't the power of the country be even more blazing.

After thinking about it, he suddenly heard the general Nuo Yi inside say again: "Brother Ning Ling is now a deposed prince, will he still have the courage to do it?"

Listening to the unconcealed Pang again: "General Nuo Yi is too worried, although this Brother Ning Ling is a coward, but his heart is full of hatred for Li Yuanhao, even if he doesn't dare to do it himself, he will arrange for his subordinates or cronies to do it, I will wait above the court, just act when I see the opportunity." "It's very confident.

General Nan Nuo said: "The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind." Xiangguo's plan is well arranged, and it is indeed that I am too worried. In this way, I will strictly obey the order of Xiangguo, and at that time I will lead people to guard around Huanglu, and as soon as the abolished prince enters the palace, I will immediately encircle and suppress it. ”

Hu Zhenbang was shocked when he heard this, and said in his heart: "This is not a hidden Xiangguo, and he has already laid out the situation, and wants to use the prince to get rid of Li Yuanhao, and then get rid of the prince for the crime of rebellion and murder, no matter who he wants to support as the emperor, the power of this Western Xia State will be in his hands, which shows that his ambition is not small." ”

I only heard that Pang said: "General Nuoyi, you guard Huanglu, and the other two generals, Wei Ming Langbu and Ye Qi Langluo, guard Yuxiang Palace all the way, and guard the gate of Xingqing Mansion all the way to prevent him from escaping." ”

General Nuo Yi said: "Didn't Xiangguo forget to bury the general?" It turned out that this Nuo Yi general was the general army of the Great Xia State Nuo Yi Reward Capital, and there were three powerful generals under him, such as Burying Xiangre, Wei Minglangbu, and Ye Qi Langluo, each commanding three armies.

He smiled and said, "How can I forget to bury the general, I have already arranged for him to lead the troops to ambush outside the Danxi Palace, act when the opportunity arises, and wait for the opportunity to move." ”

General Nuo Yi praised: "It turns out that Xiangguo has already made arrangements, and he has been thinking about it a lot, so good, so good, I will definitely arrange and deploy Xiangguo, and now the time is not early, so I will leave here." Then he got up and took his leave.

Hu Zhenbang hurriedly retreated to the courtyard behind the big tree, secretly looked, only to see the door open, a housekeeper carrying a lantern in front of the way, a tall, tall man wearing a military uniform walked out, under the light to see clearly, this person is about forty years old, bearded, majestic, obviously is not the "Nuo Yi General" in the mouth of the Xiangguo.

After Hu Zhenbang waited for General Nuoyi to take the lantern from the butler's hand, and walked out of the courtyard alone, he quietly crossed the courtyard wall of Xiangguo's Mansion and followed from a distance, but saw him turn around, and after walking for a while, he suddenly turned left into an alley.

There were a few figures standing in the dark at the entrance of the alley, and when they counted, it was three people, and those people were all standing in the dark corner of the wall, and they couldn't see their faces clearly. Hu Zhenbang saw that there was no shelter at the entrance of the alley, so he could only turn the corner ten zhang away.

I only heard this Nuo Yi General speak to them in a very low voice, and then said in his usual voice: "Everyone, Lord Xiangguo has made arrangements, and everyone will act according to the plan the day after tomorrow." ”

The people said, "Yes, the last will obey." And they dispersed in all directions. General Nuo Yi walked out of the alley again, Hu Zhenbang hurriedly performed light skills, took a few steps back, and hid behind a roadside tree.

Hu Zhenbang immediately understood that it turned out that the general who went to hide the false Pang did not go tonight, and it was precisely because the action arrangements on the day of the ceremony were agreed. After receiving the task, he came here to arrange it to the leading generals of the three armies under his command. I think those three people should be the three generals who buried Xiangre, Wei Ming Langbu, and Ye Qi Langluo mentioned when listening to the conversation between the two in Xiangguo Mansion before.

After everyone dispersed, Hu Zhenbang returned to his residence along the same road, entered the house, and told the two righteous sisters what he heard and saw that night. After hearing this, Ayimu sighed and said: "I didn't expect this to be so cunning as I didn't hide it, but I'm afraid that this Brother Ning Ling will be more than lucky." ”

Mu Hanyi said: "Sister, in my opinion, since the country has already laid out the situation, and the ambition is bound to win, it saves you from taking a big risk to assassinate Li Yuanhao, although this Ning Ling brother didn't dare to do it himself, didn't he call the wild warrior in the family, so my sister must not take the risk of doing it, but let them get the profits." ”

Ayimu smiled: "Good sister, I know that you care about me and are always worried about my safety, don't worry, I will act when I have the opportunity to act, and I will never take risks." ”

Mu Hanyi nodded and said, "When my sister said this, I was relieved." ”

Hu Zhenbang said: "After tonight, the second sister will be admitted to the Jiangfu Palace tomorrow, and there will be no way to meet with me and the little sister again." On the day after tomorrow, it is not yet known whether my little sister and I will be able to enter the palace. ”

Ayimu said: "I only see if this Brother Ning Ling will come to you tomorrow, he promised me that day, and asked you to pretend to be a palace attendant who carries gifts." If he doesn't come to you tomorrow, he will be afraid and remorseful. ”

Mu Hanyi suddenly said: "I also thought of a layer, that night my eldest brother and I heard that this Wuzang Xiangguo and Ning Lingge mentioned the "Wujing General Essentials", I think this Wuzang Pang will not easily let go of the opportunity to get this book, and will definitely try to get rid of Li Yuanhao after Li Yuanhao gets the scripture book brought by the Tubo envoy." ”

Hu Zhenbang said: "Yes, what the little sister said is very true, we must still calm down, wait for the change, wait for the opportunity to act, and never act rashly." ”

Mu Hanyi said: "Tomorrow is the most tormenting, if Brother Ning Ling doesn't come to me and the two, we will have to try to blend into the palace on the day of the ceremony, but the palace must be heavily guarded on this day, and it will be even more difficult to blend into the main hall." ”

Hu Zhenbang thought for a while and said: "Now that the crown prince has just been deposed, he must still be temporarily living in the East Palace, we must also take the initiative to attack, and when he returns from going out for a while, we will force him to comply, and ask him to take the two of us in that day." ”

Mu Hanyi said: "Yes, that's exactly how it should be, this Brother Ning Ling really doesn't have the courage to be tight, if he doesn't force him, he will be a shrinking turtle again, it's really difficult to succeed." I thought it was the eldest brother's idea, and the two of us went to him and forced him to agree to let us enter the main hall with him. ”

Ayimu was a little worried at first, but after thinking about it, it seemed that there was no better way, so he had to let the two of them be careful.

While talking, the three of them paid attention to the movement in the East Palace, but Brother Ning Ling did not return for a long time. When he stayed until his son, Hu Zhenbang suddenly heard footsteps in the distance outside the house heading towards the East Palace. Quietly looking through the window, I saw Brother Ning Ling walking towards the East Palace with a lantern, but his steps were staggering, obviously drunk.

Hu Zhenbang whispered to Mu Hanyi: "When the time comes, come with me." The two of them said goodbye to Ayimu, went out and followed quietly, and after Brother Ning Ling entered the door, they jumped into the wall. Seeing that Brother Ning Ling had retired from the palace and did not want anyone to serve him, Gu Zi entered the east wing.

The two waited for the palace attendant to walk away, quietly sneaked to the door, Mu Hanyi took off the silver hairpin on his head and pulled out the latch, the two entered the room, but saw the red candle with a high fever, that Ning Lingge lay on his side on the bed, facing the wall and fell asleep, although the candlelight in the room was bright, he didn't find anyone coming in, obviously very drunk.

Hu Zhenbang stepped forward and patted Brother Ning Ling's shoulder and said, "Your Majesty the Prince, please get up!" Brother Ning Ling didn't look back, waved his backhand, and muttered: "Don't bother me, I'm not the prince, I'm a commoner now." ”

Hu Zhenbang picked up a cup of cold tea on the table and poured it on Ning Lingge's face, Ning Lingge was stimulated by the cold water, sat up one by one, and shouted: "Who, who?"

When he looked closely, he recognized that it was Ayimu's brother and sister, and he was extremely surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Mu Hu, Mu Han, you, why did you come in......?" He was about to shout "Come on", but suddenly he couldn't make a sound, it turned out that Hu Zhenbang had almost clicked his dumb hole like lightning.

Hu Zhenbang whispered: "Your Majesty the Prince, although you are no longer the crown prince, but the emperor is still very jealous of you, afraid that you will rebel, now the two of us are here, I plan to help you, you promise me, promise not to shout and alarm outsiders, I will solve your acupoint and let you speak." ”

Brother Ning Ling was stunned when he saw Hu Zhenbang's kung fu, and most of the wine was sober. Seeing his sincerity, he nodded desperately in agreement.

Hu Zhenbang said: "Okay, you listen." Early tomorrow morning, you will immediately bring two sets of attendant costumes to the two of me, and the day after tomorrow, on the ceremony, you will personally take the two of us into the palace to give gifts with wedding gifts, we just want to see Haisha on the top of the main hall, this request is not excessive, right?"

Brother Ning Ling nodded again and again, still silent, and said in his heart: "This Muhu has this kind of kung fu, presumably the martial arts are not weak, I knew that Ayimu had such a brother and sister, and he should buy it well and find a way to deal with Li Yuanhao." ”