"It seems that there must be at least 5,000 guards in the palace that day to ensure an absolute chance of victory. Haoxing Xiaoqi pinched his painful eyebrows, and there was a hint of solemnity in his tone.

Zheng Yong didn't understand for a while, and couldn't help but remind in a whisper: "Your Majesty, there are currently 10,000 guards in charge of guarding the palace. ”

Hao Xingxiao glanced at him and said lightly: "Go and bring the map of the eastern suburbs of Jingyang City." ”

Although Zheng Yong didn't understand the emperor's intentions, when he heard the order, he still took the map that depicted the mountain-shaped landform in the eastern suburbs of Jingyang City and various important locations, and directly spread it on the top of the map of Jingyang City.

Haoxing Xiaoqi's eyes first focused on the location of Jishi Temple in the picture.

He slowly drew a circle around Jishi Temple with his fingers, and said thoughtfully: "It is indeed a good move for the Zuo Xiang to order the forbidden army to deploy defenses here."

In the name of protecting Jishi Temple, he contained the forbidden army originally stationed in the northern suburbs in the eastern suburbs, making the defense line in the north of the capital useless, just so that the rebels of Prince Ding, who had gathered in the north, took the opportunity to go south. ”

Hearing the emperor say this, Zheng Yong was taken aback.

He asked with a frightened face: "Your Majesty, are you saying that Prince Ding really wants to rebel, and he has gathered a large number of rebels in the north?"

Haoxing Xiaoqi was amused by his panicked expression, shook his head and smiled: "You old thing, you are really confused! Didn't you remind me at the beginning, 'If you want to add sin, there is no excuse'? It's just that although it is 'the crime of wanting to add', you still need some evidence."

I said that the prince intended to rebel, so the rebels he used to rebel must have a source, right? He had been guarding the north for many years, and most of his old troops were now leading troops in the north, so of course the rebels were to gather in the north.

Since the left minister colluded with Prince Ding, he naturally had to cooperate with every step of the rebel army led by Prince Ding. He deliberately ordered the forbidden army to concentrate most of the main forces in the eastern suburbs of Jingyang, and there must be a great conspiracy in this!"

Zheng Yong understood this at this time, let out a long breath, and said: "It turns out that Your Majesty's words just now have found a solid evidence for the charge of the Zuo Prime Minister participating in the rebellion!"

His little eyes blinked a few times, and then suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, maybe your clever plan really hit the conspiracy of Prince Ding and Zuo Xiang!"

Haoxing Xiaoqi was stunned when he heard this, frowned and pondered for a moment, and said: "Even if it is true as you said, Haoxing Xiaoyu has indeed secretly assembled rebels in the north, it is just a box army from several state capitals, and the disease of ringworm is not enough to deal with."

I have 100,000 forbidden troops at hand, and I can crush those rebels who are not strong enough to dust at any time. Haoxing Xiaoyu doesn't come, if he really doesn't do his best to raise troops to rebel, I can't ask for it!"

"It's just that the old slave is worried that Song Qingfeng, the commander of the forbidden army, is not completely reliable-"

"Huh-"

As soon as he heard Zheng Yong mention Song Qingfeng's matter again, Haoxing Xiaoqi suddenly looked displeased, "Some time ago, you suspected that the Song family and his son were colluding with Prince Ding, and your inner secret agents have investigated for so long, but they still haven't found any evidence. It can be seen that these speculations are all based on your imagination, and they are not to be believed!"

Zheng Yong saw that the emperor couldn't listen to his reminder at all, and although he was very anxious in his heart, he didn't dare to say more, so as not to anger Long Yan.

At this time, Haoxing Xiaoqi no longer paid attention to Zheng Yong, but turned his gaze back to the map.

This time, he still placed his finger on the top of the temple, but his fingertips slowly moved to the upper left, and finally stopped at the location of the large piece of the picture with the imperial tomb, and nodded lightly there.

The mausoleum of the royal family of Dayuguo, Haoxing, is located in the eastern suburbs of Jingyang City. Its more precise location is thirty miles northwest of Jishiji Temple, the temple of the protector of the country.

This imperial mausoleum was built by the national teacher Yin Wuya himself at that time, with Cuiwei Mountain in the south and Jingyang River in the west, occupying the aura of heaven and earth.

After the death of Emperor Hao Xingqi of Dayu Taizu, he was buried in this grand and solemn imperial mausoleum. However, it is a pity that there is no concubine beside him.

It turned out that when the imperial mausoleum was first built, Emperor Taizu had already left a decree that only his queen was allowed to sleep with him.

However, the real queen Princess Qingping became a sinner because of her son Yongwang's rebellion, and she is really not qualified to be buried in the imperial tomb as a queen.

Moreover, at that time, Princess Qingping jumped into the fire with the body of King Yong, and there were no bones left, and there was indeed nothing left that could be used to bury in the mausoleum.

And the biological mother of the current emperor, Concubine Yan, after ascending the throne today, her mother became the Empress Dowager Yan of the harem.

After the death of the Empress Dowager Yan, if she is buried in the imperial mausoleum as the queen mother, it is also in line with the etiquette system, and it is not against the will of the emperor.

However, the strange thing is that the emperor, who was filial to his mother, did not propose this proposal at all, but ordered the remains of the queen mother to be buried in the tower of Jishi Temple.

However, the reason for the emperor's move is also reasonable. Empress Dowager Yan believed in Buddhism during her lifetime, and before her death, she chanted scriptures in the Buddhist hall specially set up for her in the harem almost every day, and claimed to be leading the practice.

In this way, more than 30 years have passed since the death of Emperor Taizu Hao Xingqi, and in the imperial mausoleum in the eastern suburbs, this generation of strange people who once laid down the great wealth of the country has always slept alone.

According to the ancestral regulations, every year on the death anniversary of Emperor Taizu, the current emperor has to go to the imperial tomb to observe filial piety for three days.

This year, of course, will be no exception.

At this moment, the emperor's Haoxing Xiaoqi's finger tapped on the position of the imperial mausoleum, and an unfathomable smile slowly appeared on his face.

"Zheng Yong, if you want to rebel, will you choose me when I am in the palace, or when I am not in the palace?"

Zheng Yong was still worried about the matter of annoying the emperor just now, and at this moment he suddenly heard the emperor say that he was going to rebel, and immediately frightened him to the point that his face turned pale, and with a "plop", he knelt on the ground, and kowtowed again and again: "Please Your Majesty, the old slave has never had such a rebellious heart!"

His pretentiousness stunned Haoxing Xiaoqi, who was completely immersed in his thoughts.

His Majesty the Emperor frowned and looked at this old eunuch who was trembling in front of him, and felt both amused and a little bored in his heart, and couldn't help but snort and said, "Quickly stand up for me!" I am just making an assumption, and I don't really think that you are a slave with any different intentions, so why do you scare yourself into such a way?"

Besides, even if I suspect that anyone may covet this throne, I will not be suspicious of you, an old thing with no descendants! What can you do with this world after you have worked so hard? Won't you end up in the hands of people with different surnames?"

Zheng Yong stood up tremblingly while wiping the sweat on his head, but he didn't dare to speak.

In fact, his kneeling, in addition to some deliberate exaggeration and disguise, actually had a bit of frightening in it.

And in this little bit of fear, only half of it was because of the word "rebellion" that came out of the emperor's mouth, which made him feel a little weak, after all, he did have the intention of seeking power and usurping the throne.

And the rest of the fear was out of his concern for his own future, and even this old life.