During the Laba Festival, the weather was fine, and the capital of Luoyang was full of singing, music and dancing; up and down the imperial city, from the Son of Heaven to the subjects, were all in a good mood and full of pride. When it was still in Mao, the cars in the forbidden city were lined up from the east gate to the west gate; the civil and military officials greeted the emperor to board the Luan Yu, and then boarded the cars in turn, and shouted with the attendants:

"Let's go!"

Immediately, the sound of the car, the horse's hooves, the footsteps, the ringing, along the capital avenue, all the way to the east gate. The people of the city were already waiting on both sides of the street, watching from the streets, and they were amazed by the great pomp and circumstance of the Son of Heaven, amazed by the majestic Imperial Forest Army, and admired the magnificent cars.

Along the way, a thousand majestic Imperial Forest Army opened the way, followed by the car of the Son of Heaven Luanyu, the emperor's brother and the prince, and then followed by the car of the Taishi, and hundreds of official cars followed, one after another, in order of size.

As soon as he got out of the south gate, Cao Kun, the ninth prince, opened the curtain of the car, beckoned, and said to the accompanying guards:

"Call, Lu Junjun is coming!"

Not long after the guards went, a middle-aged scribe wearing a scarf, an ochre robe, and a green silk tie around his waist ran over respectfully, and he leaned against the window of the carriage and talked to Cao Kun, the ninth prince in the carriage, as he walked:

"Lord Wang, everything has been arranged, the capital is only waiting for the soldiers to move!"

"Good! Cao Kun, the ninth prince, said, "This matter in the capital will be entrusted to you with full responsibility; When the time comes, we will hold the new monarch's enthronement ceremony on time at noon!"

"Humble duty understands!" Lu Junjun bowed his head and said, "Congratulations to my king!" As he spoke, he stood in place and watched the large group of people and horses surging by.

Lu Junjun and Lu Ping were resourceful people who were deeply appreciated by the Nine Princes Cao Kun, and he had always planned many clever plans for the Nine Princes Cao Kun. Especially this time to seek power and usurp the throne, he can be called the most capable person around the Nine Princes. Last night, he had secretly communicated with Luo Xiongjie, the commander of the left, and only looked at today's military talisman move. As soon as the soldiers arrived, they led a thousand city defense soldiers to pour into the forbidden city, and immediately relieved the president of the Imperial Forest Army from leading the ark, seized the jurisdiction of the forbidden city, and only waited for the arrival of the new monarch and the ninth prince Cao Kun, and then held the new monarch's enthronement ceremony.

In previous years, at this time, he also accompanied the emperor's sacrificial brigade and rode in a gorgeous carriage with the emperor's sacrificial brigade. However, at present, he is still lurking in the wilderness, and is misunderstood by the people of the world, so how can this not teach him to suppress his grief and indignation! That day, he wore a cloth coat and also came to the crowd to watch, and when he saw that all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had left the east gate, he sighed:

"The sky has no eyes!"

Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder, which scared him into disarray, and when he looked back, it was Li Haibo, who joined the army in Mengzhou City. It's just that that year, Wang Zhi took the important task of the imperial court to inspect the city of Mengzhou, and had a relationship with Li Haibo, who joined the army.

"Brother, it's you!" Wang Zhi said in surprise.

"Lord Wang, can you take a step to speak!" Li Haibo arched his hand and said.

So, Wang Zhi squeezed out the crowd and brought Li Haibo straight to Zhangshan's dog meat workshop. Zhang Shan saw that it was a friend brought by Lord Wang, so he didn't say a word, cut a leg of cooked dog meat, and put some cooked peanuts and a bottle of good wine on the table.

"Lord Wang, is it safe to talk here?" Li Haibo said, looking at the surroundings of the inn.

"But it doesn't matter, these are all my confidant friends!"

Therefore, Li Haibo deleted the complicated and simplified, and concealed the section on his adultery with Jia Wentong, the commander of the Mengzhou Prefecture, and did not talk about it, but he said that he had fornicated with Cao Kun, the ninth prince, and plotted to rebel.

When Wang Zhi heard this, he was shocked and said with emotion:

"The righteousness of Li joining the army is truly a blessing to the emperor, the court, and the people! The current situation is urgent, and we must take immediate action to completely defeat the rebels' conspiracy!"

In a short time, the honor guard of the Son of Heaven has arrived at the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs, where the fragrant flowers and candles have already been prepared, all kinds of rare and exotic fruits have been placed neatly, and the three animal sacrifices have already been laid out. The emperor stepped off Luanyu, put up his hat scarf, looked at the magnificent mountains and rivers, and said with emotion:

"The mountains and rivers are magnificent, thousands of miles are clear, the rivers and mountains are beautiful, and there are many handsome heroes; take the Luan Yu to climb the Temple of Heaven and sacrifice to the heavens and the earth; the nine respects are facing the world and galloping through China. Hold the sun and moon of the sky, hold the treasures of the rivers, show my talents, show my strategy. Flying in the sky, the universe is small, and the blessing is in the common people, and all the people are happy. Fortunately, even ah, the song is a song!"

When all the ministers saw that the emperor was so elegant, they all rejoiced and said:

"My emperor is brilliant, quick-witted, proud of all people, and blessed by the world!"

When the emperor heard this, he laughed, so he said to Zhang Fu, the priest of the Temple of Heaven:

"Let's go!"

"Minister Zhang Fu takes the order!"

Zhang Fu said, bowed back three steps, turned to the civil and military officials under the altar, and said in a loud voice:

"The emperor's will, the sacrifice begins!"

At this time, Taishi Xu Liang took out a scroll of yellow brocade sacrifice from his sleeve pocket, stepped forward first, bowed to the ground towards the emperor, bowed deeply, and shouted:

"Long live my emperor, long live it!"

Wait for the emperor to say:

"Aiqing, flat!"

Taishi Xu Liangfang bowed and took three steps back, on the left side of the emperor, half facing the civil and military officials, and read the sacrificial text aloud:

"Emperor Xiaochong ascended the throne on the eighth day of the first month of the first month of the year of Bingwu, and led hundreds of civil and military officials to worship the gods of heaven and earth at the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs. The one who covers the heavens has gods above the nine heavens; controls the three lights, drives the thunder and lightning, the wind and rain, oversees the universe, overlooks all things, and adjudicates the blessings and misfortunes; from Pangu, the first division of Hongmeng, the judgment of heaven and earth, the turbidity and the clear, or the extreme. Our emperor is virtuous, rejoicing with the people, enjoying the grace of heaven and earth, Kangtai at four times, prosperity in eight festivals; sacrificing to heaven and earth, praying for God's protection, rivers, lakes and seas, wind and rain.

Our emperor Shengming, with civil and military officials, enjoy the sacrifice of heaven and earth, worship delicacies, list delicacies, thank heaven, enjoy this hundred flavors, not enough to respect, talk about the heart. The heavens are high, the blessings and longevity are all in the sky, the world is Tailai, and the heavens are blessed, the four seas are peaceful, the gods are blessed, all things are prosperous, and the heavens are gifted. The words don't reach the meaning, it's all in the story, a few sentences, I don't know what to say. Crying and sobbing, talking deeply about the grace of heaven, how to repay it, enjoy my taste! The emperor and the queen of heaven are earthy, and this heart is learned!"

Xu Taishi read the sacrificial text, led hundreds of civil and military officials, knelt down with the emperor to worship heaven and earth, and offered sacrifices. At the end of the sacrifice, the emperor was about to go down to the altar to ascend to the public opinion, and suddenly heard people shouting and neighing from all directions, which was very urgent.

The emperor was shocked and hurriedly asked the ministers what the reason was. At this time, Ren Tao, a guard with a knife, ran in a panic, knelt under the altar and kowtowed to the emperor, and reported:

"Your Majesty, the last general Ren Tao has an urgent military report!"

"Flat, hurry up!"

"There is a thief Jia Wentong, the military and horse supervisor of Mengzhou Mansion, who has rebelled with 20,000 soldiers and horses in Mengzhou, and has now blocked all the roads out of the Temple of Heaven within a five-mile radius;

When the emperor heard this, he was shocked, and hurriedly asked all the civil and military officials:

"Zhong Aiqing, is there a good way to resist the enemy?" (To be continued.) )