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"No! This is of course wrong. No emperor would execute his subjects for no reason. This is an act of self-destruction of the Great Wall. No fool would do that! The person who spread this word obviously has ulterior motives. He is dissatisfied with the emperor."

Zhao Junsheng smiled after finishing speaking, "Let's resign from our official positions and stop wading through this muddy water. It's just the two of us together, and no one else can separate us!"

Hua Mulan immediately said: "No, we paid our lives for the current official positions. How much effort and money have you spent on the thousands of soldiers under your command? How can you just say no? You have to eat, drink, and scatter when you live in this world." , The cost is too high, how can we only spend money without income? We don't need to be rich and rich, and we will have babies in the future, so let them eat chaff and swallow vegetables with us?"

Zhao Junsheng opened his mouth, and only after a while did he say something: "Then what do you mean?"

Hua Mulan said: "Naturally, it is to play a role in the selection of the new emperor! Tuoba Tao only has a son who is under one year old, so he is obviously not suitable to inherit the throne. The emperor can only choose one of his brothers, and you and I People are only familiar with King Yongchang, and King Yongchang is not bad. If he is an emperor, it will only be good for us and not bad. Now that you have thousands of soldiers and horses going up and down the mountain, who would dare not give you some face from the ministers outside? If you Who dares to say no to the King of Libao Yongchang?"

"Mulan...why do your emotions change as soon as the weather changes?" Zhao Junsheng shook his head helplessly, "Forget it, you are right, we can't stand by and watch this matter! But it's not without you It's that simple... By the way, how long have I been in a coma?"

Hua Mulan said, "It's been a whole day, and it's almost You hour now!"

"What? It's been a whole day? Did those ministers do anything?" Zhao Junsheng asked immediately.

"I don't know about this. I've always been worried about you. Only Lao Lu knows best! During the time you were in a coma, many ministers came to look for you. I was blocked by Hua Kui, and all the ministers were in a panic. , there may be something that requires you to come forward!"

Zhao Junsheng hurriedly shouted: "Old Lu, come in!"

Lu Xuanbo raised the curtain and walked in, clasping his fists: "Master!"

"What happened during the time I was in a coma? How did the ministers negotiate? Did they reach a unified decision?"

Lu Xuanbo replied: "As far as I know, the ministers have been arguing between King Le'an and King Yongchang about the candidate for the new emperor, and there has been no consensus. During this period, many ministers came to see the young master, but the young lady accused him of being ill. The reason is to block it back! Since the subordinates learned that the emperor was dead, they issued an order to Captain Gao in the name of the young master, and no one was allowed to leave. It is said that several people who tried to go out to report the news were arrested by us at the foot of the mountain. The men and horses caught it!"

Zhao Junsheng breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, the matter hasn't gotten out of control, as long as the news doesn't leak out, we have a lot to do! Before I came last night, I released a flying eagle to report to King Yongchang. I believe he should have already After receiving the news, what we have to do now is to delay the time as much as possible, and we must prevent King Le'an from leading his army back! No, I have to find out the specific beliefs and test the thoughts of the officials!"

Hua Mulan hastily stopped: "Your injury is still not healed, so you can't go!"

Zhao Junsheng smiled and got up slowly, and said: "It's okay, I feel much better! Now this time can't be careless. The battle for the throne has always been bloody. With our current situation, it is impossible to stay out of it. Only by going all out to assist King Yongchang in his position will he be able to survive!"

"Okay, but you haven't had a drop of water all day and night. I asked the oiran to cook some porridge for you. You can eat some before going!"

"When you say that, I'm really hungry!"

After eating two bowls of porridge, Zhao Junsheng was going to find Zong Ai, but Hua Mulan said to him, "Then be careful, don't open the wound. Take Li Bao and the others with you, safety is the most important thing!"

She thought for a while and said to Zhao Junsheng: "I think if you want to find out what the ministers think, you should go to Zong Ai. He must know the matter best! He has been here three times last night and today, but at that time you Before I woke up, I was worried that something might happen, so I didn't let him know about your situation!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, got up and walked out of the tent slowly, feeling a little pain in his abdomen due to the wound caused by walking, he asked Li Bao to find a spear as a crutch to find Zong Ai.

Zong Ai's camp was next to Tuoba Tao's mourning hall, and when Zhao Junsheng found him, he was eating.

"Brother Zhao, come in quickly. What's the matter with you?" Zong Ai was very happy to see Zhao Junsheng coming over, but he was pale and haggard, leaning on a spear, A heart lifted up.

Zhao Junsheng walked into the camp tent and declined Zong Ai's invitation to take a seat, and told Li Bao to stay outside the tent, and then said to Zong Ai: "Hey, the emperor passed away last night, I am so worried." The battle wound broke out, and I almost lost my life, and it got better this afternoon!"

Among all the ministers and generals on the mountain, if Tuoba Tao died, who was the most saddened, Zong Ai was definitely one of them, all his power came from Tuoba Tao, once Tuoba Tao died, he completely lost his backing, he Also one of the most desperate.

At this time, when Zhao Junsheng mentioned the matter of Tuoba Tao, Zong Ai actually shed a few tears, "Hey, Emperor Daxing passed away too suddenly. Our family owes the favor of Emperor Daxing to our status today. Now Your Majesty After death, our family's future is uncertain! Brother Zhao, I don't know if I can take care of you in the future..."

Zhao Junsheng brought up the old story again: "Brother Zong, we both agreed at the beginning. You are in the court and I am in the court. We will advance and retreat together, and share wealth and honor. Don't you forget? Although His Majesty is dead, the throne will always be Someone did it!"

Zong Ai said: "If our family can talk and be favored by the new emperor, our family will naturally not forget the original agreement between you and me. There is no way to talk about it!"

Zhao Junsheng was noncommittal to Zong Ai's words. He was silent for a while and asked, "Then what do you think about who will succeed King Yongchang or King Le'an?"

Zong Ai smiled and shook his head: "What can I, an eunuch, think? Who can the ministers support, can our family object? We can't either!"

"No, brother Zong, the new emperor's enthronement has the greatest impact on you and me. You may have three endings: first, you are still favored; second, you are left out; third, you are executed by the new emperor! So you can't just sit and watch The situation has changed! Now all the people under the mountain are my people, and I have a great say in the succession of the throne, but once I lose the trust of the new emperor, or if I am on the wrong team, my ending will definitely be miserable, so we must join hands. There must be unity of thought!"

Zong Ai looked up at Zhao Junsheng, and said after a long silence: "Okay, let's talk about our thoughts! Our family doesn't have much contact with King Yongchang, but has a lot of contact with King Le'an. He is right General Xiang, often discusses military affairs and military affairs with Emperor Daxing, so there are more opportunities to meet with our family. Since our family entered the palace, Emperor Daxing has favored us. King Le An is very displeased with our family and thinks Our family relies on flattery to win His Majesty's favor, so our family and King Le'an have never been on good terms! If King Le'an ascends the throne and becomes an enemy, even if our family does not die, I am afraid that life will not be too easy!"

Zhao Junsheng smiled, "That's good. Brother Zong, you have no choice but to choose King Yongchang. I only have friendship with King Yongchang, so I can only choose him. Now the goal you and I want to support is The same person, that's easy!"

Zong Ai didn't look relaxed, and frowned and said, "King Yongchang is still in Gonglushui's East Route Army, it's too far away from here, but King Le'an is near here, and besides, His Majesty has already sent Baba Daosheng out." He ordered King Le'an to lead the army back to help. Think about it, he should come back soon? Once King Le'an returns, he will be the person with the highest rank here, with soldiers and horses in his hands, and the only one who is qualified to inherit the throne. I'm afraid he won't wait for King Yongchang to rush over, and besides, King Yongchang doesn't know about His Majesty's death!"

Zhao Junsheng comforted Zong Ai, "I ordered someone to ride a fast horse to report to King Yongchang last night. I believe he will come over as soon as possible after receiving the news. I deduce that this time will not exceed five days! As for King Le'an , I have already dispatched scouts to go over the Qionglu Ridge and go northward for more than 100 li to investigate, once we find the traces of the army on the right side, we will get news soon, I am afraid that Brother Zong will need to go out to stop King Le'an!"

Zong Ai couldn't help but said with a bitter face: "Brother Zhao thinks highly of our family, after His Majesty passed away, we

The family doesn't even have one fart, so why should they block King Le'an and the soldiers in the right wing?He is going to be enthroned as emperor, if our family blocks him, wouldn't it be the same as sticking out his head and letting him chop it off? "

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said, "What if King Le'an doesn't know that His Majesty has passed away?"

Zong Ai's eyes widened: "Impossible, our family discovered that several people had sneaked down the mountain late last night. They must have reported the news to all parties. It is impossible that some of them did not report the news to King Le'an. After all, he is now The most likely to ascend the throne as emperor!"

"These people were all detained by my generals. I, Zhao, dared to pledge my head to Brother Zong. Until now, the news of His Majesty's death has not been leaked, except for King Yongchang!"

Zong Ai felt that he needed to get to know Zhao Junsheng again. This guy did so many things without saying a word, which was far beyond his expectations.

"Brother Zhao is really planning for the rainy day. He thought of fēng suo xiāo, but sent someone alone to inform the king of Yongchang! Now it seems that as long as the king of Yongchang does not mess up, we have a great possibility to push him to the throne of the emperor. Yes! But we have to deal with those ministers!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, "I didn't go to the commander's account today, and I don't know how the ministers are discussing. Do you understand their thoughts? Who are inclined to King Le'an, and who are inclined to King Yongchang?"

Chapter 393

Zong Ai said: "Don't look at this group of people who are arguing fiercely. In fact, they have not made a firm statement about who they want to support as the throne. They are all as smart as monkeys! But I found that the servant Yi Sui and the guard leader Pilou The two men of Jin are very supportive of King Le'an; Gaochang King Tuobana, Dazai Changying, and Champion General Anjie have the intention of leaning towards King Le'an; I'm leaning towards the meaning of King Yongchang, but I don't know the intentions of other ministers!"

Zhao Junsheng stroked his chin and asked, "Taichangqing Cui Hao and Secret Supervisor Cui Zheng both have the surname Cui. Are they related?"

Zong Ai was stunned, "Cui Hao is Cui Zheng's nephew, don't you know?"

"No wonder!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said to Zong Ai: "There are only three things we have to do now: First, delay until King Yongchang arrives!"

"Second, prevent King Le'an from returning with his army! Once I find traces of him leading his army back, I will come to you. At that time, you will bring a few eunuchs and a team of cavalry to falsely order King Le'an to lead his army to Pursue the Rouran defeated army that attacked us a few days ago!"

"Third, find a way to persuade more ministers to support King Yongchang, especially those ministers whose attitudes are still vague! I will contact Cui Hao and others on this matter, and it is more appropriate for them to come forward. Before there is any news about King Le'an , you must pay attention to the thoughts and actions of the ministers, and if anyone of them is in cahoots, you must tell me as soon as possible!"

Zong Ai saw that Zhao Junsheng's thoughts were clear and organized, and his actions were prudent and thoughtful, and his confidence was greatly increased for a while, "Okay, I will keep an eye on those ministers!"

Zhao Junsheng returned to Hua Mulan's tent and said to Hua Mulan, Lu Xuanbo and Hua Kui, "Let's move to the camp at the foot of the mountain, we can't stay here!"

The three of them were puzzled, and Hua Mulan asked, "Why?"

"Although there are only more than 200 guards on the mountain, they are all from Gaochang King Tuobana and Ouchi Guard Pi Louxian, and both of them have the intention of leaning towards King Le'an. We can't give them a chance , go now! Oiran, hurry up and pack your things!"

"Yes, uncle!" Hua Kui quickly packed up after agreeing, and quickly packed the things on her back.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan walked down the mountain under the escort of Lu Xuanbo and Li Bao's personal soldiers.

"Mulan, how is your injury?"

Hua Mulan replied: "Your healing medicine is very effective. Yesterday and today are much better. It has only been four or five days, and the wound has begun to scar, but there is still some weakness, which may be the cause of excessive blood loss!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Well, it's not enough to just take medicine and food without nutrition. Yesterday, the brothers recovered a lot of cattle and sheep from around the original camp. When I get to the camp, I will ask the cook to kill a sheep for you every day. It's good to eat." , eat it in a few days and make up for it!"