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"That's good!" Chang Ying said, glanced at the others, and continued: "It has been two days since His Majesty was stabbed and passed away, but there is still no coffin to enter the coffin, and none of the colleagues and the soldiers on the mountain and the mountain. Plain onyx wearing filial piety, what kind of dignity is this?"

Speaking of this, Chang Ying asked all the ministers angrily: "I can't let Your Majesty's dragon body be exposed to the sun all the time, can I? Can you feel at ease?"

In the past two days, the ministers have not been arguing about which prince should be enthroned, and they have also considered planning a funeral for the emperor, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. They were snatched from here. If you want the ministers and soldiers to wear linen and filial piety, you need a lot of white cloth. If you want to bury Tuoba Tao’s body, you must have a coffin. There is nothing for funerals. There are barren mountains and wild ridges and endless grasslands, where can I get them?

The champion general An Jie said with a bitter face: "Chang Dazai, who doesn't know what you are talking about? If you can't get a lot of white cloth, how can you wear it plainly? How can you make a coffin without a craftsman? You can't just ask someone to cut a few pieces. How about nailing up a piece of wood to make a coffin to enshrine Emperor Daxing? This is too shabby, if it gets out, shouldn’t we be ashamed to death?”

Chang Ying immediately said: "You have all heard General Zhao said just now that his luggage team will arrive tomorrow at the latest, and there must be a lot of gauze for wounded soldiers in the luggage, so let the ministers and soldiers wear mourning with gauze, Let the white flags be made of gauze! There must be craftsmen in the luggage team, and then let the craftsmen build the coffin quickly, and put the dragon body of Emperor Daxing in the coffin first! Everyone, this matter cannot be delayed any longer. If it continues, the body of Emperor Daxing will be ·················································································································································································· terms

The ministers saw Chang Ying crying sadly, thinking of the friendship between the monarch and ministers with Tuoba Tao, and thinking of themselves and others as ministers, but they couldn't find a decent coffin to enshrine the emperor's body, and they couldn't afford to wear hemp and filial piety. They were so ashamed that they wept bitterly.

Zhao Junsheng instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong. It was understandable for Chang Ying to propose a funeral for Tuoba Tao, but he always felt that there was something wrong with it. You must know that now is the key to fighting for the throne. At any moment, any move of any minister present may be preparing for the fight for the throne

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Would it be fraudulent for Chang Ying to propose to arrange a funeral for Tuoba Tao at this time?Could it be a conspiracy?

Zhao Junsheng saw the ministers in the tent crying together, he was not as sad as they were, he regarded himself as an outsider looking at the funeral, what impact would the funeral have?

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, but he didn't catch it, Zhao Junsheng rubbed his face, at this moment Li Bao gave him a look from outside the tent.

Zhao Junsheng got up and walked out of the tent and asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Bao whispered in Zhao Junsheng's ear: "General, the wài wéi guard sentry stopped a messenger from the Left Wing Army, and it was sent by He Xijing, King of Changle!"

Hearing the words, Zhao Junsheng felt suddenly enlightened. He finally understood Chang Ying's true intention to give Tuoba Tao a funeral. He could order fēng suo xiāo to intercept the messengers sent by the ministers on the mountain, but he could not guarantee The couriers who came back from outside were stopped. Once the couriers sent by the generals of the Zongzi Army, the Shuzi Army, the Left Chamber, and the Right Chamber saw the ranger guard post from a distance and saw the white flags on the mountain, they would definitely guess that the emperor was driving. In the event of the collapse, those messengers will inevitably turn around and run back, and the news will spread to all the armies. At that time, the situation will be beyond his control.

"What the hell, this old thing Chang Ying is really insidious and cunning, and made a request for funeral management that ministers can't object to at all!"

Zhao Junsheng cursed in his heart, and told Li Bao: "Send someone to tell Gao Xiu, and show him to the general, you can't let him run away!"

"Yes!"

Standing outside the tent, Zhao Junsheng thought, what reason did he refuse to let everyone wear mourning?

After thinking for a long time, he thought of a reason that he could barely explain the past. He stepped into the big tent and saw that the ministers were still crying, so he said: "Everyone, crying can't solve the problem. I have a few words to say at the end, please Gentlemen, listen to me!"

All the ministers stopped crying one after another, and all looked at him as they wiped away their tears.

Zhao Junsheng thought about it, and said to Chang Ying: "Mr. Chang, there is nothing wrong with your proposal to let the ministers and soldiers wear linen and filial piety for Emperor Daxing, but there is no gauze or white cloth in the luggage this time. There is no way to proceed. There should be a few craftsmen in the luggage team, and it is no problem to build the coffin for Emperor Daxing!"

Chang Ying was a little mad: "Impossible, how could there be no gauze in the luggage? Are you prevaricating the old man?"

Zhao Junsheng's face immediately turned cold, "Chang Gong, the general respects your old age and calls you Chang Gong. If you doubt the general's loyalty to His Majesty, the general will not be polite to you anymore! What can I do if there is no gauze in the middle? I will not conjure gauze for you by magic tricks!"

Chang Ying was so angry that his white beard trembled, pointing at Zhao Junsheng: "You..."

Under normal circumstances, how dare lower-level officials be so disrespectful to higher-level officials?With the emperor in charge of justice, lower-level officials will be severely punished for even a little disrespect to higher-level officials. After all, the officialdom is strictly hierarchical, and the emperor must maintain this strict hierarchical system in order to maintain his authority.

But now that the emperor is gone, and the candidate for the new emperor has not yet been found, even if Zhao Junsheng pointed at Chang Ying's nose and cursed, even beat him up, and killed him on trumped-up charges, no one would do anything to Zhao Junsheng.

At this time, Cui Hao recalled that after Zhao Junsheng made such a fuss, he immediately understood Chang Ying's intentions. After turning his mind, he immediately thought of a good idea, and immediately said: "Chang Dazai, I think that at this moment It is inappropriate for everyone to wear sackcloth and filial piety!

Chang Ying was furious: "Why? Cui Hao, Cui Hao, His Majesty treated you well during his lifetime. In just a few years, he canonized you as the Duke of Dongjun, the official residence of Taichangqing, and regarded you as a confidant, but it turned out that Unfaithful and unfilial..."

"Don't be angry, Dazai, listen to me!" Cui Hao hurriedly interrupted Chang Ying, "Now we are waiting for the army to be in Mobei, and there are Rouran people hiding everywhere around. The spies found out that it is not difficult for them to deduce that His Majesty has passed away. When the time comes, all Rouran people will attack with a large army, and our army's morale will be low because of His Majesty's death. But people took His Majesty's body away, this

Is it not a greater sin?As for the funeral, when we return to Pingcheng, I will report to the new emperor and the court to organize a grand funeral for His Majesty! "

Zhao Junsheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he secretly gave Cui Hao a thumbs up. This guy is brilliant, and this reason cannot be refuted.

Chang Ying opened her mouth, her expression darkened, and she could no longer speak.

An Jie stood up again to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, since we can't leave plain, let the craftsmen quickly build the coffin for His Majesty when the convoy arrives, and enshrine His Majesty as soon as possible! The next thing is to choose the new emperor, and this matter cannot be done." If it drags on for a long time, shouldn't we send someone to notify the generals who commanded the troops outside and let them lead the army back?"

"No..."

The quarrel started again in the camp, and after a long time of quarreling, there was no result. No one was willing to compromise, and the meeting was interrupted again.

Early the next morning, Yi Jue, Pilokin, Tuoba Na, Chang Ying and others gathered together in private again.

"Everyone, until today, there has been no news from King Le'an. It is almost certain that Zhao Junsheng and the others have blocked the news. The last time Zong Ai went out at night, he must have sent a false imperial decree to King Le'an!" Yi Huo replied The other three said.

Pilokin stretched out his hand and slapped the table furiously: "This Zhao Junsheng is too courageous. He dared to block the news of His Majesty's death. If he gains power, we will pay back? We must find a way to inform Le'an of the news." king!"

Chang Ying shook his head: "There is no other way to spread the news, unless the armies from all walks of life return on their own, but this is almost impossible. There must be a will to mobilize the army. Leading the army back without a will is a serious crime of beheading! Yesterday I gave His Majesty held a funeral for the reason that the whole army wanted to use this method to make the messengers sent by the various armies aware of His Majesty's death. When they saw this, they would definitely turn around and bring the news back. As long as the various armies return, The situation where Cui Hao, Zhao Junsheng and others can cover the sky with one hand will be broken, but now..."

At this time, Tuoba Na said with murderous intent in his eyes: "Everyone, there is no other way, now we can only put all our eggs in one basket and find a way to kill Zhao Junsheng and seize his military power!"

Chapter 397 Desperate

The coniferous forest on the northern slope of Yanran Mountain grew extremely densely, and a troop marched rapidly northwest along the hillside. ∧

The horses trotted, there was the sound of metal rubbing against the weapons and armor, and the banners swayed in the wind.

Holding the rein in his hand, Tuoba Fan turned his head and asked, "General Hua, how far is it from Rouran's hiding place?"

The sun on the plateau was very strong, and in just one day, the skin on Hua Mulan's face was tanned to a wheat color.

She took out the map and looked at it, then observed the surrounding terrain and replied loudly: "At the current marching speed, there are still two hours to arrive!"

"March for another hour and slow down the marching speed. Both the soldiers and the horses need to regain their strength to fight!" Tuoba Fan gave a loud order to the general He Gena after thinking for a while.

He Ge Na agreed: "Yes, my lord!"

After marching for an hour, the army in the right wing slowed down the marching speed, and the horses changed from trotting to brisk walking.

Hua Mulan believes that neither he nor Tuoba Fan, nor Tuoba Fan's generals have ever been to the northern foot of Yanran Mountain. Although there is a map as a reference, the map is too crude and not necessarily accurate. It is necessary to send detectives to explore the road first.

"My lord, the scouts didn't take this path when they were chasing the Rouran people. I'm not familiar with the terrain. Should I send scouts to scout the road ahead?"

Tuoba Fan listened to Hua Mulan's suggestion, thought for a while and then shook his head and refused: "No, as long as you know where the Rouran people are hiding, that's enough. Sending scouts at this time can easily be noticed by the Rouran people. Wait for them to do it." If you are ready, our army will not be able to achieve the purpose of the surprise attack!"

Hua Mulan thought for a while and didn't say anything else. The purpose of her coming here was to urge Tuoba Fan to fight against the Rouran people, hold back the soldiers and horses in the right wing, try to buy enough time for King Yongchang to come, and at the same time prevent Tuoba Fan from After receiving the news, they may lead troops back desperately or commit chaos.

The army turned over a high hill and was going downhill. Suddenly, a group of Rouran soldiers and horses slowly came out of a valley two miles away on the opposite side. The two sides encountered each other inadvertently.

"Stop—" Tuoba Fan Lema stopped and raised his arms solemnly.

Hua Mulan reined in her horse and looked into the distance, immediately said: "My lord, it should be this Rouran army, it looks like they are about to leave!"

"Array of the whole army—" Tuoba Fan turned around and roared.

He Gena and other generals rode their horses and ran to the rear, shouting at the same time as they galloped: "My lord ordered, the whole army line up, line up!"

Upon hearing the order, the soldiers and horses in the Yuxiang set up their formations in units of buildings.

The Rouran army outside the entrance of the opposite valley obviously also found the right wing army at this time, and the leader was Princess Tuzhen. She was also taken aback at this time, how could this Wei army army be here, but at this moment she could not allow her to think about it , Immediately ordered: "Rouran warriors, line up to meet the enemy!"