Lintai Storm Record

Take them all out.

The Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet in Dachu was divided into two parts: the front hall and the front hall. Rongzong went to the front hall first, and the queen presided over the back hall.At that time, Rongzong's first empress had passed away, and Fu Mingmao's mother concubine was a noble concubine. Among the concubines in the harem, she had the highest status and noble status. Although she had no phoenix seal in her hand, her princess India, enough to manage the entire harem.

The imperial concubine is not a lost woman, let her make trouble, when Rongzong came back from the front hall, he planned to get close to his women, and He Lele, flirting with the moon, but Fu Mingshao's mother and concubine suddenly went crazy, pointing at The imperial concubine's nose yelled.

What she scolded was the noble concubine's background, how noble this Princess Hei Di is, Hei Di and Da Chu are enemy countries, the two countries have been at war since ancient times, what is Princess Hei Di in Da Chu?He also talked about how the noble concubine had ever been favored by Rongzong, but she was only allowed to be the noble concubine because she was needed.After scolding the noble concubine, she still felt that it was not enough to relieve her anger. She counted all the princes and generals in the harem to shame one by one. After talking about it, she felt more and more reasonable. Among the concubines, she had the lowest background, but she was also a concubine. He also gave birth to the emperor's son for Rongzong.

However, in the end she said: "When my emperor sits on the throne of Dachu, I see you noble women, who would dare to bully me, who would dare to beat around the bush and ridicule that I am not worthy, everyone read the songbook while riding a donkey." Son, let's wait and see. Let's see who is the real favorite concubine in this harem."

The concubine ate a few more glasses of wine, she couldn't stand steadily, she turned around and was about to leave, she couldn't see clearly, so she threw herself into the man's arms.

That man was not someone else, but Rong Zong with a livid face.

On the morning of the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Rongzong sent his sixth son to Quzhou, which was not far from the capital, but he sent him out of Beijing without the title of prince, which was unprecedented in the dynasty.

From then on, Rongzong seemed to have forgotten that he had a son.In the future, the women he brings into the harem, even if they are just a small beauty, must be selected from among the prostitutes of the third rank and above.

"Since the eldest prince came to Beijing late, it's better to have a long-term plan on what to do next. Stay in my other courtyard tonight, and the future..."

Fu Mingmao waved his hand: "I still have something to discuss with the Prime Minister."

Li Yeyuan signaled him to say.

"After the matter is completed, Bai Guyou's seat cannot be moved."

Li Yeyuan nodded: "Naturally, the gate of Dachu seems to be solid, and it is already full of silverfish. I still hope that Bai Guyou will live a few more years."

"For the five state cities along the southeast coast, the taxes belong to Heidi."

Li Yeyuan knew that Fu Mingmao was able to borrow troops from Heidi to cross the border, not only because of the meager blood relationship, but also because of real benefits. It was just taxation, not territory. It was much easier to guard against the mouths of the people.

Li Yeyuan's meticulous expression loosened: "You can't be aboveboard, you have to take a dark account."

"I know that." Fu Mingmao said, "What I'm more worried about is that if Bai Guyou finds out that I've become emperor, will he refuse to surrender and send his troops north."

Li Yeyuan said: "So, there is a person, you must find him."

"who is it?"

"Zuo Zhengying."

Fu Mingmao frowned, with a puzzled look on his face, and then suddenly realized: "Is that Zuo Zhengying, a folk master who is as famous as Taifu Zhou?"

"He used to serve as the Imperial Academy to sacrifice wine. Later, he was disappointed with the government of the first emperor and the entire Great Chu Dynasty. He resigned from office and returned to his hometown to open a school. Almost all the officials in the Ministry of Rites were his students, and most of the celebrities in the dynasty also listened to him. He gave lectures. This person has a unique skill that almost killed him. Speaking of which, he has also received the favor of Zhou Taifu."

"Is Zhou Taifu pleading for him?"

"Exactly. They used to be close friends. Later, they had different political views and turned against each other. But at the critical moment, Taifu Zhou begged Rongzong to spare Zuo Zhengying's life. Rongzong just made the daughter of the Taifu a new queen at that time, so he spared Zuo Zhengying all the time." Life."

"What is the unique skill that made my father want to kill him?" Fu Mingmao thought carefully, but he couldn't think of what Zuo Zhengying would do, which made Rongzong so afraid.

"He would imitate the late emperor's handwriting. In other words, the late emperor imitated his handwriting." Li Yeyuan said, "This matter has never been kept a secret by Zhou Taifu. Once I went to ask Taifu to write a fan for me. By chance, I heard He talked about it. At that time, Zuo Zhengying was no longer in the court, and his whereabouts were a mystery, so the Taifu took it as a funny thing and told me about it."

The corners of Fu Mingmao's lips curled into a smile, "Master Xiang will remember it firmly until today."

Li Yeyuan had originally approached Zhou Taifu with a purpose, and he was never ashamed of it. People with high positions and powers would fawn on someone every day, and being able to fawn on them, in Li Yeyuan's view, this was his skill, and there was nothing to be ashamed of.

What's more, if Fu Mingmao really becomes the emperor, he will still be the chief assistant in the future. He is too old to be an official for a few years. He just wants to end up ruined and seek a good death.

At this moment, how much Li Yeyuan could tolerate Fu Mingmao, in the future, as long as Fu Mingmao had a conscience, he would tolerate him a little bit.

Li Yeyuan frowned slightly.

Fu Mingmao sat very close to him, and immediately asked: "What worries does Xiangye have?"

"I heard that the eldest prince promised Song Qianzhi the position of Grand Tutor?"

Fu Mingmao clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "Little Huangkou, just coax him casually. When I ascend to the throne of God, what is the use of the Queen Mother? Even the Queen Mother is useless, what is Song Qianzhi?"

Li Yeyuan lowered his eyes and said: "If you still want to leave a good reputation in the history books, you must be more polite to the Queen Mother Zhou."

"I know this. I will order people to build a Buddhist temple near the emperor's mausoleum. The Empress Dowager Zhou misses her late emperor, and has been troubled by nightmares many times. The disaster in Great Chu has been pacified. The Empress Dowager invited her out of the palace to practice on her behalf and pray for the common people in the world."

"If you want to do this, you must be careful. She is an extremely smart woman. If you want to assassinate Fu Mingshao, you have to rely on her."

Fu Mingmao said: "I know this. As long as Fu Mingshao dies, I am the only one who is qualified to sit in that seat. But there has been a problem that has troubled me these years. When I found Lu Hun, he told Fu Mingshao that Fu Mingshao was in his father's house. The emperor acquiesced in the poisoning of the decoction, but firmly denied that the queen mother knew about it. Has Mr. Xiang heard of this matter?"

Li Yeyuan's hand trembled slightly, the movement was very subtle, Fu Mingmao was so immersed in the extreme excitement that he didn't notice it at all.

"Who is more reliable, the husband who has loved her for more than twenty years, or the puppet prince who has just been brought into Beijing and supported by her personally?"

Fu Mingmao thought for a long time, then said with a sneering smile, "I'm a villain."

"The eldest prince is the most witty among all the princes. In fact, people's hearts are extremely fragile and cannot stand the test. In the future, the eldest prince does not need to understand what the ministers really think, and does not need to examine whether they care about the country. , As long as it can be used by you, become a pawn in your hand, or lure it with power, or subdue it with prestige, or benefit it with money, so that officials can do things honestly, then you can sit in that seat.”

Fu Mingmao smiled softly: "Whether it can be done or not, I have to work a lot, Mr. Prime Minister, to mediate."

☆, Qianlong in the Abyss (pick up)

This was the second night that Liu Yun and his daughter were killed.

The Babaili urgent report was sent from Mengzhou and arrived at the Ministry of War in the evening. Qin Yuning, Minister of the Ministry of War, was about to have dinner, but he didn't eat any food, so he immediately left the Yamen with the military report.Qin Yuning's sedan chair headed towards Li Yeyuan's prime minister's mansion in the north of the city first, and it was hundreds of meters away. No one could have imagined that Master Shang Shu was desperately banging on the sedan chair door in the sedan chair, telling the bearer to turn around and go straight to the palace gate.

Fu Mingshao is eating.

The manager, Sun Xiu, came out of the hall and asked Qin Yuning to wait.

Panting for breath, Qin Yuning straightened his official hat, and said solemnly, "Director Sun, please go and report again. It's extremely urgent and we can't miss a moment."

Sun Xiu's eyebrows and eyes were extremely narrow and long, and when she lowered her eyes, there was a kind of compassion from a bodhisattva.

He patiently said to Qin Yuning: "Your Majesty has been unable to eat for the past two days, and finally managed to eat some tonight. Please wait a moment, sir, and have a cup of tea. Our family will report immediately." Sun Xiu called An apprentice asked him to lead Qin Yuning to the side hall for tea.

Qin Yuning's mouth was parched, and when he wanted to say more, he saw a dozen guards guarding the front of the hall, two of whom were wearing black unicorn robes, and they were reactivated unicorn guards.In order to protect the king's life, the Qilin Guard has the power to kill ministers.In addition, it was Qin Yuning who led the roundup of the Qilin guards, and he had already sensed the icy killing intent of the two Qilin guards, and his scalp became tense, so he had to go to the side hall with the palace servant first.

With her hands in her sleeves, Sun Xiu walked down the steps unhurriedly, heading east to the bedroom not far from Chengyuan Hall.

After the door knocked, Lu Guan's steady voice sounded in the hall: "Come in."

Sun Xiu brought a teenage boy with him. He was very tall, almost the same as Lu Guan, but he was only fifteen or sixteen years old in appearance.The boy followed behind Sun Xiu, his hands and feet were stiff, he didn't know where to put it.

"Take it off." Sun Xiu ordered.

The young man quickly took off the eunuch's clothes on the spot, folded them neatly, and put them on the side of the couch. When he was about to take off his underwear, he was lightly reprimanded by Sun Xiu. He glanced blankly at his godfather, and suddenly remembered Sun Xiu's Confession, got into the bed neatly, sat on the couch, took off the gauze cap, untied the hair, loosened it behind her back, and retracted sideways towards the wall.

"Qin Yuning has entered the palace." Sun Xiu said in a low voice while helping Lu Guan change his clothes, "Your Majesty thinks that there will be one or two hours to be free. I think Qin Yuning came in a hurry and the military situation is on fire. Your Majesty may not be free tonight. If I'm unlucky, I will find a way to hold him back, and ask Mr. Lu to pay attention to the top of the palace when he is doing business. If you see the red signal, don't go back to the palace and go out of Beijing directly. By the way, you must bring someone with you. "

"Who?" Lu Guan took the plaque engraved with the name of the eunuch and the palace he belonged to, and tied it around his waist.

"Zuo Zhengying." Sun Xiudao, "Once there is a change in the palace, my lord must remember to find a way to take Zuo Zhengying out of Beijing. This person will be of great use."

Sun Xiu came over, and after hearing what he said, Lu Guan couldn't help but widen his eyes. He grabbed Sun Xiu's wrist and approached Sun Xiu. Only in front of the emperor is he a pug dog who is obsessed with Xiaofu.

"Who are you?" Lu Guan asked in a low voice.

Sun Xiu lowered her eyes and fastened the gauze cap for Lu Guan.

When he heard Sun Xiu's answer, Lu Guan's heart skipped a beat. Sun Xiu didn't directly tell him who he was, but what Sun Xiu said was all palace secrets. This made Lu Guan think of a possibility: maybe Sun Xiu There is no one who can show his allegiance. His real allegiance is the deceased Emperor Rongzong.

However, time was running out, and Lu Guan didn't have the opportunity to ask Sun Xiu for confirmation. Since Sun Xiu didn't take the initiative to speak up, I'm afraid it would be useless to ask.So Lu Guan tidied up without saying a word, and followed Sun Xiu to leave the bedroom.

Outside the Chengyuan Hall, Qin Yuning had already finished a cup of tea and was able to eat the sparkling blisters. He licked the inside of his mouth with the tip of his tongue, and paced back and forth outside the hall with the military newspaper in his hands.

When Sun Xiu came down the dark verandah, Qin Yuning stopped suddenly, and shouted: "Director Sun." He strode towards Sun Xiu.

Sun Xiu turned sideways to his "godson" and said, "I'll have a few words with Lord Qin, and you just wait here." Sun Xiu's voice was neither soft nor heavy, just enough for Qin Yuning to hear.

Qin Yuning greeted him profusely with sweat, and said to Sun Xiu: "Director Sun, please go in and report again, the military situation is extremely urgent...I really can't wait..."

Sun Xiu: "Okay, Lord Qin please wait a moment, our family will inform you right away."

Qin Yuning followed Sun Xiu's footsteps and took two steps forward, raised his eyebrows, and turned his right foot back half a step, wanting to look back.

"Master Qin, please follow."

Qin Yuning immediately followed Sun Xiu's footsteps, and Sun Xiu said to Qin Yuning as he walked: "My lord doesn't know, but His Majesty has been worrying so much these past two days. Your Majesty is the father of all people. If there is something good or bad, I will take care of it for you." This is rude. Your Majesty has hardly had any meals in the past two days, if the dragon's body is exhausted, won't it collapse this day?"

Qin Yuning concealed his dissatisfaction, and forced a smile from the corner of his mouth: "What Manager Sun said is true."

In the gloom under the corridor, Sun Xiu's "godson" was ordered out of the palace, and quietly disappeared outside the Chengyuan Hall.

·

There were not many eunuchs sent out by the inner palace to handle errands. Ever since the Imperial Army had an accident, Meng Honglin had thoroughly reorganized the Habayashi guards, and selected many strong young men from the families of the military officers he was familiar with to join the Imperial Army.

According to Meng Honglin's intention, Lu Lin should also come back to take up the post. He also bought a lot of good medicinal materials and made a special trip to visit Lu Lin. He didn't see Lu Lin. Mr. Lu said that Lu Lin was in a state of depression, and he lingered in Zhang Jingju all day long, asking Meng Honglin to help Bring this unworthy descendant home.

Meng Honglin agreed, but turned around and thought that Lu Lin couldn't bear the setback so much, so he put down his desire to let Lu Lin return to the imperial army.

Lu Guan came to the gate of the palace, handed over his badge, and lowered his head slightly.

Not far away, Meng Honglin was lecturing.

It was already night, and the lights at the palace gate were not very bright. The Habayashi guard checked the badge and was about to let him go.

Lu Guan heard Meng Honglin shout: "Stop."

At that moment, Lu Guan's body froze. After changing into the eunuch's uniform, he didn't carry a weapon on his body. The next moment, his eyes fell on the waist knife of the Habayashi guard who was closest to him.

Beads of sweat leaked from Lu Guan's temples, slid across his temples, and fell down along the tight skin lines on his cheeks.

"Why haven't I seen it before, which palace, waist card, turn around and take a look at me." Meng Honglin said loudly, "I'm talking about you, turn around!"

Lu Guan made a wrong step, and the leather shoes slowly rubbed over the fine gravel on the ground.

"Isn't this a waist card? Why do you call it so many times without turning back? Damn, which master brought it?"

A submissive eunuch replied in a thin voice: "Jiang, Eunuch Jiang is my master."

"Jiang Meng?" Meng Honglin frowned, and handed back the badge to the eunuch. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the other two eunuchs waiting for inspection had left the palace gate.

After working on a job all day, after patrolling the palace gates, Meng Honglin was going to go home tonight, so that Cai Na's concubine could massage her feet.Liu Yun was killed only two days ago, the mansion that was given to Liu Yun, the emperor sent an order to take it back, and then gave it to Meng Honglin.

Meng Honglin didn't think his death was bad luck, so he kept all the servants in Liu Yun's mansion that could be used. Liu Yun's family was very clean, his daughter died, he had no son, and there were two beauties who served him closely. It was given to me after entering Beijing.

One of them had a particularly outstanding job, and Meng Honglin used it himself, while the other had a misty beauty. Meng Honglin was not a womanizer, but he never had too many beauties. It would be good to have it as a vase at home, so he accepted it.

·

After Lu Guan walked out of the palace gate, he quickened his pace and left the Royal Street. After walking a few steps, Lu Guan's figure flashed and disappeared at the corner of the palace wall.

The footsteps gradually approached. An eunuch looked around the corner. He raised his neck vigorously. The wall was high and there was no one there.

The eunuch scratched his head involuntarily, his eyes were still looking up, and he moved his steps. Suddenly, someone grabbed his neck, and he was pulled out two steps forcefully. His back was slammed against the wall, and the corners of his mouth twitched in pain. He reacted quickly and pressed his mouth.

The eunuch's eyes widened in horror, he clearly felt a strong hand pinching his neck.

"Who told you to follow me?" asked the deep, ghostly voice.

The eunuch scratched the hand that was choking his neck.

There was a gloomy face reflected in his eyes, it was Lu Guan, his warning eyes revealed an arrogant killing intent.

A weak air flow squeezed out from the eunuch's throat: "Jiang Meng, Jiang Meng, Eunuch Jiang."

"I let go, if you don't want to kill you, just call, kill you, I can withdraw immediately, understand?"

The eunuch nodded hurriedly.

Lu Guan let go.

The little eunuch knelt on the ground, suppressed the itching in his throat, gasped for breath, and took a while to get up while leaning on the wall.

"Why did Jiang Meng ask you to follow me?" Lu Guan asked, and he remembered that the voice of this little eunuch was the same as that of the one who was grabbed and interrogated by Meng Honglin at the gate of the palace.

"Cover Mr. Lu." The little eunuch choked so much that the corners of his eyes turned red.

"Out of Yujie Street, walk 50 meters south at the entrance of Dongmen Lane. On the east side of the street, there is a tea house. There is a ten-meter-high wooden pole outside the tea house. If the tea house is open, you can go in and wait. I will look for you when I come back. If the tea house is closed..."

"The little one is waiting for you outside."

Seeing that he was sensible, Lu didn't care about it, so he parted ways with the little eunuch.

·

Even the air outside the palace gate is free, Lu Guan can't run too fast, as soon as he lifts his breath, the wound will hurt a little, he is afraid of tearing, so he walks quickly for a while, and then walks slowly for a while.

After making seven or eight turns in the city, Lu Guan went into a small alley, and knocked open a house in the depths of the alley.

After Zuo Zhengying's wife opened the door for Lu Guan, she sat in the yard and sifted through a dustpan of beans, picking out the good ones that were plump and round, planning to make porridge tomorrow, and discarding the bad and shriveled ones.Her hands kept swimming in the dustpan, and the old jade on her wrist had been worn for many years.

The light in the study can just shine on the place where she is sitting, and the window is not closed. Inside, her husband takes out a book from the shelf and walks out of her sight. The wife is picking beans while looking at everything in the yard aimlessly. The green moss, the frogs by the pool, the green leaves growing on the top, the bright moon in the sky, and the bugs crawling around on the ground.

"I know that there are people who can write good handwriting, sir, who still exist in the world, do you still remember one or two?" Lu Guan asked Zuo Zhengying in a low voice.

"Not many, one in the palace."

That's Sun Xiu, Lu Guan thought, he guessed right, Sun Xiu should be from Rongzong, otherwise, with Rongzong's scheming, Sun Xiu knew this secret, so she should be dead to this day.

"What about outside the palace?" Then Lu Guan asked again.

Zuo Zhengying thought and thought, and slowly replied, "He's already dead."

Lu Guan felt relieved, leaving the palace today, he was going to Lu Mansion.A few days ago, the emperor was going to get married, and the corpse on the city gate could no longer be hung. Fu Mingshao was closely watching every move of the Empress Dowager Zhou. Lu Guan asked Jiang Mengmeng to pass a message to the Lu family.

Jiang Meng's people handed over the words to Lu's family, and Lu Lin's grandfather had already entrusted someone with a lot of money to help Zhou Wanxin collect the corpse and bury it in the ground.When going out of the palace this time, Lu Guan firstly wanted to discuss with Zuo Zhengying what to do next, and secondly, he wanted to worship Zhou Wanxin at night.

"I don't know who is the one outside the palace who knows Mr.'s secret?" Lu Guan thought, "Could it be Mr. Zhou?"

Zuo Zhengying stroked her beard and didn't answer.

Lu Guan felt relieved a little, and asked Zuo Zhengying what to do next.

Zuo Zhengying fiddled with his fingers on the table, where letters, a few old books, and a handful of rice grains were scattered.

Zuo Zhengying closed her eyes and thought for a while.

Lu Guan didn't speak, but he was a little anxious. When Zuo Zhengying opened his eyes, Lu Guan couldn't help but say, "Qin Yuning just entered the palace, and there seems to be an urgent military situation."

Zuo Zhengying said: "It's not Amo Danrong, it's Hei Di. Liu Yun is the one who helped to divide the Baiguyou military power. Now the person who assassinated the queen has not been caught, and Duo Qiduo has not been released from the palace. Fu Mingshao dare not It must not be the hands of the Amodanrong people. He should be more suspicious of Bai Guyou who can directly benefit from Liu Yun's killing, but Bai Guyou is far away in Qizhou, and he himself knows the possibility No big deal. Although Fu Mingshao wanted to weaken Bai Guyou, he also knew that Bai Guyou was absolutely loyal to the imperial court. According to his original plan, after completing the conscription, Bai Guyou and his current subordinates would go to Qizhou, Meng The state has nothing to achieve, as long as Liu Yun leads this vigorous new army to make contributions and boost the country's prestige, he will be able to establish a prestige far surpassing that of Bai Guyou among the people who have suffered from the war."

Lu Guan agreed: "In winter, the army's salary and food are not enough. The Zhenbei Army barely held on and attacked several times. Fengping Gorge is a double-edged sword. Whoever can occupy it will have a natural advantage. Even Bai Even the general can't capture Fengping Gorge with soldiers who don't have enough food or clothing to keep warm."

"Ordinary people don't understand. They will think that the imperial court can fight but if they don't fight, there will be resentment for a long time. If the imperial court can't deliver the grain and grass, Baiguyou will inevitably expropriate the grain depots of the counties on the spot, and the local officials will be dissatisfied. Then guide them , a generation of loyal ministers and good generals, I'm afraid it will be ruined."

"The tax increase order has been issued for several days, what's the rumor?"

Zuo Zhengying: "Add one point, and there will be complaints."

"Then do you think the time is ripe?"

Zuo Zhengying raised her eyebrows and said lightly, "It's not enough."

"Wait any longer, I'm afraid others will not be able to sit still."

"Which other person?"

"The enemy of Fengpingxia."

"Then let him move first."

The enemy of Fengpingxia is Heidi, if Fengpingxia is moved, the Zhenbei Army under Fengpingxia will definitely suffer a defeat, if Heidi drives straight in, Amodanrong will definitely not be able to sit still.

"Sir, this move is too risky. Every time Hei Di goes to a city, he will slaughter a city. It is inevitable that people will die." Lu Guan said, "Once the enemy is attacked, it will be too dangerous."

Zuo Zhengying closed her eyes and shook her head: "Think about it carefully, who is the one who killed the queen?"

Lu Guan immediately thought of Liu Suguang. The queen was actually killed by Fu Mingshao. Liu Suguang wanted to kill the queen. However, this woman killed the queen because of her personal enmity with the queen. She even wanted to kill Fu Mingshao.Only Liu Suguang's plan did not include Liu Yun. Liu Yun wanted to kill Fu Mingshao because of his daughter's knife, which was unexpected by everyone, but Liu Yun died.

Just as Lu Guan was about to speak, he heard Zuo Zhengying say, "If you kill the queen, no matter whether Liu Yun dies or not, the unbreakable trust between him and the emperor will no longer exist. If Fu Mingshao were smarter, he would think it was Bai Gu." People from the You faction, if he indulges his desires, I'm afraid, he will check on the Queen Mother Zhou."

"Why?" Lu Guan slapped his forehead suddenly, "If there are clues pointing to the Queen Mother, he can take advantage of the trend to clean up the Queen Mother and take the opportunity to eradicate Li Xiang... Besides, without Liu Yun, he can't move Bai Guyou, so he has Doubt, there is nothing to do with Bai Guyou."

Zuo Zhengying: "If I were Li Yeyuan, I would seek refuge with Fu Mingmao. The palace is heavily guarded, and the emperor has the emperor's people. The Queen Mother Zhou has lived in the harem for more than [-] years, and she also has her own people. The emperor and the queen mother have arrived. If the Empress Dowager Zhou was still the woman who followed Rongzong into and out of the battlefield, she would strike first. But the person who the Empress Dowager Zhou wanted to support would not be Fu Mingmao. She knew that Fu Mingmao was not easy to control. They should choose one from among those young princes. I remember that among these princes, there is one whose mother clan has declined and who is also young, but he lives far away in Qizhou."

"Sir, can you get news that an official's cronies have left the city?"

"No." Zuo Zhengying also frowned, "Could it be that I was wrong, the Queen Mother would rather sit and wait for death?"

Lu Guan thought for a while, then shook his head: "She won't, the queen mother and Mrs. Andinghou are deeply in love with each other, and the lady was treated inhumanely after her death. If she planned to sit and wait for death, she would never allow Fu Mingshao to hang her sister's body in the At the head of the city. She is restraining her sharp edge, hibernating, waiting for the prey to relax her vigilance, and then bite off the opponent's neck. But the Empress Dowager Zhou has lived in the harem for a long time, and her influence on the previous court is almost all through Li Xiang."

Lu Guan stared at Zuo Zhengying.

When the two eyes met, they both understood.

Lu Guandao: "Mr. guessed wrong last time. Fu Mingmao doesn't need to go to Kan Daying. Duo Qiduo is in the palace. He can go to Duo Qiduo directly. The Queen Mother asked Li Xiang to find a way to bring Dongming King to Beijing. , Only when King Dongming arrives in the capital, the Empress Dowager will strike, otherwise there will be chaos in the palace, and it is completely unpredictable who will die. Li Xiang has already defected to Fu Mingmao, and he has no chance to assassinate the emperor."

Zuo Zhengying said: "Even if he had the chance, he wouldn't do it."

"Yes, this is Li Yeyuan." Lu Guan figured it out, "There is no better choice for him to choose Fu Mingmao, and he doesn't want to be controlled by the Queen Mother anymore. If King Dongming is supported, his situation will still not change. .”

Zuo Zhengying couldn't help but sigh: "If the Queen Mother Zhou really committed the big mistake of conspiracy to usurp the throne, even if Fu Mingmao won't get rid of her immediately, I'm afraid he will send her out of the palace if he doesn't kill her. The Zhou family is a big tree, and even its roots will grow." Pulled clean."

After sighing, Zuo Zhengying said with a cold gaze: "To set things right, this woman's sacrifice was destined by the heavens. I'm afraid that the late emperor felt guilty and couldn't wait to reunite with the Queen Mother."

Lu Guan thought of Song Qianzhi, and said to Zuo Zhengying, "In other words, if you want to win in the chaos, you have to seize the opportunity first. First, there must be chaos, but not a big chaos. The big chaos is the collusion between Heidi and Amodanrong , launched an attack together, and the throne is vacant. Why wait for the queen mother to assassinate Fu Mingshao, the younger generation will live in Fu Mingshao's bedroom."

"Are you really willing?" Zuo Zhengying stared at Lu Guan with piercing eyes.

Only then did Lu Guan understand that Zuo Zhengying didn't want the Zhou family's only surviving daughter to end up being wiped out.

"For Song Qianzhi, this junior is willing."

Zuo Zhengying almost forgot that the last time Lu Guan came to see him was to rescue Song Qianzhi from prison.He said with regret: "Children love each other, you are young now, and you will know in the future that this is by no means the most important relationship in your life."

"Who knows how long this life can be, maybe tomorrow is the way back. It's best to survive, if not, the younger generation would like him to live, even if he lives one more day. To be able to die for the most important person to him, This way home is also full of flowers and brocades."

Zuo Zhengying looked at Lu Guan silently for a while, then laughed.

Lu Guan stopped talking about Song Qianzhi, and returned to the main story: "It's just that the younger generation is worried that after Fu Mingmao secures the seat, General Bai will be loyal to the new monarch with his loyalty and bravery."

"So you have to wait." Zuo Zhengying said, "Wait for me to give you a signal, a message."

"Sir, can you even grasp the news in the palace?"

"Rules are dead, but people are alive. The more chaotic the situation, the easier it is for people to be exploited." Zuo Zhengying pressed his thumb on the table, and between his index finger and thumb, there was a black ant. The head and tail bounded by the waist swung desperately, unable to break free from the human fingers.

As soon as Zuo Zhengying loosened his fingers, the ants that fell on the ground quickly crawled away.

"No one knows whether there will be a glimmer of life when life and death are at stake, but as long as there is a glimmer of life, people will seek advantages and avoid disadvantages." Zuo Zhengying said, "Not every ordinary person is willing to sacrifice everything for the illusory loyalty .”

☆、Dragon in the Abyss (Pick up one)

The majestic palace is hidden in the dense wrapping of the night. The supreme building complex in this imperial city has stood for hundreds of years.

Lu Guan left Zuo Zhengying's house and took the little eunuch waiting at the intersection. The eunuch was waiting at the entrance of the teahouse. It wasn't that the teahouse was not open, but that he had no money with him.

Back in the palace, there was no interrogation all the way, and when he was approaching the door of the bedroom, Lu Guan suddenly noticed something strange.

The palace servants who were on duty outside the bedroom door were not there, and the guards who usually guarded the courtyard were also gone.Lu Guan made a wrong step and took half a step back. At the same time, he heard footsteps in his ears.

It is the footsteps of a martial artist, extremely light and slow.

"Which palace are the two father-in-laws from, why are they lingering outside the emperor's palace?"

Lu Guan didn't recognize the voice, he turned around, bowed his head, and didn't answer.

The little eunuch beside him replied: "The Empress Dowager's body is not in good condition, Eunuch Jiang ordered the slaves to come and invite the emperor to have a look."

"Your Majesty is in the bedroom, so please go in and invite your eunuch."

Lu Guan never raised his head. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that it was Qilin Wei who was speaking. The flowing cloud pattern embroidered with silver thread under the black robe was only worn by Qilin Wei in the palace.

Qilinwei touched the handle of the knife with one hand at his waist from time to time, and fixed his gloomy eyes on the other eunuch behind the little eunuch.

He turned his head, stretched his neck, and watched coldly.

The little eunuch went to the front, went down the steps, went up the steps again, and stood still at the door of the bedroom. The other eunuch, who was half a step behind, was extraordinarily tall, half a head taller than the Qilin Guard.

The little eunuch stood still outside the bedroom door, turned his head submissively, looked towards Qilin Wei with a pale face, and then raised his hand.

Qilinwei held the cold handle of the knife with his hand.

Lu Guan's muscles tensed up, and the upper ear pinna moved slightly.

A leaf fell to the ground, hitting the ants that were crawling and carrying.

Lu Guan's ears twitched again, there were people on the roof, they should be other Qilin guards, the Qilin guards that Fu Mingshao reactivated had only eight people, and the rest went somewhere.Lu Guan guessed that all of them might have been executed.

The Qilin Guards had always been loyal to the king, but in Fu Mingshao's term, with the precedent of Yan Licheng's rebellion, the entire Qilin Guards seemed to be rotten from the inside out.But if you think about the poisonous killing of the Queen, the house arrest of the Empress Dowager Zhou, the deprivation of power of Li Yeyuan, and the exchange of the lives of tens of thousands of people for the best opportunity for Liu Yun to take over the power, Fu Mingshao has already become a lonely and suspicious ghost. emperor.

"Why don't you knock, father-in-law? Do you want me to help you?" Qi Linwei said in a frosty voice.

The little eunuch was in a cold sweat, and looked back in a panic, his eyes were red, he raised his hand again, and bent his middle finger.

At the same time as the door was knocked.

With a flash of cold light, the Qilin Guard drew his sword and slashed towards Lu Guan's neck. Lu Guan stepped aside and slid away with a wrong step. His entire back slid against the palace door for more than two meters.

"It really is you, Lu Guan, you colluded with Jiang Meng, and you left the palace at night, did you follow the Queen Mother's secret decree to plot rebellion?!" Qi Linwei jumped forward expressionlessly, and pulled out the soft sword on his waist, the sword Combined, pushed forward, and cut directly at Lu Guan's neck.

"I want to see His Majesty!" Lu Guan stepped back in a hurry, stepped on the bench under the corridor, turned out of the verandah, rolled over the flower bed, got up, and the eunuch's clothes on his back were soaked by the water poured on the flowers and plants at night.

"Your Majesty ordered you to cut first and play later. You traitor, you don't need to say anything. Jiang Meng's eunuch will be recruited." Qi Linwei whistled.

Two shadows fell to the ground.

The three showed their weapons and pointed at Lu Guan.

The flowers and plants swayed, a silver light flashed, and there was a sudden scream.

The little eunuch fell limply to the ground, his palms twitched, and there was no movement in an instant.

"Lu Guan, anyone who is sensible will be arrested without a fight, and I will leave you with a whole body."

"I have a grudge against you?" Lu Guan asked.

Qilinwei: "There is no hatred in the past, and no hatred in the present."

"Then why not allow me to meet His Majesty and make an argument? Or..." Lu Guandao, "The master behind you wants me to die now?"

The Qilin Guard's face was distorted, as if he had been greatly insulted: "Presumptuous, Qilin Guard is only loyal to the Holy Majesty, do you think it's your Secretary's Department? You're a dog who can play with the wind."

"Why do you use the secretary department today? Don't you have a clue?" Lu Guan said while observing the escape route. He suffered from no weapons in his hand, and his fists were hard to beat with four hands. Qilin guards are all good at killing.Before the fight started, the wound on Lu Guan's rib was already aching.

What was he thinking?Why did you hit yourself so hard?

The man who spoke closed his mouth, his lips were deeply lined, his face was handsome, and he was obviously a tough guy.However, since Fu Mingshao came to power, Qilinwei's status has not been as good as before. First, Yan Licheng rebelled, and then the secretary decentralized power.Lintai takes over more and more things every year. The Qilin Guard, which used to be unscrupulous inside and outside the court, has gradually shrunk into the emperor's private guard.Represented by Yuan Xinpei and Xue Yuanshu, the glorious era once belonged to Qilinwei is gone forever.

Not to mention Guangzong Yaozu, Qilin Wei is not even allowed to get married and marry a wife, even if he is able to be an extremely powerful minister like before, he has no successors.That thing is still there, but the root in my heart has long been cut off by the royal family.

"Do it!" Qilin Wei, the leader, shouted violently.

The three of them spread out, and the light of the saber enveloped Lu Guan in an instant.

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In the bedroom of the Empress Dowager Zhou, there is a harmonious picture of a loving mother and a filial son.

Fu Mingshao stroked his fingers, and said in a deep voice: "I don't need the ginseng tea that my mother reserved. Since it is a good thing for my mother to replenish her body and calm her mind because she has been unwell recently, it is better for her mother to drink it so that she can sleep well."

The Empress Dowager Zhou was sitting with disheveled hair, wearing a light yellow cloak embroidered with white flowers, her lips were not painted, she looked really haggard.

"Ai's family has already drank it. If His Majesty doesn't want to drink it, just let it go."

The corner of Fu Mingshao's mouth twitched into a smile, picked up the teacup, and handed it to a court lady who had just been promoted to serve in front of the imperial court: "Nowadays the people's livelihood is difficult, so how can we waste everything? A loving mother's heart. Miaorui, this is the blessing you have cultivated for several lifetimes,