In an elegant room on the fourth floor of Huashan Ke Restaurant, Lu Ping secretly met Luo Yumin who came to ask for help.

"This time, Li Yuanji assigned me the task to buy five Central Army Generals. I had successfully bribed Ren Wenlian before. I thought that Ren Wenlian would be able to take power smoothly by eliminating Li Gaoqian. Unexpectedly, Li Yuan did not appoint the general, but instead replaced Ren Wenlian, which caught Li Yuanji off guard. Cui Wenxiang gave him another idea and asked him to bribe the five Central Army Generals below. As a result, Li Yuanji handed over this task to me."

"Is the bribery going smoothly?" Lu Ping asked with a smile.

Luo Yumin shook her head, and a wry smile appeared in her eyes, "It's quite not going well!"

"Why? Is the offer too low?"

"Before the offer was mentioned, others refused it at once. Everyone was not stupid. When the general situation of Zhou and Tang was settled, no one was willing to be loyal to the infamous person like Li Yuanji, and he might lose his life."

Lu Ping's smile disappeared and he asked, "What are the consequences if he can't buy these five generals?"

"General, the reason why Li Yuan's personal bodyguard He Miao appointed him as the general of the Jinwu Guard was because these five thousand Jinwu Guards were extremely important. They also acted as the affairs of the prison guards, Qianniu Guards and Jinwu Guards. The nine gates of the palace city were guarded by them, and the imperial guards went to guard the imperial city. If Li Yuanji could not control the Jinwu Guards, his palace coup would have a big loophole, which would directly lead to the failure of the coup. I also thought that the five generals of the Central Army could win at least two or three people, but they didn't know that they would all refuse."

"You mean, let's win over?"

Luo Yumin nodded, "This is the only way I thought of. They are unwilling to be loyal to Li Yuanji, but they may be willing to surrender to the Zhou Dynasty. Then they will help Li Yuanji as the Zhou army, so that Li Yuanji will have great hope of success."

Lu Ping smiled and said, "Who is in a coup and mobilizes all our resources? Do Li Yuanji know that I work so hard for him?"

Luo Yumin couldn't help but smile and said, "If the general feels that he is losing, he can speak up and ask him to offer a high price to buy it. I will give the general the gold directly."

Lu Ping pondered for a moment and said, "Is there any suitable person? One or two?"

"According to my contacts, there is currently a very suitable person. This person is named Wang Zheng, who is also from the Wang family in Taiyuan. His father, wife and children are both in Taiyuan."

Lu Ping finally agreed, "Okay! I'll talk to him myself, so I'll ask me to help me."

Luo Yumin is very efficient in doing things. One hour later, in the same room, Wang Zheng, the General of the Third Battalion of Jinwu Guard, met Lu Ping with Luo Yumin. Lu Ping also invited Wen Yanbo, the Minister of Rites of the Zhou Dynasty, to testify as a witness. Once Li Yuanji launches a court coup, Wen Yanbo will leave Chang'an and return to Zhongdu, which is to leave tomorrow morning, saying that Zhongdu will firmly refuse to recognize Li Yuanji's court.

Lu Ping recognized that Wang Zheng was also a regular visitor to their restaurant. He called him General Wang at that time, but he didn't know that he was called Wang Zheng. Lu Ping smiled slightly, "General Wang and I are old friends. I hope my true identity did not scare General Wang."

Wang Zheng was about 30 years old and was also following Li Yuan in Taiyuan to raise an army and became the general of the Central Army. Although he was born in the Wang family in Taiyuan, he was a concubine of the Wang family. He had no status in the Wang family and his family was relatively poor. He often came to the restaurant with his colleagues and friends to drink, but he did not expect that the versatile shopkeeper Lu Da was the leader of the intelligence agency that the emperor hated to the core, and was also General Longxiang of the Zhou army.

He was stunned and smiled bitterly for a while, "I never dreamed that Manager Lu was the one who was the one who was the one who was there."

"Yes! Most people would never think that people like me who are basically familiar with civil and military officials in the court are actually the enemy's scout leader, so I am very safe."

The reason why Lu Ping dared to let go of his identity by chance was largely because the Zhou army had already captured Dasan Pass. At this time, except for the deadly hard-working elements who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty, few people would cause trouble for themselves. Almost everyone was considering their own way of retreat, and Wang Zheng was no exception.

Lu Ping said slowly again: "I guess General Wang already knows what we want to ask General Wang for help!"

Wang Zheng nodded silently, and Luo Yumin had already told him.

Wen Yanbo, who had been drinking beside him, smiled and said, "Say that! Our emperor is very concerned about the court coup that Li Yuanji is about to launch. The emperor personally ordered General Lu to help Li Yuanji succeed with all his strength. If General Wang is willing to help, it is a merit, not a crime."

Wang Fan was silent for a moment and said, "I can promise you to help Li Yuanji, but I have a condition."

"Please say it, General Wang."

Wang Zheng looked at Lu Ping and Wen Yanbo and said, "I hope to help Li Yuanji as the General of the Zhou army."

Lu Ping and Wen Yanbo looked at each other, and Lu Ping immediately agreed, "Mr. Wen and I can jointly protect the general and recommend General Wang as the General of the Zhou army. I will personally report to the emperor. If the general can continue to make meritorious contributions in the future, he will even be promoted to a higher level."

Wang Jian was overjoyed, knelt down on one knee and fisted and said, "Thank you General Lu and Minister Wen for recommending the security!"

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Time passed little by little, and at night, Chang'an City was as quiet as usual. The soldiers of Xuanwu Jingwei patrolled back and forth on the streets. Although there was no martial law, there were no pedestrians in the streets and alleys. Except for those who would occasionally appear in the East City area, other areas of Chang'an were basically silent as if they were dead.

However, tonight was indeed a bit unusual. Even the number of Xuanwu Jingwei was significantly reduced. The search from house to house had completely stopped during the day. Most of the soldiers had returned to the camp. King Li Yuanji of Chu issued an order that no one would be allowed to take leave of the camp within three days.

The Chu King's Mansion was brightly lit. In the inner hall, Li Yuanji was wearing a golden helmet and a golden armor, standing in front of the map of the Imperial City and the Palace City to discuss the action plan with several important staff and confidant generals.

There are seven people in front of the map. In addition to Li Yuanji, the other six are military advisor Cui Wenxiang, aide Luo Yumin, and three generals Shang Shijiao, Yu Shanqing and Hou Mo Chenqing, and one is Ma Yaozong, the Eighth Battalion General. These seven people are Li Yuanji's confidants, but Li Yuanji never dreamed that two of the seven were from the Chang'an Intelligence Agency.

Luo Yumin was familiar with the situation in the palace city, and he was responsible for explaining to everyone the defense situation of the various gates in the palace city.

"In the past, the gates of the imperial city and the palace city were stationed by the Imperial Guards, but since last year it was changed to the Jinwu Guards and the Imperial Guards. Among them, the Imperial Guards are responsible for the gates of the imperial city, and the Jinwu Guards are responsible for the gates of the palace city. There are currently five battalions, including two battalions responsible for the outer patrols of the palace city and the imperial city, and the third battalions are responsible for the defense of the nine gates of the palace city. In addition, there are three hundred people directly managed by General He Miao, responsible for patrols in various places."

"Where is the Wang Zheng we bought?" Cui Wenxiang asked beside him.

Luo Yumin told Li Yuanji that tonight afternoon, he bought a Jinwu Guard's General named Wang Zheng, at the price of a thousand taels of gold. Whether they can enter the Tai Chi Palace tonight depends on the inner support of the General of the General.

Luo Yumin pointed to Xuanwu Gate in the north, "He will be stationed in Xuanwu Gate tonight."

"Will it be temporarily changed?" Cui Wenxiang continued to ask.

The reason why Cui Wenxiang asked this is because the first thing He Miao did after taking office was to change the fixed defense areas of each battalion. The defense areas of each battalion will change every day. I have to say that this move is very powerful. If you buy a guard general in order to enter Yong'anmen tomorrow, the guard general may change the next day.

This is their biggest trouble, unless all five generals bribed them, but it is obviously unrealistic. First, the time is too short, only two days, and second, it is impossible to understand the other party's background. If the other party tells the secret, they will fail.

It was not until this morning that Luo Yumin finally confirmed a general of the Central Army. After two contacts, the Central Army, named Wang Jian, was willing to be loyal to King Li Yuanji of Chu with the conditions of a thousand taels of gold.

This result made Li Yuanji very unhappy. Four of the five generals refused to be loyal to him. Of course, the other party did not know that they were going to launch a palace coup, but in the end, only one of them was willing to be loyal to him, which still made Li Yuanji extremely angry. He must deal with these bastards when he turned around and turned around.

Luo Yumin shook his head, "Their patrol location was issued in the morning and will not be changed until dawn tomorrow."

Everyone looked at Li Yuanji again, and Li Yuanji pondered for a moment: "The north of Xuanwu Gate is Xi Neiyuan, which is also the camp of the Imperial Guard. The military camp is only one mile away from Xuanwu Gate. Although Li Shenfu expressed his willingness to support me ascend the throne, he also expressed his unwilling participation in our actions. I have already talked to him. I have set the time for the action and he will take all the Imperial Guard back to the camp. Once a fierce battle occurs at Xuanwu Gate, it depends on whether Li Shenfu can keep his promise. To be honest, this person's promise is too watery, and I really don't trust this person very much."

At this time, Luo Yumin said, "If you don't want to talk to Li Shenfu again."

"What are you going to talk to him?" Cui Wenxiang next to him looked at Luo Yumin suspiciously and asked.

"I want him to understand that the emperor must abdicate. If Li Jiancheng ascended the throne, Li Xiaogong would not forgive him. If Li Shimin ascended the throne, Chai Shao would not forgive him. Only by following His Highness the King of Chu can he have a way out. I want him to fully understand the situation. He is not helping the King of Chu, but helping himself."

“It’s really necessary!”

Li Yuanji nodded in praise, "I really need to let this person understand the situation. Of course, I will agree if he has any conditions."

At this moment, a guard outside urgently reported: "Report to Your Highness, someone from the palace has come and said there is something important to report."

"Let him in!"

A little eunuch came in for a moment, and came forward and knelt down to present one. "Empress Defei asked me to hand over this wax pill to Your Highness."

Li Yuanji took the wax ball and crushed it. There was a small note inside. He opened the note and looked at it. His face changed drastically, his legs trembled violently, and he said to everyone: "The father fell into a severe coma and was almost out of reach. Concubine De temporarily blocked the news and let us make a decision immediately."

Cui Wenxiang said slowly: "Your Highness, it's time to make a decision."

"Your Highness, give the order!" everyone said in unison.

Li Yuanji made a fuss and the arrow was already in the string. He had to send it. He gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me my order and start the action!"
Chapter completed!