Chapter 224 Night Visit
The selected front-line troops led by Wu Chihai, Xu Yan, Han Qihu and others arrived in Jianye one after another and entered the temporary camp built by Hekou Warehouse. The horse neighed and roared; Zheng Tu had suffered a lot before, but this time he was a little slower, followed the big one
The troops rushed back to Jianye. After arriving in Jianye, they applied medicine before they could barely take a break, and they shouted that they wanted to practice riding and shooting hard.
This tossing was not until the early morning when the quiver of Longzangpu River returned to silence.
The sky at the early morning is like a deep pond, a bright moon is silent, and there are some floating clouds.
Xu Huai was resting for two hours, put on his clothes and climbed onto the wooden platform, looking out at the dark river water outside the courtyard wall with rippling waves and shadows on the distant shore.
"I have searched the outer periphery of Jianye City in the past two days, and there is no particular noticeable abnormality. Perhaps Zheng Huaizhong did not come to Jianye?" Han Gui had previously believed that Xu Huai came to Jianye in person, and Zheng Huaizhong would definitely enter the trap, but so far, there has been no such thing as the end of the day.
When I found clues, my confidence was shaken a little.
Xu Huai went to Funing Palace to meet, and Emperor Jianji took his last breath and died. This was more urgent than Han Gui had expected. After the great funeral was agreed, the successor emperor and the ministers should have issued an edict to the world.
Only by avoiding greater chaos, the mourning edict cannot be delayed for too long.
Xu Huai refused Hu Kai's words in person in Funing Palace, let alone contact with the Huai Palace. If Zheng Huaizhong could not show up for a long time, they would not only fail to realize the wish of Emperor Jianji, but also fall into an isolated dilemma.
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Han Gui couldn't help but feel anxious. He didn't understand how Xu Huai could sleep peacefully after returning from Funing Palace.
Maybe I still lack the demeanor and calmness of strolling in the garden?
"Wait until noon, and the good guests have not arrived, so it will not be too late for me to enter the palace again." Xu Huai stood up and said, "Let Qiu blow his hair away."
"Why should I go to Huai Prince's Mansion?" Han Gui said.
Zheng Huaizhong was reluctant to show up, and when they finally had to support King Zhao Guan of Huai, they would be too passive by then.
Han Gui thought of secretly going to the Huai Prince's Mansion first. In addition to at least winning some benefits, he was more important to resolve possible passiveness.
"..." Xu Huai shook his head and said, "Zheng Huaizhong cannot stop him from sending people to keep an eye on every tree and grass in the Huai Palace. Maybe someone in the Huai Palace has been bribed by Zheng Huaizhong. We cannot alarm the snake - Chushan has experienced so much in recent years.
Storm, what time is there to be a danger? How many times is there? What is this point in front of you? You can rest too, don’t be too tired of yourself…”
Han Kyu returned to the room and pushed the window open, letting Yuese leak on the brick floor.
He lay in a well-dressed manner, but couldn't fall asleep for a long time. I don't know how long it had passed. Han Gui listened to the sound of footsteps and looked over. He saw that Zhang Xiongshan walked to the front of the corridor and asked, "Zhang Shanjun, what's the matter?"
"Mr. Han is not sleeping yet," said Zhang Xiongshan. "A boat sailed along the river and turned to the estuary..."
Zhou Jing stayed in Nancai, and Zhang Xiongshan and Han Gui were directly responsible for the searches and guards here.
If they have anything to do, they will also ask Guo Jun to discuss it. In order to avoid any disturbances, they will directly disturb Xu Huai.
Han Gui and Zhang Xiongshan walked to the front yard and saw the moonlight. A boat was sailing across the river estuary and coming to the cargo warehouse. After Xu Huai moved into the cargo warehouse, Zhufengtang released several whistle boats outside the dock.
As a warning, it is much petite compared to the boat.
After the boat crossed the estuary, it rushed straight to the cargo warehouse dock. Two sentry ships immediately intercepted and investigated, and the inside and outside of the cargo warehouse also increased their vigilance.
Zhang Xiongshan and Han Gui were also patient and did not rush to report to Xu Huai.
After checking the two urns, they signaled to release them. One urn was leading the way, and several urns followed him to the cargo warehouse. The leading urn was the first to get on the dock, and someone came ashore and ran over to report:
Zhao Fan, the director of the Huaidong General Office, asked to meet with the commander of Jie and Commander..."
"Let them get ashore first." Zhang Xiongshan said.
After a while, Zhao Fan and two others supported him, and more than a dozen people surrounded him and walked towards the watchtower.
Zhao Fan's eyes were not good, the torches on the watchtower and the left and right guard walls were not particularly dense, the full moon was covered by the light clouds and became hazy, and he looked up and asked, "Who is the general in Chushan? Zhao Fan from Huaidong is here, please invite Hou Xu.
Don't you see it at first?"
Zhang Xiongshan winked at Han Gui, and he would deal with it.
"Han Guinai joined the army in the Chushan Camp Record Room. Didn't Mr. Zhao be a guest in Wuyang a few days ago? Why did he come to Jianye again? Mr. Zhao wanted to see my family's ceremonial coach. It was dark at this time, and my family's ceremonial coach also went to bed early.
You told us to report it, but it's better not to report it? Mr. Zhao would rather wait for dawn to come again..." Han Gui held the wooden fence of the watchtower and looked over, and saw the man beside Zhao Fan holding a hood.
It covers his head and face, but his body is strong, so it is undoubtedly Zheng Huaizhong.
"It was really difficult to see Mr. Xu. Zhao Fan also worked a lot of hard work and asked Mr. Han to report it." Zhao Fan said.
Han Gui pretended to discuss with Zhang Xiongshan, and then sent someone to report to Xu Huai, Wang Ju, Guo Junzong and others.
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After getting Xu Huai's permission, Han Gui ordered Zhao Fan to leave all his entourage outside the wall to wait and accept supervision. He led Zhao Fan and Zheng Huaizhong, who had a hood covering his head and face to Xu Huai's residence with Zhang Xiongshan.
Xu Huai stood in front of the corridor and waited, watching Zheng Huaizhong walk into the yard before she opened the hood, revealing her thin and thin face with gray hair and beard. He asked with his hands behind his back: "Why is Duke Wen coming to visit late at night?"
"Come late at night just to get a glimpse of the true appearance of the secret edict. Please give me some convenience!" Zheng Huaizhong stared at Xu Huai with a gloomy look and said in a low voice.
"Please come to drink tea with Duke Wen."
Xu Huai reached out and asked Zheng Huaizhong to sit in the case, and took out a secret edict and handed it to Zheng Huaizhong:
"...Chushan is so good? I haven't seen it for another year, so I'm really thinking about each other. Although I had known that drinking had hurt my body, since Xiangyang ascended the throne, it has been difficult to sleep day and night, so I can only sleep a little after drinking.
Relieve fatigue, even if you often warn yourself, it is difficult to avoid bans. You must not learn from me in this matter. When you hear the assassination of the enemy king, you will be extremely happy and happy. You will call a banquet for all the ministers, and think of drinking hard before you can control it.
But I didn't want to wake up from drunkenness in the early morning and have a split headache, vomiting and numb limbs. I was afraid that the disease would be difficult to cure, but internal and external troubles had not been eliminated. This special edict was given to you. The prince was young, the scholars were stubborn, and the generals were brave and brave, and the captains were like
I am worried when the jackals and leopards spy on me, but the emperor's brother is suspicious..."
"It's gone?" Zhao Fan sat next to Zheng Huaizhong. When he saw the secret edict that "the emperor's brother was suspected of being weak", he asked in surprise.
This is a false edict written by Han Gui. In addition to imitating the messy handwriting and traces of the broken pen when Emperor Jianji was critically ill, the main content was slightly modified. The most important thing was to put the word "Zheng" at the last broken pen.
Change to "The Emperor's Brother Zhao Sui Wu"...
Zhao Fan and Zheng Huaizhong looked at each other for a while. They had been wondering what was written in the secret edict for more than ten days, but they did not expect that it was an unfinished secret edict.
However, after thinking about the many subtle details surrounding the secret edicts these days, they immediately felt that it became reasonable and did not have any suspicion.
"That's the secret edict!" Xu Huai hid Han Gui's secret edict in his sleeve and said, "Xu was also very embarrassed to receive this secret edict in Chushan-Your Majesty did not say it thoroughly, Xu hurriedly
He rushed to Jianye to meet His Majesty, but failed to receive even a few words of instruction, so His Majesty passed away. Alas, Xu didn't know how to deal with this will..."
"It is well known that Your Majesty was dissatisfied with King Huai during his lifetime. The word that was not written in the secret edict next should be a "decision". Your Majesty said that King Huai was indecisive and indecisive, and was not the choice of a monarch - the holy meaning Zhaozhao
, Isn’t this obvious enough?" Zhao Fan said.
"Mr. Zhao, that's right, Xu is more willing to believe Mr. Zhao's analysis, but the question is, will King Huai recognize it? Can this convince the ministers?" Xu Huai asked slowly.
"Horse Xu led so many troops into Beijing, wouldn't he give up?" Zheng Huaizhong asked, looking at Xu Huai's eyes.
"The road is not stable. The last time I went to Beijing, I almost broke into the hands of the bandits. Don't you be careful now?" Xu Huai said, "Please don't think too much..."
"Horse Xu, the wise man does not say secret words. King Huai ascended the throne will not be of any benefit to Chushan. Even if he promises some cheapness at the beginning, he will inevitably take it away from Chushan in the future."
Zheng Huaizhong said in a low voice, "The court officials have always been suspicious of Chushan. In the past, it was entirely up to Your Majesty's trust. Only then can Xu Hou monopolize military and political affairs on Huai. The King of Huai ascended the throne, regardless of the previous grievances of Chushan and Qiandi's old ministers, Chushan
Can I really resist the slander and destruction from the court? Yes, I can't talk much about Xu Hou in the past, but I know more clearly that in the future, only Zheng and Xu Hou will be in charge of national affairs together, my grandson
Only by being able to sit firmly on the throne and not be deceived by those pedantic people who have lost their books. Where can I go, does Xu Hou still need to hesitate at this time?"
"From ancient times, those who have destroyed bridges across rivers are like crucian carp crossing rivers. Sometimes what they say is not proof..." Han Gui sat aside and casually interrupted.
"The Great Yue established its capital in Jianye, and the two Jings are the western arm of the Great Yue. If the Hou Xu established a prince, the Duke of the State will definitely help the Hou Xu to control the military and political affairs of the two Jings and the southwest routes of the Beijing. The Hou Xu can also command two rulers in the court - this is probably more than the promise of the bears.
, it's much more real, right?" Zhao Fan said.
Seeing Zhao Fan making a promise for Zheng Huaizhong, Wang Ju, Guo Junzong and others who were sitting by Xu Huaichao looked over.
Wang Ju and Guo Jun ruled that they were here to be tool people and had no task of interrupting, but at this time, he was secretly shocked when he heard Zhao Fan make such a promise for the Zheng family and couldn't help but look moved.
At present, the essence of Dayue is the Jianghuai Road, the Jiangdong Road, the two roads, the two roads, the two roads, the three roads of Chuanxia Road, the other is the two roads of Jinghu Road, and the two roads of Xiangyang, Nanyang and Rucai.
Jinghu Road plus Xiangyang Prefecture, Nanyang and Rucai Prefecture, a total of more than 100 counties in the 19 prefectures and prefectures. It is located in the world. Even if the development level is not as good as that of Jianghuai Road, Jiangdong and Liangzhe Road, it has a political, economic and strategic position.
They all have to be higher than Chuanxia Third Road.
"What should King Huai do?" Han Gui asked again for a moment.
"Wang Boqian, Yang Maoyan was the minister who surrendered to the enemy, Ge Boyi was the general of the defeated army. The King of Huai was not aware of the people. According to the minister who surrendered to the enemy, the general of the defeated army, and forced His Majesty to tolerate it. It is really disrespectful. He should be asked to live in the palace.
Reflection on Japan..." Zhao Fan said.
"Duke Wen has this responsibility, but Xu is willing to follow him," Xu Huai took out the secret edict from his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty's will here, please accept the edict..."
"No," Zhao Fan shook his head and said, "This will be not rigorous enough. It may cause unnecessary suspicion and confusion. It may require another secret edict with clear statements. In addition, all the ministers know that the secret edict was sent by Your Majesty.
For those who give to Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu should be punished by the world with an edict to block his mouth!”
"Mr. Zhao, are you bullying Xu too young and ignorant?" Xu Huai suddenly changed his face and said coldly, "Xu wrote a secret edict, and personally entered the palace with a false edict.
Everyone, if Duke Wen does not admit his account in the future, wouldn’t all the dirty water be borne by Xu?”
"Horse Xu calmed down, Zheng had no idea..." Zheng Huaizhong said.
"How can Mr. Xu trust Mr. Zheng?" Zhao Fan asked.
All the ministers knew that the will was handed over to Xu Huai by Emperor Jianji. Unless Xu Huai came forward to announce the secret decree, and if someone else took the secret decree to the palace and read it, how could it be recognized?
Another thing is that they must consider that the Huai King may take risks - the Huai King's Mansion has three thousand elite soldiers in Jianye City, so who dares to ignore it at this critical moment?
The Jianye garrison was led by Zhang Xin, Yu Gong and other generals, and they all had a connection with Chushan. Not to mention that the soldiers of the Jianye garrison were mainly selected from the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan, and they benefited from Xu Huai very much - not to mention that Xu Huai was the edict holder.
This time, he openly led elite cavalry to Jianye. At this time, only Xu Huai could suppress King Huai and take risks.
"Mr. Zheng left behind the documents and stated that Xu Huai's next actions were sent by Duke Zheng, and asked Mr. Zhao to sign and testify - if Duke Zheng ruined his promise in the future, don't blame Xu Huai for publishing the documents in the world.
Chapter completed!