At noon, in a tavern, Tuoba Changshi pushed a five-tael silver ingot in front of Hu Yanlei and said with a smile: "A friend who is doing big business wants to know some valuable inside information and asked me to inquire.
I’d better let my wise brother earn the money!”
Hu Yanlei looked at the silver and said for a moment: "Brother, are you joking?"
Tuoba Changshi smiled and said: "To be honest with my dear brother, the other party gave me ten taels of silver, and each of us got half of it."
"Then I will be disrespectful!"
Hu Yanlei picked up the silver, weighed it, and said in a low voice: "It's best for your friends to stay away from King Jin."
"why would you say so?"
Hu Yanlei looked both ways and said: "The Emperor has decided to get rid of King Jin."
"No way! They are brothers!"
"There is no brotherhood in front of the throne. For the sake of five taels of silver, I tell you that this news is absolutely accurate. As for how to kill King Jin, if there are still five taels of silver, I can tell you more exciting news.
Come out, if the news is false, I will pay you ten times the money."
How could Tuoba Changshi be reluctant to part with the money? The key information must be useful! King Jin was already dissatisfied with himself.
Tuoba Changshi took out another five taels of silver and said with a wry smile: "It seems that these ten taels of silver still belong to me."
Hu Yanlei chuckled, put away the five taels of silver, dipped his hands in wine and wrote four words on the table: "The emperor pretends to be ill".
"No way!" Tuoba Changshi was stunned for a moment.
Hu Yanlei sneered, "I told you just now, if the news is false, I will pay you ten times the money."
Tuoba Changshi had no intention of drinking anymore, so he made an excuse and returned to the shop. This news was very important. Whether it was true or false, he had to send it to King Jin.
A quarter of an hour later, a trusting eagle rose into the sky and flew north to Dingzhou.
.........
Xingqing Mansion is only about a hundred miles away from Dingzhou. That afternoon, King Richard of Jin received an eagle letter from Tuoba Changshi, and the content inside really surprised him.
‘The emperor is pretending to be ill? It’s because he wants to save himself.’
Just yesterday he received the emperor's decree, officially making him a supervisor and requiring him to immediately return to Xingqing Mansion to preside over the government affairs of the court.
The prince is still young and the emperor is seriously ill. It is completely reasonable and reasonable for him, the emperor's uncle, to be the supervisor of the country. Brother Richard is really tempted.
But the arrival of Tuoba Changshi, the hawk, really made Brother Richard angry. He was actually feigning illness, and calling himself the imperial uncle was a trap, and he wanted to kill him.
Brother Richard didn't completely believe it. He immediately sent a letter to his confidants in Xingqing Mansion, asking him to find out whether the emperor was really sick or a feigned illness.
Brother Richard immediately canceled his plan to rush to Xingqing Mansion overnight and waited patiently for the news.
The next morning, Brother Richard finally received a reply from his confidant from Xingqing Mansion. There were only seven words, 'The feigned illness is true and he has murderous intent.'
This reply made Brother Richard feel a kind of hatred that he had never experienced before. He had many opportunities to kill the emperor's brother and ascend the throne, but he always thought of brotherhood and couldn't bear to do it, but he didn't expect that his brother would not let him.
Lure him to Xingqing Mansion and kill him.
The emperor no longer cares about brotherhood, so why bother himself?
Brother Richard slowly gritted his teeth and said to himself: "Since you are going to be in the first grade of junior high school, don't blame me for being in the fifteenth grade!"
.........
Two days later.
The Xingqing Mansion Palace was shrouded in a sudden terror. More than a dozen imperial doctors were tied behind their backs and kneeling on the ground, trembling with fear. The palace guards searched the rooms of the eunuchs and maids everywhere, and all the eunuchs and maids were gathered together. In this big hall, everyone is in danger.
A big event happened in the palace today. Emperor Li Qianshun's condition suddenly worsened and his life was in danger. The attentive guards soon discovered that there were traces of poison in the soup bowl left by the emperor, which immediately caused an uproar.
Soon, two palace maids who were waiting for the emperor to take medicine committed suicide. Xia Houliang, the head guard who lost his target, went crazy and began to suspect everyone. The eunuchs and palace maids were interrogated, tortured, and searched one by one, and the entire palace was shrouded in an atmosphere of terror.
The ministers gathered together all night. When it was almost dawn, the emperor had passed the most dangerous moment, and everyone went back to their homes to rest.
As soon as Cao Baozong returned to his mansion, Hu Yanlei found him and asked, "May I ask, Privy Councilor, how is the emperor's current situation?"
Cao Baozong shook his head, "We are doing our best to treat him. Xia Houliang said that the toxicity has been temporarily suppressed. There is no acute attack, but it is only temporarily suppressed. I don't think I can last a few days."
Hu Yanlei asked again: "Has the poisoner been found?"
Cao Baozong sneered, "Besides Brother Richard, the King of Jin, who else could there be? As soon as the Jurchen cavalry left, he took action. What's funny is that many people still put their hope in Han Chang. Fortunately, the general reminded me that Han Chang is Wanyan Chang's people, once Wan Yanchang supports Brother Richard, Han Chang will become the most dangerous enemy."
Hu Yan nodded, "That's why I came to see the Privy Councilor. The situation in Xingqing Mansion is too dangerous. The Privy Councilor must take his family to evacuate immediately!"
Cao Baozong was shocked, "Are you leaving now?"
"Leave now, leave immediately. I suspect Brother Richard is already on his way to Xingqing Mansion."
After capturing Xingqing Mansion, Chen Qing still needed a Xixia politician to stand up and maintain the situation. This person must have a certain prestige in Xixia and be loyal to himself. Chen Qing finally chose Cao Baozong.
On the one hand, Cao Baozong is not a party member, but a descendant of the Cao family of the Guiyi Army, so he will not feel the pain of the fall of Xixia. On the other hand, Cao Baozong is relatively mediocre and cannot achieve great things. He was also a prisoner of war in the Song Army. I believe he will not forget that he was The day of captivity.
The third reason was that Cao Baohui, the commander-in-chief of the Black Mountain Army, had five thousand troops under his command, and Chen Qing hoped to recruit him through Cao Baozong.
So Chen Qing sent Hu Yanlei to Xingqing Mansion just to protect Cao Baozong.
Cao Baozong was panicked and hurriedly asked his wife and a pair of children to pack their belongings. He also asked his mother to pack their belongings. Before that, Cao Baozong smuggled his property out of the city several times and sent it to Xiping Mansion.
The belongings had already been packed, and his wife, daughter, and mother got on the carriage. Cao Baozong also got on his horse and left Cao's Mansion towards the south gate with more than twenty soldiers.
At this time, although the palace has been sealed, there is no martial law in the city and it is still in normal condition. However, the city gates are closed as usual, and it is forbidden to go out or enter the city at will.
Cao Baozong successfully left the city gate and headed south with his gold medal as Privy Councilor. Hu Yanlei had already made arrangements. After walking for more than ten miles, he turned west and a pre-arranged ferry boat took them across the Yellow River and entered the Song Dynasty. The Hetao area controlled by the military.
Just after Cao Baozong left, Li Kan ordered the whole city to be under martial law, and everyone was required to go home. No one was allowed to go out, otherwise he would be punished as a spy.
Groups of soldiers ran on the street, and the people were so frightened that they went home one after another, and the street suddenly became deserted.
At the south city gate, Li Kan angrily scolded the generals and soldiers defending the city, "The rule is that no one is allowed to leave the city, but you dare to make an exception and let people go?"
The guard lowered his head and defended: "Cao Baozong has a gold medal as a Privy Councilor, so he can leave the city. There is no violation of his humble position."
"Asshole! You dare to talk back to me?"
General Li Liangfu advised from the side: "A mediocre person like Cao Baozong can just leave without affecting the overall situation. Why should the prince be angry?"
"I know he can't affect the overall situation. It's just that this bastard usually talks nice, but at critical moments he runs faster than anyone else. It's really hateful!"
At this time, a soldier ran up and said: "General Han invited the prince and General Li to discuss military affairs, saying there is an emergency!"
Li Kan glared at the guard again and said, "If you dare to let anyone out of the city again, I will take your head!"
"I don't dare to be humble!"
Only then did Li Kan and Li Liangfu rush to the Jinbing camp.
