As Cheng Bushi surfaced, many of the previously puzzling things finally had answers.
The most typical example is that the Xiongnu military minister Great Chanyu obtained the defense map of the Great Wall Army, accurately found the weak points of defense, and then broke through the barriers and invaded the north to ravage the north.
The place where the military minister Chanyu first broke through the border was at the border wall of Dingxiang County.
Cheng Bushi was the governor of Dingxiang County before he was transferred to Chang'an City and served as Changle Palace Lieutenant.
The entire defense system of Dingxiang County was arranged by him, so he naturally knew where it was weak and easy to attack.
Furthermore, why is Wang Quan so confident? He believes that as long as he can remove Li Yunze, he will be able to control the situation in Chang'an City.
Now it seems that her confidence lies in Cheng Bushi.
There are many other things that have the shadow of Cheng Bushi behind them.
A key question at this time is, why did Cheng Bushi do this?
One thing that must be made clear is that the person who stepped on the horse was not a crime of beheading, but a proper and serious way to eliminate the whole family!
The reason why Cheng Bushi risked the whole family to do such a thing was naturally not because Wang Ao gave him benefits and allowed him to be his subordinate, and it was even less possible because Tian Fu was so eloquent that he was admired by him.
Talk about moving.
The only reason is that he thinks he has some issues with Prince Sheng.
It was the time when Li Yunze sent troops to Dingxiang County. After rescuing Cheng Bushi, Li Yunze said that the entire army should go west to sweep away the Huns who were flanking Yunzhong County.
But Cheng Bushi refused Li Yunze's suggestion without hesitation for the sake of stability, for the sake of his unbeatable reputation, and more importantly, to gain credit and fame.
He even wrote a memorial to accuse Li Yunze of leaving the country without permission.
In Cheng Bushi's opinion, there is no doubt that this is enmity.
There is nothing wrong with enmity with the prince, as long as your strength and confidence are strong enough.
But the problem is that when the prince is very likely to become the emperor, he will be flustered.
You must know that the tradition of the old Liu family is to be petty, and revenge must be taken.
Once the prince becomes the emperor, Cheng Bushi will shudder when he thinks about it.
It is precisely because of this that when Tian Fu came to the door, the two parties naturally hit it off.
In fact, Li Yunze has a cheerful and cheerful personality, and has never been a petty-minded person who loves to hold grudges.
Cheng didn't know this, he was just trying to scare himself, and judged a gentleman with a villain's heart.
But no matter what, once you have taken this step, there is no turning back.
Thousands of soldiers held torches and marched mightily under the cover of night.
The palace guards of Weiyang Palace were naturally alerted, but they had received orders from Palace Lieutenant Li Guang before, and most of them were mobilized frequently and moved to remote places outside the palace.
The palace guards guarding the palace gate were preparing to fight, but they saw the carriage of Queen Mother Dou.
The car curtain was opened, revealing Queen Mother Dou with her eyes closed like a sculpture.
Wang Dan, who was sitting next to Empress Dowager Dou, yelled at the palace guards, "The emperor is seriously ill and the empress dowager wants to visit the emperor. Why don't you leave quickly!"
Anyone else, not even the prince, would have thought of bringing soldiers into the palace at night.
But what the Queen Mother said
The palace guards wanted to find someone who could make the decision, but it was obvious that the military commanders and princes did not have the qualifications, and they did not dare to make the decision.
But further up, the captain and army commander were all gone and could not be found.
With a face as cold as frost, Wang Quan scolded the coachman, "Enter the palace!"
The carriage slowly drove into Weiyang Palace, and many Changle Palace guards followed closely.
The Weiyang palace guards looked at each other, but in the end they did not dare to stop him.
After all, she was the Queen Mother, and they didn't get any military orders from their superiors.
This is the advantage of capturing Li Guang in advance, and then using Li Guang's name to kill all the Weiyang Palace Guards and Sima.
As long as there is someone who can make the decision and shout, "No one is allowed to enter the palace during the palace ban", then this mutiny will never happen no matter what!
When Wang Ao went to look for the emperor Liu Qi, Tian Fu was also rampaging through the city of Chang'an with the recruited rangers and a variety of complex mercenaries.
His first target was Ting Wei Zhang Tang.
As we all know, Zhang Tang was a member of the King of Zhongshan and his eyes and ears in Chang'an City.
If you want to achieve great things, you must delay as much as possible the time for King Zhongshan to know about the changes in Chang'an City, so Zhang Tang must be killed.
"Ming Gong!"
The Zhongshan State sergeant responsible for protecting Zhang Tang directly knocked open the door of Zhang Tang's room and said urgently, "Something happened!"
Zhang Tang quickly stood up and put on his clothes. "What's the matter?"
"Fires shot into the sky from the direction of Weiyang Palace in Changle Palace, people screamed and horses neighed, and there were sounds of war."
"There are many vagabonds raging on the street, and many people are rushing towards Minggong Mansion."
"There's a war going on over there at the arsenal!"
A series of news came, Zhang Tang forced himself to calm down and quickly analyzed the situation.
"Something happened." He quickly made a judgment, "Let's get the horse and leave the house quickly."
When Tian Fu, holding a sharp knife in his hand, hurriedly led people to Zhang Tang's mansion, he saw that it was empty inside.
Except for a few panicked servants, there was no trace of Zhang Tang and his mother.
Tian Fu, who knew that his target had escaped, was so angry that he immediately ordered the servants to be executed and set fire to Zhang Tang's mansion.
Looking at the burning mansion in front of him, Tian Fu, whose eyes were bloodshot, waved the sharp knife in his hand fiercely, "Let's go to Princess Guantao's Mansion!"
The so-called Guantao Princess Mansion is actually the residence of Tangyi Marquis Chen Wu.
It's just that because Chen Wu, the Marquis of Tangyi, is cowardly and incompetent, has no virility and is a strict wife, and Princess Guantao is too strong, so here in Chang'an City, they always call Princess Guantao first.
When Tian Fu led a large number of mercenaries to the Tangyi Hou Mansion, the mansion had already made corresponding preparations.
Not only were the gatehouses everywhere locked, but there were also guards wearing armor and holding soldiers on the walls.
In the Han Dynasty, the nobles had their own armed forces, and it was common for a marquis' family to maintain more than a hundred generals.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Princess Guantao is powerful and rich, and her family in the mansion will be in the hundreds.
Tian Fu did not attack the Tangyi Marquis Mansion, but shouted loudly inside, "The emperor has passed away, and he has left an edict to order King Jiaodong to inherit the throne! Please also ask the princess to enter the palace as soon as possible!"
As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar both inside and outside.
The emperor collapsed?!
In the mansion, Princess Guantao looked confused, "How could this happen? How could this happen?"
Outside the mansion, a group of mercenaries had different expressions, and their thoughts gradually changed from taking advantage of the situation at the beginning.
Seeing that there was no movement in the mansion, Tian Fu shouted at the top of his voice, "Princess, please leave quickly. My big man's safety needs to be discussed by all the gentlemen."
After finishing speaking, he looked proudly at the magnificent mansion in front of him, and then left with a group of people.
"Go to Pingyang Houfu!"
Tian Fu does not randomly select targets, but arranges them according to the degree of ability to win them over quickly.
Not to mention Princess Guantao, her children are in-laws.
Now that the King of Jiaodong is going to be the emperor, he has to step in quickly.
As for Empress Dowager Dou, just say she was too sad when the emperor died and that's it.
Princess Pingyang is also simple here. Wang Quan's biological daughter and Liu She's biological sister must of course be brought to her side as soon as possible.
Hearing the footsteps gradually receding outside the mansion, Pingyang Marquis Cao Shou frowned and looked at the dazed Princess Pingyang, "There is fraud in this matter."
Princess Pingyang, who was in a daze after hearing that her father had passed away, subconsciously asked "What?"
"Although the emperor is sick, he will not die suddenly." Cao Shou rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Besides, it is absolutely impossible to appoint King Jiaodong as the prince and inherit the throne."
"How is it impossible!"
Upon hearing this, Princess Pingyang became a little anxious, "Zhe'er is the biological son of the emperor, isn't it natural for him to inherit the throne?"
Cao Shou smiled bitterly, "Princess, have you forgotten the general?"
"General?" Princess Pingyang was a little stunned. "What general?"
"King of Zhongshan, the prince wins!"
Cao Shou said seriously, "Everyone knows that the emperor's preferred successor is the King of Zhongshan."
"Who said that? Why didn't I know?" Princess Pingyang was a little anxious. "Is there an imperial edict to appoint the crown prince?"
Facing the unruly Princess Pingyang, Cao Shou sighed helplessly, "Princess, you have to know that the King of Zhongshan controls the military power of the world!"
He still had something to say, that is, once the King of Zhongshan learns about the strange things in Chang'an City and raises his troops and comes back, these guys who are dancing happily now will all be finished!
Cao Shou didn't want to get involved, but Princess Pingyang wanted to help her mother and younger brother, and the couple began to fight each other.
When Tian Fu came to Zhou Yafu's house, Zhou Yang opened the door to greet him. Tian Fu went all the way to the inner hall and met Zhou Yafu.
"Prime Minister, the emperor has passed away."
Zhou Yafu's expression suddenly became sharp, and when he looked over with that sharp look, Tian Fu shivered in fright.
"Prime Minister?"
Zhou Yafu's expression changed, his hands trembled slightly and he closed his eyes.
"Prime Minister?"
After a while, Zhou Yafu slowly opened his eyes and his expression calmed down. "Does the Emperor have any legacy?"
"Of course there is." Tian Fu is very optimistic about Zhou Yafu's ally, because everyone in Chang'an City knows that the prime minister has been severely targeted by the emperor before. If there were not too many things, he would have been dismissed.
"The emperor's last edict appointed Liu She, King of Jiaodong, as the crown prince to inherit the throne."
"King of Jiaodong?" Zhou Yafu, who looked strange, forced out a smile, "That's it."
Because things were going smoothly, Tian Fu, who was in high spirits, said with a smile, "I would also like to ask the Prime Minister to summon all the officials to organize the new king's enthronement ceremony."
"Well, I understand."
Zhou Yafu nodded, and then asked, "I don't know how to settle down with King Zhongshan?"
"The Emperor has a legacy." Tian Fu immediately said the method that had been discussed long ago, "Take back the post of General Zhongshan King, return the imperial edict and the tiger talisman, and return to the feudal country."
Anyway, the imperial edict controls the emperor and the jade seal, so you can have as much as you want.
Zhou Yafu looked at him with a half-smile, "What if the King of Zhongshan doesn't obey the imperial edict?"
"That's rebellion!" Tian Fu slammed the table hard, "Since then, the whole world has fought against it!"
Zhou Yafu said no more and waved his hand, "You go ahead, I will take care of everything. Zhou Yang, see the guest off."
When Zhou Yang went to see Tian Fu off, Zhou Yafu turned back to the inner hall and found his friends who had come to visit him.
"Ji Meng, please leave the city quickly and ride to Taiyuan County. Tell King Zhongshan that there are changes in Chang'an and the emperor is in danger!"