The Child Emperor

There was only one day left for the "Guanghua Tigers" to capture the assassins. They seemed to have no other way than to hunt down the Jianghu people all over the city. The results were very fruitful. The prison was almost full. The bodyguards used to be from Jianghu, but now they don't even dare to go out the door.

Han Ruzi didn't go out either, and stayed at home to wait for news. Yang Feng was all alone.

After three poles in the sun, the King of the East Sea was late. After his wife's teaching, he was not as excited as yesterday. He greeted him warmly, sat down calmly, flipped through a few books, and said to Han Ruzi: "Tomorrow Shangguansheng will show up. In ten days at most, the eighth battalion of Suwei will be able to control the entire capital, and we all know that the so-called pursuit of assassins is just an excuse, and Shangguansheng’s hand will definitely grow longer and longer until he enters the camps of the Southern and Northern Army.”

"It must be the case. If the threat of the southern and northern armies is not resolved, the queen mother will not feel at ease."

"So we have to have a final plan, we can't just wait."

Han Ruzi was silent for a while, raised his arm and waved, the East Sea King immediately got up and walked over, Han Ruzi whispered: "First let the southern and northern troops come to Baiqiao to garrison, and put some pressure on the Queen Mother and Shangguan Sheng."

"This is no problem. It is already underway. Within five days, the southern and northern armies will be stationed in Baiqiao Town together like brothers."

"When the time comes, I hope there will be a little conflict between the southern and northern armies."

"Ah? It's easy for those guys to have a conflict, but time is not easy to control. The South and North Army are the brothers who are waiting to split the family property, and they may fight at any time."

"That's why I need your help. The Northern Army will only send a small number of soldiers to Baiqiao Town, and the leader should be Cai Xinghai. He will listen to my arrangements, usually forbear, and anger the Southern Army at critical moments. But you have to let Mrs. Cui should be restrained, don't bully the less with more, wipe out all the Northern Army led by Cai Xinghai at once, and let the situation develop little by little until it attracts the attention of the imperial court."

"I understand, the southern and northern armies are at a stalemate. If the Queen Mother and Shangguan Sheng want to seize power, they may send the eight battalions of the guards. Once the guards in the city are empty..."

Han Ruzi nodded. Together with the King of the East China Sea, he could control more than a thousand dead soldiers, enough to launch a political uprising.

The King of the East Sea thought for a while, "What if the Queen Mother and Shangguan Sheng were not fooled?"

"Then I have to find a way to escape from the capital."

"That's it. We can start it in half a month at most. The Eighth Camp of the Guards is not monolithic. I have already contacted some people, and they can also help in the end."

"Don't leak the news before you start."

"Of course, would I make such a mistake? Those people thought we were still fighting for the throne, and even if I helped, I would find other excuses. When they reacted, you were already enthroned in Tai'an Hall. Ministers have this advantage, as long as there is an emperor on the throne, no matter who it is, they will kowtow honestly."

"Also, I have to find a way to get in touch with the palace..."

"My mother is also in the palace, and I will never let the empress dowager hurt them. In fact, the princess has contacted some people in the palace. It is said that the empress dowager is now more 'crazy' and hides in Taizu's dress room every day. Confession, I always admit the wrong person, thinking that Sidi is still alive. Hmph, it looks like it, and the people in the palace don’t doubt it at all.”

The two began to discuss the details of the plan, and both felt that as long as Shangguan Sheng was out of the city, the palace change was very likely to succeed. This was different from the last palace change made by the Cui family. Once they captured the palace, they did not need to avoid the ministers, but instead You can count on their support.

A follower of King Donghai came and asked to see him outside the door. King Donghai went out to talk with him for a while, and when he came back, he smiled and said, "Those scholars are making trouble again."

"Um?"

"You arranged it. A group of disciples from Guozijian and Taixue are petitioning in front of the main entrance of the palace, hoping that the emperor will issue a decree immediately, and they will join the army and go to the northern border to fight the Huns."

But this was indeed not arranged by Han Ruzi. He didn't ask Guo Cong and others for help at all, "So, Jin Chunzhong and the others have already spread the news."

"The movements of the Huns can always cause controversy in the court and the opposition, so let's see how the Queen Mother responds."

More and more news came that the envoys of the Huns claimed that they would lead their troops south without peace talks. To the subjects of Chu, it sounded like a provocation and a threat. Ever since Emperor Wu defeated the Huns, the people of Chu had not I am used to seeing such arrogant behavior and hearing rumors, and I am all angry.

Years of disasters, an inaction court, greedy officials... The Chu people had long been full of anger, and were unexpectedly ignited by the "threat" of the Huns.

More and more scholars joined the palace gate to petition, and the hatred of ordinary people was more direct.

The severity of the situation far exceeded Han Ruzi's expectations, but the King of Donghai thought that he had arranged everything, and every time he got news, he turned his head to congratulate Han Ruzi, "Great, you have succeeded again, so you have control over it. With so much power, don't tell me beforehand. Haha, how can you pretend to be crazy when you see the queen mother?"

The petition at the palace gate has never been answered, and no one has come out to disperse it, but the post house outside the city is in danger. More and more people came.

At dusk, Zhang Yin, the Marquis of Piyuan, came to see Marquis Juan again. This time he brought a small group of people, all Hun envoys pretending to be Chu people.

The Yicheng knew that he would not be able to hold back for long, but he could not let the Hun envoy die in the inn, so he persuaded the people at the front door and secretly asked Piyuan Marquis to take the Xiongnu envoy away from the back door.

Marquis Piyuan had no relatives or friends, and he did not dare to stay at home, so he was sent to Marquis Juan Mansion.

More than a dozen Hun envoys all looked flustered, and Jin Chunzhong was also terrified. He didn't expect that the news he spread would cause such a big trouble.

The East Sea King hadn't left yet, and strongly advised Han Ruzi not to take in these people, "You are the one who set the fire, how can you direct the fire to your own house? Find them an inn, it's best if you can't hide it, you can't hide it, just watch them. Let your own creation, no matter what the result is, it will not affect you, even if you want to talk with the Huns in the future, Da Chanyu will not care about these lives."

Han Ruzi still left them behind.

He is one of the few staunch peace talks, and he is reluctant to make troubles, not to deal with enemies far away, but because he has seen too many internal troubles with his own eyes and knows that Da Chu cannot afford another large-scale war.

Marquis Piyuan breathed a sigh of relief. In order to show that he was not a coward, he also stayed in Marquis Juan's Mansion and lived with the Huns in a small courtyard in the back house.

It was getting dark, not long after the King of the East Sea left, Guo Cong and several doctors from Guozijian came to visit. This time they did not come to express their support, but to question the position of Marquis Juan towards the Huns.

As Yang Feng said, the biggest difference between scholars and those who are looking for gas is that they insist, one of which is that the state of etiquette must not bow to the barbarians.

Han Ruzi swore that he would never give up an inch of land to the Huns, "Every piece of land and every city in Da Chu is a city of broken iron to me. As long as I am here, I will not give in. I will guard the army of millions, and there is only one person left, and I will still stay on the city wall."

Guo Cong and the others were satisfied, and Han Ruzi took the opportunity to say: "The Great Chu is the upper country. The soldiers come to block the water and cover the soil. The Huns want to go to war. It is very good. There is a vast battlefield outside the frontier. The envoys of the Huns are in my mansion. , I not only take them in, but also lead the army to send them back outside the Great Wall, and ask them to notify Shan Yu that the Chu army will come to fight."

What moved Guo Cong and others was not only his remarks, but also Hou Juan's performance in Broken Iron City. He had already proved that he was the general of Zhenbei who would not give up an inch of land, so what he said was naturally more worthy of belief.

Han Ruzi didn't mention the peace talks and the threat from the West. Marquis Piyuan, who was from the army, could understand these things, but Guo Cong and others who were studying the book of sages and sages had a hard time accepting them.

After several people left, Guo Cong took a step late and said quietly to Marquis Juan: "Mr. Qu has written a letter. He has left the customs and is lobbying the county governors all over the Kanto region to recommend Marquis Juan to them."

Han Ruzi bowed his hands in thanks, and Guo Cong said again: "Fish leaping from the dragon gate, only one fight, Wanwang Juanhou perseveres, don't let the world down."

Guo Cong once persuaded Marquis Juan to quit the race, but when he felt Marquis Tien was worth assisting, he was the most determined one.

It was almost midnight when Yang Feng came back. He traveled for a day without finding any more clues, "I have asked someone to ask about all the heroes I can count in the capital. In the past few months, no one has ever received a juvenile robber. I can no longer hide the news, I notified Lian Danchen at noon, and he asked the prisoners in the prison, but he didn't get any clues."

Yang Feng was very tired, but his expression was still tense. He sat in the chair and thought for a moment, "I think we made a mistake."

"Mr. Yang, please speak."

"It's useless to just stare at the assassins, we have to find those famous ones."

"Those fake hopefuls? They are the queen mother's people, either hiding under the queen mother's wings, or they have been killed. Where can I find them?"

Yang Feng shook his head, "Marquis Juan told me that Yuan Zifan was very surprised when King Ying was assassinated. Do Marquis Tien think that was also a fake?"

"Well... I think Yuan Zifan is really surprised."

"So Yuan Zifan may have really been ignorant of the assassination. When he saw the assassination of King Ying, he was very frightened.

"Yang Gong is right, can you find him?"

Yang Feng sighed wearily, "Let Shangguan Sheng look for it first. What he ignored is what I want to pay attention to. If Shangguan Sheng finds someone first, we have to think of other ways."

"What was our original plan?"

Yang Feng nodded, and was about to speak, when there was a sudden knock on the window, not a door, but a knock on the window.

Han Ruzi and Yang Feng looked at each other and didn't ask any questions. Yang Feng got up and opened the door to check. When he saw the people outside, he was obviously taken aback. He took two steps back, held the door, and invited the visitor to enter the room.

Meng E's brother Meng Che walked in, stood in front of Han Ruzi, opened his arms, said that he had no weapons, and then said, "I'm here to speak for the queen mother."