When Li Laiheng saw Zhang Jinyan frowning slightly, he felt even more uneasy. He asked in a deep voice, "Why, weren't you the ones responsible for Chongzhen's illness?"
Hearing this, Zhang Jinyan nodded and said: "This matter was indeed done by our people, but I am worried that there is fraud in it. It is best to confirm again."
Li Laiheng pondered for a while and said loudly: "In that case, why don't you go into the palace to see Chongzhen. After all, this matter is hearsay."
"If Chongzhen is pretending to be ill, then he will not see you. If he is really ill, he will have to see you in order to maintain the stability of the capital!"
Zhang Jinyan said hesitantly: "I have thought of this just now, but the things Chongzhen told me have not been completed yet. If I go to see him now, it will easily backfire."
Li Laiheng glanced at him with some dissatisfaction and said: "Since you can't go, let Wei Zaode or Guang Shiheng go. In short, we must find out the matter before the curfew, so as not to affect our plans."
Zhang Jinyan saw the dissatisfaction on his face and said with a smile: "Major General Li doesn't know something. Due to the Chengtianmen incident, Guang Shiheng has been staying behind closed doors, and the chief minister of Wei has also been ordered to return to the throne by Chongzhen. Now it is really... ."
"Humph, this won't work, and that won't work either. So what are you going to do?"
"If you were willing to listen to my words and kill Chongzhen directly, why would there be so much trouble!"
When Li Laiheng saw Zhang Jinyan pushing left and right, he couldn't help but shouted angrily.
A flash of anger flashed across Zhang Jinyan's face, and he forced a smile and said: "Why don't I want to kill Chongzhen? It's just that Mr. Wei doesn't want to bear the name of regicide."
"But this is fine. When the time comes for you to judge Chongzhen, the effect will be better than poisoning him!"
Li Laiheng smiled contemptuously and said, "Don't you do this kind of thing very often? If I remember correctly, your emperor died at the end of his life..."
Because he hated the officials of the Ming court, he wanted to take the opportunity to taunt him a few words, but when he saw Zhang Jinyan's angry expression, he remembered that he could not fall out with them at this moment, so he changed the subject and said: "Tonight is very important. No more accidents must happen. You are the last I really want to find a way to confirm this clearly."
Zhang Jinyan calmed down his anger and said, "Yes, don't worry, General Li. My five hundred dead soldiers are ready. As soon as the time comes, they will open the city gate and nothing will happen."
Hearing this, Li Laiheng sneered: "Are you still dreaming? Your five hundred dead soldiers have been discovered by the Jinyi Guards. Now they are secretly monitoring them. I believe they will take action after the curfew!"
Zhang Jinyan was shocked when he heard this, and then he forced himself to be calm and said: "General Li, I'm afraid your news is wrong! Those people are my confidants, and their hiding place is extremely hidden. How could they be discovered by Jin Yiwei!"
Li Laiheng snorted coldly, shook his head and said, "After the Chengtianmen incident, I felt that something was different, so I sent people to explore the defenses in various places in the capital, and accidentally discovered the strange movements of the Jin Yiwei. After careful investigation, I discovered this matter."
When Zhang Jinyan saw that Li Laiheng made it clear that he was not intimidating him, his face instantly turned pale, and the last glimmer of hope in his heart was shattered.
You must know that it was not easy for him to cultivate these dead soldiers. This was his biggest bargaining chip for surrender.
He originally planned to use these dead soldiers to open Changui Gate and welcome the rebels into the city. In this way, he would be the first to break the city, and his status among the rebels would definitely be high in the future.
But he didn't expect that the dead man would be discovered before he took action. Not only did he have no bargaining chip now, but his identity had also been exposed and he would become an abandoned son at any time.
For a moment, he actually regretted it.
I regret why I didn’t become a good minister of the Ministry of War, but I wanted to surrender, take shortcuts, and dream of getting out of the cabinet and becoming the prime minister.
Now not only is his future ruined, but he may also be missing his head, which makes him feel sad.
"Well, you don't have to worry too much. As long as you can confirm whether Chongzhen is ill, I will report to King Chuang that you volunteered to use dead soldiers as bait to help us open the city gate, so that you will also have a share. Credit."
Li Laiheng saw that he had no fighting spirit and was worried that it would affect the important events of the evening, so he persuaded him again.
When Zhang Jinyan heard this, he thought of Li Laiheng's tough followers, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart, and he asked eagerly: "Is what General Li said true?"
Li Laiheng suppressed the contempt in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I will keep my word, but you must find out about Chongzhen as soon as possible!"
Zhang Jinyan nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay, I will go to Wei Shoufu to discuss it and I will reply to you later!"
When Li Laiheng saw this, he felt even more disgusted and said, "Okay, but your mansion has been monitored by the Jinyi Guards. If you want to go out, you'd better go through the southwest gate. Our people are there!"
Zhang Jinyan was stunned and thanked him again and again.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Li Laiheng didn't want to say any more, turned around and left through the window.
Zhang Jinyan watched Li Laiheng's back disappear in the southwest, and hurriedly collected the gold and silver, took a dozen of his followers out of the southwest gate, and ran towards Wei Zaode's mansion.
Li Laiheng, who was hiding in the dark, couldn't help but feel a little more uneasy when he saw Zhang Jinyan leaving in a hurry, like a lost dog.
At this time, a man in Feiyu uniform whispered: "Major General, I think Zhang Jinyan seems to be running for his life, not to inquire about information!"
Li Laiheng shook his head and said: "They are just a bunch of losers. I don't expect them to succeed. I just hope they will cause some chaos to Chongzhen."
After that, he said to the man: "Li Feng, please turn around and inform the brothers to return to the team immediately after the curfew and prepare to seize the city gate with me and welcome King Chuang to the capital."
Li Feng was overjoyed when he heard this and agreed one after another.
Li Laiheng patted his shoulder and left quickly.
But Li Laiheng didn't expect that Li Feng would be arrested by Li Ruolian not long after he left.
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"Is Chongzhen really ill?"
In the rebel tent outside the city, Li Zicheng looked surprised when he heard Li Guo's report.
"It should be true. According to the news from Hener, Wei Zaode went to the palace to check it out in person and waited for nearly a quarter of an hour before entering Dongnuan Pavilion."
"After he entered Dongnuan Pavilion, in addition to seeing Chongzhen who looked pale, there was also a residual smell of herbs in the house, which obviously had not dissipated in a hurry."
"In addition, our people have also sent back news that Chongzhen often had heart palpitations and cried bitterly in the past few days, and his energy was getting worse day by day. It is not surprising that he fell ill now."
Li Zicheng hesitated for a while and then asked: "What about the situation at Zhangyi Gate? Is Li Laiheng confident about opening Zhangyi Gate?" "Judging from the situation of today's siege, the defenders are not weak. If The chances of winning by force are not good!"
Li Guo nodded and said, "What your Majesty said is true, but Heng'er has a hundred flying tiger troops under his command, plus the undercover agents in the city, there are about three hundred people."
"What's more, with Zhang Jinyan's dead soldiers as cover, Chongzhen will definitely not think that we have a back-up plan, so there should be no problem in opening the city gate."
"The dead soldiers are covering?"
Li Zicheng asked with some confusion after hearing this.
When Li Guo asked, he told the story about Zhang Jinyan and others.
After listening to his story, Li Zicheng burst into laughter and said, "Okay, what a bunch of treacherous ministers, Chongzhen is not allowed to perish. It is unforgivable!"
After saying that, he was about to reach out to pat Li Guo's shoulder, but he pulled it back, then put on the air of an emperor and said seriously: "Marquis of Bo County, you have made great achievements this time. I will definitely reward you heavily after entering the capital." you!"
Li Guo couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he saw this.
Later, when I heard that Li Zicheng sent someone to announce Song Dynasty's strategy and asked him to specify the time for breaking the city and entering the city, I felt even more bored.
So he hurriedly left the tent on the pretext of preparing for war.
