Changsheng was now located high on a mountain peak due east of Chang'an, and he could clearly see the scene to the west. A large number of soldiers gathered outside Chang'an City, surrounding the huge Chang'an City with water. According to visual estimates, there were at least 50,000 people.
Unlike the torches everywhere outside the city, the city was completely dark, and even the bustling East City had little light.
Seeing this, Changsheng immediately knew that something was going on, and it was something serious. The soldiers outside the city were in an offensive formation, and they were not wearing garrison uniforms, which meant that these soldiers came from other places outside Chang'an.
After a short observation, Chang Sheng used the Wind Chasing Ghost Step to quickly approach the city under the cover of night. As the distance approached, he quickly saw clearly the words on the military flags in the formation. There was more than one military flag and the words on it were endless. They are the same, respectively "Li" and "King of Longxi County".
Seeing the military flag, Changsheng immediately understood that the person coming was Fengxiang, Li Maozhen, the military governor of Longyou and Longyou. Li Maozhen, like Wang Jian, Li Keyong, Zhu Quanzhong and others, were all vassal towns that respected their troops, and he had many troops under his command. There should be between 150,000 and 200,000 people.
Seeing that the person coming was Li Maozhen, Changsheng felt a sudden shock in his heart. Although Li Maozhen did not openly rebel against the imperial court, he had already been separated from the imperial court. Moreover, this person usually stationed troops in Fengxiang, and his army marched thousands of miles eastward and besieged Chang'an. Naturally, he came with bad intentions. .
No matter how many soldiers there are outside the city, it is impossible for there to be no loopholes. Changsheng comes from the place where the soldiers are sparse and approaches the city wall, avoiding the defenders on the wall and climbing over the wall to enter the city.
At this time, there were no passers-by on the streets of the city, and there were no watchmen. Only the garrison responsible for the defense of the outer city was patrolling back and forth. This was a situation that only occurred during the curfew. In addition, there were no traces of war in the city, which shows that although Li Maozhen They surrounded Chang'an but did not attack by force.
After a brief pause, Changsheng avoided the patrolling soldiers and rushed to his mansion. After a while, he arrived in front of the palace and found that the plaque on the palace had not been removed and the logo on the lantern had not been changed.
The palace of Changsheng is located not far to the west of the palace. From here, you can see many sedan chairs and horses parked in the square outside the palace. It is only the fifth watch at this time, and all the civil and military officials have already entered the palace. This means that the morning call for the emperor is coming. The so-called Daqi means that the time to go to court is earlier than usual. Usually the court will call Daqi only when discussing military and state affairs.
Changsheng did not go through the main gate, but climbed directly over the wall into the courtyard and went to his room. The palace's stables were not far from his room. Except for the palace's own horses, there were no black masters and sweaty horses inside. This shows that the big head and others He is not in Chang'an.
When he returned to his room, everything was as before, without any changes. There was a set of bedding on the wooden couch in the inner room. It was the same set that Chang Sheng had brought with him before. There was also his own quilt in a conspicuous position at the head of the bed. Waist bag.
He thought he was going to die that day, so he asked Huang Silang to transfer his waist bag to Yang Kai and others. Now that the waist bag appears here, it means that Datou and others have returned.
He took the waist pouch and found that there was only a dharma seal and a hairpin inside. The hairpin was the aura token given to him by Zhang Mo before, and the dharma seal was the Tao seal he had given him.
In addition to the hairpin and Dharma seal, there were originally Niqin and other things in the waist pouch, but now only the hairpin and Dharma seal are left here, indicating that Zhang Mo left these two things here intentionally. The reason why Zhang Mo left the hairpin Next, so that if he returns to the palace one day, he can notify her as soon as possible. As for leaving the seal, it was also to confirm whether he was alive, because he was a Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain. As long as he used the seal, Zhang Shan and Zhang Mo would have a way to confirm that he was still alive.
The reason why Zhang Mo did this was not because he knew he was still alive, but because he was lucky and hoped for a miracle.
Although Changsheng was reluctant to destroy the hairpin, he still broke it in the middle. He didn't like to show off, nor did he like to make false claims. Zhang Mo must be in an extremely bad mood at this time, and he must tell Zhang Mo that he was back as soon as possible.
There were more than one set of court uniforms, and Changsheng only took one set with him when he left. After breaking the hairpin, Changsheng immediately put on the official uniform, then took out the talisman, drew an invisibility talisman, disappeared, and rushed to the palace.
Changsheng had been to the Imperial Palace many times. In order to rush to the main hall where the Emperor was to attend his court as quickly as possible, he did not go through the main entrance. Instead, he climbed directly over the west city wall, passed through the outer city, and entered the inner city of the Imperial Palace.
The guards in the imperial city were extremely tight, and there was a rare situation where the Yulin Army and the Shence Army took turns at the same time. Seeing this situation, Changsheng immediately guessed that something had happened in the court. The Yulin Army and the Shence Army took turns at the same time not for strengthening. Defense, but to blackmail each other.
After a while, Changsheng came to the courtyard on the west side of the main hall, climbed the wall to observe, and found that the square outside the main hall was filled with military generals wearing armor. These military generals were divided into two camps. The more than 20 people on the east side were led by Liu Tianlin, the commander of the imperial guards. The generals of the Yulin Army, while those on the west side are mostly generals of the Shence Army, including military generals of the feudal lords.
The Shence Army and the Yulin Army both belong to the Forbidden Army, but when Yang Fugong took control of the government, the Shence Army obeyed his orders. After Yang Fugong was brought to justice, the emperor exchanged the fifth-rank and above generals of the Shence Army with the generals of the garrison. Now those who have been transferred The general of the Shence Army appeared in the square outside the palace again, which shows that the Shence Army has been controlled by traitors.
At this time, the door of the main hall was open. The military generals in the square were staring at the main hall, while the civil and military ministers in the main hall were arguing loudly and debating fiercely.
Since everyone's eyes were focused on the main hall, Chang Sheng did not dare to act rashly, because there were many masters of purple energy in the square. The invisibility charm could only hide his own figure, but could not hide the sound of the wind and footsteps.
Changsheng's eyes and ears were clear, and he could clearly hear the quarrels among the officials in the palace. What he didn't expect was that the officials who were usually respectful to the emperor were loudly reprimanding the emperor. At this time, everyone was talking about the emperor's emphasis on military force and neglect of literature and connivance. A national thief assassinated Qian Zhonglin, a loyal minister of Qingliu.
Qian Zhonglin was the provincial minister who was killed by Yu Yi. Some people criticized the emperor, and naturally some people responded to protect the emperor. Shi Linyun, the official minister, retorted loudly, saying that he was loyal to the country and not a traitor to the country, and Qian Zhonglin There was no evidence that he was responsible for the assassination.
Although Changsheng did not fall in love with the court, he had been in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Yushitai, and he could still hear the voices of important officials in the court. Yang Shuyun, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Wu Yusheng, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, were all die-hard royalists, but I didn't know Why, there were far more officials who complained about the emperor's faults than those who defended him, and their words were extremely fierce. They only said that the emperor favored treacherous and sycophants, suppressed virtuous ministers, acted perversely, abused criminal laws, and had no moral integrity, making it difficult to control the country.
Hearing everyone's words, Changsheng felt doubtful in his heart. These ministers were crazy. They dared to deceive and slander the king like this. You must know that deceiving the king is a serious crime among the nine tribes.
In addition, although this group of civil servants of the Qing Dynasty are talking nonsense and pedantic internal strife, they still value respect and ethics. Although Li Maozhen is suppressing the country with a large army, he is only a county prince and not of royal blood. Even if he really has disobedient intentions and seeks to usurp the throne. It is also not in line with the rules of etiquette and law. If the name is not correct, the words will not be correct, which will inevitably stain the painting and be infamy for thousands of years. These civil servants should understand this simple truth. Even if loyalty is gone, why don't they even lose face?
At this moment, a young eunuch hurriedly came from the west courtyard carrying a tray. Seeing that the tray contained the emperor's royal cups, Changsheng knew that the young eunuch was going to the main hall. Knowing that the opportunity was not to be missed, he hurriedly followed him. The young eunuch followed suit.
Because the footsteps overlapped, no one in the square noticed that he had sneaked into the hall.
After entering the main hall, the first thing Changsheng saw was the noisy civil and military ministers with red faces, and then the livid-faced emperor. Only then did he notice that there were two men sitting on the left and right, and the one on the right was very serious. The young man is wearing the prince's five-python vermilion court dress, while the one on the left is about forty years old and is wearing the county prince's large purple single-python court dress.
Seeing these two people, Changsheng finally understood why the officials who disobeyed the emperor were so confident, because he recognized this young prince as none other than the Prince of Ji, Li Bao, whom he had beaten up that day, and the middle-aged man was undoubtedly the Prince of Longxi County, Li Maozhen. , this person had a close personal relationship with King Ji, and it was known to both the government and the public.
By this time, things had become clear. Li Bao, with the support of Li Maozhen, sent troops to besiege the capital, instigated the rebellion of the ministers, and forced the palace to usurp the throne.
Entering the main hall, Changsheng had no worries, because no one in the hall had spiritual energy cultivation, and even if they did, their cultivation was not high. However, he was not in a hurry to take action, but walked behind Li Bao and watched what happened. At the moment, Li Bao had not It was clear that he was rebellious, so killing him at this time was somewhat unreasonable.
What the young eunuch brought was not tea, but medicine. So many ministers disobeyed and slandered him in public. The emperor was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
The civil servants were not good at fighting, and they were fighting internal conflicts. They were also very good at talking, changing things over and confusing right and wrong. They were so excited that they were spitting. Their attack on the emperor was all-round. The emperor asked him to rectify the government, which was said by the civil servants. In order to appoint cruel officials and persecute loyal ministers. The emperor doted on Concubine Li for a while, but the civil servants described this as arrogant, extravagant and indulgent in wine and sex.
During the period when the emperor was transferred to the Japanese pirates, the fake emperor did a lot of ridiculous things. In order to protect the emperor's face, the matter was not disclosed to the public. In fact, this matter could not be covered up. Everyone in the civil and military circles of the dynasty knew that the emperor was transferred to the Japanese pirates. But since the emperor Without making any announcement to the public, they pretended to be confused and blamed all the false emperor's actions on the emperor, saying that they were extorting excessive taxes and extorting money without caring about people's livelihood.
And when the emperor formed a new army to conquer the feudal towns, they also described it as a militancy and fighting against the same clan.
Where there are treacherous ministers, there will naturally be loyal ministers. Faced with the unwarranted slander, everyone led by the Liubu Hall officials spoke out to refute it, but they were small in number, and the other party was speaking out of conscience. They knew better than the emperor himself how wronged he was. , in the face of reasonable refutations from Wu Yusheng and others, they always avoid the important points and ignore the light ones, and are messy.
Before Changsheng arrived, the forced labor had already begun. Seeing that the fuss was almost over, Li Maozhen said in a dark voice, "Your Majesty, what do you have to say?"
The emperor's face was livid with anger and he was panting rapidly. Hearing Li Maozhen's words, he was speechless for a moment.
Seeing this situation, Li Bao thought that he was bound to win, and said proudly, "Old Qi, you have seen the situation. The situation is over. It is useless to talk more. Please abdicate."
Immortality is waiting for these words from Li Bao. As soon as such rebellious words are spoken, the evidence of guilt is already conclusive.
Thinking of this, he removed the spell and revealed his body...
