Yecheng.
The clouds are gathering, and the dark clouds are pressing down on the city.
The entire city was eerie and cold, as if it had a dark filter on it.
A long staircase leads to the main hall in the distance. Gao Zhan is wearing a royal robe, majestic and majestic, striding forward with unparalleled momentum, far more domineering than Gao Yan.
Zu Jue followed him awkwardly, jogging to keep up with him. He held many documents in his hand and lowered his head to report.
"Xu Zhicai sent someone to deliver the prescription. He also said that your Majesty will have to eat less alcohol in the future."
Gao Zhan continued to move forward and said disdainfully: "It is his job to treat illnesses. What does it have to do with my drinking?"
"Besides, his medicine is quite effective. I recovered immediately after taking it. Just prepare more medicine and take it regularly!"
"Has anyone read the prescription? Is there anything wrong with it?"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to invite outsiders. I know some medical skills. I have seen them myself. They are some medicines that calm the mind. Although they are not harmful, they are not the fundamental solution. They are just suppression."
"That's enough! Then you can take charge of this matter!"
"only!!"
Zu Jue once again took out a document and said, "Your Majesty, I have already prepared the sacrifice for the King of Jinan. The clan is very compassionate towards the King of Jinan and asks your Majesty to bury him grandly and discuss his posthumous title."
"Do you understand Five Elements Feng Shui?"
"I know something better."
"Then find a better place to bury him yourself."
"only."
"And Queen Wenxuan, Your Majesty also needs to give some words of comfort to let the clan know that you are different from the late emperor."
Only then did Gao Zhan stop. Zu Jue almost bumped into him, stopped in a hurry, staggered, and let out a strange scream.
Gao Zhan glared at him displeasedly, "What do you use your eyes for?"
Zu Jue lowered his head and quickly apologized.
Gao Zhan looked into the distance and pondered for a moment, "However, what you said makes sense. It is up to you to decide the burial matter."
"Queen Wenxuan lives in Wenxuan Hall?"
"Yes."
"Well, I'm going to comfort you."
Gao Zhan changed directions, Zu Jue was still following him, talking about other important things in various places. After Gao Zhan ascended the throne, he immediately promoted Zu Jue, the author of the book, to the minister of Zhongshu, following him around and playing with him.
Make plans for yourself.
The two of them climbed all the way up the high stairs, walked through many long corridors and outer halls, and arrived at the position of Queen Wenxuan. After the female official reported, Gao Zhan took Zu Jue into the main hall, and Gao Zhan asked Zu Jue to stay outside.
Waiting in the hall, he walked into the inner hall.
Zu Jue stood there, looking around.
The hall was magnificent, and you could see small beds on both sides of the door, with a small copper plate placed on top, which was used to place candles. The workmanship was pretty good.
Zu Jue looked around, and when no one was paying attention, he waved his sleeves.
The next moment, the small object disappeared.
Zu Jue raised his head and hummed something in a low voice, as if nothing happened.
Li Zu'e was wearing mourning clothes, wiping her tears and standing aside, looking very charming.
Gao Zhan looked at her with a heavy face and sighed.
"What happened to Ah Yin is all my brother's fault. It's also my fault for not being able to protect him."
"Sister-in-law, don't blame me."
Li Zu'e shook her head, her eyes flushed, "How dare you blame His Majesty?"
Gao Zhan said seriously: "You have lost a son, and I am going to give you another one."
He stood up and immediately took off his clothes.
Li Zu'e looked at this scene and screamed in fright. Gao Zhan walked up quickly, grabbed her hand, with a ferocious face, and asked angrily: "You only have one son left now, do you want to lose him too?"
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Zu Jue stood outside, waiting for the emperor to come out.
Suddenly, screams, high-pitched screams and howls came from the hall.
Zu Jue trembled and looked at the inner hall in shock. At this moment, Zu Jue was stunned. The copper plate fell directly from his sleeve to the ground, making a loud noise.
Zu Jue hurriedly picked it up and hid it in his arms.
After an unknown amount of time, Gao Zhan walked out, putting on his clothes as he walked. He looked at Zu Jue who was standing outside and motioned for him to follow him, "I have already comforted him."
Zu Jue was stunned for a moment and then nodded.
Gao Zhan had a straight face and a fierce look in his eyes, "You can do those trivial things yourself, but now there is a big thing that makes me restless and unable to enjoy myself. You have to solve it for me."
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"only!!"
The two of them arrived at the dormitory, where He Shikai was already waiting.
The dormitory was exceptionally warm and exuded a burst of fragrance.
Gao Zhan sat in the upper seat, while Zu Jue and He Shikai knelt on both sides.
"Liu Taozi."
Gao Zhan gritted his teeth and said angrily: "When I was still King Changguang, this guy was quite rude to me and even offended me in the Queen's Palace!"
"Now that I have inherited the throne, how can I forgive him? You must find a way to kill him for me today."
He Shikai was overjoyed, he had been waiting for this day for a long time!!
He will take revenge a hundredfold for what he suffered in Wuchuan!
He Shikai immediately said: "Your Majesty, this matter is easy to handle. Send an angel to Shuozhou first in the name of rewarding Liu Taozi, and ask the Shuozhou governor to send troops to escort him. When the angel arrives in Wuchuan, he will read out in front of everyone.
The emperor issued an order to capture Liu Taozi on the spot, cut off his tongue, and escort him back to Yecheng!!"
Zu Jue glanced at him and said nothing.
Gao Zhan sneered, "If it were so easy, would I still let you figure it out??"
"Who do you think Liu Taozi is? Yang Min? You can send a few people to catch him in Wuchuan? How about letting you go?"
Hearing Gao Zhan's question, He Shikai was a little flustered, "With the escort of Shuozhou soldiers and His Majesty's edict, foreign soldiers will not listen to his orders."
Gao Zhan glared at him and then looked at Zu Jue, "What do you think, Zu Jun?"
Zu Jue said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this matter is really not easy to handle. Just as your Majesty said, if someone is sent to arrest him, Liu Taozi himself is very brave. I am afraid that not many ministers can easily subdue him."
He has been uniformed. His prestige in the frontier fortress is extremely high. Your Majesty has just ascended the throne and has no military exploits. I am afraid that the border soldiers will cause rebellion. If he is forced to lead Bei Shuo Bei Heng to defect to the Puppet Zhou Dynasty, it will be a huge disaster.
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"I know all this! Tell me something I don't know!"
"The first way is to summon him to Yecheng and promote him to an important position in the court. As long as he leaves the frontier and arrives in Yecheng, he will naturally be at our mercy."
"However, Liu Taozi had a disagreement with His Majesty before, so I'm afraid he won't come here easily. However, Your Majesty can use his cronies in the court to trick him into coming, such as Lou Rui, Gao Su, Lu Yao and others.
You can trick him into coming."
"Well, keep talking."
"The second way is for His Majesty to inspect the border fortress and ask him to come out of Wuchuan to greet him, just like the story of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and Han Xin."
"Um."
"The third way is to use Puppet Zhou to kill him. This is not a good way, but if there is no other way, you can still do it. Wei Xiaokuan has wanted to kill him for a long time. If you send someone to contact Wei Xiaokuan, as long as
We can create opportunities for his killers without getting our hands dirty."
Gao Zhan suddenly reacted and asked coldly: "Wei Xiaokuan is in Yubi City, how can you contact him?"
Zu Jue smiled and stroked his beard, "Your Majesty doesn't know something. In the past, when I traveled around Yecheng, I always found some restaurants that were set up in very remote places. There were not many customers, but they could continue to operate without any disasters.
Influence, I predict that these restaurants will
It was set up by foreign thieves to inquire and exchange information. Starting from this year, there were a lot less restaurants. However, I found that there were more porters in the city. They said they were transporting people and doing work. They could not make a living by relying on these. These porters,
He must be from Wei Xiaokuan."
He Shikai was a little impatient, and he quickly asked:
"You know it! Why don't you play it?!"
"I submitted a petition, but the late Emperor refused to listen to me. He even said that I had evil intentions and kicked me out."
He Shikai suddenly didn't know what to say.
Gao Zhan frowned, "Is what you said really useful?"
Zu Jue shook his head, "Your Majesty, it's actually not of much use. Liu Taozi's real threat is his army. That is the root. We must disintegrate his power, divide his left and right, and isolate him. If your Majesty cannot trust him,
We should make preparations to attack the traitor earlier, and only destroying him is the safest option."
"However, the Puppet Zhou Dynasty is about to take action at the moment. Yu Wenhu is an indecisive person, but if he knew that Emperor Daxing died, he would definitely send troops and would not hesitate any longer."
"The Puppet Zhou has been recuperating his strength for many years, but the frontier troops are in ruins. His Majesty must make a decision early."
"You want me to keep him?!"
"I dare not. Only His Majesty can make the decision. How dare I talk nonsense in front of His Majesty?"
"I am just informing you of the situation so that Your Majesty can make a better decision."
"Currently, Liu Taozi has more than 40 cities and towns under his command, and more than 30,000 elite frontier soldiers. Including auxiliary troops, the number exceeds 50,000."
Gao Zhan laughed disdainfully, "These are not his personal soldiers. There is no need to say more about the auxiliary soldiers. They are undoubtedly civilians. There are 30,000 soldiers there, scattered in various towns and garrison. I don't know how many of them can completely obey him.
Those who are willing to follow him, I think, are the only ones who sincerely follow him are the thousands of cavalrymen in Wuchuan."
"With just one edict from me, I can make those tens of thousands of border soldiers no longer obey him. I am not afraid that he will start a rebellion. I am only worried that he will open the border and let the puppet Zhou come in!"
Zu Jue blinked again, but nodded with a smile, "Your Majesty is right."
"However, he has been operating in the frontier for a long time. If we change the general at this moment or kill him, I am afraid it will affect the combat effectiveness of the frontier soldiers."
"In the past few years, the frontier soldiers have had insufficient food and pay, military discipline has been loose, and the garrison officers along the road have been mediocre and brutal. The frontier soldiers have lost their past sharpness. After Liu Taozi took charge, things have improved a bit. If they are replaced now, I am afraid there will be
It’s good for Pseudo Zhou.”
Gao Zhan was a little angry.
He really wanted to send someone to kill Liu Taozi now, even if he tricked her into killing her.
But Puppet Zhou was disobedient and was ready to take action. If he changed the frontier general at this moment, it would be bad if his house was robbed.
Gao Zhan knows everything, Gao Zhan understands everything, but many times, he is too lazy to understand.
However, there are some things that we cannot be lazy about, such as fighting against the pseudo-week.
If you are lazy in this matter, you will easily die.
Gao Zhan began to think deeply, and Zu Jue did not say anything. He just sat aside with a smile and secretly looked at the small wine cup placed in front of him.
Seeing Gao Zhan's hesitation, He Shikai hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, why don't you summon a wizard to divine and ask questions?"
Gao Zhan thought what he said made sense. Zu Jue hurriedly stood up and cleared his throat. Just as he was about to speak, He Shikai said displeasedly: "Your Majesty! Zu Jue only said that you would inherit the throne when the important matter was clear."
President, Zheng Daoqian, Duke Zheng, divined what happened next when you first arrived in Yecheng, and it was indeed as he said. If you don't move, you will be in good luck. Why not ask him to divine.
Woolen cloth?"
Gao Zhan still thought what he said made sense, so he called Zheng Daoqian over.
After Gao Zhan asked about the matter, Zheng Daoqian immediately began to cast divination while Zu Jue stood aside and watched.
After Zheng Daoqian's divination was over, he told Gao Zhan, "Your Majesty, there will be a big disaster at hand. If the star falls, its color will fall to the west of Jinyang, and there will be an ominous omen in the capital."
Gao Zhan frowned, and He Shikai hurriedly consoled him: "Your Majesty, why are you anxious? This must be the Puppet Zhou's sending troops. When the enemy sends troops, as long as we let Shuozhou wait a little longer, and don't let Liu
Tao Zi died, but his strength was weakened so that he could neither lose nor win. At this time, he sent troops to deal with the enemy, and then captured Liu Tao Zi in the name of being disadvantaged in combat. Wouldn't the matter be settled? "
Gao Zhan was a little worried, "The border troops are already weak. I'm afraid that doing this will delay the military and make the Zhou people take advantage."
"Besides, Hu Luxian from Shuozhou is close to Liu Taozi. Will he obey orders?"
"Then just replace him."
"Who should I replace? Lou Rui? Hu Luguang? Duan Shao? Gao Su?"
"Which one of them would watch Liu Taozi fight to the death and not save her?"
"And besides them, who can guard Shuozhou and take on such important tasks?"
He Shikai hurriedly smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I can recommend someone for you! He can definitely do it!"
"oh??"
Gao Zhan looked at He Shikai with some surprise, and He Shikai hurriedly said: "There is a man who is really a good general in the world. He once fought with Emperor Shenwu as the governor of Kuzhi. He had great military exploits, was invincible, and was brave and invincible.
No one can stop him, this man is General Gao Anagong of the Military Guard!"
"This man is extremely brave, unparalleled in horsemanship and archery. He has Zhang Zhi's bravery and Han Wei's military strategy. What is rare and valuable is that this man is the most loyal to Your Majesty. When Your Majesty had not started to rebel, he came to me many times and expressed his feelings.
Do you still remember the idea of ​​​​wanting to surrender to you? He once came to your banquet."
Gao Zhan thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Oh, I remembered, he was the one who performed horse riding in the eastern suburbs of Jinyang?"
"It's him! It's him!"
Gao Zhan pondered for a moment, "This veteran general may be promoted and reused."
Gao Zhan immediately asked everyone to leave, leaving only He Shikai to continue discussing the matter.
The servants came up to clean up. Some servants were so anxious that they were running around. Why was there a wine cup missing?
Zheng Daoqian walked out of the palace with a heavy heart. Just as he was about to get in the car, someone suddenly grabbed his clothes.
Zheng Daoqian staggered, and turned his head angrily, only to see Zu Jue looking at him with a smile. Zheng Daoqian frowned and asked displeasedly: "Grandpa Zu, what are your orders?"
Zu Jue looked around and suddenly moved closer, "I know who you are."
Zheng Daoqian felt a chill in his heart, "Grandpa, what does this mean?"
"I have only heard of people who came to Yecheng from the frontier fortress to study scriptures. I have never heard of people who went to the frontier fortress to study scriptures. Going to Wuchuan is obviously to join Liu Taozi."
"If such a big thing doesn't succeed, how can you come back alive? If you can come back, then the matter is done. You have taken refuge with Liu Taozi. It was Liu Taozi who asked you to come here to inquire about information, spread rumors and so on.
Right?"
Zheng Daoqian laughed loudly, "Grandpa, I know you are eager to be in the limelight and overwhelm us, but you shouldn't use such methods. If you think I am disloyal, just tell His Majesty, why bother talking?"
"Hey, why are you so ignorant?"
Zu Jue rubbed his hands.
"What's the meaning?"
"Money. How about you give me some money and I pretend I don't know anything?"
Zheng Daoqian's eyes widened. He looked at Zu Jue in front of him again, looked at it for a long time, and murmured: "Madman."
After saying that, he got directly into the car and left here quickly.
Zu Jue watched him walk away, with a smile still on his face. He looked to the left and right again to make sure there was no one there. Then he took out an exquisite wine cup from his sleeve. Looking at the wine cup, he grinned.
Laughed.
"Not a loss!"
Just when Zu Jue was concentrating on admiring the wine cup in his hand, a group of people suddenly stopped in front of Zu Jue. Zu Jue was startled and hurriedly put away the stolen goods.
When he looked up, he saw a mighty man with a strong back and a strong waist. He jumped off his horse and led many knights, striding towards the palace. They passed by Zu Jue. The man was tall, and it was the hand.
They are almost as thick as Zu Jue's thighs.
Zu Jue was amazed, but he also guessed the identity of the other party.
"Gaoanahu?"
"Murder Liu Taozi?"
"Hey hey hey, it's obviously murdering Da Qi"
Gao Anahu entered the palace, and under the leadership of the warriors, he came all the way to Gao Zhan.
He bowed respectfully to Gao Zhan and kowtowed heavily to the ground, "Your Majesty!!!"
Seeing such a majestic warrior being so respectful to him, Gao Zhan was in a good mood, so he asked about other things, and Gao Anagong answered fluently without hesitation.
"Your Majesty, I have long wanted to serve you, but I have never been able to wait for the opportunity. Please rest assured that I will not let down Your Majesty when I go to Shuozhou! Whether it is Puppet Zhou or Liu Taozi, I will
Get rid of it for Your Majesty!!"
Gao Zhan laughed heartily after listening to his words, and quickly gave him a reward, making a decision in his heart.
Gao Zhan was very busy, so he just talked to him for a moment and then left, asking the knight to drive the man away.
He Shikai walked on the road with Gao Anahu, and said with a smile: "Do you know whose contribution it is to be reused this time?"
Gao Anahu quickly lowered his head, "Of course I dare not forget He Gong's great kindness!!"
He exposed his strong tendons and said in a rough voice: "Before I leave, I will definitely repay Mr. Kazuo!! Let you have a good time!"
The monk gave him a blank look, his expression was shy and tender.
"You reckless man."
ps: There is a TV series about Gao Zhan’s love story. I searched it out and watched it, and I was speechless.
Chapter completed!