"Where to run?"
"Bang!"
The little emperor kicked the case in front of him and shouted angrily: "I'm asking you a question!!"
Seeing the outbreak of Gao Wei, Lu Lingxuan said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the general may want to rebel. We must make arrangements as soon as possible to protect your Majesty."
Gao Wei asked in disbelief: "But you once told me that the general is a loyal minister who can be trusted!"
"He certainly was."
"But now, he has too much power. Even if he doesn't want to, the people under his command may not give in. They will try their best to put the general in power."
Gao Wei was very anxious, "Then why not just order Liu Taozi to be dismissed?"
"As long as I remove him from his official position, he will become white. Who will be willing to follow him?"
Zhao Yanshen immediately panicked, "Your Majesty, you absolutely must not do this!"
"I am the lord of the world, and I gave him his general, so naturally I can take it back!"
"It's just a matter of an edict!"
Listening to Gao Wei's arrogant tone, Lu Lingxuan said calmly: "What your Majesty is thinking is right, but there are too many people who have been deceived by the general, and there are many thieves on the road. Your Majesty's edict may not be able to reach them."
In everyone's hands, there will still be people who mistakenly follow him and come to rebel."
Lu Lingxuan stroked Gao Wei's hand, smiled and asked him to sit down, and whispered: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. This matter will be resolved by a few of us. We will definitely not let the general delay your Majesty's good deeds."
Gaowei gradually calmed down.
Zhao Yan took a deep look at the woman in front of him, and then continued the original topic.
"There are two places to run right now."
"One is running south."
"Liu Taozi's forces are all north of the river, and he killed people in such a large-scale manner that many people in Hebei, officials, and many, many people in Hebei fled to Henan. Because of what happened in the north, these officials and officials in Henan fled to Henan.
, I will never dare to defect to Liu Taozi, and I will try my best to stop him."
"If we can take His Majesty to the south, settle in Liangzhou or Yanzhou, and use them to help the country again and negotiate peace with Zhou Chen, we may be able to stop Liu Taozi."
Lu Lingxuan thought for a moment, then shook her head.
"The risk is too great. To abandon the capital and flee to Henan is to abandon the roots. Officials like these in Henan dare not resist in the face of the puppet Zhou Dynasty. How dare they resist Liu Taozi?"
"And that Zhou, Chen, if you cooperate with them, you will destroy yourself."
Zhao Yanshen added: "The second way is to run to Jinyang."
“Jinyang??”
Zhao Yanshen said: "There has always been a precedent for emperors to settle in Jinyang in our dynasty, and Bingzhou is the only place that Liu Taozi dare not touch. There is the King of Pingyuan here, many nobles from the country, and tens of thousands of elite Jinyang soldiers.
Qi’s hard work is here.”
"If we can get to Jinyang, Liu Taozi won't dare to do it easily."
"Even if he wants to attack by force, Jinyang's strength can delay him for many years."
"It's hard to think about the future, but you can't hesitate about the present."
"Liu Taozi's troops are still advancing. I suspect that these two armies will eventually come to Yecheng. They must leave Yecheng before they arrive."
Zhao Yanshen provided two options, but did not say a decision.
Lu Lingxuan suddenly asked: "Why does Mr. Zhao tell me this?"
"Hu Changren is just a common man."
"Discuss state affairs with him and play the harp to an ox."
"The current plan is to make His Majesty personally in charge of the government, in order to save the world from water and fire!"
Zhao Yanshen saluted Gao Wei loyally, and Gao Wei couldn't help but laugh.
Lu Lingxuan also smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao is righteous."
She immediately said: "Then we can only go to Jinyang. However, Hu Changren will definitely not agree to go to Jinyang. He is an old man who has always been arrogant. He does not dare to go to Jinyang. There is Gao Yanzong in the city.
Yan and others, these people are close to Liu Taozi, I'm afraid it won't be easy to go to Jinyang."
Zhao Yanshen quickly lowered his head, "I can think of ways to persuade people like Gao Yanzong, but there is nothing I can do about Hu Changren."
Lu Lingxuan cursed secretly in her heart, "Okay, I will handle Hu Changren's affairs."
"But the matters regarding the other ministers..."
"I have my own ministers to take care of it."
………
Pingyang Palace.
Gao Yan was living quite well these days.
However, Liu Taozi suddenly took action locally, which made Gao Yan a little worried. No matter who looked at it, it seemed like a signal of rebellion.
But when he thought that his younger brother and several nephews and relatives were all under Liu Taozi's command, he wondered if he might be overthinking it.
Just when he was struggling with this matter, Zhao Yanshen suddenly came to visit him.
Gao Yan had a close friendship with Zhao Yan, but not much.
Zhao Yanshen is very similar to Gao Yan. In the court, he has always maintained the image of a good man. He has a good relationship with everyone. He is low-key and good at saving lives. Among the ministers who hung out with him at the beginning, he is the only one who is still alive in the court.
, the rest either ran away or died.
Gao Yan respected him quite a bit and hurriedly invited him to sit down and asked for tea.
"I didn't know that Mr. Zhao was coming. I was really rude for not being prepared."
"How dare you, how dare you."
Zhao Yanshen turned pale and said a few words. Suddenly, he covered his face and began to cry.
Seeing that he started crying without saying a few words, Gao Yan was very surprised and asked hurriedly: "Why is this?"
Zhao Yanshen's eyes were red and tears kept falling. He took out a crumpled letter from his sleeve and handed it to Gao Yan in front of him.
"Your Majesty, this is the Supreme Emperor, and the Supreme Emperor is about to pass away."
"What?!"
Gao Yan quickly took the letter and after reading it, he realized that the letter was a secret message from King Pingyuan. It contained the news that the emperor's condition had worsened and he had begun to coma.
Although Gao Yan didn't like this younger brother, he still felt unspeakable sadness in his heart when he heard this incident.
After all, he was still the little guy following him at the beginning.
Everything in the past came to mind one by one, Gao Yan couldn't hold it back and started sobbing softly.
Looking at the crying Gao Yan, Zhao Yanshen finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he still had feelings.
He said again: "Your Majesty, your Majesty has known about this matter for the past few days. He has been crying and shouting that he wants to go back to Jinyang to see the Supreme Emperor. He refuses to eat or drink. It makes people feel distressed. I think he should be allowed to go.
See the Supreme Emperor for the last time, but, but..."
Zhao Yanshen cried again.
"If the Emperor is dying, Your Majesty should of course go and see him. Why does Mr. Zhao hesitate?"
Zhao Yanshen said helplessly: "Your Majesty, there is a lot of turmoil in Hebei today, and thieves are everywhere. Moreover, Your Majesty lacks an elder from the clan to accompany you. Now Your Majesty has to manage the affairs of the world. I intend to invite Your Majesty to go, but I am afraid that it will delay your important event."
Gao Yan thought for a moment and said, "I am willing to accompany your Majesty to Jinyang."
"As an escort along the way, King Ande can accompany you."
Things went much smoother than Zhao Yanshen imagined. The letter in his hand was really sent by Duan Shao, but it was not from now, but from a long time ago.
Zhao Yanshen knew Gao Yan's character, so he decided to use the excuse of seeing the Supreme Emperor for the last time and asked him to escort him.
If Gao Yan wants to go, Gao Yanzong will naturally go with him, so there is no way to stop him.
By the time they reached Jinyang, Gao Yan and Gao Yanzong were no longer so important.
Through the emperor, many nobles can be quickly won over.
Gao Yan did not think of this. It was a normal thing for the emperor of Da Qi to go to Jinyang. Besides, something happened to the Supreme Emperor, and it was impossible for the emperor not to go. Gao Yan sent Zhao Yanshen away and hurriedly sent people to look for him.
Gao Yanzong, told him about this.
Although Gao Yanzong felt that the news was a bit sudden, he didn't think much about it and began to prepare for the important matter of escorting the emperor to Jinyang.
At the same time, another incident was also taking place in Yecheng.
Outside the city, Yuanlin.
A chariot was moving forward quickly. Hu Changren held a big bow and shot it several times, but every time the arrows could not hit the prey and allowed the prey to escape. Hu Changren was very unhappy, but he could only keep chasing.
.
On the chariot on the other side, the little emperor also held a bow and arrows, but his bow and arrows were much smaller.
He looked around and aimed at the people around him with a smile.
Everyone was shocked and frightened, and just pretended they didn't see anything.
Everyone ran and chased for a whole day, but they couldn't catch anything.
Finally, the chariot stopped at a fork.
Hu Changren got out of the chariot panting, dropped the bow and arrow in his hand, and cursed: "What do those hunters in front do?! They are so incompetent and useless!!"
"Come here, catch all those people and give them twenty lashes!!"
Hu Changren cursed, and the knights on the left and right hurriedly ran out.
The emperor's carriage also stopped aside, and Gao Wei jumped out of the car with a smile, "Why is uncle angry? The reason why he can't hunt prey is because he is not good at shooting. What does it have to do with the hunter?"
When people at their level go hunting, they must have professional hunters to help them. These hunters do not participate in shooting, but they are responsible for driving away prey and locking prey. They act as hounds to help their owners complete the hunt better.
Hu Changren has also participated in many hunts, but today's hunt was definitely his most failed one.
The hunter this time was really incompetent.
They couldn't stop the prey at all. Several times, Hu Changren was about to shoot, but he was let go by those people. As a result, Hu Changren could only keep chasing, even deep into the dense forest, but the prey was still not caught.
Block.
Hu Changren ignored the emperor's sarcasm, lowered his head and muttered something.
Gao Wei looked at Luo Tipo beside him at this moment.
Luo Tipo quickly took out the wine pot and wine cup and began to pour wine for the emperor and others.
Gao Wei took a big bite, trembled, and sighed.
“So refreshing, so refreshing!”
Hu Changren looked at the wine in the emperor's hand, swallowed his saliva, and then looked at his family. The knights hurriedly took off the wine bags.
"Uncle, if you want to have a drink, just come over and have it. Why bother this servant?"
Hu Changren smiled, walked to Gao Wei's side, and sat down, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the wine."
"You're welcome."
Gao Wei looked at Luo Tipo, who took out another wine cup and flask, and then poured wine for him again.
Hu Changren took the wine cup and drank it in one gulp.
Gao Wei laughed.
"Uncle, I heard that the general rebelled. Is this true?"
Hu Changren took another bite and said with a smile: "Your Majesty must have listened to what Gao Yuanhai said about things that have never happened before. Don't believe it. This guy has always been like this, talking nonsense."
"Then the general didn't rebel?"
"Of course not. The general is only managing his own people. The general is a warrior and a barbarian on the frontier. He doesn't know the principles of governing the country. He only knows how to kill and plunder."
"He is killing people everywhere under his own rule. This is immoral, but it cannot be called a rebellion!"
Gao Wei nodded, "That's it."
Seeing Hu Changren drinking more and more, Luo Tipo hurriedly pointed to the distance and said: "Your Majesty!! It's auspicious!!"
Before Hu Changren could react, he pulled Hu Changren and Gao Wei into the car and asked the driver to drive quickly.
The coachman drove away immediately. Hu Changren's subordinates were all stunned. Seeing Hu Changren rushing out with the emperor, they also hurriedly got into the car to pursue.
Hu Changren looked at Luo Tipo and the emperor blankly.
"His Majesty…"
Gao Wei no longer pretended, his face was filled with a sinister smile.
"Every word is a frontier warrior. In the end, in your eyes, our family is also a frontier warrior, right?"
"But I remember that your family was also from a frontier fortress and a martial artist."
When Hu Changren realized something was wrong, his abdomen suddenly began to hurt violently, and he covered his stomach in pain.
“The wine??”
"What happened to the wine?"
Gao Wei looked at him, "This wine was the royal wine given to Dazai. He didn't want to drink it, so I took it back. What's wrong? It doesn't taste good?"
Hu Changren looked at Gao Wei in disbelief, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am your uncle, I raised you, I..."
"So what?"
"Even the Queen Mother, I dare to let her drink this wine, do you believe it?"
"You are the first one, and you can't escape. Queen Mother, and my lovely brother, and my uncles and cousins, well, I will never forgive anyone who has offended me.
."
Gao Wei laughed, and Hu Changren stretched out his hand towards him, his whole body trembling with pain.
Gao Wei looked at Luo Tipo, who nodded and pushed Hu Changren out suddenly.
Hu Changren was seen flying out of the carriage, falling heavily to the ground, and was almost hit by the carriage that followed.
The soldiers shouted: "The King of Longdong has fallen!"
"King Longdong fell!!"
The emperor's carriage also stopped. There was a panic here. People rushed over one after another. Someone took the emperor away from here. When Hu Changren's confidants came to check Hu Changren's pulse, he was completely motionless.
Zou Xiaoyu looked at Hu Changren who was bleeding from his mouth and nose in shock, and then looked up at Luo Tipo beside him.
Luo Tipo put her hand on the hilt of the sword and looked at him coldly.
He asked: "What happened?"
Zou Xiaoyu's lips trembled, "King Longdong, fell from the carriage and passed away."
Only then did Luo Tipo let go of her hand, looked to the left and right, and shouted: "Call the imperial doctor quickly!!"
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't surround me!!"
There was a panic here, and some soldiers shouted and surrounded the place.
Gao Yan, who was about to leave Yecheng with the emperor, was shocked when he learned about this incident and hurried to inquire about the situation.
The whole city of Ye became panic, and several of Hu Changren's younger brothers and even the Queen Mother came to pay their respects.
For a time, there was a lot of crying in Yecheng.
However, Gao Yan could not delay the more important Emperor because of Hu Changren's affairs. He immediately announced that he would take the Emperor to Jinyang. When Hu Changren died, his incompetent younger brothers and the Empress Dowager Hu all lost their power in an instant, and the Imperial Army
The command power was taken by Luo Tipo and others.
No one rose up to oppose Gao Yan's proposal.
Soon, the emperor led several important officials in the country, led by Gao Yan and Gao Yanzong, to leave Yecheng and go to Jinyang.
Matters in Yecheng were left to the servant Gao Yuanhai.
Gao Yuanhai was overjoyed. He never thought that such a good thing could happen to him.
After seeing off the emperor, he quickly started his own plan to govern Yecheng.
And the first thing.
Just move into Hu Changren's mansion.
…
Liu Mansion.
Liu Taozhi sat in the room at a loss.
He never dreamed that such a day would come when the head guard who had served emperors for several generations would be abandoned in Yecheng and ignored.
The emperor, who was very close to him before, seemed to have completely forgotten him and refused to allow him to enter the palace. Before Liu Taozhi could react, the emperor followed Gao Yan and the others and left Yecheng, but Liu Taozhi was forced to fall behind.
Yecheng became a lonely man.
Mrs. Liu Zhang couldn't help laughing when she saw her husband's confused look.
"They don't dare to bring their husbands with them."
"My husband has a high prestige among the Forbidden Army. Besides, Taozi is becoming more and more powerful now. They don't even dare to take my husband as a hostage."
Liu Taozhi's lips trembled, "I am a loyal minister..."
"Of course a good man is a loyal minister, but His Majesty doesn't trust him."
"My dear, we have finished what we should do, and it's time to go to our king's side."
Liu Taozhi trembled all over, "I won't go."
"Why??"
"I, he, I...I won't go with him, a rebel."
"Is it possible that my beloved is afraid of meeting 'Mr. Liu'?"
"What Mr. Liu! It's just a fool!"
Liu Taozhi held on, but her heart became increasingly complicated.
He used to always use Liu Gong to sarcastically mock his son, but now that he is shouting and shouting, he seems to have really turned into Liu Gong. Now he is even a little afraid to see his son.
General, King of Pingcheng, Chijie, Governor of the Ten Prefectures...
Chapter completed!