Jiaohua

Chapter 1383 Underground Candlelight
Seeing that the blood on Zeng's face was completely gone, Guo Gengping continued: "Looking at the past dynasties, if a foreign enemy invades, first break through the outside and then attack the inside. The emperor is the last... and if there is a palace change, break through from the inside first. , then there will always be princes from all walks of life sending troops to help Beijing to solve the royal crisis. At that time, either the crisis will be eliminated, and the emperor will still be the emperor. Or meet a cruel prince, take advantage of the situation to pull the emperor down and proclaim himself emperor. Now we The crisis encountered is not only the prince trapped, but all the princes and their heirs..."

To put it bluntly, the death of a prince in the past is nothing, as there are many princes who can ascend the throne.

But right now, all the princes and grandchildren who can ascend the throne are crowded in such a small place as Hejing, and now, all of them are crowded into the funeral palace.

Guo Gengping's voice became very low: "Those who are not in Hejing include King Jian'an, King Pingning, King Fengming, etc. Among the younger generation, there are Li Xun, Li Xiao, Li Le'an, Li Naige, Li Changbai..."

Listening to him talking one by one, Mrs. Zeng murmured: "Li Xun, Li Xiao, Li Changbai...?"

Guo Gengping said: "Thinking about it, Li Xiao's ability is also the best in the world."

Zeng closed her eyes, her lips turned white.

Li Xun led troops, and Xuanyan's 24-year Chongtiantai prayer was set up for Li Xun to send troops, and it turned out to be the prelude to the death knell of the entire Daqian.

But Li Xun, who led a hundred thousand troops to the expedition, did not have much success. He only fought a dozen or so partial battles.

Not long after, he became seriously ill due to acclimatization to the soil and water. After several months of persistence, he couldn't hold on anymore.

At that time, the emperor had moved the capital to Hejing, and Li Xun went back to Hejian'an Palace after going through all kinds of dangers. Since then, there has been no news about him, saying that he has been recuperating in the mansion.

And Li Xiao, who also came from the Jian'an Prince's Mansion, is a warlike man. He is handsome and fair, but he is reckless and rough inside.

Back then in Yong'an, Mrs. Zeng heard that he actually broke the hand of Zhao Tang from Zheng Guogong's family in the street.

People in the twelve prefectures of Zhengbei, the emperor should respect them a little bit, but Li Xiao dared to do so.

In addition to being reckless, he also has a wolfish ambition that can't be hidden. It's just that for so many years, I have seen him have ambitions, but he has not seen half of his achievements.

That Li Changbai is the youngest grandson of King Pingning, but in Zeng's view, the only person in the entire Prince Pingning mansion that can be sold is King Pingning's second daughter, Princess Shang'an Li Yishu.

Zeng shook her head, she was just such a woman, but she was only short and tall.

Guo Gengping said in a low voice: "Madam Bi..."

"Why bother, why bother?" Mrs. Zeng looked at the ground emptily, "My husband is utterly loyal, loyal and patriotic, and he will not hesitate to give up his body. Before the late emperor died, my husband, Ouyang Anfeng, Xia Wenshan, and Weng Ying, were required to protect the new Jun. Now, the new emperor has become the old emperor. He is imprisoned, ridiculed by the masses, abandoned by all officials, and the country collapsed. My husband and the others, all four of them perish, and no one can protect the prosperity of the country. Relatives."

Guo Gengping sighed: "Mrs. Zeng, at least the empress is still the empress. From now on, she will be the supreme empress."

This is indeed a kind of relief to Zeng, but this kind of relief is not enough to relieve the worries in front of the wind and rain of Li Qianjiang.

Mu Yuhai on the side got up at this moment, and said softly: "Uncle Guo, I have to go back first, I'm afraid the prison will find me for something."

Guo Gengping nodded, and said again: "Are you going back to the palace today? If so, is there a way to go to the East Palace?"

Mu Yuhai was in a dilemma: "I'm sure I won't be able to go back today, and I don't know if I can enter the palace tomorrow. Even if I do, I won't be able to go to the East Palace..."

"If that's the case, forget it." Guo Gengping said.

After Mu Yuhai left, Mrs. Zeng remembered the purpose of coming here, and looked at Guo Gengping: "Master Guo, what do you think of the letter sent back from outside the city? Is it true or not?"

Guo Gengping said solemnly: "It should be true, then Ah Lifei waited for the idle girl, how could she turn the world upside down without taking precautions."

"If it's true, then I, Bi Jiajun..."

"If it's true, there's no need to be afraid of the Bi family's army." Guo Gengping raised his hand and stroked his beard lightly. "The Bi family's army has two generals, Bi Ying and Bi Xiao. Moreover, Guan Ning's march is coming soon."

Zeng sighed softly: "I hope everything goes well, God bless me to do my best."

Mu Yuhai left from the backyard of the Guo Mansion, and just came out when he heard a strange bird call in the air. He frowned slightly, but he didn't look up, but left quickly.

When he reached an empty corner not far away, he stopped and looked around.

The strange bird call did not appear again.

Mu Yuhai's expression became more and more serious. Suddenly, someone slapped him on the shoulder, causing his heart to stop beating.

Mu Yuhai turned around, in the dark night, the other party was half a head shorter than him, with cold and dark eyes, three parts black and seven parts blank, looking straight at him: "Mu Yuhai, haven't seen you for a long time."

Mu Yuhai was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, and stammered, "Quan, Master Quan."

Quan Jiuwei looked him up and down and said, "Come with me."

It's late at night, and there are still busy figures everywhere on the street.

A group of men passed by them pushing a cart full of stones. After they were all gone, Quan Jiuwei led Mu Yuhai through several long roads and pushed open a courtyard gate that was not at all bright.

Going deep into the ground from the wine cellar, candlelight finally appeared in the field of vision.

There were at least ten men sitting in the not-so-big room, talking in thin voices, and there was an unpleasant smell in the air.

Mu Yuhai stumbled and stumbled in the dark for half a day, his forehead was so painful from the bump, he rubbed his forehead and looked one by one, all were unfamiliar faces.

Until I saw Chongmenhui.

Chong Menhui was sitting at the back, eating roast chicken, which already smelled bad, but the smell of roast chicken was even worse.

When Quan Jiuwei suddenly appeared, the men paused briefly to look at him and Mu Yuhai, but quickly turned their eyes away.

Chongmenhui raised his hand to beckon them over.

Mu Yuhai got close and glanced at him. Chong Menhui was still wearing a pair of embroidered shoes on his feet, but this pair was very new, and the embroidered surface was clean, with only a little dirt.

Chong Menhui tore it with bare hands, his hands were covered with the oil of roast chicken, his mouth was also full of oil, the chicken bones were chewed to pieces by him, looking at the chicken thighs in the pile of bones, he should have eaten several roast chickens up.

Chong Menhui picked between his teeth with his little finger, and said, "What's the situation in the palace now?"

Hearing this, the talking men gradually stopped and looked at Mu Yuhai.

Mu Yuhai whispered: "How much do seniors know?"

Chong Menhui frowned, and suddenly became irritable: "Hey! I don't know the whole picture, so how do I know how much I know? Just say what you have, say everything!"

(End of this chapter)