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Chapter 595 Zhao Ji who was "forced to go to Liangshan"
Outside Zhang Dun's mansion.

Gongsun Zhao looked at the lights inside and thought of the upright and tough old man who was working in the hall holding a candle. After silently blessing, he turned and left.

Guo Kai has not shown up so far, and the matter may have been leaked, so visiting Zhang Dun again will only drag him into trouble, and will not help the matter.

But Gongsun Zhao's departure doesn't mean he gave up directly.

Since he came back, he decided to carry out such a big event as abolishing the emperor, so he didn't think about his own safety. He came to a courtyard near Miyagi with a clear goal, took out an official costume and put it on, and then put on a passerby. The waist badge inside.

This is the plan he came up with after sneaking back to the Kaifeng government office not long ago and reviewing the cases that happened during this period.

The servant's clothes were those worn by Tong Guan's godson when he was killed, that is, they were taken from the dead man. Even this house was the scene of the murder, and there was still a little smell inside.

And Gongsun Zhao didn't care about bad luck at all, he just wanted to seize the last chance.

Of course, if you don't know enough about the palace, relying solely on the clothes and badges of the internal officials is still not enough to pass, so he took a lot of documents as evidence by the way, recording all the affairs in the palace, and quickly flipped through them.

In the process of memory, I thought that this case was investigated by my elder brother. During the time when I was not in Bianjing, fortunately my elder brother served as a consultant to maintain the efficiency of the Kaifeng government office at a very high level. Gongsun Zhao expressed joy and gratitude. comfort.

Even if he does not return here, there are still people who uphold justice and morality and make decisions for the people.

This is enough.

So next.

Disguised as an internal official, he sneaked into the palace and entered the Funing Palace where the Queen Mother was.

Before, the Queen Mother Xiang didn't know the real face of the official family at all. In order to seize power, the official family dared to instruct Tong Guan to assassinate the Queen Mother.

So this time Guo Kai asked for an edict to abolish the official family and establish a new emperor. If it fails, the empress dowager who is seriously ill will be in a more dangerous situation.

But this is not an opportunity to win in danger. Once he personally escorts the queen mother out of the palace, it is enough to show the true face of today's officials to the world!

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"Guo Silang... Guo Silang..."

Outside Funing Palace, Yang Jian and Lan Congxi each took a group of cronies, squatting outside the palace, staring at each other, while listening to the loud and sometimes low voices calling to the Empress Dowager inside.

Guo Kai is already cold, the queen mother wants to see him and can only go down to meet her master and servant, and the official outside the palace who is preparing to meet is also sure to be Gongsun Zhao, with the new Kaifeng government judge Ding Run, it is enough to win.

In the eyes of this group of servants, this official promotion is very good. As long as Ding Run doesn't want to lose his position as a judge, he must kill Gongsun Zhao. The brothers in the same school are much more familiar with each other than outsiders. It's people doing their best.

But now there are two problems:
The first point is that the secret edict that Guo Kai was going to take out has not been found yet.

The second point, what about the queen mother in the palace?
The latter is more critical. If the queen mother is not resolved, even if Guo Kai's secret edict is found, the queen mother can write another copy, but it will not help.

But if they really want to attack the queen mother directly, although they have already transferred the guards of Ban Zhi, Yang Jian still dare not, and Lan Congxi is even more unwilling.

It's good for the officials to avoid it altogether, and just let them figure it out.

What do they think of this dodging attitude?
If you really want to do the following things, if there is any leak, the officials will definitely treat them as scapegoats and deal with them all.

But if you don't do anything, you will lose the favor of the officials. There are too many servants who want to get ahead, and there is no shortage of the two of them.

"Guo Silang... Guo Silang..."

There was another weak call to the queen mother in the palace, Yang Jian gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do, but Lan Congxi said: "Yang knows that there are four confidant servants and six personal servants beside the queen mother, Guo Kai conspired to rebel, These people are also inseparable from the relationship, how to deal with it?"

Yang Jian immediately understood that this was to get rid of all the people who served the Queen Mother. At that time, an old man who could not afford to sit on the couch would be ignored no matter how he called, and he would naturally feel that every day should not be done, and the earth would not work. , enough to kill life, and die soon.

Whenever the battle in the harem fails, the women in the cold palace are often treated in this way, so they die especially quickly. Now it is used on the queen mother, it is still to force her to death, but the method of cutting flesh with a soft knife will make people psychologically better Accept many.

Yang Jian and Lan Congxi decided to use this method: "Guo Kai just died today, don't do anything to the people around the Queen Mother, starting tomorrow, deal with two people a day, within ten days, the matter should be over..."

"Okay, let's do it!"

The two discussed some details, and then looked at the dark sky, feeling inexplicably frightened, and shrank their necks: "Today, Yang knows that you have worked hard!" Share your worries!" "Tomorrow is Tianning Festival, the official's birthday, you have to get up early, go to rest..."

Leaving the necessary guards behind, the two eunuchs separated and left with still apprehension.

Except for the intermittent calls in the palace, everything seemed to be calm again.

Until a slight footstep sounded.

A slender servant walked out of the darkness, with his head down, but his steps were firm, and he came directly to Funing Palace.

Yang Jian and Lan Congxi's guards left behind were already drowsy, but when they saw the person coming, they hurriedly stopped him: "Which palace are you from... ah!!"

The person who came was Gongsun Zhao, without any nonsense, he shot like lightning and hit the necks of the two servants hard.

The two sounds of falling to the ground were indistinguishable, and then he preemptively attacked the other servants who hadn't reacted yet, and launched an offensive.

When all the servants guarding the outside of the palace were knocked down, Gongsun Zhao first reached for the clothes of these people, ready to find if there were any binding ropes, but he thought of the time it would take, and they were thieves who dared to harm the Queen Mother. , acting logically, with a stern look in his eyes, he clenched his fists and hit him hard.

Dragging the corpse to the side, Gongsun Zhao entered Funing Palace, feeling that the process was much smoother than expected. Yang Jian and Lan Congxi transferred Banzhi's guards away. It was originally a guilty conscience, but now it is convenient for him to sneak in. Next, just The Empress Dowager left with him, took a little cover on the road, and still had a success rate of counterattack and comeback.

But when he actually entered the hall, Gongsun Zhao found that compared with before, the place was so deserted that it was almost unrecognizable.

In the huge palace, there were only about ten servants in the palace, their expressions were pale and trembling, and they were already frightened. Even when he broke in like this, they didn't have much reaction.

Gongsun Zhao knew at a glance that these people could not count on them. He looked at the drowsy old woman on the couch, walked up to him and called out, "Queen! Queen! It's me, Gongsun Zhao!"

Under the nervous gaze of the palace maids, they called out many times, and then slowly opened their eyes to the Queen Mother, and looked at him fixedly: "Judge Gongsun...is that you? Have you received Guo Silang's secret order?"

Gongsun Zhao was guessing before, but now he heard it, he was sure, and said in a low voice: "I didn't receive the secret edict, but I just found a lot of servants outside the palace who were monitoring the queen mother. I am afraid that something unexpected happened to the provincial envoy Guo. The palace is not safe anymore, please leave the palace with the empress dowager!"

Empress Dowager Xiang's eyes widened suddenly: "Guo Silang... No! Impossible!"

Gongsun Zhao didn't dare to waste time, and hurriedly repeated: "Queen Mother, the palace is not safe, please come out with the Queen Mother!"

The Empress Dowager's chest heaved violently: "That rebellious son, dare to come here to personally harm the old man? If the old man doesn't go out, the old man is here, watching him do those outrageous things!"

Gongsun Zhao's complexion changed. Now is the time to be angry. He tried to persuade him bitterly: "How can the empress dowager stand under the dangerous wall? The eunuchs in the palace tend to be in power, and they will do everything they can to seek the approval of the officials." , and as long as you get out of the palace, the mother will explain the matter to all the officials, and you will be safe."

Turning to the empress dowager's cloudy eyeballs, half-believing: "You're going to take the old man out...how does the old body know...are you colluding with that naughty son..."

Gongsun Zhao earnestly said: "Empress Dowager, if I have conspired with the officials, why bother to tell the truth about the matter through Guo Provincial Envoy? You are dressed like this and enter the palace. Once you are arrested, it is a crime of treason. You have risked your life! Queen Mother!!"

After thinking about it for a while, the Queen Mother finally shook his head: "Guo Silang...Where is Guo Silang...I want to see him!"

There is a difference between closeness and closeness. Compared with Guo Kai, an old man who has served her all her life, Gongsun Zhao has a bad impression in her heart. The regret when he was assassinated before was regretted, but he still did not change the dislike deep in his heart. So when Guo Kai said the same thing, the Queen Mother would believe it, but when Gongsun Zhao said it, he became suspicious.

"Queen Mother! The minister is loyal to the Song Dynasty and the court laws... This is the last chance!"

Gongsun Zhao was also worried about this situation before, but he knew that if the Queen Mother stayed here, she would definitely be killed, unless she turned a blind eye to it. Since she was in charge, there was really no other way to choose.

But no matter how much he persuaded, the Queen Mother shook his head, and finally fell asleep again.

Gongsun Zhao saw that he couldn't do it, and wanted to stretch out his hands to carry her on his back. He turned pale in shock at the Queen Mother, and immediately struggled desperately: "Put down my old body! Put down my old body!"

The servants and maidservants around looked at it, and also surrounded him tremblingly: "Bold minister, do you dare to be rough on the queen mother?"

Gongsun Zhao showed determination and was about to knock the queen mother unconscious.

However, at this moment, a voice came from outside: "Where are people? How dare they be lazy when they are guarding important matters?" "There is movement inside, go in and take a look!"

Without saying a word, Gongsun Zhao immediately rushed out and took the lead.

But he did not enter the palace with a sword, and when he returned this time, his body was already stained with blood.

Seeing this, the servants in the palace trembled and stopped scolding, but opened their eyes again to the Queen Mother: "Judge Gongsun, do you want to harm the old man?"

Thinking of the Banzhi guards in the palace, if he had no cooperation from the queen mother, he would be unable to get out no matter what, with an old woman on his back. Gongsun Zhao could only sigh deeply, and bowed down before the couch: "The queen mother is not willing to go out!" I would like to follow my ministers out of the palace, but after this, the officials will definitely not allow the Empress Dowager to come down. There is nothing I can do about matters in the palace. The only thing I can do is to create chaos when I leave the palace, so that the officials can focus their energy on chasing and killing the ministers! "

Hearing that sad voice, not only the servants in the palace fell silent, but also the Queen Mother couldn't help being moved: "Judge Gongsun...you..."

But her lips trembled, and she did not agree to go out after all.

After Gongsun Zhao finished speaking, he no longer hesitated, and walked out quickly, his figure quickly disappeared into the dark night.

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Yanfu Palace.

Zhao Ji did not sleep soundly, his brows were furrowed from time to time, and he whispered softly.

Suddenly, he straightened up abruptly, panting heavily.

Mei Ji beside him hurriedly got up, stroking his back with her slender hands, and said in a soft and pleasant voice: "Guan, what's wrong with you?"

Zhao Ji murmured: "The nightmare is amazing... The nightmare is amazing... Fortunately, it is a dream... Huhu..."

Just as he was thankful that the thing in his dream didn't happen, someone outside suddenly said: "Officials, Yang Duzhi and Lan Abban are asking to see each other!"

Zhao Ji's pupils contracted, and he waved away: "Back off! You all back down!"

The surrounding servants, maidservants and Mei Ji on the bed all backed out, Zhao Ji then said: "Call them in."

Yang Jian and Lan Congxi hurried in, with expressions of fear and fear on their faces, and fell to the ground with a plop in front of them: "Officials, slaves are not responsible!"

Zhao Ji suppressed the uneasiness in his heart: "What happened?"

Yang Jian has a higher official position, so he could only speak first: "The thief Gongsun Zhao pretended to be a servant, sneaked into the palace, killed the servant who was looking after the queen mother, and even wanted to rob the queen mother. Fortunately, I tried my best to stop him, so he gave up..."

Zhao Ji first showed an inconceivable look, and then became furious: "How dare this thief go deep into the palace? What is he going to do? If he can't get a secret edict, will he take away the Queen Mother? Reverse! Reverse!!"

Lan Congxi said: "Officials, when the rebel Gongsun was found by Ban Zhi's guards when he left the palace, he was wounded and fled. Now that Ban Zhi has chased him out, do you want to hunt down the whole city?"

Zhao Ji was furious, and shot the case again and again: "Of course! Don't wait until after Tianning Festival, post those wanted notices tonight, and send all the forbidden troops to search the capital. Gongsun Zhao must be arrested and killed!"

Lan Congxi took the order, and then said in a trembling voice: "After the Queen Mother is frightened, call the official's family to Funing Palace!"

Zhao Ji's face suddenly froze: "The queen mother called me, why?"

The two eunuchs lowered their heads, not daring to respond, but the atmosphere of silence had already shown it.

If some things are delayed, the throne will be lost!

"How can...how can you do such a thing?"

Zhao Ji murmured, but thinking of the unscrupulous enjoyment of Yanfu Palace these days, the pleasure of being surrounded by everyone, and the supreme power that is about to be obtained, he suddenly burst into tears: "I don't want to, why do you force me? Why are you forcing me?"

After wailing for a while, the Song Dynasty official stood up slowly, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Send me! Go to Funing Palace!"

(End of this chapter)