Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

"Shut up!" Li Hong shouted angrily: "Woman Wu, if Sanlang hadn't put in a good word for you, I would have killed you long ago! Do you think you can get rid of the matter by letting A Xian be the supervisor? After Sanlang pacified Liaodong, I want to see how you can deal with his army!"

The queen sneered: "Say good words for me? He is just asking you to worry about the mourning of your mother's death and delaying the post-abolition matter for a few more years! I also know that you rely on his soldiers, but there are many people in the world. He is not the only one who is fighting, and it is not certain who will win in the end!"

"Since that's the case, there's no need to say more!" Li Hong sneered: "You, a woman, can't explain such a major military matter!" At this point, he closed his eyes, lay back on the bed, and stopped talking. say.

"Empress, King Pei, the imperial seal has been found!" Xu Xuwen whispered from the side.

"Very good!" Empress Pei said with a smile: "Immediately issued an edict, saying that the emperor is seriously ill and unable to handle the affairs of the state. Now the king is benevolent, filial, heroic and wise, entrusting me with state affairs and assuming the responsibility of supervising the state!"

"According to the decree!" Xu Xuwen responded and stepped aside to draft the edict. King Pei on the side looked a little guilty, pulled him aside and asked: "Sister-in-law of the emperor, is this okay?"

"Okay!" Queen Pei said with a smile: "This has been planned a long time ago. It is my father who is on duty at the political affairs hall tonight. After writing the edict and sending it over to seal it overnight, it will be the imperial edict. At dawn tomorrow, this will The world of the Tang Dynasty belongs to you, King Pei! This is a great joy!" At this point, she knelt down and took her mantle in front of Li Xian as a courtesy. Li Xian quickly stepped aside and said with a wry smile: "Sister-in-law, you said it so simply, but I don't think it's true!"

"Of course it's true!" Queen Pei said with a smile: "Isn't this how the edicts are usually written? They are more real than the real thing!"

"But usually the edicts are issued by my brother, but not this time!" Li Xian said with a bitter smile.

"Hey, brother, you are so honest!" Empress Pei said with a smile: "Yes, today's edict is indeed our fake document, but the edicts on ordinary days are not written by the emperor himself, most of them are dictated by the emperor. Carelessly, the people around me wrote in handwriting for the emperor to read, and then sent it to the political hall with a seal. The princes thought it was okay, so they used the seal of the Shang Zhongshu family and promulgated it. What's wrong with our procedures tonight? Besides, the emperor is not in good health. It's not just a day or two. The whole Chang'an city knows that the weather is getting colder day by day. The emperor must either recover from his illness, or he can only let someone supervise the country on his behalf and concentrate on recuperating. How old is the emperor's child? It's not sure whether you can raise him or not! You are the eldest among the emperor's brothers and have experienced the military war in the north. Who else can be used without you? Don't worry, no one will be suspicious after this edict is sent out. !”

"Perhaps no one here in Chang'an is suspicious, but what about Wang Wenzuo?" Li Xian asked: "He knows that I escaped from Fan Yang!"

"So what if you know? He is still thousands of miles away at this time. Even if he flies, it will take several months before he can return to Chang'an. By then, the position of monarch and minister will be decided!" Queen Pei said with a smile: "Are you still afraid that you can't defeat him?"

After listening to Queen Pei's persuasion, the worry on Li Xian's face did not dissipate. He sighed: "Forget it, we can only go on at this point. I hope everything will be as you said and nothing will go wrong again." !”

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The heavy sound of horse hooves awakened Cui Hongdu from his sleep. He raised his head, and the dim morning light was flowing into the house through the window. He got up from the bed, walked to the window, and looked down at the Zuo Yulin Army barracks. The heavily armed knight was doing his routine morning drills, riding and shooting at high speed, or cutting down the straw man representing the enemy. Everything was business as usual. He yawned. Damn it, maybe he shouldn't have lived in the military camp yesterday. After all, he had a bottle of wine last night. The wine is a bit too full-bodied.

The morning was hazy, and the sky was filled with heavy red clouds. Cui Hongdu had breakfast with the officers on duty. Perhaps because of the wine last night, his appetite was not very good. He fiddled with the food on the plate in boredom with his chopsticks and watched several of his subordinates who had just returned from riding the horse gobble it up.

"General Cui!" An officer put down his chopsticks: "A section of the garden wall in Xiyuan was damaged a few days ago. I was afraid that local thieves would crawl in and poach the prey in Xiyuan, so I took a team of troops to patrol it first! "

"Okay!" Cui Hongdu nodded: "Remember, we are governed by tolerance and benevolence. If you encounter someone who comes in to poach, just give him a few whips and teach him a lesson and drive him out!"

"Yes, I have remembered it!" The officer stood up and was about to go out. Suddenly, dozens of fully armed soldiers poured in from outside the restaurant. Cui Hongdu subconsciously held the handle of the knife at his waist and shouted: " What are you going to do? Rebellion?"

The soldiers silently retreated to the wall, forming a circle that enveloped everyone. The officers at the dining table all stood up, with weapons in hand, and those without picked up their tables and chairs, ready to fight these uninvited guests. war.

"Is it you? Ge Dewei?" Cui Hongdu's expression changed drastically when he saw the man who looked like an iron tower entering the door. The other person was Ge Dewei, the right-leading army guard general. He usually didn't get along well with him in the Forbidden Army: "What are you going to do? This is the palace. Nai, do you want to rebel?"

"Of course I won't rebel!" Godway sneered.

"Then what are you doing? Leading troops into the palace and into the Forbidden Army camp. Isn't this rebellion?" Cui Hongdu asked.

"Of course I entered the palace under the imperial edict!" Ge Dewei smiled, stepped aside, let the man behind him come, and said loudly: "The imperial edict is coming!"

When Cui Hongdu saw the man wearing a scarlet robe behind Ge Dewei, it was Xu Xuwen, the young eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, his knees softened and he knelt down subconsciously. Xu Xuwen's high-pitched and clear edict came to his ears: "Left Yulin General Cui Hongdu is loyal, brave and prudent, and has been moved to the left leading general. The original post will be replaced by the right leading guard general Ge Dewei. Thank you!"

"General Cui, congratulations!" Godwin looked at Cui Hongdu with a smile, looking proud.

Hearing this, Cui Hongdu didn't understand that he was promoted openly and secretly, and his military power was lifted, and handed over to Ge Dewei, who usually did not deal with him. But now the situation is stronger than others. Looking at their posture, if he dares to say anything, Godwei can chop him down.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Cui Hongdu kowtowed twice, reached out to take Xu Xuwen's imperial edict, took two steps back, and stood aside. Ge Dewei sent Xu Xuwen away, turned around and said to Cui Hongdu: "General Cui, do you have anything else to explain to me about military matters? If not, then I will have someone take you back to your home?"

How could Cui Hongdu not know that this was someone trying to drive him away, but he could only say: "You are also an old soldier, what do you need me to explain to you!"

"That's good!" Godwei was too lazy to continue being polite and said to the subordinates next to him: "You take twenty people to send General Cui home. There must be no mistakes on the way, otherwise military law will be engaged!"

Cui Hongdu was escorted home. As soon as he entered the house, he called for his slave: "You guys go out to investigate and see what is happening outside. Quick, go back as soon as possible."

After sending his servants out to investigate, Cui Hongdu changed into a short robe and wrapped his head with Gebu. He looked like an ordinary commoner. He climbed over the back wall and went out, then went to Murong Miao's house. When he arrived at Murong's house, he gave his name. As soon as he entered the door, he heard Murong Miao's familiar laughter coming from inside: "General Cui doesn't come to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. He doesn't even invite you on weekdays. Why are you here today?"

"Something big happened in the palace!" Cui Hongdu lowered his voice: "Go to the place where we can talk!"

Murong Miao was stunned. He looked at Cui Hongdu in surprise. Then he looked around and said, "Follow me!" He sat down in the middle pavilion, and before Murong Miao could ask, Cui Hongdu said, "Just now, an angel arrived in the palace and issued an edict to promote me to an official position, but let Ge Dewei take my original official position!"

"Gedwei?" Murong Miao thought for a moment, then nodded: "The main messenger behind this should be the queen!"

"Queen? Why is this?"

"This General Ge's wife is the Hedong Pei family, and she is from the same clan as the Queen!"

"Queen? Did something happen to the emperor?" Cui Hongdu was shocked.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious!" Murong Moo grabbed Cui Hongdu: "If this is really the case, then there is no point in being anxious now, because most of the things happened last night, otherwise the edict would not have arrived early in the morning. You There’s no point in rushing now!”

"That's true!" Cui Hongdu asked: "If this is really the case, what should we do?"

Murong Mu thought for a while: "If it is true as you said, my military power will definitely not be preserved, then we should go to see Hei Te Changzhi first. His soldiers were brought from Liaodong, and no one can take them from him. Let’s go; and then there is Yiji Lianbode, he is the transfer envoy of Shaanzhou, and the rice bag from Chang’an is in his hand, so the Queen will not attack him in the short term.”

"That's true. Then let's split up. You go to see Black Tooth Changzhi, and I'll go to see Ijilianbod. Don't delay, let's set off now!"

"Well, that's all it can do!" Murong Miao could only nodded, and the two of them packed up and prepared to go out. At this time, he saw the house slave coming in from the outside, looking frightened, as if the sky was falling.

"What's going on? There's no decency!" Murong Miao scolded.

"Lang, Langjun, the emperor has retired to recuperate, and His Highness King Pei is in charge of the country!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Murong Miao was so angry that he kicked the slave to the ground: "King Pei obviously became the marching marshal and went to Liaodong with the general. How could he be allowed to supervise the country? You kid Is it itchy?"

The slave kowtowed repeatedly to apologize, but Cui Hongdu had calmed down. He said to Murong Miao: "I think it might be true. Think about it, if the Queen really wants to harm Your Majesty, the only way is to take Pei. Wang Nong comes back to supervise the country, otherwise she is a woman and has no son, so she will not be able to cause any trouble no matter how much trouble she makes. There are no tricks."

"That's true!" Murong Miao thought for a while and nodded: "If this is true, then the general's situation is very bad!"

"Yes!" Cui Hongdu nodded: "Then without further delay, we will immediately split up to find Hei Te Changzhi and Yiji Lianbode to see if there is any way to save it!"

The two of them had made up their mind and immediately split up. Cui Hongdu rushed to Heijia Changzhi, informed the other party of what happened, and then asked: "This is the situation, please come to Shen Yongduozhi quickly and tell him what to do?" "

After hearing this, Hei Te Changzhi was speechless for a while, and finally said: "Look at it, now that the edict has been issued, it is a done deal. I can't do anything in the Chang'an city with more than a thousand horses. It's better to withdraw from the city first, no matter it is Whether you go to Shaanzhou to meet up with Yiji Lianbode or something else, you can get a head start. Otherwise, stay in the city and wait for King Pei and others to free up their hands to deal with us. We can neither fight nor surrender. Wouldn't it be embarrassing?"

"Not bad!" Cui Hongdu applauded, stroking his hands: "You're right, they attacked me overtly and covertly this morning to seize my military power, instead of throwing me directly into the sky prison. They probably haven't stabilized the situation yet. Wait until It's stabilized, I guess. They're going to take care of us!"

The two of them reached an agreement and immediately gathered their troops, packed their bags, left the city gate, and headed for Shaanxi Province.

Political Hall.

"Report to the servants! Cui Hongdu and Hei Te Changzhi have led their troops out of the city!"

"What?" Pei Judao looked up from the document: "How many troops are there? Do they have any military symbols?"

"There are about a thousand cavalry, and they should have been brought back from Liaodong by Hei Te Changzhi. They rushed out, and there is no military seal letter!"

"Sure enough, he has the nature of a jackal!" Pei Judao snorted coldly: "Send the order and order soldiers and horses to intercept him along the way. He must not be allowed to escape from the pass!"

"Pei Gong!" Zhang Wenguan coughed: "In my opinion, this matter is based on prudence. It's best not to use weapons rashly!"

"Xiangong Zhang?" Pei Judao said angrily: "It is said in the national law that if you send more than fifty troops without military talismans, you will be killed! Hei Te Changzhi and Cui Hongdu sent a thousand troops to clash at the gate of Chang'an, but you said you should be cautious? What is the national law?"

"Pei Gong, of course I know the laws of the country, but they do this for a reason!" Zhang Wenguan said with a smile: "Pei Gong, these two are General Wang's favorite generals, and they have also contributed to the country. General Wang is far away at the border now. , there are hundreds of thousands of people under his command, if a misunderstanding really arises, it will not be a good thing for the country or the family!"

Pei Judao's thick eyebrows rose dangerously: "Is Mr. Zhang trying to teach me a lesson?"

"Don't take it as a lesson! A certain family is just reminding Mr. Pei not to forget what happened a few years ago. A mere two or three thousand passing rebels made a big fuss around Chang'an. In the end, it took hundreds of Huihe troops to put it down. Black The thousand cavalrymen of Ji Changzhi are extremely capable after hundreds of battles. If they are put down, it is a matter of course, but if the battle situation is unfavorable and the battle is delayed for a long time, wouldn't it be ridiculous?"

Pei Judao's angry eyebrows calmed down, and the anger in his chest was subdued by reason: "Forget it, just follow Mr. Zhang!"