Chang'an is good

The Chu family was taken away early.

The person in charge of this matter is Meng Lie.

The imperial guards searched everywhere in the city, and Meng Lie placed the Chu family in the secret passage of Dengtai Tower.

Meng Lie originally proposed to place as many people as possible in the sacrificial ceremony at the Imperial Ancestral Temple today to ensure the safety of the Imperial Tutor as much as possible.

This proposal was flatly rejected by Master Chu, who asked Meng Lie in return: "Is this the person who manages the secret stakes under her? How can you succeed if you are so ignorant of the importance and ignore the overall situation? Don't ruin my plan!"

Li Yin never let down his guard. The entire imperial city was under his control. No matter how powerful Meng Lie was, the risk of his plan being exposed would increase if he placed one more person in the plan.

Taifu Chu has been planning for a long time and will not allow any mistakes to occur. Taifu is very clear about the defense of the imperial city and does not think that just a few dozen experts can protect him from the incident. With too many people, there will be more chances of making mistakes. Once they are exposed, all their efforts will be wasted.

Because of this suggestion, Meng Lie was almost scolded by Master Chu, who was suffering from a stupidity attack.

At that time, Meng Lie didn't say anything else.

As someone who had been in charge of Dengtai Tower for more than 20 years, how could he not know that his proposal was quite risky?

He was never a person who acted on impulse. On the contrary, compared with Chang Kuo Wu Jue and the others, he was an extremely rational and indifferent person, and his decisions would never be shaken by external factors.

But he knew one thing very well - Tutor Chu was no less a father than a father to His Highness, and His Highness would probably find it difficult to bear the price of losing this teacher.

But this teacher was extremely stubborn. He was so determined to pave the way for his students that no one could shake him.

And another "teacher" made almost the same decision.

As the person who made the secret deployment, Meng Lie had already prepared a retreat route for Qiao Yang and his son, and could protect them in a secret passage temporarily until the army entered the capital.

But Qiao Yang also refused and chose to stay in the Imperial College.

Compared with the sharp and stubborn Master Chu, Qiao Yang has always been an easy-going and peaceful person. He has no sharp edges in his personality and no strong personal background.

When he made such a life-and-death decision, he simply sighed and said to Meng Lie in a normal tone that since he had let his students know the truth and seen the ugliness, he could not leave them alone to face the ugliness, otherwise what kind of teacher would he be?

He never abandoned his students, not when Bian's army entered the city, nor today.

On this day, Meng Lie suddenly had a deep understanding of the meaning of the word "teacher".

Taifu and Qiao Yang are both very good teachers.

They are good teachers for students and also good teachers for the world.

It is because of the existence of such people that people dare to believe that the world can still be saved, and that the flame of justice in everyone's heart will not be extinguished.

Your Highness often says: If you focus your mind on one thing, you can accomplish anything.

In the city today, those who focus their minds on spreading the truth are all saviors.

Meng Lie stood on a high pavilion in the backyard and faintly heard the sad cries of a scholar coming from the second floor.

The painting "Tiger Walking in the Forest" created by Li Suining in the past is still hanging on the second floor of Dengtai Tower.

Some desperate and indignant literati burst into tears in front of the painting, denouncing the heaven for being blind, for causing the savior to die in a foreign country and for allowing the traitor to ascend the throne.

As an ordinary person, the more you understand the true face of the person who has stolen the throne, the more you can appreciate the preciousness and respectability of the princess's journey to the north to fight.

Someone said sadly, "If God really has the virtue of loving life, why not return Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess to the people of Dasheng!"

The city was shaking with noise. Meng Lie looked steadily towards the city gate, with a glimmer of hope surging in his eyes.

Recently, the extent of the martial law in Beijing has reached, and Meng Lie, who is in charge of the secret agents, has the clearest understanding of this.

Hidden spies are a common tactic used by various forces, and in just these ten days, spies from many forces were eliminated by Li Yin's men.

Meng Lie was experienced, and in order to avoid the limelight and avoid exposing his plan, he suspended all communication with the outside world.

It was difficult for him to know the details of the situation outside the city at the moment.

However, experience told him that Li Yin's extraordinary martial law... was probably due to some major incident.

Thinking of a possibility, tears welled up in the eyes of Meng Lie, who was always calm and composed. While people in the city were saving the world, perhaps there were people outside the city who were trying their best to save these saviors.

Dengtai Tower was soon broken into and searched by the imperial guards.

The literati either fled in panic or confronted the imperial guards. Blood was soon shed in the fistfights. When the imperial guards drew their swords, the owner of Dengtai Tower came forward and asked the imperial guards for leniency, offering a large sum of money.

If it were any other day, or half a day ago, those imperial guards would not have dared to accept such a bribe, but at this moment... who can say that they had no fear in their hearts when they swung their swords?
Naturally, they had all seen the book of a hundred crimes. They had suddenly become the minions of traitors, and they couldn't help but think that if what was written above was true, when the army entered the capital to attack in the future, would the blood on their hands today become evidence of their crimes?
The fact that the imperial guards dared to accept the huge sum of money offered to them during this chaotic time also showed that people's hearts were already breaking down.

They confiscated the papers from the hands of the literati, but they could not confiscate the truth imprinted in people's hearts.

After the imperial guards left, the shopkeeper hurriedly had the gate closed and temporarily housed the literati.

Some literati sat down dejectedly, while others were still very angry and clamored to leave.

The sounds of fleeing in panic, shouting, crying, and the clashing of swords and armor while walking, all of these sounds, accompanied by the still warm spring breeze, carried the truth further away.

Dengtai Tower closed its doors, and many shops along the street also closed their doors. The mansions of the powerful and wealthy, who still had no idea what had happened, also closed their doors, holding in trembling hands the "Book of Punishment for Li Yin's Hundred Crimes" that had come from nowhere or flown in.

At the southeast corner of the majestic imperial city, Lu Chong led a group of imperial guards and charged out in blood. The blood dyed the flat and straight palace road outside the Jingfeng Gate red, and more imperial guards chased after them.

At the same time, heavy troops had surrounded the Imperial College.

The leader of the imperial guards entered the Imperial College, drew his sword and said, "If we don't want to cause more casualties, please ask Master Qiao to come with us!"

It was never appropriate to kill Qiao Yang in public. Experience told him that at this time he should intimidate these literati instead of angering them.

The capital is already in chaos today. Almost all the imperial guards left in the city have been dispatched. There are thousands of students in the Imperial College. A full-scale conflict would be very troublesome. He cannot spare so many people at once.

Qiao Yang didn't want to see that scene, so he chose to stay.

Before this, he had issued strict orders to restrain the students, but at this time there were still students trying to stop him from leaving. Qiao Yubai couldn't help but step forward and tightly grasped his father's wrist.

Qiao Yang pressed his son's hand, turned his head slightly, and instructed again: "Be sure to stay here and wait for half a month... Remember?"

Facing his father's eyes as he bid him farewell, Qiao Yubai nodded almost stiffly but firmly, and finally slowly let go of his father's hand. "Sacrifice wine!"

Hu Huan tried to hold Qiao Jijiu back, but was stopped by Qiao Yubai instead.

Soon, the imperial guards blocked the way of the students. Some of the students cried out "Teacher" and "Jijiu" sadly. With tears and anger in their eyes, they watched the figure in the long gown walk towards the imperial guards.

Qiao Yubai stared at his father's figure, his eyes gradually filled with tears.

Through the tears, my father's back was still calm and normal, as if he was just going to the back hill to fish for a few fish, and would return home with the fish basket at dusk.

Half a month... What supports Qiao Yubai at this moment is his father's instructions.

He forced himself to remain calm, and went over the plan in his mind again and again, in order to resist the urge to run after his father and go with him.

According to the plan, this half-month period was the time needed for the "Book of Punishment for Li Yin's Hundred Crimes" and the "death news" of the Grand Tutor to spread everywhere...

The people who send the message out can be the students like them, the scholars in the city, the ordinary people, or the powerful officials and royal family members!

Every voice and every drop of blood in the city today is awakening more people. These voices and blood will make everyone understand that no one will recognize the traitor Li Yin's identity as an emperor!
A passionate person will see in this the justice and humanity that cannot be ignored, while a cold-blooded person will see in this the benefits and prospects that cannot be refused!

Therefore, no matter how Li Yin suppresses and blocks it, the truth is bound to spread!

When the news spreads, today's capital will be everywhere in the future, and the morale of the various forces that were once recruited by Li Yin in the name of benevolence will quickly disintegrate and collapse.

When the general trend comes, the Huainan Dao, which has already secretly prepared its troops, will immediately send troops to the capital to attack Li Yin in the name of the emperor and the princess!

By then, all resistance will be reduced, and the people in the capital will have lost their morale. Marquis Zhongyong can then kill Li Yin at the lowest cost!

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In the complete plan of Master Chu and Luo Guanlin, after the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery entered the capital and stabilized the situation, they would let the Grand Princess Li Rong act as regent and wait for the Crown Princess to return to the capital.

They paved the smoothest and brightest road for the Crown Princess to return to Beijing, and also intended to reduce the war for the people.

In this plan, it was Master Chu who started the game inside the capital, while outside the capital, Chang Kuo and Li Rong waited for the opportunity to take action.

In addition, it was also within the expectations of Taifu and Luo Guanlin that Li Yin would send troops from Qianzhong Road to guard Huainan Road. Since it was anticipated, there would naturally be a countermeasure - this countermeasure would be implemented by Changsun and Xiao Min.

This situation was like a great array to slay demons, with everyone in the game keeping their positions, and the Grand Tutor had already completed his duty of activating the array.

The timing of revealing the truth and the person who reveals the truth are both crucial. Luo Guanlin, who has been in officialdom for many years, knows very well that once Li Yin ascends the throne with the recognition of the world, no matter how sharply worded the accusations in the future are, they will be pale. The wise monarch Li Yin will have plenty of room for rebuttal and can define all accusations as the other party's dirty slander.

That would be a long political confrontation and struggle, which would be unfair to his lord and the people of the world.

Today’s Gyeonggi Province is bloody, but only what everyone has experienced with their own eyes can be said to be the most powerful truth.

Every cry and every step in the city at this moment is to prevent greater turmoil and massacre in the future.

The battle has begun, the trend has been established, the truth can no longer be covered up, and those who do evil will forever lose the support of the people.

Only in this way can the unrest be controlled within the capital without causing chaos in the whole country.

Today, those involved in the game are willing to die for it, out of compassion for the common people, and also out of loyalty and admiration for the person heading north - since she decided to go north, she deserved the game offered to her by everyone.

At this point, Luo Guanlin, who had been secretly cooperating with the Grand Tutor, had also completed all of the Grand Tutor's arrangements.

He thought that the next thing should be decided by him - just as Luoyang no longer needed Qian Shen, this accomplished situation no longer needed Luo Guanlin.

But outside of the plan, Luo Guanlin believed that he might still be able to use his talents.

Standing in the Hanyuan Hall, Luo Guanlin thought a lot.

Qian Shen is an innocent man who has done no wrong in his life and is qualified to serve the princess.

But Luo Guanlin is a filthy man, he is conceited and has numerous faults, such a person should make full use of his resources to atone for his sins.

An official in the Hanyuan Hall hit his head against the pillar to express his determination, but due to frequent accidents, the auspicious time for bestowing the emperor's seal had been missed.

The situation in the palace was somewhat absurd. During the coronation ceremony, there were imperial guards standing in line, blocking the palace gate with knives in hand. Some officials were even forced to kneel in the palace.

Finally, Luo Guanlin stepped forward and presented the seal to Li Yin.

There were sounds of spitting and cursing in the hall, but Luo Guanlin, who was granting the seal to the traitor, seemed not to hear them.

He held a white jade tray in his hand and bowed to present the seal.

When Li Yin raised his hand, a sharp dagger suddenly appeared in Luo Guanlin's sleeve. The moment the jade plate left his hand, he grasped the knife with both hands and stabbed Li Yin in front of him with all his strength.

Although there had been many unexpected incidents in the palace, this one still occurred very suddenly.

Officials entering and leaving the palace had to undergo strict inspection, so it was impossible for them to carry such a sharp blade.

However, Luo Guanlin had not left the palace for more than ten days in preparation for the coronation ceremony, and this knife was a fruit knife in the palace.

The fruit knife has limited lethality, but if Luo Guanlin stabs out with all his might, there is still a possibility of taking Li Yin's life - for Luo Guanlin, his mission has been completed, and now he only has one life to lose. If he can use this life to kill Li Yin, the subsequent turmoil and killing can be reduced again. It is not a bad idea to do nothing!
But he failed.

After the dagger stabbed him, Li Yin's body did not move.

The tip of the knife cut through the imperial robe and pierced through layers of ceremonial clothes, but was quickly blocked.

The obstruction came from the finely woven close-fitting armor.

The jade plate and the seal fell, and Li Yin quickly grabbed Luo Guanlin's wrist, then twisted it hard, pushed back suddenly, and stabbed the dagger into Luo Guanlin's chest!

Luo Guanlin staggered back, and two imperial guards rushed forward, holding him down immediately, one on the left and one on the right.

There was a commotion in the hall, and the eunuchs fell to the ground in silence. Li Yin looked at Luo Guanlin and asked, "Sir, are you also going to betray me and seek death by betraying your master?"

Scarlet blood flowed out of Luo Guanlin's mouth. He looked at Li Yin with a completely different look in his eyes. He spoke word by word, "Luo has never betrayed his master."

"My lord is the Crown Princess Li Suining!" He said almost cheerfully, "You, the thief of the country, are just a pawn I use to pave the way for my lord!" (End of this chapter)