Chang'an is good

piece.

These two words almost made Li Yin's eyes become dead silent in an instant, like a bottomless abyss.

He regarded the world as a chess player and believed that he had never entered a chess game. Even when Li Suining returned safely from the northern border, he had to engage in a long confrontation and competition with him. However, it was a game of chess in which one of them held the black pieces and the other held the white pieces.

But... now he has become what others call a "chess piece"?
Li Yin felt almost absurd as he watched Luo Guanlin being restrained by the imperial guards.

A man who hates women in power, but secretly pledges allegiance to another woman?
Li Yin tried to suspect that Luo Guanlin was using this as a cover-up to hide the real master behind the scenes, but... when the other party mentioned "my lord Li Suining", he was almost proud of it, and his expression of utmost loyalty was flawless and very dazzling.

Moreover, on the way back to Hanyuan Palace, Li Yin had already become suspicious due to the frequent accidents.

Li Yin slowly walked towards Luo Guanlin and asked in a low voice: "So, the matter of Tubo's invasion was leaked by you, sir?"

That was why they deployed defenses in the northern border in advance to stop the Tubo rebellion outside Taiyuan, and that was why Chu Hui made such a firm accusation of treason today!

Li Yin was full of admiration: "I have clearly never mentioned a word to you, sir... You are so observant and thoughtful, I am really impressed!"

"It turns out that you are also the key to today's situation..."

He and Chu Hui, one in the dark and one in the light, worked together to weave this big net for him!
Li Yin leaned closer and asked with a smile: "Sir, you are so talented, I wonder what else you have done for me?"

Luo Guanlin's eyes were filled with ridicule and contempt, as if he was looking at a trapped beast that had begun to go mad.

Amid the commotion in the hall, the imperial guards guarding outside the hall suddenly made way, and a dusty, armored general rushed into the hall, saluted to Li Yin in a panic, and knelt down to apologize: "...I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

Li Yin turned his head and looked at the man intently.

He was his trusted military officer, and he had originally arranged him to be stationed in the Qizhou area.

After completely controlling the capital, Li Yin began to rearrange the defenses on all four sides of the capital. He deployed his personal troops mainly on the northeastern sides of the capital to guard Huainan Road and Luoyang.

The 100,000-strong "imperial" army that he had conquered earlier and entered the capital with him to attack the Bian army, including tens of thousands of Xuan Ce troops led by Chai Ting, were deployed by him in the Qizhou area west of the capital to guard against the southward advance of Tubo. Li Yin also had another consideration. Although many generals in the 100,000-strong army had secretly surrendered to him, they were not completely trusted by him after all. He was not so arrogant as to use Chai Ting to deal with Chang Kuo, who was also from the Xuan Ce army. It would be more appropriate to send them away for the time being.

In the 100,000-man army, many key positions had been replaced by his people, and Chai Ting's military power had been divided up for the most part... Once he ascended the throne, he would recruit military talents from all over the world, and then he would be able to truly take over those troops. Of course, if Tubo really had the ambition to move south, there would be no need to feel sorry for using these people's lives to resist Tubo, and it could be said that he had made the best use of them.

All the plans had been carefully weighed and the situation was under control, but today's ceremony was ruined, and the trusted general he had arranged in Qizhou suddenly came back, kneeling here to apologize to him in such an embarrassed manner...

The general knocked his head to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "...I failed to do my job well and let Chai Ting rebel!"

Li Yin's eyes gradually turned sinister: "Tell me, what did he use to rebel?"

Among Chai Ting's tens of thousands of Xuan Ce troops, many generals had already secretly surrendered to him, and even Chai Ting could not necessarily tell which ones were his people... Chai Ting had long lost his real power, so what could he use to rebel?
The general was sweating profusely. On his way here, he naturally saw the chaos in the imperial city. Apparently something big had happened in the capital... and the prince seemed to have become a different person from the inside out.

He recounted in panic the turmoil that had occurred in the Qizhou army.

Chai Ting is old and has suffered from an old illness in recent months. He has not been involved in military affairs much. Most people in the army have tacitly agreed that after the new emperor ascends the throne, new generals will be selected and appointed, and Chai Ting can be safely replaced at that time.

So no one expected that this old general who was about to retire would suddenly launch a swift and vigorous power seizure in the army, purging all the generals who obeyed Li Yin's orders, including the old subordinates in Xuan Ce's army.

Four days ago, the person responsible for conveying written orders from the capital arrived at the Qizhou army.

The man who came was Li Yin's confidant. He had been to and from the Qizhou army many times and was already a familiar face.

This time, in addition to the military documents, he was also ordered to reward the army. The new emperor was about to ascend the throne, and he celebrated with the army to show the emperor's grace.

That night, the army served wine and cooked meat, and the atmosphere was filled with celebration.

Chai Ting found a secret letter among those documents, which contained a secret order from Prince Rong. He then summoned dozens of military generals to discuss the matter.

Those generals drank too much, so Chai Ting ordered people to prepare sobering soup.

Soon, the confidant of Li Yin who was delivering the documents also came to the tent to listen. He was only responsible for delivering the documents and it was impossible for him to know every decision of the prince. But when he heard Chai Ting claim that King Rong ordered them to go north immediately to resist Tubo, he still noticed something strange...

The prince ordered them to garrison here for the purpose of being on guard, so why would he take the initiative to send troops to support the northern border?

Some of the military generals also raised questions.

The elderly Chaitin held the secret order in his hand and looked at everyone.

The secret order under his command did not come from Prince Rong, but from Luo Guanlin.

The content of the secret order did not ask them to support the North, or rather, it was a detailed list.

Seven out of ten people on the list are already in the account.

Those people soon noticed something strange, which came from their bodies.

There is poison in the hangover soup.

At the same time, a group of Xuan Ce's troops rushed into the tent, and a bloodbath began. All those who entered the tent to discuss matters were slaughtered, including the confidant who delivered the documents.

The three out of ten people who were not on the list had already been targeted and were quickly dealt with.

Those who took action were all from Xuan Ce's army.

Although there were many people in Xuan Ce's army who had already defected to Li Yin, more of Xuan Ce's army had originally insisted on going north to resist the Northern Di together with the general. In the end, they were persuaded by Chai Ting - these people were the support for Chai Ting's actions.

At the beginning, the reason why Chai Ting chose to follow Li Yin to Beijing to quell the rebellion was not only to protect Xuan Ce's army, but also because he received a secret letter...

The secret letter came from General Cui Jing, which ordered Chai Ting to wait for the opportunity and revealed the truth about the death of the former crown prince to Chai Ting.

Before this action, Chai Ting revealed the truth to the generals of Xuan Ce's army who were not on the list. Only then did everyone know that the benevolent man who was about to ascend the throne in the capital was the real enemy of Xuan Ce's mansion.

Cui Jing communicated with Li Suining on all his actions. Before Li Suining set out north from Taiyuan, he handed over all matters to his teacher, including the true positions of Xiao Min, Changsun, Chai Ting and others.

Master Chu and Luo Guanlin worked together to set up the scheme. Luo Guanlin also knew about Chai Ting's specialness. The two had previously exchanged letters in secret. This bloody power-grabbing change was a plan that Luo Guanlin and Chai Ting had already made. In order to minimize the scope of the turmoil, it was imperative to remove Li Yin's confidants in one fell swoop.

After the bloodbath, Chai Ting immediately spread the truth among the army that "the empress is still alive and Prince Rong is charged with regicide", and with the military force of Xuan Ce's army, he successfully controlled the 100,000-strong army.

The 100,000-strong army may not all obey Chai Ting's orders and attack Li Yin immediately, but today's "Book of Punishment for Li Yin's Hundred Crimes" will be transmitted to Qizhou in three days. By then, people all over the world will be shocked. Even if it is just due to the situation, this army that once obeyed the empress must correct its position again!

Under the leadership of Chai Ting, they will become a sharp sword, blocking Li Yin's escape route from Beijing to Jiannan Road in the future.

If it is said that only Master Chu could have revealed Li Yin's crimes in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, then only Luo Guanlin could have joined forces with Chai Ting to regain control of a 100,000-man army overnight.

Only because he had been lurking beside Li Yin for a long time, gained Li Yin's trust, and followed Li Yin all the way to lead troops into the capital, could he have compiled that long list accurately.

"It turns out that your skills and abilities are far better than what I have seen!" Li Yin laughed again, but his eyes were cold: "You have taken great pains to gain the trust of me and everyone around me... One knife after another, it is really hard to defend against!"

Leaking the news of Tubo's invasion, secretly helping Master Chu, blocking his path to Jiannan Road, and many other things he didn't know about... All of these were done by Luo Guanlin alone! The Luo Yushi he thought of had actually changed his face and personality at some point, but he was still hiding beside him with his original face!
"No wonder the master stopped acting!" Li Yin said in a surprised tone, "So he knew he was going to be exposed!"

Some things can be done quietly, but once some things are done, there is only this one chance - to help Chai Ting seize military power. Once this news is passed back, Luo Guanlin will be immediately exposed in Li Yin's eyes.

He used his own retreat in exchange for blocking Li Yin's retreat.

He also calculated the time to travel to and from Qizhou, knowing that news would be sent back today, so he prepared a fruit knife, intending to wait for an opportunity to attack Li Yin... The granting of the seal would be his only chance, and this was not an impulsive act of seeking death. The death was already decided, he just wanted to take the initiative to attack before Li Yin killed him.

He was going to die anyway, so even if he failed to succeed, he didn't suffer any loss!

Facing Luo Guanlin's still fearless eyes, Li Yin looked at him steadily and said word by word: "Sir, you have devoted yourself to planning and arranging for others, and are willing to be a madman or a dead man... This really makes me envious."

As Li Yin spoke, he pulled out the dagger, then suddenly stabbed it into Luo Guanlin's abdomen, pushing it deeper and deeper until only the handle was left.

Luo Guanlin's face was distorted by pain, but his eyes were full of joy.

What is a trap? If you can't cut off their retreat, what kind of trap is it?

From the moment he decided to leave Luoyang and stepped into this situation, he was prepared to die!
If those who enter the game do not have the determination to die and are hesitant, how can they succeed?
He entered into this situation to follow his lord to save people and the world. Since he came here alone, he should leave alone. He would not become a hostage to make things difficult for his lord, nor would he endanger the lives of any innocent people just because he wanted to escape... This was what he wanted, and this was what he got!
Looking at Li Yin's gloomy face and the emotions that could no longer be suppressed, he was extremely happy, grinning with his bloody mouth, and said word by word: "Jiannan Dao, the prince can't go back... I am waiting for the prince on the road to the underworld! I will definitely watch the prince fall into the Avici purgatory with my own eyes!"

As the imperial guards removed their grip, Luo Guanlin staggered back two steps, blood gushing out of his mouth. Before he fell, he turned to face the officials and shouted hoarsely, "Luo Guanlin followed Xu Zhengye in the uprising. He caused suffering to the people for his own selfish reasons. This is truly a heinous crime..."

"But when he was about to die, he was pitied by the goddess, so he was able to save his life and was taught by the goddess..."

"If there are any mistakes in what the sinner Luo Guanlin did this time, it doesn't matter if it's serious or not. It's all my own fault!"

"If there are any achievements, no matter how big or small... they are all due to my master's painstaking teachings!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood, and along with the voice, he suddenly fell to the ground and fell heavily on the imperial steps.

Li Yin looked at the sticky blood on his right hand with irony - this was the only thing he got from his encounter with Mr. Luo.

But he lost too much.

Did he lose to people like Chu Hui and Luo Guanlin?
Yes, but not only...

The person who makes these people willingly pave the way with their lives is the most terrifying.

Yes, at this point, she had already made him feel terrible.

He had worked hard for many years to get to this point, and he hadn't even fought her face to face, but he was already on the verge of collapse.

What tricks did she use to make these powerful people come one after another and spontaneously do this?

Absurd things kept happening one after another... He really couldn't help but believe in that absurd possibility!

Li Yin felt unreal, and everything in the hall seemed to be twisting and deforming. He laughed, raised his arms, and let the sleeves of his wide robe fall down. He asked the crowd, "Is there no one willing to grant me the seal?"

Those officials who were suppressed by the imperial guards were still cursing, while the remaining officials lowered their heads in fear.

Li Yin didn't seem to care at all. He took the imperial seal held high by the trembling eunuch, held it in his hand, and said with a smile: "I am already the emperor of Dasheng."

So what if the retreat is blocked? The emperor doesn’t have to go back to Jiannan Road!

His army from Qianzhong Road was just outside the city, so he went to meet them in person, to see that niece, to see... which niece of his was it.

Li Yin's eyes were filled with sinister intent. Holding the imperial seal in his hand, he ordered two generals to come forward.

However, before he could issue the order to march out of the city to fight, an urgent report suddenly arrived in the palace.

The imperial guard who reported the news was covered in blood and knelt in the hall. He almost lost his original voice and said in horror: "...The army broke into the city from the east!"

The gates of the capital were broken.

Next, Luo Guanlin, who was lying silently on the imperial steps, only felt a noisy buzzing in his ears and the shadows of people's clothes.

In the chaos, he seemed to have lost his sense of time. After an unknown amount of time, he raised his hand with all his strength and grabbed a piece of robe.

He was a young eunuch who was eager to escape.

His strength was already very weak, but the eunuch admired what he had done, so he knelt down and cried, "Mr. Luo..."

His voice was also very weak: "My Lord, I didn't hear clearly... Who broke into the city?"

The eunuch's voice was filled with both fear and trepidation: "It is said that the Crown Princess is leading an army!"

But that may not be the case. Wasn't it said that there was a large army from Qianzhong Road outside the city? How could they have gotten in so quickly? Perhaps it was just a rumor...

"Then my lord is here..." Luo Guanlin reluctantly moved the corners of his mouth, as if smiling, and actually comforted the eunuch: "Don't be afraid, eunuch, my lord is a truly kind person... He will not hurt innocent people..." (End of this chapter)