Chapter 1187: Seeking Wealth and Danger

Wang Yuanji's funeral was solemn and pompous, and even the Tongluo Street was full of white lanterns, full of vegetarian streets, coming and going, endlessly.

This scene is comparable to the death of the emperor, but with the current status and power of the Sima family, such a funeral can indeed be deserved.

It is estimated that when Wang Yuanji was alive, she would never have thought that she would be buried in such a beautiful manner, she was humble like a weed before her death, trampled on by others, but after her death, she enjoyed such a respectful and high-standard funeral.

But for Wang Yuanji, all this has nothing to do with her, even if she is lying in the expensive golden silk nan wooden coffin, it is just a cold corpse, this Nuoda Sima Mansion has left her love and hate, but also left her endless regrets, she is unwilling to go, as for what happened behind her, it is not something she can control.

This funeral is extremely important to the Sima family, because the grandeur of a funeral is directly related to the status and prestige of a family, Wang Yuanji is Sima Zhao's wife, so this funeral must not be sloppy, otherwise it is easy to fall into laughter and affect the reputation of the Sima family.

Therefore, Sima Shi deliberately entered the palace and asked for a title from Empress Dowager Guo: Changyang County Jun, with this title, Sima's family can be buried according to the ceremony of the county monarch. The wedding and funeral etiquette of this era has strict regulations, not that whoever has money can talk about pomp and circumstance, and the wedding and funeral etiquette that transcends the identity is called overstepping the system, and it is to be impeached.

Of course, with Sima Shi's current status, no one dares to stand up for impeachment, even if someone eats the bear's heart and leopard gall and dares to be impeached, it is impossible for the court to take Sima Jia's help.

But despite this, Sima Shi did not dare to step on this red line easily, otherwise he would be suspected of rebellion, even if the Sima family had the intention of rebellion, at this time, it would definitely not be easily revealed.

Therefore, Wang Yuanji's funeral was within the scope of the ritual system, extremely luxurious, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all came to mourn.

Even Cao Fang, the Son of Heaven, went to mourn in person, which was enough to show the status of Sima Mansion.

Cao Fang went to Sima Mansion accompanied by Zhang Ji, although Cao Fang's emperor was like a puppet, but this did not prevent the Son of Heaven from having prestige, and he should use a car and honor guard.

The Son of Heaven came to Sima Mansion to offer condolences, which can be regarded as giving the Sima family enough face, such a thing, in Luoyang City, is enough for the people to talk about it for many days.

However, out of Sima's Mansion, Cao Fang seemed to be in a particularly cheerful mood, because Zhang Ji had already told Cao Fang about their plan to launch a mutiny on the day of the funeral, and Cao Fang also saw with his own eyes that Sima Shi was busy with the funeral and had no intention of dealing with political affairs, and the day of the funeral was also the busiest time for Sima's Mansion.

Zhang Ji whispered to Cao Fang: "Your Majesty, Li Zhongshu's brother Li Yi is currently the assassin of Yanzhou, we have already arranged it, on the day of the funeral, we will lead a thousand elite soldiers to ambush outside Luoyang City, and when the funeral procession of the Sima family passes by, they will be ambushed and killed in one fell swoop. Back then, Sima Yi took advantage of the general to go out of the city, closed the city gate, and carried out rebellion. ”

Cao Fang nodded again and again, and said: "Good strategy, good strategy, you can act according to the plan, but you must be cautious, do not let Sima Shi notice, Sima Shi is cunning and suspicious, once this matter is leaked, I and the Qing family, all of them will not be able to save their lives." ”

Zhang Ji arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, those involved in this matter, all the ministers and Li Zhongshu's confidants, are all brave and loyal, and have no ambitions, Your Majesty will return to the palace and wait for the good news." ”

Although Cao Fang is the Son of Heaven, he can't participate in such a secret operation, but listening to Zhang Ji's words, this matter has been determined to be nine out of ten, Cao Fang is also very happy, he has been a puppet emperor for 14 years, he can be regarded as the end, if Zhang Ji Li Feng can succeed, then he can raise his eyebrows and really reign over the world.

Zhang Ji and Li Feng's mutiny plan this time is indeed very detailed, after all, they also know that if they do such a thing, if they don't succeed, they will become benevolent, if they can really kill Sima Shi and one of his henchmen, then they are the ministers of Zhongxing in the imperial court, the three dukes of the extreme, and the glory is extremely high, if they fail, they will definitely be retaliated by Sima Shi's madness, and no one in the three clans can be spared.

The return is high, the natural risk is great, and it has always been rich and dangerous, and if you don't fight, how can you succeed? Zhang Ji and Li Feng are not descendants of the Sima family, although they are relatives of the emperor, but even the Son of Heaven is a puppet, and their relatives are simply chickens, and they do not have any real power in the court, they can only rely on people, and they have no future in their lives.

As long as Sima Shi is killed, they are the ministers of Zhongxing of Kuang Fu Sheji, and when the time comes, they will have the wind and the rain, and the power of the court and the central government will be in their hands, why not?

Therefore, no matter how much risk they take, Zhang Ji and Li Feng feel that it is worth it, not to mention that such a God-given opportunity is not available at any time, if you want to kill the tiger, you must have a chance when the tiger is napping, Sima Shi is shrewd and capable, yin and ruthless, usually grasp the power of the government and soldiers and horses, it is really difficult for them to find the right opportunity, and now, when the Sima family is in mourning, Sima Shi has no intention of taking care of anything else, Zhang Ji and Li Feng can succeed in one fell swoop as long as they can grasp this opportunity.

During this time, they have been making all preparations, the most critical point is the problem of troops, after all, Zhang Ji is just a Guanglu doctor, Li Feng is only a Zhongshu Ling, Xiahou Xuan is also too often, the positions of the three of them are equivalent to three light pole commanders, there are no soldiers to adjust at all, although they all have some family soldiers available, but such a force, compared with Sima Shi, who has heavy troops, that is, compared with the sun and the moon, is not on the same level at all.

Therefore, Li Feng boldly proposed a plan, that is, let his younger brother Li Yi lead troops into Beijing secretly, Li Yi is the assassin of Yanzhou, and holds the power of Yanzhou's soldiers and horses, as long as he can enter the king of Beijing Qin, this matter will be half the success.

However, according to the law of the imperial court, foreign officials are not allowed to enter Beijing without an edict, but this is difficult for Li Feng, and now Cao Fang, the son of heaven, is also involved in it.