The secret road of the Cao family is located in the library pavilion in the easternmost part of the back house, outside the wall is a forest as wide as one mile, and beyond this forest is the Chongxin Gate, because this forest is also the land of the Cao family, so it has not been developed, and has always maintained the original style, which is a relatively rare forest in Lin'an City.

At this time, at least more than 6,000 soldiers were deployed in the woods, they surrounded half of Cao Mansion from the east and south, and another 9,000 soldiers were deployed in the north and west.

The soldiers to the east and south were the closest to Caofu, only a few dozen paces, and they were hidden in the woods and difficult to spot, while the ambushes to the north and west were hundreds of paces away, and they were afraid of being discovered by Li Yanqing and breaking through.

The secret passage of Cao Mansion is about two hundred and fifty steps long, coming out of the secret passage, the exit is located in the center of the woods, and it is also just behind the ambush soldiers, several Li Yanqing's personal soldiers took the lead in drilling out of the tunnel, looking west for a while, there are still faint figures shaking in the west of the woods, that is, the soldiers in ambush in the woods.

Seeing that there was nothing abnormal in the east, they beckoned, and the soldiers in the tunnel came out one by one, quickly lined up, and rushed towards the Chongxin Gate in the east.

Chongxinmen is not the main city gate, but a corner gate, only half the size of the main city gate, and there are not many soldiers deployed, about 100 people during the day, and it is halved to 50 people at night, at this time, a large number of troops are in the city under the pretext of searching for assassins and control the streets and alleys of Lin'an City, especially near the palace, so that the area of Chongxinmen, which is sparsely populated, seems very deserted, there is no light, and it is dark above and below the city.

Li Yanqing did not seize Chongxinmen by force, he knew in his heart that before the palace coup broke out, all the soldiers did not know that the sky was about to change, and his position in the army was still lofty.

He came to the city gate, and the soldiers came forward and shouted, and in a moment, a guard on duty ran down, "See the capital for your humble duties!" ”

"Whose subordinate are you?"

"Returning to the capital, the lowly position is to command Yang Qing's subordinates."

This name is a little familiar, Li Yanqing thought about it, and suddenly remembered that Yang Qing seemed to be Pan Yue's general, and at present, Pan Yue had been transferred to Changzhou for military training, and the previous troops had also been dismantled.

Li Yanqing's heart moved, and he asked again, "Who is Yang Qing's boss?" ”

"Back to the capital, General Yang's boss is the general Miao Fu."

Li Yanqing groaned, took out a short sword, handed it to the escort team, and said, "This short sword was handed over to General Yang, and he said that I gave it to him, and he quickly understood what it meant." “

"Humble, remember!"

"Let's get started! I'm going out of town now. ”

The escort team did not dare to disobey Li Yanqing's order, and immediately ordered the city to be opened, the city gate creaked open, and the drawbridge was slowly lowered, Li Yanqing quickly led his own soldiers out of the city, and finally the personal soldiers who went out of the city whispered to the escort team: "If you don't want to die, you must never reveal that all of you are out of the city from here, if you say it, you will die." ”

After saying that, he left him and quickly left, and soon disappeared into the darkness.

The faces of the escorts changed greatly, and they didn't know what was happening, but at this moment, a low bell suddenly sounded from inside the city, 'Knock! Boom! Boom! ’

When the two watches arrived, the escort team urgently ordered his subordinates, "Close the city gate quickly!" ”

The city gate was slammed shut, the drawbridge was pulled up, everything was as if nothing had happened, and the escort team was uneasy and hurriedly ran to find their boss Yang Qing.

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Li Yanqing couldn't help but stop when he heard the bell, and looked back in the direction of the palace, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, Zhao Gou was still a little too tender compared to his father Zhao Ji, and Zhao Gou alone was not as decisive as Zhao Gou, he was assassinated at noon, and Zhao Ji launched a coup d'état at night, obviously ahead of schedule.

Now even he, Li Yanqing, has been tricked, if it weren't for the Cao family's secret way, he would probably be more than lucky today.

He never thought that the old man had a heart attack when he heard that he was assassinated, and finally unfortunately died, it would be a trap laid by Zhao Ji, and he couldn't prevent it at all, which shows that Zhao Ji was carefully deployed and thought about it well, and now he is not out of danger, let alone rescue Zhao Gou.

Li Yanqing sighed lowly, now he can only look at the will of heaven.

"Let's go!"

Li Yanqing gave an order, and left the official road with two hundred personal soldiers, and ran north along the hill road, they had no war horses, they could only run on foot, as long as they ran out of thirty miles, they were basically safe after crossing the Huantang River.

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In Zhao Ji's layout, the first important thing is to kill Li Yanqing, and after killing Li Yanqing, and then launch a palace coup, so that it is safe.

When the bell rang, Miao Fu immediately led a thousand soldiers to the gate of the Cao Mansion, after all, the Cao family is the leader of the meritorious family, Zhao Ji wants to sit on the throne, and he really doesn't dare to offend these forces, even if he can't win them over, then at least let them remain neutral.

Miao Fu decided to salute first and then soldier, if Li Yanqing resisted arrest, then they had no choice but to attack.

After a while, Cao Yan walked out of the mansion, he looked at the black soldiers in front of him, and then looked at the dense army in the distance, he was secretly glad that Li Yanqing had taken a step earlier, otherwise it would be really dangerous today.

He pretended to be stunned for a moment, "General Miao, what are you doing here?" ”

Miao Fu held up a gold medal, "On the order of the Son of Heaven, please invite His Royal Highness the King of Jin to enter the palace, and the Son of Heaven has an urgent military situation to discuss with him." ”

Cao Yan shook his head, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin has already left, doesn't General Miao know?" ”

Miao Fu's eyes widened suddenly, and he asked urgently, "When did he leave?" ”

"About half an hour ago! It was as if someone had sent him a letter, and he said that he was in a hurry and left first. “

Miao Fu turned around and found the soldiers watching outside, and asked in a low voice, "Did Li Yanqing leave?" ”

The soldier trembled with fright and said: "The lowly is responsible for monitoring the main gate, and the lowly is daring to guarantee with his life, Li Yanqing definitely did not leave, only two or three people came in and out, but it was definitely not Li Yanqing." ”

Miao Fu also arrested the soldiers in charge of monitoring at the back door and the east gate for interrogation, and they all swore that they did not see Li Yanqing leave.

Miao Fu was anxious in his heart, it seemed that he was really about to tear his face, he stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Cao Shangshu, I'm sorry, I don't want to embarrass the Cao family, but I have to find Li Yanqing, the stakes are very high, please Cao Shangshu cooperate with us!" “

Cao Yan looked at him for a while, and said coldly: "You can come in and search the mansion, except for the mourning hall, you can search anywhere!" ”

Miao Fu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Cao Yan gave in, it would be easy to do, "Then it will be offended!" ”

He turned around and waved his hand, "Enter the mansion and search!" ”

The soldiers rushed to Cao's mansion, several Cao family disciples were about to have a seizure, but Cao Yan waved his hand to stop them, now it is to buy time for Li Yanqing, and the longer the soldiers spend searching the mansion, the better.

Cao Yan wasn't worried that the soldiers would discover the secret passage, unless they would be interested in a book on the shelf, otherwise they would find nothing when they entered the library.

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Miao Fu looked very nervous, although the soldiers were still nervously searching the mansion, he already felt that something was wrong, if Li Yanqing was still in the mansion, Cao Yan would not let himself search the mansion like this, and he would not be so calm, could it be that Li Yanqing really ran away?

Miao Fu's scalp was numb for a while, if Li Yanqing really escaped, the Emperor Taishang would definitely not be able to bypass him.

Although Miao Fu was very worried, the unfortunate result finally came, and soldiers kept reporting that no trace of Li Yanqing and others was found, and Miao Fu's heart became cold for a while.

At this time, an adjutant general ran over and whispered to Miao Fu: "The brothers found two hundred war horses in the stable, which should be the mounts of Li Yanqing and his men. ”

"Did you find the tunnel opening?"

"Not found yet."

Miao Fu paced back and forth, since the war horse was still there, it meant that Li Yanqing fled after discovering that he was surrounded, and it would not take too long.

With Li Yanqing's strength, it is impossible for him to hide in Cao Mansion, he must have escaped through a certain tunnel, Miao Fu was shocked and angry in his heart, he immediately ordered three thousand troops to search the periphery, and continue to search Cao Mansion, and every corner could not be let go.

Miao Fu suddenly stared at the mourning hall, could it be that the entrance to the tunnel was on the mourning hall?

The more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became, so he rushed towards the mourning hall with two hundred soldiers, at this time more than 100 men and women of the Cao family gathered on the mourning hall, and more than a dozen Cao disciples stood in front of the gate of the mourning hall with weapons in their hands.

Cao Yan saw Miao Fu rushing towards him, he pulled out his sword and said coldly: "So, General Miao must alarm my father's soul?" ”

Miao Fu also pulled out his sword and said coldly: "I'm carrying out military orders, Cao Shangshu should first think about the lives of the Cao family!" ”

At this time, the children of the Cao family came out of the mourning hall one after another, and they all glared at Miao Fu, who gritted his teeth and said: "If you don't let me search the mourning hall, then don't blame me for being ruthless!" ”

At this moment, a soldier ran up and whispered, "General Qiyu, brothers have found an exit in the woods!" ”

"Have you ever gone in and searched for it?"

"I went in and searched, and went straight to the library building in the back house of Cao's mansion!"

Miao Fu finally understood, he put away his sword and shouted: "Go to the library building!" ”

He led hundreds of soldiers to run towards the library building, and Cao Yan was also a little relieved, at this time, Cao Xuan stepped forward with a worried face and asked, "They have discovered the tunnel!" ”

Cao Yan waved his hand, "It's not a big problem, Yanqing should have already left the city, and it doesn't hurt to find out!" ”