The dark tide in Chang'an City is surging, but it is calm as usual on the surface, except that it is getting closer and closer to the end of the year, and a warm and celebratory atmosphere has begun to spread in the streets and alleys.

It's about to be the New Year! Xia Hongsheng sighed secretly, can he have a good time during the first Spring Festival after he arrived in Datang?

Jingyang's fiefdom has not been back for many days. I don't know how the preparations are at home. Aritian Butler and Xu are here, but they don't have to worry too much, the preparations for the New Year will definitely be arranged properly. It's just that in the end, it was the first Spring Festival he spent in Datang, and Xia Hongsheng wanted to have a good time at home. Just looking at the current situation, I'm afraid that this Spring Festival is going to be uneasy. Regardless of whether Li Xiaochang and the eldest grandson Anye do it or not, this matter will not wait until the dust settles completely, and Xia Hongsheng will not think about giving birth to An.

The days passed day by day, and the end of the year was getting closer and closer.

The last court meeting before the Chinese New Year ended in the joy of the emperor and the civil and military officials.

There are three days left before Chinese New Year's Eve, which is the beginning of the "Spring Festival" holiday in the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, the Tang Dynasty did not have the term "Spring Festival", because the Tang Dynasty only had a lunar calendar, and the first day of the New Year was called "New Year's Day", "Yuan Day", "Yuan Zheng" or "New Year's Day". Every year, the imperial court has a "Chinese New Year's Eve Yuan Zheng holiday", which adds up to a total of seven days, but the time arrangement is different from the seven days in later life, that is, the day of Chinese New Year's Eve and the three days before, together with the first, second, and third days of the new year.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, all the officials began to go back to their homes to prepare for the New Year, and they all rushed home with a hurried look, but there was joy in their eyebrows. Xia Hongsheng also hurriedly went back to the house in Chang'an City to prepare, and then a carriage drove out of Xia Hongsheng's house and hurriedly rushed to the Jingyang fiefdom with people.

Chang'an City is full of joy, regardless of whether it is a high-ranking official or a peddler's pawn, a person who is white in spring and snow, and a person who is a person in the lower riba, all of them put aside their worries and trivial matters for the time being, and spend the year in front of them. Prepare to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, hoping for good luck in the coming year.

In Chang'an City, in front of an unknown small courtyard, a figure looked left and right. Then he quickly walked to the door, raised his hand and gently knocked on the door twice, and then three times.

Soon, the door creaked open a crack, and another person flashed out of it. The two of them looked carefully left and right very vigilantly, and then they mistakenly put the person outside the door in. With a soft sound, everything returned to normal, a calm small mansion in Chang'an City.

The two figures hurried into the house, closed the doors and windows, and there were two other people sitting next to the coal stove, and the two of them also walked over and sat down around the coal stove.

The garrison army in the capital did not move, and as soon as Cheng Yanjin retreated from the court, he set up a banquet at home and got drunk. I guess it's still pouring liquor there right now! One of them spoke in a deep voice.

"Liquor? That thing is not easy to get right now, it is said to be stronger than the best Sanle pulp, hehe, let that old man drink it! The other person laughed and said, "According to the report from my spies, Duan Zhixuan is still the same, except for the military government is at home, and he rarely interacts with people. Yu Chigong also stayed at home all day. There was no movement from the sixteen guards, and when the time came, I led my right guards to mutiny, and I would definitely be able to catch them off guard. At that time. I will lead people to directly attack the palace, as long as I rush into the palace and capture that Li Shimin, even if there are more sixteen guards outside, I can only throw a mouse bogey. Surrender obediently. ”

From his words, it can be heard that this person is a rebel in the Right Guard, Liu Deyu, as the general of the Right Guard, is inconvenient to appear, listening to these words, this person's identity should be the nephew of Liu Deyu, the general of the Right Guard. The commander of the army Yuan Hongshan is good.

"Very good, my general ordered me to tell the Yuan Tong Army, once there is movement on the side of the right Wuwei battalion, my general will immediately lead people to kill the imperial city gate, open the Vermilion Bird Gate to welcome the right Wuwei soldiers into the palace, and then close the palace ban, and together with General Liu, hold Li Shimin hostage, and wait for King Yi'an to enter the city!" Another person lowered his voice and said: "My general also explained that General Liu must act quickly, and he must control Li Shimin and the palace before the sixteen guards are assembled, otherwise there may be variables." ”

"And let General Changsun rest assured, my uncle knows that when the time comes, he will directly go out of the camp to attack the imperial city." The man who had just spoken said again.

"You are all well prepared, and there is no movement at all in the sixteen guards, which means that Li Shimin is not aware of our plan at all." At this time, another person's voice came, saying: "The prince has already prepared enough men, horses, grain and grass in Lizhou, as early as a few months ago, the prince has already assigned a group of sergeants to assemble around Chang'an in disguise. You don't have to worry about fighting alone, hehe, it's not a secret, the prince has now arrived outside Chang'an. Just wait for you to start an incident in Chang'an City, and you can immediately lead a large army to respond. ”

"So, that's great! We will definitely attack the imperial city and welcome the prince into the palace! The other voices said in unison.

"Rest assured, the generals will wait for the prince to enter the Taiji Hall in three days, and several generals will support the merits, and when the time comes, the official residence will be a product, and please don't forget the generals!" The one who made a smile groaned.

Everyone laughed loudly, but they didn't notice that just outside the partition wall of the room, a figure leaning against the wall showed a sneer on his face, turned around and raised his hand to plug the hole the thickness of a little finger behind him with a pinch of loess, and then quickly turned and left.

On the outskirts of Chang'an, in the right Yulin guard camp, there are only Xia Hongsheng and Duan Zan and Duan Zhixuan in the military tent. Xia Hongsheng was not in the carriage that drove out of his house at all, it was just an illusion, making people think that he had left Chang'an.

I heard the sound of a nail leaf outside, Duan Zhixuan's personal guard walked in, hugged his fists and said, "General, there are spies outside the door to report!" ”

The three of them glanced at each other, and Xia Hongsheng opened his mouth and said, "It's a spy sent, I don't know what I found." Let him in! ”

Duan Zhixuan's personal soldiers clasped their fists and saluted, then turned around and walked out, and when they came in again, there was one more person behind them.

"Seven, what did you find?" After Xia Hongsheng saw the people who came in, he asked.

"Returning to the general, I was ordered to monitor Li Xiaochang's manpower, and today I found out that Li Xiaochang and other rebels want to start an incident in three days, so I will immediately come to report to the general!" No. 7 hugged his fists and saluted and said to Xia Hongsheng.

Xia Hongsheng's eyes lit up, and he said in a deep voice: "Pay close attention to their movements immediately, don't expose them." ”

Seven complied, then turned away.

"Captain Xiadu." Duan Zhixuan's face was expressionless, and he said in a deep voice: "What this person said, is it credible?" ”

Xia Hongsheng bowed and replied: "Returning to the general, these spies were cultivated by the last general, and the first requirement is to be absolutely loyal to the Tang Dynasty and to Your Majesty, which can be guaranteed by the general." ”

"Yes, the last general can testify!" Duan Zan also bowed down and said.

Duan Zhixuan glanced at the two of them expressionlessly, and then said, "In this case, the old man will report to His Majesty immediately and make arrangements." ”

"The last general thinks that he can let those thirty people secretly enter the city and prepare." Xia Hongsheng said to Duan Zhan.

Duan Zhixuan thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Those thirty people are trained and supervised by the two of you, and how to use them is up to the two of you to discuss." ”

After that, Duan Zhixuan turned around and walked to the back of the case, picked up the pen and hurriedly wrote a few strokes, and then said to his own guard: "Come on, break up your hair, go and change into dirty clothes to meet Your Majesty, just say that Lingnan is urgent!" ”

"The last general obeys!" The guard took the paper from Duan Zhixuan's hand, turned around and walked out in a hurry.

Xia Hongsheng and Duan Zan also said goodbye and left, arranging the affairs of the thirty special combat members.

As early as after learning the news that the special combat team could rush back to Chang'an a year ago, Xia Hongsheng discussed with Duan Zan how to let these thirty special combat team members play the greatest role in this. After discussing, the two decided to let the special combat team carry out another beheading operation, dispersed to Liu Deyu, Changsun Anye, and Yuan Hongshan in Chang'an City, once they got into trouble, they would "behead" Liu Deyu, Changsun Anye and Yuan Hongshan as quickly as possible. The men and horses of the Sixteen Guards could instead concentrate on dealing with Li Xiaochang's rebels.

Thirty men lined up, their eyes resolute, like spears reaching the ground. Xia Hongsheng walked up to them, glanced around, and said: "My people of the Tang Dynasty Blade, all the monarchs have beheaded the rebel departments of South Vietnam, and they have shocked Lingnan, which is a great achievement. However, do you know why Ben will send a message to let you hide your identity, hide your traces, and secretly return to Chang'an? ”

Thirty people waited for Xia Hongsheng silently, but no one made a sound.

Xia Hongsheng nodded and continued: "Because our spies discovered that Li Xiaochang, the governor of Lizhou and the king of Yi'an, colluded with Liu Deyu, the general of the right military guard, Yuan Hongshan, the commander of the army, and Sun Anye, the general of the right prison gate, to plot rebellion!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the thirty people suddenly froze, and a murderous aura burst out from their bodies!

"The day when Liu Deyu, Changsun Anye and others rebelled, it was just three days later, on Chinese New Year's Eve!" Xia Hongsheng continued to think about the thirty people in a deep voice and said: "Therefore, this general asked Zhujun to sneak back to Chang'an secretly, and prepared to let Zhujun add another great achievement to Lingnan's merits!" The princes had three days to prepare, divided into six groups, and two groups were responsible for three days later, to behead Liu Deyu, Yuan Hongshan, and the eldest grandson Anye, and capture all three thieves, and His Majesty wanted to live. The other four groups are responsible for opening the gates of the city and the palace held by the rebels, can you be sure? ”

"Yes!" The number 30 was not loud, but he was unusually determined and confident. (To be continued.) )