The carriage drove to the vicinity of the mansion, and Lu Qi sat in the carriage and saw a familiar figure and face wandering left and right under the light of the lantern at the entrance of the mansion······ Choi Youfu? He didn't stay in Chang'an, why did he come to Bianzhou? Lu Qi immediately said to the coachman: "Quick, stop, pull over, stop in the dark!" ”

After such a long siege of Bianzhou, the city has long been seriously damaged, and many shops and houses on both sides of the street have long been free of lanterns. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoLu Qi's carriage stopped on the side of the street, and Cui Youfu, who was standing in front of the government office, couldn't see it at all.

Lu Qi found that in addition to Cui Youfu, there were two of his entourages standing at the door of the palace, and he couldn't help but think that this Cui Youfu used to be the prince's person, but now that the prince is gone, Cui Youfu has become a person without a backer in the court, such a person is actually the most dangerous, is he here to seek refuge with Guo Ziyi? No, although Guo Ziyi is a lieutenant, he is a member of the Tongzhong Shumen, and has the title of prime minister, but he does not have the rights of the prime minister, don't look at Guo Ziyi's high official position, in fact, if he is deprived of military power, he will be nothing. There must be something greasy, in the middle of the night, Cui Youfu only brought two entourages from Chang'an to meet Guo Ziyi, there must be something wrong with this!

At this time, Cui Youfu kept walking back and forth at the door of the mansion, he had been up and down in his heart, worried that Guo Yao would not see him, in fact, he was ready to find Guo Ziyi directly at the beginning, but now that the regent is in charge, and the prince is gone, he really can't hold Guo Ziyi's political tendencies, for the sake of safety, he still decided to meet Guo Ziyi's eldest son Guo Yao first.

Just when Cui Youfu was anxiously waiting, Guo Yao's figure appeared from the mansion and walked out, he walked out quickly and hugged Cui Youfu and said, "Master Cui, why are you here?" ”

Although Cui Youfu was anxious, he did not forget to be polite, and bowed to Guo Yao: "Meet the eldest prince!" ”

Guo Yao stopped Cui Youfu: "Master Cui, don't come to these false courtesies, let's go in and talk, please!" ”

"Thank you, eldest son!"

The two walked into the mansion, and Guo Yao asked as he walked, "Master Cui, aren't you in Chang'an?" Why did you suddenly come to Bianzhou? Is there any sending? Could it be that the regent sent Tsui-sama here? ”

Cui Youfu's mind turned around several times, and he didn't answer Guo Yao's words, but asked: "The eldest prince knows about the prince, right?" ”

Guo Yao said: "Who in the world doesn't know about this now? What does this have to do with Lord Cui's coming to Bianzhou? ”

Cui Youfu said again: "Does the eldest prince know the situation in the imperial court today? Since the death of the crown prince, there has been an undercurrent surging in the middle of the court, and the battle has become more fierce than before. Not long ago, an assassin broke into the Zichen Hall to assassinate His Majesty, His Majesty was fine, but he was a little frightened, but the great eunuch Li Zhongyan and more than a dozen guards around His Majesty were killed, and the assassin fled, and the regent used this as an excuse to blame Wu Cao, the general of Zuojin Wuwei, seized his military power, and sent him to prison, and replaced it with the young general Zhang Xianfu, this Zhang Xianfu is the son of Zhang Shouqi, the brother of Zhang Shouqi, and was promoted and appointed by the regent as the general of Zuojin Wuwei, and the palace guards are all his eyeliner, and His Majesty's every move has been monitored. The ministers must be careful when they see His Majesty, lest they say something inappropriate and arouse the suspicion of the regent! ”

Guo Yao was a little incredulous, stopped and turned his head and said, "Impossible, right?" How could a regent do such a thing? ”

Cui Youfu sighed: "The eldest prince, you are a general, and you know very little about the affairs of the court, as long as it is for the sake of power, what about the regent?" There's no one who can't do something like that! The regent was afraid that the emperor would leave the palace and take away the power of the government in his hands, so he put His Majesty under house arrest in the palace so that he could give orders at will! ”

Guo Yao didn't say anything, obviously still digesting what Cui Youfu said.

Cui Youfu saw that Guo Yao didn't react, and asked, "Can the eldest prince introduce Guo Linggong for me?" ”

In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the front hall, Guo Yao stopped, thought for a moment and hugged his fists and said: "Okay, Master Cui will sit in the front hall for a while, I'll go and see if my father is asleep, please!" ”

Cui Youfu nodded, followed Guo Yao into the front hall, Guo Yao beckoned people to bring tea and melon and fruit snacks for Cui Youfu to enjoy, and then left with a confession.

Guo Yao soon came to the backyard, at this time Guo Ziyi had just taken a bath under the service of the subordinates, and was about to go to bed, when he heard that the eldest son Guo Yao had something to see, so he let him in and asked, "It's so late, what else do you have to do?" ”

Guo Yao bowed and hugged his fists and said: "Father, Master Cui Youfu, a member of the Zhongshu House, asks to see him, and he is already in the front hall!" He came so late, and the children couldn't turn him away! ”

Guo Ziyi felt a little strange: "Oh? What did he do when he came all the way to Bianzhou? Is there a sending? Have you asked what it is to come to see your father? ”

Guo Yao said: "The child tried it, he shouldn't have been sent, he said one thing, not long ago there were assassins in the palace, killing the emperor's big eunuch Li Zhongyan and more than a dozen guards, but he fled without a trace, it is said that the emperor was frightened. The regent used this as an excuse to seize Wu Cao's military power, and imprisoned him in the prison, and promoted Zhang Xianfu, the son of Zhang Shouqi, to be the general of Zuojin Wuwei in charge of palace security! He said that now the palace is full of the eyes and ears of the regent, and every move of the emperor and members of the royal family is monitored! And now there is no need to be in the past, although the emperor stayed in the palace and did not ask about military politics, but in fact, he was under house arrest by the regent, and everyone in the palace couldn't get out, and all the food and drink were sent in from outside! The child didn't know what the purpose of Master Cui coming to see his father was, but he was afraid that it had something to do with this matter! Does Father want to see him? ”

Guo Ziyi thought about it for a while and said, "What you just said was just listening to him, but I want to hear what he said about his purpose in coming to see his father!" Let's change my father's clothes, let's go meet Cui Youfu."

"Yes!"

The clothes were quickly put on, and the father and son made their way to the antechamber together. On the way, Guo Ziyi said to Guo Yao: "Yao'er, you haven't been to the court, and you don't know the fierceness of the battle in the court. Even the rule of Zhenguan, the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty still existed in a tragic struggle, from the time of Emperor Gaozong, the emperor found that his ideas and will were greatly restricted by the courtiers in terms of autonomy, and those ministers were all members of the family, so the emperor began to support the Hanmen against the family, after several generations of emperors' efforts, finally weakened the power of the family, strengthened the power of the Hanmen, to the Emperor Xuanzong period, the Hanmen forces have been able to fight against the family, which side can not do without the support of the emperor, So the imperial power was strengthened. Struggles between the DPRK and China are everywhere, and the struggle for power and profit within the royal family is a manifestation of the struggle between multiple forces. Now that the position of the prince is vacant, the eyes of the princes must be on the position of the prince, and the poor family and the family are looking for their own agents from the princes, in fact, the princes can't be their own masters at all. Now the emperor can't be his own master, the regent doesn't want the emperor to interfere in the affairs of the court, and the emperor is afraid that he will find that he has ordered the minister of civil and military affairs not to move, so he wants to regain the right to hand it over. The regent is a person with ideals and ambitions, he is different from Yuan Zai, Du Hongchuan, Wang Jin, these prime ministers, you just think about it, you will find that the regent actually has no prejudices against the family and the poor family, as long as the officials can think about the people, not greedy or greedy, talented, and make a difference in office, he is assured of appointment, in his opinion, this is the minimum condition that an official should have, as for wanting to be a good official, the conditions are high in him! After the death of the crown prince, the Cui family, the Pei family, and the Yang family have no object to support, and now those adult princes are unbearable, the Cui family and the Yang family want to start with the emperor and help the emperor regain power, so that they can still influence the emperor's will and still control the rise and fall of the world! ”

Guo Ziyi's words were something Guo Yao had never heard, and when Guo Ziyi finished speaking, Guo Yao only felt cold all over his body, this court battle was too dangerous, which made him a little scared.

When I arrived in the front hall, I saw Cui Youfu drinking tea, and he was quite restless. Guo Ziyi stopped and groaned for a moment before walking in, followed by Guo Yao.

Cui Youfu heard the footsteps, turned his head and looked, who was the burly old man in front of him, not Guo Ziyi? Immediately put down the teacup and got up to greet him, and threw his hands to the ground: "Meet Ling Gong!" ”

Guo Ziyi raised his hand: "Master Cui doesn't have to be polite, please sit down!" ”

"Thank you Linggong for meeting you late at night!"

The two sides sat down, and Guo Ziyi went straight to the point: "I don't know what is important for Lord Cui to visit late at night?" ”

Cui Youfu was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't know how to speak, and after thinking about it for a while, he said: "Ling Gong, if it weren't for the necessity and the situation was critical, Xia Guan would not have come all the way from Chang'an and asked to see Ling Gong late at night. Today, the lower officials are here, just to ask another public question, there is a traitorous minister in the court, this person excludes dissidents, blocks the way of speech, monopolizes power, puts the emperor under house arrest, and causes chaos in the court, so that the public management does not care? ”

Guo Ziyi sighed in her heart when she heard this, and said in her heart that it was really here. He remained silent for the moment and asked rhetorically: "Master Cui, are you a little alarmist in what you say?" As far as the old man knows, the imperial court is now peaceful and vibrant, the ministers of the imperial court are united and united, the implementation of various decrees is unimpeded, and all industries in the world are waiting to be revived. These situations are completely different from what Master Cui said! Besides, who is the traitor that Master Cui is talking about? If there were really traitorous ministers in power, the court would not be in such a good situation today, right? ”

Cui Youfu said: "Ling Gong, you have been away from the court for a long time, and the situation in the court has changed dramatically since you left. Ling Gong's hearsay and instructive appearance is actually more serious than what the lower official just said. Now that Zhao is in power, Ling Gongdang knows who Cui is talking about! ”