Chapter 848

In the end, Zhao Linfu failed to persuade General Duan to hand over his military power after all, and left angrily, of course, it was necessary to throw down two cruel words, but for General Duan, such a scene was as easy as a fart.

"Brother Zhongxiong, in your opinion, Your Majesty was trapped in Youxian Palace by Cao Hu'er, is it Zhao Linfu's handiwork?" Looking at Zhao Linfu's extremely depraved figure, stroking his long beard, Old General Duan stood outside the front hall and spoke slowly.

"Xia Guan is not convinced, and he is not sure, Cao Hu'er is Zhao Linfu's confidant, over the years, he has been the only one, and Zhao Linfu can also be said to take good care of him, if it is said that Cao Hu'er was ordered by Zhao Linfu to besiege Youxian Palace, so as to take the opportunity to lure my Jingshi Zhuwei to attack in a hurry...... The lower officials may believe it. ”

"But if you want to say that Cao Hu'er abandoned Zhao Linfu and wanted to replace the Tang Dynasty, this ...... Doesn't that seem a bit too bizarre? That Cao Hu'er is just a guard on one side, even if he has tens of thousands of soldiers, but with those tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, he really thinks that he can fight against hundreds of thousands of elite divisions of the Tang Dynasty and dominate the world? Ximen Zhongxiong's face was full of disbelief.

Yes, although Ximen Zhongxiong is indeed loyal to the Tang Dynasty, the problem is that the enemy of the Tang Empire that he has always expected is Zhao Linfu, the powerful minister who has been in charge of the court for more than ten years, and he really didn't expect that a commander of a border town under Zhao Linfu would actually jump out and want to change the world, which is really nonsense.

It's like a mason who suddenly jumps out and tells Simon that he is the greatest scientist of his time and can prove the correctness of Goldbach's conjecture.

Duan Guixiong listened to Ximen Zhongxiong's analysis for a long time, and then nodded slowly. "You say that's true, but what good can Zhao Linfu do by doing this? You must know that Cao Hu'er has a bad record in the past, and he has been protected by Zhao Linfu many times in order to maintain his status today. ”

"From top to bottom of the government and the opposition, everyone knows that Cao Hu'er is his confidant and sworn friend of Zhao Linfu, but now he has come to tell the old man that his henchman sworn friend actually betrayed him and betrayed the Tang Dynasty...... This, this is really too puzzling. ”

"That's it, since he Zhao Linfu came to the door and showed the queen's will, if the old man didn't say anything about it, maybe he would be regarded by those who don't know the truth as the old man is a thief who wants to usurp the throne......"

Ximen Zhongxiong was stunned for a moment, hurried two steps, and followed Duan Guixiong, who was slowly descending the steps. "Does the old general really want to hand over the military power to Zhao Linfu?"

"Huh...... The old man is not stupid, if the old man really wants to hand over the military power, when he Zhao Linfu sent the eunuch to come with the queen's decree, the old man will hand it over, why do you need to pay it after offending him now? Old General Duan slowly walked forward while explaining to Ximen Zhongxiong.

"The old man is going to gather all the soldiers and horses first, impose a curfew on the Beijing Division, and send a group of men and horses to the Youxian Palace to investigate and see if the Youxian Palace is really as Zhao Linfu said, besieged by Cao Hu'er."

"If Youxian Palace is really trapped by Cao Hu'er's army, then the old man will first take Cao Hu'er's henchmen in Beijing first." When Old General Duan said this, he winked at Ximen Zhongxiong. "It's just that the old man really doesn't know about Cao Hu'er's many henchmen in Beijing, and he dares to ask Brother Zhongxiong if he can help the old man for His Majesty's sake? By the way, among the Jingshi, Cao Hu'er has many henchmen, and he is afraid that he will not be able to do it alone, so let's do it, please also ask Brother Zhongxiong to discuss with Zhao Shangshu and Zhang Shangshu, and when the time comes, the old man will entrust you with full authority, how about it? ”

Ximen Zhongxiong looked at Duan Guixiong Duan who was standing in front of him and spitting stars flying in front of him, and lay down a big groove viciously in his heart, I bought a watch last year, this old immortal, no wonder it can last for three dynasties, and has always been trusted by the emperor and standing.

This old man is an old rascal who is amiable on the surface, but in fact hides more filthiness and insidiousness in his heart than anyone else......

"What? Could it be that Brother Zhongxiong feels that this important task is difficult to take? Or are you only talking about your loyalty to Your Majesty? Duan Guixiong looked at the black line on his face, and said with a smile as he wanted to kick himself or bite himself.

But these words of hiding needles in cotton made Ximen Zhongxiong have to bow down. This old guy was already speechless, but he had to admire the old guy's scheming Simon Zhongxiong and waved his hands helplessly. "How can a subordinate officer disobey the general's order......"

"Do you think that the old man is too embarrassed for you and cheats you, Zhao and Zhang?" Seeing Ximen Zhongxiong's helpless face, he had to respond to this errand. Duan Guixiong laughed, patted Ximen Zhongxiong's shoulder, and asked Wen Yan.

Old General Duan didn't wait for Ximen Zhongxiong to answer, and said to himself. "Actually, the old man is just trying to protect himself, the old man is now more than seventy years old, and he is already a person who knows the destiny of heaven, and his life and death have long been out of sight. For the safety of His Majesty, as well as the Tang Dynasty, it doesn't matter if the old man gives up his life, but the old man hopes that his children and grandchildren will also be dragged down......"

Old General Duan once again set off to move forward, leaving only an old back for the enlightened and thoughtful Ximen Zhongxiong.

Ximen Zhongxiong said goodbye to General Duan, left General Duan's mansion, returned to his mansion, and invited two henchmen to whisper, and soon, the two guards took advantage of the gap before the curfew to go towards the mansion of the military department and the official department.

The next day, the sky was shining, the door of the fang had just opened, and Zhang Jiuling had already left the mansion in a small sedan chair in Tsing Yi and rushed to Ximen Zhongxiong's mansion. The small sedan chair did not stop outside the gate of the house, but directly from a side gate not far from the main gate, directly connected with the sedan chair into the Ximen Mansion.

Zhang Jiuling waited for the sedan chair to fall to the ground, lifted the curtain and came out, and saw Zhao Shangshu, who had also just gotten off the sedan chair, and the two couldn't help but smile at each other.

"Two adults, my master invites the two of you to gather in the back hall study, please ......" The housekeeper hurriedly led the way for these two high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty and went straight to the back hall study.

"Brother Zhongxiong, you are so anxious to call Brother Wei over, just saying that there is a good thing, what kind of good thing is it, it is worth telling you a thousand times, you must let Brother Wei arrive this morning?" Zhang Jiuling saw Ximen Zhongxiong seeing himself and Zhao Shangshu, he just nodded, still leaning in front of the desk and not knowing what he was busy with, and couldn't help but be a little authentic.

"The two brothers sit down for a while, I have something here, and I invite the two of you to take a look, and you will understand why I am so anxious to invite the two brothers to come over." Ximen Zhongxiong smiled, picked up a piece of silk cloth resting on the desk and handed it over.

“…… This, this is Duan Guixiong's warrant? How did you get it, and this, this is actually to let us be responsible for the search for all the internal and residual parties of Cao Hu'er within the Jingshi? What the hell is going on. Zhang Jiuling received it in his hand and looked at it carefully, his face was full of astonishment and puzzlement.

"What kind of mess is this, it's true that Cao Hu'er is Zhao Linfu's henchman, but the problem is that the goods are far away in the border town, how can we catch them?" Zhao Shangshu, who stretched out his head to the side and watched for a long time, also couldn't laugh or cry.

"You don't have to be in such a hurry, please sit down for a while, you must not know that Cao Hu'er's soldiers have arrived at Youxian Palace, and, according to Zhao Linfu, Cao Hu'er has surrounded Youxian Palace......"

"What?!" Zhang Jiuling, who had just sat down, jumped up directly, and his agility was definitely comparable to that of an Olympian.

"You don't have to look at me like this, this news was heard by Zhao Linfu who accompanied General Duan to receive Zhao Linfu who boarded General Duan's mansion at that time." Ximen Zhongxiong couldn't help but feel a little funny when he looked at the exaggerated reactions of these two, and he completely forgot that his performance yesterday was not much better.

"How is this possible, Cao Hu'er is far away in the three towns of Bianning, how can he appear in Youxian Palace...... If Cao Hu'er really led his troops to appear in Youxian Palace, it must be his Zhao Linfu's trick. Zhang Jiuling came to such a reasonable conclusion without thinking about it.

"You don't know yet, not only Cao Hu'er led his troops here, but Colch also led his army to Youxian Palace, but this General Ke, who is also Zhao Linfu's henchman, ended up a little bleak, and he was robbed and killed by Cao Hu'er halfway, and his military power was taken away by Cao Hu'er, that is to say, the elite of 50,000 border towns are all in Cao Hu'er's hands."