Chapter 485: The Eve of the Coup
Zhang Quanyue was staring at him intently, seeing that his face was uncertain, he was uneasy in his heart, and when he heard his question, he suddenly relieved his heart and said: "Zheng Renze's station is not far from here, he is a friend of Benzhou, and he will arrive as soon as he calls." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
At this time, it was almost noon, and Zhang Quan invited the two of them to dinner first. He was very clever, seeing that Xiao Han brought Murong Qiuyu, the two had a close relationship, and immediately called the lady to come over to accompany the guests. The four of them had dinner in the inner hall, and then went back to the guest room to drink tea and talk. Murong Qiuyu was led by Mrs. Zhang to the back garden to play.
The two closed the door of the house, sat down the guests, Xiao Han looked at the decoration of the house, and suddenly asked: "I heard that Lord Lingzun was originally a minister of the Later Tang Dynasty, and he fled with Concubine Bai back then, I don't know if it is or not?"
Zhang Quanyue didn't expect him to suddenly come up with such a sentence, he stood up, his face turned as white as paper, and stammered: "You, how did you know about this?"
Xiao Han smiled and invited him to sit down, staring at him with burning eyes and said: "Lord Zhang's expression must be true, now that you are a member of the Central Plains clan who has made the history of Jiangnan Thorn, it is also gratifying, but the white concubine is accompanied by the ancient Buddha of the Qing Lantern, I don't know what to think in my heart?"
Zhang Quanyue didn't speak, just looked at Xiao Han. Xiao Han sighed and continued: "If my expectations are correct, Concubine Bai is the Huining Master in the Baifu Nunnery. ”
Zhang Quanyue's eyes shrank, and he said coldly: "What is Master Xiao doing when he asks about these old things? It seems that she has nothing to do with the Wudang Sect?"
Xiao Han saw him change his face, smiled and waved his hand: "Don't be nervous, I have no malicious intentions, but if this matter is serious, Bi Rushuang wiped out the Jiuhua factions, Master Hui'an died in battle, Master Huining disappeared, the monks and nuns were scattered, did Lord Zhang go to look for her?"
Zhang Quan looked at Xiao Han for a minute before saying in a deep voice: "Naturally, I have searched for it, but the rivers are vast, but where can I find it?"
Then he sighed and said: "When I heard that Jiuhua Mountain was in trouble, Qingyang County ordered He Chengyi to immediately send a team to help, but it was too late to reach the mountain, and only found a rough nun who cooked. According to her, Mrs. Huining was taken away by Bi Rushuang's men, and I asked Master Zheng to send elite soldiers to search around the state, but there was no news. ”
Sure enough, she was taken away by Bi Rushuang, this thing is really a bit troublesome, although she has some friendship with Bi Rushuang because of Li Tian, but the rivers and lakes are vast, where to find her now?
Xiao Han said helplessly: "Master Huining has her own blessings, she will be fine, Lord Zhang can rest assured." Then he said: "I heard that Mrs. Huining was unparalleled in beauty before she became a monk, and it was rumored that she was the second most beautiful woman in the rivers and lakes, but is this true?"
Zhang Quanyue's face turned pale, glanced at Xiao Han, saw that his face was sincere, and sighed and said: "That's not a rumor in the rivers and lakes, it's true." The father was a palace doctor earlier, once committed a serious crime, and escaped with the help of the white lady, when the palace changed suddenly, the father heard that the white lady had fled, and immediately abandoned his family and business to protect the mother and fled all the way to the south. ”
Xiao Han frowned slightly and said, "Aren't there still nine guards who are escorting the escape?" Zhang Quanyue nodded and said: "Nine palace guards escorted Niangniang all the way to Jiuhua Mountain, and the first father unfortunately fell behind and fell behind, and when he chased all the way to the foot of Jiuhua Mountain, there were no traces of the nine people and the white lady. The father was so anxious to die, regardless of his own safety, begging from the pilgrims during the day, staying in the wilderness at night, looking for the ninety-nine peaks one by one, and finally found the traces of the mother in the beauty peak Baifu Nunnery, but a few months have passed, and the white lady has escaped into the empty door to practice. ”
Xiao Han sighed: "The face is thin, it has been like this since ancient times. Lord Ling Zun gave up his family business and fled with Bai Niangniang, which seems to be admirable. Presumably, after Lord Ling Zun settled down, he secretly brought Lord Zhang to Jiangnan, and since then he has become a member of the Southern Tang Dynasty. ”
Zhang Quanyue sighed: "Since the Central Plains has had many incidents, the Tang, Jin, Han, and Zhou have alternated, and wars are still frequent, and only Jiangnan is slightly stable. My father met an adult in the court by chance, and under his care, he sent me to Jinling to work, and since then I have been a courtier in Jiangnan. ”
All the causes and consequences are right, Xiao Han couldn't help but sigh: "The troubled times are drifting, life is as cheap as paper, it is not easy to live, and it is even more difficult to live well." The white lady is so stunning, but she ended up like this, it's a pity and pitiful. ”
Without waiting for Zhang Quanyue to answer, Xiao Han continued: "I heard that Bai Niangniang fled because I heard a secret story in the palace, I don't know if Master Zhang knows?" Zhang Quanyue shook his head and said: "Bai Niangniang is a monk and practice, I don't want others to know, after my father went to the immortal, I was lucky to do the history of Chizhou Thorn, and I will go to the nunnery to visit Niangniang every New Year's Day." ”
So it was, Xiao Han remembered that he had seen Zhang Quanyue's convoy when he first went to Baifu'an, but he went up the mountain to visit Mrs. Huining. Looking at his face, he didn't seem to know about the map, so Xiao Han had to accept the question, and instead talked to him about his plan.
Zhang Quanyue was amazed after listening, and the two were working on the details, when they heard someone outside tell them that Master Zheng was coming. Zhang Quanyue hurriedly invited, and after a while, he heard the sound of "tom tom" footsteps outside the door, and a voice shouted: "What is the beautiful thing about Lord Zhang to call me Lao Zheng to come?"
Zhang Quanyue opened the door of the house, and said with a smile: "Lord Ben is naturally going to call you when he has a good thing, do you see who is coming?" Zheng Ren strode into the house, and was greatly surprised when he saw Xiao Han, and laughed and said: "It turned out that the head of Xiao was here, and he was disrespectful and disrespectful." ”
Xiao Han had already stood up to greet him, and the two sides exchanged pleasantries and talked about the past. The two sides have cooperated many times, and the first step of Xiao Han's military reform was to start from Chizhou, so that Zheng Renze had a good reputation as the first in the country, and more than 300 military generals and generals under him have served as instructors in various states so far.
After the greetings, the two sides re-seated, and Zhang Quanyue personally closed the door of the house and ordered no one to approach. Zheng Ren was greatly surprised and looked at the two of them in puzzlement.
After Zhang Quanyue sat down, he slowly told him about the past, and Zheng Ren listened to it shockingly, his face changed several times, sometimes blue, sometimes white, and finally black, which shows that the struggle in his heart is fierce.
After Zhang Quanyue finished speaking, he looked at him fixedly and said, "What does Master Zheng think?" Zheng Ren glanced at him, turned his head to look at Xiao Han and said, "This idea came from Master Xiao?"
Xiao Han nodded and said: "Exactly, now that the danger is like a tired egg, Lord Zheng will hesitate any longer, and when the lord of the country is replaced, Lord Zheng has no soldiers in his hands, and it will be too late to think about it then." ”
Zheng Ren said worriedly: "This matter is very important, if you are not careful, you will lose everything." Now that the states are full of prison troops, if the news leaks, our loss of life is a small matter, and the harm to His Royal Highness King Zheng is a big matter. ”
Xiao Han coughed and slowly re-told him about his plan. Zheng Ren was originally covered with sweat, but when he heard it, he couldn't help but shiver, and broke out in a cold sweat, and when Xiao Han finished speaking, Zheng Ren took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat and said: "If you have such a plan, you are afraid that something big will not happen? As long as the head of Xiao participates, the general will do it." ”
Zhang Quanyue breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, let's go down to prepare, and Master Xiao has to rush to Jinling to discuss with His Royal Highness King Zheng." ”
Zheng Ren shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness King Zheng has always been deferential to the lord of the country, what if he doesn't obey?" Xiao Han smiled: "We have already discussed, as long as it is beneficial to His Royal Highness King Zheng, why do you have to obey?" Zheng Ren was stunned for a moment, and Xiao Han said again: "If this matter is successful, Lord Zheng will definitely be promoted, and I don't know how to thank him at that time?"
Zheng Ren was quite moved, and said with blazing eyes: "As long as the big thing is successful, it is not a problem to thank you for it." Zhang Quanyue smiled and said: "This is very good, when the time comes, Lord Zheng and I will each pay a thousand copper coins, okay?"
Zheng Ren didn't frown and said, "A word is a certainty." Xiao Han laughed and said: "What the two adults said is in my heart, and I hope that I will not break my word when the time comes." The two looked at each other and smiled, and then Zheng Ren took his leave and left.
Xiao Han and Zhang Quanyue discussed for a long time, and then left with goodbye. Zhang Quanyue immediately summoned his cronies, wrote a secret letter and handed it to Yu to send him to Jinling day and night. Then he wrote several secret letters and sent them to Hongzhou Assassin Shi Bian Zhao, Zhennan Jiedu envoy Li Shaoguang, Hongzhou guard general Feng Shoude, Raozhou guard general Xue Lian, Jianzhou guard general Guo Ran and others.
Xiao Han took Murong Qiuyu and hurriedly returned to Jiuhua Mountain, and when he heard that everyone lived in Fawang Temple, the two hurriedly rushed to the bottom of the mountain, exchanged a few words with Fahe and others, and took all the personnel down the mountain when they had something.
Everyone didn't know what was going on, Li Yueying asked again and again, but Xiao Han insisted on not speaking. only said that things had changed, and there might be news of the white concubine in Jinling, urging everyone to hurry overnight. Zhuang Tianyou bought dozens of horses for rotation, and everyone traveled day and night, and returned to Jinling in less than four days.
On the way, Xiao Han told Li Yueying about the date with Zhang Quan, Li Yueying didn't expect Xiao Han to help King Zheng overthrow Li Yu, so she was furious and immediately slapped Xiao Han in the face. Xiao Han had already prepared, how could she be hit, and after dodging, Murong Qiuyu told the truth of the matter.
Li Yueying naturally knew what Li Yu had done to her, although she still didn't understand where the poison came from, she would definitely not be able to get rid of Li Yu's involvement. After sobering up, he couldn't help but feel resentful, but he thought that his father was dead, and his mother still had to rely on Li Yu to take care of him, and he didn't want to investigate the matter. How could he have thought that now Li Yu was going to attack Brother Qi again, Li Yueying had mixed feelings in her heart, and she couldn't say what she felt.
Murong Qiuyu naturally didn't tell her about being removed, but just blindly persuaded her not to be angry, and Xiao Han promised that he would never hurt Li Yu. Li Yueying knew that their plan had been decided, and they couldn't change it on their own, so they had to force Xiao Han to swear that they would never harm Li Yuyu's sister-in-law's life, and Li Yu naturally agreed.
After finding the inn and staying, the dragon personnel learned the news and secretly sent someone to contact them. Ge Qinglian, the leader of the team who had been in contact with Xiao Han before, came to visit him with a smile on his face, and then at midnight in the evening, Tian Yanfu, one of the four guards of King Zheng's Mansion, secretly came over to invite Xiao Han back to his house.
Chu Tianshu brought the people of the Vermilion Bird Hall and the rest of them to wait at the inn, Xiao Han wanted to discuss a big matter, and he was afraid that Li Yueying would show his appearance, so he only brought Murong Qiuyu to go.
The two bypassed the patrol sentry post, entered the palace from the backyard of King Zheng's mansion with Tian Yanfu, and came to the stone house again. Zheng Wang Li Congshan was already waiting there, and the three of them entered the underground secret room after seeing the dark salute, and as soon as they stepped into the house, the lights were bright, Xiao Han's eyes narrowed slightly, and he glanced inward, and he was startled.