Chapter 51 Section 21

It was already evening when Wei Zhigu and Guo Yuanzhen arrived at the palace. In the afternoon, after seeing off the emperor, Princess Taiping forced them to stay.The princess's attitude is very sincere, and she wants to hear the opinions of the two of them, how to eliminate the grievances between the two sides, and jointly help protect the country of the Tang Dynasty. Facing a shrewd person like Princess Taiping, although the two prime ministers didn't mean what they said, they had something to say.After an afternoon of talking, both of them felt very tired, and their brains were slow to react, so when they rushed to the palace, Wei Zhigu suddenly thought of the things that Qi'er secretly gave him at noon.

In the bamboo tube that Qier gave Wei Zhigu was a square of plain silk, on which was a non-textual non-painting, in which there was a person's name, address, and several knives.The title of the title is "Early Morning Picture on the Fourth Fourth of the Junior High School". When Wei Zhigu and Guo Yuanzhen saw this thing, they were suddenly alerted. The two of them might have ruined the Tang Dynasty.The information sent by Qi'er is obviously the detailed plan of Princess Taiping's coup d'état in the early morning tomorrow, and at this moment, the eight hundred drums in Chang'an City in the evening are about to finish beating. The gates of the neighbors will be closed, and the Jinwu guards will also come out to check the night.

At this time, where to deploy troops? The emperor and Wang Ju were also taken aback when they heard the reports of the two prime ministers.At this moment, the beeping of the urging drums had stopped, and Guo Yuanzhen stamped his feet in a hurry, complaining that he was too careless and didn't see Princess Taiping's intention to keep them. Wang Ju stretched out his hand to take the picture, laid it flat on several desks, looked at it carefully, and counted something with his fingers.After a while, he asked Gao Lishi who was standing by, "Can you go out tonight?" "Wang Shilang," Gao Lishi said with a wry smile. "You don't know yet? Once the drums stop, unless the border gate calls the police, you can't open the city gate at night even with an imperial decree."

"I don't want you to leave the city, I want you to go to Pingkangfang." Wang Ju did not accompany the emperor to Princess Taiping's mansion today, but went out of the city to Zuo Wanqi's camp, and selected 300 elite soldiers to sneak into the city.These people were all dressed in casual clothes, with sharp knives in their waists, and scattered into various brothels in Pingkang Fang.Wang Ju's plan was to let these people raid Xingdaofang where Princess Taiping lived in the second half of the night, with the intention of harassing and forcing Princess Taiping to act early.And tonight, he can let the emperor and the ministers discuss countermeasures, and tomorrow morning he will send Wanqi into the city to serve King Qin, and arrest Princess Taiping openly.

Unexpectedly, Princess Taiping's actions were beyond their expectations, and they were caught off guard. Therefore, Wang Ju had no choice but to send the three hundred people into the palace to escort them. Hearing that there were 300 ambushes in the city, the nervousness of the emperor and all the ministers relaxed a little, but the situation was still very dangerous. According to the situation sent by Qier, Princess Taiping's plan used at least 2,000 imperial guards, and the best friend of Princess Taiping who commanded this operation will also stay in the palace for various reasons. In the early morning of tomorrow, Zuo Yulin General Chang Yuankai and You Yulin General Li Cihui led their most trusted Yubayashi soldiers into the Qianhua Gate, and went straight to the Wude Hall where the emperor listened to the government every morning.Maybe they will kill the emperor immediately, and then this army may go north out of Anlimen, rush eastward into the Nine Immortals Gate of Daming Palace, and control the Supreme Emperor who lives in Daming Palace.

When fighting here, Xiao Zhizhong, Cen Yi, and Dou Huaizhen, who are waiting in the court room inside Chengtianmen, will definitely lead the "eight guards" soldiers under the prime minister, especially the prison guards and Qianniu guards to control the palace city and the imperial city. .These soldiers may not be involved in the conspiracy, but it is their duty to guard the palace city and the imperial city, and they will not disobey the prime minister's strict order. All of this must have a primary premise, that is, the emperor must die.At that time, they hijacked the Supreme Emperor, and had prime ministers sitting in Zhongshu, Menxia, ​​and Shangshu provinces to issue edicts, and it seemed like a peaceful and prosperous age again.

Guo Yuanzhen asked Gao Lishi: "Are there any more guards in the palace tonight?" "No. The slave is also wondering that the palace today is no different from the past." "Then, you go, and first transfer the three hundred people who were ambushed by Wang Shilang into the palace." The emperor suddenly said: "By the way, send someone to call Li Chonghuan into the palace. This man is a good hand. With him, we can help a little more. In addition, let's see if there are any reliable people on duty in the palace, and call them all." Summoned to Lingyan Pavilion. We can only fight to the death tonight."

"Your Majesty," Wei Zhigu persuaded, acting cautiously. "Your Majesty, why don't you hide in the Daming Palace. When they make trouble tomorrow, it won't be too late to send the imperial army into the palace to kill the traitors. If we start tonight, we are in a hurry. If we can't annihilate them in one fell swoop, I'm afraid it will bring disaster to the Supreme Emperor." "If I hide in the Daming Palace, the Supreme Emperor will be even more dangerous. These guys are extremely vicious. We must catch the chief culprit before they attack. At that time, there will only be a group of villains left, so there is nothing to worry about." The emperor once again showed His decisiveness in major matters and his extraordinary ability to control difficult situations.

As the situation in the capital became more and more tense day by day, Wang Maozhong stayed overnight at Xuanwu Gate, the north gate of Miyagi, every night in recent days.Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it seems that the coup d'état from Xuanwumen has become a fixed pattern. Such an important place cannot be relaxed. Therefore, he was the first to be called to arrive at Lingyan Pavilion. Then came King Qi and King Xue, both in their early twenties, they heard that there was going to be a fight, they both wore armor and swords hanging from their waists, and rushed over excitedly.

The last ones to come were Jiang Jiao, the young supervisor of Dianzhong Province, and two officials in charge of horses—Li Lingwen, Shaoqing of Taipusi, and Wang Shouyi, Fengyu Wang of AMTD Bureau. When Wang Maozhong saw Li Lingwen and Wang Shouyi, he smiled, "I was just thinking about how to get some horses into the palace. Just in time, you two managers are here. Hurry up, I need forty or fifty good horses .” The emperor said: "General Wang, wait a minute, the palace gate has been unlocked, where do you want them to find the horse?" "To make the emperor happy, the AMTD Bureau keeps more than a dozen good horses in the palace every day, and they are kept behind the Juchang, in case of emergencies." Wang Shouyi is a man who keeps his own place and is involved in such adventures. The thing is the first time in his life. "Your Majesty asks for the emperor's will, shall we go and bring Mara here?"

"Take a few people and go quickly!" For these small officials who have been in the court for a long time and have been transferred according to their capital, the young emperor thinks that they are too honest and law-abiding, and they are not capable.