In the morning, in Yecheng, the gates were closed, soldiers stood on the top of the city, and the people rushed to the streets, in groups of three or five, talking, some were dancing and some were full of doubts.

Although the topic is a bit heavy, basically no one is frowning.

The King of Xianyang returned to the court, but some ministers were afraid that the King of Xianyang would bring his army back to Beijing, so the emperor asked the King of Xianyang to disband the army and return to Beijing alone.

But the King of Xianyang came straight towards Yecheng without hesitation. Today, he was about to arrive.

So, who is the minister who was afraid that the King of Xianyang led his army back to the capital?

hehe.

"Have you heard that? The King of Xianyang wants to kill He Shikai, otherwise this matter will never end!"

On the gate tower in the south of the city, a soldier whispered, and the other comrades looked left and right, and replied in a low voice: "Don't say it, the superiors are not allowed to discuss this matter."

"I just said, what's wrong!" The soldier smiled, "He Shikai is over, and the King of Xianyang enters the city, so he must take his life."

"Do you know? Yesterday, General Cavalry entered the palace, but the emperor did not take the general. He left the palace safely. What does this mean?"

Several other people became curious: "What does it mean?"

The well-informed soldier was furious and frowning: "It means the emperor is going to hand over the people! Otherwise, he should have taken down the General of the Cavalry. After all, the General and the King of Xianyang are brothers."

"I heard that He Shikai was jealous of King Xianyang's great contribution, so he slandered King Xianyang and instigated the emperor to punish King Xianyang for his crime!"

"As a result, I encountered a tough guy. Haha, He Shikai plotted to murder Prince Zhao last year. Now, the retribution has come!!"

The others nodded: "So that's it."

Yesterday evening, the troops in the capital were mobilized, and many soldiers went to the city in a confused manner. The superiors said they wanted to beware of the enemy.

The soldiers found it strange: There was no movement in Liyang, where did the enemy army come from?

In the morning, the gates were not opened, and there were rumors everywhere that the King of Xianyang, who was returning to the court, was about to rebel.

This rumor is too exaggerated. As the father-in-law of the country, could the king of Xianyang want to rebel from his son-in-law?

Later there were rumors that the King of Xianyang wanted to kill treacherous ministers and Shikai, which also made the soldiers confused:

If the King of Xianyang believed that He Shikai was a treacherous minister, then why didn’t the King of Xianyang speak out when Prince Zhao impeached He Shikai last year?

Now that I know, He Shikai poured sewage on King Xianyang first. As a result, the King of Xianyang didn’t talk so much nonsense, so he brought his troops back and wanted He Shikai to look good.

Now, there is a good show!!

The well-informed soldier saw his companions gloating expressions, and knew that his encouragement had worked, so he struck while the iron was hot:

"Last year, Zhao County Prince impeached He Shikai, not because he wanted his life, but just wanted the emperor to demote him out of the capital. As a result, He Shi Kai was ruthless and killed Zhao County Prince."

"Now, the King of Xianyang is not so soft-hearted. Since he has no room for work with Shikai, he can't live now."

"He Shikai knew that he was incompatible with the King of Xianyang, and he would definitely struggle to death now. If the King of Xianyang's troops were about to enter the city..."

He looked at his companions: "I won't be stupid to stop him anyway."

The others kept nodding: "We are not stupid, we don't get involved in this kind of thing."

This is a grudge between big people. It’s good for the soldiers to watch the show. If they participate in it, they will have no benefits. They accidentally lose their lives and cry for their relatives.

Why bother?

The soldiers were talking everywhere on the city wall, but they saw a door open, and then cavalry rushed over on the street, with about a hundred cavalry.

More than a hundred cavalrymen left the city gate and headed south.

The gate then closed, and the soldiers on the front of the city looked at the team gradually disappearing from their sight and started to talk again:

"Follow the banner, is it the King of Linhuai? The King of Linhuai goes to the south, is this to... persuade him to reconcile?"

......

On the southern suburbs of Yecheng, on the north road of Caoqiao, Linhuai King Lou Dingyuan galloped south under the escort of his followers. To the south, flags were vaguely visible.

Lou Dingyuan looked at the place where the army gathered in front, without any fear.

On the contrary, I was a little excited.

King Huluguang of Xianyang disobeyed his orders and led his army back to Beijing, which seemed to be dealing with Heshikai.

He Shikai is now desperate and gives him a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, as well as several beauties, asking him to mediate in the center and ask the King of Xianyang to give him a way out.

This is not the first time I have been looking for Lou Dingyuan with Shikai.

A year ago, at the beginning of last year, Zhao County King Gao Rui impeached He Shikai, and the momentum was huge. He Shikai was desperate, so he came to ask Lou Dingyuan.

Lou Dingyuan initially impeached He Shikai with Gao Rui, but seeing that He Shikai was so sincere, he made a temporary decision to excuse him.

Later, He Shikai killed Gao Rui, not only escaped, but also became more and more powerful.

Lou Dingyuan saw that the situation was wrong, so he quickly returned the gold, silver and jewelry that He Shikai had given him. The beauty returned the beauty and gave him a lot of money.

Afterwards, Lou Dingyuan was very regretful and felt that he had saved He Shikai's life, but he did not get any benefits and even paid for it.

As a relative of the state dynasty and the nephew of Empress Wuming Lou Zhaojun, he actually wanted to bow down to a slander. Such humiliation made Lou Dingyuan regret it.

He Shikai killed Prince Zhao Gao Rui, and his arrogance became increasingly arrogant, powerful, nepotism, and shameless. His affair with Empress Dowager Hu was well known and attracted many people's dissatisfaction.

So Lou Dingyuan was happy to see the other party being unlucky.

Now, although Lou Dingyuan didn't know how Hu Luguang would be in a quarrel with Heshi, he would not repeat the same mistakes.

Even though He Shikai still promised that once the matter was done, he could be the Secretary of the Secretariat, Lou Dingyuan was not moved at all, because he judged that Hu Luguang would probably be able to eradicate the roots.

Huluguang resisted his order and led his army back to Beijing. This move was like forcing the palace. Even if the emperor did not have any trouble with the attack, he would definitely hate him in his heart.

Therefore, Lou Dingyuan believed that after Huluguang solved the problem of Heshikai, Gao Wei would inevitably abolish Gao Wei and made his younger brother Gao Yan the King of Langya.

Although Huluguang's daughter was the queen of the current dynasty, this does not mean that Huluguang will protect his son-in-law.

You should know that Gao Bainian (Crown Prince Gao Yan) is also Hu Lu Guang's son-in-law, but Hu Lu Guang also supports Gao Zhan as the emperor as the crown prince of Gao Yan.

He also allowed Gao Zhan to kill Gao Bainian, which led to Gao Bainian's princess and Hu Luguang's daughter on a hunger strike.

Besides, Empress Hulu seems not to be favored by the emperor, so the relationship between the father-in-law and son-in-law is probably not much left.

When Lou Dingyuan thought of this, he became more and more determined: in a moment, he would express his attitude to Huluguang, and as a leader, he would open the city gate and let Huluguang lead his troops into the city.

After that, he killed and prospered, and the emperor was abolished.

In this way, He Shikai gave him gold, silver, jewelry and beauty without returning it. He waited for the throne to be replaced. Gao Yan became the emperor. As a hero, he could be rewarded.

This is killing two birds with one stone!

There were cavalrymen in front of him intercepted him. Lou Dingyuan asked someone to show his identity, the other party moved out of his way, and sent someone to lead the way. He and his entourage continued to advance.

After crossing the grass bridge, I saw soldiers and horses in the wilderness in front of me, flags and flags like forests. Under the sun, a large area of ​​cold light flashed among countless soldiers, and a solemn aura rushed towards me.

At that moment, Lou Dingyuan suddenly felt a little palpitations.

As a noble child, he has held outstanding positions and commanded thousands of troops, but he has never been as shocked by the murderous aura in the army as he is today.

Lou Dingyuan rode his horse forward, and wherever he went, there were soldiers wearing strong and sharp arms. The armor they wore was very special, like a turtle shell.

It seems to be made of a whole iron plate, worn on the body, giving people a feeling of being big belly.

Because the surface of the armor is smooth, it reflects sunlight.

A large amount of armor reflects, and from a distance, it looks like the water surface under the sun, sparkling.

Lou Dingyuan remembered that there was no such armor made in the armor workshop in Yecheng. When Huluguang led his army to the war, the soldiers did not wear such armor.

So, was this armor seized from the Southern Thief?

Lou Dingyuan was puzzled and came to a big tent, got off his horse, and walked forward.

The soldier who led the way did not say a word and walked in a silence. He was a little unhappy, but the situation was special and it was difficult to attack.

As he walked, Lou Dingyuan felt something was wrong, but something was not right.

The big tent was right in front of me, but no one came to greet me. Lou Dingyuan didn't care and followed the soldiers leading the way forward.

When he was about to enter the tent, he suddenly remembered something wrong: None of the generals he saw recognized were all strange faces.

This was not right, because he basically knew all the generals under Huluguang and many of the generals, but now he seems to have no familiar faces.

Lou Dingyuan, who was puzzled in his heart, walked into the tent, his eyes dazzled when the light and shadow intertwined.

After waiting for his eyes to adapt to the darkness in the tent (relative to the outside), Lou Dingyuan saw that there were many people in the tent, and one of them was an old acquaintance.

Sima eliminates difficulties.

Sima Xiaonan is the old friend of Sima Ziru's son, Sima Ziru, Gao Huan (uncle Lou Dingyuan), so Sima Xiaonan and Lou Dingyuan have a friendship "from childhood" and have known each other in Huaishuo Town.

Now that an acquaintance is right in front of you, Lou Dingyuan was stunned: Haven’t you escaped to the south? Why are you here?

Then he realized: Could it be that he had returned after he was lost?

It's good to be back...

Lou Dingyuan thought so, then looked upwards.

The upper man sat alone on the bed, wearing tortoise shell armor, about 30 or 40 years old, and had an ordinary appearance, but he did not recognize this person.

This person is not Huluguang.

His person's aura was extraordinary, with bright eyes and looking at him with a smile.

"I haven't seen each other for many years, brother is fine?" Sima Xiaonan said in Xianbei. With a pure Huaishu accent, Lou Dingyuan didn't know what to say at once.

"This is the emperor of Chu." Sima Xiaonan introduced Lou Dingyuan to the leader. Lou Dingyuan's pupils shrank and his head turned blank when he heard this.

Emperor of Chu? Li, Li Li?

What's going on?

He stared at the head blankly, and Sima Xiaonan then introduced to Li Li: "Your Majesty, this is the King of Linhuai of Qi, Lou Dingyuan, and his aunt are the Empress Wuming."

"Oh, it turns out that it was the King of Linhuai of Qi. I have long admired Daming. I am lucky to meet him, and I am lucky to meet him." Li Li smiled, speaking in Xianbei, and also in Huaishu accent.

After all, Duan Yuying is also from Huaishuo (town).

He stood up with a smile on his face: "The King of Linhuai came from afar, I wonder what good news to me?"
Chapter completed!