A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 662

At the same time, Liang Wang Zhao Cefen took a carriage to rest in the curtain outside Daqing Gate.Watching the servants carefully help him put on the crown prince's clothes, he secretly pinched his thigh.

It hurts!

Know that you are not dreaming.

Three days ago, he was still a bastard who was rejected by his brothers and sisters and ate miscellaneous grains every day. Following the official decree, he jumped N ranks and became the prince, prince, and future official of the Song Dynasty.

After the crown prince changed into the court clothes, Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang, Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao guided him into the Daqing Hall together, and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to the emperor on the dragon chair.

Song Renzong looked at the immature young man who said "long live", the main reason for choosing Zhao Cefen was that he was still young and his parents had passed away.The queen also strongly supported it, and none of the ministers objected, and it went smoothly unexpectedly.
Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang unfolded the imperial decree and said loudly,

"Under the door. The establishment of the reserve is not for private relatives, but for the rule of the world, and for the hearts of the world. Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Shou Taibao, Jianzhong Shuling, Xingjiang Ningyin, Qin Fengjun Jiedushi, Liang Wang, Shi There are [-] households in the town, and [-] households are sealed by Shishi. Zhao Cefen, filial friends are born with talent, and Wen Liang will be successful in Japan. He can be established as the crown prince and given the name Zhao Ji, and he will be in the East Palace."

Zhao Cefen knelt down and kowtowed excitedly, "My son, Zhao Ji, thank you Lord for your grace! Long live my emperor!"

All the ministers knelt down and kowtowed, "Long live my emperor!"

The old emperor raised his hand slightly, "Your highnesses are at peace."

With the support of Senior Official Liang, the old emperor tremblingly walked in front of the prince, and took the twelve golden cicada, cloud and dragon pattern red gold celestial crowns handed over by the prime minister, "From today onwards, you are the prince of the Great Song Dynasty. The future officials of the Great Song Dynasty must not Live up to me and the people of the world."

"Report! King Yan has rebelled! Report! King Yan has rebelled!" The voice changed from far to near, and the faces of the courtiers in the palace changed drastically. Unexpectedly, this person was rebellious, and he chose to take the lead in the rebellion today. Big Brother's complexion turned black
"Report! King Yan's army is approaching Tokyo City." Zhao Dechao (the second head of the Imperial City Department) rushed into the hall, knelt in front of the hall and said loudly, "Your Majesty, before serving tea, King Yan led the army to capture the outer city. Chengchao Huimen!"

Whoa!
The hall immediately became noisy!
"Already captured Chaohui Gate?"

The old emperor thought he heard it wrong, and after Zhao Dechao repeated it, he said in disbelief, "When did King Yan attack the city?"

The city of Tokyo is divided into outer city, inner city, imperial city, triple city wall.The bottom of the outer city wall is more than 30 meters wide, the top is about 5 meters wide, and the height is about 10 meters. In addition, there is a moat around the outer city wall, about 30 meters away from the outer city wall, 11-13.6 meters deep, and about 38 meters wide.To capture the gates of the outer city, an army of [-] would have to fight for ten and a half months.
Zhao Dechao said, "Liu Dezhao, the guard of Chaohui Gate, saw King Yan's army and opened the gate on his own initiative."

CNM!
The old emperor couldn't help but spit out a national curse!
"Zhang Maoze"

All the city gates in Tokyo City are jointly controlled by the Imperial City Secretary and the Kaifeng Mansion. Of course, if something goes wrong, the person in charge must be found, but it got stuck halfway through the shouting. The Imperial City Secretary ordered Zhang Maoze to go to Jiangnan East Road five days ago. Investigate and deal with the rebellion case of the king of Dongping County.Now the person in charge of the Imperial City Department is Zhao Dechao who is kneeling in front of him.
Seeing that the old emperor was still struggling with the guarding of the city gate, the privy envoy Ouyang Xiu hurriedly came out and said, "Your Majesty, the most important thing now is to dispatch troops quickly to eliminate the rebels and put down the rebellion."

"What you said is very true!" The old emperor immediately asked about the size of the rebel army and was shocked when he learned that there were hundreds of thousands of people, "Where did King Yan get so many troops? So many people are near the capital, The Imperial City Secretary hasn't found out for so many days?"

Zhao Dechao replied, "Your Majesty, more than half of them are from the Division of Guards and Infantry."

The old emperor was stunned. Li Zhang, the commander of the Guards and Infantry Division, was his cousin and his number one confidant. He actually betrayed him.

No wonder I asked someone to ask for leave this morning, saying that I could not participate in today's canonization ceremony because of the cold.

His heart ached, and he opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Officer Liang hurriedly supported the old emperor, and shouted at the internal officials beside him, "Quickly call the imperial physician! The imperial physician!"

When the palace was in turmoil, Wang Lidong took all the female relatives of the Sheng family and the three sons who lived in the Sheng family, and drove home in more than a dozen carriages.

If it wasn't for his urgent urging, Half the Sky of the Sheng family planned to bring all valuable things with them.

"Hey, isn't this Yanran's carriage?" Ru Lan looked out of the window, and suddenly saw a familiar carriage parked in front of the gate of Taishi Yu's Mansion not far away, Ming Lan also moved to the window, "Yes Yanran's carriage, is she planning to go out?"

"What time is it? It must be going out. Magpie, tell the coachman to stop in front of the Grand Master's Mansion."

The big magpie turned sideways and opened a small window above its head, and gave orders to the outside. The carriage slowed down slowly and stopped in front of the Grand Master's Mansion.

Ru Lan and Ming Lan jumped out of the car together and came to Yu Yanran's carriage, "Is your girl in the car?"

Yu Yanran's eldest maid, Chuncao, hurriedly asked for a blessing, "Five girls and six girls are good, my girls are still in the mansion." While talking, Yu Yanran walked out of the Grand Master's mansion, saw Ru Lan Minglan, and ran forward happily, " Why are you here?"

Ru Lan asked, "Why didn't Yan Ran accompany the old master into the palace?"

Yu Yanran said, "I don't like that kind of occasion, so I stayed at home."

Minglan asked, "Are you going to go out now?"

Yu Yanran nodded and said, "Go to the polo field, I haven't watched 'Fire Burning Cloud' for several days."

Huoshaoyun is her polo horse.Every player participating in the polo league can rent a horse from the business company for free. As long as they participate in 15 games, the horse will be given to the player for free.

Since the start of the league, Yu Yanran, an activist, has not lost a game. Not only has she saved more than 300 yuan of private money, but she will also participate in 3 games, and "Huoshaoyun" will also belong to her.If I have nothing to do recently, I will go to the polo field to see my little friends, and feed some delicious food to Huoshaoyun by the way.

Ru Lan hurriedly told her good friend about King Yan's rebellion, and Yu Yanran turned pale with fright when she heard that the rebels had already invaded Tokyo City.

A few minutes later, Ru Lan's carriage restarted, and there was another passenger on board, her best friend Yu Yanran.

After half a cup of tea, the convoy drove safely into Duke Qi's Mansion. The Sheng Mansion family and Yu Yanran were arranged in the small courtyard next to Wang Lidong's courtyard. As for the three children who had landed on the ground, they were thrown by Wang Lidong in the guest room in the front yard. .

After everyone settled down, they gathered in the hall. Not long after they sat down, they heard all kinds of noisy voices outside, asking the servant girl to inquire. After a while, the servant girl reported that the story of King Yan's army's rebellion and attack on the city gradually spread. messed up
Mrs. Wang patted the breasts and said happily, "Fortunately, we left early, otherwise we would be stuck in the middle of the road if we dragged out until now."

Mrs. Sheng glanced at Mrs. Wang, and she actually had the face to say this. Who was crying and shouting just now and wanted to pack more soft food? If Qi Heng hadn't said that the carriage was full and there was no room left, maybe they hadn't set off yet.
Wang said worriedly, "Ru'er, have you asked Brother Heng how many guards are there in the Duke's mansion? If there are fewer people in this case, the mansion will be rushed into by rebels."

The faces of all the girls and maids in the room changed, and several of them turned pale with fright.

Old Madam Sheng glared at Mrs. Wang, "Since Brother Heng dares to stay, he will make arrangements for it. Why are you so stupid!"

Ru Lan comforted, "Mother, don't worry, I asked Second Brother Heng, there are more than 1000 guards in the Duke's Mansion and Brother Xuan's house next door, and it must be no problem to guard the Duke's Mansion."

Hearing that there were more than 1000 guards, everyone was relieved a lot, but the atmosphere in the room was still very solemn, Ru Lan suggested, "How about we play cards?"

It's a pity that no one responded, it's this time, who would be in the mood to play around, and Ru Lan was heartless and still cheerful.

Suddenly there was a crowd of cries and shouts outside the house, and Ru Lan, who was extremely bored, volunteered to go out to inquire, and the big and small magpies hurried to follow.

Wang Lidong stood on the bamboo scaffolding, leaned out of the fence and looked around.

On the street not far away, the people were running for their lives in all directions. Many rogues took the opportunity to smash and loot everywhere, and there were flames and thick smoke in many places.

Rompy Niu Er had long been envious of Xiaohong, the little girl from the breakfast shop on the street, but unfortunately she didn't even look at him, and usually could only stare and drool, but he didn't expect to meet such a good time today, so he found a chance to knock Xiaohong unconscious , hid in a bush with the bar on his shoulders, and excitedly untied his belt
"Give me a bow and arrow."

Wang Lidong took the black steel recurve bow and quiver from Fugui, bent the bow and set the arrow, a hundred meters away, Niu Er, whose trousers had retreated to his heels, had a big hole in his head with a bang , the blood rush 'stab' woke up the fainting Xiaohong.
"Pass down the order, the archers go up to the wall, and if they see evildoers, kill them immediately!" Wang Lidong took an arrow, and a bald man with a knife not far away who wanted to kill someone immediately went to report to Lord Yan.

"Okay, son."

All the guards climbed up to the wall, "唰唰唰" After a while, the hundred feet in front of the Duke's Mansion suddenly became empty.

Ru Lan walked to the front yard and saw Wang Lidong lying on the wall, walking to the wall with his hands behind his back, raised his head, "Second brother Heng, what are you looking at up there?"

Wang Lidong looked down at Rulan, and asked, "Why are you here?"

Ru Land said, "It's so noisy outside, grandma and the others are a little worried, I'm here to find out the news."

Seeing the girl, Wang Lidong seemed not afraid at all, "Do you want to come and have a look?"

Ru Lan was eager to try, but she shook her head in the end and said, "Forget it, if mother finds out, don't scold me to death."

Three minutes later, Ru Lan stood beside Wang Lidong, looking around with a binoculars, "This thing looks very far away, I saw Fan Lou. Second brother Heng, there is a lot of smoke over there. Is it on fire?"

Wang Lidong didn't care about Rulan who was yelling, and looked around with a telescope. In the direction of 10 o'clock, more than 200 feet away, there was a rogue dragging a little girl."

Wang Lidong put down the binoculars, drew the bow and set the arrow.
Ru Lan, who was on the side, happened to be there, and cheered, "Shot! But that girl was also fainted from fright. Brother Heng, don't shoot in the head next time, it looks scary."

"Okay. Then don't shoot in the head."

Ru Lan immediately became an observer, which is much more interesting than blind watching, "Second brother Heng, on the right hand side, in the direction of the big willow tree, there is a man with a torch trying to burn down the shop."

"Shot, it looks like he's still alive"

"Brother Heng, is this archery difficult?"

Wang Lidong glanced at Rulan and said, "Do you want to try?"

Ru Lan's little head is like a chicken pecking rice.

Wang Lidong said, "After a while, I'll take you to the shooting range, where there are bows and arrows and other shooting equipment, you can play as you like."

Ru Lan's eyes brightened, "Aside from bows and arrows, what else is there for fun?"

Wang Lidong smiled and said, "You will know when you go."

Seeing that the little girl didn't come back for a long time, Wang was afraid that something might happen, so she went out to look for it. All the way to the front yard, she saw the little girl standing on a wooden shelf, talking and laughing next to Qi Heng, and the two were close. They were almost pasted together, and shouted, "Sheng Rulan!!!!" Rulan trembled in fright, her legs went limp, but fortunately Wang Lidong's eyes were sharp and his hands quickly grabbed her.
Wang's face was also pale with fright, regretting that she yelled a ghost, if her daughter fell, it would be good or bad.
When Ru Lan landed safely, she rushed forward and grabbed her daughter's ears, then dragged her to the backyard, cursing, "You don't need to worry about it, just stand there."

After a stick of incense, Wang Lidong went into the backyard and saw poor Ru Lan being punished to stand
Old Madam Sheng asked, "Brother Heng, how's it going outside?" Just now Ru Lan said a lot, and the various chaos on the street made everyone panic.

Wang Lidong lightly explained the situation, and sprinkled some chicken soup, which calmed everyone down a lot, "Don't worry, this rebellion will pass in a short time."

"about how long?"

"If it's quick, it can end today, if it's slow, it'll be two or three days."

Old Madam Sheng asked in surprise, "How did Brother Heng know?"

Wang Lidong said, "Just now a large group of imperial troops passed by our mansion. The flags should be the vanguard of King Yan. They can pass through the two gates so quickly. I think there should be arrangements for the palace gates in Da Nei. When the troops enter the palace , is not far from the end."

He quietly installed an 'accelerator' for this rebellion. Before noon, several forces capable of vying for the throne, if nothing else happened, would gather in the palace to win the grand master.Tens of thousands of people hacked each other, and it didn't take half a day to decide the outcome.

The old lady Sheng frowned and said, "The vanguard of King Yan is almost here, why is it so smooth? What about the other imperial troops?"

Wang Lidong laughed and said, "My grandfather went out to patrol the border, and the sergeant in front of the Eighty Thousand Palace did not receive the emperor's imperial decree, so he definitely would not dare to move. With the current situation, the imperial decree should not be able to leave the imperial city.

As for the infantry guards, more than half of them were bought by Yan Wang, and there are more than 5 sergeants guarding the horse army, why there is no movement, I have to ask Empress Cao about this."

There was too much information, old lady Sheng gasped, and said in silence for a while, "So the chances of King Yan are great?"

Wang Lidong waved his hands and said, "Nowadays, the officials are generous and benevolent, but Yan Wang actually rebelled for his own self-interest, the people's hearts are not on his side.

Although the superficial strength is the strongest, there are not many irons, just a mob.

The other clans, although they have few soldiers and generals, together, their number is not less than that of King Yan, and their teachers are well-known.

Famous, justified, justified, have appeal.With the appeal, the soldiers will work hard and get the support of the people.

Therefore, King Yan's odds of winning are pitifully small. "

Minglan asked curiously, "Second brother Heng, which clans are stronger now?"

Wang Lidong said, "Anding County King Zhao Shijing, Wei Guogong Zhao Zhonghan, Nankang County King Zhao Ceyu, and Dongxiang Bo Zhao Zongquan." After thinking about it, Zhao Zongquan was added. Gu Tingye, who has the aura of a pig's foot, but this time it is not a TV series. The other three sergeants have more than ten thousand soldiers, so it is hard to say who will win.
At the same time, the major forces mentioned by Wang Lidong all received news of King Yan's rebellion, and set out one after another to the capital.

Zhao Zongquan, father and son of the Yuzhou regiment training envoy Dongxiang Bo, rushed to the Xuanhua Gate in the outer city of the capital with 1000 troops under his command.

"Zhonghuai, it's up to you!" Zhao Ceying, the deputy trainer of the Yuzhou regiment, looked at the tall city wall, thinking that if Gu Tingye couldn't handle the city gate guards, ten times more of them would be useless.

Gu Tingye said confidently, "Don't worry, I already talked to Liu Li yesterday, and he promised that as long as he sees the imperial decree from the government, he will let us enter the city."

These two days they were thinking about how to sneak into the city, and when Gu Tingye found out that the guard of Xuanhua Gate was called Liu Li, he had an idea.Liu Li spent a period of time under the tent of his deceased father, and he and Liu Li drank together. Although the relationship between the two was normal, it was always a breakthrough point.

Yesterday he took time to find Liu Li and had a drink. He found out that this guy was a marginal figure under Yan Wang's command, and he didn't get involved too much. up.

If everything went well, he felt like he was dreaming.

"Who's downstairs?" At this moment, a general appeared at the gate of the city, and looked out with his head.

"General Liu, it's me, Ting Ye!" Seeing Liu Li, Gu Tingye immediately patted his horse to the downstairs of the city gate, "I have the sacred decree, you put a hanging basket down."

Seeing that Gu Tingye dared to say that, Liu Li believed it halfway, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to put a small basket down, then hung it up again after a while, took the scroll in the basket, opened it and looked carefully, and knew that it was not a fake. Yes, immediately waved to open the city gate.

Zhao Ceying, the deputy envoy of the Yuzhou Regiment, saw the city gate slowly opening "creaking and creaking". He was overjoyed, patted his horse and walked to Gu Tingye's side, stretched out his fist and hit the shoulder hard, "Yes, Tingye!"

Gu Tingye raised his eyebrows, knowing that his weight in the hearts of Zhao Zongquan and his son had increased, but he said modestly, "If it wasn't for my uncle's imperial decree, I would just talk nonsense. General Liu would not sell my face and turn to the light." .”

Zhao Zongquan, Dongxiang Uncle not far away, was very pleased with what he heard. He stroked his beard, thinking that although Gu Tingye is a bit arrogant, he doesn't take credit for boasting, which is good.

Zhao Ceying smiled and said, "Okay, you are still modest, what is the relationship between us, don't use this!"

After a while, Zhao Zongquan and his son's 1000 troops entered Bianliang City smoothly, and on the Wanshengmen side of the western city, Wei Guogong also opened the city gate very smoothly, and more than 2 teams drove into Tokyo City.

Wei Guogong praised the chief counselor next to him, "Thanks to Mr., you can persuade the city gate guards to abandon the dark and turn to the bright with just a three-inch tongue.
The chief counselor looked like a master, and said calmly, "The Duke of the country is absurd, how can this old man compare to Prime Minister Zhuge?"

The counselors behind the two spat inwardly, the devil's tongue is not rotten, as long as they are given 2 taels of silver, they can also instigate the gatekeeper.
(End of this chapter)