From eunuch to emperor

Li Chengdao immediately bowed and said: "The servant obeys the order."

In the past, Li Chengdao relied on the Secretary of the Imperial City to inquire about the news, but now that the Secretary of the Imperial City is gone, it is not so easy to inquire about the news.

This errand is actually not easy to do.

Guitu saw Li Chengdao's thoughts and said, "Feng Erniang left a group of people, you can use them."

The ghosts are talking about those escorts, after Feng Erniang died, they continued to stay in the city to serve.

Li Chengdao bowed: "The servant leads the order."

The ghost fetus continued to feed the chickens, and Li Chengdao withdrew from Qingren Palace.

Back in the courtyard, Li Chengdao asked Zhong Gui to gather the people from the Escort Bureau.

Soon, people arrived in the yard.

Li Chengdao did a rough calculation, and there were more than 100 people.

"The Holy Son has ordered me to temporarily lead the bodyguard."

Li Chengdao scanned the crowd.

The guards below didn't say anything, and listened quietly to Li Chengdao's words.

After Feng Erniang died, these people actually planned to run away in their hearts.

Originally thought that the ghost fetus is very powerful, and it will be beneficial to follow.

Now it seems that the ghost fetus is not Long Chen's opponent, staying here is a dead end.

Of course, they didn't dare to run away directly, and needed to find a suitable opportunity, such as pretending to be killed while on duty, and disappear from then on.

"Who is your leader now?"

Li Chengdao glanced around, but did not find anyone outstanding.

A man in his 40s came out and said: "Return to the emperor, the little He Mengsheng was once the deputy of the head of the security guard."

Li Chengdao nodded slightly and said: "Okay, from today onwards, you will be the chief escort."

"Long Chen said that he is in retreat, and he is in Linhu City. The Holy Son wants to know if Long Chen is in retreat. You go and find out."

He Mengsheng immediately bowed: "Little one takes orders."

Li Chengdao waved his hand, and everyone left the courtyard, He Mengsheng immediately sent someone to inquire.

...

Soon, the escort got the news that Long Chen was indeed retreating in Linhu City, and he was practicing with the two princesses.

When Li Chengdao reported this matter, he felt strange, why didn't Long Chen attack when he was victorious on the battlefield?

Thinking about it carefully, Guitai felt that the Long family army also needed to rest, and this was the only explanation.

The ghost made Li Chengdao keep an eye on it, and at the same time stepped up military training, and the Ministry of War accelerated the forging of guns and artillery.

Wait for the soldiers and horses to become proficient, and then fight Long Chen.

...

Linhu City.

Long Chen packed up his things, waited until it was dark, and took advantage of the darkness to sneak into the patrolling team.

Once outside the city, Long Chen headed east alone.

When the escorts from Nanliang went to the city to investigate, the people from Xichang had already found out.

After the news that he was confirmed to retreat, Long Chen set off for Jinling.

After going through several battles, the Long family army needed to rest and reorganize. The city of Qingren County was very strong, and the ghost chose to defend, and Long Chen had no choice.

At this time, the gap needs to be opened from other places.

Jinling is a good choice.

Starting from Linhu City, Long Chen bypassed Qingren County, arrived at Songjiang City, and then went down the river by boat.

Along the way, the people in the government are still arresting the young men.

Those who have money can pay to be exempted from military service, and the poor who have no money can only be arrested.

In addition to catching the strong men, every household had to pay military rations, and countless people went bankrupt.

The rear of Nanliang was left in a state of depression.

If you think about it carefully, there are advantages and disadvantages to the appearance of ghost fetuses.

The ghost fetus has a high level of cultivation, and there are a bunch of thugs under him, which is difficult to deal with on the battlefield.

This is bad.

The advantage is that the ghost fetus messed up the Nanliang court, Li Chengdao lost the majesty of the emperor, and Nanliang was no longer monolithic.

Back then, when Long Chen destroyed Xixia, he alienated Shi Le from the ministers and common people. Li Chengdao didn't want to repeat the same mistakes, and he gave more favors to the ministers and common people. Nanliang was very united.

Therefore, before the battle, Long Chen made preparations for a tough battle.

The plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and I didn't expect this to happen in the end.

In a few days, Long Chen arrived in Jinling.

Get off the boat and walk slowly towards the city gate. There are a lot fewer boats along the river, and there are a lot fewer business travelers on the road.

The biggest change is the expressions of the people. They have a somewhat worried expression on their faces, they walk with their heads down, and there are very few people standing on the road talking to each other.

The Crystal Building by the river used to be very lively, but now it is deserted and deserted.

At the gate of the city, more than a dozen imperial guards were checking the passing people.

Long Chen was carrying a burden, the forbidden army stopped him, and scolded him: "Where did you come from? What are you doing in Jinling?"

Long Chen put on some make-up, pretending to be a drug dealer in business, and replied with a smile: "Master Jun, the little drug seller, go to the city to do business."

As he said, Long Chen took out a dozen or so copper coins from his body and stuffed them into the soldiers' hands.

Seeing the money, the soldier immediately smiled and said, "Drug seller, go in."

People in the officialdom are the most greedy for money. What they think about every day is how to realize the power in their hands.

As long as money is given, everything can be done.

From top to bottom, everything is like this, and so are the soldiers guarding the city.

Entering the city, Long Chen walked into an alley with a bag on his shoulders. The word "Yong'an" was written on the entrance of the alley.

This is Yong'an Lane, a small business place in Jinling City, where people are very mixed.

Walking to a wine shop, the recruiter wrote a Qi character.

The Qijia wine shop is the place where Yu Fuguo settled in Jinling City, and it is also the place where he connects with King Wu'an Li Zhaoliang.

Long Chen entered the wine shop, picked a corner in the back and sat down.

The bartender ran over immediately, smiled and asked, "Guest officer, do you want a drink?"

Long Chen nodded and said: "Bring two cents of wine, and another plate of pork head meat."

The bartender immediately ordered a drink and brought a small plate of pork head.

While drinking wine and eating meat, Long Chen waited for there were no more customers in the shop, and said to the bartender, "Where's Yu Fuguo?"

Hearing this, the bartender was stunned for a moment, he didn't recognize Long Chen, and thought it was a temptation from the government.

"Guest officer, who are you looking for?"

The bartender asked with a smile.

The other guys in the store have already drawn their knives secretly.

Long Chen glanced outside, got up and said, "I'm Long Chen, call Yu Fuguo."

After speaking, Long Chen entered the backyard of the wine shop.

Only then did the bartender come to his senses, signaled the others not to move, and immediately reported to Yu Fuguo.

At this time, Yu Fuguo was discussing matters with Lu Ji upstairs, and the two were frowning.

It has been a few days since we arrived in Jinling City, and things are progressing very slowly, and both of them are very anxious.

"Elder-in-law, Linhu City won the battle, but we haven't seen any progress here. Last time He Juntao came to ask, I couldn't answer."

Lu Ji sighed slightly.

Yu Fuguo frowned and said: "Our family doesn't want to do this either, but the situation is more complicated. If we want to gather a group of people to support Li Zhaoliang's ascension to the throne, we must have the army, ministers, and people to support us. easy."

When he first received this task, Yu Fuguo felt that the matter was quite easy. It was just to support Li Zhaoliang to proclaim himself emperor, as long as he entered the palace and sat on the dragon chair.

Now that I think about it, that's not the case at all.

dong dong dong...

The bartender knocked on the door, pushed it open and walked in, saying, "Eunuch, King Wu is here."

Yu Fuguo was taken aback, and asked, "King Wu has arrived? When and where?"