Plan to cut off the nine states

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"Your Majesty was assassinated last night. The eldest princess is in charge of the affairs in the palace, assisted by Shao Junqian. The King of Jibei and the third brother are staying at her side. Madam asked the Queen Mother to send me out of the city. Tens of thousands of forbidden troops are stationed outside the city. They were originally scheduled to march with your Majesty today. "

Lou Chu described the situation in Dongdu in a few words, then stepped aside and waited for his father to make a decision.

The general folded the edict, put it in his arms, and asked, "Who is the assassin?"

"The assassin committed suicide on the spot. It is said that he was originally from Liang, sold into slavery, and infiltrated into the third brother's house..."

"I understand." Lou Wen didn't look surprised at all. He didn't even ask about the relationship between the assassin and his son, "Get in the car."

Although the general was defeated, the car he rode in was still luxurious. The carriage was spacious and comfortable, and it was pulled by eight horses. He walked on the road like flying.

Lou Wen didn't speak for a while, sitting there breathing heavily, the haggardness that had just disappeared returned to his face, "What do you think the Lou family should do next?"

Lou Chu didn't expect his father to ask his opinion. He was slightly startled and immediately said: "Enter the palace, apologize, support the new emperor, and request to be punished to suppress the Hegong rebellion. There are tens of thousands of forbidden troops outside the city. Whoever gets it Get Dongdu."

"Hey." Lou Wen laughed softly and was in a daze again. After a long time, he said, "Am I really old? I can't keep up with what young people do."

"Aspirations are still there, people's hearts are not old, father..."

"The assassin was sent by me."

Lou Chu had already had a premonition, but was still surprised when he heard the general admit it himself, "Did Guo Shifeng persuade his father to do it?"

Lou Wen nodded, "He said that the three of you made a plan, and the people you used were all found by the man named Ma. I thought it might be feasible, so I sent Guo Shifeng to find the man named Ma, but he ran away and the assassins were still there. , Guo Shifeng continued to advance the plan, but he did not expect it to succeed. "

"Guo Shifeng didn't go to Qinzhou?"

"One day after I set out, he turned around and returned to Luoyang. He came out of Beijing to meet me the day before yesterday. He said everything was as planned. He didn't say it would be yesterday."

"His Majesty made an impromptu decision to leave the palace yesterday. No one could have expected it in advance."

"Well, so when Guo Shifeng suggested that he and Liang Shengzhi return to Beijing early with the prince, I agreed."

Lou Chu was still confused and looked at his father silently.

Lou Wen was silent for a while, "The prince was frightened and became seriously ill. Guo Shifeng said that instead of letting the prince die beside me, it would be better... in short, everything was too fast."

"What was my father's original plan to do when he returned to Beijing?"

"I left your brothers and nephews in Qinzhou. I came back to plead guilty to His Majesty, and at the same time confront this bastard Lan Xun. If Guo Shifeng's plan can be realized, I must show up in time. Unexpectedly, it is still too late. step."

Lou Wen became stern inexplicably, "You are my son, but you have never told me the whole truth. Instead, an outsider revealed the assassination plan to me."

"Outsiders tell the truth, but they may run to others when something happens. A child who doesn't tell the truth will run to his father no matter what."

Lou Wen chuckled and said: "I ran here, but... it may be too late."

"It's not too late." Lou Chu said eagerly, "For a few days in the palace, the woman will be in charge, and the mother and princess will be by the Queen Mother's side..."

Lou Wen shook his head, "I'm not talking about Dongdu, but Qinzhou."

"How is Qinzhou?"

"Lan Xun told a huge lie. Qinzhou has already been in chaos. Even if a hundred thousand troops enter Guanzhong at the same time, they may not be able to extinguish it quickly. The imperial court lures the people with grain and rebels by river workers in the east, which only adds to the chaos."

"My father is victorious in every battle, as long as the court gives him military power..."

Lou Wen still shook his head, "It's different, it's different."

"The defeat of Qinzhou was a secret plan by the emperor to lure the rebels with food and grass. The officers and soldiers were not to blame. Why is my father so depressed?"

Lou Wen patted his huge belly gently, "I am still old, and I was stabbed by someone. I think back then, even ten or a hundred people couldn't get close to me, but now I am stabbed by an unknown person."

Lou Chu was shocked, "Father..."

"I won't die for a while. No matter what, I will arrange a retreat for the descendants of the Lou family."

Lou Chu was still uneasy. The emperor and the general were stabbed in the abdomen, which seemed to be intentional.

"Just do as you say, go to the palace to apologize, support a new emperor, and then find a way to fight for military power..."

Lou Chu felt that he could no longer hide it, "The assassin last night injured His Majesty. Shao Junqian, Prince Zhang Shiyu, Prince of Jibei and I... killed His Majesty together."

Lou Wen actually didn't get angry, but asked: "Who among you three comes first and who comes last?"

"Haier goes first, followed by Shao Junqian and Zhang Shiyu."

"You are worthy of being my son, and worthy of being born to Princess Wu. You, mother and son, have finally killed a Tiancheng Emperor with your own hands. You should be satisfied, right?"

The foundation of the building is speechless.

"If it were in peacetime, I would be the first to kill you to thank the court, but now - peacetime is about to end. The Lou family needs a son who can survive in troubled times. Your third brother can't do it, and neither can the other brothers. Maybe You can do it, maybe.”

"Father, the world is not in chaos yet, everything can still be restored."

"If you see those rioters with your own eyes, you will understand... It's useless to say this. Don't argue with me. I want to take a rest."

Although the injury to his abdomen was not obvious, it had an immeasurable impact on the general. The ambitions he had accumulated for many years were leaked out uncontrollably. The fighting and iron horse back then seemed like a dream that belonged to others.

The vehicle suddenly stopped, and a school captain said outside: "General, there is an imperial edict ahead."

Lou Wen moved his body and said, "Let him come over and announce the decree."

He raised the curtain of the car and jumped under the car to wait.

An eunuch ran over and saw the general still sitting in the car. He was startled and did not dare to make a request. Instead, he knelt down to the general and then stood up and took out the imperial edict.

The imperial edict was written on silk and was very formal. Unlike the edict brought from the foundation of the building, it was written on paper temporarily.

Just as the eunuch was about to speak, the general said: "Stop reading it and bring it to me to see."

Such a request was against the rules, so the eunuch hesitated and then obediently handed it over.

Lou Chu took it and handed it to his father.

Lou Wen read it over and said with a smile: "The prince has succeeded to the throne in front of the coffin. The first imperial decree is to order me to stay at the inn and not to enter the city. When I go back and tell the new emperor, I say... I obey the decree."

The eunuch should have run away in a hurry, for fear of being called back again.

"How far is it from the inn?" Lou Wen asked the captain who accompanied the car.

"It's already passed. We have to go back a few miles."

"Well, let's turn around then."

Louji got into the car, "Father really doesn't want to enter the city? This imperial edict is definitely not the intention of the prince...the new emperor."

The carriage slowly turned around, and Lou Wen said: "Don't worry, wait for the news from Guo Shifeng."

"Guo Shifeng is used to changing the situation according to the circumstances, and he and Liang Shengzhi are even more untrustworthy."

"Hey, he's your friend."

"He is not my friend, it is Maweila who joins the gang..."

"It's impossible to break into the city. Let's check into the inn first. Let me be quiet for a while."

Lou Wen closed his eyes to rest, but Lou Chu couldn't calm down in his heart. He thought about the current situation over and over again, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became.

When they arrived at the inn, the soldiers went in to arrange food and lodging. Lou Chu went down first and reached out to help his father. However, Lou Wen handed over something and put it in his son's hand. "This is my private seal. Take it with you and go there immediately." At the Forbidden Army camp, I asked to see the King of Xiangdong. I will accept your promise afterward. In short, I will win the support of the King of Xiangdong. "

"King of Eastern Hunan..."

"I have some old friendship with King Xiangdong, and we just got married... You must convince him that as long as I can join the Forbidden Army, the Lou family will not fall."

“Isn’t there still 80,000 people from the Western Expedition Army in Tongguan?”

"Far water can't quench the near thirst, and those 80,000 people are controlled by different generals. Not all of them are mine, so it would be troublesome to dispatch them. Although the King of Xiangdong is not the commander of the forbidden army, he has quite a reputation in the army. If The King of Xiangdong will probably be dissatisfied if the King of Jibei is reused in the palace."

"I understand, father, I'll leave now."

"Wait, bring Qiao Zhisu with you."

The staff member Qiao Zhisu followed the team at the end. He was injured on the forehead and looked quite embarrassed. Lou Chu invited him to see his father. The general confessed: "Mr. Qiao, please give me some advice on this son."

Qiao Zhisu bowed deeply and said, "The Seventeenth Young Master is extremely intelligent. I will follow him around and pick up the pieces and make up for the deficiencies."

The general waved his hand for the two of them to leave.

The two rode horses to the military camp. Qiao Zhisu held the reins and handed over his hand. "I am ashamed. I have always regarded myself as a counselor, but I did not expect that the imperial court would... Alas, your Majesty's actions are really unexpected."

Lou Chu briefly explained the situation again, without mentioning that he was one of the assassins, and finally said: "Mr. Qiao has asked me to contact King Xiangdong before, but I have never been able to do it, and I am very ashamed."

Qiao Zhisu said: "The Seventeenth Young Master is trapped in the palace and has no time to take care of himself. It's because I thought too simply. However, my persuasion should be successful this time."

"Is the King of Xiangdong at odds with the King of Jibei?"

Qiao Zhisu wanted to laugh, but the wound turned into a strange expression, "Although the two kings are uncles and nephews and don't have much contact, there is no grudge. The King of Xiangdong and the Queen Mother - now she should be the Queen Mother - once The marriage was arranged, but the Queen Mother finally married the late Emperor. What happened in the middle is unknown to outsiders. "

"Then King Xiangdong should be very supportive of the Queen Mother."

Qiao Zhisu shook his head, "On the contrary, when she was still the queen, she urged the late emperor to get rid of the King of Xiangdong. There was a big fuss at that time, and the late emperor finally suppressed him. When the emperor - ah, he is also the late emperor - ascended the throne At the beginning, the Queen Mother made another fuss, but Your Majesty did not listen and ordered the King of Eastern Hunan to come to the country and guard the south. Now that the new emperor is young and the King of Jibei is born to the Queen Mother, he is likely to take power and obey the Queen Mother's wishes. "

Lou Chu finally understood why his father wanted to contact King Xiangdong.

"Was the Battle of Qinzhou tragic? After my father was injured, he seemed...a little disappointed."

Qiao Zhisu forced a smile and said, "Logically speaking, I shouldn't say these things, but... just say it, it's time. They are the brothers and nephews of the Seventeenth Young Master. They were the general's personal soldiers. They suffered When it came to the ambush, they were the first to fall into chaos, and everyone fled, so that the morale of the army was broken, and even the general couldn't stop him. He finally escaped back to Tongguan. The general wanted to kill several people with his own hands, but in the end he couldn't. I am extremely disappointed. I often say that the Lou family has no pillars and is afraid that it will collapse. However, the general still values ​​​​the Seventeenth Young Master very much, otherwise he would not give such an important task to the Seventeenth Young Master."

"If the general cannot regain his strength, even if he convinces King Xiangdong, it will be of no use." Lou Chu murmured, finding that there was no way to explain his father's changes using the theory of name and reality.