Chapter 121: Intrigue (2)

Early in the morning, nearly a thousand soldiers from the Tianqi Camp and Longwu Army drove into Xuanyangfang, controlling several streets around the Prime Minister's Mansion, and drove away all the idle personnel. About an hour later, the dragon lord of the Emperor Li of the Tang Dynasty slowly drove into Xuanyangfang under the strict escort of hundreds of guards.

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The smell of medicine in the ward was very dim and the light was very dim. Cui Yuan was lying in the heavy curtain tent, sleeping. Cui Yu, the Minister of Personnel, brought Li Shi into the room and whispered: "Dr. Wang said that the Prime Minister was very weak because of excessive blood loss. He had only woken up once since yesterday."

"Is that? I came so badly." Li Shi slowly came to the tent and glanced through the gap. He saw Cui Yuan's face turned pale, his eyes were closed, and there was no trace of blood on his lips. He nodded and turned to Cui Yu and said, "If the Prime Minister wakes up, I hope he will recover soon. My Tang Dynasty cannot live without him."

"I will definitely tell the Prime Minister.

Li Shi glanced at Cui Yuan again, then left the prime minister's mansion and went back to the palace. The room immediately became quiet. Cui Yuan was still lying in the curtain. When the footsteps of the last person gradually faded away, his eyes suddenly opened, his eyes were bright and sharp, with a hint of mocking smile, and there was no sign of injury. He turned over and sat up, took out a handkerchief, wiped away the oil marks on his face, and then pulled the hidden thread hidden inside the bed.

After a moment, a guard hurried in and he saluted Cui Yuan, "Please give orders to the Prime Minister!"

"Call Zhu Guanghui for me."

Zhu Guanghui was the personal eunuch of Empress Dowager Zhang. Since Empress Dowager Zhang was abandoned by Cui Yuan, she began to suspect that Zhu Guanghui was an eyeliner and gradually neglected him. Zhu Guanghui is now the deputy general manager of Tai Chi Palace, responsible for the procurement of items in the palace. He received Cui Yuan's order this morning and hurried over.

"I'm here to meet the Prime Minister!" Zhu Guanghui felt a little nervous. He also heard that the Prime Minister was assassinated, but when he found out that the Prime Minister was assassinated was simply fake, he knew that Cui Yuan would definitely not be a trivial matter to come to him.

"Have you done what I asked you to do last time?"

"If you return to the prime minister, the matter has been completed. She has already entered the palace. Moreover, Zhang Liangdi drove away many palace maids in the past few days, and his subordinates have taken the opportunity to put her in the Queen Mother's bedroom."

"Good job." Cui Yuan nodded with approval. He turned around and took out a wax ball from the box beside the couch, handed it to Zhu Guanghui and said, "Leave this to her."

Zhu Guanghui suddenly understood, and his heart began to be beating violently. He trembled and took the wax ball. Cui Yuan glanced at him and sneered coldly: "What, don't you want to do it?"

"No, my subordinates are just a little nervous."

"Just pass on something, don't be so nervous. Remember, her orders are the true words!"

"Yes!" Zhu Guanghui said goodbye. He hurriedly left the prime minister's mansion from the back door. On the street, the dazzling sunlight made him unable to open his eyes. He carefully put the things close to his body, and then went around a big circle before he slowly returned to Tai Chi Palace. Due to the decline of the Tang Dynasty royal family, there were not many eunuchs and palace maids in the palace. The grand occasion of tens of thousands of palace people during the Tianbao period has been gone forever. Many concubines of the late emperor also returned to their parents' homes, leaving many palaces vacant. Zhu Guanghui came to the empress dowager's bedroom.

The palace, inquired about a little eunuch, and learned that the person he was looking for was not on duty today, he turned a corner and came to the Yeting Palace. In addition to the place where the officials and women were convicted, the Yeting Palace was also the residence of the palace maids. Soon, he found the room, but the door was not closed tightly. He gently pushed it open, and saw a young palace maid at the desk writing something. She heard the movement and slowly raised her head. It turned out to be an extremely delicate face. She was Li Fanyun who returned from Taiyuan.

Needless to say, everyone has guessed what Li Fanyun’s purpose was to come here. Her current name is Sun Qiniang. She was born into a small official family in Gaoling County. She has a innocent life. She just entered the palace half a month ago. Because she was obedient and smart, and Zhu Guanghui was good at handling things, she was soon transferred to the empress dowager’s bedroom. Zhang Liangdi was also one of the masterminds of that year. However, Li Fanyun did not act hastily. She wanted to wait for the opportunity to catch all the two enemies in one fell swoop.

Zhu Guanghui came in, and Li Fanyun immediately recognized him. She put down the pen in her hand and looked at him coldly and said, "Tell me! What did the Prime Minister bring you?"

Zhu Guanghui took out the wax balls from his arms and quickly placed them on her desk, "That's it!"

Li Fanyun held up the wax balls with his hands and observed them carefully. A smile of expectation slowly flashed in her eyes. The day was finally here.

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At night, the military camp of Tianqi Camp was very quiet. The polo training had stopped these days, and the soldiers were resting early. The military camp was pitch black. On the high watchtower, sentries were patrolling back and forth. At this time, a thin black shadow quickly ran towards the military camp.

The tent was brightly lit, and more than a dozen intermediate generals gathered together and listened to Zhang Huan's orders with all concentration. Since the Liu Yuanqing incident, Zhang Huan has reorganized the intermediate officers of the Tianqi Camp. He carefully analyzed everyone and investigated their origins, hometowns, preferences and even family situations one by one. Any general who was promoted five years ago in Qingzhi would give them a heavy severance payment to get them home, and then promoted a group of young and low-level officers to ensure their absolute loyalty to themselves. Facts proved that his plan was correct at that time. He received news at dusk, and Zhang Potian was summoned to the Daming Palace by Li Shi in the afternoon.

"Everyone, from now on, all soldiers' leave will be cancelled and polo training will be cancelled. No one is allowed to leave Dong Neiyuan without my approval, including you, who will leave Dong Neiyuan or on duty without authorization, and will be punished for the crime of desertion!"

The coach's tent was very quiet, and everyone was silently looking at his young coach. Zhang Huan glanced at everyone and relaxed his tone and said, "I have promoted you twelve of you. I believe you are all loyal to me. I have never stingy in rewarding loyalty. I can guarantee you that within ten years, each of you will become a general, and your family will live an extremely prosperous life. Of course, this also requires your efforts. All I want you to give is the same, but loyalty, absolute loyalty!"

His eyes shot towards He Lou Wuji, and he asked in a low voice: "General He Lou, please express your opinion first!"

He Lou Wuji strode out, he knelt down on one knee, raised his head and said, "The last general He Lou Wuji, here he swears that he will be absolutely loyal to General Zhang Qubing. If he violates his oath, he will kill together!"

Before Zhang Huan could speak, the right brigade coach Eagle Yanglang General Li Hengqiu took a step forward. He said loudly without any worries: "I, Li Hengqiu, are the convicted person, but the general promoted me to the deputy general. I hereby swear that I will be loyal to General Zhang Huan. If I violate this oath, I will be crushed to pieces."

After saying that, he pulled out the short knife from his military boots, tore open the collar of his chest, and carved a knife deeply, and blood gushed out, dyeing his collar red. Everyone was moved by their emotions and knelt down and said loudly: "We are loyal to the general, and we have no other intentions!"

Zhang Huan tore off a corner curtain tent and bandaged Li Hengqiu's wound. His eyes swept across everyone's faces one by one, and finally nodded with satisfaction: "The situation is already very tense. In these few days, the fate of our Tianqi Camp will be determined. You go back first, strictly restrain your soldiers, and prepare to execute my orders."

Everyone gave a bow and turned to retreat. However, Zhang Huan winked at Li Hengqiu and He Lou Wuji. The two stayed behind and the personal soldiers immediately blocked the tent.

"Do you know why I want everyone to sworn in my loyalty today?"

The two looked at each other and shook their heads in confusion.

Zhang Huan stood at the door of the tent with his hands behind his back and said, "The key is my identity. The Li family already has the intention to kill me. He summoned Zhang Potian this afternoon for this matter."

"Does he want to use Zhang Potian to seize the military power of the Tianqi Camp?" He Lou Wuji had a clear idea, and he immediately found the key to the problem.

"Yes! He has only this method, and the Tianqi Camp was born in the Hedong Army." Zhang Huan couldn't help but smile coldly, "But he didn't think about who controls the Daming Palace?"

He Lou Wuji and Li Hengqiu were shocked. Does the general want to kill the monarch and rebellion?

Zhang Huan seemed to know their thoughts and smiled faintly: "Don't worry, I won't be so stupid, let Cui Yuan and Pei Jun Huangque beside me."

Zhang Huan's words made the two confused. After a while, He Lou Wuji said carefully: "I wonder if Cui Xiangguo was assassinated, is it related to this matter?"

Zhang Huan shook his head gently and smiled coldly, "Cui Yuan's assassination was just a show he did. His purpose was to keep Zhang Potian in Chang'an and make a calm deployment behind his back. If I guess correctly, news will come to Hedong in the past two days."

Li Hengqiu couldn't understand Zhang Huan's words, so he slapped his chest and said, "General, don't explain it to us. As long as you order me, Li Hengqiu will never frown!"

Zhang Huan smiled and patted the two of them on the shoulders, lowered his voice and said, "Although everyone is loyal to me, for the sake of caution, I will order you two to take turns day and night to monitor everyone's movements for me."

The two of them received the order and quickly left. Zhang Huan was the only one left in the tent. He slowly walked to the door of the tent and looked at the dark night sky in the north. Although the Zhang family had raised him for fifteen years, he could only give up this kindness in the face of life and death.

"If a hero cannot be made, then let me be a hero!" Zhang Huan murmured.

This is when a soldier rushed from the direction of the camp gate. He ran to Zhang Huan and saluted: "General, your maid is outside the camp gate and said that there is something important to look for you."

"Essential?" Zhang Huan was a little surprised. No one was allowed to come in at the gate of Dongneiyuan. What would happen? He quickly walked towards the gate of the camp. The soldiers hurriedly followed behind. Aside from the gate of the camp, Hua Jinxiu walked around anxiously, stretching her neck from time to time to visit the camp. She suddenly saw Zhang Huan coming out and hurriedly ran forward and said, "There is a eunuch in the palace looking for you, saying that it is very important, and I want me to find you immediately."

"I understand!" Zhang Huan turned over the horse and carried the thin Hua Jinxiu onto the horse again, letting her lean against his chest. He whipped the war horse and galloped towards his dormitory.

After a moment, a large group of knights came to Zhang Huan's dormitory. The lights in the room were not lit, the door was locked, and two black shadows were standing on the wooden platform in front of the door.

Zhang Huan got off the horse and hugged Hua Jinxiu, who was reluctant to leave. At this time, one of the fat black shadows came up. His voice was sharp and he was indeed a eunuch. "Who is General Zhang Huan?"

"I am, what's the matter with you?" Zhang Huan agreed, but his eyes fell on another black shadow on the wooden platform. He had a faint intuition that the person was the real person who came to find him.

"I didn't expect we will meet again so soon." The black shadow slowly walked forward, she lifted the cloak that covered her head and face. In the dim night, an extremely delicate face was revealed, but it was Li Fanyun.

She looked at Zhang Huan silently, saying that he was his younger brother and his only relative. She still vaguely remembered that her mother once told her that her father had an illegitimate child outside, but she never expected that it would be Zhang Huan.

Although she is the eldest daughter of her father and Zhang Huan is just an illegitimate son, the hatred in her heart for the past sixteen years has long worn away the rank of this identity. Having a younger brother means that her father's blood has not been broken, which means that her father's career will be inherited. This is an important event as important as revenge. Li Fanyun's originally dark future suddenly shot in a light, which made her see hope.

Zhang Huan looked at Li Fanyun with unusually complicated eyes, nodded and said, "Let's go in the house and talk!"

Zhu Guanghui stayed outside the house, Zhang Huan lit the light, turned around and closed the door, only to find that Li Fanyun was wearing eunuch's clothes inside his cloak. He thought about it and understood her intentions.

"Do you want to deal with Zhang Liangdi or Li?"

Li Fanyun did not directly ask and answer him. She pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "Why do you want to stop me in Taiyuan?"

"I didn't know my life at that time." Zhang Huan smiled and said, "But it's so lingering, I almost killed you."

Li Fanyun didn't laugh. She was in a hurry and had many things to explain to Zhang Huan. After thinking about it, she answered Zhang Huan's words, "I am now in Tai Chi Palace, responsible for serving the Empress Dowager's daily life. My goal is still the Li family. This matter has been planned for more than a month, but I hope you will leave Chang'an as soon as possible. This place is too dangerous. You are weak and far from their opponent. My father only has your bloodline. You must inherit your father's will and let him smile at Jiuquan. Do you understand?"

"What about you? What about you?"

A bitter smile appeared on Li Fengyun's face, and she sighed and said, "I only live for revenge for my life. As long as I can avenge my parents, the meaning of my life will be gone. Now that you are there, I can feel more at ease."

Zhang Huan was silent. Although Li Fanyun didn't have much contact with him and could not talk about any sibling relationship, he knew that once Li Fanyun succeeded, Cui Yuan would kill her to silence her. A kind of blood-thickness in the water finally made him whisper: "As long as you listen to my arrangements, you should have a chance to escape."

Li Fanyun looked at Zhang Huan in surprise, "Are you...?"

"You don't have to worry about this." Zhang Huan smiled faintly and said, "Just follow my arrangements, I promise that you will not only get avenge, but you can also escape with me."

Li Fanyun had countless thoughts in his mind. She and Cui Yuan were originally using each other. Cui Yuan needed her hatred, and she needed Cui Yuan's power. Of course, she also knew that once she succeeded, Cui Yuan would kill her to silence her, but what is death? She should have died sixteen years ago.

However, Zhang Huan's appearance shook her determination to die. If she did not die, she might still help him fulfill his father's last wish. If his father knew about it underground, he would definitely help his younger brother. The thought of death gradually retreated in her heart. Thinking of this, Li Fanyun said decisively: "Okay! I'll follow your arrangement."

Seeing that she made a decisive decision, Zhang Huan couldn't help but nodded in praise and said, "Then you go back first, and someone will naturally contact you."

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To be continued...