Chapter 365: The Tang Dynasty Changes to Heaven (Part 1)

"You didn't expect that I was still alive!" Li Fanyun said in an extremely calm manner.

Cui Xiaofu looked at Li Fanyun standing in front of her with cold eyes. She had a hint of excitement just now because she was not dead. She did not answer Li Fanyun's words, but turned her head and asked Lu Taiyi coldly: "Who let her in? Can anyone enter and exit the Daming Palace?"

Lu Taiyi replied in horror: "I don't know, I'll go check it now!"

After saying that, he was about to leave in a panic. Two guards flashed behind Li Fengyun and blocked his way. Li Fengyun glanced at him, took out a stack of letters and placed it on Cui Xiaofu's table, "Look! This is the good thing you have done by your personal eunuch. Every move you make, he reports all the contents of your conspiracy with Li Mian to us. This is the real reason for your defeat. Those who are loyal to you have driven away one by one. You don't need Duan Xiushi, but you insist on making friends with those tigers and wolves, Zhu Li and Cui Qinggong. Feng Endao, who has been following you for decades, was driven away by you, but Lu Taiyi, who has used a sweet-mouthed sword, tell you the truth, this Lu Taiyi surrendered to Pei Jun when he was in Li Qi's mansion. Seeing that you were about to be defeated, he turned to join us. He also promised me that he could poison you at any time."

Li Fanyun's word and sentence were pounding Cui Xiaofu's heart. She picked up a secret letter on the table, which turned out to be the list of thirty royal families who promised to follow her. Her face turned pale, and her eyes stabbed at Lu Taiyi like a knife. Lu Taiyi was so scared that she trembled all over and curled up in the corner, her face turned dead gray. Cui Xiaofu was so angry that she almost dripped out of her heart. She pulled out the sword on the wall and walked towards Lu Taiyi step by step, clenched her fists and trembled her lips.

Li Fanyun waved his hand gently, and the two guards flashed silently behind her again. Seeing that there was murderous intent in Cui Xiaofu's eyes, Lu Taiyi was so scared that he turned over and knelt down at Li Fanyun, begging for a sarcastic voice: "Li Sizheng, I have no credit and hard work. You can't just cross the river and destroy the bridge! I...."

Before he finished speaking, he screamed, Cui Xiaofu had already stabbed into his body with a sword. This may be Cui Xiaofu's first killing with his own hands. The moment the sword entered the human body, she suddenly screamed in shock, pulled out the hilt of the sword, took a few steps back, and fell on the imperial bed weakly. Lu Taiyi was not killed, but fell to the ground and wailed in pain. Li Fengyun made another gesture, "Swoosh!" A cold light flashed and accurately shot into Lu Taiyi's heart. He struggled a few times and finally died.

The room became quiet, and the two guards following Li Fanyun had already carried Lu Taiyi's body away. Li Fanyun slowly walked to Cui Xiaofu and squatted down. He stared at Cui Xiaofu with bright eyes. She advised extremely sincerely: "Sister Fu, you no longer have a chance, so you should follow the situation! I can guarantee that he will not kill you."

At this moment, Cui Xiaofu became extremely haggard. She looked up tiredly at the person she once trusted the most, and smiled sadly: "Can I trust Li Sizheng's words?"

"No! No! He once promised me that as long as you obey the overall situation, he can let you retire in Tai Chi Palace. He also promised you, have you forgotten?" Li Fanyun quickly explained.

Cui Xiaofu looked at her face, and she suddenly burst into laughter, and her sharp voice echoed in the palace, "Of course he doesn't dare to kill me now, but a year later, I will definitely miss the late emperor's death from illness and don't have to think about it."

Her laughter stopped abruptly, and she stared at Li Fanyun gloomyly and said, "Since ancient times, the throne was justified. If I just didn't put the seal of the empress dowager on him, what could he do? Unless he killed me."

Li Fanyun sighed softly, "Sister Fu's jade seal has been stolen by Lu Taiyi. There is only a fake seal in your treasure box, you may not know it yet!"

"You!" Cui Xiaofu suddenly became furious. She grabbed Li Fanyun's hair, placed the sword on her neck, and glared at her fiercely, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

Tears suddenly rolled down from Li Fengyun's beautiful eyes, and she whispered sadly: "Just because I look back, I think about you and the evening, and I can die in your hands, and I can also settle my life's debt."

Cui Xiaofu was shocked all over. A trace of tenderness suddenly flashed in her eyes, and then disappeared. She stood up and walked slowly to the window, staring at the red red that had fallen all over the ground outside the window for a long time. After a long time, she said hoarsely: "Tell him, it's very simple to ask me to officially admit him. I have only one condition to let him spare the poor little emperor. After all, he is just a two-year-old child and has not yet passed the ceremony."

Speaking of this, she suddenly turned around, stared at Li Fanyun and said, "Otherwise, I will fight to the death with him!"

At night, the stars and moon were gone, dark clouds were hanging down, and a thin layer of mist enveloped the fields and villages outside Chang'an City. At Baqiao several miles away, a army quietly arrived here from afar and then drove into the largest Baqiao military camp in Chang'an. At this moment, there were about 100,000 troops in Chang'an. A few days ago, the Longyou Army and Qianniu Guard had been replaced. Qianniu Guard was stationed in various counties in Jingji Province, while Chang'an City was controlled by the 100,000 Longyou Army.

Not only the city defense, the imperial city, palace city and even the guards of the Daming Palace were completely replaced. In other words, the only people who could command the move were hundreds of servants in his mansion and more than 100 eunuchs beside Cui Xiaofu. The person who presided over the deployment of the troops was not the general of the army or Li Fanyun, the chief of the Internal Affairs Department, but Zhang Huan's confidant, Du Mei, the judge of the Longyou Jiedu Prefecture, who was famous for paying attention to details. He won the gold medal of Zhang Huan and was authorized to plan all the plans for changing the world.

At this moment, he was inside the Baqiao military camp, and the gate was wide open. Du Mei came out to welcome the arrival of the lord himself, "See the governor!" Du Mei bowed deeply.

"Thank you for your hard work by Judge Du." Zhang Huan turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to the guards. He quickly walked towards the tent and asked Du Mei again: "How are you preparing for the ancestral temple festival in the future?"

"Report to the governor, everything is ready. All the officials and members of the royal family have notified that at the time of Mao, the soldiers began to block the three nearby roads. At that time, Zongzheng Temple, Taichang Temple and the Ministry of Rites, the three departments will hold high-sacrificial matters, various sacrifices, Zhongle, Luoshu and other items. Yesterday, they have started to move into the Taimiao one after another. Today, the Taimiao will be closed for one day, and the effect is very good. In addition, the Yu Prince Hall has also been newly arranged. The last exercise will be held tomorrow and the official high-sacrificial ceremony will be started."

Du Mei reported it in detail. Not only the high sacrifice, he also explained the series of changes that have occurred recently to Zhang Huan in detail, and finally said with a smile: "After the governor returns to the throne tomorrow, he will be enthroned as King Yong and officially supervise the country as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the governor will be renamed Li Huan. I wonder if everyone can adapt?"

Zhang Huan also smiled and said, "Whether Zhang Huan or Li Huan, the impact is not great. Until now, no one has called me directly. Besides, Li Huan is just a symbol. Everyone can inherit me as Zhang Huan. This is not a big deal. Cui Xiaofu and the young emperor who has not yet been officially enthroned have to think about it. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Du Mei pondered for a moment and said, "Cui Xiaofu has no big problem. In recent years, she interfered in government affairs only because the emperor was underage. Once the governor ascended the throne, she could not be interfered in politics in the harem. She was sealed in Tai Chi Palace and could not contact foreign ministers. After a year and a half, everyone forgot her before killing her to eliminate future troubles. As for the little emperor, although he is young now, he will definitely be a major future trouble when he grows up. He must be eliminated as soon as possible and must not have any kindness of a woman. I suggest he sealing him to Lingnan and kill him halfway."

Zhang Huan picked up the teacup and sucked it gently, and said slowly: "It's not only him, but Li Mian also goes with him, but don't go to Lingnan. Li Mian has a foundation there, so go to Suiye City."

Du Mei suddenly realized and praised: "Governor Gao Jian."

Zhang Huan smiled faintly and said to Du Mei: "I will have a lot of heavy blows in the next two years, which will inevitably involve the vital interests of many people. I am very worried that the court will issue a government order, which will change when it comes to the local area. So I plan to use two supervisory agencies, light and dark, light and dark, light and dark, light and dark, light and dark, light and dark, light and the supervision office. You will be responsible for this first supervisory order."

Du Mei bowed and said solemnly: "Subordinate to obey the order!"

"I will use you all the elderly." Zhang Huan smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "Of course I won't treat you badly. The supervision order is just a secret position for the time being and cannot be taken. Your public position will be the Chief Censor."

Du Mei was grateful, and he nodded silently. At this time, Zhang Huan stood up. He looked at the night outside and said, "Okay, the city gate should have been closed. I want to enter the city quietly. You will have to worry more about the ancestral temple sacrifice."

"Please rest assured to the Governor, and ensure that there is no accident."

Under the strict protection of a thousand personal guards, Zhang Huan arrived outside the Chunming Gate of Chang'an City half an hour later. At this time, Chang'an City had passed the time of the city pass. The gate was closed and the suspension bridge was opened high. A personal soldier rushed forward and whispered: "Listen to the city, the governor has returned, open the city gate quickly!"

He shot the city opener with an arrow and shot the city opener onto the top of the city. After waiting for a while, the suspension bridge began to slowly lower, the city gate opened, and thousands of people guarded the governor and rushed into Chang'an City.

The city of Chang'an was silent, all the gates were closed, and there was no pedestrian on the street. The tall sycamore trees on both sides seemed to be two rows of majestic warriors watching Zhang Huan's return.

Walking on the empty street, the sky was gloomy and the night breeze was cool. Accompanied by the rhythmic sound of horse hooves, the group walked silently in the darkness. No one spoke, and everyone seemed to be worried. Zhang Huan had been walking on this road for many years. Looking back at the scholarly aura, he kidnapped Cui Ning on this road and fled eastward. He had attacked Wannian County Government at night before, but eight years have passed in a flash. The passion of the year no longer exists. The old friends of that year have gone their separate ways. Today, when he set foot on this road again, he has become the owner of this city.

Thinking of eight years of hard work, he led three thousand men to fight step by step in the small county of Wuwei; thinking of eight years of failure and humiliation, Pei Jun took advantage of the helplessness and patience brought to him by the Tubo invasion in the east; thinking of eight years of success, he fought south and north, captured Shuzhong, Fu'anxi, and Dingxiangyang, and magnificent battles finally achieved his glory today. At this moment, Zhang Huan looked at the boundless night, and suddenly felt that his heart had become infinitely broad. He almost roared to the sky and brought these magnificent mountains and rivers into his arms.

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It was already an hour since we returned to the Zhang Mansion. The family members in the mansion had already rested. Except for the two big lanterns in front of the gate, the mansion was pitch black. The servants who were watching the doorman suddenly found that the master was back. They were shocked to run into the inner house to report. After a moment, Zhang Huan's lamps lit up one by one. Pei Ying hurried out to welcome her husband's return in a cloak.

"The night is already deep, I'll disturb you to rest." Zhang Huan took off his outer clothes, lay tiredly on the chair, waved his hand to Pei Ying and said, "I'm so tired, bring me a quilt, and make do with me for the night first. Let's talk about anything tomorrow!"

"How can you sleep here? Soak your feet in hot water first, and I will help you to bed and sleep."

Pei Ying didn't care whether her husband wanted it or not, so she knelt down and removed the military boots for him, pulled off the socks, put his feet in his arms and gently rubbed the acupoints on his feet. While she massaged her, she said softly: "You close your eyes and rest for a while, I'll rub it."

"Thank you," Zhang Huan said vaguely: "I'm going back to Beijing secretly, try not to let people know too much."

"Don't worry! I know it." Pei Ying smiled and said, "I guess you're going to come back in the next two days, so I specially ordered someone to watch in the doorman, and my husband was indeed back."

"Um!"

At this time, the two maids brought in a bucket of hot water, "Madam, hot water is coming..." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Pei Ying's 'shhh!'. She looked at Zhang Huan and whispered: "Speak quietly, the master is already asleep."

When the two maids saw Zhang Huan tilting their heads and were already asleep, they were so scared that they stuck out their tongues and put down the hot water bucket with a light hand. Pei Ying carefully washed her husband's feet and wiped him dry with a dry cloth. Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, she couldn't bear to disturb her and ordered the maid to get a quilt, pillow and a light bamboo couch. Pei Ying slowly helped Zhang Huan straighten her body and lie down carefully.

Pei Ying sat beside Zhang Huan, gently caressing her husband's face that had become old due to long-term battles. Her eyes were filled with endless love.

Before dawn the next day, Zhang Huan habitually opened his eyes. Although he still felt exhausted, the years of marching and fighting tempered his will to be extremely tough. He turned over and sat up. He was still in the small study in the inner house. Pei Ying had already returned to the house to rest. Only one maid was lying at his feet and was sleeping soundly. Zhang Huan did not wake him up. He walked into the yard lightly. It was just numb and the air was fresh and cool. He took a deep breath of fresh air and pulled his body. He felt refreshed all over, but his stomach started to scream. He remembered that he had not even eaten yesterday's supper.

"Brother-in-law is hungry!" A sweet voice suddenly came from behind him, "Brother-in-law?" Zhang Huan was stunned. He had never heard this voice before.
Chapter completed!