Chapter 510: Battle to Ascense the Throne (Part 2)

Wannian County was immersed in darkness and silence. Around Zhang Yun's mansion in Wubenfang, a team of about 500 Guanzhong troops surrounded it tightly. This was something that the Zhang Mansion had never seen before. Even in the era of his father Zhang Shuo, no army came to surround their mansion.

The mansion was already in chaos, and the maids and servants were like frightened birds. They had packed up their own money and made plans to leave the Zhang mansion.

Although Zhang Yun's many wives and concubines did not dare to pack them openly, they secretly packed up the private money he had saved for many years and prepared to ask someone to take it back to his parents' home.

Although Zhang Yun's mansion was in chaos, Zhang Yun himself did not make any noise. Not long after the news of the emperor's death came out, he locked himself in the study room, no one saw him, and no dinner was eaten.

The study room was very quiet, only the sandalwood in the corner of the room ignited a curling cigarette, constantly changing in various shapes. Zhang Yun sat at the table, put his hands on his chest, half-squinted his eyes, and his brows frowned, as if he was thinking about a knot in his heart, but he couldn't untie it.

In fact, Zhang Yun was making a major decision, which was related to his second half of his life and the fate of the entire family.

At this time, the door was gently knocked, and the voice of his son Zhang Zhijie came, "Father, can I come in?"

"Come in!"

Zhang Yun sighed softly and woke up from his thoughts. The door opened. Zhang Zhijie came in and bowed and said, "The child has disturbed his father. The palace guards just came to inform him that there will be a temporary dynasty tomorrow to discuss urgent matters. Please be sure to attend."

"Close the door first."

When his son closed the door, Zhang Yun pointed to the seat opposite and said, "Sit down!"

He picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for his son. Zhang Zhijie was a little flattered and hurriedly said, "Thank you, father, it should be the child who poured tea for his father."

"We father and son don't have to be so polite."

After smiling, Zhang Yun asked again: "How is it outside? Is it a mess?"

"Yes! Everyone was frightened and thought that our mansion was about to be searched. It was really a mess. Father, what's going on? Didn't my father support Li Heng's disbandment of the Political Affairs Hall? Why did he still treat his father like this!"

Zhang Zhijie was very puzzled. He didn't know that Li Shi had passed away. The news had spread in Chang'an County, but in Wannian County, the news was still tightly blocked, and Zhang Yun also received the first secret report from the palace people.

"well!"

Zhang Yun sighed softly and said, "This is the stupidest thing I have done since my father entered politics. I think I am smart, but I am played with by others. It is too late to regret it."

"Did my father mean Lee Hyun?"

"Who else can be there except him?"

Zhang Yun smiled bitterly and then said, "I thought Li Heng disbanded the Political Affairs Hall because he wanted to use some means to seize the four seats after re-publicly promoting the Political Affairs Hall. So I proposed the conditions for the Henan Observation Envoy to be appointed by me. Li Heng finally agreed, so I helped him this time, but unexpectedly, at this critical moment, the emperor suddenly died."

"The Lord has passed away!"

Zhang Zhijie stood up in shock, his eyes wide open, and he couldn't believe his father's words, "Father, is this true?"

"Of course this is true. It is estimated that Chang'an County has spread now, but Li Heng blocked Wannian County. His heart is punished!"

Zhang Zhijie slowly sat down, and he suddenly understood that it must be Li Heng who had poisoned his son and his grandson. What kind of person is this!

"You understand now!"

Zhang Yun asked his son, "Why did Li Heng disband the Political Affairs Hall?"

"Does he want to ascend the throne?"

"You're right!"

Zhang Yun was quite satisfied with his son's reaction, and he said again: "Dissolve the Political Affairs Hall, and Li Heng has no obstacles to his ascension. He has already done this step. It's a pity that I didn't react and was used by him in vain. If I guess correctly, will the government in tomorrow be the public to promote the Political Affairs Hall, but the ministers asked Li Heng to ascend the throne?"

Zhang Zhijie's heart also became nervous, and he asked quickly: "Does his father support him?"

Zhang Yun did not directly answer his son's words. After a while, he slowly said: "Sanlang, do you remember that for your father, you had considered asking you to go to Anxi?"

Zhang Zhijie nodded silently. When Li Qing'an invited him to work in Anxi, his father agreed at one time, but for some reason, his father stopped mentioning this matter, which felt a little incomplete.

Zhang Yun took a letter he had just written from the table and handed it to his son and said, "The reason why I didn't let you go to Anxi immediately is that I felt that the time had not come. Now it is time. After you go out tomorrow morning, you immediately rushed to Chang'an County, leave the city from Chang'an County, and rushed to Anxi directly. He handed his father's letter to Li Qing'an and told him that I, Zhang Yun, is no longer a fence-bearer, and my Zhang family admits that the Prince Jiancheng is also authentic in the Tang Dynasty."

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Before dawn the next day, the rumbling drum sound of the Great Court was ringing in the Daming Palace. The drum sounded like thunder and rang throughout Chang'an City. Chang'an County was quiet, and there were still officials in Wannian County who set out for court, but the crowds of people in the court were obviously not as busy as before. After a night of transmission of the news, many officials in Wannian County knew the truth, and most of them decided to boycott Li Heng, but some people thought this was an opportunity to be promoted. As soon as the drum sounded, they went out impatiently.

Zhang Yun also went out. As usual, his fifty armed servants were escorting around the carriage, but a Guanzhong cavalry of about 200 people also followed his carriage, forming a semicircle to surround Zhang Yun's carriage.

Li Heng thought very carefully. If Zhang Yun refused to attend court, he would use various means to force Zhang Yun to attend court. He was afraid that Zhang Yun would run away halfway, so he ordered someone to follow him closely and must let him attend court today. Zhang Yun is an extremely important person. If he supports him ascending the throne, then he will stand firm with at least one foot.

Wubenfang is located directly opposite the imperial city. Zhang Yun usually walks through the imperial city when he goes to court, but today he does not go to the imperial city. The cavalry who monitors him are not allowed to go to the imperial city, and uses a knife to force the coachman to go directly to the Danfeng Gate. This is very unexpected to Zhang Yun. He originally planned to escape from the imperial city, but he did not expect that Li Heng's army was so strict. He had no choice but to order the coachman to go straight to the Danfeng Gate. He only hopes that his son can escape successfully.

The carriage stopped when it was about to reach Danfeng Gate. Hundreds of officials who attended court were blocked here. Zhang Yun opened the curtain and asked an official riding a horse around him, "What's wrong?"

The official didn't expect it to be Zhang Yun. He was shocked and said respectfully: "Report to Shangshu, I heard that someone was causing trouble in front of Danfeng's Gate."

"Making trouble?" Zhang Yun was extremely surprised. At this time, who would cause trouble in front of Danfeng's Sect?

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In front of Danfeng Gate, Changsun Quanxu was wearing a helmet and armor, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other. Behind him, thousands of Yulin soldiers who came to support him from the imperial city.

"Soldiers of the Yulin Army, do you really want to support rebellion? Support an unrighteous person who poisons the saint? This will cause our Yulin Army to suffer the shame that we can never wash away. Come here and stand behind me."

His voice was like thunder, and his shouts spread throughout the Danfeng Gate. His tone was sincere and expectant. More than 3,000 Yulin soldiers had gathered in front of the Danfeng Gate. Before dawn, the torches shone inside and outside the Danfeng Gate as day. Each soldier's face was extremely complicated. Some people had a look of disdain on their faces, but more people had the urge to run.

"Soldiers, come here! Go back to my banner and don't help the evildoer."

At this time, Xu Ziyao's figure appeared on the gatehouse of Danfeng Gate. He cursed at Changsun Quanxu: "You old bastard, go home to guard the tomb for your son. There is no longer any trouble with you here."

While cursing, he quietly pulled the bow and shot it with an arrow. The arrow was like a meteor and instantly shot into Changsun Quanxu. Changsun Quanxu was prepared for a long time and raised a giant shield to welcome him, and the arrow shot on the shield.

This arrow was like a signal. There was a sudden chaos in front of the Danfeng Gate. Countless soldiers ran towards Changsun Quanxu like horses breaking free from the fence. The officers behind couldn't shout. In just a moment, more than half of the soldiers of the Yulin Army reversed and defected to Changsun Quanxu.

Xu Ziyao was stunned. He suddenly realized that the number of people on the other side had exceeded that of him. He shouted in a hurry: "Closing the Palace Gate! Closing the Palace Gate!"

The gate of Danfeng Gate was rumbling closed. At this time, there were more than 3,000 Yulin soldiers around Changsun Quanxu. Changsun Quanxu couldn't help laughing: "Justice is in the hearts of the people!"

He turned his horse's head and shouted to the officials who were about to enter the palace: "My soldiers are still shameless. Are you officials who are well-read in sages, not as good as a soldier? Are you going to serve a villain who kills a monarch and a son? If you are stubborn, you are unfaithful and unfilial. How can you live in the world? I only count three times. If you don't leave, I will let the soldiers kill you, unfaithful and unfilial people, one!"

Changsun Quanxu's voice became extremely stern, and his eyes seemed to be about to spit out fire, "Two!"

The hundreds of officials blocked him were in chaos. The officials turned their heads and walked back. Some of these officials did not know the inside story. Now that they knew, they took the opportunity to slip away, and some took the opportunity to be promoted, but Changsun Quanxu and his men were very vicious, so they would avoid the limelight first.

At this time, as the officials fled, Changsun Quanxu saw the 200 Guanzhong cavalry around Zhang Yun's carriage. He suddenly remembered the death of his son. He felt a pain in his heart. He immediately raised his sword and ordered: "Sons, cut off the heads of those evil dogs!"

Hundreds of Yulin Army launched together and rushed towards the two hundred Guanzhong cavalry. These Guanzhong troops were so scared that they turned their horses and fled, but they didn't care about Zhang Yun. Seeing that the opportunity had arrived, Zhang Yun's coachman drew the horses and quickly started the carriage and ran towards Changsun Quanxu, breaking away from Guanzhong's control.

The streets became quiet, Zhang Yun opened the curtain and bowed to Changsun Quanxu and thanked him: "Thank you, General Changsun for helping me escape from the tiger's den."

Changsun Quanxu glanced at him and said in a sarcastic tone: "Shangshu Zhang, don't be polite, but I heard that Shangshu Zhang also supports the dissolution of the Zhengshitang?"

Zhang Yun blushed and said ashamed: "I don't know how to recognize people. I fell into Li Heng's trap. Now I have realized that as the general said, I will never support a person who kills the king and is unfaithful and unrighteous. I am going to Chang'an County now. Please send someone to escort me for a journey."

"Well said!"

Changsun Quanxu smiled cheerfully and said, "It is admirable that Shangshu Zhang can return to the wrong path. Li Heng's Guanzhong army will arrive soon. It is not advisable to stay here for a long time. Please follow me to Chang'an County."

Changsun Quanxu waved his hand, and thousands of Yulin soldiers guarding Zhang Yun's carriage quickly heading towards Chang'an, and soon disappeared into the dark night.

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The sky gradually became brighter, and 50,000 Guanzhong troops entered the city from Chunming Gate and once again controlled Wannian County. At this time, the Yulin Army in the imperial city also retreated to Chang'an County. The 10,000 Anxi Army from Xianyang also arrived outside the Yanping Gate of Chang'an County. In addition to 20,000 Niu Guard soldiers, 30,000 Anxi Army controlled Chang'an County and confronted the Guanzhong Army.

The situation is not critical. At least the Anxi Army will not oppose Li Heng's ascension to the throne before receiving Li Qing'an's order. They only pay attention to whether the Guanzhong army violated the agreement between the two sides and crossed Zhuque Street. Li Heng also issued strict orders to the Guanzhong army, not being allowed to cross Zhuque Street. At this critical moment, he did not want to trigger a conflict with the Anxi Army.

The protests against Li Heng's ascension of the throne were only very fierce at the level of the court officials. Many officials living in Wannian County took advantage of the opportunity of the officials going to court to escape Zhuque Street and hid in Chang'an County. Only Li Heng's best friend still went to the Daming Palace to support Li Heng ascend the throne.

The Hanyuan Palace was empty, and Li Heng wore a sky-storming crown, a red and yellow robe, and a jade belt. He had already sat on the throne of the emperor. He did not sleep all night last night. Logically, before he ascended the throne, he should worship the Taimiao before he ascended the throne with the consent of his ancestors, he could ascend the throne. However, the Taimiao was in the imperial city and was controlled by another Yulin army loyal to Changsun Quanxu. He could not go there, so at the fourth hour, he secretly worshipped the ancestors in the Daming Palace.
To be continued...