This hole!"

"I didn't refuse, I was just worried about your majesty's safety." Lai Zhan'er said sincerely. "If I'm not here, if chaos breaks out in Jiangdu, and your majesty makes a mistake, I will not give up even if I die."

"It's okay, Duke Niu is here." The emperor pointed his finger at the person behind him. "Go!"

"Then your Majesty wants to promise me something." Lai Zhan'er raised his chin, looked past almost everyone in the hall, and looked directly at the emperor. "Before I came back, there was a huge chaos and all kinds of calculations, including what happened to me.

No matter what the problem, we can’t let Duke Niu leave Jiangdu City... Otherwise, I would rather resist the order than go to Liyang!"

Everyone in the palace had different expressions, and they all looked at the mountain of Lai Zhan'er, and so did the emperor.

After a while, the emperor nodded: "Then go back quickly! Take the Jiangdu soldiers! Don't go to Liuhe Mountain, go around from the north and block the passage!"

"I will go to see General Tuwan first, and the soldiers and horses will go north on their own." Lai Zhan'er changed the emperor's plan again, and then kowtowed and retreated on the spot without waiting for a reply.

As soon as the person left, the emperor also left, the meeting dispersed, and everyone went to their respective places, drinking when they should, and doing duty when they should... But among them, several key members of the rebel group who participated in the meeting all had the same reaction, that is, they were like mourning their concubines.

, at a loss.

There was nothing they could do, no matter what they were afraid of, no one expected that before Lai Zhan'er left, he actually came and killed Duke Niu and left him in Jiangdu City.

In the afternoon, Lai Zhan'er had already hurriedly led some elites to set off first. As soon as they left, several backbones of the rebel group who could not hold themselves back had already gathered in broad daylight at Sima Jinda's residence... However, these people gathered together

It was useless to do it all together. One afternoon, they only confirmed one thing, that is, if they ask Niu Du Gong to leave Jiangdu at this time, no matter what the reason is, it will make the emperor suspicious and it will be invalid. If Niu Du Gong does not leave,

, it means that the emperor has an old master bodyguard to protect him in the palace, which makes everyone intimidated.

In the evening, due to the change of location, most of the people who had been attracted before went to Smadeke's mansion to gather together. They were probably even excited by Lai Zhan'er's departure. However, when Sima arrived here, only a few people happened to be there.

When people arrived, the quarrel and confusion amplified.

However, amid the chaos, the situation gradually became clearer, because there seemed to be only one way.

"One grandmaster can only watch three Chengdan. If four or four are not enough, we must mobilize the masters in advance to form a formation. Moreover, we are unprepared and he cannot protect the saint. Once the saint is eliminated, Lord Niu will not resist." Sima

Jinda was the most determined. "Are we going to retreat at this time?"

"I also agree." Zhao Xingmi was panting. "I also agree, we can't shrink from the battle... Do it tonight, do it now, contact the experts in the army, and then launch the plan to go north to the Xuanwu Black Gate that day."

Smadek also nodded.

These three nodded, naturally it was time to reach an agreement.

Immediately, Zhang Qianda gritted his teeth and responded: "Then do it!"

"You really can't retreat at this time." Niu Fangsheng actually didn't retreat.

"I am someone close to the saint. If you want to start something, just tell me. I will temporarily pass on the imperial edict to see if I can trick Mr. Niu away." Fu Baolang Xu Hong, who was in the right place, simply offered his advice. "What if it happens?"

, always a good thing.”

"I also have an idea." Zhang Kang, the imperial doctor, was also there, but he didn't flinch. "I treated the concubines in the harem, and I knew there were several concubines. The palace people hated the saint for kidnapping them... without telling them in advance.

, go ahead and ask them to cooperate with Xu Hong to falsely spread the imperial edict, maybe they can shake Du Gong Niu."

"Okay!" Sima Jinda nodded immediately. "Anything is fine!"

At this time, Yuan Lizheng, who had been relatively quiet tonight and was more like observing everyone's attitude, suddenly stood up: "Everyone, I have a question! Is Lord Niu really loyal?"

Everyone was surprised for a moment.

Yuan Lizheng simply showed his hands: "Weren't we loyal before we came to Jiangdu? What about now? We came to take charge of Zhongxin because he, like the emperor, has lived in Jiangdu for a long time and has no such grievances... But what about Niu Du Gong?

"

"So what if Duke Niu's family is in Dongdu? He is a father-in-law, and I have never heard that he imitated other governors and took concubines outside." Niu Fangsheng was a little puzzled.

"But Mr. Niu Dugong has always been very good to the chamberlains and palace people below." Yuan Li explained seriously. "The palace servants and chamberlains also respect him, and the palace people and chamberlains, including Niu Dugong himself, would not have a family if it were not for him.

, that is also Xiyuan and Ziwei Palace... They also want to go back. And don't forget that most of the servants and palace people were separated in Huaixi. Wang Dugong became a rebel and joined a gang. I don't believe Niu Dugong.

There is no resentment against the saint for this matter."

"You want to win over Governor Niu?" Zhao Xingmi looked slightly uneasy.

"You can't win him over in advance, it's too risky." Yuan Lizheng explained calmly. "But just like Zhang Yizheng said, you can find him before launching the attack to sway... My idea is that we will have more troops by then.

Lu, Fu Baolang and I went to see Duke Niu to pretend to preach the imperial edict, and see if we could persuade him. The imperial doctor was looking for the concubines and palace servants, asking them to pretend to preach the imperial edict and gather together the few internal servants in Jiangdu.

Taking him as a hostage and attacking from both inside and outside may be able to destabilize Lord Niu... At the same time, we still need to contact the experts and gather an elite group that can deal with the Grandmaster when necessary."

"It's feasible." After thinking for a moment, Smadek gave the first reply.

"When will it be launched?" Zhang Qianda asked upon seeing this.

"The more time it is, the less urgent it is." Zhao Xingmi immediately made arrangements. "Contact and select people carefully, and don't look for someone who is too loyal... Let's start spreading rumors on the 11th for the time being, and start on the 12th.

"

"Why is it the 12th?" Zhang Qianda couldn't ask further.

"Because Lai Zhan'er is leaving today. Either he will talk a lot and not come back with him. There will always be seven or eight days to spare, and it can be before the fifteenth. Or he can come back as soon as possible, which will be about tomorrow or the day after. Then we will wait for him to come back immediately.

To promote the execution of Tu Wan Chang, and then to rob the prison, please take the initiative, General Tu Wan, to open up this stall together!" Zhao Xingmi's logic is clear and strict.

"Okay." Sima Jinda also gritted his teeth and agreed. "From tomorrow on, the few of us will only talk here with me, and win over others to Sima Huben's place."

In this way, as the situation changed, everyone became firmer.

The next day, the eighth day of the lunar month, the situation was stable. As expected, Lai Zhan'er did not return. Everyone just followed the plan to find masters in the armies and win over the elites. The only disturbance was that Yu Jieluo from Jiangning sent a letter asking Lai Zhan'er about sending troops.

No one cares about anything.

That night, the backbone of the rebel group gathered at Sima Jinda's house. They found that the search for the master was going very smoothly, so they had to rest for a day and start preparations the next day.

However, at the third watch, just when everyone was about to disperse, suddenly, a strong south wind came, howling like winter. Not only the flowers and leaves outside were withered, but the branches were blown off and the tiles were blown down.

What's more, when several rebel backbones were stunned, a strong wind crossed the corridor and swept into Sima Jinda's study with the light of the double moon from the window, blowing the papers and calligraphy on the wall like snow.

Leaning slightly, the strong wind outside was still roaring, and the hall had calmed down a little. Sima Jinda was lost in thought when he looked at the broken Chinese characters that were carried into his hands by the wind.

Several people came back to their senses and were puzzled by the situation. They gathered around to look at the candlelight that was still there, but they saw that there were only two sentences left on the scrap of paper:

"It's a shame that the strong wind is empty. It comes at dawn and at night, but it's all blown away."

The signature was actually Yu Changji.

After watching it for a while, some people understood, some didn't, and some misunderstood and thought they understood, but for some reason, all of them were out of breath.

"I have made up my mind, and the weather is irreversible." Sima Jinda suddenly and coldly tore up the remaining half of the article. "Tomorrow dawns, if the wind is still there, I will use the power of the Red Emperor Empress to join forces during the day to encourage , start at the third watch in the evening! By the morning of the tenth, whether you are alive or dead is insignificant! Why hesitate to move forward and worry about a master?!"

The others were just about to say something when the strong wind blew again outside. Everyone was excited, but they nodded one after another.

At dawn, which was the ninth day of March, the neatly dressed Huben General Smadek pushed the door open and found that the strong wind had been howling all night, and sure enough it was still there.
Chapter completed!