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Chapter 318 Chaos

On the eighth day of June, the sun rises.

The city of Caizhou, which had been noisy all night, lifted the curfew, and people took to the streets to find out what was going on.

However, no definite news came out in a short period of time, but the faint smell of blood filling the streets reminded everyone that something big happened last night
However, with government government notices posted to calm the people, and government officials cooperating with sergeants to maintain order on the streets, Caizhou City gradually calmed down.

But in the city of Tokyo, six hundred miles away, after a quiet night, since morning, scenes that were very different from ordinary events took place.

In addition to the 2 elite imperial troops stationed in Tokyo City, there are also more than [-] Xiang Army troops. Although their combat power is not strong, the commanders of each army have their own henchmen behind them.

At Mao hour, the palace gate opens.

Li Zhong, the commander of the Imperial Guards, personally led three thousand Imperial Guards to take over the Xiang Army camp.

Du Ping, deputy commander of the Forbidden Army, led another two thousand Forbidden Army out of the city and took over the Taining Army stationed outside the city.
The Taining Army was originally a guest army from Shandong. They were very resistant to the seizure of command by the Forbidden Army, and a small conflict broke out. However, because Li Qiong, the military governor of the Taining Army, had been in the city yesterday and did not return all night, they were suppressed by the Forbidden Army without a leader.

Before the big guys in the city could react, Prince Lu's Mansion and Qian Yinian Shangshu's Mansion were successively controlled.

Only then did the big guys realize that something big had happened in Beijing.

Sure enough, at [-] o'clock that day, an explosive news came from the palace: The emperor was critically ill last night, and it was reported before his bed that the third prince, Liu Chi, passed away at midnight that night.
From now on, the prince will supervise the country and respect the etiquette system. He will not ascend the throne until the funeral of Emperor Daxing is completed.

But the first order Liu Chi issued as the prince was to urgently recruit Huaibei Jiedushi Chen Chu to lead his army to Beijing.
It is risky for military generals to lead troops to Beijing, but it is also a helpless move.

Now Liu Chi only has more than [-] forbidden troops under his control, but half of his troops are used to monitor the Xiang army and the Taining army.

Deducting the indispensable palace guards, there is almost no troops left.

Even the sergeants responsible for controlling Prince Lu's Mansion and Qian Shangshu's Mansion borrowed the three hundred guards brought by Cai Yuan from Huaibei.

Later, Liu Chi issued four more decrees.

First, Li Bangyan was granted the title of Taifu.

Second, he was granted the title of Imperial Master for hundreds of millions of years.

Fourth, the Queen Qian was granted the title of Empress Dowager.

Thirdly, Liu Lin, King of Lu, was granted the title of Taibao, and Tongping Zhangshi, the governor of Kaifeng, and Zhongshu Ling
It seems that Liu Chi did not get carried away after winning the crown prince position.

While awarding the Prime Minister Party leader Li Bangyan, he also did not forget to show his goodwill to the former party Qian Yiannian, and at the same time showed respect to the Queen Qian.

Due to blood ties, even if Liu Chi expressed his heart to Qian Yinian and the Qian family, they would not turn around and support Liu Chi.

This is just an attitude, an attitude of not wanting to fight with my brother.

Among the four edicts, the most critical one is the last one for Liu Lin. The Taibao is a false position, but Tongping Zhangshi, Kaifeng Prefecture Yin, and Zhongshu Ling are real positions of real power.

Consolidating so many important positions into one person has become almost like "sharing the world with my brother".

As soon as the decree came out, Qian Yinian, who had been in panic all morning because his mansion was surrounded, suddenly felt at ease.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the third prince is still guilty!

His intention to share the world with Liu Lin may not be true, but his eagerness to appease the Houdang and Liu Lin is clear.

Probably I want to stabilize the situation first and figure it out later.
Qian Yinian knew in his heart that if he waited until Liu Chi was firmly on the throne, others might continue to be rich and powerful, but he, the leader of the rear party, would definitely suffer.

He wanted to get in touch with Liu Lin, but the gang of Caizhou people guarded the house and prevented him from entering or exiting.
However, although you have lost your freedom, you don't have to worry about your safety.

Since Liu Chi has adopted a low profile, he will not take action against the rear party for the time being.

At noon that day, the dining room of Shangshu Mansion was gloomy and gloomy. Mrs. Qian sat at the dining table and kept wiping her tears. The aunts standing beside her also had sad faces.

Only Qian Yinian remained calm and ate slowly and carefully. When Mrs. Qian saw this, she couldn't help but cry louder.

Qian Yinian couldn't help but frown, and put down his chopsticks heavily, "Cry, cry, cry in mourning!"

Qian Yinian was always majestic at home, and one sentence immediately made Mrs. Qian stop crying. The latter sobbed for a moment, and suddenly said sadly: "Master, I am already very old. It doesn't matter whether I live or die. But. Jin'er went out with the young master of Shilang Xue's family yesterday and has not returned yet. He won't be captured by the third prince's people, right?"

"He'll be fine."

Qian Yinian firmly said that in his opinion, since Liu Chi did not dare to touch the people in the rear party for the time being, his son would be safe.

Maybe he was out fooling around all night last night, and when he came home in the morning, he saw that the Shangshu Mansion was surrounded, so he cleverly hid in his friend's house temporarily.

After the meal, Qian Yinian called the housekeeper and gave some instructions in a low voice. A quarter of an hour later, the housekeeper ordered a boy to go out with a vegetable basket.

As expected, the boy was stopped by a young sergeant at the door.

"Didn't I say in the morning that no one is allowed in or out?" Although the sergeant who stopped the people was firm, his tone was still polite.

"Hey! I want the military master to know that my master must eat a bowl of bird's tongue soup every night before going to bed. This bird's tongue is hunted by the common people during the day. There is no stock in the house. The little ones need to get it every day."

The boy apologized and explained with a smile, but the sergeant became a little impatient, "Qian Shangshu is just eating some rare things! Let's stop eating this soup for the next few days."

"No, my master won't sleep at night if he doesn't eat bird tongue soup."

The young man begged and quietly stuffed a money bag into the sergeant's hand. The sergeant seemed to be seeing this for the first time and couldn't help but be startled. The young man hurriedly opened the money bag to a crack and looked in through the crack. It’s a dazzling golden bean
"Master, please do me a favor." The young man begged again. The sergeant glanced at the former and looked around unnaturally. Then he stuffed the money bag into his waist and whispered: "Quickly. Go and come back quickly!”

"okay!"

The boy nodded and bowed, and took a long breath after leaving the house.

Well, the housekeeper is right, no matter how strict the adults are on guard, the lowly sergeants only care about money!
Thinking of the nervous look of the sergeant just now when collecting money, the boy couldn't help but secretly despise a group of bumpkins who had never seen the world!

Late, Xu hour.

The backyard of Shikai Trading Co. branch in Tokyo.

The weather was hot. Cai Yuan, the first person in charge of the trip to Beijing, was bare-chested and wearing only a pair of trousers. He sat on a stone bench under the pomegranate tree in the courtyard and gently shook his fan.

Cai Yuan is already 52 and is definitely an old man now.

The gradually sagging skin and flesh on the body also shows this. This image looks harmless to humans and animals, and even a bit amiable.

He is no different from those kind old men from other families who flirt with their grandchildren.

But the cynical Shi Xiaowu knew that the man in front of him was the father-in-law of the Marquis. It was not that the Marquis did not recognize Ren Ren and Aunt Chen's family, it was just that Ren Ren and Aunt Chen's parents had long since died; His life was rough and he didn’t even know where his parents were.

Therefore, in the entire Caizhou Mansion and even in the entire Huaibei, only the old man in front of him dared to criticize Marquis Lu An as an elder.

"Mr. Cai, after the boy from the Shangshu Mansion left the house today, he first went to the home of Zhai Desheng, the Minister of Hubu, and then went to the home of Xue Shilang of the Ministry of Officials. As for what he said, we don't know for the time being."

Shi Xiaowu reported. Cai Yuan first pointed to the watermelon on the stone table and signaled Shi Xiaowu to eat it himself. Then he said: "Well, Tokyo is not as good as Caizhou, so it is naturally difficult to inquire."

"Hey, yeah."

Shi Xiaowu smiled and reached out to take the melon, but then he thought of something. He put the melon down first, then took out a money bag from his arms, put his hands on each other, "The one who is guarding the Shangshu Mansion today is Xiao Qi, that Xiao Qi In order to go out, I bribed a bag of golden beans, and I dare to ask Mr. Cai what to do with it."

Cai Yuan glanced at it and said, "Since it's a gift to your brother, just keep it."

"Hey, thank you, Mr. Cai." As if he had anticipated Cai Yuan's arrangement, Shi Xiaowu smiled and put the money bag back. "Wulang, have you ever married a wife?"

"Not yet, but I already have a woman I like. I will propose marriage this time when I go back."

"Oh, that's right. I'll go and make some noise then, and ask for a wedding drink."

"Hey, if Mr. Cai comes, Xiaowu will be happy."

While the two were chatting, Li Ke hurriedly came in, took a sweat towel and wiped the sweat on his head, then took a piece of watermelon and nibbled it off, and after a while, he sat down on another stone bench. .

Today, he was summoned by Liu Chi to do something. Before Cai Yuan could take the initiative to ask, Li Ke took the lead and said: "The weather is hot, and the corpses in Meiying Xiaozhu are already smelly. The prince ordered me to borrow the chariot and horse general to transport Ye Xiang. The body was transported outside the city and buried.”

"Has the burial place been marked?" Cai Yuan asked.

"I did it." Li Ke answered, but whispered anxiously: "Mr. Cai, today the prince issued four decrees in an attempt to appease King Lu. If King Lu is really cowarded, he will not make a fuss for the time being. What to do?”

Liu Chi needs time to digest and win over all parties as the new emperor, so he naturally wants stability.

However, this is inconsistent with the goals of the Huaibei Department.

Cai Yuan, who had already suspected the case, said calmly: "Then we will force their brothers to quarrel and completely cut off Liu Chi's retreat!"

"Oh? How to do it?" Li Ke asked enthusiastically.

Cai Yuan waved to Shi Xiaowu, motioning for him to sit over too, and then asked abruptly, "Wu Lang, the people guarding Shangshu Mansion and Prince Lu Mansion now are our people, right?"

"Yeah." Shi Xiaowu didn't understand what Cai Yuan meant for a while. After the latter detailed his plan, both Li Ke and Shi Xiaowu looked at Cai Yuan in horror.

This kind old man, who was naked and fanning himself, sitting under a tree and eating melons, could actually come up with such a vicious plan that made people feel cold all over.

"What's wrong? You two don't dare?" Cai Yuan took three more pieces of melon and divided them with Li and Shi.

In this context, this action had more symbolic meaning. Li Ke took it first, hesitated and then said: "Mr. Cai, this matter is not trivial. We must first report it to our boss."

"Yuanzhang is six hundred miles away! I come here and there, asking for instructions on everything, and the day lilies are getting cold! I am the person in charge of this trip to Beijing. If anything happens, I will be responsible for it. What are you afraid of?"

Cai Yuan took a sip of the watermelon and waited for a moment. Seeing Li Ke still frowning and thinking while holding the watermelon, he couldn't help but smile and asked: "Wenju, let me ask you, is Yuan Zhang the master of the Ming Dynasty?"

"My boss loves his people like his own sons and is tolerant and kind to me and other subordinates. He is naturally a wise master!" Li Ke said firmly.

"That's it. Don't Wenju want to see him come to the Central Plains? Don't you want to follow him and become a marquis?"

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Li Ke was silent for a moment, glanced at Cai Yuan, and finally said: "No need to say anything, Master Cai, I already know how to do it. I agree with this matter!"

After he agreed, Cai Yuan looked at Shi Xiaowu with a smile and said: "Wu Lang, if this is done, it can help Yuan Zhang ascend to the top! At that time, I will recommend you as the first meritorious service in front of Yuan Zhang!"

Shi Xiaowu was more cheerful than Li Ke. He smiled arrogantly and said in a low voice: "My brothers were originally water thieves in the Huai River. Later, there was a natural disaster. My mother was carried out of the general area by the Marquis, and she was blinded again." The Marquis did not give up, joined the Ningjiang Army, and became a hero in the eyes of women and children! My life has long been the Marquis's!

I am a straightforward person and don't understand any big principles, but Cai is the father-in-law of the Marquis, so there is no reason to harm the Marquis.As long as it is beneficial to Mr. Hou, I will do it!As for the recommendation, Mr. Cai should not mention it again."

Shi Xiaowu said that he was upright, but his words were thick and thin, and his meaning was clear. I am willing to do this just to repay the kindness of the Marquis, not for the future you mentioned. I am willing to do it in the absence of the Marquis. I listen to you just because you are the father-in-law of the Marquis.
In short, their starting points may be different, but their goals are generally the same. Cai Yuan did not care about these, he smiled and praised, "What a loyal man!"

On a hot summer night, a major event that shocked the world was agreed upon.

On the eighth day of June, the Emperor of Da Qi passed away.

One day later, Lu Wang Liu Lin and Lu Anhou Chen Chu, who were stationed in Weizhou and Zhecheng in the north and south, received the news almost at the same time.

Both sides made exactly the same move to break camp and quickly move towards Tokyo.

One day after King Lu set out, he once again received an order from Liu Chi, who was supervising the country as the prince, to be promoted to an official position.

The march speed of the King of Lu's tribe, with the Jingnan Army as the main force, immediately slowed down. King of Lu Liu Lin was not satisfied with his third brother's order.

After all, he had been planning for the crown prince position of Da Qi for many years and had long regarded it as something in his pocket. Liu Chi's theft made him furious.

When he first heard that his father suddenly died of illness and Liu Chi got the crown prince, Liu Lin couldn't wait to lead his army back to Tokyo to kill Liu Chi!
But after calming down, he realized that Liu Chi was now supervising the country, and if Liu Lin ignored him and killed him, he would definitely be labeled a traitor by Liu Chi.

Although Liu Lin has the support of several military leaders, it will definitely cause internal divisions in Daqi.
After all, this Daqi belongs to his Liu family. If it is destroyed, Liu Lin will feel heartbroken.

At the same time, the Queen Mother, Princess Lu and other family members and children are all in Tokyo, so they are always trying to avoid danger.

Liu Yu's death is full of strangeness. If you want to make a long-term plan, Liu Lin's starting point is a good breakthrough point.

On the way back to Tokyo slowly, while planning how to fight against Liu Chi, he also tried every means to get in touch with his uncle Qian Yinian and his family in Tokyo, as well as Li Qiong, a general in the Xiang army who was close to King Lu and the military commander of the Taining Army.

But the strange thing is that the Huaibei Army heading north also stopped advancing fifty miles away from Tokyo.

Fuchang 11 years, June [-]th.

Xuwu year, Renyin day.

If it hits the dog in the south, it will be fierce to break the rule.

The day is full and the month is broken, everything is not suitable
During the day, the atmosphere in Tokyo became increasingly tense. It was rumored that King Lu and his army had arrived forty miles north of the capital, which could be reached in one day.

The game between the two brothers Liu Chi and Liu Lin seems to have reached a showdown stage. Will King Lu accept the crown prince's edict and both parties cease fighting? Or will King Lu fall out and fight with each other?
The answer will come in just a day or two.

In the past few days, Qian Yinian had basically reached a consensus through secret contacts with other members of the rear party, that is, for the time being, he would settle down with Liu Jixu, and wait until King Lu came back to contact several military leaders before making arrangements for the funeral.

But that night, a piece of bad news completely disrupted Qian Yinian's sanity.

At night, Shi Xiaoqi, who had recently obtained a lot of gold and silver from his servants, secretly gave a wooden box to the steward of the Qian Mansion, and said: "Your mansion is generous and does not treat me lightly because I am a lowly lieutenant. On the contrary, it often Gifts of gold and silver. I felt guilty, so I secretly sent back the head of your master."

According to this lieutenant, as early as the eighth day of June, the day before the siege of Shangshu Mansion, the prince of your mansion had been secretly executed by the prince.
That night, Qian Yinian opened the wooden box with trembling hands.

It had been six or seven days since the incident, and the head was already infested with maggots, and the face was ulcerated and unrecognizable.

But Qian Yinian recognized the hairpin used to tie his son's hair. Qian Chengjin was the eldest son of the Qian family, and this hairpin was given by Qian Yinian to his son when he came of age.

The intense pain of losing his son caused Qian Yinian to temporarily lose his ability to think. There was only one thought left in his mind!
I want Liu Chi to pay with his life!
On the same night, it was late at night.
A sudden change occurred in Prince Lu's Mansion, which had been taken over by the prince for several days. After a short and fierce fighting, all the guards in Prince Lu's Mansion were killed. Then a fire broke out in the back house. In less than half an hour, the entire palace was reduced to ashes. .

next day
".The fire broke out at the end of the appointment, and the fire was so fierce that by the time the Water Dragon Bureau summoned people overnight, it was already too late. According to statistics in the morning, all 16 members of the family of Prince Lu, from the princess down, were killed."

When Liu Chi heard the news, he was so shocked that he didn't react for a long time.

He naturally knew that he did not order this matter, but the court, King Lu, and even the entire Daqi Dynasty probably regarded him as the murderer.
One day later, the news reached King Lu's camp forty miles north of Tokyo.

Liu Lin, who was still thinking about how to fight Liu Chi without defeat, almost fainted, cut his palms on the spot, and smeared his face with blood, vowing not to take revenge, which was disgusting to both humans and gods!
On June [-]th, the entire army was in plain clothes, with men and horses wrapped in mourning, and marched southward in a mourning manner.

At the same time, the banner of "Liu Chi killed his father and rebelled, King Lu avenged his father"
Actually, King Lu just felt that his father's death was strange, and there was no definite evidence.

Just to pay attention to the individual teacher's reputation.

But in this case, there is no possibility of relaxation between the two brothers, and it has become a deadlock.
On June [-], the Jingnan Army arrived at Tokyo City.

The chaos of Daqi is already before our eyes.
(End of this chapter)