A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 569: The secret room plotted to kidnap the duke, and the incident revealed that he visited Bai Bai late at night

September 28, the secret room of Xianpinghou Mansion.

Thirteen people including Xianping Marquis Bai Ce, Xiangping Gong Murong Chen, Donghai Gong Zhang Miao, Wuyuan Gong Chen Qi, Anping Marquis Wang Teng and so on gathered here.

"Everyone, I am going to raise troops, storm the palace, and establish a new god. What do you think?"

As soon as Bai Ce said this, the whole room was shocked.

They were invited to come here to discuss the rescue of their respective legitimate sons, not to participate in the rebellion.

"Marquis Xianping, are you joking? You're drunk, you're drunk."

Zhang Miao, Duke of the East China Sea, smiled and said to everyone.

"Yes, I don't dare to make this joke."

"Huh, who are you kidding?"

Everyone present had different expressions. Except for Anping Hou Wang Teng, the others were obviously unwilling to participate.

"Let me ask you, am I a son of the Bai family?"

Everyone looked at the scars left on Bai Ce's eyebrows due to the skin being torn from kowtow, but they could still see the divine mark and nodded.

"That's it, I have a divine seal, Bai Qian also has a divine seal, we are both descendants of the Bai family.

Now Bai Qian is killing his relatives and slaughtering his brothers. This is a violation of the law of his ancestors. What kind of virtue can sit in that position?
Just because he was the prince appointed by the late emperor, could it be said that he thought that he would be foolproof just by relying on the late emperor's love?

I don't believe it, Bai Ze. Without him, Bai Qian, this world will be destroyed. "

Murong Chen, Duke of Xiangping, heard Bai Ce's arrogance and couldn't stand it anymore. He stood up and said:

"Please forgive me for not participating in such treasonous matters."

After saying that, he turned around and left. Twelve of them, including Donghai Gong Zhang Miao, Wu Yuan Gong Chen Qi, also stood up and followed him.

Unexpectedly, when he walked to the door of the secret room, he was blocked by a dozen dead soldiers holding knives.

"Even if you don't participate, just pretend it didn't happen. But since you all know about my affairs, it's not too late to rest in my humble house for a few days before leaving?"

Murong Chen turned around and roared:
"Baizhi, you want to die, don't drag me with you, tell your people to get out of here, if we don't come home, your plot will not be realized."

Bai Ce stood up, followed by Anpinghou Wang Teng.

"Even if you don't want to support my plan, don't be a hindrance to me. This is not a smart move, don't you think so, Mr. Zhang?"

Seeing that the two of them were at war with each other and now living under someone else's roof, Zhang Miao tried to smooth things over and said:
"Marquis Xianping is right, we are not enemies in the first place."

Murong Chen snorted and sat back down.

Bai Ce stood at the door of the secret room and persuaded the room full of nobles:

"I'm not forcing you to join me in raising an army. Of course, if anyone is willing to win this unparalleled achievement, you are most welcome.

I can promise you that all those who follow me will be crowned kings when the deeds are accomplished, and I will share the world with you.

And for those who are unwilling to conspire with us, I will not force it, as long as you keep silent and pretend not to know, after the matter is completed.

The Duke retains his status, and the Marquis I confer him the title of Duke.

how is it? "

Everyone present began to feel a little excited, but Murong Chen saw through Bai Zhi's pie and exposed it:
"No matter what you talk about, it's all about the moon in the mirror. Let's not talk about the benefits. Just say that if the matter is exposed, the family will be confiscated and the family will be destroyed, right now."

Walking back to his seat, Bai Zhi looked around and said:
"The reason why you all came to this mansion today is because you want to discuss the rescue of your respective princes.

Now that I am taking action, I will not force you to participate, but regardless of success or failure, the capital will definitely fall into chaos.

At that time, you will be able to gather enough strength to take advantage of the chaos, rush into the sky prison, and rescue them.

What risks does this pose to you? "

As soon as he said this, even Murong Chen stopped talking, because he really wanted to save his legitimate son who was about to be executed.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Bai Cai knew that most of the matter was over, clapped his hands, stood up and said:

"Since you all have no objections, please stay in my house for now. I will leave a hidden door for you to communicate with your family. I will not interfere.

If you want to join us in this grand event, you can tell the guard at the door and come to me in the study.

However, ugly words ahead, if someone reveals my plan to outsiders, your lives may be in danger. "

On October 3, the imperial court ordered that the criminals in the horse riding case would be interrogated and executed at the intersection of Qiyang West Market on October 6.

On October 2nd, in the Zhongshu Province, the new Zhongshu Ling Cui Hao was dealing with the memorials and requests for instructions reported from below.

He needs to work with the ministers of Zhongshu on duty to approve these memorials sent from the Ministry of Secretariat. If they agree, they will be transferred to the Ministry of Secretaries to stamp their seals and finally promulgate them.

If you don't agree, state the reasons in the memorial, then still stamp it with the seal of Zhongshu, report it to the Secretariat for the record, and write back to the Minister of Secretariat, explaining the reasons why you don't agree.

Cui Hao picked up a defense document and read it carefully.

"Hey, I remember that the date for the defense change is not tomorrow? Why was it changed to today?"

Cui Hao asked Wang Sui, the minister of Zhongshu at the side.

"Reporting back to the middle hall, I know this matter under my humble command. According to the explanation of Zhang Ke, the Minister of the Fifth Army, Cao, it is because the main culprit of the horse attack case tomorrow will be executed.

The time happened to coincide with the time of the defense change. In order to prevent accidents, the defense change was made one day in advance. "

This explanation was quite reasonable, but his political intuition told him that something was wrong, but he had no reason to stop it.

He shook his head, there were still many things to deal with, and he couldn't waste too much time on this matter, otherwise he wouldn't be able to finish today's memorial. So this document was approved and submitted to the Secretary Province for filing, and a reply was sent to the Minister of Secretariat, agreeing to the change of defense.

At six o'clock in the morning, the sun was faltering, and the color of the sky was crimson. The hazy dusk fell on Qiyang City, depicting a peaceful and beautiful scenery.

Cui Hao, who had been working on the memorial for a day, sat in the carriage and dozed off.

"Master, we're home."

At the coachman's reminder, Cui Hao yawned and got out of the car. Looking at the yellow line on the horizon, he couldn't help but think of the "Qiyang Dusk Picture" by Qiu Cheng, one of the seven painters of Beiding.

There is also a poem inscribed by the late Yan King Bai Lin, "Qiyang's tiles are full of red sun, and the setting sun is shining brightly against the palace wall."

Just as Cui Hao was standing at the door of the house admiring the rare beauty and couldn't help himself, he suddenly saw a sneaky figure.

"Cui Bin!"

The figure paused and slowly came to Cui Hao:
"Father."

Cui Hao looked serious and asked:
"Where did you go? Why did you come back so late?
Also, have you finished your homework? "

"Father, the child has finished his homework. In the afternoon, he felt tired and went to play with Zhang Liao, the concubine of the Duke of Donghai.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao said that Donghae Gong was not at home these days and had finally enjoyed himself, so he kept holding the child to prevent him from leaving.

It's hard to shirk the child, so I have to stay with him until now. "

Cui Hao wanted to reprimand him, but suddenly thought of something and asked:

"You said Duke Donghai is not at the mansion?"

Cui Bin, who didn't know why, replied truthfully:

"Yes, I heard from Zhang Liao that Duke Donghai has not returned home for several days. I don't know where he went."

Prince Donghai will be asked to be killed tomorrow, why will he be away from home for several days?

Thinking of today's defense change documents, Cui Hao had a bad feeling.

"Cui Lin."

"master."

Cui's housekeeper, who had been staying nearby, stepped forward to wait.

"Immediately send someone to inquire about the residences of Duke Xiangping, Duke Zhang Miao of Donghai, Duke Wu Yuan, Marquis Anping, Marquis Xianping... these thirteen people.

Ask these princes if they are at home. Remember, do not attract attention, but be quick and give me the news within an hour. "

"It's Master."

"Father." Cui Bin wanted to ask something, but Cui Hao stopped him:
"Don't ask now. Remember, if I go out tonight, I must close the door. If I don't go home, I must not go out.

If something happened, I never returned home. I took your mother, brothers and sisters, followed Cui Lin, and tried to find a way to return to Qinghe immediately. Do you understand? "

Cui Bin, who suddenly felt a great sense of strangeness and uneasiness, responded calmly.

Cui Hao did not enter the mansion, but stayed in the concierge, waiting for news from Cui Lin.

Exactly an hour later, torches were lit on the streets, and Cui Lin came back sweating profusely.

"Master, I have found out clearly that except for the Xianping Marquis Mansion, all the other princes have not been seen for several days.

On the contrary, in the Xianping Hou Mansion, more and more people have been coming in and out in the past few days, coming and going.

I heard from people nearby that there have been many strangers walking in a hurry around Xianpinghou Mansion in the past few days. "

"Yes, yes, everything is correct."

Cui Hao stood up and kept pacing, beating his palms.

Bai Ce, the Marquis of Xianping, holds the post of Zhonglang General in the Dian Army and has the power to change the city defense. The half-brother of Zhang Miao, Duke of the East China Sea, is the current Minister of the Five Arms.

"Prepare the carriage, I want to enter the palace."

Without any hesitation, Cui Lin quickly called his servants, took the carriage that had been prepared, and helped Cui Hao board the carriage.

Seeing that the master's carriage had gone away, Cui Lin had people close the door of the house tightly. If the master did not come back, he would not open the door.

At the same time, several servants were sent out of the mansion to inquire about the news and report back at any time.

When Cui Hao's carriage reached the halfway point, the driver suddenly stopped and turned to Prince Bai's Mansion, where Prince Bai Wen lived.

Because he suddenly thought that even though he was Zhongshu Ling and had the right to walk in the palace, if he entered the palace late at night, he would definitely be blocked by the palace guards.

The only one who can enter the palace at night is Bai Wang, Bai Wen, who lives outside the palace. As for why he doesn't go to Prince Bai Ran.

Because the East Palace is also within the defense range of the palace guards.

According to regulations, no one is allowed to enter or leave the palace late at night without a special order from the emperor. Anyone encountered will be directly detained.

Cui Hao almost missed the opportunity because of panic.

Fortunately, Baiwang Mansion is very close to the Imperial Palace, right next to it.

After knocking on the door of the palace, a concierge on duty opened it a crack, looked at Cui Hao and asked with a cold face:
"Who are you and why are you here late at night?"

Cui Hao quickly handed over his door thorn, saying that he was Cui Hao, the Secretary of the Central Committee, and that he had important matters of life and death, so he told His Highness King Bai and asked him to pass the news.

Upon hearing the Zhongshu Ling, which was issued by a third-rank official of the imperial court, the porter's expression did not improve. He just took the door thorn, said "wait" and closed the door again.

(End of this chapter)