Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 510
At noon, Zhao Zhen suddenly woke up, and immediately alarmed the maid guarding the side. The maid was surprised and delighted, and ran out, saying to Empress Cao and Zhao Xu who were talking outside: "The officials have woken up!"

Empress Cao's complexion changed, and she quickly led Zhao Xu into the inner room, and several imperial physicians who were guarding outside also rushed over.

Seeing that Zhao Xu's face was slightly flushed and his eyes were bright, several imperial physicians immediately understood. They glanced at each other and called out several court ladies and eunuchs, leaving Empress Cao and Zhao Xu with a last moment of time.

Zhao Xu held his grandfather's hand and asked in a low voice, "Grandfather, are you feeling better?"

Zhao Zhen recognized Zhao Xu, his lips were trembling and he wanted to say something in a low voice, Zhao Xu hurriedly moved forward, put his ear next to his lips, and finally heard the word the emperor's grandfather said clearly, 'Forgive', forgiveness Forgiveness, does the emperor want to forgive him himself, Zhang Yaozuo, or the common people in the world?

Zhao Xu nodded quickly, "Grandson heard clearly, the grandfather wants grandson to have a forgiving heart and treat the people of the world generously!"

Zhao Zhen showed a smile in relief, and moved his eyes upwards again. Zhao Xu didn't understand. Looking at the emperor's grandmother, Empress Cao immediately understood that her husband meant the will hidden in the pillow.

She hurriedly said: "The concubine will definitely obey His Majesty's will and never violate it!"

Zhao Zhen exhaled his last breath, the flush gradually faded, his eyes became slack, and his face gradually turned waxy yellow.

When Empress Cao touched his nose, she shrank her hand suddenly, and the tears could no longer be held back, "Xu'er, your imperial grandfather has passed away!"

Empress Cao's legs went limp and she collapsed beside the bed, but Zhao Xu wiped away tears and said to Empress Cao, "Grandmother, Zhang Yaozuo is still watching outside. We must block the news and prevent him from launching a coup in advance."

Empress Cao nodded sadly, "Xu'er, you can figure it out yourself!"

Covering her face, she began to cry again.

Zhao Xu went to the outer room and said to several imperial physicians: "From now on, each of you will be promoted to a higher level, and each will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver. Now you are guarding next to the emperor, and no one is allowed to visit, including maids and eunuchs. It is not allowed to spread any unfavorable news, we can only say that the emperor's condition is stable and is undergoing treatment."

Several imperial physicians understood that now is not the time to announce the news, they nodded, "I obey the order!"

Zhao Xu said to more than a dozen court ladies and eunuchs: "You all stay in the hall, you are not allowed to cry, whoever dares to cry, whoever dares to come out of the hall, will be killed without mercy!"

A dozen court ladies and eunuchs were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak out.

Zhao Xu walked quickly to the gate of the hall again, and said to a guard: "Quickly order General Zhao Shiyue to come see me!"

Zhao Shiyue was near the main hall, he hurried over after hearing the news, bowed and said: "See the emperor's heir!"

"General Zhao, you immediately add another five hundred soldiers to surround the hall and prevent anyone from approaching."

Zhao Shiyue's eyes dimmed, and he said in a low voice, "Your Majesty is going down?"

Zhao Xu nodded, "General Zhao, please send a confidant to inform Fan Zhan about the matter, just say four words, the flying dragon is in the sky."

Zhao Shiyue had a sore nose, and said slowly: "I will arrange it immediately!"

In just a moment, [-] soldiers of thousands of cattle arrived quickly. In addition to the [-] soldiers arranged before, a total of [-] soldiers guarded the outside of the hall, and no one was allowed to approach. At the same time, the entire gate of the inner palace was closed , has cut off all contact with the outside world, and even the soldiers who went to deliver letters to Fan Ning can only hang down the palace wall, and the palace gate will not be opened again.

In fact, it is necessary to tightly seal the news like this. Zhao Zhen still has many concubines in the harem, and they are all eagerly waiting for the news. Once they get the news of the emperor's death, they will try their best to pass it on to their natal family.

In addition, many forces bribed a certain eunuch or court lady in the palace to deliver news for them.

First of all, the news could not get out of the hall, so the concubines and other palace people could only look at the news flag eagerly. If a white flag was hung on the news flagpole, it meant that the emperor had passed away. If a yellow flag was hung, it meant that the condition was stable. .

On the high flagpole next to the sleeping hall, there are still apricot-colored flags hanging, calming the nervousness of the people in the palace.

At this time, Fan Ning had already received the code word of the emperor's death, but he did not take any action, still secretly monitoring Jiang Yuan's every move.

Of course, Fan Ning also considered the plan. If Jiang Yuan failed to trap, he would arrest them directly.

Time passed little by little, and night fell quietly again. During this period, due to the deterioration of the emperor's condition, the gates of the city would be closed ahead of time. As soon as it was dark, the drums for closing the gates would be rumbled.

Jiang Yuan was wearing armor and sitting alone in the big camp, drinking cups of cups. He was both excited and nervous. Excited was that the avenue of prosperity and wealth had opened up to him. Zhang Yaozuo promised him that he would be the King of Chu and give him the Jiangnan area. , At the same time, he also allowed the only son born to him by his concubine to inherit his throne. This was also the first time that the Zhang family recognized his son.

The tension is the upcoming battle. His mission is to capture the northern cities, let the Leopards fly into the city, and then capture the harem, control the emperor Zhao Zhen and Empress Cao, and capture the jade seal, tiger charm and troop transfer gold medal.

His task is really heavy, but it's still early, it's just getting dark now, and the mutiny will not start until the third watch.

At this time, a soldier ran to the door and reported: "General Qi, there is a young man named Zhang Daquan outside who says he is your brother-in-law and he has something urgent to report to you."

Jiang Yuan frowned, of course he knew Zhang Daquan, that idle brother-in-law who knew about going to brothels all day long, he disliked him the most, he had never seen this person.

"What did he come to him for, and something urgent?"

Jiang Yuan suddenly thought, maybe his sister left and didn't tell him, so he thought something happened at home?

Normally, Jiang Yuan wouldn't pay attention to him, but today's situation is special, Jiang Yuan is really afraid that Zhang Daquan will go to the government to report the case, which will attract the attention of the government and ruin the big event.

After thinking for a while, he got up and came to the gate of the barracks, only to see Zhang Daquan standing at the gate anxiously. He really guessed that it was because of his sister.

Seeing Jiang Yuan coming out, Zhang Daquan ran forward and said immediately: "Brother-in-law, something happened to A Ming!"

Zhang Daquan knew his brother-in-law very well. It was useless to say that something happened to his sister. It must be said that something happened to his nephew. That was Jiang Yuan's only son, and only his son could hook him.

Sure enough, Jiang Yuan was taken aback, "What's wrong with A Ming?"

"My sister just came back with Amin in her arms. It seems that Amin has been poisoned and has been vomiting blood. My sister is crying so hard that I can't help it. Let me come to you."

Jiang Yuan's eyes widened. His son was poisoned. He grabbed Zhang Daquan's arm and asked, "Where is my son?"

"At my residence, my sister said you wouldn't let her come to the barracks, so let me come to you."

It was true. Jiang Yuan was afraid of the tigress at home and never allowed concubines to come to him in public. At this time, Jiang Yuan was so anxious that he had completely forgotten that there was still action at night. He didn't want to lose his only son.

"Take me there!"

Jiang Yuan knew that Zhang Daquan lived not far from the imperial city, and he didn't even ride a horse, so he hurried away with three of his men and followed Zhang Daquan.

After a while, they came to a deep alley, Zhang Daquan pointed into it and said, "The front is my residence."

Jiang Yuan didn't realize the danger yet, but his soldiers felt that something was wrong, and said anxiously: "General, there are two blocks here, we can't escape!"

Jiang Yuan suddenly woke up, and he shouted: "What's going on?"

Zhang Daquan turned around and fled, Jiang Yuan suddenly understood that he had been tricked, he drew out his knife and shouted: "Let's rush out!"

It was already too late, countless crossbow arrows were suddenly shot from both sides, shooting at several people in the alley densely, Zhang Daquan shouted in fear, "Don't kill me!"

A crossbow arrow shot into his head and killed him on the spot. Jiang Yuan and his three followers also died under the random arrows.

Half an hour later, Fan Ning led the right prison guard general Yang Yi and hundreds of soldiers into the barracks of the left prison guard army, arrested two commanders on the spot, and then announced a new appointment. Yang Yi temporarily served as the left guard. The general prison guard, and three other Jiang Yuan's confidant commanders were also arrested near the Xuande Building. So far, the six prison guards, including Jiang Yuan, have been wiped out.

Not only that, the five thousand guards of the left prison were all disarmed, locked in the barracks and not allowed to go out, and all the gates and vital points of the palace were taken over by the guards of the right guard and Shenwuwei soldiers.

The imperial palace was closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. At the same time, Xiao Chengxian, the envoy of the Nine Cities, also received an order to close all the gates of the inner and outer cities of the capital, and no army was allowed to enter or leave at night.

At two o'clock, [-] Flying Leopards appeared outside the gate of Beifengqiu. The Flying Leopards should be cavalry, but the order of the Privy Council is required for the cavalry to adjust their horses. Today's Flying Leopards can only march towards the capital as infantry.

When the [-] Flying Leopard Army just arrived at the Sanchakou outside the North City, suddenly there was loud drumming, and the surroundings were filled with flames. The [-] Flying Leopard Army had been waiting for a long time and surrounded the [-] Flying Leopard Army.

The Flying Leopard Army suddenly panicked. The soldiers and generals didn't know what happened. They would not convey the mission tonight until they entered the city. The Shenwu Army rebelled and they needed to go to suppress it.

But now the soldiers still don't know anything, and the [-] soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, all at a loss.

At this time, someone shouted in front: "I am the right minister Han Qi, Zhang Husheng wants to rebel, all soldiers put down their weapons and surrender, let the past be forgotten!"

Han Qi shouted several times, Zhang Husheng rushed to the horse, he shouted angrily: "Brothers, Han Qi rebelled, kill me!"

But the soldiers of the Flying Leopard Army did not move. The generals of the Song Dynasty only have the right to lead troops, but not to issue combat orders. Civil officials must issue combat orders. This is a rule that all Song Army soldiers know. Zhang Husheng Blatantly violated, and ordered to attack, this was beyond the expectations of all soldiers.

"You guys, dare you disobey the military order?" Zhang Husheng shouted anxiously.

At this time, a commander asked coldly: "General Zhang, can you explain clearly where we are going when we leave the camp in the middle of the night?"

"This"

Zhang Husheng was tongue-tied for a moment, he just said that Han Qi rebelled, and he said that the Shenwu Army rebelled, no one would believe it.

At this time, Han Qi shouted again: "Those who take Zhang Husheng's head to ask for credit will be promoted to three ranks and rewarded with 5 taels of silver!"

Zhang Husheng's eyes widened. He felt that the eyes of the generals around him were wrong. He shouted anxiously: "I am the chief general, who dares to disobey my order!"

Suddenly someone behind him said coldly: "You are just the commander of the army, you have no right to issue combat orders, die!"

Zhang Husheng was caught off guard by a spear coming from behind. With a loud cry, he was pierced by the spear, and the tip of the spear protruded from his chest.

The other general had quick eyesight and quick hands, jumped up, swung his saber across, Zhang Husheng's head flew up, and everyone rushed up, cutting Zhang Husheng's body apart.

Twenty thousand Flying Leopards abandoned their weapons and surrendered. At this time, groups of soldiers rushed in and arrested more than a dozen of Zhang Husheng's confidantes. Han Qi appointed General Li Zhen as the temporary commander of the Flying Leopards, and led the Flying Leopards back. barracks.

Before Zhang Jinding's other army could gather, Zhang Jinding was killed by his deputy Cao Huang, and the [-] forbidden troops acted as if nothing had happened.

At three o'clock, Han Qi led an army of [-] to surround Zhang Yaozuo's manor.

(End of this chapter)