The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 484 The Brotherhood
Li Chongjin stared at him, and suddenly pointed at him and laughed loudly: "I see, cousin, you must have come to intercede for those guys!"

Chai Rong said helplessly: "Li Jixun is an old general under the official's command, Zhao Kuangyin is also an old subordinate of mine, and there are several commanders and Du Yuhou who were promoted by me. Now they have all been transferred from their positions as military commanders and assigned to various positions." The case manager is just a sinecure, and everyone comes to me crying and complaining, but I can't just ignore them."

Li Chongjin curled his lips and said: "These guys are violating my military orders, and they don't take me seriously. I want to take over the military power, so of course I have to get rid of them!"

Letting them stay in the imperial guards in front of the palace is already for your sake.

Also, do you really think those guys are reliable?You take a look at this first! "

Li Chongjin took out a booklet from his arms, Chai Rong took it and looked through it, his expression slightly changed.

Recorded above are all the people who have accepted bribes from Wang Jun, or who have actively contacted Wang Jun, and the general interactions between the two parties.

Several of the names are from the group of people who came to Kaifeng government office not long ago to complain to Chai Rong.

Some of them were from Chai Rong's old department, and some were recommended by Chai Rong to join the Imperial Guard in front of the palace. On the surface, they all seemed to be Chai Rong's people.

Li Chongjin said lazily: "If you don't believe it, you can take it back and send someone to investigate again."

Chai Rong looked sulky. If the contents of this account book were true, then these people should not continue to stay in the imperial guard in front of the palace.

Chai Rong said solemnly: "I will take the things back and investigate them in detail. However, Li Jixun, Zhao Kuangyin and a few others were not at fault. Why were they transferred?"

Li Chongjin hummed: "Li Jixun thinks he is an old general under the official's command and has always looked down on me. I also dislike him. I want to transfer him as soon as possible to avoid getting in the way!"

Well, Zhao Da'er, this guy got close to Wang Jun before, so this time I'll give him a warning and a small punishment!

As for the others, they did not obey the order to organize the army and had no choice but to move elsewhere. "

Chai Rong frowned and said: "Is it child's play to organize an army? How can you rely on your own likes and dislikes? Li Jixun is a general, and the officials have deliberately cultivated him. Zhao Kuangyin is also an old acquaintance of you and me. I believe in his loyalty."

Li Chongjin was a little annoyed, "Zhao Da'er has both ends, I just don't believe him! Cousin, brother, I have been ordered to organize the army. I know what to do, and you don't need to ask! Don't forget, I am the capital of the inner city. Check, the commander of the imperial army in front of the palace!"

Chai Rong also became a little angry and raised his voice: "The imperial army in front of the palace is the army of the officials and the imperial court. It is the main garrison of our Great Zhou Dynasty, not your private army of Li Chongjin!"

Li Chongjin rose up against the case, confronted each other, and yelled loudly: "But it's not yours! I want to interfere in the military affairs of the Forbidden Army in front of the palace, and I will wait until you become the emperor! But don't forget, you are not even the heir! Take care of your Kaifeng!" Mansion, please come and ask me about the affairs of the imperial army!"

"You are so presumptuous!" Chai Rong was furious, stood up and glared, "Li Chongjin! You bastard!"

After Li Chongjin shouted, he also regretted it. Because Wang Jun blocked it, the title of heir had always been a thorn in Chai Rong's heart. He should not use this matter to ridicule Chai Rong and poke his pain.

However, Li Chongjin had a bullish temper, and no one was convinced. He held his head high and stared at his bullish eyes, with an angry and unconvinced expression on his face.

The two glared at each other, and the atmosphere in the hall was tense.

The servants outside the hall looked around, but none of them dared to say a word.

Only Zhai Shouxun, who was standing by, had a calm expression and was not affected at all. He stared at Chai Rong's face with a thoughtful expression.

Chai Rong said sternly: "I'm warning you, the military ban in front of the palace and the official's plan to reorganize the army must not allow any mistakes! If you dare to act recklessly and violate military discipline and national laws, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Li Chongjin was completely annoyed, his face flushed: "I know you all look down on me! You think I am not capable of being the commander-in-chief of the imperial army in front of the palace!
But don’t forget, I paid for my military exploits with my life!
In Beizhou, I single-handedly fought in and out, destroying the entire Jiedu Mansion of the Yongqing Army!
In Yanzhou, Lao Tzu was the first to climb to the top of the city, leading his army to kill Murong Yanchao and counterattack!

In terms of merit, I am no less than you!Why can't I be the commander of the imperial army?

My surname is not Guo, but I still have the blood of the Guo family in my body!

My loyalty to the official family and to Zhou Dynasty is no less loyal than any of you! "

Li Chongjin's eyes were red, and the veins on his neck popped out.

Chai Rong clenched his fists tightly, the two of them fought like a lion and a tiger, they couldn't stand each other!

Upon learning that a quarrel broke out between the two gentlemen, Dong Waner rushed over anxiously with the support of her maid.

"Husband, please don't be rude to your lord!" Dong Waner looked horrified.

"Wan'er!" The moment Li Chongjin saw his wife, his fierce aura was vented, and he rushed to her side in three steps at a time, carefully supporting her.

Chai Rong also hurriedly calmed down his emotions and saluted, "It's my fault for alarming my sister-in-law! My sister-in-law is inconvenient, please go back to your room to rest!"

Dong Waner held Li Chongjin's hand and said softly and timidly: "If my father-in-law has offended me in any way, please don't be the same as him! I will apologize to you on his behalf!"

Li Chongjin was not convinced at first, but he was afraid of disturbing his wife's fetal gas, so he muttered depressingly, but remained silent.

Chai Rong glanced at Li Chongjin and said with a wry smile: "I also made a mistake today, and I ask my sister-in-law to forgive me! Sister-in-law, please rest, Chai Rong retires!"

After saying that, Chai Rong glared at Li Chongjin and walked away.

Dong Waner pushed him: "Why don't you go and send it off quickly?"

"What the hell! Go wherever you like!" Li Chongjin's anger was still lingering.

Dong Waner scolded: "Although the prince is your cousin, he will be the emperor of Zhou Dynasty in the future. I am the sage. How can I allow you to offend me?"

Li Chongjin glared at him and said, "My uncle hasn't passed on the throne yet, what kind of saint is he?"

"You!~" Dong Waner was furious, and her belly was slightly swollen and painful. She was so frightened that Li Chongjin said quickly: "Okay, okay! Don't talk, go back to your room and rest first~"

Li Chongjin helped her back to the room and comforted her for a while. After Dong Waner fell asleep, he returned to the study with his hands behind his back and a look of boredom on his face.

It is claimed that the study room is actually an armory. There are not two books in sight, but there are several weapon racks filled with swords, guns, swords and halberds.

He casually took a horse stick, played with it, stabbed several straw men hard, and finally vented the evil fire.

Zhai Shouxun came in with a towel and hot tea, and said with a smile, "Why is your lord so angry?"

Li Chongjin wiped his sweat and took a few sips of tea, and said angrily: "My cousin actually scolded me for a few wallflowers. Of course I am not happy!"

Zhai Shouxun smiled again and said: "Although Chai Junhou is not an heir, he is an adopted son of the official family, and nominally the only prince in the Zhou Dynasty who is qualified to inherit the throne.

It stands to reason that he is in a position of respect and the master is in a position of inferiority. Whatever he says is what he says, and the master just obeys orders. But why is the master not convinced? "

Li Chongjin glared at him and shouted: "The official family has not yet decided on the successor, why should I be convinced?"

"Why has the official family been so slow to decide on a successor?" Zhai Shouxun asked again.

Li Chongjin was stunned and threw the towel to him angrily: "How did I know this!"

Zhai Shouxun put down the tray and said with a smile: "In my opinion, there are two reasons for the officials' hesitation.

First, the official family recruited the harem before and chose more concubines. In fact, they wanted to give birth to heirs, and let the blood of the first relatives inherit the imperial line in the future!
But for more than two years, no one in the harem was lucky enough to be pregnant with the dragon species. The official family was old and his health could not tolerate any further delay, so he had no choice but to give up.Secondly, the official family was hesitating between Chai Junhou and the Duke.

Chai Junhou is the adopted son of the official family, and the father-in-law is the nephew of the official family. In terms of blood relationship, the father-in-law is actually closer to the official family.

Since Chai Junhou can succeed to the throne, then the young master is also qualified! "

Li Chongjin was stunned for a long time, then pointed at his nose and said: "You mean, my uncle also intended to pass the throne to me?"

Zhai Shouxun nodded with a smile and cupped his hands: "Of course! My father-in-law is the nephew of an official family, and he is half of the Guo family blood. Why can't he inherit the great Zhou Dynasty?"

Li Chongjin was completely stunned, his head was buzzing, and he stood there silently for a long time.

After a while, he grinned and said to himself as if smiling: "Yes, my cousin can be the emperor, why can't I?"

There was a trace of madness in Zhai Shouxun's narrow eyes, and his voice seemed to be able to confuse people's hearts: "Young Master can become the emperor, and he has a good chance of winning! The first thing to do is to firmly control the imperial army in front of the palace!
With this power in hand, once there is a change in the palace, the Duke will be able to take the initiative."

Zhai Shouxun stood on tiptoes and whispered in Li Chongjin's ear.

Li Chongjin listened, and the expression on his face became quite exciting.

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A few days later, the Forbidden Army in front of the palace fell into turmoil again.

A group of people who were transferred by Li Chongjin and went to Chai Rong to cry and complain. Not only did they not return to their posts, some of them caused a lot of trouble and were even transferred directly from the Forbidden Army.

Seeing that the momentum was not right, Li Jixun took the initiative to submit an application to the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to be transferred from Kaifeng to Weizhou Yicheng Army as the capital's military envoy.

Zhao Kuangyin learned that Chai Rong and Li Chongjin had a big quarrel and broke up. He expected that Chai Rong would be unable to intervene in the Forbidden Army affairs, so he had no choice but to go to the Military Affairs Office to report.

The personnel changes in the Forbidden Army in front of the palace have become more and more intense, affecting almost all the middle and upper-level generals in the army. Even the Xiaodi Army led by Zhang Yongde was not immune. Many generals who had followed Zhang Yongde before were either transferred from the Xiaodi Army or were transferred at the same level. Go to each case department and lose the power to command troops.

In anger, Zhang Yongde ran to Li Chongjin's house to ask for an explanation. They also had a big quarrel and almost started fighting. Fortunately, the subordinates on both sides persuaded him to stop.

The turmoil over the reorganization of the imperial army in front of the palace lasted for more than a month before it gradually subsided. Chai Rong and Zhang Yongde had a rift with Li Chongjin over this matter. The two sides had not spoken to each other for more than a month. Occasionally they met in court, but they only glared at each other. Eyes, ignoring each other.

~~~
The seventh day of November is the time of heavy snow.

In front of the official gate of Dali Temple, Zhu Xiu stepped out of this gate for the first time in more than two months.

Looking up at the gloomy sky with the biting winter wind, fine snowflakes are falling on my face, which is ice-cold and full of freedom.

Zhu Xiu wrapped herself tightly in her cloak, put on her winter hat, and closed her sleeves tightly with both hands.

Shi Xiangwen beside him spread out his arms, stretched his waist, shook his shaggy head, and shook off the snow from his lion's mane.

"Zhang Siqing, can I really go back?" Zhu Xiu smacked his lips, his face full of disbelief. He just left without even a decree. Will the officials backfire and accuse him of escaping from prison?

Zhang Hang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He cupped his hands and said, "Master Zhu Hou can indeed leave. Just go back home and burn incense, take a bath, and thank God for his kindness!"

Zhu Xiu pointed to the high threshold at his feet: "Are you sure that if I step out of this door, the officials won't behead me on charges of escaping from prison?"

Zhang Hang's face twitched and he couldn't help but push him gently: "Master Zhu Hou, leave quickly! Your wedding day will be in a few days. Zhang would like to wish Master Zhu a happy wedding in advance!" "

Zhu Xiu staggered out of the government office gate. There was a "bang" sound behind her, and the two heavy copper-nailed lacquered doors were closed tightly. Zhang Han's voice came from behind the door:

"Zhang has sent someone to notify the Marquis Mansion. The person who wants to come to meet him is on the way. Please wait for a moment, Marquis Zhu."

Just after he finished speaking, a carriage stopped on the street. Zhu Wu jumped out of the carriage and stepped forward quickly: "Brother, you are out! Come home with me quickly!"

Zhu Wu hugged him hard, his eyes red.

Zhu Xiu looked behind him and asked doubtfully: "Only the eldest brother came to pick me up?"

Zhu Xiu was a little disappointed. He thought that when he was released from prison, brothers from all walks of life would come to greet him. They would beat gongs and drums and set off a few firecrackers. Flower petals and ribbons were flying all over the sky. Two rows of pretty ladies bowed down and cheered: "Welcome the Marquis to be released from prison." ~~"

Then Fu Jinhuan, Feng Qingchan, Shi Lingyan, Zhou Xian and several good friends came forward one by one to hug and offer sweet kisses.
The reality is that only Zhu Wu came to pick him up with a carriage.

The streets were deserted and deserted. There were not even a few pedestrians in sight. The walls and eaves were covered with snow. The winter wind was howling and the cold air was blowing. The scene was quite desolate.
Zhu Wu smiled and said: "Zhang Siqing sent someone to remind you that your release from prison was privately ordered by the officials and has not yet been announced to the court. Everything must be kept low-key and not publicized!

Now only the Marquis Mansion knows about it, and even the Dukes and Princess Mansion have no time to inform them. "

Zhu Xiu curled her lips, went to prison in a high-profile manner and came out of prison in a low-profile manner. She didn't know what Uncle Guo was up to.

"Okay, let's go home first." Zhu Xiu was about to get on the carriage.

Shi Xiangwen rubbed his belly: "I'm hungry and want to eat meat."

Zhu Wu smiled and said: "I just killed a few fat sheep this morning. I hope you can eat enough!"

"Hehe~" Shi Xiangwen swallowed his saliva greedily.

As the carriage drove away from the official office of Dali Temple, its wheels made two deep tracks on the snowy road.

As soon as he reached the foot of the archway, another carriage stopped him. Zhu Wu hurriedly tightened the reins.

Zhu Xiu sat in the carriage, shook his body suddenly, opened the thick curtain and asked, "What's going on?"

Zhu Wu pointed at the driver blocking the road: "This car suddenly came out and blocked the road."

With Shi Xiangwen by his side, Zhu Xiu was not afraid of any assassins. Just as he was about to get out of the car to investigate, he saw a person walking out of the car blocking the road. His face was somewhat familiar. He was an old eunuch with a pale face and no beard.

Zhu Xiu was shocked and recognized that this person was not the eunuch of the inner palace who was accompanying Guo Wei.

"Uh you~" Just as Zhu Xiu was about to speak, the old eunuch stepped forward and said softly with a smile: "Master Zhu Hou, please don't make any noise. If the officials summon you, please come with me!"

"Officials?!" Zhu Xiu looked around, "Here?"

Subconsciously, he looked at the car blocking the road in front of him. The cloth curtain was so tight that he couldn't see clearly what was going on inside the car.

Zhu Xiu didn't dare to delay, so he quickly jumped out of the car and followed the old eunuch. He stood by the car window and saluted: "Wei Chen Zhu Xiu."

"Shut up, come up!" A deep and majestic voice interrupted him from the carriage.

Zhu Xiu swallowed and took it seriously that it was Guo Wei's voice.

The old eunuch smiled and extended his hand to invite him.

Zhu Xiu had no choice but to gesture to Zhu Wu and ask him to take Shi Xiangwen aside to wait.

He carefully stepped on the footstool and got into the carriage.
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