Everyone in the hall knew very well that the real crisis had not been resolved - Li Renren would never sit still and wait for death, and would definitely surround the Guest House after dawn.
In addition, Cui Ying will lead the White Army to Beijing tomorrow. If these two de facto leaders of Goryeo are not dealt with, the five highnesses and their 500 elites will still be dead.
Only if Li Renren dies will the situation truly turn around. And he must die before Cui Ying returns to Beijing to be useful...
~~
After discussing with several of their highnesses what to do tomorrow, the three of them said goodbye and left the guest house.
They tacitly agreed not to ride horses or sedans, but walked side by side on the dark street.
At this time, the fire in Taipu Temple had not yet been extinguished, and the entire Kaijing city was filled with the smell of roasted horse meat...
"Actually, we can also make the identities of the five His Highnesses public, so that neither Li Yuanjun nor Cui Yuanjun can do whatever they want." Civil servants like Zheng Mengzhou are naturally not interested in military coups, so they always think of using political means.
Ways to resolve the crisis:
"I can also ask the Empress Dowager Mingde to come forward, and I can always ensure the safety of the five highnesses."
"It's a way." Jin Tao is now saying that as long as he can survive, he can do anything.
"Haha..." Li Chenggui sneered and said nothing. He was a military man, so naturally he was very interested in military coups.
On the contrary, he would not gain much from a political solution to the crisis.
"Why, General Li has a different view?" Zheng Mengzhou asked displeasedly.
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu has clearly issued a decree, and you have just gone out, and you are going to violate it?" Li Chenggui asked coldly: "Is the wine you drank just now in vain?"
"I didn't say that." Jin Tao quickly clarified.
"Your Highness is young and vigorous, and he is not from Goryeo. We ministers of Goryeo must consider the future of our country." Zheng Mengzhou scolded Li Chenggui with a straight face.
"We are rough people and can't think so long-term." Li Chenggui snorted indifferently: "We only know that if we agree, we have to do it! Otherwise, your highnesses will blame us and we will die than Li Renren.
The consequences are much more serious!"
"That's true." Jin Tao nodded and said: "Without Li Renren, there is still Liu Renren. But if these highnesses hold grudges against us, Korea will suffer a lot in the future."
"Alas..." Zheng Mengzhou sighed. He was about to say a few more words when he heard Li Chenggui snort coldly: "Zheng Sicheng, since we all insist on our own opinions, we might as well do our own thing and let's say goodbye!"
"Hey, General Li, don't be impulsive. The survival of Korea now depends on the three of us. Do we want to split again?" Jin Tao hurriedly held the two of them to prevent Li Chenggui from leaving. At the same time, he urged Zheng Mengzhou:
"Zheng Sicheng, you are a scholar and you always follow the rules. But Li Yuanjun holds the imperial army and will not follow the rules with you. No matter how you want to solve it, you must get rid of him first. Otherwise, it will be a dead end."
"Yeah." Li Chenggui nodded and said, "Jin Sheren can make it clear. That's what I mean."
"Hey, okay." Seeing that the two of them had reached an agreement, and that he really couldn't refute it, Zheng Mengzhou could only nod his head and said, "Then let's act separately as planned."
~~
After Li Chenggui returned home, he called his brothers and sons and explained to them the current situation and his decision.
"Wealth can be found in danger, so I decided to take this step!"
At that time, his concubine Li Yuangui, his concubine brothers Li He and Li Ying, his adopted brother Li Zhilan, and his two sons Li Fangyu and Li Fanguo were present. The Li family were all ambitious people. After hearing Li Chenggui's decision, every one of them had no expression on their faces.
Instead of being worried, he was filled with excitement.
After receiving the mission, the disciples woke up the generals all night, started making fires to cook, distributed bows and crossbows, sharpened knives, and waited for dawn...
Before dawn, officials from the capital hall came to inform Li Ren of his appointment and ordered Li Chenggui to go to the capital hall to discuss matters.
Li Chenggui put on a large official robe over his armor, hung a sword on his waist, and walked out of the hall with his head held high.
Li Zhilan followed closely behind with his bow and arrows on his back.
In the yard, the heavily armed soldiers of the Li family had already assembled and silently followed the two of them out of the gate of the Li Mansion.
This murderous posture startled the capital officials who came to deliver the order.
"General Li, what is this?"
"There was chaos in the capital last night, and Mr. Cui Yuan was not in the capital. Didn't Mr. Li Yuan call me to order me to lead his troops to quell the chaos?" Li Chenggui said calmly.
"That's it..." The official who ordered the order said no more.
~~
With the same words, Li Chenggui successfully led the crowd into the inner city. When they arrived outside the capital hall, he ordered Li Zhilan and others to wait here.
He then took off the sword from his waist, handed it to the soldiers at the door, and then entered the Dutang Yamen alone.
In the meeting hall, all the big guys have already arrived and are waiting for him.
Li Chenggui bowed apologetically to Li Renren and took his seat in the ninth position.
"Everyone is here except Mr. Cui Yuan who is not in the capital. Let's start." Li Renren glanced at the empty chair opposite and slowly spoke: "Everyone should already know what happened last night, right?"
"Um."
"Yes..." All the princes in the capital nodded.
"Li Zhengren, you were at the Guest House last night, right?" Li Renren looked at Li Chenggui.
Li Chenggui's official position is for the approval of his subordinates. To put it bluntly, he specifically votes for approval...
"Yes, I was invited to a banquet with Zheng Sicheng last night. The invitation was sent by Jin Sheren, saying that he had already asked the court master." Li Chenggui replied slowly.
Jin Tao was also in the capital hall and was willing to accompany him to the last seat. Hearing this, he nodded, indicating that Li Chenggui was right.
"They still had time to entertain you for a drink last night?" Li Renren's beard trembled slightly. He just managed to maintain his composure, but in fact he was panicking.
"Envoys don't have to carry swords to kill people." Li Chenggui smiled bitterly.
"Then you just sit and drink all the time?" A military minister asked.
"When we heard something moving outside, the front hall door had been closed, and no one could leave." Li Chenggui spread his hands and said, "The situation was unknown at the time, so we could only sit back and wait."
"Yes." Jin Tao agreed: "I thought they were going to treat us yesterday, but I didn't expect that they actually went to Shuntian Pavilion to kill people and set fire to them."
"What happened next?" Li Renren asked with a dark face.
"Later, probably in the middle of the night." Li Chenggui continued: "The people who went out came back and threw Cheri Timur's head into the arms of Jin Sheren."
"It almost scared me to death..." Jin Tao said sarcastically.
"They also said that they completely wiped out the Yuan Dynasty envoys, and only four of our own troops were killed." Li Chenggui looked in disbelief: "Is the Ming army really so powerful? Why do I not believe it so much?"
"The Yuan Dynasty mission was indeed wiped out. There were more than 500 people, and no one survived." Li Renren sighed and said, "Do they have anything to say to me?"
"They said, Mr. Li Yuan," Li Chenggui swallowed and said, "It's time to know what's going on..."
