Chapter seven hundred and ninety fourth arrangement
Although Tang Ning has been in this world for a long time, at some point, the habits deep in her soul still haven't changed.
For example, when he suddenly hears something incredible, he will subconsciously bring back the habits from his previous life.
It wasn't that he was making a fuss, but the things mentioned in the letter were so shocking that it made him shudder even after reading it.
"Tomorrow's festival, Ximen has two hearts, and King Kang will rebel."
The content of the letter is very short, but it explains the time, place, people, and events that are going to happen.
At the ceremony tomorrow morning, King Kang will unite with the West Gate Guards to rebel. The West Gate here may refer to the Right West Gate Guards, the Left West Gate Guards, or both.
Tomorrow is one of the few opportunities for Emperor Chen to leave the imperial city. By then, he will have more than a hundred personal guards with him. The safety of the festival will be left to the Youxi Gate Guards.
The Imperial Guards were originally the emperor's bodyguards. Would he suspect that the bodyguards were rebelling?
Obviously not. The imperial guards responsible for the safety of the emperor and ministers turned into rebels. They wanted to wipe out all the civil and military officials, emperors, and princes of the dynasty.
If King Kang succeeds tomorrow, then the history of the Chen Kingdom will be rewritten. He only needs to capture Emperor Chen and kill King Huai, Duan, King Run, and no one in the capital will compete with him for the throne.
At that time, all he had to do was force Emperor Chen to issue an edict of succession, and he would be the new emperor.
Tangning held the letter in her hand and had no doubt about its authenticity.
The handwriting on the letter was very ugly. Tang Ning had seen two letters like this before. Although he didn't know who the person who sent the letter was, he had been reminded several times that he clearly meant no harm to her.
It's just that this time, the timing of his reminder was too accurate.
There was a curfew in the capital soon, and it was only five hours before the festival started. Why didn't he wait until tomorrow morning to remind him?
This was related to his wealth and life. He would rather believe that he had it than not. Even if there was only a 10% chance that it was true, Tang Ning couldn't be careless in the slightest.
Tang Ning looked serious and was about to step into the door of the mansion when a little girl suddenly ran over from the street, handed him a letter, and then ran away quickly.
When Tang Ning stopped her, the little girl didn't know anything about it. She just said that someone asked her to deliver a letter to him in exchange for a candied haws.
He let the unaware little girl leave, looked around, and opened the envelope with a somewhat stunned expression.
This letter is more concise, with only six words on it.
"King Kang wants to rebel, be careful!"
The two letters, one neat and one scrawled, were written on different paper. They were obviously not written by the same person, and there was no need for the same person to remind him twice.
But who is this person?
Tang Ning couldn't understand that King Kang wanted to rebel, but they didn't report it to the court or Emperor Chen. What was the use of telling him?
Although I don’t know what they were thinking, but having said that, King Kang, who rebelled, failed too much. The rebellion was supposed to be carried out in secret, so how could everyone know about his rebellion...
Tang Ning put the two letters away and looked at the sky, not daring to delay any longer. After returning home, she quickly prepared her carriage and horses and headed straight for the Xiao Mansion.
Xiao Mansion.
Lu Ya was lying comfortably on the chair, and Xiao Jue stood behind him, squeezing here and there, while squeezing and asking: "How is it? Is it too strong? Do you want me to be gentle?"
Lu Ya stuffed a grape into his mouth and said, "It's just right, neither light nor heavy. Let's continue..."
At a certain moment, a figure suddenly walked in from outside and appeared in the room.
Xiao Jue looked at Tang Ning. After being stunned for a moment, he took back his hand, rubbed his wrist and said, "Why is my hand so sore? I need to move it..."
"Stop pinching me, I have something important to ask you." Tangning glanced at him and walked to the yard.
Xiao Jue saw his serious face and stopped moving his wrists. He ran out quickly and asked, "What happened?"
Tang Ning said: "At the ceremony tomorrow morning, King Kang will rebel."
"What!" Xiao Jue's expression changed drastically and he said, "Why don't you go and report it to Your Majesty!"
"Wait a minute." Tangning held him back and said, "I just heard the news, so I'm not sure yet."
Xiao Jue said: "Then you must tell your Majesty too!"
Tangning asked: "His Majesty asked you how you knew, what did you say?"
Xiao Jue looked at him and said in surprise: "Didn't you tell me that?"
Tangning rubbed her brows and gritted her teeth: "Are you a pig?"
If the news he received was wrong and King Kang did not intend to rebel, then the ceremony that the court had prepared for many days would have been completely disrupted. But it was not the most serious. The more serious crime was the accusation of slandering the rebellion. Last time, the Zhang family was slandered.
The bodies of the rebels were still buried in mass graves, and they accused the prince of being a rebel, and the crime was no less serious than theirs.
What's more, before King Kang rebelled, no one knew whether he would rebel. There was a half chance that he would rebel, and a half chance that he wouldn't. Before the festival, the probability of him rebelling or not was half. The only way was to wait.
If he really rebels, the possibility of the former will become 100%.
It's a pity that Xiao Jue's pig brain doesn't understand quantum mechanics, otherwise he should have understood that this was Schrödinger's rebellion. Before the festival, no one knew whether King Kang was a rebel or not, and no one could label him as such.
To put it bluntly, if King Kang refuses to admit it, who should take the blame for this matter?
Xiao Jue finally realized the problem, looked at Tang Ning, and asked, "Then what should we do?"
Tang Ning had already thought of a plan when she arrived, and said, "Leave the city immediately, go to Zuo Xiaoqi Camp, dispatch half of the soldiers, and go up the mountain overnight from the back mountain of the Western Mountain."
Xiao Jue thought for a while and asked: "Isn't that the cliff behind the west mountain?"
Tangning explained: "Because it is a cliff, the guards there are weak. After you climb up, carefully lurk in the forest and wait for news from me tomorrow."
Xiao Jue nodded and said, "I'll go right away!"
The soldiers of the Zuo Xiaoqi Battalion were personally trained by Lao Zheng. Their individual and group combat capabilities are far superior to those of the other guards. Half the manpower is enough to cope with tomorrow's situation.
Tang Ning had no way to tell Emperor Chen that Prince Kang was going to rebel. Firstly, there was no direct evidence, and secondly, he couldn't explain why he knew that Prince Kang was going to rebel. He could only tell Emperor Chen about this matter when the crisis was over tomorrow.
After leaving the Xiao family, he went to the Han family and the Ling family to inform them of the matter in advance. The Ximen guards on the left and right totaled nearly 10,000 people, and they were definitely no match for the other fourteen guards. Therefore, King Kang must have wanted a quick victory.
But if there is a stalemate for a while, when Zuo Ximen guard joins them, it will be difficult to control the loss of control.
Tangning didn't return home until just before the curfew.
I originally thought that King Kang was either decadent or had changed his mind and started a new life, but I didn't expect that he was actually plotting a rebellion and he knew the timing so accurately.
It can be said that if there is no preparation in advance, King Kang has a high chance of success this time. Tomorrow's festival may be a bloody ceremony for the royal family surnamed Zhao, and it may also be a disaster for Chen Guo.
If King Kang's rebellion succeeds, the Chen Kingdom will be in chaos. When the time comes, the Western Regions and Tibet will most likely take advantage of the situation. The Chen Kingdom will have internal troubles nearby and foreign troubles far away, so it is likely that the Chen Kingdom will not be able to hold on for long.
Tonight will be a sleepless night for many people.
There were two letters on the table in front of Tangning. He rubbed his eyebrows and murmured, "Who could it be..."
