Zhao Ran looked at the wooden box he held up. He pondered for a moment and asked directly: "I heard that Mr. Yan Ge supported King Jing as the crown prince?"
Yan Shifan replied: "King Jing is the crown prince chosen by your majesty, and your majesty is the emperor chosen by the Taoist sect. My father is an important minister in the cabinet. To obey your majesty's will is to obey the edict of the Taoist sect."
Zhao Ran asked again: "How is the situation in the city?"
Yan Shifan said: "When the abbot's army arrives, all parties rejoice. Everyone in the upper three palaces is in danger. The city can be destroyed in a day or night."
Zhao Ran looked at him and really felt that Yan Shifan was a person. He estimated that half of the Beijing camp leaders who came to vote today were probably the result of the Yan family's instigation from behind - the man Zeng Ruming had just seen
Yan Shifan nodded slightly in greeting. But Yan Shifan didn't mention it at all, and he had no intention of asking for credit in person. This kind of behavior really made people feel comfortable.
Except for Yan Shifan, there was an endless stream of people who came to see Zhao Ran. Zhao Ran did not have time to receive most of them, so he asked Gu Tengjia to come forward to appease them. He only met a few key figures, such as Shangyuan County Magistrate Liang Yougao.
Liang Yougao brought an important piece of news to Zhao Ran. The common people in Xuantan Palace, led by Leng Jianyuan, had been taken to Yifengmen City and were said to be used as hostages. Because of this, many people from the Three Palaces were connected
Everyone was in panic, and there were rumors in private that Zhu Xianjian had gone crazy.
Liang Yougao said excitedly: "As long as the abbot directs his flag, the capital can be defeated overnight!"
...
When the army appeared on the river in the north of the city, Zhu Xianjian learned the news. He was shocked by this and immediately asked to verify the whereabouts of the army. Hu Dashun first led troops to reinforce Beicheng, and Zhang Cong of the Ministry of War followed Hu Dashun to the city head to check in person.
After identifying the flag, he reported to him that they were Longtan Wei Zhang Lue and Dasheng Guan Luohong, with a total of nearly ten thousand troops. At the same time, Zhao Zhiran's temporary identification flag was also found, and he wrote "Daomen is recruiting envoys, Abbot Zhao of Xuantan Palace"
, "Zhao, Deputy Seal of the Daolu Department, General Consultant of the Training Ball Competition Organizing Committee", and "Guan of the Wenchang Guanjian Yuan" and so on.
In the Xiang Palace, after hearing this, Mr. Zhu gritted his teeth and said: "If you appoint yourself an official, what kind of sect is recruiting envoys? What kind of general advisor of the organizing committee? That's nonsense! It turns out that this guy went to Longtan Guard, no wonder he couldn't be found!"
Then he pointed at Zhang Cong's nose and cursed: "Zhang Lue and Luo Hong rebelled and raised troops to rebel. It's because your Ministry of War has always been in a bad position. How can such a person become a general?"
Zhang Cong secretly complained, thinking, can the Ministry of War make such an appointment? But he has also seen it in the past two days. King Qi is getting more and more impatient, his temper is getting louder, and there is a touch of red in his eyes.
Yang Yiqing was shot to death in the street before. If he dared to speak out in defense, he could only bow his head and accept the scolding.
After losing his temper, Zhu Xianjian suddenly laughed again: "That's fine. I was worried that I couldn't find him, but I threw myself into the trap and saved myself countless troubles! Come on, order the troops, I want to fight in person!"
When everyone was stunned, Zhu Xianjian had already left the Xiangdian Palace first, and jumped out of the Ancestral Temple after a few ups and downs. Before everyone had time to speak, he turned back like a ghost and shouted: "I almost forgot, hurry up and get rid of those gangs."
The Taoist priests from Xuantan Palace were escorted to the north of the city..."
Mentioning Zhang Cong: "Which door?"
Zhang Cong was pinched by his neck, his legs were kicking in the air, and he struggled to squeeze out a sentence: "Yi...Yifengmen..."
Zhu Xianjian left Zhang Cong behind and shouted at everyone: "What are you doing here? Go with me!" He left the Ancestral Temple again like a gust of wind.
Duan Chaoyong quickly called on everyone to follow him, and assigned people to escort the Taoist priests from Xuantan Palace.
Zhang Cong collapsed on the ground, coughing and wheezing for a long time. Lan Dao walked over and slapped him on the back. Zhang Cong stopped coughing and vomited out blood foam. After spitting out the blood foam, Zhang Cong lay on the temple and cried loudly:
"Once a thief, always a thief, it's too late, it's too late..."
The prince sat motionless on the rosette, with two lines of tears flowing from the corners of his eyes...
Lan Daoxing looked at Zhang Cong who was crying on the ground, unable to say a word.
After hiding in Xuantan Palace for a day and a night, Zhao Guyu lost his temper and volunteered to go out for a look. As soon as he came out of the side hall, he was blocked by Taoist Liutu: "Stop, where are you going?"
Zhao Guyu said: "I'm going to take a look. I can't just stay here and be a turtle, right?"
Taoist Liutu refused: "You want to leave? Give me the money first!"
Zhao Guyu said angrily: "I've told you, whoever promises to give you money can you go to, and it's not me who promised it!"
"But you are the organizer. Wasn't it you who organized the siege of the Ancestral Temple?"
"Then I didn't say I would give silver to those who participated! I'll give you one hundred taels of gold elixirs, fifty taels of yellow crowns, twenty taels for Taoist priests, and ten taels for Taoist priests? Why don't you go and grab them?"
Taoist Liutu became anxious and grabbed Zhao Guyu's sleeves: "How come you Central Plains people don't keep your word?"
Taoist Hu Hu jumped over to help: "Over here in the East China Sea, there are holes made by spitting out nails! If you want to cheat on what you said, there is no way! If you didn't promise to give us money, how could we go with you to attack the Ancestral Temple? Now the attack is over.
You don’t admit it again? Do you think we are easy to bully? Let me tell you, we all have practice certificates. If the certificate holders encounter injustice, they can complain to the Daolu Department, and the Daolu Department will make the decision for us!"
The great sage Qingpeng, the spiritual eagle, fluttered its wings and flew down on Taoist Liutu's shoulder. His eagle eyes looked around and stared at Zhao Guyu: "It's not enough to bully our local cultivators. How can this great sage eat meat without money?"
Mo Buping came over and said: "I originally had respect for the three of you, but I never imagined that they have such character! Let's not mention that we didn't agree to this matter. We can't pay the money. Since we are talking about Dao Lusi, I
Let me ask you, who in the Daolu Department issued you the practice certificate?"
"Zhao Fuyin and Li Fuyin of Daolu Division!"
"Do you still know? Then you have received great benefits from these two old men, and you don't want to repay your kindness and rescue them. Why are you still here asking for money?"
Taoist Liutu and Taoist Hubo didn't understand: "Repaying kindness is natural. What does rescue mean?"
Zhao Guyu said angrily: "Don't you know what you are going to the Ancestral Temple for? You just randomly join the Ancestral Temple without asking anything clearly? We attacked the Ancestral Temple to save Abbot Zhao and the Li Yuan envoy. They were captured by the Shangsan Palace and taken to the Ancestral Temple.
Got it!"
Taoist Liutu and Taoist Hubo looked at each other in confusion: "I only heard that they were given money to help attack the Ancestral Temple, but they didn't say that they were saved. They were arrested?"
Mo Buping hated the fact that iron was not made of steel: "You are so confused! I really don't know how you won the heavenly prize! Everyone has been talking about saving Abbot Zhao. Since you are here, are you deaf?"
"Zhao Fuyin is Abbot Zhao? No one told us, they always said his name was Zhao Fuyin..."
Mo Buping didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "The deputy seal is also the duty of Abbot Zhao. He is the abbot of Xuantan Palace, the deputy seal of Daolu Department, and the general consultant of the organizing committee of the Practice Ball Competition. His real name is Zhao Zhiran!"
Taoist Liutu complained to Taoist Hubo: "I said there must be something fishy. How could two people have the same name? It's so strange. You must say that he and Li Fuyin have the same name..."
Taoist Amber blushed and exclaimed: "Who knew there was such a strange official name..."
Gu Suiyuan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly came over and asked: "You always say that someone promised to pay you, who is this person who promised to pay you?"
"I've already said that I'll give you money, so how can I just default on the debt? How can I be embarrassed to ask for such details?"
"Are the people in your border areas and Donghai so... simple? You don't even know who promised to give the money? Then someone has to give out the money, and there is a place to receive it, right?"
"Brother Amber, do you remember that person's name?"
"The man's surname is Yan, and his name seems to be the housekeeper. He said that after the matter is completed, a leader will come to the inn where we are staying to distribute it... Aren't you the leaders?"
Pan Jinniang couldn't help but laugh, and An Miao also covered her mouth.
Now he understood. Just as Gu Suiyuan was about to speak, he heard Spirit Eagle Qingpeng suddenly say: "I just heard someone outside the street saying that the Taoist counter-rebellion army has arrived outside the city and will attack the city soon."