Yang Fan went to Fangzhou to pick up the king of Luling at the beginning, which was a huge secret at the beginning, and no one in the capital knew about it.
After Wei Yong sent back the news, Wu Sansi knew, and then Wu Yizong also knew.
After Jia Lushuai found out that King Luling was missing, Wu Chengsi also knew, and then his advisor Zhang Jiafu also knew.
Then Wu Chengsi held a clan meeting again, so the entire Wu family knew about it.
These people have relatives, friends, cronies, and subordinates, and at this time, the secret is no longer a secret.
The Wu brothers wanted to mobilize the power of the entire Wu family to deal with the King of Luling, so they made the news public to the people of the Wu family, and the children of these families were mixed, and there were quite a few of them, so it was difficult for them to keep secrets.
Moreover, the assassins sent by the Wu brothers wanted to find the traces of Yang Fan and his party, and relying on their own strength alone was tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, although they had an eyeliner by Yang Fan's side, but if they couldn't grasp Yang Fan's movements in time, just relying on eyeliner to send information, I was afraid that the statute of limitations would be too long when the information arrived.
Therefore, they have to borrow local forces, and those local forces, whether they are loyal to the Wu clan, inclined to the Wu clan, or forced to submit to the Wu clan by obscenity, they always have their own factions and friends, so when they know all this, it means that their small group also knows.
The current situation is that this matter has become an open secret, in the officialdom, in the government and the opposition, but everyone who has some connections, everyone knows about it, only the wise and wise Emperor Wu Zhou is still in the dark, because she lives deep in the palace, and no one tells her the news.
People who want to kill the King of Luling can't say it, and people who want to protect the King of Luling can't say it.
There is no evidence, it is just hearsay.
Moreover, the assassins have been dispatched, even if Wu Zetian believes it, it is beyond the reach of the whip at this time, and the life and death of King Luling no longer depends on these big people in the capital.
The result is to completely expose himself and completely break with the Wu clan, in that case, if the King of Luling is really dead, he is not far from death, even if the King of Luling arrives in the capital alive, there are still a few years to live as a humble prince, and during this period they still can't protect them from the crazy counterattack of the Wu clan.
They won't do meaningless things, and none of these people in the officialdom are people who only do things with enthusiasm and recklessness.
This contest, even if it is well known, can only be carried out under the stage, but off the stage, they can only be a group of spectators who are anxious for the people on the stage.
When this has already begun to happen, the major event related to the fortune and future of the country depends on the horsemen who are fighting bloodily and not on these powerful ministers who live in the temple.
However, they still have their eyes and ears, and they need to be informed first-hand so that they can respond in a timely manner.
Therefore, the news that Yang Fan protected the King of Luling and successfully fought his way out of the siege and fled to Longmen Mountain, they only knew a little later than Wu Sansi and Wu Chenghe.
King Luling has already arrived in the capital, and has reached the feet of the Son of Heaven, they will have a place to use, and all the gods and Buddhas will immediately take action.
The officials of the Luling faction were anxious, and they were leaderless at the moment.
The leader of their faction, Di Renjie, is seriously ill, sometimes sober and sometimes confused, and is no longer able to govern.
But without Di Renjie, no one has the prestige and the qualifications to lead the crowd to make decisions about this major event that will determine the future fate of all of them.
In desperation, they could only rush to Di Xiangfu, no matter what, they had to get an idea or decision from the mouth of this elder.
The officials of the Xiangwang faction were caught in extreme contradictions.
On the one hand, King Luling's return to Beijing was clearly to replace King Xiang, which everyone could see.
During the years that King Xiang was in the East Palace, he was attacked by the Wu clan's open guns and arrows, and the crown princess and side concubine of Xiang Wang Li Dan were all killed because of the calculations of the Wu family, and several sons of King Xiang were born to the unjustly killed crown princess and side concubine, and the hatred between the two sides has been irresolvable.
Wu Zetian's determination to set up the descendants of the Li family as the crown prince is also forced by the situation and the hearts of the people, and has to do it as a last resort, in this case, her best choice can only be the king of Luling who is far away in Fangzhou, she is unwilling to let King Xiang ascend the throne, once King Xiang ascends the throne, he is likely to become the gravedigger of the Wu family.
However, if King Luling really dies on the road, once Wu Zetian settles his mind and fights the consequences of the chaos in the world, he will also establish the Wu clan as the crown prince, what should he do at that time, I am afraid that after Wu Zetian's funeral, there can only be a national war to decide who belongs to this country.
Besides, when the King of Luling has not yet arrived in Beijing, it is okay to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and to pretend to be weak, but now that people are on Longmen Mountain, if they don't do anything at this time, won't they make the people of the world cold Therefore, Yao Chong, Wei Zhigu and others hesitated to help King Luling return to the city.
However, there were a large number of officials in the Xiangwang faction who were opposed.
They believe that if King Luling returns to Beijing alive, he will definitely be made the crown prince, King Luling is the brother of King Xiang, and he is also a descendant of Li Tang, and the people of the world do not care, as long as he lives, King Xiang will never have a chance to win the throne, and there is no reason to make his imperial brother's rebellion, and this throne is equivalent to giving up to King Luling.
But once King Luling dies, King Xiang has at least half a chance to keep the crown prince.
Even if Wu Zetian is determined to change the nephew of the Wu family to the crown prince, after Wu Zetian's death, King Xiang can also use the popularity of the people in the world and the prestige of Li Tang to create a rebellion against the new emperor, and the hope of regaining the country is more than half.
In this way, if the king of Luling dies, the king of Xiang has a seventy and a half chance to ascend the throne and become the emperor.
If King Luling is alive, then King Xiang will not even have a chance.
This argument has a great market in the Xiangwang Party, and although Yao Chong and Wei Zhigu are the leaders of this party, they do not dare to disobey the will of the majority, so they drag it down.
However, there is another faction in Beijing that is paying close attention to this matter, and that is the Taiping Party.
Princess Taiping is no matter which brother can be the emperor, as long as it is the descendant of Li Tang, she supports it, Yang Fan secretly welcomed the return of King Luling to Beijing, and she already knew the news that Erwu used all his strength to intercept it.
Although she was anxious, she was helpless at that time.
Because even if she broke into the palace and told the emperor the truth, the emperor would not have time to find another countermeasure, and once King Luling returned from death, she would have to face the full counterattack of the Wu clan.
If she forbears not moving at this time, once King Luling is really dead, she can also take advantage of the double opportunity of Princess Li Tang and Wu's daughter-in-law to create opportunities for King Xiang's brother as much as possible.
After weighing it again and again, Princess Taiping had to grit her teeth and endure it.
But now that Yang Fan has escorted King Luling to the capital, she can't bear it anymore, her brother is on Longmen Mountain, and her lover is also on Longmen Mountain, at this time, she has a great hope of saving them.
So, Princess Taiping immediately sent all her people out and hurried to Yique Longmen.
And she was dressed in a military uniform, and the fast horse rushed to the palace city, entered the palace to meet the emperor, and the fast horse waited outside the palace gate, once she met the mother queen, she had to rush to the dragon gate immediately.
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At this time, the Luling Party had already rushed to Di Xiang's mansion, Di Renjie was sleeping, and his son was serving in front of the bed.
Di Renjie was still quite conscious at this time, and as soon as he heard these officials' explanations, he was in a hurry, and he didn't care about blaming these officials for being confused, so he immediately asked his family to carry a soft sedan chair and go straight to Longmen Mountain.
The Dharma protector came, and the heavenly demons naturally came Wu Sansi got up early in the morning, and heard that he found the traces of the King of Luling on the way from Yingyang to Luoyang, and he was surprised and happy.
Happily, since his traces have been discovered, this is the end of the world, as long as he kills him first, the wood is already in the boat, and my aunt is furious and helpless.
Wu Sansi immediately arranged for manpower to strengthen the surveillance of the people coming from the direction of Yique to Luoyang, and he personally rode to Longmen.
Before leaving, Wu Sansi sent someone to report a letter to Wu Chenghe, the so-called law does not blame the public, and he will also pull this sick seedling on, and he will be more sure in the face of his aunt's displeasure.
His people arrived at the Wei Wangfu and pounced, it turned out that Wu Chengsi got the news and had already taken a carriage to Longmen, the two brothers were united this time, Wu Chengsi also sent someone to deliver a letter to him before leaving, the two messengers were empty, Wu Chengsi met Wu Sansi on the way.
Wu Chengsi was sick and snuggled in the carriage, and the car was bumpy, making him drowsy, until the exclamation of the guards came from outside the car: "Someone is coming behind, it's the banner of King Liang."
Wu Chengsi was refreshed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked someone to stop the car, Wu Sansi stopped his mount in front of the car, and said strangely: "King Wei, I also sent someone to your house to spread the news, it turns out that you have also received the news." ” Wu Chengsi's face was red with excitement, and he first coughed heartbreakingly, and gasped: "Think about you three times, you must rush to Longmen as soon as possible, don't have a lot of scruples, just go up the mountain and kill Luling, as long as he dies, cough cough, in front of my aunt, you and I have to say, at that time, the wood has been completed, and my aunt has nothing to cough" Wu Sansi scolded in his heart: "It's all fucking become this virtue, I'm afraid that Li Xian is not dead, you cough to death on the road first, and you have to worry about the throne" A smile appeared on his face, and Wen Yan said with relief: "You can rest assured that the enemy is at present, you and my brother join forces, no matter what, you can't let this Wu clan fall into the hands of outsiders."
Wu Chenghe's eyes were filled with tears, and he said with a touched face: "Think about the future of the martial arts family, please" Wu Sansi secretly gagged, and replied: "Brother, don't worry, I'll go."
Wu Sansi beat the horse and raised the whip, and led a team of guards to rush to the dragon gate like a gust of wind, and the horse's hooves splashed, kicking the dust, choking Wu Chenghei and a violent cough, really hung to death.
To be continued
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