Although Xiao Mubai was relieved, he still lowered his head cautiously and entered. Gu Xiangpei cautiously ended the conversation and questioned that he did not ask for a drink.
Xiao Mubai answered smoothly that it was a thoughtful gift from Aunt Yao. Gu Xiangpei thought it was reasonable and accepted it with a knowing smile...
There were only two people in the Muxi Pavilion room, and Gu Xiangpei and the man were drinking together.
Xiao Mubai only looked at the back, so he took a sneak peek while passing the drink.
Even though it was just a glance, I recognized who he was.
When he was participating in the hunt in the eastern suburbs last year, Xiao Mubai had led a force of 10,000 from the Qiao family to clear the way to pick up Yue Fengwan's delegation for a rather childish reason.
Therefore, on that day, he had seen all the attendants of Yuefengwan.
The person drinking with Gu Xiangpei was one of them, named Luokui.
Xiao Mubai took one look and then exited Muxi Pavilion, not daring to stay too long for fear of arousing their suspicion.
When he returned to the room, Xian Li was already waiting there with Aunt Yao. There were too many things happening in the capital, so Xian Li simply brought her over to tell her directly, thus saving time.
Aunt Yao picked up the important explanation first and gave Xiao Mubai a rough idea of the current situation.
At the end of last year, Gu Zisong returned to Beijing to report on his work. This was a normal move, but he didn't expect that on the night of New Year's Eve, when the whole country was celebrating, a palace coup would occur.
Overnight, the kingship changed.
The next day, co-organizer Gu Younian released the news that the queen was jealous because she had no heirs for a long time, and poisoned the king and the ancient concubine.
The queen's father, Pei Xiwen, was dismissed from the post of Dazai, and the Pei family was imprisoned on the first day of the new year.
The Qiao family and the Pei family have been friends for generations, and Gu Younian used this as an excuse to take back the military power of the Qiao family.
General Qiao refused to obey. He took off his armor and entered the palace to ask to see King Liang.
The palace refused to see General Qiao on the grounds that King Liang was unconscious because of his lingering poison.
The Qiao Mansion was also monitored by Gu Zisong because General Qiao refused to hand over his military power. If there was any change, he would be charged with rebellion.
Naturally, no one in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty would seriously believe these high-sounding words. However, overnight, such a big change occurred in the palace. The Pei family was imprisoned, the Qiao family was forced to hand over power, and the loyal people were suppressed.
Palace changes in the past dynasties are all similar. Since ancient times, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit.
If officials want to survive, they can only become blind.
Gu Younian proposed to recommend a prince to temporarily recognize the crown prince position on the grounds that the country could not live without a king for a day. All the officials knew this and recommended the fourth prince Liang Shaoguang as the crown prince.
Although Xiao Mubai got a general idea, there were still some things he didn't understand.
He left Xianli in Tinglanshui Tower and asked Aunt Yao to create some opportunities to send Xianli to Nian Mansion while she was waiting for someone from the Nian family.
Aunt Yao was startled when she heard this. In the past, Xiao Mubai had repeatedly ordered Xianli to stay away from the Nian family...
Just when she was wondering, Xian Li suddenly knelt down and bowed to Xiao Mubai: "Thank you, Master, for your help."
Even though Aunt Yao didn't know the inside story, she also saw the deeper meaning, and followed Xian Li and responded: "Yes."
After Xiao Mubai finished his instructions, he left with Raven and went to Qiao Mansion first.
Although the Qiao Mansion is now on tight security, it is not difficult for Xiao Mubai and Raven to sneak in silently.
Xiao Mubai is because he is too familiar with Qiao Mansion, and Raven is because his martial arts skills are much higher than theirs.
Xiao Mubai originally thought that both the inside and outside of Qiao's Mansion were under control. He never thought that Gu Zisong's soldiers were only stationed outside. The defense inside Qiao's Mansion was even tighter than outside.
He wandered to Nongmei Ju, originally wanting to ask Xu Jing about the current situation of the Qiao Mansion, but seeing that the manor was guarded by the Qiao family, he asked Xu Jing to take him directly to see General Qiao.
Xu Jing was not happy when she saw him, and quickly took him to General Qiao's yard.
Although the night was already dark and the candle lights in General Qiao's room had been extinguished, which meant that he had gone to bed, due to Xu Jing's special status, General Qiao's personal attendant Chen Yu still knocked on the door for him and passed the message. A sound.
General Qiao looked at the two people who followed Xu Jing in. In his eyes, Xiao Mubai changed his appearance, and Raven also had a completely unfamiliar face, but he just glanced at the two people lightly, and his eyes focused on Xiao Mubai. On Mu Bai's body.
Xiao Mubai lamented in his heart that General Qiao had a vicious vision, and stepped forward to ask him about the situation of the Qiao family.
Before, he had always wondered why General Qiao was willing to be trapped in Qiao Mansion.
After listening carefully, I realized that Gu Younian was threatening King Liang's life.
It was precisely because of General Qiao's compromise that Gu Younian was wary of his military power and prestige, and was afraid of forcing General Qiao to counterattack.
Therefore, the king and queen can live safely in the palace.
Gu Younian's calculation was to wait for Gu Zisong to regain the Qiao family's army in Khitan City, and then destroy these disobedient people in one fell swoop.
This is why there are Gu family troops everywhere in Beijing, and why Gu Zisong can lead troops to attack Yucheng.
All the soldiers of the Gu family stayed in the capital to guard the ministers, while Gu Zisong only brought a group of light cavalry to take over the Qiao family's army under false orders from the king.
General Qiao was forced to become the deputy general. Although he pretended to obey on the surface, he secretly fought with King Mo's army, which was not only letting water go, but also letting go of the ocean.
After the two armies met and fought two battles, the veteran generals in King Mo's army also discovered something fishy.
Therefore, Gu Zisong has been provoking on the border for many days, but he has not taken any advantage. This is the real reason.
Although Gu Younian had soldiers of the Gu family in Beijing, Gu Zisong, who was really good at fighting, was far away in Khitan. This was also Yuefeng Huanxiang's request for them.
Otherwise, Gu Zisong would directly encircle the city with his army, and Gu Younian would not need to be too afraid of General Qiao.
However, at this moment, Gu Zisong attacked Yucheng at Yue Fengwan's request, and Gu Younian also thought that he might as well take the opportunity to seize the military power from General Qiao.
In this way, when Gu Zisong returned to Beijing, it would be the day Liang Shaoguang ascended the throne.
General Qiao initially hoped to force Xiao Mubai to come look for him through a battle between the two armies, and then arrange a show so that King Mo's army could directly capture Gu Zisong.
Unfortunately, Xiao Mubai never came. Although he joined the Khitan afterwards, he thought it was Gu Zisong who led the troops to attack Yucheng.
In addition, he was worried about the Tianlu capital and did not stop in Khitan. This meant that he completely missed the plan of killing two birds with one stone that General Qiao had envisioned.
In addition to this incident, Xiao Mubai also learned a secret about Xiao and Liang from General Qiao.
Since the world was divided into five countries, the five countries had no contact with each other.
However, the current emperor of the Xiao Kingdom and the current king of the Liang Kingdom met by chance. At first, they did not know each other's identity, and they just met by chance.
Because they have the same ambition in their hearts, they hit it off and became close friends.
Until the war broke out on the border between the two countries, the two friends rushed to the battlefield to personally lead the army. They met with the lion behind them, under the blue sky and above the loess.
The two generals had just learned the identity of each other, and they were actually the princes of each other's enemy countries.
(End of chapter)