He immediately stopped asking the question and changed the subject, asking, "Has Cui Cen entered the palace?"
Liu Muzhi shook his head and said, "There was news from the palace earlier that Cui Cen refused to enter the palace and even submitted a petition requesting to leave, claiming illness!"
When Nan Luoying heard this, a hint of anger appeared on her pretty face. "Humph, he's really stubborn. Can't we just take him down directly?"
If it were in the past, she would not care about such things.
But after having gone through the marriage ceremony with Zhao Xin, her thinking unconsciously changed.
After all, she and Zhao Xin are now a family to some extent.
So today Liu Muzhi and others found her and asked her to find a group of people from the Nan family's branch in the capital to secretly spread the news and stabilize people's hearts.
She didn't refuse at all.
The Nan family pretended not to see her behavior.
Liu Muzhi and the others were naturally happy to see her change, but they shook their heads again and said, "It's not that we can't, but that it's unnecessary.
After all, he is still the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty. If we use force to take him down simply because Cui's party members entered the palace and knocked on the gate, it would not be a court dispute, but a palace coup."
"What should we do then?"
The young man next to Nan Luoying couldn't help but frown and asked.
"What if there's nothing?"
Liu Muzhi said calmly: "It doesn't matter if he doesn't show up. The procedures can still go on as usual. The court will discuss the case, and the court will hear the case.
At that time, the Empress Dowager's decree will naturally be sent to the officials, and the Lin family's petition will also be transferred to the officials.
He has been given the opportunity to defend himself. Who can I blame if he doesn't want to defend himself?"
"If that's the case, then why hasn't Cui Cen come to the palace to defend himself?"
Nan Luoying couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"He will go."
Liu Muzhi said firmly: "He only has a little delusion now. Once his last delusion is gone, if he still has a bit of heroic spirit, he will come forward!"
"He still has delusions? What delusions?"
Nan Luoying asked again.
But this time Liu Muzhi and others just smiled and did not answer.
However, Liu Muzhi and others certainly knew what that delusion was.
Now it’s up to Li Cunxiao and Liang Xiping!
If Cui Zhihao and Cui Zhihan were really allowed to enter the capital, everything now would be in vain.
Of course, this possibility should be basically impossible.
Unless the Cui family’s secret private army in Cuiping Mountain has a force of 100,000 and they are all well-trained.
Cui Cen should actually understand that he was just hoping for a lucky break and betting that the emperor was not prepared.
…
Cuiping Mountain is located in Pingyang County, west of Beijing, thirty miles away from the capital.
It is almost under the nose of the capital.
But right under our noses, a group of thieves and bandits have recently gathered here.
Of course, this thief must be fake.
In fact, some of these people were indeed strong men, but more of them were tenants and private slaves of the Cui family.
So the thieves and bandits are just hiding their tracks.
But even so, they were able to conceal the secret from the nearby capital, and even the Jinyiwei and the East and West Factories were unaware of it.
This is of course due to the previous Jingzhao Yin and Pingyang County Magistrate.
However, after the previous Jingzhao Yin was killed, these "bandits" in Cuiping Mountain were under a lot of pressure and had to be more careful and reduce the scope of their activities.
But it's all coming to an end.
Cui Zhihao and Cui Zhihan arrived at the same time. Pingyang County Magistrate Bo Nian and the leader of this group of bandits, Wang Shan, were both very happy.
In particular, Pingyang County Magistrate Bo Nian actually left the affairs of the county and rushed to Cuiping Mountain in person to pay a visit to the two sons of the prime minister and the nine ministers of the court.
As a county magistrate of the imperial court, he was actually sitting in the "bandit" camp at this time.
He was sitting at the bottom with a humble look on his face, but his expression was very excited. He came up and asked, "Are the two gentlemen going to take action?"
Wang Shan is also eager to try and is looking forward to it.
Cui Zhihao and Cui Zhihan glanced at the two of them and nodded reservedly.
Cui Zhihan then spoke: "The emperor has acted perversely and repeatedly persecuted my father, and there are also some villains in the court who have slandered my party.
My father had no choice but to ask us to inform you two to be prepared. He also brought some money and food for you two. You two should prepare well, train diligently and don't slack off.
When the time is right, I hope you will come and fight when I call you."
As the leader of this private army, Wang Shan immediately stood up, patted his chest and nodded in assurance when he heard this.
Bai Nian also said solemnly: "My two lords, if that's the case, we have hundreds of soldiers in our county. Although they are not many in number, they are all brave enough to fight ten to one. They may become your personal guards when the time comes!"
Cui Zhihan and Cui Zhihao were both delighted to hear this and nodded, saying, "That's very good."
They still don't know that the situation in the capital has changed suddenly since they left.
In fact, neither they nor Cui Cen were ready to take action immediately.
It was just because the emperor had been more and more active recently, and Cui Cen wanted to ask to go, but the emperor did not allow it.
Only then did he ask the two of them to come over to inspect and urge these people not to slack off in training.
Otherwise, when they are brought to the capital, they will just be a group of rabble, so what’s the point?
At this time, I saw that both Wang Shan and Bai Nian were so active and enthusiastic.
Then he looked at the soldiers in the stronghold, although they were a little messy and not very organized.
But those who were dancing with guns and sticks all looked very vigorous and powerful.
The soldiers all knew that these two were important figures and had brought rewards, so they naturally performed with all their might.
But the posture didn't look like a military formation, but more like a street performance.
But Cui Zhihao and Cui Zhihan had no idea what was going on. Seeing how good their martial arts were, they were naturally very satisfied.
Even the county magistrate Bai was excited, feeling that these people were no worse than the elite soldiers in his county.
Happy!
And at the same time.
However, a group of uninvited guests also arrived at the foot of the mountain.
Looking up at the not-too-high mountain in front of him, Li Cunxiao's eyes flashed with brilliance.
He waved his hand to summon a personal soldier, pointed to the road leading up the mountain and said, "Send someone to scout, but be careful not to alert the enemy."
“Here!”
The personal guard immediately went down to pass on the order.
Soon, a team of scouts rushed into the vast mountains and wilderness.
Li Cunxiao ordered again: "The rest of you should rest here and eat some dry food. Do not light a fire and do not eat too much. Otherwise, if your intestines are torn in a fight, I will not be responsible."
"Yes."
Although what Li Cunxiao said was a little funny, no one laughed and they all responded loudly.
Li Cunxiao took a look at these people and felt quite satisfied. He also looked at Liang Xiping with a higher opinion.
Most of these soldiers were deployed by Liang Xiping in the imperial guards and were temporarily assigned to him.
But there was no sense of unfamiliarity in conducting.
He was very adept at it, even better than the guards he originally had under his command.
He couldn't help but admire such training skills.
Without saying much, he took out his dry food and sat on the ground with everyone else, chewing his food slowly.
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