The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

The blazing torches illuminated the interior of the tent.

Li Hu sat on the chair at the top, looking at the young eunuch in front of him with a strange look.

The young eunuch did not avoid Li Hu's gaze, and also looked at Li Hu with a sincere face.

Li Hu was silent for a moment and asked, "Why?"

Young eunuch: "The crown prince is a mediocre person who has neither political courage nor the courage to act, and he is in poor health. The second and third princes do not have the aura of an emperor. Only the crown prince can shoulder the heavy responsibility of the country and become the hope of Dashun's future."

After a pause, he said, "These are the words of the Emperor."

Li Hu nodded. This old guy has a sharp eye!

The young eunuch said, "The situation is critical. Please, Lord, quickly dispatch troops to the imperial tent to protect the crown prince!"

Li Hu looked at him and said, "It is a capital crime to dispatch troops to the imperial tent without an imperial decree. Besides, how do I know if this is a trap set by Prince Fu?"

The young eunuch was anxious: "I can swear to heaven"

Wang Daniu laughed: "The eunuch swore an oath to fool the devil!"

The young eunuch's face suddenly turned red.

Li Hu: "Without an imperial decree, I would never dispatch troops to the imperial tent."

The young eunuch said, "Prince Fu and Prince Zhongshun both have grudges against the Duke. Once Prince Fu inherits the throne, he will definitely attack you!"

Li Hu said nothing.

The young eunuch said, "My Lord, please don't forget how you played tricks on Prince Fu and took away his military power in northern Shaanxi. And in Hubei, you killed the general of Jiangxi in front of him, and he will not let you go!"

Li Hu still said nothing.

The young eunuch lifted his robe and knelt down, saying loudly: "Duke Lu, what else are you thinking about? You haven't figured out such a simple thing? Do you really have to wait for Prince Fu to come and kill you with the head of the Crown Prince?"

After hearing what he said, Wang Daniu looked at Li Hu anxiously and said, "General, we can't let Prince Fu inherit the throne."

The young eunuch said hurriedly: "Anyone who inherits the throne except the crown prince will be disadvantageous to you!"

"It's not that easy!"

Li Hu raised his head and thought for a moment, then looked at the young eunuch: "Without an imperial decree, the three thousand imperial guards guarding the imperial tent would block the sentry camp or even shoot directly. That's a breech-loading self-fired musket."

"All the ammunition of the imperial guards has become damp." The young eunuch interrupted him.

Li Hu was startled: "What? What did you say?"

The young eunuch said, "To tell you the truth! Except for the two shells that the imperial guards carried with them, all the other shells were damp and would not fire!"

Li Hu's expression suddenly changed: "Is this true?!"

The young eunuch nodded and continued, "It was Prince Fu's idea, and the Emperor took action personally."

"Oh?!" Li Hu was startled again. He didn't expect that there were the emperor's men in the imperial guards.

Young eunuch: "Duke"

Li Hu raised his hand and said, "There's no rush for this."

Young eunuch: "This is urgent."

Li Hu: "Didn't you just say that the Imperial Guards carried two rounds of ammunition? With these two rounds of ammunition, the Infantry Battalion won't be able to break through the Imperial Guards' defense line for a while. When the fighting starts over there, we can go to support them with justification."

The young eunuch had nothing else to say, so he could only answer, "Yes."

Li Hu suddenly remembered: "Oh, you just said that the emperor was poisoned. What happened? Could it be that Prince Fu poisoned the emperor?"

The young eunuch smiled and said, "There is no poison. We just added a medicinal ingredient to the dish. This medicinal ingredient happens to conflict with the medicinal food that the emperor eats, and it will produce a poison."

After resolving all the doubts, Li Hu gave Wang Daniu a wink.

Wang Daniu's eyes suddenly became cold and he drew his sword out of its sheath like lightning!

A flash of white light appeared, and Wang Daniu had already sheathed his sword.

A stream of blood spurted out from the young eunuch's chest. He widened his eyes and fell down in disbelief. Li Hu showed a sneer in his eyes. It was really like he was sleeping and hitting the pillow. He was just worried about the depth of the pool. Now that everything was clear, he had also thought of a countermeasure.

He wanted to save the Crown Prince, and he also wanted to kill Prince Fu and Prince Zhongshun, so there couldn't be any evidence left in this matter.

Troops must also be dispatched to blockade this place, cut off the connection between Xishan and the capital, control all the royal relatives, nobles, and civil and military ministers, and prevent the emperor from being the first to know about the situation here, in order to prevent any accidents from happening in the palace.

If the retired emperor were to take control of the imperial guards, everything would be over.

After suppressing the rebellion, he immediately sent a letter to the empress, delivering the imperial seal and the emperor's gold medal for mobilizing troops, asking her and the prince to first obtain the military power of the imperial guards and stabilize the situation in the capital.

Thinking of this, Li Hu picked up a pen and started writing.

The big tent had been cleaned up and Wang Daniu stood next to Li Hu again.

After finishing writing, Li Hu picked up the ink paper and blew on it, then shouted, "Someone come!"

A personal soldier came in in response.

Li Hu handed over the warrant: "Take my warrant and go to the Ruishi Camp. Tell them to seal off this place before five o'clock!"

The soldier took the order and answered loudly, "Yes!" Then he turned around and strode out.

Looking at the backs of his personal soldiers, Li Hu suddenly remembered that he had not yet married Lin Daiyu. The emperor died at a really bad time!

On the other side, the second prince, Prince Fu, was also persuading Prince Zhongshun.

Prince Fu was obviously a little thirsty. He picked up the tea bowl and drank several big mouthfuls before putting it down. He looked at Prince Zhongshun and said, "Uncle."

Prince Zhongshun slowly picked up the tea bowl, pinched the lid to slowly push away the tea foam floating on the surface, then put it to his lips and sipped it. After taking a few sips, he put the bowl down and spoke: "This is treason."

Prince Fu cursed in his heart, "Old man", and said with a smile on his face: "Uncle, you are joking. This is called clearing the court! Don't you want to kill Li Hu? This is the best opportunity. Kill him openly and put the hat on his head. When I became the emperor, the first imperial decree was to expand the infantry camp from 10,000 to 30,000.

, 50,000, expand to 50,000. By the way, don’t you want that breech-loading self-fired musket? Father won’t allow you, I’ll let the emperor uncle think about it carefully. "

Fifty thousand? Prince Zhongshun was tempted. If he really expanded his army to fifty thousand, the entire capital would be firmly under his control, and even the emperor would have to listen to him.

Prince Fu: "Uncle."

King Zhongshun hesitated again and said, "Your father..."

Without waiting for Prince Fu to speak, the captain of the guard rushed in like a gust of wind.

Prince Zhongshun's face darkened: "What's the matter? Why are you so flustered?"

The captain of the guard looked terrified: "Oh no! The deputy general has brought 5,000 soldiers to the camp."

Prince Zhongshun stood up suddenly: "What? Who asked him to bring the troops?"

The captain of the guard said: "He has your order to mobilize troops! It says that His Royal Highness Prince Fu is colluding with the Emperor Retired to rebel, and he wants them to come to the King's defense and protect him!"

Prince Zhongshun was a little confused: "What order? How come I don't know about it?"

Prince Fu asked hurriedly: "Where are they?"

Guard Captain: "The messenger said that the army has already marched towards the emperor's tent."

Prince Zhongshun's head buzzed and he thought to himself, it's all over.

Prince Fu: "Uncle."

Prince Zhongshun came back to his senses and stared fiercely at Prince Fu: "Is it you?"

Prince Fu swore hastily, and then said: "Uncle, it's too late to say anything now. The only way to survive is to kill the Crown Prince and Dai Quan, get the seal and the gold medal that my father carried with him to mobilize troops, and then block the news here. I will return to the capital with the seal and the gold medal and take over the military power of the imperial guards!"

King Zhongshun sighed. He was forced to join the Liangshan bandits and had to agree even if he wanted to.

Thinking of this, he nodded.

Prince Fu was overjoyed and raised his right hand: "Then we will be rich and powerful together!"

Prince Zhongshun also stretched out his hand and slapped Prince Fu's palm: "Let's share the wealth!" At the same time, he cursed in his heart: Who the hell is behind this? If I find out who is behind this, I will chop him off with my own hands! (End of this chapter)