Liu Yunzhang was busy with his feet facing the sky.

The Iron Blood Army captured the city of Xiangyang overnight and captured Liu Ziheng alive. This was something he never expected. The prince had already made arrangements and made a time difference so that the court could make a decision in advance. Without knowing the news of the Iron Blood Army's attack on Xiangyang, it would be difficult to appoint Cui Anqian as the governor of the East Road of Shannan, but it was easier than the Iron Blood Army's appointment after taking Xiangyang.

Liu Yunzhang and Ma Haoxuan discussed secretly, thinking that Li Rupei's plan was feasible, and the most important thing was to get Tian Lingzi to agree. After all, Liu Ziheng was Tian Lingzi's confidant, and Shandong East Road was controlled by Tian Lingzi. Letting Tian Lingzi take the initiative to give up Shandong East Road is equivalent to cutting Tian Lingzi's meat.

Things have reached this point, and no matter what, we have to make the best efforts.

Song Hu had already sent 500 Iron Blood Army soldiers to the capital secretly, preparing to pick up Cui Anqian from the capital and rush to Xiangyang to take office. Once there is a change in the capital, Yan Fu would try every means to send Cui Anqian out of the capital, and the Iron Blood Army soldiers would escort Cui Anqian directly to Liangzhou.

After Liu Yunzhang classified all the letters he received, he sent all the ones that should be sent to the capital to the capital, and all the ones that should be destroyed were destroyed. He no longer had the heart to handle government affairs and devoted all his energy to this matter.

Liu Yunzhang knew very well that Cui Anqian's identity was extraordinary. Once he could handle this matter well, Li Rupei's inner impression would be extraordinary and his status would be more stable. He did not dare to compare with Cui Anqian. I believe that after Cui Anqian arrived in Xiangyang, he would definitely be responsible for all matters of Shandong East Road and Shannan West Road. He also acted as an assistant to handle matters in both places.

Therefore, this matter cannot be deviated at all. Once Cui Anqian's safety problems occur, Liu Yunzhang will not forgive himself. Such a mistake cannot be explained in front of Li Rupei.

Liang and Princess Cui Hanlei in the Jiedushi's yamen are in good mood these days. Liu Yunzhang has to greet her almost every day, and ask if she has any requirements. In his heart, he unconsciously regards Li Rupei as the emperor, and every step of etiquette cannot be ignored.

The capital Chang'an.

In the past few days, Yan Fu was extremely nervous. It was the most critical time. The arrangements of the prince and Liu Yunzhang were linked one by one. There could not be any deviation in any link. Mr. Cui’s wife left the capital and went to Liangzhou. This was an arrangement made by Yan Fu himself, but this news could not be kept confidential for a long time. Once it was leaked, it would also cause a storm. In addition, the Iron Blood Army attacked Xiangyang, if the two things broke out at the same time, I believe the emperor would definitely have extraordinary ideas. At that point, it would be difficult to recover.

All of his subordinates were deployed, and all the 500 soldiers sent by Song Hu were arranged to stand by on standby in the suburbs of the city. Yan Fu was not willing to take action for the time being, so that was the last step and he had to do it.

After receiving a letter from Xiangyang and a memorial from Liu Ziheng, Yan Fu looked grim and all the preparations were finally in place.

He hurried to Cui Anqian's mansion, and the butler saw Yan Fu and would not even report it.

Cui Anqian took Yan Fu into the study room, and the butler was waiting outside, and no one was allowed to enter.

"Ge Lao, the Iron Blood Army took down Xiangyang City overnight."

Cui Anqian looked at Yan Fu and took out the letter, opened his mouth for a long time without speaking. He couldn't imagine why the Iron Blood Army could take Xiangyang overnight.

"Gei Master, this is a letter written by the prince, which contains detailed information. This is a memorial written by Liu Ziheng, who was captured alive, to the emperor, requesting to resign from the position of Shandong East Road, and recommending the Gei Master as Shandong East Road. This is a letter written by the prince to Tian Lingzi. The subordinate's suggestion is to ask the Gei Master to discuss with Zheng Gei Master, and tomorrow's morning court will prompt the emperor to issue an order."

A lot of preparations have been made in the early stage. The letters about Liu Ziheng's affair with Huang Chao and assisting Huang Chao's army in attacking the eastern capital Luoyang and the capital Chang'an were all in the hands of Cui Anqian. With this memorial of Liu Ziheng's apology, it should be said that it is not very difficult to do this well.

However, the biggest problem lies with Tian Lingzi. If Tian Lingzi insists on not agreeing, the emperor will not be able to issue an order directly. After all, this is the situation in the court.

"I know, Yan Fu, thank you for your hard work during this period."

"This is what subordinates should do. The subordinates will not delay. They will also go to Tian Lingzi's mansion and pass the prince's letter to Tian Lingzi."

Cui Anqian nodded. Li Rupei's letter to Tian Lingzi was definitely not simple. This may be the key to getting Tian Lingzi to agree to his appointment as the governor of Shandong Dongdao.

Half an hour later, Zheng Ting arrived.

Cui Anqian was waiting at the door of the mansion in person.

Seeing Cui Anqian waiting at the door of the mansion, Zheng Qi was a little surprised. After a few greetings, Cui Anqian led Zheng Qi to the study room. The two sat down. After the housekeeper made tea, he left the study room and gently brought it to the door.

"I would like to ask Mr. Zheng to come to the mansion today. I have a big deal to inform you. I would like to ask Mr. Zheng to support me."

Cui An sneaked straight to the point, took out Liu Ziheng's letters and memorials, and handed them directly to Zheng Qiong.

Zheng Ting was a little confused and picked up the letter and memorial and looked carefully.

After half an hour, Zheng Ting, whose face had changed, looked at Cui An and spoke.

"Old Cui Ge, I didn't expect such a major incident to happen in Shandong East. In theory, Liu Ziheng was indeed unable to serve as the governor of Shandong East Road. However, Liu Ziheng was Tian Lingzi's person, so Cui Ge Lao knew that even if someone brought these letters and memorials and made a request at the court meeting, Tian Lingzi disagreed, and there was no good idea."

Zheng Ting's words were very tactful, but in fact they meant to shirk. After all, offending Tian Lingzi head-on is a big sequelae. Li Rupei is indeed powerful, but he is far away in Liangzhou and it is difficult to directly interfere in the capital, and it is even more difficult to directly affect the government affairs.

Cui Anqian smiled on his face, and of course he knew what Zheng Ting meant.

"Old Master Zheng, there is another thing that I must tell you the truth. The day before yesterday, the Iron Blood Army had already captured Xiangyang and captured Liu Ziheng alive. The Iron Blood Army took Xiangyang for only one night and wiped out the 30,000-odd army guarding Xiangyang."

Zheng Ting's body trembled for a moment, his face turned pale, and he looked at Cui Anqian, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

This news shocked Zheng Ting very much. The iron-blooded army under Li Rupei was able to capture Xiangyang City overnight or even capture Liu Ziheng alive. Such ability is amazing. The meaning is too great. If it were not unexpected, the world of the Tang Dynasty belonged to Li Rupei sooner or later.

After a long silence, Zheng Ting spoke.

"This news is so shocking. I didn't understand it for a while. Needless to say, Mr. Cui has already understood the meaning of this. Someone will take these letters and memorials tonight and will come to the court tomorrow morning, and someone will bring it up."

Zheng Ting's words were actually a statement that he had defected to Li Rupei's command.

Zheng Ting is a smart man. He has experienced too many things. Li Rupei is so strong and has an extraordinary identity. His future is very clear. Even if the eunuchs are powerful and control the government, Li Rupei can take back the power they have. The northern vassal states are powerful, but in front of the Iron Blood Army, they will eventually be destroyed.

At this critical moment, Zheng Ting joined Li Rupei's disciple, which also laid a solid foundation for the future.

"Old Master Zheng is so happy, I thanked me here."

"I dare not, I dare not, please take care of Mr. Cui in the future. In the matter in the court, I will keep in touch with Mr. Cui at all times, but I still have to say a few words to Tian Lingzi. It is difficult for him to be Tian Lingzi. This Liu Ziheng is Tian Lingzi's confidant, and Tian Lingzi will never give up easily, although the news of Xiangyang being taken down by the Iron Blood Army has not yet reached the capital."

"Thanks to Mr. Zheng for your reminder, I will consider this matter."

Zheng Ting nodded. He knew that Li Rupei would definitely be prepared for this. At this moment, he was still thinking about how the Iron Blood Army could capture Xiangyang City overnight, wipe out 30,000 Xiangyang Tooth Army, and capture Liu Ziheng alive. You must know that the Xiangyang Tooth Army once defeated Huang Chao, and was one of the troops that the imperial court believed to have good combat effectiveness. I didn't expect that in front of the Iron Blood Army, it was so vulnerable, which shows how powerful the Iron Blood Army should be.

The secret discussion lasted for an hour. When Zheng Qi left Cui Anqian's mansion, it was completely dark.

Before getting into the sedan chair, Zheng Ting looked at the dark sky. He really felt that maybe the sky was going to change, and the Tang Dynasty might undergo earth-shaking changes.

Yan Fu did not enter Tian Lingzi's mansion.

Although he has been in the capital for so long, it was his first time to come to Tian Lingzi's mansion. If it weren't for the prince's handwritten letter, he would never have come here.

Tian Lingzi's mansion is a dazzling existence in the capital. There are often traffic here, and countless officials come to visit. The situation is the same today. He gave the concierge five taels of silver to send the letter in. However, he himself could not enter and could not see Tian Lingzi unless it was Tian Lingzi who was willing to see him.

After waiting for half an hour, the butler walked outside the mansion and asked Yan Fu to enter the mansion.

Yan Fu did not enter the mansion because the prince had requests that he could not meet Tian Lingzi.

Yan Fu politely declined the butler's request and told the butler that his mission had been completed and Lieutenant Tian could get the letter. As for other matters, we can discuss them tomorrow morning.

After saying this, Yan Fu turned around and left.
Chapter completed!