After the immortal disappeared

He was anxious to take back the military power, but the weather was not good?

How long can he wait? Emperor Liujiang is coming soon.

"No news from Yuwen Yong?"

"General Yuwen has not sent any news."

Yao Wang paced in the study for a long time, thinking over and over again. Yes, if Wang Sili got into trouble on the road, how would Yuwen Yong, who was guarding the northern border, know about it?

"The day after tomorrow night!" Yao Wang finally made the decision, "Immediately send the fastest bird demon to Yuwen Yong. If Wang Sili does not arrive at the northern camp before the night after tomorrow, let him find a way to capture Chongwu!"

It is very dangerous to do it this way. Chongwu is also a general guarding the border, and on the surface he has not made any mistakes. Yuwen Yong wants to capture him without Yao Wang's talisman and documents, which is neither reasonable nor easy.

What if he uses a trick or assassination? Chongwu himself is powerful, and if he fails, the consequences will be disastrous.

But Yao Wang can no longer care about it, and he chooses the lesser of two evils.

At this time, he was a little annoyed. If he could have withstood Qingyang's pressure and not given this important position to Chongwu, how could there be such a disaster today?

"Yes." Qiu Long paused, and was about to go down, when he suddenly remembered something, "My king, before receiving this message, Zhao Song just submitted the news."

Yao Wang asked casually: "What did you say?"

Every few days, Zhao Song would report the latest situation of He Lingchuan, even though the Tianshui East Expansion Project had been stopped.

"There are fewer people in Yongquan Villa recently. Zhao Song asked his palace guards to pay attention and observe. Some of the kind people left the villa and never came back."

There are fewer people in Yongquan Villa? Yao Wang frowned: "Since there is something unusual, why did you report it today?"

"Zhao Song said that these people come and go, and whether they leave or stay, they don't attract attention. It was his palace guards who were flirting with a maid in Yongquan Villa and secretly communicating with each other. The maid sent him a plate of fruit the night before and agreed to meet behind the wine cellar the next afternoon. As a result, she didn't show up the next day and never showed up again. After Zhao Song heard about it, he paid close attention and found that there were fewer and fewer people who worshipped good people in the villa, and more and more local people. Unknowingly, those servants were replaced."

"Waste, others were almost gone under his nose, and he only came to report now?" Yao Wang coughed, his voice was full of phlegm, Qiu Long quickly handed him a spittoon, and was about to say something but stopped.

Yao Wang coughed for a long time before exhaling: "What do you want to say?"

Qiu Long hesitated and said: "Qingyang Regent said the day before yesterday that there are only a few people left in Yangshan Chamber of Commerce in Tianshui City."

Qingyang's next few words, he did not dare to repeat:

You obey He Xiao's words, but this man is really not a good thing. He quietly moved all the assets and personnel out of Yao State. It's ridiculous that all the civil and military officials in the court were kept in the dark.

You want to use him, but why doesn't he use you as a gun?

At that time, Yao Wang sneered, but now think about it, her words actually make sense.

"Send someone to check the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce."

Qiu Long agreed, and was about to go out to pass on the message, but Yao Wang suddenly waved his hand to ask him to stop and concentrate on thinking.

Seeing that his eyebrows were about to be knotted, Qiu Long knew that the matter that made the king worried must be very serious.

Yao Wang sneered in his heart, it turned out that He Xiao wanted to run away and had been quietly transferring people out.

Right, this is the nature of businessmen to seek profit and avoid harm!

He swore a while ago that he would never leave, but fortunately King Yao didn't believe him!

Expect this person to complete the Tianshui Eastward Expansion Project from beginning to end? Ha!

"Let Zhao Song take people to Yongquan Villa to check it out. Since He Xiao intends to escape, he will probably use some tricks at that time." Otherwise, how could he slip away from the eyes of these hundreds of palace guards? "See if he has dug a tunnel or made a formation!"

"Your Majesty is wise, He Xiao will definitely not be able to turn over your palm!"

King Yao hummed, and thought for a long time, and then seemed to make up his mind:

"There is one thing you need to plan in advance-"

"-Before the Emperor Liujiang erupts, summon Qingyang and He Xiao to the palace first."

Since Qingyang intends to take advantage of the outbreak of the Emperor Liujiang to plot something ill, he will strike first!

Qiu Long agreed and asked, "Where do you want to place He Xiao?"

"Of course, Yuquan Palace."

Qiu Long's mind raced. Before the Emperor's Flowing Slurry erupted, Qingyang, He Xiao, Yuquan Palace...?

Putting all these together, what is the king planning?

Yao Wang's smile was a bit sinister: "This pair of enemies are particularly jealous when they meet. Who can say what will happen?"

Qiu Long has been with him for too long and suddenly realized: "Yes! My king, my king is wise! That He Xiao is so bold and he is not a Yao person. No one knows why he hates Qingyang the regent so much that he dares to take such a risk!"

But he was still secretly surprised in his heart.

He Xiao is the real controller of the progress of the Tianshui Eastward Expansion Project. Before it was temporarily suspended, the construction of the new city was indeed on the right track. The king was willing to push this person out, regardless of the fact that the large project of tens of millions of taels might be affected!

Give up, this is to give up with pain.

It seems that the king judged that the crisis was imminent and had to sacrifice the most useful chess pieces!

…

It was late at night.

Yongquan Villa, located on the outskirts of the city, had a tranquility that was unmatched by Tianshui City. Even the refugees did not come to cause trouble that night, and only the woods shook their heads in the evening breeze.

The whole villa seemed to be immersed in sleep, and the night owl from nowhere started to sing: "Woo-woo-woo-"

It was even more desolate.

There were so many people in the villa, and originally only Dong Rui lived in a cave on a low hill. The hill and the cave were natural, with a stream in front of the hill and a large pond behind the hill.

The previous owner used this cave as a wine cellar, and He Lingchuan specially widened and reinforced it to serve as a laboratory and residence for Dong Rui.

When Dong Rui was still in the villa, the cave door was closed every day, and no one knew what he was doing inside. Even if the palace guards were curious, they could not force their way in to check.

After all, the owner of the villa is He Lingchuan, and he has the final say here.

Dong Rui has already run away, but he said to the outside world that he was out on business and would be back soon. So during his absence, this cave was temporarily closed and guarded by an iron general.

There was no one in the middle of the night, and even the fish in the pond were floating.

There was nothing to guard in a broken cave, and neither the palace guards nor the Yangshan guards usually went to this cave.

When the dark clouds covered the moonlight, a black shadow hunched his back and crouched, quickly rushed to the cave door, and lowered his head to pick the lock.

But this brass lock had no keyhole at all. The black shadow turned over and over, but couldn't find a place to put the tool.

Damn, how did this lock get put on?

He naturally didn't know. This was a piece of junk that Dong Rui picked up from the Ghost King's underground palace. Songyang Mansion could use it after some repairs. This thing has no other use. Only the owner can open it. Anyone else can't open it, so there is no need for a keyhole.

But the black shadow was not stumped. Since the lock couldn't be opened, he would think of a way to open the door bolt.