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Beidi Yucheng is adjacent to the Saibei Desert in the north, and a city wall of hundreds of feet stretches for thousands of miles in the yellow sand.

Although it is called "Yucheng", its jurisdiction actually covers a large area: it starts from Renchou Hetao Plain in the west, reaches near the foot of Qingshan Mountain in the east, and borders Jianye City in the south, which was the largest city in the Jin Dynasty.

There is no rain at the summer solstice this year, and the rain in the north is even less severe at the end of summer.

If it encounters high temperature and strong wind for several days, it is most likely to gather black sandstorms.

Therefore, the city walls here are high and wide, and pedestrians walking on the street, whether men, women or children, wear silk hoods to prevent wind and sand.

Before the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, in the last years of the Li Dynasty, the princes stood side by side and divided the world into six parts, and the king of Liang established his capital here.King Liang is brave and mighty, and he has great appreciation for Emperor Tai|Zu of the Jin Dynasty. He can be regarded as a rare wise emperor in the troubled times of the Six Kingdoms.

The king of Liang chose Yu as his capital, because it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are celestial phenomena and sandstorms to help.

Tai | After the ancestors destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world, Yucheng was no longer the capital of the king, but an important fortress in the north of the Jin Dynasty.

In the Tai | Zu Dynasty, the white-robed general Chen Qingzhi led his family, relatives, and younger soldiers to build fortifications around Yucheng, and sent Rong Di to the Mobei Plateau 150 miles away.

Over the years, the Chen family has been operating in Yucheng, and the city's defenses are impenetrable.

Even though the army of the Great Rong Kingdom has sprung up in recent years and invaded the eighteen states and counties in the north of Jinchao in a short period of time, Yucheng and its jurisdiction are still rock-solid, and the Great Rong Army has never won anything here.

Now, the white-robed general position has been passed on to Chen Luo, a descendant of the Chen family.This person is about thirty years old, with a natural smile, but he can make a pair of extremely powerful water-grinding eight-edged iron whips.

Because he lived in his grandfather's house in Beijing and abroad for a period of time when he was young, and made friends with many powerful people, even if he stayed in the Northland for more than [-] years, Chen Luo could not say that he had no power in Beijing.

What happened in Beijing and what is going to happen, sometimes he, a general in the northern border, might be more discerning than many people in Beijing.

What to do and when to do it is self-evident.

So even though it is noon now, it is the most poisonous time of the day.Chen Luo didn't hesitate to work hard, and personally led people to wait at the entrance of the road from the south into Yucheng.

He is dressed in a white robe with a silver helmet and a gold armor, and rides a bloody horse brought as a tribute from the Western Regions. Behind him is about a hundred infantrymen, also wearing heavy helmets and standing by.

After waiting for another hour and three quarters, Chen Luo followed the avenue in front of him and looked towards the South Pole——

On the flat and open loess road, there are still only farmers rushing along with grain and farm tools on their backs.

"General..." Chen Luo's adjutant stepped forward immediately, wiped the sweat from his chin and said, "You see, the sun is already in full swing, and the sun is poisonous. You don't need to waste time here."

"Why don't I take care of this, and you go back first—?"

"Go back?" Chen Luo sneered: "I went back, and I made that old boy, Prince Gong, suspicious. When he messed up the emperor's big business and lost his head, you still dare to stand for me?"

"I……"

"Okay! Take it easy! I've been waiting for so many years, so why not wait a little longer!"

Chen Luo waved his adjutant back, but as soon as the adjutant turned around, a two-drawn carriage appeared staggeringly at the end of the road—huge copper bells were hung on the four corners of the roof, and square beasts were painted on the walls with cinnabar. two-drawn carriage.

finally come!

With a smile on Chen Luo's face, he raised his whip and went towards the carriage. The adjutant behind him also led all the soldiers to drive towards the carriage, and the armor bumped into each other along the way, making a uniform clang.

Soon, Chen Luo stopped in front of the carriage, regardless of the driver's surprise, got off the horse and landed, cupped his hands and said, "Master Li, the last general of Yucheng garrison, Chen Luo, welcome you here—"

As soon as he finished speaking, the adjutant arrived with the hundreds of people, and they lined up in two rows on the road behind Chen Luo, kneeling down in unison, with a loud and orderly voice:

"Soldiers of the White Robe Army of the Right Guard Battalion of the Yucheng Defense Army, welcome Master Li!"

Their shouts were so loud that they almost threw all the loess on the avenue into the sky in a grandiose manner.

The common people on the avenue were frightened by this battle, they gathered in the distance fearfully and curiously, and quietly looked at the carriage—guessing what kind of giant Buddha was inside it.

When the breeze picked up, the copper bells at the four corners of the carriage were tinkling.

When the copper bell stopped, Chen Luo lost face, and the car curtain was slowly rolled up.

In the carriage, a young gentleman in a green shirt was sitting, his hands were covering the curtains, his expression was sleepy, and he spoke slowly: "General Chen is polite, and Mr. Li reprimanded him, so I dare not bother you to welcome him personally."

"What are you talking about, my lord? Could it be that I, Chen, are the ones who follow power?!" Chen Luodao: "My lord is for the country and the people. How many good deeds have I done for the court and the people in the office of officials, the end will be long ago I heard that you are here to welcome me today, I just sincerely respect the young master's talent and virtue!"

The person sitting in the carriage was Li Yinshang. After the case of Lanyang Luofei and Tong Xing, he set off for Yucheng.

The emperor publicly demoted him to be the ninth-rank recorder of Yucheng chief envoy, but in fact he wanted to send him to Yucheng, which was an earth-shaking event.

Although he knew that Ling Cheng had a cool temper, he never expected to be so cool.

Staring blankly at Chen Luo's mouth opening and closing, Li Yinshang felt as if his whole body was falling apart, and he was so weak from the waist down that he couldn't feel it.

Even though the journey from Lanyang to Yucheng was not too far away, he was still very tired, as if he had a serious illness.

Seeing that Li Yinshang still didn't answer, Chen Luo bowed again:

"Mr. Li, if you think that I am here only to curry favor with you, then you not only underestimate the loyalty of my Chen family and the white-robed army, but also underestimate yourself!"

Having said that, Chen Luo still gave Li Yinshang a sneaky look: Acting is almost enough, Li Yinshang, are you taking the opportunity to punish me with Joe?

"Really..." Li Yinshang's eyes were a little distracted, and he didn't see Chen Luo's warning.He stayed for a long time before saying: "Then I will trouble you, General Chen."

Chen Luo smiled, but when he turned around, he almost smashed his whip.

——It’s just a thing that climbed onto the dragon bed, how dare you put on airs for him? !

After receiving Li Yinshang, Chen Luo took Li Yinshang to the restaurant he had booked in advance.Different from restaurants in Beijing and Jiangnan—it is indeed a "building"—the restaurants here are just a row of low houses.

In Yucheng in the north, sandstorms are raging here, and there are as many winds and sands throughout the year as the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River.

It would be a waste if two or three floors were built here. After a sandstorm, there would be no tiles left.

The restaurant Chen Luo chose, perhaps, to be precise, should be a tavern, the largest tavern in Yucheng.

But what surprised Li Yinshang was that this tavern was not big, there were only three adobe rooms on the ground, one was the hall, and the shopkeeper stood behind the counter to attract customers.

Two rooms remained, and one was used as a kitchen.

A large number of guests crowded into the remaining room, and four or five tables were not enough to sit on. Many people simply sat on the ground, holding two bowls, a wine jar, a bowl of wine, and a bowl of cooked meat, eating well. happy.

The men in the Northland are rough and tough, and it's a hot day right now, so there are many people with tight upper bodies, which makes the house still full of sweaty smell.

Li Yinshang came from the south of the Yangtze River, even if he lived in Beijing for several years, he still couldn't get used to this noisy, cramped and vulgar place for a while.

He frowned, not very good at showing Chen Luo's face, so he could only calmly take out a handkerchief from his sleeve to cover his mouth and nose.

Chen Luo seemed to come to this place often, and went straight to the counter to have a few words with the shopkeeper.

After that, the shopkeeper personally welcomed them in. Chen Luo's adjutant and the hundreds of soldiers did not come in. Only Chen Luo accompanied him, and followed Li Yinshang to walk in under the leadership of the shopkeeper.

It was only after the shopkeeper took them around two bends, came to a wall behind the kitchen, knocked on the wall, and opened a hidden door from above, that Li Yinshang knew—why is this Yucheng? Biggest tavern.

Go in through the small door, and within three or five steps, you will see a staircase extending down.

The stairs were dug out according to the natural terrain. The outside of the houses in Yucheng are all rammed earth, but the inside has to be reinforced with two layers of rocks, which looks very thick.

However, it is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is better than the brick walls in Beijing and the wooden buildings in Jiangnan.

"Mr. Li, please—" Chen Luo took the lamp in the shopkeeper's hand, "You don't really think that I invite you to come here to eat and sit with those traffickers outside, do you?"

Li Yinshang smiled: "It's my villainous heart."

Going down the stairs, Li Yinshang discovered that the underground of this tavern has a different world——

Stretching around from the stairway where they were, at least it was the size of a mansion with three layers of courtyards. The underground was not as noisy as above, with occasional singing and piano sounds hoarse, and it was more like the restaurant Li Yinshang was familiar with.

Chen Luo took Li Yinshang to a stone room that he had set up a long time ago. There were delicious food and wine set up inside, and two or three people were waiting for them. Li Yinshang saluted.

"Your gentlemen, you are very polite, Li Mou is a relegated person, how can you do such a great gift."

"Master Li!" A slightly fat man stood up, held a toast and said, "You are humble, I, Ma Deyun, first toast you!"

Li Yinshang smiled, but glanced at Chen Luo unobtrusively.

——Ma Deyun and Yu Chengcheng announced that the chief of the fifth rank of the Political Envoy Division is straightforward and upright.It's just that he is a close friend of Shu Yongsi, the head of the Luochuan Cleaning Department, and even more...

She is also a thorn in the eyes of the guest ministers in Prince Gong's mansion and the emperor.

Ma Deyun didn't see the exchange of glances between Li Yinshang and Chen Luo, and only enthusiastically pulled Li Yinshang to sit down.

When Li Yinshang sat down, a certain overused place touched the stone stool, the pain was so painful that he couldn't help but groan.

Ma Deyun was close to Li Yinshang, and he heard it clearly, so he hurriedly supported him: "What's wrong with you?"

"No, it's okay——" Li Yinshang waved his hands with a pale face, but his green shirt was loose, and after some pulling, a section of skin was exposed on his chest and neck.

No one else saw it, but Ma Deyun saw it clearly:

The porcelain-like skin was covered with mottled bruises, like cracks on beautiful and perfect porcelain.

Ma Deyun didn't understand the beauty of abuse, his first thought was that Li Yinshang was being bullied and hurt!

In the past, he was not an official of the fifth rank in Yucheng, but he was on duty in Xiaoyi near the capital. He offended his boss and almost died when handling a case. .

There were many people involved in that matter, Li Yinshang was just discussing the matter, but Ma Deyun regarded him as a life-saver and wanted to repay his kindness.

"What's wrong with you? Are you injured?! Damn it! Who dares to hurt you! General Chen, didn't you... Didn't you pick it up in person? Why did you call Mr. Li injured?!"

Chen Luo smiled sarcastically, but did not answer.

Because that short-sighted person is not someone he can provoke.

Ma Deyun is stupid, but he is not stupid.

Li Yinshang was a little embarrassed, but he persuaded Ma Deyun a few words, saying that he is fine and don't worry: "Besides, it's a joy for everyone to gather here to drink, Mr. Ma, there is no need to spoil everyone's interest because of a trivial matter like me. "

"That's right, old horse, don't make a fuss, Mr. Li said he's fine! Come and have a drink!"

Although Li Yinshang said so, Chen Luo and a few accompanying officials did not intend to continue asking. Ma Deyun just looked at Li Yinshang thoughtfully, and looked at his chest from the beginning to the end. Those mottled marks.

Ma Deyun has been married for three years, and some friends in Northland have invited him to drink flower wine, such traces...

He couldn't help frowning.

After drinking for three rounds, Chen Luo made an excuse to leave beforehand, and the other two officials got drunk and hid aside to punch their fists.

Ma Deyun finally got the chance to go to Li Yinshang's side, lowered his voice and said cautiously: "Mr. Li, follow me, I have something to tell you."

Li Yinshang thought about it, and followed Ma Deyun out.

Ma Deyun took him to spare two stone rooms, and dragged him in after finding a vacant room, then Ma Deyun hissed:

"Mr. Li, I didn't mean to offend. Please don't bother with me as a rude person for the abruptness - I, I definitely saw the marks on your body, it was, it was..."

He hesitated to speak, but Li Yinshang just pursed his lips.

"...Who the hell?!" Ma Deyun gritted his teeth, "Does General Chen know? Master Li, although you may not remember me, I do remember you! You have treated me with great kindness, and our family will remember you Good! If it was not for your help, I would have been put to death for the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

"...It's a trivial matter, nothing to worry about. You don't need to worry about me, these..." Li Yinshang's eyes showed a trace of helplessness and exhaustion, "I voluntarily..."

"How is it possible?!" Ma Deyun widened his eyes, "You, you lied to me! Although I am a rough person, I, I can still see that this, this is someone forcing you, you...you tell me! I Although it is useless, I can find someone who will stand in for you!"

"Really?" Li Yinshang suddenly went crazy, "Hahahahahahahahahahahaha", he laughed, and his eyes were flushed while laughing: "Then, Lord Ma, I would like to ask you, if I say—force me to do it Is the person responsible for this matter someone who you can't find anyone to do for me?"

"Whoever he is, can he still be as big as the sky..." Ma Deyun said halfway, as if thinking of something, suddenly his face turned pale, he opened his mouth, and couldn't complete the second half of the sentence for a long time.

"Look?"

Li Yinshang smiled calmly, his idea was not new in the capital.All the respectable people in the capital knew that Li Yinshang was the favored servant of Israel's courtier.

"In this world, there are really masters who are greater than the sky," Li Yinshang said, "Master Ma, you don't have to be too surprised, this is my own business, you can't save me, and you don't have to do it for me. People, get covered in mud."

"..."

Ma Deyun struggled for a while, as if he wanted to say something, but suddenly he heard the sound of the piano from the corridor outside.In the melodious sound of the piano, there is also a man singing softly.

It's like a clear spring gurgling on a stone, or like a lone goose flying in the sky, the spring is clear and the valley is deep, the clouds are high and the sky is wide.

Li Yinshang felt that the actor sang well, but Ma Deyun's eyes lit up. He was sad and happy at the same time, his face was surprisingly white, but his eyes and lips were red, not to mention etiquette, so he directly caught Li Yinshang Merchant's hand:

"Mr. Li! There is one person, he can definitely save you!"

"……Who?"

"I didn't expect to meet by chance!" Ma Deyun pulled Li Yinshang out, and followed the sound of the piano: "Yes, that's right! It's him, he can definitely save you, and he is definitely willing to save you! "

Ma Deyun left happily and in a hurry, he didn't see the helplessness and understanding that flashed away on Li Yinshang's face.

Those adults in Yucheng who like to listen to the piano and those who can hear such good music are not the only ones.

If it is said that among these few people, the only one who can save people from the emperor is the emperor who also has the blood of the former emperor:

The younger brother of the abolished prince in the previous dynasty, and now His Highness Prince Gong——Prince Gong Lingwu.

Sure enough, as Li Yinshang expected, Ma Deyun took him to a stone room guarded by two guards at the door, reported their names to the inside, and said: "Please don't blame us for being rude. Please."

One of the guards went in, and after a while, the sound of the qin in the stone room stopped, and a deep and magnetic voice sounded: "Please come in, Lord Ma and Young Master Li."

Ma Deyun quickly smiled and pulled Li Yinshang in.

After entering, Li Yinshang first saw the player playing the qin—a blind qin player in white clothes and long hair.

Although both eyes are blind, sitting in front of the zither stage, there is a sense of unsullied loveliness, which shows that Li Yinshang has the intention of making friends.

On the Arhat bed behind the Qintai, reclining was a man with profound features and a handsome face. His eyes were like eagles, his nose was like a peak, his eyebrows were white and his teeth were bright, and there was an elegant smile on his mouth.

The clothes on his body were rich and luxurious, with dark golden patterns embroidered on his snow-white coat, like a noble and lazy snow leopard.On the long black hair was a hairpin of gold and jade panlong, and around his waist was a delicate jade pendant inlaid with gold and jade.

"My minister Yu Chengcheng announced that Ma Deyun, the head of the Political Envoy Department, greeted the prince, and wished the prince a thousand years of health."

Without giving Li Yinshang more time to observe, Li Yinshang had no choice but to bow down. Just as he said "a humble minister", he was interrupted by the man on Luohan's bed with a chuckle:

"Young Master Li is a celebrity around my brother, Xiao Wang can't stand your big gift."

Li Yinshang showed embarrassment, he didn't kneel, and he didn't kneel, but the blind luthier next to him spoke up and relieved him in a calm voice:

"Young Master Li? Is that the number one scholar in the second year of Qiankang, Li Yinshang who answered the "Ten Strategies" in the palace examination?"

"That's not right!" Ma Deyun quickly answered, "Master Qin, have you heard about Mr. Li?"

The blind luthier smiled and said nothing.

"Okay, Mr. Ma and Mr. Li, you don't have to kneel anymore. I just came here to listen to Xiao Qin playing the piano. If you break in, I'm sure I can't listen to this piano anymore," Prince Gong swept across the room with a half-smile. Glancing at them, "What's the matter, Mr. Ma, it's okay for you to speak directly?"

Unexpectedly, Prince Gong would open his mouth so soon. The rhetoric that was originally brewing in Ma Deyun's heart was useless at the moment. He was stunned for a while, and then looked at the blind luthier next to him with some embarrassment.

"Xiao Qin, go out first, I will come to listen to your piano next time I get a chance."

The blind qin master bowed to Prince Gong as he said, and then left with his qin in his arms. Although he was blind, his movements were calm, and he couldn't see any difference from behind.

Prince Gong sat up, the smile on his face faded, he picked up the wine glass on the table and shook it, his eyes were a little impatient: "Now, Mr. Ma, can you speak?"

"My lord, my humble minister... I would like to ask my lord to forgive my humble minister for his innocence."

"Oh?" Prince Gong glanced at Ma Deyun with great interest, and then said, "In Yucheng in the north, this king is just an idle prince with no real power and no soldiers. Lord."

"Just say what Master Ma wants to say." He smiled deeper, and the corners of his mouth curled up showing a trace of malice: "If you say something bad, I will take it as—— I heard a ridiculous joke in the tavern , Your Excellency, don’t worry.”

Ma Deyun is upright, but he is not really stupid. Hearing what King Gong said, his face immediately showed joy—hitting a snake with a stick, he pointed at Li Yinshang and said:

"The name of Mr. Li must have been heard by the prince. He has been in the bureaucracy for many years. He has changed his previous state of being a vegetarian and has done many good things to benefit the country and the people. Such a person will bear the bad name for no reason and be relegated. to faraway places like ours."

"I don't care about the matter of the emperor and the court." Prince Gong was indifferent, as if he was not interested.

"The emperor has always been moody. If it's just Mr. Li's business, it's fine. I heard that he took the Minister of Rites, Mr. Tang, into prison a few days ago, and planned to kill him for crimes such as disrespect! When he ascended the throne, the emperor was the minister of the court. Eliminate dissidents in the court! Such a person—how can he be the lord of the world and a bright king for a dynasty!"

"Master Ma! What nonsense are you talking about?!" Li Yinshang was taken aback, and hurried to drag Ma Deyun.

"Heh—" Prince Gong laughed lowly, as if he had heard the best joke, he laughed for a while, the smile was still on his face, but there was a strange light in his eyes: "Master Ma, you It's a good joke."

"However, no matter how good the joke is, it's not worth the food. I'm hungry. If you two haven't eaten yet, why don't you have a light meal with me?"

At the invitation of King Gong, Ma Deyun was at a loss. He uttered the words of rebellion, but he didn't expect that Prince Gong would react like this? !

Everyone knows that the current emperor's method of ascension to the throne is not clever, and his attitude towards the deposed prince Ling Wei is also chilling.

Prince Gong is the only half-brother of the deposed crown prince Ling Wei. Usually in the palace, all the guests would say that the prince has a grudge against the emperor.

But today—why did this prince change his gender?

Ma Deyun couldn't understand it, but Li Yinshang was a smart man, and he knew the key at a glance-how could Prince Gong be so credulous.

If a random person came and said a few words to curse the emperor, Prince Gong would introduce him as a confidant and treat him as an honored guest, so he and the emperor would not need to bother so much in Prince Gong's mansion. Bundle!

In this way, after a meal, Ma Deyun ate nervously and tremblingly, but King Gong chatted with Li Yinshang in an unrestrained manner, from poetry, landscape to astronomy and geography. come and go.

In the end, Prince Gong didn't say anything, he only said that Mr. Li's conversation was good, which would be more common in the future, and he didn't react to Ma Deyun's words.

Ma Deyun was very knowledgeable, so he didn't dare to mention it again. After drinking and eating, he dragged Li Yinshang to leave.

Seeing the backs of the two hurriedly leaving, King Gong Lingwu stood with his hands behind his back, raised his chin slightly and squinted his eyes to send them away.And the blind luthier who had obviously retired just now came out from a room opposite:

"My lord, do you believe them?"

"What's so credible?" Prince Gong shook his head: "Ma Deyun is reckless, but Li Yinshang is a fine individual. Such a person is like an ancient magic weapon. If used well, he can overcome obstacles and order the world. Well - only cut yourself."

The blind luthier listened, smiling slightly, with a gentle and gentle smile.

"Okay, I'll leave this to you, and the king will go back."

"Are you going back there again?" The blind luthier gave Prince Gong a few steps, "You haven't been here for long—"

Prince Gong squinted his eyes, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but it was a pity that the blind luthier couldn't see it—the expression on the prince's face was excited and happy from the bottom of his heart:

"If something good happens, of course we have to go back. There may be good news about the headache in Beijing."

The luthier was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "No wonder your tone is brisk and pleasant to listen to. But now it's Shen Shi, and it's late at night for you to go back - and you won't see his face, so why rush for a while? "

Prince Gong shook his head, with tenderness in his eyes, he laughed lowly, and sighed with helplessness: "It's like an arrow to return to one's heart, so there's nothing like it."

The blind luthier couldn't see, but his hearing was excellent. After hearing Prince Gong's sigh, he felt a warm scene appeared in front of him, like a soldier who had been fighting for a long time, and told someone that there was a beautiful and gentle man in his hometown. good wife.

So the luthier laughed, and he patted Prince Gong on the shoulder and teased: "Now you really seem like a gentleman who is afraid of coming home late, and is scolded by his mother-in-law at home—"

He said this presumptuously, but Prince Gong didn't know why he took it seriously.

It's just that when the blind luthier patted Prince Gong's shoulder, a trace of imperceptible pain still flashed across Prince Gong's evil and handsome face that had been smiling all the time.

As if to hide the pain, Prince Gong still hesitated for a while, then nodded and said: "Xiao Qin, you are laughing at me, no matter, I will go back in a few days, so that the situation here can be stabilized."

At the same time, Wu Lianquan, Liu Xinlian, Li Wuzhang and Zhang Qianji, together with the stewards on the third floor of the Qianchong Pavilion, gathered in the White Building in the Qianchong Pavilion on the Dragon Mountain.

Jiang Jun sat on an armchair opposite them, carelessly blowing the tea foam in the tea bowl in his hand——

He just told this group of people the strategy for dealing with Tang Haoguang's case. After listening to them, they had different expressions: Wu Lianquan was silent as always, but this silence was shocked.

Everyone here was also shocked. The method Jiang Jun said was too bold, even a bit extreme, but it was indeed the best and most feasible solution at the moment.

Moreover, this method is really simple to say, but after so many days, only Jiang Jun dared to think about it.

"I didn't expect..." Wu Lianquan said, breaking the silence: "I didn't expect it to be like this. It seems that I really can't see Mount Tai."

He set the tone like this, and Zhang Qianji also nodded in praise: "Mr. Jiang is a man of great art and courage. He actually came up with such a good plan. It can be said to bring forth the new through the old.

Even Li Wuzhang, who was very hostile to Jiang Jun at the beginning, nodded his head with a "hmm" at the moment, blushing in agreement with Zhang Qianji.

Others in the pavilion didn't say much, Qianchong Pavilion always gathered strong people.Jiang Jun came up with a solution, and it seemed to be effective, they were naturally convinced, and they all praised Jiang Jun.

Only Liu Xinlian who was sitting on the side remained silent, her face was a little ugly.

"But boss," someone asked: "Young Master Jiang's method is good, but entering the forbidden area of ​​the palace is not so easy, who to send and how to get out, this..."

Wu Lianquan nodded, and wanted to say something, but Liu Xinlian suddenly stood up with a cold face, and said blankly, "I'll go."

"Second Sister?!", "Second Master?"

As soon as she stood up, everyone panicked, but Liu Xinlian looked around arrogantly with no expression on her face:

"Mr. Jiang said that he would go to the harem. There are mostly women in the harem. It is most suitable for me and my subordinates to go there. Speaking of assassination, in the Qianchong Pavilion—who can compare to me in the Luanfeng Pavilion? woman?"

When she said this, there was a complete silence around her, no one dared to refute on the one hand, and no reason to refute on the other.

And Jiang Jun was even more shocked——

He knew Luanfeng Pavilion, and that Luanfeng Pavilion could be regarded as another legendary organization in this book besides Qianchong Pavilion.

It's just because there are all women inside, and they are women with outstanding looks.They are well-trained, good at hiding, excellent at light work, able to fly over walls, better at illusion, and proficient in medical theory.

The buildings under the name of Luanfeng Pavilion are scattered all over the country, and these women are hiding in them, making it impossible to find them.

Beauties and fine wines have been heroes' tombs since ancient times.

Who would have thought that in the lingering flowers and in the drunken gentle village, there are hidden sharp weapons that can kill people.A woman who was as gentle as water one moment, can kill you the next moment with a knife in her hand.

Moreover, who can speak the truth after drinking, who can resist nephrite jade in his arms and warm words to persuade them. These women are proficient in illusion and control people's hearts, so they can naturally get a lot of information that others can't get.

Therefore, most of the information about Qianchongge comes from Luanfengge.

Liu Xinlian is the owner of the Luanfeng Pavilion, so it would be very safe for her to come forward and entrust Luanfeng Pavilion to do this.However, Jiang Jun didn't understand, why did Liu Xinlian go out to do this dangerous thing in person?

But it doesn't matter if Jiang Jun doesn't understand, Qian Chongge invited him here just to give advice.

He has made a plan, and as for who Wu Lianquan and the others will send and how, it is not his concern.

Five days later, it was late summer and early autumn.

There are a lot of fallen leaves in the capital, and the wild geese are also lined up and migrating south.

All the flowers in the imperial garden are gone, but there are still green pines and cypresses dyed in a touch of verdant green.There was a noble lady with palace makeup, surrounded by seven or eight palace people, walking slowly towards the Royal Beast Garden.

According to the rules established by the ancestors, there is a fixed number of servants for the women in the harem: twelve queen mothers, ten empresses, and so on.

During the Qiankang Dynasty, the new emperor Ling Cheng had never been crowned a queen, and the only one who could be surrounded by seven or eight people in the harem was the new emperor's biological mother, the imperial concubine of the previous dynasty, and the current Queen Mother Gong.

Autumn hunting is just around the corner, and every year at this time, hunting officials always try to get some rare birds into the palace, firstly to add some interest to the autumn hunting, and secondly to give the participating princes and nobles a good start.

The palace was lonely, and Gong Shi was bored with guarding the empty palace alone, so he took the palace servants out for a walk.

However, when walking to the Jingming Bridge in front of the Royal Beast Garden, a dozen or twenty court ladies suddenly appeared.

Although they were dressed in maid's clothes, they held sharp knives in their hands, and all of them rushed towards the Queen Mother with red eyes!They shouted: "For the leader—! For the Maitreya religion!"

Before the old nanny beside the Queen Mother had time to utter a complete "protect the Queen Mother", a silver hairpin pierced her throat, and then the palace servants around the Queen Mother fought with each other.

Those people did not avoid swords and axes, as if they were not afraid of death, while shouting "Maitreya will descend to save the world", while fighting hard.

Seeing that the situation was out of control, the Empress Dowager Gong was surrounded by several palace people and fled for her life in a panic, but then a very beautiful woman descended from the sky. She was also dressed as a court lady, but with a silver lotus hairpin stuck in her hair, she stared at the Empress Dowager Gong, Coldly said:

"Shameless old woman! How dare you hurt our leader Li Wei, today I will deal with you, a witch, for Maitreya Mahayana Buddha!"

After finishing speaking, she didn't care about Queen Mother Gong's pig-killing screams, and she took down the people around Queen Mother Gong with a knife, and even forced Queen Mother Gong to retreat in a panic, and fell from the Jingming Bridge.

At the same time that Queen Mother Gong fell into the water, the palace guards arrived. Seeing that the situation was wrong, several women took out gunpowder from their bosoms and shouted—"Maitreya came to the world! Killing is justified!" Burn the gunpowder and blow out a white mist.

There was chaos in the palace, and the imperial army searching for the assassin spread all over every corner of the palace. Martial law was also raised in the imperial city, and the guards went to search one by one.

Empress Dowager Gong was frightened, and although she did not die, she had a high fever that night, and she was in a coma, asking the palace servants to fetch the elixir left by the two "immortal masters".

Emperor Ling Cheng was on the side at that time, he didn't believe in ghosts, so he asked the imperial physician to test it out, but found that the elixir had no medicinal effect at all - it was just a clay pill kneaded with cinnabar and mercury, taking it for a long time would even kill your life!

Not only the emperor, but even the queen mother was really angry now!

After searching for this "elixir", they must have found Li Ren and Li Yi hiding in Gong Xiang's home. After careful investigation, the emperor found that Li Baichang who was released was Li Wei who spread the Maitreya Rebellion!

It turned out that the emperor Li Baichang's case was simply to provoke trouble, and did not release the news that Li Wei was released.The Maitreya believers heard that Li Wei was arrested, and in order to save Li Wei, they broke into the palace and assassinated the queen mother and the emperor.

Now, a simple case was brought up again, and in a way of slapping the face of the emperor.

This time, Ling Cheng got really angry. Within a day, he sent the two "liars" in Prime Minister Gong's family to prison and sentenced him to death. He even arrested Li Wei, whose alias was Li Baichang, so that he could have a trial. Caishikou beheaded for public display!

Prime Minister Gong couldn't protect himself, so he had to write a letter in a hurry to sin against himself. Although the emperor didn't punish him in terms of kinship, he indirectly withdrew a lot of power from Gong Anbang and his relatives, the Gong family.

As for Tang Haoguang, Ling Cheng couldn't do anything to him——

After some reassurance and reinstatement, the so-called "crime" was also written off, and he was even rewarded.

In the court hall, there were ups and downs overnight, dragons and tigers fighting, and turbulent waves, the upstarts were hit, and the veterans upheld justice, but Ling Cheng became more suspicious because of this--the cult is so rampant, it is really hard to guard against!

——When these news reached Jilong Mountain, Jiang Jun and Zhang Qianji were playing chess.

When he heard Tang Haoguang's reinstatement, Jiang Jun's face was really calm and expressionless. He just tilted his head and squinted at the dotted chessboard in front of him, then gracefully stretched out his hand and "slapped" it down. backgammon.

Zhang Qianji was happy, seeing that Jiang Jun didn't look happy on his face, he was a little surprised, so much so that he forgot to make a move.

Jiang Jun bent his fingers and tapped on the table: "Qianji, it's your turn—"

"Eh?!"

Distraction is the most taboo when playing chess, Zhang Qianji made a random move after being urged, and the clinker killed a large piece of his own chess.

Jiang Jun also laughed, and with a wave of his sleeve, he threw the chess piece in his hand into the chess bowl, and the black pieces made a crisp knocking sound.

"Qianji, if you don't concentrate, it doesn't matter if you can't play this chess."

He folded his sleeves and smiled, picked up the warm tea on the table, bent his eyes, and smiled.

The scent of tea was dense and the white air was steaming. Zhang Qianji looked at Jiang Jun who was so calm like a flower in the fog through a layer of white mist.

Finally, Zhang Qianji also laughed out loud and messed up the whole chess game with a flick of his hand:

"Never chaotic in times of crisis, not alarmed by changes, not showing emotions of happiness or anger, a gentleman is as calm as water. Mr. Jiang is indeed the one who can come up with a plan to assassinate the queen mother to save Mr. Tang, but Zhang, who is in a mess."

Jiang Jun was noncommittal when he heard the words,