When Lu Xiaoxian rode to the gate of the Fangzhou Assassin's Mansion, there were already several officials from the Assassin's Mansion waiting there.

The leader was Sima Zhang Wen of Fangzhou Mansion, and he asked cautiously: "Is it Lu Gongzi who came?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian dismounted, and he didn't care about being polite, and arched his hand and said: "I'm Lu Xiaoxian!" ”

"Xiaguan Fangzhou Sima Zhang Wen greets Lu Gongzi!" Zhang Sima said respectfully, "His Royal Highness King Liang is waiting for you!" Inside please! ”

Lu Xiaoxian nodded: "I'm tired of Zhang Sima leading the way!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian followed Zhang Wen and other officials into the Assassin's Mansion.

Seeing everyone's backs disappear into the gate, the two straight officials who were originally standing at the door breathed a sigh of relief.

The two of them are still in excitement now, not long ago they actually met the Great Zhou Liang Wang Wu Sansi. An ordinary official is always a little excited to see such a big person.

Among them, the younger servant chattered a little: "It's strange to say! His Royal Highness King Liang is a dignified prince, why is he so kind to such a weak scholar? ”

The other, an older officer, said in a sophisticated tone, "Shut up! The old problem is repeated. You don't care what's going on. Lord Thorn Shi specially confessed, no matter what you see, it will rot in your stomach, and you are not allowed to chew your tongue, have you forgotten? ”

"Let's remember the confession of the assassin history! Isn't this a whisper between the two of us! The young official said mysteriously: "I'm afraid it's not easy for me to see His Royal Highness King Liang coming to Fangzhou, it must be aimed at King Luling, this is a big deal." Who knows if it's good or bad, don't the princes in front ......"

The older official immediately "shh I'm going to have to put a seal on your mouth, is that something we can talk about? Beware of the walls with ears! ”

The young servant realized that he had lost his words, and stuck out his tongue and stopped talking.

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Fangzhou has always been the place of exile of the Tang royal family, in addition to Li Xian, the king of Luling, Li Zhong, the abolished prince of Gaozong Li Zhi, once served as the assassin of Fangzhou. In the second year of Lin De??, the deposed prince Li Xian's grandson, Li Chenghong, the king of Guangwu, was also demoted to Fangzhou.

Dating back to the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Tang Dynasty killed the crown prince Yang Yong, and also posthumously established Yang Yong as the king of Fangling.

Why did the Tang royal family repeatedly favor Fangzhou as a place of exile?

Looking at Chang'an City, you will find that Fangzhou is a plateau basin in the Qinba Mountains, with no danger on the east, west and north, and only the south is close to the Qinba Mountains.

Fangzhou has excellent living conditions, and it is an ideal place to depose the royal family, and it is a kind of preferential treatment for the deposed royal family. Fangzhou is also the rear strategic base of the royal family, although there is a certain distance from Chang'an, but there are three ancient post roads in Fangzhou to the west and northwest, leading to Zhushan, Zhuxi, Yunyang, and Chang'an in the west, and the whip can reach.

It is precisely because of the importance of Fangzhou that the selection of Fangzhou assassin historians has always been valued by the imperial court.

The current Fangzhou assassin is called Guo Jingzhi, a native of Zheng County, Huazhou, and a descendant of the Guo family in Taiyuan. Guo Jingzhi started in Fuzhou and joined the army, served as the assassin of Weizhou and Jizhou, and transferred to the assassin of Fangzhou three years ago. He is eight feet two inches tall, with white skin, and on his square face, two thick black sword eyebrows and two locks of flowing black hair are prominent.

At this moment, Guo Jingzhi stood in front of Wu Sansi, his expression was serious, his eyebrows were furrowed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing Lu Xiaoxian, Wu Sansi hurriedly said: "Master Lu, you are here!" ”

Lu Gongzi replied with a smile: "It's still Your Highness's speed!" ”

Wu Sansi smiled bitterly: "Which is the speed of this king, His Majesty sent a messenger to urge, so that this king can rush back to Luoyang at a short speed, and this king has no choice!" ”

After explaining, Wu Sansi pointed to Guo Jingzhi and introduced to Lu Xiaoxian: "This is Lord Guo Jingzhi of Fangzhou Thorn History!" ”

Although Guo Jingzhi didn't know why Wu Sansi was so polite to Lu Xiaoxian, Wu Sansi was like this, and he didn't dare to slack off, and respectfully saluted Lu Xiaoxian: "The lower official has seen Lu Gongzi!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian replied: "Guo Tingshi is polite, this time His Royal Highness King Liang is ordered to do an errand, and he must be greatly assisted by Lord Tingshi!" ”

"This is what a subordinate should do!" Guo Jingzhi's answer was neither humble nor arrogant.

Wu Sansi took over the words: "Before leaving, His Majesty explained that he would take over the return of King Luling to Beijing, and after arriving in Fangzhou, he would return as soon as possible after completing the formalities with the Assassin Shi, and the king planned to announce the decree to the King of Luling today, and leave Fangzhou tomorrow, I don't know what Lord Assassin Shi wanted?" ”

"His Royal Highness is in a hurry to return, and the lower official understands, but the lower official thinks that this is very inappropriate......" Guo Jingzhi wanted to speak and stopped, but the following words were not spoken.

Seeing Guo Jingzhi's straightforward objection, Wu Sansi couldn't help frowning.

Lu Xiaoxian stared at Guo Jingzhi and said with a slight smile: "I don't know what Guo Tingshi has to say, I would like to hear it in detail, and say it to provide reference for His Highness's decision!" ”

"King Luling is the third son of His Majesty, and he has also been the emperor, he has been claustrophobic in Fangzhou for more than ten years, and now he suddenly wants to take him back to Beijing, so he has to have a process of adaptation. Besides, the King of Luling is not alone, there are hundreds of people in the family and the mansion with all kinds of slaves, etc., not to say that they can leave immediately, they have to be allowed to simply pack up before they can set off. Xia Guan suggested that today you can send someone to inform King Luling about his return to Beijing, go to the mansion tomorrow to announce the decree, and set off in three days, which is more secure! Guo Jingzhi finished his suggestion in one breath.

Guo Jingzhi's remarks were completely from Li Xian's standpoint, and they were reasonable and grounded, making it impossible to refute them.

In fact, Guo Jingzhi has always taken good care of Li Xian.

When Li Xian first arrived in Fangzhou, except for some slaves he had brought with him, the rest of his subordinates were all sent by the Fangzhou Yamen to take the shift. In the key position, there are all kinds of eyeliner inserted. No small action of Li Xian's family could escape the eyes of these people.

In the past ten years, Fangzhou Thorn History has changed several times. Most of the assassins were very strict with Li Xian's family, and from time to time they came to the palace to inspect suddenly. He even sometimes called Li Xian to the yamen for questioning, and that tone was like interrogating and reprimanding a prisoner.

When Xu Jingye was in turmoil, they called Li Xian for questioning and asked him to explain how Xu Jingye sent someone to contact him to rebel.

Isn't this a sincere search for trouble?

Li Xian didn't even know who Xu Jingye was, how could he contact the rebellion?

But they didn't believe Li Xian's explanation, but fortunately, without Wu Zetian's holy decree, the assassin didn't dare to really do anything to Li Xian. After tossing for a month, I really couldn't ask anything, so the matter was over.

Li Xian knew in his heart that these assassins who controlled him were also carrying out the will of the imperial court, and it would be difficult for them to deal with them if they didn't do so. Later, Li Xian slowly got used to this approach.

After Guo Jing took office, it was different, he always treated Li Xian respectfully with the etiquette of a subject to the crown prince, contrary to the stern and harsh attitude of the assassins in the past. Not only did the palace have as much food as possible, but he also often asked Li Xian for warmth, and told him some information from time to time.

With Guo Jingzhi's care, Li Xian's life in Fangzhou became colorful, and he often led his family to hunt outside Fangzhou. Sanbao Cave, Shennong Tower, Shennong Temple, Laojun Temple, Baiyun Nunnery, Zhang Gongyuan, Jade Emperor Pavilion have all left his footprints.

Guo Jingzhi's frank treatment made Li Xian quite moved, and the two of them also formed a deep relationship.

At this moment, Wu San's idea of leaving for Beijing tomorrow was going to return, and Guo Jing subconsciously raised objections.

"Three days later?" Wu Sansi obviously couldn't accept it, and was about to veto Guo Jingzhi's suggestion, but he heard Lu Xiaoxian say on the side, "What Guo Tingshi said is quite reasonable, then follow Guo Tingshi!" ”

Wu Sansi looked at Lu Xiaoxian in surprise, Lu Xiaoxian explained with a smile: "Your Highness, this matter is really in a hurry, it's a big deal, let's hurry up on the road, it's easy to squeeze out in three days." ”

"Alright then!" Wu Sansi finally nodded and agreed, "According to Guo Tingshi's suggestion, I will announce the decree tomorrow and set off in three days!" Guo Tingshi, you will send someone to the palace in the afternoon to inform you of this! ”

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After seeing off Lu Xiaoxian at the city gate, Li Xian took Li Bao'er back to the mansion.

After Princess Wei of Luling got the report, she hurried to the front yard.

Concubine Wei was Li Xian's second princess, and she was only seventeen years old when she first married Li Xian, eight years younger than Li Xian.

Li Xian's first princess, Zhao, was imprisoned to death because her family offended Wu Zetian! After Li Xian became the crown prince, he was canonized as the crown princess because of his outstanding appearance and understanding.

Wei is a native of Wannian County, Jingzhao Prefecture, his grandfather served as Cao Wangfu's army, and his father served as Wei Xuanzhen's Puzhou army. However, a noble family background does not necessarily bring a peaceful life to children and grandchildren, and in this regard, Merriam-Webster's predecessor, Zhao, is a prime example.

Like Webster, Zhao is Li Xian's wife. Her background is much higher than Wei's, and she is the granddaughter of Zhao Xuan, the general of the right leading army, the daughter of Zhao Yang, the assassin of Dingzhou, and the princess Changle of Tang Gaozu.

When Li Xian was the king of England, the Zhao family became his princess. In terms of seniority, Li Xian is still her cousin. However, Zhao's mother, Princess Changle, and Li Xian's mother, Wu Zetian, have always had a feud, and this marriage that seems to be a good family to Guangzong Yaozu is actually a sacrifice for giving Zhao to Wu Zetian for nothing.

When Princess Changle and his wife were demoted from Beijing, Wu Zetian simply imprisoned the Zhao family, who called heaven should not be called the earth, into the Inner Servant Province, so that she was starved to death.

In the first year of the heir, after Li Xian ascended the throne, Concubine Wei was naturally made queen.

The world is unpredictable, how could Wei have thought that he had only been the empress for more than 50 days, Li Xian was abolished as emperor by Wu Zetian and demoted to the king of Luling, she also lost the position of empress, and was exiled to Junzhou with Li Xian, and later moved to Fangzhou.

In Fangzhou, this stay is more than ten years.

As soon as Concubine Wei saw Li Bao'er, she poked her forehead, and said with red eyes and crying: "You dead girl, where have you run away these days, but you can die in a hurry!" ”