After the acting king entered the Xuanwu Gate, Wu Youning appeared from the other side, looking at the back of the acting king gradually moving away, his expression was not lacking in solemnity.

King Wu Sansi of Liang was wary and targeted at the acting king, or there was some paranoia in it, but Wu Youning worked with the acting king in Beiya, and his threat to the acting king was much more direct.

Previously, he wanted to resolve the military power of the acting king through Xue Huaiyi's expedition, but it failed because the acting king deliberately postponed the time to return to the capital.

Although 2,000 of them have returned to their original ranks, they are different from before, and the most intuitive feeling is that the commanders in the ranks have undergone a very thorough change.

For this, Wu Youning was quite vigilant, and he was also quite embarrassed about how to deal with it.

The safest way should be to isolate these soldiers, conduct a more strict and detailed inspection, and gradually incorporate them into the Beiya's guard system, so that the operations of the acting king can be cleaned up to a great extent.

But in this way, it will cause a certain rift in the northern ya. The 3,000 newly recruited athletes are still down, they are already a new army, and it is still doubtful whether they should belong to the South or North Ya after the incident, and of course it is impossible to directly integrate them into the Su Wei system.

However, the two thousand Beiya sergeants, who had no merit in patrolling Songshan this time, had no fault, but after returning to the capital, they had to accept all kinds of interrogations because Wu Youning was suspicious and suspicious, and it was inevitable that they would not have resentment. The two battalions of sergeants from the left and right Yulin Army are still down, and the left and right Yulin Army are already huge, even if there is any resentment, it will not cause too much trouble.

However, the Thousand Cavalry sent 1,000 troops this time, which already accounts for one-third of the strength of the Thousand Cavalry, and once it is not handled properly, it will definitely have an extremely negative impact on the Thousand Cavalry Army.

Of course, the most important thing is that in today's Beiya, Wu Youning's voice is really not high. As the son of heaven, Bei Ya is close, and His Majesty the Holy Emperor naturally has the highest intentions.

Next is the general of the two guards, originally Wu Youning in addition to the right feather forest also charged a thousand horses, to overpower the left feather forest Lu Chongyu. However, after the acting king divided the thousands of horsemen, it caused great damage to Wu Youning's authority and prestige, especially the earlier conflict in the Xuanwu Gate, and the acting king's sword slashed Xue Huaiyi's disciples, which made Wu Youning in the right feather forest have no shortage of complaints.

Moreover, after King Liang entered the political hall, His Majesty the Holy Emperor was also deliberately weakening the number of Wu Youning's guards, and now the Xuanwu Gate is on duty, and Zuo Yulin has gradually become the mainstay.

originally thought that acting for the king was a good opportunity to rebuild his prestige, but Qianqi Deng Wansui was fulfilling his duties in the battalion, so that Wu Youning had no excuse to play on the topic and return to Qianqi Weifu again.

Even the palace eunuch left by the acting king interfered in the affairs of the right feather forest, and when he thought that Xue Chongxun, the little doll who didn't know anything, actually went to the flying cavalry camp to point fingers, Wu Youning felt depressed in his heart.

In terms of generation, Wu Youning can also be regarded as this kid's uncle, but this kid has no respect for him, he only has a good reputation, and the eunuch re-instructed him before leaving, how can he be a private affair, and he has to go to the flying cavalry camp every day to check whether the horse is thin or not.

In the past few months, he has been revolving around Master Wei, collecting all kinds of alchemy materials, and he has not supervised the affairs of the AMTD Bureau at all.

Wu Youning even wanted to let King Wu Youji enter the palace to serve in the province, but he was blocked by Wu Youji's sentence "Father and son are different", as if people really regarded him as a pro-Lao Tzu.

This time, the return of the former Beiya soldiers to Suwei was proposed by Zuo Yulin's general Lu Chongyu, and he was not even discussed with him in advance. When Wu Youning learned of this, he was already a palace envoy who entered the camp to convey the will of His Majesty the Holy Emperor, and he led the right Yulin camp back to the garrison city. As for the Thousand Riders, they didn't even notify him at all.

In fact, there is not only one way to solve the problem, and the more direct means is to directly solve the person who created the problem. There must have been many illegal operations on the current march of the acting king, and Wu Youning even suspected that the previous Lingnan envoy was sent by the acting king to intercept and kill, so as to create an excuse to delay the return to the capital.

Wu Youning not only suspected this, but also sent a letter to his ears and eyes in the army, including Wu Youxu, the king of Anping, and the result was that the king of Anping was directly escorted back by the prisoner car, and in the second half of the Suyue army's external patrol, he completely lost the check and balance on the acting king.

However, this is also one of the evidence of the acting king's crime, although the chief of the march has a high authority, but he does not have the power to dispose of a deputy governor so arbitrarily. Wu Youning also seized this point and wrote several times, and His Majesty the Holy Emperor also stated that he would hold the acting king accountable, but after the acting king returned to the capital to face the saint, this sign disappeared completely.

Wu Youning felt that His Majesty the Holy Emperor really favored the acting king a little too much, and he was too indulgent, and the acting king was by no means a peaceful and down-to-earth person. If there is no big picture, how can you make the matter of the Songyang Road march, and use it to plant people in a big way.

For such an obvious matter, His Majesty the Holy Emperor did not pursue it, and even allowed his people to enter and leave the forbidden place freely after the acting king returned to the capital.

Although the king of Liang of the outer dynasty had preliminarily unified the voice of the group in the political hall and wanted to suppress the acting king, as long as the acting king was still in charge of the military of the Northern Ya and wandered around the Xuanwu Gate, Wu Youning had a sense of crisis with a thorn in his back and restlessness.

Thinking of this, Wu Youning walked to Guo Da, the original Qianqi who had just been summoned by him to the Right Feather Forest and awarded the position of Guo Yi, patted him on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "The young man of the acting king is ambitious, and it is inevitable that he will be arrogant and lose his way. But Guo Guoyi, since you have entered the Zhiyu Forest, you don't need to be too jealous and stay at your job. If you are troubled again, someone will speak for you! ”

When Guo Da heard this, he fell to the ground, bowed his head and said in a deep voice: "Thank you to the king for protecting the humble position and rewarding the ministry, and the humble duty will cut the liver and repay the king!" ”

Wu Youning was quite satisfied with Guo Da's attitude, but he still frowned and reprimanded: "My Northern Yajun is surrounded by Gongchenju, and the only one who needs to donate his body to serve is His Majesty the Holy Emperor." I am willing to appreciate and support you, but also to see that you are loyal and commendable, and you should not suffer unfair trouble! Remember not to do this again in the future, if you have any intentions, keep them in your heart. ”

Guo Da fell to the ground, knocked on the back of his hand on his forehead, and then retreated to the side.

The reason why Wu Youning brought this Guo Da is because of a cause and effect. He was originally placed in the eyes and ears of the Suyue army, and was constantly rejected and purged by the acting king during the march, and now several people are still imprisoned in the camp at the foot of the Beibi Mountain on different charges.

As for this Guo Da, he is also a veteran of a thousand cavalry, and Wu Youning still has a slight impression of him, but he was leading Yulin and a thousand cavalry at that time, and there is no need to be too condescending to pay attention to a mere brigade commander.

This time the Suyue army marched, this Guo Da showed bravery, and even led the team to clean up the bee thieves alone several times, and was once valued by the acting king, and was even promoted to replace Wu Youning's ears and eyes in the thousand horses.

However, this Guo Da was too stupid and straightforward, and he didn't understand the temperament of the acting king, and he offended the acting king soon after. The reason is that after the acting king sent King Anping to escort the envoy to Lingnan along the way was refused, when there was a dispute between the two sides, this Guo Da actually took the initiative to ask Ying to take on this position.

Wu Youning also understands the thoughts of these lower-level soldiers, and they don't have much room for improvement, and once they seize the opportunity, they will fight for performance. Or because of his bravery, he was appreciated by the acting king, and he thought that he had become the acting king's henchman, so he got carried away, lost his sense of proportion, and did not miss any opportunity to perform.

The acting king and the king of Anping competed for military power, how could they be merciful to this corporal, so while using the topic to play and detain the king of Anping, he also pushed this Guo Da to the end and demoted him to a battalion pawn, and even arranged for him to drive the prisoner car of the king of Anping all the way back to the capital. This is also really in line with the consistent style of the acting king, and he has done the disgusting person to the extreme.

After Wu Youxu returned to the capital, he naturally would not continue to be detained in the camp, and let the acting king slap them in the face of the kings of the Wu clan.

Therefore, Wu Youning entered the camp as soon as possible to lure Wu Youxu out, and it was also because Wu Youxu was grateful that Guo Da had taken good care of him along the way, and was worried that he might continue to be retaliated against and suppressed by the acting king, so he recommended Wu Youning.

A battalion pawn lives or dies, Wu Youning doesn't care, but the acting king's approach is too disgusting.

Wu Youning simply promoted this Guo Da to Youyulin, and specially arranged for the acting king to see it at Xuanwu Gate, one is to pay tribute to the acting king, and the other is if the acting king can't bear it and continues to target this Guo Da, it can also be used as an opportunity to once again set off a denunciation and investigation of many violations of the acting king's march.

Now it seems that the effect is good.

When the previous king entered and exited the Xuanwu Gate, or for the purpose of demonstration, he always had to stay in front of the city gate for a while, looking left and right, but this time he didn't stop, and just entered the Xuanwu Gate directly, obviously it was this Guo Da who made him feel offended. Wu Youning also looked forward to the acting king holding back the seizure, and then he would be able to report more detailed information to the banzhong, and strive to solve the acting king's military power in the north in one fell swoop.

Not to mention Wu Youning's calculations in his heart, after Li Tong returned to the capital, he stayed in the forbidden place most of the time, and enjoyed singing songs with his family in Xianyuan, with a posture of not asking about foreign affairs and cherishing the time spent with his family.

After a few more days, he suddenly seemed to remember that he was still serving as the official position of the palace supervisor, so he took the time to go to the palace introspection in the Great Inner Palace.

Knowing that the king had entered the province, the young eunuch Wu Youwang hurriedly came out, and with the embarrassment of being caught by the thief on the spot, he stepped forward and carefully explained: "The humble position is not intended to violate the affairs arranged by the eunuch before leaving the capital, but the affairs have been accumulated for a long time, and Master Wei has to frequently obtain supplies from the Shang Pharmacy Bureau, so the humble position has to be ......."

Seeing Wu Youwang's nervous appearance with a fine sweat, Li Tong couldn't help but be happy.

The kings of the Wu clan hated it, but except for a few extremely powerful people who dared to stare at him face to face, most of them still had to maintain superficial respect for him, he was a face-saving relative of three thousand miles, and he really had no arrogant confidence in the face of him, the killer of the sect king.

He didn't bother to take care of Wu Youwang, waved his hand and asked him to busy himself, and he slowly walked into the hall.

Knowing that the acting king had entered the hall, Xue Chongxun, his cousin and sister-in-law, came up, and said when he entered the court: "The humble post is about to go to the Beiya to inspect the stables, does the eunuch have any instructions?" ”

What Xue Chongxun has done during this time, Li Tong has listened to his people talk about it many times in the past few days, and he admires this kid's style of killing his relatives with righteousness.

He summoned Xue Chongxun to the nearest seat, carefully told him some details of finding faults, and then waved his hand to let this kid go.

Sent Xue Chongxun away, Li Tong looked through the recent affairs of the palace province again, especially the Shang Pharmacy has the most things, Wei Shifang's master is now enshrined in the forbidden inner dojo, it is simply the medicine depot of the Shang Pharmacy is burning as firewood, regardless of whether there is a elixir for longevity, this enthusiasm is really moving.

In this way, Li Tong didn't have to make any excuses, and ordered the book to order Shi to move the relevant books of the Shang Pharmacy to the hall, and summon the imperial doctor Shen Nanxuan together.

Of course, he was not interested in the details of the Divine Stick Alchemy, but to find evidence for a guess in his heart. When the file of Shang Pharmacy was moved here recently, I looked at the other contents casually, and began to focus on reading the records of Shang Pharmacy's visits.

The medical institutions of the Kuo Dynasty are quite sound, and there is a Taichang Temple in the Outer Dynasty Taichang Temple, which integrates clinical, management and training. There is a Shang Medicine Bureau in the palace province, which is mainly aimed at the emperor and the women in the forbidden country. There is also a medicine bureau in the East Palace, which serves the prince.

In addition to the ban on China, some nobles and ministers trusted or guarded against by the emperor were also the targets of their visits. After all, the health of the minister is also the information that the emperor should know, and he can also use it to show his favor. After a sleep, the prime minister died suddenly, which was quite blinding. It seems that earlier, Li Tong had seen Shen Nanxuan in Yang Zhirou's mansion.

What Shang Yaodian provided was a record of the last six months, and if it was to be retrieved further, it was not a decision that could be made by the palace supervisor alone, but needed to be signed by everyone in the province, and sometimes even an edict from the emperor. However, this time period is enough for Li Tong.

Shen Nanxuan is not upright today, and his own introspective officials go out to look for it.

During the time of waiting for him, Li Tong looked through the visit records in detail and found that in the past six months alone, Shang Pharmacy had visited King Wei more than a dozen times, and it was mainly concentrated in the period when King Wei stayed in Wei Temple. Li Tong couldn't help but be happy about this, and at the same time a little regretful, why didn't you suffocate this old boy to death, and you have to waste Lao Tzu's mental strength and manpower.

Wu Chenghei's health condition is not the focus of Li Tong's attention, anyway, if things go well, this old boy will not have a few days to toss. After flipping through several volumes one after another, he finally found the content he was interested in, at the beginning of April this year, Shang Pharmacy had visited the Chongyu Mansion of Wang Lu of Jiaohe County!

It's just that seeing the follow-up visit, Li Tong couldn't help frowning again, the target of Shang Pharmacy's visit this time was Princess Jiaohe, not King Jiaohe himself. This inevitably didn't match Li Tong's guess, so he continued to flip forward, but when he looked through the medical records for the past six months, he didn't find any relevant things.

After reading these files, Li Tong's brows were already furrowed, whether his guess was true or not had a lot to do with his next plan. Originally, many clues were connected in series, and he already felt very sure in his heart, but in the file of Shang Pharmacy, he didn't find the answer he wanted, which inevitably made him doubt his judgment.

After a while, Shen Nanxuan, who was sweating, hurriedly came to the hall and bowed to him: "The humble post is not in the direct introspection today, according to the order of His Royal Highness, take advantage of this leisure time to go to the Imperial Physician's Office to compile and revise the medical book, tired Your Highness has been waiting for a long time, please ......"

"There's no need to be formal, I'm also on a whim, and I want to ask Imperial Doctor Shen to ask you some personal questions. Since getting married, the relationship with the princess has been harmonious, but there is no heir, and the relatives will inevitably care and urge, so ......"

Hearing that His Royal Highness the Acting King was talking about such a private issue, the other people in the yatang withdrew from the interest and stood quite considerately under the corridor of the outer hall, and did not allow idlers to enter the hall at this time.

Shen Nanxuan didn't doubt him when he heard this question, and he pondered seriously for a moment before he spoke: "Your Highness doesn't have to worry about this matter, Your Highness is now young and strong, and getting along with the princess is still a short ......."

Li Tong suddenly raised his hand, signaled Shen Nanxuan to come closer, grabbed his wrist suddenly, and said in a low voice: "The King of Jiaohe has evil deeds, you and the imperial doctor dare to cover up this matter!" ”

"Your Highness...... No, no, His Highness has misunderstood, how dare you ...... Yes, it is forbidden for palace officials to enter the province, take away the relevant rules of the king of Jiaohe, and ask that they are not allowed to enter the register in the future......"

When Shen Nanxuan heard this question, he couldn't help but be frightened, and subconsciously replied in a trembling voice.

And so it was!

Tricking out the question he wanted to know from Shen Nanxuan's mouth, and making sure that his conjecture was not wrong, but it was covered up by his grandmother's force, Li Tong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his eyes became smooth when he looked at Shen Nanxuan, but his tone was still serious: "I asked you about the king of the river, and you are not allowed to leak it!" ”

Shen Nanxuan was already in a fine cold sweat on his forehead at this time, and after hearing this, he nodded again and again: "Don't dare to be lowly, I will definitely not leak a word!" ”

When Li Tong heard this, a slight smile appeared on his face, pulled Shen Nanxuan to let him sit on his side, and continued to ask, "Tell me carefully, what is the situation of Jiaohe King?" ”

was deceived by the acting king, Shen Nanxuan was also a little confused at this time, and after the acting king entered the province, he felt that there was no need to hide it, so he said: "In April, the king of Jiaohe had a precursor to wind disease, and the pharmacy was on the spot, only using medicine and food to assist the treatment, hoping to get lighter, but the situation was not optimistic......"

Li Tong listened carefully to Shen Nanxuan's narration and compared it with his own speculation one by one, and couldn't help but understand the current state of Lu Chongyu more thoroughly.

He didn't have much contact with Lu Chongyu, the general of the Northern Ya, and had some official contacts, but there was almost no private contact. What impressed him more was that the fragrance on Koji Chongyu's body was very strong, and it became stronger and stronger as time went by.

At first, he thought that this Gaochang general was delicate and wanted to cover up the fishy smell on his body, but now it seems that it is to suppress the smell of daily medicine, so as to cover up his illness.

The reason why Li Tong has such a judgment is mainly based on the change in Lu Chongyu's attitude towards him.

Originally, this Gaochang general was his grandmother's confidant and divided the military power of Beiya, and his attitude towards him was a little lukewarm, of course, Li Tong was not dissatisfied with this, if his relationship with Lu Chongyu was too harmonious, his grandmother would inevitably be suspicious and suspicious, and he couldn't do it.

However, after the conflict broke out between Xuanwumen and Xue Huaiyi that night, Lu Chongyu's attitude towards Li Tong changed significantly, and it was quite a bit of a taste of wanting to speak and stopping.

At that time, Li Tong was already vaguely suspicious, but he mainly felt that it was because Xue Huaiyi was too hated, and his main energy was still getting Qianqi, so he didn't think about it deeply.

What really made Li Tong face up to the change in attitude of Lu Chongyu was the Songyang Road march this time. Since the left and right Yulin armies have to send troops, the degree of cooperation shown by the two sides is completely different.

The right feather forest in charge of Wu Youning, although it is not said that all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, they are all crooked melons and cracked dates, and the intention of pulling back legs is obvious.

In the follow-up march, this also became Li Tong's main means of cleaning up Wu Youning's ears, and let whoever was not pleasing to the eye manage the battalion soldiers of Youyulin, and almost all the mistakes that could be made during the march were made, and the performance was even inferior to those newly recruited Heluo athletes. not only provided Li Tong with a living negative teaching material for the camp, but also allowed him to carry out a reduction and blood exchange for the Su Yue army.

On the other hand, Zuo Yulin's army is a group of elite soldiers, and in some mountainous areas to chase and suppress bee thieves and thousands of horsemen are inconvenient to perform, Zuo Yulin's battalion soldiers are the real main force, and they have exterminated their might and played a style. It is precisely because of Zuo Yulin, a positive example, coupled with the efforts of Changshi Su Wei, that the Heluo athletes have been gradually brought out and made steady progress.

What's more, because Li Tong had a long friendship with the remnants of Goguryeo, he made a small request to Koguryeo Chongyu before the march, hoping to choose a Goguryeo general to travel with the army, and Koji Chongyu also selected Gao Zhicong, who was born in the Goguryeo royal family, to accompany the army, which also provided great help to Li Tong.

Lu Chongyu's expressions have gone far beyond the goodwill generated simply because of Xue Huaiyi's incident. In the contact with Gao Zhicong, Li Tong knocked on the side and learned many details about Lu Chongyu, such as the fact that the king of Jiaohe had not eaten in the camp recently, had not ridden horses less, and no longer had any riding and archery training during training.

Of course, there are various reasons for a person's habit change, but combined with the change of Koji Chongyu's own position and attitude, Li Tong boldly came to a guess that Koji Chongyu had encountered some direct threats, so he had to consider the back road. After excluding the biggest factor of the rise and fall of the Holy Family, the biggest possibility is that there is a problem with his personal health, so Li Tong came to the palace province today to verify.

The two generals are in charge, and there are certain particularities. It seems to be a high position, but in fact it is precarious, and the former general Quan Xiancheng is a clear example.

Lu Chongyu's holy family is far more than Quan Xiancheng, and it can be said that he is one of the few generals in the dynasty that Wu Zetian can be convinced of. Before Li Tong entered the Beiya, he assumed the task of decentralizing the Beiya.

Now that he has been riddled with evil deeds, Wu Zetian still did not give up on his people, but also took action to cover up the matter, also because there are not many capable and trustworthy generals like Lu Chongyu, presumably his grandmother has not thought about who to replace Lu Chongyu at the moment, so she is delaying it so much.

But this is a big opportunity for Li Tong. If it is an ordinary state, it is almost impossible to win over a general like Lu Chongyu, who is the king of the county and the general of the official residence in the north, which can be described as infinite grace. The five kings of the Divine Dragon, who have made so much merit in later generations, don't even have this treatment, and they can't die well. To win over Koji Chongyu, it is simply death.

But now, Lu Chongyu is facing a big problem of life and death, and he is already infinitely favored in front of him, but how to pass it on after his death?

His person is Wu Zetian's entrust general, in the dynasty can be said to be not a party, but also once led the army to pacify the vertical arch during the Li clan King rebellion, and the imperial heir of the Tang family and the old ministers have estrangement, the Wu kings are not like the king. It should have also experienced such a trade-off, so he chose to show favor to the acting king.

Of course, this is just Li Tong's speculation, whether Lu Chongyu thinks so or not remains to be tested. Li Tong has already decided to instruct Quan Xiancheng's son Quan Xuanyin to arrange for someone to send some Korean ginseng and other supplements to Lu Chongyu, regardless of whether it is right or not, express his heart, and by the way, give Quan Xuanyin a Beiya ministry, and arrange it to Xuanwumen, which is the best, and cooperate with Guo Da to be the second general of the opposite hum.

Then, he looked at Shen Nanxuan again and said, "The matter of setting up a medicine monument in the states that the old and Shen Imperial Doctor said is now in the capital, and you can pick it up." I am going to ask Imperial Doctor Shen to make you an envoy to Xijing to supervise this first, not to mention how the deeds are, if you can help the people of the world because of this, it will also be immeasurable. But if you succeed, Imperial Doctor Shen's future is not only your own business, what you say comes from me, and it depends on you, and you will never turn your back! I don't know what Imperial Doctor Shen thinks? ”

Shen Nanxuan also regained some thinking ability at this time, and when he heard the words of the acting king, after a little silence, he nodded hurriedly and said: "The lowly is willing, the lowly is willing to leave the capital immediately, thank Your Highness for the promotion!" ”

Although he didn't know what the acting king's intention was to inquire about Lu Chongyu's affairs, just knowing that this matter had already made his heart tremble, and he didn't dare to think deeply. And what the acting king said, if it is done well, it is definitely a way out, and if it is not done well, it can also be used to get out of the whirlpool of Shendu, which eats people and does not spit out bones.

Seeing that Shen Nanxuan was so knowledgeable, Li Tong also nodded with satisfaction, and told Shen Nanxuan to go home now and wait for the imperial court to be officially issued.

Although this handsome old guy has lost his original opportunity, he can also get rid of the fate of dying young.

Aside from anything else, he had a good impression of Shen Nanxuan, after all, it was also the first batch of times he came into contact with when he came to this world, and after Xu's death, Li Tong also secretly felt pity for these old people, and if he was interested, he was willing to arrange a good way out for them.

Of course, during the period before Shen Nanxuan left the capital, surveillance was inevitable, and Li Tong planned to arrange for someone to send Shen Nanxuan to Xijing all the time, asking for peace of mind, which was also a kind of protection.

After arranging these, Li Tong had to sigh that Princess Zheng Wenyin's tutoring was really good. Before leaving the capital, he had already explained Shen Nanxuan's move to the princess, and the princess also faced the conflict with Xue Huaiyi because of Xu's death, but she still insisted on not doing evil ways and solving the problem in her own way.

It is precisely because of the princess's insistence that Shen Nanxuan did not become his grandmother's guest in the scene, and now it is easier to arrange. After all, the departure and stay of a court official like the imperial doctor is not as conspicuous as the important position in the outer court, and even if his opponents are aware of it, they are too lazy to think deeply.