Yang Gao and Li Jing talked at night, praised Li Jing's talent, and wanted to seal Li Jing and Su Dingfang on the spot, but Li Jing and Su Dingfang politely declined, they were confident that they would stand out in this imperial examination, and Yang Gao of the province was criticized.

At the same time that Yang Gao received Li Jing, a conspiracy against him in Jiangdu City was gradually unfolding.

Jiangdu City, an ordinary wing room of Changping Inn, is full of servants outside, and there are about twenty people in the light and in the dark. Moreover, these people are all heavily armed, all dressed in black and soft armor. They all hold short weapons in their hands, which is convenient for hand-to-hand combat.

Inside the wings.

There were two black cloaks on the table, and two men in black soft armor sat opposite each other, and after a brief exchange of pleasantries, they began to talk in a low voice.

The young man on the left is nearly seven feet tall, no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, handsome, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, sitting on a chair with a straight waist, and not squinting when she speaks, and looks very self-contained, but the small piercings in her earlobes reveal that she is a woman.

This person's surname is Fang Baihua, and his brother is the famous anti-king Fang La in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Fang La was in and out of chaos when Yang Gao summoned Zhang Juzheng last time, and Fang Baihua was carried out by Fang La. The implanted identity of the brother and sister is a subordinate of Li Zitong, the anti-king king of Jiangnan.

The person sitting on the right is only six feet tall, nearly fifty years old, with a strange appearance, and a bit of fairy wind and bones. This person is Li Yuan's confidant Pei Lian.

The purpose of Pei Lian's trip was to persuade some of Yang Gao's important ministers to abandon Sui and return to Tang, so as to deal a maximum blow to the prestige of Yang Gao's new Sui Dynasty.

But although Pei Lin has been jumping up and down on Jiangdu City for several days, he seems to be very active, but unfortunately there is no result. Among the important ministers of Jiangdu, Pei Ju politely declined, Su Wei and Cen Wenwen closed the door to thank the guests, and Yu Yunwen and Xiao Yu's attitudes were even more distinct, and the secret envoy sent was sent directly to the prison in Jiangdu City as a spy.

The failures in the past few days made Pei Lin quite frustrated, and he remembered Liu Wenjing's disdainful eyes before he set off, for fear that he would be sneered at by Liu Wenjing when he went back, so he stayed in Jiangdu in the hope of making a difference.

And at this moment, the news of Xue Rengui's extermination of Du Fuwei reached the ears of Li Zitong, the anti-king king of Jiangnan, although Li Zitong is not famous in history, but he still has the political vision of a person who can occupy a place in the surging late Sui Dynasty. He clearly understood that the next target of the Sui army must be himself, so he sent Fang Baihua, the sister of Fang La, a capable general, to Jiangdu to inquire about intelligence, create chaos, and prevent the Sui army from advancing into Jiangnan to the greatest extent.

After Fang Baihua arrived in Jiangdu, she successfully contacted Pei Lin under the matchmaking of the dark line of Jiangdu, and Pei Lin was not willing to return to Chang'an like this, the two hit it off, ready to work together to do something big in Jiangdu. And today, after several scholars sent by Pei Lin to see the imperial examination came back to report to Pei Lin about Yang Gao's inspection of the examination room, Pei Lin felt that this was an opportunity and quickly found Fang Baihua.

"Master Pei, are you sure that Yang Gao's thief came to the imperial examination room today?" Fang Baihua asked cautiously.

Pei Lin nodded, "The few disciples I sent to participate in the imperial examination saw that thief come to inspect with their own eyes, and there is nothing strange about it, after all, this is his first imperial examination after he ascended the throne, of course he has to pay attention to it!" ”

Fang Baihua's face was excited, "Great, presumably this little thief will definitely come tomorrow, and when the time comes, we will take advantage of his unpreparedness and assassinate him in one fell swoop!" ”

Pei Lin stroked his beard and smiled: "It's really the same as the hero, the old man arranged a total of ten people to participate in the imperial examination this time, originally just wanted them to mix in the officialdom of the Sui Dynasty, but I didn't expect that there would be such a wonderful use!" ”

Fang Baihua smiled slightly, "This is really God helping me to wait, as soon as Yang Gao'er dies, the new Sui will definitely be in chaos, and the King of Chu (Li Zitong) can turn the corner!" ”

Boom!

Pei Lin and Fang Baihua were discussing tomorrow's assassination operation fiercely, when a loud noise suddenly came from the first floor, which was the sound of someone kicking the door. Pei Lin and Fang Baihua hurriedly stood up and looked at each other, not knowing what had happened?

"Ahh

At this moment, a terrible scream suddenly came from the second floor. It was the sentry man who was killed.

"It's not good, it's Sui Jun, we're exposed!"

Fang Baihua was the first to react, grabbed Pei Lin and ran out.

Stomp !!

A rush of footsteps came, and nearly a hundred Sui soldiers rushed to the wing room on the fourth floor, and killed more than 20 servants outside the house, and the sound of clanging gold and iron was like wisps.

"It's not good, get out!"

Seeing this situation, Fang Baihua knew that something was wrong, so he let go of Pei Lin at the moment, and took out his fish intestine sword to join the battle group.

Fang Baihua is a chivalrous woman in the rivers and lakes, with strong martial arts, so that one hand is superb, and from time to time, Sui Jun is stabbed by it, and falls in a pool of blood with a scream.

"The traitor is going to be rampant, Zhan Zhao Zhan is flying here!"

Hearing a loud shout, a figure suddenly came out of the black shadow, the cold light burst out of his eyes, and he shot suddenly, swinging several swords in a row, the sword sealed his throat, and for a while the blood flowed like an infusion, and the wailing and roaring sound spread throughout the entire inn.

"Eat this girl's sword!"

Fang Baihua secretly guessed that Zhan Zhao must be the main general of this Sui army, so he planned to decapitate and take the opportunity to break out of the encirclement. Then he quietly approached Zhanzhao, and suddenly with a coquettish sound, the fish intestine sword in his hand stabbed Zhanzhao in the back.

"Carving insect subtotal!"

Zhan Zhao snorted disdainfully, flashed Fang Baihua's sword sideways, and stabbed Fang Baihua's right arm with a backhand sword, and blood was immediately pouring in.

"Ahh

Fang Baihua screamed miserably, and the fish intestine sword in his hand fell to the ground, making a "trance" sound.

"Don't move!"

Zhan Zhao took advantage of the situation and put a sword on Fang Baihua's neck, and snorted coldly, "Zhan Mou doesn't kill women, don't force Zhan Mou to break the ring!" He immediately turned his head to look at Pei Lin who was trembling on the side, and snorted disdainfully, "Come on, take that one away for me!" ”

"Ding Dong, it was detected that Zhan Zhaosheng captured Pei Lian, Pei Lian's peak ability, commander 69, force 53, intelligence 84, politics 86. The current Pei Lian, commander 62, armed forces 43, intelligence 81, politics 86. The host earns 9 soul points, and the current total number of soul points rises to 48. ”

"Ding Dong, Zhan Zhaosheng was detected to capture Fang Baihua, Fang Baihua, Commander 79, Armed Force 86, Intelligence 83, Political 68. The host earns 9 Soul Points, bringing the current total number of Soul Points to 57. ”

(PS: Zhan Zhao is Zhan X, who was 96 in the armed forces last time, and his implanted identity is a palace guard.) ）