Before dawn, a large number of Yulin troops surrounded Li Fuguo's mansion, as the sky gradually brightened, more and more people also discovered the abnormality in Li Fuguo's mansion, and the people in Guanglufang walked out of their homes one after another, and surrounded the three layers inside and three layers outside in front of Li Fuguo's mansion, and there were many discussions.

Guo Song and Yang Yu were also in the crowd, they looked at a carriage that had just arrived, and the information that Yang Yu's subordinates had found out that this carriage had just come from Yuchao's Enfu.

At this time, several samurai walked out of Li Fuguo's mansion, surrounded by a man in his thirties, the man was of medium stature, with vigorous gait, and dressed in black.

"Did you see the man in black?"

Yang Yu lowered his voice and said, "He is Zhao Chun!" ”

Guo Song stared at the black clothes carefully, turned around and left the crowd, and quickly left from Guanglufang.......

The news of Li Fuguo's killing has spread all over the government and the opposition from various channels, and Yu Chaoen's mansion is no exception.

"Wanhua, who do you think Li Fuguo's death was responsible for?"

Yu Chaoen is still a little undecided, it stands to reason that the Hidden Sword Pavilion is the most likely, after all, they have assassinated Li Fuguo twice before, but Yu Chaoen suspects that it is Cheng Zhenyuan, once Li Fuguo dies, he will profit the most.

Yang Wanhua hurriedly said: "When Li Fuguo was assassinated, Tianqinglou pretended to be our people who happened to be attacking Li Fuguo's mansion, and the lowly position was more inclined to be done by Cheng Zhenyuan, they attacked the east and west, attracting the Li Mansion warriors to the gate, and secretly sent masters to attack Li Fuguo, and the people who could kill the Chen brothers could only be Tianqinglou and Li Liangshan and several chief swordsmen, not to underestimate the Hidden Sword Pavilion, unless it was Gongsun Auntie's shot, otherwise they couldn't kill Li Fuguo." ”

"What about Xianlai's opinion?" Yu Chaoen asked back.

A hoarse and deep voice came from the curtain behind him, "There is one more person, Father Weng, don't forget him!" ”

Yu Chaoen frowned, "You mean that person with superb archery skills?" But we searched for twenty days and didn't find this person, and Wanhua thought that he had left Chang'an. ”

The person behind the curtain sneered lightly, "I don't even know who the other party is, how can I find it?" ”

Yang Wanhua was furious in her heart, and said coldly: "A large number of my subordinates have been looking for twenty days day and night, it's better than someone hiding behind the curtain all day long and only talking about it!" ”

"You two don't fight!"

Yu Chaoen interrupted the dispute between the two, and asked Liu Sigu again, "What do you think, sir?" ”

Liu Sigu pondered for a moment and said: "Father Weng must want to know who killed Li Fuguo, I personally tend to be the hand of the Son of Heaven, as for who did it, this can be slowly investigated, but Li Fuguo is dead, it doesn't matter who killed him, I think there are two things that are much more important than finding the murderer now." ”

"Sir, please!"

Liu Sigu bowed slightly and said: "One thing is to quickly take over Li Fuguo's forces, Li Fuguo's forces have two pieces, one is the Tianying Pavilion outside, and the second is Li Fuguo's forces in the palace, including eunuchs, guards and some generals of the Ten Thousand Cavalry Battalion, I believe Cheng Zhenyuan is already in action." ”

Next to him, Yang Wanhua interjected: "We are also in action!" I have sent the elite of the palace guard to Li Fuguo's mansion to pick up Yang Chun back, as long as Yang Chun comes, seventy percent of the warriors in Tianying Pavilion will take refuge in us, as for the integration of Li Fuguo's forces, we must first get the list, I have already arranged it, and there will be news today. ”

Liu Sigu smiled and said, "Since the playboy is confident, then I won't say more." ”

Liu Sigu said to Yu Chaoen again: "The unexpected death of the fifth Qi is our opportunity, we must use this opportunity to firmly grasp the Jianghuai salt tax in our hands, and the military expenses of the Shence Army can be directly allocated by us, so that the Shence Army can really belong to Weng's father, otherwise, we can't catch the hearts of the middle and lower generals of the Shence Army, and it is still very dangerous."

I heard that Yuan Zai also appointed Liu Yan as the assassin of Yangzhou and the transfer envoy of Jianghuai, and it was obvious that he was going to fight with us, so it was definitely not possible to send Huangfu Wen to Yangzhou. ”

Ten days ago, the fifth Qi, who had served as the salt and iron commander and salt and iron transfer envoy for ten years, died of illness in Yangzhou, and the salt and iron transfer envoy he vacated made many people in the imperial court red.

Yu Chaoen preemptively struck and recommended Huangfu Wen, the head of the household department, to serve as the salt and iron supervisor and salt and iron transfer envoy on the grounds that it was a common practice for the household servant to be in charge of salt and iron affairs.

The right minister Yuan Zai recommended Liu Yan, the transfer envoy of Dugi Province and Henan Province, to serve as the Yangzhou Thorn History and Jianghuai Salt and Iron Transfer Envoy, obviously going to Yangzhou to fight for power.

Yu Chaoen nodded, "Mr. is right, seven points of the world's salt tax is in Jianghuai, and the competition for Jianghuai salt tax is the top priority, how does Mr. think to make up for the shortcomings?" ”

Liu Sigu had already thought of a countermeasure, and he said slowly: "The lowly suggestion is two-pronged, one is to send a capable general to serve as the lieutenant of Yangzhou and control the military power of Yangzhou, and the second is to send Wu Yue to lead a group of warriors to Yangzhou to protect the safety of Huangfu Wen. ”

Yu Chaoen smiled and said: "It's just what I want, so let the third son Yu Lingxuan, who is in charge of Tianyuan Pavilion, go to Yangzhou to serve as the captain, and Wu Yue and other warriors will obey his dispatch." ”

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Guo Song has arrived in front of Yu Chaoen's mansion one step ahead, the light house is located in the south of Daming Palace, west is the east palace of Taiji Palace, Yu Chaoen's palace is close to the imperial city wall of Taiji Palace, so there have been rumors in Chang'an, saying that there is a secret road in Yu Chaoen's mansion that leads directly to the Taiji Palace, as long as Yu Chaoen wants to dig a secret road, it is indeed a breeze for him.

Guo Song found an empty house, the owner of the house was afraid of Yu Chaoen's power, and moved away a few years ago, the room was dusty, the yard was overgrown with weeds, this half-acre house was just opposite the Yu Chaoen mansion, the gate was facing south, but the north side of a room window diagonally opposite the gate of the fish house.

The window is very small, with a table on top, Guo Song removed the table, revealing a window full of holes, through the tattered window paste paper, you can see the situation in front of the door, of course the door will not open at will, unless it is the Son of Heaven or the prince coming, the door will be opened, otherwise the small door next to it is generally opened.

There were several warriors standing in front of the gate, and they were probing to the side of the road, led by a young man of about twenty-five or sixteen years old, wearing a brocade robe and a gauze hat.

Guo Song always thought that he was a gentleman, and it seemed that he also held an important position.

Yu Lingtai is Yu Chaoen's eighth son, of course, he is the adopted son of Yu Chaoen, Yu Chaoen only has the eldest son Yu Linghui and he is related by blood, originally his nephew, and he was succeeded as a son, and the other twelve sons are all righteous sons.

Yu Lingtai has just been appointed to temporarily take over the Tianyuan Pavilion, the original Tianyuan Pavilion is controlled by the three sons of Yu Lingxuan, Yu Lingxuan was ordered to go to Yangzhou, and Yu Lingtai, who happened to be idle, took the shit luck and mastered the Tianyuan Pavilion.

Of course, Yulingtai is here to greet Zhao Chun, Zhao Chun has taken refuge in Tianyuan Pavilion, and can bring thirty Tianying Pavilion swordsmen with high martial arts to Tianyuan Pavilion, of course, he needs to spend some effort to envelop him, and personally go out to greet him, one of the means to entrap him.

At this time, a carriage came quickly, there were four cavalry guards on each side of the carriage, and soon, the carriage stopped in front of the steps, and a man in black walked out of it, it was Zhao Chun, the chief swordsman of Tianyuan Pavilion, as soon as Li Fuguo died, they all had to go their separate ways, Yu Chaoen gave him conditions that were difficult to refuse, gave him a ten-acre mansion in Chang'an, gave him ten taels of silver, and gave him five hundred guan lu per month, and promised to make him Zhaowu Captain within three months.

Zhao Chun is currently the upper protection army, the upper protection army is the third rank of the commander, the honor officer is an honorary position, equivalent to the national model worker, the new Long March assault and other honorary titles, but in the Wu Zetian era it was flooded, and during the Anshi Rebellion, it was even cheaper to use radish to engrave the official seal, and the first-grade and second-grade honors were all over the street, and the uncle of the watchman may be the first-grade pillar country.

Later, after the cleanup, most of the officers were missing, but they were still worthless.

The people of the Tang Dynasty know that the most valuable thing is the title, which is awarded by the emperor himself, and only the emperor's relatives, or important ministers of the court and senior generals who have made meritorious contributions are eligible to obtain it, and the gold content is very heavy.

The second is the scattered officials, the scattered officials above the fourth rank are appointed by the emperor, and the lower four grades are appointed by the Xiangguo, the scattered officials of the Tang Dynasty are still relatively golden, and they have gradually depreciated until the Song Dynasty.

The worst thing is the commander, the early commander of the Sui Dynasty is very valuable, but unfortunately after the two reforms of Yang Guang and Li Yuan, the gold content of the commander fell sharply, and it was completely rotten in the era of Wu Zetian.

Zhao Chun's Zhaowu lieutenant is a military officer, which is equivalent to awarding today's captain rank, so Zhao Chun is very satisfied with the price Yu Chaoen gave him, which can make him gain fame and fortune.

Zhao Chun got out of the carriage and saluted Yulingtai, who was very enthusiastic and affectionately hugged his back and invited him into the mansion for a while, at this time, Zhao Chun completely relaxed his vigilance.

Just then, a wolf-toothed arrow 'whoosh!' 'The ground shot was as fast as lightning, and if it was usual, with Zhao Chun's martial arts, he could still dodge.

But at this time, Yu Lingtai's enthusiasm flattered him, and he was completely paralyzed, he only felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, and when his eyes were dark, he didn't know anything.

This arrow was shot fifty steps away, from the back of the head, the tip of the arrow from the forehead and eyebrows, Zhao Chun died tragically on the spot, and the surrounding warriors suddenly became chaotic, rushing to protect the Yulingtai who had not yet reacted.

Guo Song quickly retreated with an arrow, he crossed several courtyards in a row, ran to the city wall of the imperial city, held two iron chisels, used the vines on the city wall as a cover, climbed the city wall in less than five seconds, jumped onto the imperial city, and then jumped down the inner city wall, and soon disappeared in the Taiji Palace.

Yu Chaoen hurried out when he heard the news, he saw Zhao Chun's body in the courtyard at a glance, he suddenly jumped like thunder, he dared to start in front of his own mansion, turned around and gave Yang Wanchun a slap in the face, and yelled: "Open your dog's eyes and take a good look, you said that he has fled Chang'an, what is this?" I'm telling you, if you don't catch anyone for three days, you bring up your head and see you! ”