The news of the death of Liu Zhi, the king of Changyi, spread, and Liu Che, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was very sad, it was unfortunate to send black hair in white, but now it is again and again, and again and again, a total of three sons have been sent away, who can understand the pain in his heart, so Liu Che fell ill again.

Some people are worried and some people are happy, and the happiest one is Liu Dan, the king of Yan. Originally, after the crown prince Liu committed suicide, he was ready to move, the eldest brother and the second brother were not there, and it should be his turn according to the order, but Liu Dan, who was far away in Yan Kingdom, still did not take action and chose to wait and see. At this time, Li Guangli and Liu Quyu jumped out first, and the two wanted to join forces to establish the king of Changyi, Liu Wei, but who knew that they were still in a hurry, but they pitted the king of Changyi. But at this time, the king of Changyi was still there, and he was not sure which Liu Che wanted to set him up on a whim, so Liu Dan, the king of Yan, still chose to wait and see. But now, Liu Wei is also gone, the biggest enemy can't survive him, the fourth brother Liu Xu is immoral and incompetent, and the sixth brother Liu Fuling, who else can be the enemy, so Liu Dan has the idea of who else is me.

How does the Yan King, who is far away in the Yan Kingdom, operate? Liu Dan likes to raise doormen, this is like his eldest brother Liu Ju, who has three teachings and nine streams, and Lu Ji has also been a doorman with him, but Lu Ji felt that Liu Dan was unreliable and slipped away.

Liu Dan has already had a layout, there are his customers in Chang'an City, and Wu Zheng, a jeweler in front of him, is one of his customers, but he is very hidden. Wu Zheng is very rich, and he specializes in making friends with those high-ranking officials and nobles in Chang'an City, the purpose is to use it when Liu Dan has the opportunity to compete for the crown prince in the future.

Now the opportunity is in front of him, as soon as he heard the news of the death of the king of Changyi, Liu Dan, the king of Yan, immediately summoned the guests to come over to discuss, one of which was named Chen Wan, who had been friendly with Liu Dan since he was a child, and had been coming to Yan with him, and was Liu Dan's confidant.

Liu Dan is also quite scheming, and it is rumored that his personality is most like Liu Che, and he has great talent, but for some reason, Liu Che doesn't like him. Hearing that Chen Wan was willing to go to Chang'an, he summoned him to the study to talk secretly: "Chen Wan, what are your plans for going to Chang'an, come and listen." ”

"King Yan, do you remember that when we were still in Chang'an, we often went to Yangling to hunt, and once I met three hunting masters, all of whom had the archery skills of piercing Yang in 100 steps, and their martial arts were also flirtatious."

Liu Dan thought for a moment and said, "I think about it, it is the three brothers of the Ma family." ”

"Exactly, the eldest Ma Holuo, the second Ma Tong, and the third Ma Ancheng; Ma Tong was named a marquis because of his merits in quelling the prince's rebellion, Ma Heluo was originally Jiang Chong's subordinate, and he was also an embroidered royal history, and because of Ma Tong's relationship, he was promoted to serve in the servant, Ma Ancheng is also Yu Lin Lang, and his subordinates and hundreds of Yu Lin, the three of them can enter and exit freely in the palace. ”

Liu Dan thought about it and asked, "So what?" ”

Chen Wan continued: "King Yan, you don't know, I have a slight friendship with the Ma brothers, and the three of them are also very righteous, and they have a heroic spirit that is willing to stick a knife in the ribs for their friends, I am willing to go to them and let them at their convenience..."

Chen Wandao made a gesture of cutting items here, of course Liu Dan understood what he meant, but he was not a fool, such an important matter needs to be carefully considered, planned in detail, in case it is leaked, it will be killed.

Liu Dan thought for a long time and didn't make up his mind, Chen Wan saw that he was still hesitating, so he continued: "King Yan, they will never mention that it is your meaning when I go to swim, and you also pretend not to know about it; The last time I went back to Chang'an, I heard that Ma Holuo had the best relationship with Jiang Chong, and he was indignant about Jiang Chong being punished by the emperor, so we drank a lot of wine, and he lost his words after drinking, and one day he will avenge Jiang Chong; Ma Tong was originally a meritorious person who fought against the prince and was made a marquis, but after he saw that those who killed the prince's party were killed, he was also afraid that one day it would affect him, so he was also worried, worried that people like them who participated in the killing of the prince would not know when it would be their turn to be killed. ”

After listening to Chen Wan's plan, Liu Dan nodded and said, "That's fine, but don't let them know that this king is also involved, I don't want to get involved." ”

Chen Wan smiled confidently: "King Yan rest assured, I won't let you get involved, this plan can be described as foolproof, if it happens, I will let them support you to the throne, and you give them high-ranking officials Houlu; If it is not successful, King Yan can also take this opportunity to lead troops into Chang'an on the grounds of protecting the emperor. ”

Hearing this, Liu Dan hurriedly clapped his hands and said: "Wonderful, wonderful, after you go to Chang'an, you can discuss with Wu Zheng, if you need money, you can take it from him, and spend as much as you want." ”

"Is that the jeweler Wu Zheng?"

"It's him, he was arranged by me in Chang'an in the early years, and he has not been used, this time you can go to him to discuss, if you need funds, you can get it from him."

"Yes, King Yan, I'll leave immediately."

Chen Wan rushed to Chang'an non-stop, he was very smart, and he didn't plan to go directly to the Ma brothers, because he was afraid that if the assassination failed, he would be a guest of King Yan, so King Yan would not be able to get out of it. At this time, Chen Wan remembered an old colleague, that is, Lu Ji, who was a guest in Yanwang with him ten years ago, he knew that Lu Ji's junior brother was Jiang Chong, and Lu Ji had a very good relationship with Ma Holuo, and if he came forward to travel, the chance of success would be higher.

In fact, since Lu Ji escaped from Chang'an, he didn't dare to go back to Yan Kingdom, but went to Beibi Mountain to find his master Wu Zi and his wife to talk about his wife. The Wuzi couple was very old at this time, and they had no intention of continuing to accept apprentices to cultivate on the Beibi Mountain, so they entrusted the affairs on the mountain to Lu Ji to take care of. A year later, the Wuzi couple also passed away one after another, and now the head of the Beibi faction is Lu Ji.

Lu Ji and Chen Wan had a very good relationship, and Chen Wan knew that Lu Ji had fallen to Beibi Mountain and often helped him. When he went to Chang'an this time and passed by Beibi Mountain, Chen Wan went up the mountain to visit Lu Ji, and by the way, he went to Chang'an to persuade the Ma brothers.

Since Lu Ji took over the Beibi faction, he has devoted himself to cultivation on the mountain, recruiting disciples, and ignoring the affairs under the mountain. Seeing Chen Wan coming to visit, Lu Ji asked: "Brother Chen Wan, I don't eat fireworks in the world anymore, and I just want to cultivate to become an immortal, could it be that you also want to cultivate with me." ”

After hearing this, Chen laughed and said, "How can I have the ability to cultivate with you, you are happy, living in seclusion here, not asking about things outside the window, but life is indeed very poor, and you have lost a lot of weight." ”

After finishing Chen, he took out a few silver dollars from his baggage and handed them to Lu Ji: "Brother Lu, it is indeed a good place on the Beibi Mountain, but your thatched hut is indeed too dilapidated and needs to be repaired, so it can be regarded as a little bit of my heart, you take it to repair the thatched hut first, and then I will talk to King Yan and ask him to bring some silver over and build a palace on the mountain for you to cultivate." ”

Lu Ji thought to himself, Chen Wan has always been shrewd, although he has a good relationship with him, and he often helps him, but it is not normal to spend so much, and he will come to call King Yan to repair the palace, could it be that they have something to ask me, so he said: "Brother Chen Wan, you are polite, I am useless, how can I afford it." ”

Chen Wan smiled and said, "It's all King Yan's people, what are you polite about." ”

Lu Ji knelt in front of the low table, brewed a cup of tea and handed it to Chen Wan, thinking that I had already broken away from King Yan, how could I still be a person from King Yan, it seemed that the judgment was correct, they really asked me, so he said: "You know, I have been on the mountain for three years, and I don't know what happened outside, King Yan still remembers me like this, and Lu is ashamed of it." ”

Chen Wan also knelt opposite Lu Ji, took a sip of tea, and said, "King Yan has never forgotten you, knowing that Brother Lu is talented and a good helper, he ordered me to come and see you." ”

Lu Ji smiled faintly and said, "You didn't just come to visit me, right, where are you going further?" ”

Chen Wan also knew that Lu Ji was an understanding person, so he didn't have to go around the bend with him, so he said: "Don't hide it, I am going to Chang'an this time, and I will come to visit you when I pass by your land." ”

"Did something happen in Chang'an? Is the emperor in good health? ”

Of course, Lu Ji knew that Emperor Liu Che had been taking his Jin Shi Dan before, and his health was not very good, and it was estimated that his life would be approaching. The crown prince has already committed suicide, and the position of the prince has been vacant, at this time, King Yan sent Chen Wan to Chang'an City, what should be the plan. And Chen Wan really saw that Lu Ji had really been staying in the mountains for the past few years, and he didn't know anything about the outside, so he said: "The emperor's health is still very good, but the health of King Changyi has not been good, and he has been dead for a few months." ”

When Lu Ji heard the news of the death of King Changyi, he guessed King Yan's thoughts even more, so he asked: "The prince committed suicide, King Changyi also died, and the only ones left are King Yan, King Guangling and the prince. ”

Chen Wan smiled faintly and said: "King Yan has the best chance, but his most disadvantageous place is that Yan Kingdom is too far away from Chang'an, if anything happens in Chang'an City, King Yan will be beyond the reach of the whip." ”

"Then what you mean is that King Yan wants to strike first......"

Chen Wan hurriedly made a "hee..." action, signaling Lu Ji not to be so explicit.