Chapter 74: The Night Banquet (3)
Although it is only Li Xian's speculation that the Empress Wu will do at the night banquet is not substantiated, it is not an unfounded guess, the reason is simple, the Empress Wu wants to get rid of Helan Minyue, the enemy of the harem who competes for favor, is undoubted, the difference is only when and how to make a move, as far as the current situation is concerned, the palace is not a good place to start, just because Helan Minyue often accompanies the emperor, the slightest carelessness will reveal flaws, with the shrewdness of the Empress Wu, she will not take that risk, However, this night banquet gave Empress Wu a good opportunity to start, and she didn't even have to look for a scapegoat, Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun were ready-made candidates, as for the method, there was only one - poisoning!
Although poisoning is an ordinary move, it is very easy to use, just because this night banquet is a family banquet, according to common sense, everyone at the banquet should be seated according to their status, no matter how it is calculated, Helan Minyue cannot be at the same table with Gaozong, but can only sit side by side with his mother Mrs. Han, so that as long as you can do something on one of the dishes, you can remove the mother and daughter together, but it will not hurt the rest of the people, etc., obviously it is much more effective than sending assassins and other methods, and it will not show too many flaws, there is no doubt about it, If the martial queen doesn't do it, once he does, he can only use the method of poisoning.
The routines are all old routines, and there is nothing surprising about the moves, with Li Xian's IQ, you can guess eight or nine without leaving ten with a little inference, but it is another thing to say that you want to profit from it - for Li Xian, the best result of this night banquet is nothing more than the death of Mrs. Han and Helan Minyue's life, and by the way, take advantage of the situation to kill all the two martial arts and children, which not only eliminates the possibility of the martial queen introducing the martial disciples into the court in the future, but also leaves a hateful rival for the martial queen, although this idea is wonderful, but unfortunately the possibility of realization is extremely low, The key point is that Li Xian can neither know for sure which dish Empress Wu will arrange to make a fuss about, nor can he know for sure who the murderer is instructed by Empress Wu.
"Seventh brother, what are your plans, please say that you will come out." Seeing that Li Xian had been silent for a long time and didn't say why, Li Xian was quite impatient, waved his hand angrily, and asked a question.
"Sixth brother, this matter is very important, and the younger brother doesn't have too much to think about, so he can only take one step at a time and adapt to the situation." Seeing that Li Xian was in a hurry, Li Xian was extremely helpless in his heart, so he had to answer with a wry smile.
"Improvisation? This ......" Li Xian didn't expect Li Xian to think about it for so long, and he couldn't even come up with a quasi-idea, so he stared at him with round eyes, as if he wanted to have a seizure, but at the end he still endured it, flicked his sleeves, and paced back and forth anxiously, and then sat down angrily, with a calm face and no longer angry - he didn't complain about Li Xian's annoyance, if you want to blame Li Xian for talking about things vividly, as if Zhizhu was in her hands, Li Xian naturally counted on Li Xian to come up with a good way to make a profit, but he didn't expect Li Xian to be silent for a long time, came up with such a sentence that was not salty or light, and it was shocking that all Li Xian's hopes came to naught, and it was strange not to be annoyed.
"Sixth brother, this matter is very important, extraordinary, you and my brother will go to the banquet tomorrow, we must not take it lightly, we must beware of villains secretly doing trouble, silver needles and other things should not be forgotten." failed to find a way to take advantage of this matter, not to mention that Li Xian was frustrated, even Li Xian himself was the same, but no matter what, safety still came first, and Li Xian could only fight hard and reminded Li Xian.
"Well, I know it for my brother." Li Xian replied sullenly, and he didn't know if he listened to it in his heart.
"Sixth brother, if things are really as the younger brother deduces, you and my brother must be careful, but there is one thing that you and my brother can do." Li Xian thought about it, but still couldn't find a way to make a profit, so he had no choice but to give up the abacus of taking advantage of the fire to rob and turn his mind to pushing the boat down the river.
"Oh? What's the matter? As soon as he heard Li Xian say this, Li Xian's curiosity rose again.
"As soon as Helan's mother and daughter die, Erwu will undoubtedly die, if you can cut off its roots, you should do it quickly!" Li Xian gritted his teeth and replied coldly.
"Huh? Why is that? When Li Xian heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Li Xian blankly, but he couldn't understand why Li Xian wanted to be such a wicked person who was killed everything.
Why? Of course, it is to prevent the Empress Wu from introducing the children of Zhuwu into the court in the future, but this reason can't be said clearly, just because Li Xian won't believe it, after all, the death of Erwu can be said to be caused by the Empress Wu, according to common sense, how can the children of Zhuwu serve the enemy who killed his father, but unfortunately common sense is common sense, and when it comes to the hands of the Empress Wu, there is no common sense at all. For those martial arts disciples who have no integrity to speak of, as long as there are enough benefits, there is nothing that cannot be sold.
"Saving people and rescuing them, beating snakes to death, and raising tigers for the sake of trouble can't be done!" Li Xian couldn't tell the secret in his heart, so he could only reply concisely.
"Hmm." Li Xian obviously didn't agree with Li Xian's explanation, in his opinion, the children of Zhuwu were just a bunch of ants, and they weren't worth mentioning at all, so they were really a bit of a fuss, but for Li Xian's face, Li Xian couldn't directly dismiss it, so he could only say noncommittal.
"The sixth brother doesn't need to worry too much, everything can be supported by the younger brother, if necessary, please ask the sixth brother to help one or two." Li Xian can not care about the children of Zhuwu, but Li Xian, who has suffered from the suffering of his previous life, can't help but be vigilant, seeing the lack of interest of Li Xian's faction at this time, Li Xian can't say anything more, just calmly explained.
"Well, if the seventh brother wants to do it, he should help the brother from the side." Seeing Li Xian so insisting, although Li Xian was reluctant, he couldn't refute Li Xian's face, so he could only reluctantly accept it.
"Okay, then it's decided, sixth brother, come, this game is not over yet, when there is a beginning and an end, it's the turn of the sixth brother to fall." Li Xian thought to himself that he couldn't ensure the removal of the martial arts disciples on his own, and if he could add Li Xian's efforts from the side, the insurance coefficient would be higher than that of the young and old, and seeing that Li Xian agreed to his request, Li Xian was not dissatisfied, so he laughed and brought the topic back to the chess game.
"Heh, the seventh brother is really easy to kill, so it's better to accompany him to the end as a brother." Li Xian smiled, said a pun, picked up a chess piece from the chess box, and landed on the chessboard......
The nineteenth day of the first month of the first year of Qianfeng, the snow is sunny at the beginning, the wind is not big, but the sky is cold and tight, and the Spring Festival has just passed, the heat of the festival has disappeared, Tai'an urban and rural areas are inevitably a little depressed, but the Gongjiayuan in the south of the city is a busy noisy, yo he, the shouts are endless, the garden is full of lights, silk flowers and flags can be seen everywhere, a jubilant scene, in the front yard hall, a middle-aged official dressed in four-grade civil official clothes stands in front of the hall, yo he keeps directing many people to arrange lanterns and other things, is very busy, this person is the cousin of the Empress Wu, Shizhou Assassin Shi Wu Weiliang.
Wu Weiliang, the eldest son of the uncle of the Empress Wu, is four years older than the Empress Wu, and is considered the close relative of the Empress Wu, but the relationship between them is not harmonious, since the Empress Wu ascended to the throne of the queen, although the Wu Weiliang brothers were rewarded, and also gave the official position of the Zhongzhou Thorn History, but he was never allowed to enter Beijing, let alone have additional grace, it is never an exaggeration to say that he was indifferent, Wu Weiliang also knew that he had offended the Empress Wu in the past, and he was not less frightened in private. Wu Weiliang suddenly received the order of Empress Wu, invited him to come to participate in the matter, not only helped him rent the garden in advance, but also repeatedly rewarded, which made Wu Weiliang flattered, and then wanted to please Empress Wu, this is the initiative to set up a family banquet to invite Gaozong and others to come to the banquet, according to his heart, this invitation is actually a temptation component, and did not expect Gaozong and Empress Wu to really appreciate the light to come, but did not expect that as soon as his recital was on, a letter came from the palace, saying that the emperor was coming, so that he was ready for a good life, and this shocking news came out, but Wu Weiliang was so happy, almost overnight he launched the whole family to work, and then hurriedly followed for two days and two nights, and finally prepared everything, but unexpectedly, a lantern was broken in the hall used as a banquet guest, but Wu Weiliang was angry, but there was no way, seeing that the sky was almost dark, Wu Weiliang was angry, and he could only hurriedly command the servants to be replaced.
"Daddy, Daddy, here, here......"
Just when Wu Weiliang was busy, he saw Wu Youning running out of breath, shouting loudly as he ran.
"Ah, oh no, why did you come so early, hurry, hurry up and invite your second uncle, ready to pick up the holy driver!" As soon as Wu Weiliang saw that Wu Youning was shouting so urgently, he was a little confused, and he stomped his feet hatefully, not caring about much, and was about to run out of the garden with a roar.
"Daddy, it's not the Holy Driver, it's the two Highnesses King Lu and King Zhou who arrived first." Wu Youning saw that his father had misunderstood what he meant, so he hurriedly explained from the side.
"You bastard, can't you finish what you have to say in one breath, damn it, get out, don't go and ask your second uncle to come out, get out!" Hearing that it was not the saint who arrived, Wu Weiliang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately waved his palm to Wu Youning angrily, and scolded angrily.
"Ah, yes, the boy is going." Wu Youningbai received an ear scraper, although it hurt so much, how dare he complain, hurriedly answered, and hurried to the backyard......