Chapter 301: Surveillance or Escape
King Li let his people go to almost all corners of the country, but he never found Chang Wen, he seemed to disappear out of thin air and never appeared again, which means that all the dark piles that King Li has carefully cultivated over the years have lost contact, and it also means that if Chang Wen wants to betray himself, then the dark piles may be used by him!
The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and even spoke in a much harsher tone to his subordinates.
"Why can't you even find a person, and you're not a bird with wings, why don't you even have the ability to do this? Could it be that all the people raised by this king are a bunch of rice buckets? β
The subordinate fell to his knees, looking panicked.
It's not that they don't want to find Chang Wen, but Chang Wen is too cunning, all these years of working under King Li, he has long guessed through King Li's style, and now it's easy to hide, plus after Chang Wen left, those dark piles can hardly exert their strength, and now they, strictly speaking, are half blind, and they are really miserable!
The subordinates had calculations in their hearts, but they didn't dare to make it clear to King Li, because he knew that he didn't say these things, and the master in front of him had never been sympathetic to his subordinates.
Until the dog who was scolded by King Li was bloody, they also endured it silently, and in the end, Fang Zhen next to him couldn't look at it, and frowned and spoke.
"Your Highness, I often heard that I used to be your confidant, and you planted hidden stakes in various places, I'm afraid he knows it all right, but now he just has escaped the eyes and ears of those who went to investigate, this is probably not a difficult thing for him, our people can't find his whereabouts, it's also normal, please don't be angry, please don't be angry."
King Li's eyes turned, and there was still a lot of anger in his eyes, but after Fang Zhen said this, his expression eased a lot.
"This king doesn't want to care about those things that are all around, I just want a result, no matter what method you use, no matter what price you pay, you must get Changwen back for me, if you can't catch it alive, it's not impossible for the corpse to come back, in short, he must be in my hands." King Li said, narrowing his eyes slightly.
Looking at the embarrassed faces of his subordinates in front of him, he didn't feel guilty at all.
It's not that he invited them to come to his house to eat rice, he usually treats them well, but now he feels that there is nothing wrong with letting them do things for themselves, and even he feels that he is usually too good to them.
"Your Highness, this-"
"There is no reason, you hurry up to do something for this king, if you can't find Changwen within half a month, I will kill you."
After King Li put down this cruel sentence, because he was upset, he directly flicked his sleeves at his subordinates, meaning to let them get out of here.
The subordinates reluctantly retreated.
For a while, in the study, there were only King Li and two henchmen left, one of them was Fang Zhen, and another named Xiong Qianshui, he was one of the generals under King Li.
"The relationship between Lu Li and Chang Wen was so good before, but now that Chang Wen is missing, will he go to Lu Li?"
As soon as these words came out, the two henchmen were silent for a moment.
Fang Zhen took the lead in standing up, and said with a respectful expression: "Your Highness, your subordinates think it's impossible. Although Chang Wen had a good relationship with Lu Li before, he was always a person on our side, and Lu Li was not a fool, it was impossible for him not to doubt Chang Wen's true intentions, even if he needed to use people now, he couldn't let down his guard. β
Fang Zhen firmly thought that Chang Wen didn't go to Lu Li at all.
But the other one in the room had other ideas.
Xiong Lishui said with a dissatisfied face: "I think it's possible, I used to see that it was not pleasing to the eye, obviously I was just lucky to be promoted by His Royal Highness, but I got so close to the people on Lu Li's side without permissionββ"
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by King Li.
"Now is not the time for you to complain."
Xiong Lishui shrank his head and took a step back with an embarrassed face: "Subordinates understand." β
"Although this king also thinks that it is impossible for Chang Wen to go to the border pass to defect to Lu Li, but this king can't find any other possibility." At this time, King Li's eyeliner at the border pass has been completely removed, and the hidden stakes planted in the border pass have also been recovered, he has no eyes at the border pass, and everything can only rely on guesswork.
He guessed that Chang Wen was not on Lu Li's side, but no one could give a definite answer, and the days without eyeliner at the border pass were too difficult.
King Li sighed silently in his heart, and just as he was trying to find a way to install his own people at the border pass, Fang Zhen suddenly stood up.
"Your Highness, the minister has a proposal."
King Li's eyebrows were slightly raised, and he asked with a puzzled face: "What method do you have, say it quickly!" β
"The minister's proposal is to send someone to the border pass, now we have no eyeliner at the border, all sources have been cut off, and I don't know what Lu Li wants to do next, so the minister thinks that the top priority is to re-install eyeliner at the border, especially the kind of eyeliner that is wholeheartedly loyal to His Highness!"
He said it nicely, but where would he go to find such a person?
King Li pressed his forehead with a faint pain, and said in embarrassment: "This king thought of this method when he first disappeared when he heard that he was missing, but it was too difficult. β
It's hard to find someone who is willing to believe in himself wholeheartedly, let alone get the other party to agree to go to the border to do fine work, and Lu Li is not eating, is it?
As if seeing the hesitation in King Li's heart, Fang Zhen opened his mouth again.
"Your Highness doesn't have to worry about the candidate, since the minister dares to say this proposal, it means that the minister has already thought of a complete strategy."
"Oh, what's the foolproof solution?"
Fang Zhenmian said without changing his face: "Send the ministers to the border pass." β
Fang Zhen's so-called suitable candidate is himself. If people who don't know what to do hear Fang Zhen deliberately propose to King Li to go to the border pass, they will probably think that Fang Zhen is crazy, but King Li is different, almost instantly, he figured out the trick. In fact, Fang Zhen is indeed the most suitable person to go to the border to be a meticulous worker, after all, Lu Li's general, who used to work under Li Wenfeng, and later went to Lu Li's side to help, Fang Chun, is his own brother.
If Fang Zhen went to the border to defect to Lu Li, others might only think that his younger brother couldn't get along in the capital, so he came to join his brother, right?
King Li's face suddenly had a little more smile.
"You're a good proposal, when are you going to leave?"
"Today, you can go now."
Fang Zhen's resolute attitude made King Li quite appreciative, men, you should have this kind of decisive momentum, how can you be as indecisive as those scholars?
Fang Zhen said that he would leave today, and King Li did not keep him, and after telling him a few words, he let Fang Zhen go out.
His appreciative look made the other henchman quite blush.
Xiong Lishui said to King Li with an indignant face: "Your Highness, don't you think it's a little inappropriate at this time? β
"What's wrong?" King Li turned his face and asked, "Do you have a more suitable candidate for Fang Chun here, if so, then say it quickly, lest one of the king's generals go to the border to go to danger!" β
Although there was nothing unusual on Xiong Lishui's face, he hated it tightly in his heart.
Fang Zhen Fang Zhen, why do you always mention this person! Although Fang Zhen does have some kung fu in strategy, it doesn't mean that he is really capable, does it? was appreciated by King Li before, but it was just because his own brother was working under Li Wenfeng, and he himself had never been on the battlefield, let alone made military achievements!
Xiong Lishui has been dissatisfied with Fang Zhen for a long time, and as soon as he seized the opportunity, he said some divisive words to King Li, and the same is true today.
"Your Highness, don't you really think that Fang Zhen is a little strange, he has a brother who works under Lu Li, what if he is persuaded by the people on Lu Li's side? And Your Highness, don't you really think that Fang Zhen is very suspicious at all, he often hears that the front foot is missing, and he says that he wants to go to the border with the back foot, all this is too coincidental! β
Saying so many words, he just wanted King Li to think that Fang Zhen left the capital and went to the border not to do something, but to run away.
It's a pity that he was so good at calculating, but King Li's mind was not blinded.
He snorted coldly, looked at Xiong Qianshui coldly, and his unkind gaze made the latter subconsciously tremble, and he fell directly to the ground.
"Don't think that this king doesn't know what kind of contradiction there is between you and Fang Zhen, this king sees everything about you." King Li smiled and said, "Many of the king's subordinates may betray this king, but Fang Zhen will definitely not, do you know what the reason is?" β
"Minister, I don't know."
King Li narrowed his eyes slightly, and said confidently: "Because he has long seen Fang Chun unpleasantly, although they are brothers, but the contradiction between the two of them is very deep, Fang Zhen has worked so hard over the years, and there has always been only one purpose, that is, to surpass his brother." Now that Fang Chun is on Lu Li's side, Lu Li is the opposite of this king, Fang Zhen will never really surrender, he will always return to this king. β
Although he didn't know much about what King Li's calculations were, looking at King Li's expression, Xiong Lishui knew that his plan was about to fail, and he sighed silently in his heart, his mood was very complicated.
King Li's trust in Fang Zhen is too much.
What he didn't know was that what made him even more aggrieved was still to come.
I saw King Li suddenly turn around, staring at Xiong Qianshui with burning eyes and saying, "Today's incident, never happen a second time!" How special is the current situation, you don't understand, now the situation in the capital has not stabilized, Feng Bailin has just fled, and Lu Li is eyeing the king at the border, it is the time to employ people, at this special moment, the king does not want his camp to fight in the nest, do you understand what the king means? β
Where did Xiong Qianshui dare not understand, as soon as King Li's face changed, he knew that he was in danger.
"Your Highness's words, the minister must keep them in mind."
After getting a satisfactory answer, King Li smiled and nodded: "It's good that you understand, in short, in the future, everything will focus on the overall situation, and you must not toss around with your own people, so as not to give the ground still an empty place to drill!" β