Li Pu seemed to have been hit hard in the chest, sat on the Taishi chair with his buttocks, the corners of his mouth trembled, pointed at Li Zhihe, and asked, "Did you already know something?" ”

Li Pu is mediocre, but he is not a complete idiot.

Yang En's intention to cross the river at this time was unknown, and Li Zhihe coaxed him to Liyang City to meet Yang En, but Wen Ruilin was frightened and fled at this time, how could it be a coincidence?

Even rushed to Chaozhou City to supervise the battle before noon, and it was Li Zhihe who found an excuse to separate him from Wen Ruilin.

At Deng Tai's signal, several attendants in the hall walked out of the small hall and stood under the porch to close the door.

The oil lamps were beeping and burning, and the hall was dimly lit.

Seeing that in addition to himself, there were only three people left in the small hall, Yang En, Deng Tai, and Li Zhihe, Li Pu asked with a trembling corner of his mouth: "What are you going to do?" ”

"The Queen Mother has a secret edict here, please accept the edict from the Duke of Changguo!" Yao Xishui walked out of the back room, stared at Li Pu and said.

"The Queen Mother is just a ......," Li Pu said sharply, how could he not know that the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er was just a puppet under the control of Lu Qingxia, and where was he willing to be restrained by the Queen Mother's edict?

"Father,"

Li Zhihe suddenly shouted, cut off Li Pu's words, held down the handle of the knife with his exposed hand, walked a few steps forward, stared at Li Pu fiercely, and said in a deep voice,

"Wen Ruilin is an enemy, luring his father to offer advice, causing the tragic destruction of the sailor, this matter is already clear, and it also proves that the child's previous suspicion of him is correct. It is very likely that the Liang army and the Shouzhou army have a bigger conspiracy waiting for us, and the matter is urgent, and the child cannot discuss with his father and then persuade His Majesty to change his mind, so he can only ask the empress dowager for a cheap job. If the father thinks that the child has done something wrong, ask the father to kill the child with a knife! ”

Li Zhihe immediately took off the saber at his waist, handed it to the front of the case, and then knelt in front of the case, but his eyes were still staring at Li Pu.

Seeing the murderous aura in Li Zhihe's eyes, Li Pu was shocked and looked at Li Zhihe in a daze.

Li Pu sat back in the Taishi chair in a dejected manner, at this moment he completely figured it out, Li Zhihe had already been pulled over by Lu Qingxia.

Not only him, but it is ridiculous that Yang Yuanpu has always trusted him as a confidant general, and he has also put the military power of the Huaixi Forbidden Army into his hands.

"The Empress Dowager said: Your Majesty is young and vigorous, deceived by traitors, and the light division moves recklessly, causing the left and right Wuya armies to suffer great disasters, heavy deaths, and the destruction of vehicles and ships. However, at this time, ignoring the safety of the Great Chu Sheji, not deeply considering the plot of the Liang army and the rebels, and forcing the Huaixi Forbidden Army to attack Chaozhou City, it was not a far-sighted plan, Li Zhihe saw this edict ......"

Yao Xishui, as a female official of Changchun Palace, Qingyue's voice revealed a bit of sharpness, and read out the edict of the Queen Mother.

No matter how stupid Lipp was, he knew what kind of premeditation he was facing.

As for whether Wen Ruilin really escaped, or whether he was quietly killed by Deng Tai, it doesn't matter at this time.

In short, as a traitor who deceived His Majesty, he has to bear all the responsibility for the heavy damage of the previous Great Chu Water Master.

"The Great Chu Naval Division is destroyed, even if we capture Chaozhou City, when the Liang army and the Shouzhou army blatantly go south, we will also be surrounded by the enemy army on the north bank because the Yangtze River waterway will be cut off by the remnants of the Lou Boat Army," Li Zhihe leaned forward, stared at Li Pu with his eyes, and said, "In addition to the edict that the Queen Mother is cheap for me, she also passed the edict that the Marquis of Qianyang will transfer the water camp of Xuzhou to the east, can't my father still see through the enemy's plot at this time?" ”

"You are willing to seek skin with the tiger, I can see through it or not, what is the difference?" Li Pu said dejectedly.

He still didn't believe that Wen Ruilin was an enemy, and he was more inclined to think that everything in front of him was more likely that Lu Qingxia, Li Zhihe, Yao Xishui and others conspired with Han Qian to take advantage of the opportunity of the destruction of the sailor to carry out a military rebellion.

Since Yang Yuanpu came into power, in addition to being suspicious of Han Qian in every way, he also tried his best to restrict Lu Qingxia and others from interfering in politics through the hands of the Empress Dowager Wang Chan'er.

Lu Qingxia and Yao Xishui finally colluded with Han Qian, Li Pu was not particularly surprised, but he never expected that Li Zhihe would be co-opted by Lu Qingxia.

What else could he say at this time?

He didn't even have the slightest room to struggle at this point.

At that time, when he left Yangzhou Zhuyu Bay in a hurry, he handed over all the guards to Li Xiu and Li Qi to lead him to Zhongli Ceying, and he took a dozen guards and rushed back to Jinling with Zheng Chang.

This time he crossed the river to pass the decree, and he was still accompanied by only a dozen Hu Wei and Wen Ruilin and others.

At this time, in Liyang City, in addition to the 2,000 elite forbidden troops who obeyed Li Zhihe's orders, Li Zhihe was also guarded by more than 200 elite cavalry at any time.

Don't say that Deng Tai in this hall is a rare brave general in the army, Yao Xishui is even better at assassination, what can he struggle and resist?

Yao Xishui looked at Li Zhihe with beautiful eyes.

If it was possible, she still hoped to persuade Li Pu to act under the secret edict of the Empress Dowager.

It's not that she thinks about old feelings, but mainly because of Lip's cooperation, which can reduce some unnecessary but potentially deadly chaos.

She hoped that at this time, she would reveal the true inside story of Han Qian's original concession in Wuling City in front of Li Pu and Yang En.

Li Zhihe ignored Yao Xishui, and said to Li Pu in a deep voice:

"My father may still suspect that I sent someone to kill Wen Ruilin and then frame him as an enemy, but Wen Ruilin was destined to flee north, once he met with Xu Mingzhen's 20,000 elite cavalry gathered in Longji Mountain in the southwest of Haozhou, he would inevitably insert himself in the area of Yandun Mountain and Turtle Peak as soon as possible, and cut off the return route of the Right Shenwu Army to retreat south. At the same time, Wen Ruilin is an enemy, and Gao Long, Miao Yong and other Tanzhou generals who were persuaded by Wen Ruilin in Tanzhou are also very likely to have problems - if my father is still stubborn, then I and Yang Houye will go back to the Chaozhou camp first, and tomorrow afternoon, my father may be able to verify that what Zhihe said today is true or false! ”

Lip looked up in horror.

In addition to the soldiers and horses led by Chai Jian in Shaozhou, the Youshenwu Army stranded in Zhongli County at this time can be said to be the foundation of the merger of the Wangfu of Zhedong County after the Changguo Mansion and the Late Red Mansion parted ways.

Aside from Chen Mingsheng, Xu Jing and others, Li Chong and Li Qi are his sons-in-law, Li Xiu is his nephew, and there are three or four hundred children of the Li family, who are almost all in Zhongli at this time.

If Li Zhihe and they didn't lie about Wen Ruilin, once the Right Shenwu Army was really cut off by the Shouzhou Army cavalry, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Grandpa Guo is only deceived by the enemy, but he is loyal to Da Chu and His Majesty, and the government and the opposition know it......" Yang En also knew the importance of persuading Li Pu and persuaded him.

Li Pu is not stupid, he followed Li Zhihe to act under the secret edict of the Queen Mother at this time, Yang Yuanpu will not spare him, Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang and others will resent him, and he will be responsible for the destruction of the water master, where will there be any good results afterwards?

Of course, he also knew in his heart that if he didn't obey the edict, Li Zhihe, Yang En and Han Qian's plot to change the palace would be successful, and he would not end well.

If it is said that it is not interesting for him to be edicted or not, but whether Wen Ruilin will be an enemy is a matter of life and death for hundreds of Li disciples such as Li Chong, Li Mo, and Li Xiu, and Li Pu can't help but think about it.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Wen Ruilin is not an enemy, he also needs to consider that if he does not give in, with Lu Qingxia's ruthlessness, will he directly withdraw the main force of the Huaixi Forbidden Army from outside Chaozhou City, and then use the hands of the rebels to get rid of the Right Shenwu Army......

Thinking of this, Li Pu sighed lightly and said: "It was indeed Wen Ruilin who suggested that the main force of the Navy Division rush to attack the remnants of the Lou Boat Army to seize Haozhou, I did not distinguish between loyalty and rebellion, maybe it was really because of this that caused the Navy Division to collapse in Hongzepu......"

Seeing that Li Pu's tone was relaxed, Li Zhihe said: "Father signed a joint order letter with Zhihe at this time, and rushed to Zhongli to report the news, maybe there is a trace of possibility to detain Gao Long and tell the Right Shenwu Army to retreat south in time." ”

Not to mention Li Xiu, Li Chong, Li Qi and other Li disciples, as the commander of the Right Shenwu Army, Chen Mingsheng also obeyed Li Pu's orders, Li Zhihe needed to have a letter of order signed by him and Li Pu, so that Chen Mingsheng could ignore the previous holy decree, obey the order to detain Gao Long, and then directly lead the Right Shenwu Army to retreat south.

Of course, what is more important is that after doing this, it is equivalent to Li Pu and Li Zhihe standing together, directly ignoring the holy decree issued by Yang Yuanpu, giving up the plan to storm Chaozhou City, and acting in accordance with the secret edict of the Queen Mother.

"Maybe that's all I have left?" Li Pu couldn't help but feel a little depressed, took off the seal letter on his waist, and said to Li Zhihe, "You draft a military order, and I will sign the seal." ”

Li Zhihe immediately drafted the letter of order, in order to prevent the enemy army from infiltrating a small force of soldiers and horses, he specially drafted two letters of order, signed the seal with Li Pu, divided into two groups of people to prepare fast horses, and rushed to Zhongli 234 miles away overnight at the fastest speed.

As soon as this matter was over, Li Zhihe also rushed to the Chaozhou camp with Li Pu, Yang En, Yao Xishui and others, surrounded by many guards, worried that after tonight, the situation would completely change.

…………

…………

Although it is said that from Liyang, passing through Chuzhou City, and rushing to Zhongli from the southeast side of the Wujian Mountains, there are official roads all the way, but in the thin and cloudy weather, the night is dim, and seven or eight heralds hold torches high and gallop on horses, which is also extremely risky.

If you are not careful, the horse's hooves step into the pits, and the horse's hooves may be directly broken, and people fall off the horse's back, not to mention the nose and face are swollen, and even the bones and limbs are broken.

However, the military order is like a mountain, Li Zhihe ordered the two groups of people to rush before dawn, and hand over the secret letter to Chen Mingsheng, the right Shenwu army, and everyone did not dare to slack off.

Even if the war horses under their crotches are afraid of the dark night, they also frequently whip them, urging the war horses to move quickly.

"Whoosh!"

Dense arrows suddenly came like a sharp wind.

When he was caught off guard, three people were shot down at the moment, and the remaining four people saw more than a dozen figures galloping out of the dark wilderness on the left and right, all riding fast horses to the side of the official road to surround them, and it was expected that there must be ambushes on the road ahead, so they could only turn back and flee in a hurry.

But they didn't want to be able to gallop thirty or forty paces, and more than a dozen black shadows galloped out of the trees behind them, blocking their retreat, and arrows shot like locusts from all sides......

Wen Ruilin and Lei Jiuyuan walked out of the woods, and the battle that suddenly broke out was coming to an end at this time, and it was less than a cup of tea.

Of the seven herald cavalrymen who galloped out of Liyang City, none of them escaped, and they were all mercilessly killed.

"As Mr. Wen expected, these people are the messengers sent by Li Zhihe to Liyang to herald." A knight dressed in a black coat handed a secret letter found from the deceased to Lei Jiuyuan and Wen Ruilin.

"How could I have leaked a flaw?"

Although Su Hongyu crossed the river to visit Li Zhihe in the Chaozhou camp yesterday, Wen Ruilin, who had been arranging for people to keep an eye on Li Zhihe's movements from beginning to end, became suspicious; And today, after Li Zhihe found an excuse to separate him from Li Pu, Deng Tai, who was more than brave and lacked delicate, ran over to trick him to Liyang, and he resolutely escaped from the Chaozhou camp, but when he showed his feet, he didn't understand it until this time.

If Li Pu, Li Zhihe, and others had already guessed his true identity, how could the Chu Army Sailors step into their elaborate death trap without hesitation?

If he hadn't noticed it before, and even Li Pu had rushed back to Jinling City to persuade Yang Yuanpu to attack Chaozhou City at his instigation, he could also be sure that there was no flaw in front of Li Pu at this time, why did someone see through his horse's feet in just three days after he crossed the river with Li Pu?

However, no matter how confused he was, he still expected that Li Zhihe and Changguo Gong Li Pu would recognize him for whatever reason, or if someone else reminded him, but after seeing him "absconding in fear of crime", he should have sent someone from Liyang to inform the Right Shenwu Army stationed in Zhongli to be on guard as soon as possible.

So after he and Lei Jiuyuan, who led a small group of elite scouts to lurk in the barren mountains north of Chaozhou City, in addition to sending people to meet Xu Mingzhen to report the news, they directly divided their troops into two routes and rushed to the two roads from Liyang to Zhongli to wait for the station.

Although it is said that from Liyang to the north, even if there are hills and mountains, they are very low, but riding a fast horse to transmit messages at night, you can only take the post road and the official road.

If a horse walks quickly through potholed fields and forests that have been abandoned for a long time, one is that the speed is not fast, and the second is that the speed is a little faster, and everyone will inevitably fall with a bruised nose and swollen face or have broken bones and limbs, and the purpose of emergency transmission will not be achieved at all.

At this time, he found out the secret letter signed by Li Zhihe and Li Pu from the messenger's arms, and saw that it only said that he and Gao Long might be enemies, and had absconded in fear of crime, and asked Chen Mingsheng to discuss with Li Xiu and Li Chong secretly, and immediately lead the remnants of the Right Shenwu Army and the Navy Division to retreat south after detaining Gao Long, and be careful that the Shouzhou Army would advance eastward to intercept it.

The problem that Wen Ruilin was perplexed about still did not get solved from this secret letter.