14th (5th) of the first lunar month
The female emperor has always been suspicious by nature and has never trusted anyone, and this is especially true today. The crown prince and the prime minister hurriedly reported that someone wanted to launch a mutiny, but they couldn't elaborate on who did it, and even the person who reported it didn't want to report it.
But the female emperor is a female emperor after all, and she always has to keep a hand in doing things, she just issued an edict to let the prince and the prince supervise the army, but she did not give the tiger talisman. Speaking of tiger talismans, the importance is self-evident, the bronze tiger-shaped thing, from which it is divided into two, half in the hands of the army commander, the other half in the hands of the emperor, only two combined into one can really mobilize the army, even if the two people supervise the army, without this thing can not really mobilize the army. The female emperor looked at the backs of the two who exited the palace gate, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought, after a long time, she summoned Gao Lishi to herself, whispered, Gao Lishi nodded frequently, but what the two said, others did not know.
The two princes played successfully, and half of the big stone in their hearts was unloaded, and they returned to the East Palace together, Zhang Cambodia and Li Sanlang were already waiting for news in the East Palace. Seeing the two returning, Zhang Khan hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and King Xiang, can the performance be done?" ”
The crown prince nodded and replied: "Elder Zhang Ge rest assured, Your Majesty is wise, this matter has been played by the two of us, and the order has been issued to supervise the army, and the officers above a certain rank in each military camp must also bring their families to participate in the ceremony, and it is expected that the will will be issued everywhere within an hour." ”
Zhang Cambodia nodded acquiescingly, and continued to ask: "The tiger talisman can be given to the two?" ”
Zhang Cambodia's question reminded the prince and King Xiang that the two really didn't think much about this matter, but thinking about it at this time, it must be that the female emperor left a way back for herself, and she didn't fully trust her own son! Thinking of this, Prime Minister Li Dan couldn't help but shake his head lightly and replied: "It was not given, but it was just an edict to supervise the army." ”
After hearing this, Zhang Cambodia immediately understood the intention of the female emperor, sighed softly, and muttered: "It can only be like this, it's better than not even having the qualifications to supervise the army." After that, he looked at the prince and the king again, and continued: "Without further ado, please also ask the prince and the king to go to the camp as soon as possible to arrange the arrangement, just in case." ”
The prince nodded and replied, "What Elder Zhang Ge said is true! After the prince said that, he turned to look at Li Dan and Li Sanlang, and continued: "Brother Wang, the forbidden army will be handed over to you to be responsible; As for the Yulin Army, it will be handed over to San Lang to be responsible, and the two of you will go to the camp in person as soon as possible, and if there is any abnormal movement, they will send people to the East Palace to report until the end of today's military and civil decisions. ”
As soon as the prince finished speaking, Zhang Cambodia's face changed, but he quickly recovered his look, for fear that others would see something wrong. The main forces in this divine capital are the forbidden army and the Yulin army, and the prince actually handed them all over to Li Dan and his son for a while, whether this is out of complete trust in the two of them, or he wants to capture the old and indulge, pretending to be tempted, but for whatever reason, it is too risky to do so, not that Zhang Cambodia feels that Li Dan and his son have different intentions, but this power is too concentrated to protect and not make people think about it. He was secretly thinking about how to persuade the prince, but Li Dan took the lead in saying, "His Royal Highness the prince, is there something wrong with such an arrangement? ”
The prince understood what Li Dan meant by this, so he walked to his side, patted Li Dan's shoulder with his hand, and said: "Between you and the brothers of this palace, there is a deep brotherhood, if this palace can't even trust you and San Lang completely, then who can this palace trust?" Go quickly, don't have any scruples. ”
Li Dan's eyes were a little ruddy, and he replied in a trembling voice: "I will definitely live up to the prince's trust, and I will definitely be the liver and brain of the gods!" After that, he turned to Li Sanlang and said, "San Lang, go!" Li Sanlang replied with a bow: "Oh! The two of them said no more, turned around and walked out of the main hall, leaving the East Palace.
Zhang Khan Zhi wanted to advise the prince, but now that the wood was already in the boat, he was inconvenient to say more, lest his advice would alienate the trust between his two brothers, so he also bowed down and retired from the East Palace.
Speaking of Li Ke, although it was late at night to discuss today's martial arts decision with Pei Min last night, but in the company of Yuewa and Xiao Taibai, last night was also a rare rest, and Li Ke can only get real peace in his heart when he is accompanied by his family.
Li Ke arrived at Long'an Division early in the morning, he couldn't wait to find Chen Xuanli to inquire about the search results, the whole night of busyness has made Chen Xuanli's eyes bloodshot, his body is even more tired, his steps are already heavy, seeing Li Ke asked, he still beat his spirit, and replied: "Back to Captain Li, his subordinates are incompetent, and he thoroughly checked the various squares last night, and still did not see the whereabouts of Keduo, Chen Wuji and others." ”
The results of the search were actually expected by Li Ke, if there were clues, Zhang Jiuling would have already sent someone to report it, and there was no need to wait until now, the reason why he asked Chen Xuanli was just to confirm it again. Although Li Ke and Chen Xuanli have worked together for a short time, Li Ke sees the ability and determination shown by this young man, and Chen Xuanli will never neglect the tasks assigned to him, let alone neglect his duties, so he must have done his best last night, and as for the fact that there is no result so far, he can only blame Na Keduo for indeed hiding his skills. Li Ke looked at Chen Xuanli again, and he was a little unbearable in his heart, so he said: "I don't blame you for this, I know that it is not easy to search for Keduo, you don't have to blame yourself, go and rest for a while." ”
When Chen Xuanli heard Li Ke say this, he felt a little comforted in his heart, and continued: "My subordinates are tireless, I will continue to arrest this gang of gangsters, please rest assured that Li Duwei will definitely complete the errand." ”
Chen Xuanli's persistence Li Ke is in his eyes, he is really likely to continue the search without sleep, but this is not what Li Ke wants, what he wants is a full of spirit Chen Xuanli, if something really happens, he can also lead the crowd, thinking of this, Li Ke continued: "Let you rest and recuperate, it is also an errand, now it will be handed over to others to continue to investigate, and when you finish resting, tonight's civil and military decisions are the key!" Li Ke stepped forward and patted Chen Xuanli again, and whispered: "Good job!" If you have such a responsibility at a young age, you will become a great tool in the future. ”
Chen Xuanli continued to murmur: "But... Before he finished speaking, Li Ke interrupted him and preemptively said: "There is nothing to do, go and rest quickly, and the rest of the matter must be in your spirit!" ”
After a busy night, Chen Xuanli was indeed tired, and he also knew that tonight's civil and military duel was not a trivial matter, he thought about it, and did not continue to argue, and said with his hand: "Then there is Captain Lao Li." Li Ke nodded lightly, and Chen Xuanli didn't say anything more and retreated.
Seeing that Chen Xuanli had gone to rest, Li Ke found Zhang Jiuling again and asked, "How is the preparation for the contact with the red-haired Yama to post a notice?" ”
Zhang Jiuling replied: "Back to Li Duwei, I have transcribed thousands of copies overnight, and now they have been posted to all the notices and corners of the Divine Capital. ”
Li Ke nodded with satisfaction and continued, "How are you preparing for your Wendu? ”
Zhang Jiuling sighed softly and replied: "Don't hide it from Captain Li, I thought about it for a long time last night, and I really don't know how to deal with it, not to mention that there are many people in the context of the imperial court, just in terms of the rules of the decision, I don't know what the topic is, so I can't prepare in advance, and I can only do my best today and obey the destiny of heaven." ”
As soon as Zhang Jiuling said this, Li Ke noticed that this martial arts duel was relatively easy, it was nothing more than a competition between the two of them to test their martial arts, but this article duel was difficult to grasp, so far there is really no competition rules, so people have no way to start, but Li Ke still comforted: "It's okay!" Thou knowest not the rules, and neither do others, and I am convinced that with thy talents, you will stand out from the crowd. ”
Zhang Jiuling smiled lightly and replied: "Thank you for your love, and you should do your best to live up to your mission!" ”
Seeing that everything is already going according to plan, Li Ke can be regarded as having a bottom in his heart, after all, it can only be like this now. Keduo is secretive, and now there are no clues to check, so he can only take large-scale visits and raids, and he originally hoped that the ghost market could provide him with some shortcuts, but now even the ghost market is in trouble, and he has nothing to do.
Just as he was hesitating, Li Sanlang entered the Long'an Division, and Li Ke and Zhang Jiuling hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. Li Sanlang asked the two about the latest situation, Li Sanlang listened, looked around, and simply took the two into the study, and told the two of them all about last night's meeting and today's prince's entry into the palace, of course, it was only Princess Taiping's plot to mutiny, as for his own and father's secret agents, he didn't say a word.
Li Ke and the others couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this, but when they thought that this matter came from Princess Taiping, and then thought about what she had done in the past few days, they felt very reasonable. Li Ke asked: "I don't know what Li Sicheng's plan is?" ”
Li Saburo said: "I have considered it when I returned to Long'an Division, and for now I can only go to the Yulin Military Supervision Army as soon as possible to keep abreast of the situation there; Zhang Jiuling continued to sit in Long'an Division and further searched Keduo, Chen Wuji and others; Chen Xuanli later went to the Yulin Army to join me; As for Captain Li... Li Sanlang looked at Li Ke with his eyes and continued: "Among the few of us, Li Duwei has the best skills and the most experience, and this most important thing may only be entrusted to Li Duwei. ”
Hearing Li Sanlang say this, Li Ke hurriedly arched his hands and said: "Li Sicheng said that it doesn't matter, as long as Li can do it, he will definitely die!" ”
Li Sanlang paused and continued: "The key to Princess Taiping's mutiny lies in herself, as long as you can grasp her movements, you will be able to control the overall situation at any time, but I expect that Princess Taiping's Mansion must be heavily guarded and difficult to enter... ”
Without waiting for Li Sanlang to finish speaking, Li Ke said: "Li Sicheng means to let me sneak into Princess Taiping's mansion and investigate?" ”
Li Sanlang nodded and replied, "That's exactly what it means!" But that must be dangerous ... ”
Li Ke interrupted Li Sanlang's words again and said, "This matter is on Li, Li Sicheng, please rest assured." ”