Late is the beginning of ambiguity.

In the night, a carriage came rapidly from the west and stopped in front of Yang Guozhong's house, and an entourage ran up the steps quickly with a post, and negotiated a few words with the porter, who did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly entered the house to report.

Inside the carriage, Li Yu watched the movement of the gate through the window, his eyes flashed a little uneasy, this was the first time he was involved in a power struggle, and he didn't know if he could complete Li Qing's layout.

A few carriages were parked in front of Yang Guozhong's gate, the carriages were all magnificent, it could be seen that they were ridden by the powerful people in the court, it seemed that Yang Guozhong was having guests, but this was exactly what Li Yu expected, he even knew who Yang Guozhong was receiving, if there was no such person, he would not come tonight.

"Your Highness, are you nervous?" Li Mi asked him in a low voice behind him.

"A little bit!" Li Yu subconsciously licked his lips, the porter went for a long time, but there was still no movement at the gate.

"Do you want me to accompany Your Highness?"

"No, I'm fine." It was the first time, but I felt like a veteran. ”

Although Li Yu prides himself on being a veteran, the careful Li Yu found that his legs were trembling slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was really difficult for him to let Li Yu do something to let go of his self-esteem, and it was really a shame for Li Qing to think about it.

"Please tell Your Highness and let him act boldly, what kind of person Yang Guozhong is, no one in the world knows better than me.

Li Qing's words seemed to be still lingering in his ears, although he didn't like conspiracy, but he also had to admit that Li Qing's strategy was the only way to reverse the decline.

At this time, the side door of Yang Guozhong's mansion opened, and a person walked out of it, turned around and smiled: "Don't send it if you have a guest." The lower official took his leave first. ”

Under the bright big lantern, his face was reflected very clearly, it was Zhang Yi, the servant of the door, Zhang Yi was originally the middle of the imperial history, and he had always been valued by Li Longji, it was his son and Yang Guozhong's son who broke out in the imperial examination fraud case, and he was deposed by two levels, but after Li Linfu's death, he was promoted to the subordinate squire, that is, the left and right hand of the left minister. When Zuo Xiangge Shuhan led the army to the battle, Menxia Province was actually controlled by him.

Zhang Yi and Guo Xuji have an excellent relationship. And Guo Xu is already the uncle of King Yong, precisely because of this relationship. Zhang Yi became a die-hard supporter of King Yong.

He came to Yang Guozhong today for Yang Guozhong's eldest son Yang Xuan as the household servant, and after talking for a while, Yang Guozhong came again and asked who he was. He squeaked and refused to say it clearly, his expression was quite strange, obviously he didn't want to let himself know, Zhang Yidang even said goodbye and left.

Although Yang Guozhong didn't want him to know, Li Yu's carriage was there! Zhang Yi slowly passed in front of Li Yu's carriage, looking back at the carriage suspiciously from time to time. He didn't stay long. He boarded his carriage and went straight away. But after only a few hundred steps, he stopped again in the dark. From the rear window, he stared coldly at the front of Yang Guozhong's mansion.

After Zhang Yi left, Yang Guozhong glanced nervously at Li Yu's carriage, and then closed the side door, but only a moment later, the door of Xiangguo's mansion creaked open.

I saw Yang Guozhong walk out with a smile on his face, standing on the steps and laughing, "It's too late to welcome the ministers, so Your Highness has been waiting for a long time." ”

The car door opened, Li Yu slowly stepped down from the carriage, and smiled at Yang Guozhong: "I didn't make an appointment in advance, it was Li Yu who was abrupt first." ”

"Where! Where! "The minister really doesn't dare to be the elder of His Highness, His Highness is too modest."

Li Yu smiled slightly and replied: "Yang Xiangguo is the uncle of the country, and the second son is a concubine, this generation Li Yu can't admit it if he doesn't want to!" ”

Yang Guozhong was about to say something more, he suddenly slapped his head, and said apologetically: "Look at me, I only care about talking, but I neglect the distinguished guests, Your Highness, please come in!" ”

He made a gesture of invitation and invited Li Yu into the gate, and then the door creaked and closed again.

After hundreds of steps, Zhang Yi's face became more and more solemn, he thought about it, and immediately ordered the coachman: "The carriage pulls aside!" ”

And said that Yang Guozhong invited Li Yu into the study, he was really stunned for a while at Li Yu's sudden visit, but he immediately understood that Li Yu was surrendering to himself, which can be confirmed from his humble salutation, 'The younger Li Yu asked to see the senior Xiangguo Yang', Yang Guozhong couldn't help but feel a burst of pride in his heart, a sense of conquest arose, what Li Linfu couldn't do back then, now he Yang Guozhong easily did it.

However, on the other hand, Li Longji has always refused to let go, so that Yang Guozhong can see that Li Yu still has the possibility of establishing a reserve, as for the Yongwang Li Lan, Li Longji has already given up on him, he can only rely on Ge Shuhan's military advice to achieve his desire to ascend to the throne, but to 300,000 Tang troops to listen to his Ge Shuhan's orders to counterattack Chang'an, it is impossible to do it without a year and a half.

Yang Guozhong knew this very well in his heart, so when Li Yu gave in to him, a thought suddenly appeared in his heart, now that Li Yu has betrayed his relatives and left, if he takes the opportunity to pinch him in his own hands, so that no matter who is the emperor in the end, he Yang Guozhong will be the ultimate beneficiary.

As for his grievances with Li Heng back then, since the person is dead, it will be forgotten, and in the eyes of those who seek power, there is no absolute grudge.

"Your Highness, please taste it, this is the lychee that Your Majesty gave me today, I just got off the tree three days ago, and I just sent it from Jiannan with a fast ride, it is very fresh."

Yang Guozhong pushed a plate of lychees in front of Li Yu, but he first peeled one and stuffed it into his mouth, when he was a small official in Jiannan, he was not blessed to enjoy such good lychees, and now he is the prime minister, this kind of nostalgic plot is getting heavier and heavier, lychees are a trivial matter, mainly to people, and he has a grudge and a grudge back then, and he has all liquidated with it.

Li Yu smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he didn't eat, he owed a little forward, and said very sincerely: "Xiangguo, Li Yu is young, he has been growing up in the palace, and he has not been involved in world affairs, many things can not be seen through, this time the emperor suddenly named me the king of Chu, and it was rumored in the palace that I would be appointed as the prince, but I was jointly opposed by thirty-three princes and county kings, unprecedented, although I have the responsibility of defeat, but it is not my fault, it is my lack of talent." Or is it a breach of integrity? I couldn't figure it out, so I came here today to ask Xiangguo for advice. ”

Li Yu only mentioned the opposition of the imperial family, but as for the opposition of the courtiers organized by Yang Guozhong, he kept his mouth shut, as if nothing had happened, which was also a kind of compromise, an ambiguous compromise.

"Well! It's hard to put into words. After that, he really put on the posture of an elder, tilted his head slightly, stroked his beard lightly, and smiled: "The eldest grandson of the emperor is the prince." This is not in line with my Datang routine, so everyone can't accept it for a while. But this is only one aspect, the more important thing is that your father offended too many people back then. Therefore it is only natural that there are so many people who oppose you.

If you want to save money, your father owed a debt of affection. You'll have to replace them one by one

Li Yu's face showed a look of sudden realization, he hurriedly got up and bowed to Yang Guozhong, and said gratefully: "Xiangguo's words made Li Yu see the sun like a cloud, but he was panicked in his heart, and he didn't know where to start. I beg Xiangguo to give me some advice. Li Yu will be engraved in his heart. ”

"No hurry! No hurry! Yang Guozhong smiled. He picked up the fat white lychee again and stuffed it into his mouth. said vaguely: "This matter will come a long way, and I will slowly guide His Highness when I have time." ”

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Zhang Yi's carriage had been parked in a dark corner and waiting, and it had been more than half an hour before he saw the side door of the Yang Mansion open, and Li Yu strode out of the mansion, full of life, and it could be seen that he was in a good mood.

He walked to the carriage and bowed deeply to Yang Guozhong, saying something in his mouth, although Zhang Yi couldn't hear it from a distance, he could also guess that it must be 'Thank you Xiangguo!' Li Yu was grateful. And so on and so forth.

"Let's go!" He whispered an order to the coachman: "Go to the Yongwang Mansion!" ”

After speaking, he let out a long breath and lay on the couch, his eyes full of doubts and worries, "Yang Guozhong and Li Yu have been talking for nearly an hour, what does this mean?"

Zhang Yi is actually selfish, Ge Shuhan led the Eastern Expedition to naturally leave him the power of the province under the door, so that he tasted the sweet taste of power, he is already a servant of the door, if he is promoted to another level, it will be the same Zhongshu Province Pingzhangshi, officially stepping into the phase.

He hopes that Li Xuan will ascend the throne, so that he will have the merit of supporting it, and it is best for Yang Guozhong to fall, even if he can't compare to Ge Shuhan and can't be the right minister, then the vacant position of the left minister after Ge Shuhan is promoted to the right minister is also his land.

As a result, destroying Yang Guozhong's image in King Yong's heart became a subconscious of his land.

The carriage drove very quickly on the empty Suzaku Street, and soon reached the Suzaku Gate, and then the carriage turned left and galloped in the direction of the Ten Princes' Mansion.

Yongwang Li Lan since Tianbao six years in the last moment towards the crown prince step into the void, he is getting farther and farther away from the East Palace, last year King Qing gained power, the sign of winning the East Palace has appeared, he is even more panicked, once King Qing ascended the throne, the second place to kill must be himself, but around the New Year this year, the situation has taken a dramatic turn, King Qing was given death, Li Yu for the king of Chu, An Lushan rebelled, loyal to his brother Shuhan slowly came out to power, Yang Guozhong also expressed support for himself and overthrew Li Yu.

A series of dazzling changes made Li Lan stunned, and his heart was like a spring insect in April, crawling all over the ground.

Just as the thirst for power blindfolds people, Li Lan also made the same mistake as Li Cong, and when Ge Shuhan had an army of 300,000 in his hands, he began to be a little impatient to sit on the supreme throne.

At this moment, Li Lan had just received a secret letter from Ge Shuhandi, and the supervising army Bian Lingcheng was very closely monitored, and he needed to slowly install his cronies in the army, persuading him not to be in a hurry, and to do great things when the time was ripe.

Li Lan was a little annoyed, when Ge Shuhan first worshiped the commander, he swore to him that half of the 300,000 troops were his old troops, and it was no problem to command them, but now he was going to come to Japan again, according to him, as long as Bian Lingcheng was in the army for a day, his timing would never be familiar.

"How long do you want me to wait!" Li Lan viciously crumpled the secret letter into a ball and threw it out of the window, but after a while, he hurriedly ran out, picked up the secret letter, stretched it out, and put it on the lamp and slowly lit it, the fire flickered, and his face was cloudy.

"Your Highness, the squire Zhang leans outside and asks to see!"

The chief of the guard's voice interrupted Li Lan's train of thought, "Got it, bring him in!" With a shake of his hand, a flame devoured the last corner of the secret letter, turning it into black ash.

After a while, Zhang Yi was led by the guards and hurriedly walked to the door of the study, "Your Highness, can I come in?" ”

"Come in!" The anger in Li Lan's heart was not over, and his voice was stiff and cold.

As soon as Zhang Yi entered the door, he smelled the smell of fire, and he glanced at the ground, a cloud of black ash shook in the corner of the wall, "It seems that His Highness has encountered something unhappy." ’

He secretly wondered in his heart, should he tell him about Li Yu's visit to Yang Guozhong?

Seeing that he wanted to speak and stopped, Li Lan was really unhappy in his heart, and immediately turned his dissatisfaction with Ge Shuhan towards him, "What is the matter with you?" Either just say it, or you're going to get the hell out of here! ”

"Your Highness is angry, I do have something important to report!" Ke poured a basin of cold water on him, "Your Highness, I just found out that Yang Guozhong actually colluded with Li Yu!" ”

"What!"

Li Lan was taken aback, "You say it again?" ”

"My subordinates just discovered that Yang Guozhong and Li Yu secretly colluded."

It was really like a basin of cold water splashing noodles, Li Lan suddenly calmed down, and he hurriedly asked, "When did this happen?" How did you find out? ”

"Just now, a subordinate accidentally found out." Guozhong, the two of them talked secretly for nearly an hour, and told Li Li in detail, and finally said: "When the subordinates found that Li Yu left, his expression was very relaxed, as if he had solved a major matter, and his posture of bowing to Yang Guozhong was like this. ”

Zhang Yi put his palms together and posed at a very curved angle, "This is the posture, very humble!" ”

"Say no more! I know. He believed what Zhang Yi said, when Yang Guozhong first started his career, he joined the Pei Party and supported him, but he was later bribed by Li Cong and betrayed himself, he was really a capricious villain.

It is estimated that he saw that his father refused to give up on the King of Chu, so he had the idea of riding the wall again.

Li Lan walked around the room with his hands behind his back, although he hated Yang Guozhong, but Yang Guozhong was the right minister after all, he held the power of the court, and he had the backstage of the concubine, his father basically listened to him, he was extremely important to his support, even more than Ge Shuhan, Li Lan suddenly stopped, glanced at Zhang Yi again, and said: "You really didn't hear what they were saying?" ”

"The subordinates were afraid that they would find out, so they were far away, and they really didn't hear their conversation."

Li Lan pondered for a moment and secretly thought: "The stakes are very high, but you can't easily draw conclusions, you might as well try him again!" ”

Thinking of this, he immediately wrote a letter and handed it to Zhang Yidao: "This letter will be handed over to Yang Guozhong early tomorrow morning, and let him do what I said in the letter!" ”