He first used a ploy to coax the Dongzhou Assassin Shi Cheng to go to Guizhou to inspect it, and asked his cronies to return to the Prefecture to assassinate Wu Sen and arrest him on the charge of bribery. It is rare for officials in the Tang Dynasty to not be corrupt and bribe, and the clerk has been in a high position for many years, how can his ass be clean, of course, even if it is clean, it doesn't matter, at that time, the overall situation has been decided, let him out, and accompany him, he can still turn the sky upside down.

The clerk is a civilian official, there is no foundation in the army, although it is heavy but it is not difficult to solve, but it is much more difficult to do it with another supervising army Zheng Xiaozhang, he is the governor of Liaozhou as the governor of Liaozhou, and supervises the military affairs of Liaodong as a concurrently Liaodong City soldier and horse envoy, although the official is not big, but he controls the military and political affairs of Liaodong City, and he has a small number of but very elite garrisons.

The terrain of Liaodong City is much higher than that of Liaozhou, and every time Xue Rong thinks that Zheng Xiaozhang is condescending to monitor his every move, he feels a hundred uncomfortable in his heart.

How to get rid of it, sending troops to attack Liaodong City is naturally the next policy, and it is best to have soldiers without blood. Isn't he also the governor of Liaozhou, as a long history, you can not come to the assassination of the history of the mansion, not to deal with official business here, you should always show up on the birthday of the senior officials in the mansion.

Liaozhou recorded the birthday of Zhang Heng, who joined the army, was in front of him, the banquet was opened for six tables, warmly invited, and the officials inside and outside were present, you Zheng Xiaozhang came to treat you, as soon as the people arrived, I said that you Zheng Xiaozhang was arrogant and arrogant, and the crime of taking bribes was about to arrest you, what do you have to say that your subordinates may have the ability to protect Liaodong City, but they can be pinched, do you still have the ability to attack Liaozhou City

When Zheng Xiaozhang and Wencheng fell, Li Mao's power in Liaozhou would fall apart, the snake could not be headless, Zhu Jiu and Sang Rong could only stare dryly without Zheng Xiaozhang and Wencheng as internal responses, even if they wanted to make a move, Xue Rong didn't care, he had 20,000 troops and horses under his command, although they were not very elite, but they occupied a favorable location, people, even if Zhu Jiu and Sang Rong joined forces, they may not be his opponents, not to mention that the two of them divided the north and the south, and it was difficult to take care of the end.

Liaodong's game of chess is gone, if Ziqing can "invite" Li Mao to Chang'an, it would be the best, if he is allowed to go, he will not be able to return to Liaodong, since the court dares to do it in his backyard, it is expected that Youzhou and Yingping will not be idle. Yingping's Xue Luo Ke has long been dissatisfied with Li Mao, and Cheng Weigong of Youzhou is also a person who can be relied on.

In this way, Li Mao will have a big deal.

The facts are going according to Xue Rong's judgment, the invincible Zheng Xiaozhang and Wencheng were easily taken down by him with a little trickery, and the next step is to take over Liaozhou, Dongzhou, Gaozhou and Guizhou, wait for the results of the court's disposal of Li Mao, and then decide on the disposal of Li Mao's henchmen.

Xue Rong finally denied Huang Li's request, the Liaodong Military and Political Office is full of Li Mao's old department, once he opens the mouth and asks Huang Li to arrest people, I am afraid that there will be no end to it, these people have received Li Mao's favor, and their hearts are either towards him, but if Li Mao really falls, I believe they will also know the times and become Junjie.

The catch of small shrimp and small fish is useless, let them go.

Xue Rong apologized to Zhang Heng, who joined the army in Liaozhou, for the sake of secrecy, he did not communicate with Zhang Heng in advance, and his forty-seventh birthday ended in such an embarrassing way.

Zhang Heng naturally didn't dare to say anything, Huan Hai had been up and down for many years, and he already knew what he could say and what he couldn't say.

Until midnight, Xue Rong dragged back to his mansion with a tired body, and took Ya Huangzhong to personally put on armor and lead a team of ironclad cavalry to escort along the way, although he was a little ostentatious, Xue Rong did not blame him, from today he and Li Mao are opponents, Liaodong, Li Mao has been operating for many years, it is a dangerous place, how can he not strengthen his vigilance in a dangerous place

Back at his mansion, Xue Rong went straight into the inner hall, and now he especially wanted to see his wife and son safe and sound.

Mrs. Li's room is still lit up, since he became the Liaodong Festival envoy, the two of them live separately, he is busy day and night, afraid of affecting his wife's rest.

Xue Rong gently pushed the door open, and Li was sitting under the lamp sewing clothes, his expression was focused, and the stitches were neat. She was born in a family, the family education is strict, the knitting women know everything, after getting married, she abides by the way of women, husband and children, dedication, husband and children's clothes and repairs she is hands-on, never fake others.

Beside her, their child Ah Rong was sleeping soundly.

Xue Rong made a gesture not to wake Ah Rong. Li got up to greet her husband, although he was in the inner room, there was no lack of etiquette, Xue Rong picked up his dignified and beautiful wife, held her hand, and whispered: "I have good news for you, we may be able to return to Beijing soon." ”

Li Shi glanced at the child and said with a smile: "As soon as he sleeps, he is greedy like a black-faced man, you don't have to be so quiet." ”

She took off her coat for her husband and asked, "It doesn't seem to be very quiet outside lately, and people are uneasy about what happened." All of them have gloomy faces, sneaky, and very angry. Ask without saying anything, when I am an outsider. ”

Xue Rong chuckled in his heart, he was more than ten years older than the Li family, he took good care of her, and never brought the troubles of the outside world home, the Li family threw himself at home, and how to pay attention to the outside affairs, she had this question, which made Xue Rong faintly uneasy, this time to deal with Zheng Xiaozhang and the clerk, Xue Rong asked himself to be very careful, even the senior generals in Liaodong were mostly kept in the dark, how did the Li family know

Seeing that her husband frowned, Li smiled and said, "Okay, I won't ask about you, but you can't hide when someone comes, it's a brother in the end." ”

Xue Rong was shocked and shocked: "Who came and what brother"

This question made Li stunned, and said for a while: "You don't even know that Maohua has arrived in Liaodong."

"Ahh

Xue Rong didn't come up in one breath, and sat down.

Li Mao is sitting in Xue Rong's study at the moment, admiring the dozen or so poems that Xue Rong has recently written, the Tang Dynasty is the kingdom of poetry, and it is definitely an outlier that literati and scholars can't write poems.

Li Mao quietly entered Liaozhou City at dusk, although Xue Rong made preparations in advance and used his cronies to take over the guards of the four gates from Chen Guangdao's hands, but this kind of precautionary measure did not have any substantive significance for Li Mao, and he did not need to go through the four gates at all to enter the city.

Liaozhou City was created by him, and there were six city gates at the beginning, four of which were shared by the military, that is, the four city gates that Xue Rong took over with great effort, and two of them were secret city gates, not to mention that Xue Rong did not know, even many senior generals in the Anton Army did not know.

Although Xue Rong presided over the construction of the Jiedu Embassy in Liaodong, half of the craftsmen used were people from the Internal Security Department, and they secretly built a tunnel to the back house of the Jiedu Mansion.

And at its exit, even Xue Rong, the envoy of Liaodong Jiedu, did not know.

Although outside the study is his own guard, Huang Zhong is also a loyal and brave fighter, Xue Rong no longer has the courage to shout, he is now sweating one sweat after another, and he doesn't know how to face Li Mao.

Only then did Li Shi realize that something was wrong, and her heart hung in her throat, looking at Li Mao nervously, begging him not to hurt her husband.

Li Mao comforted: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I have a little misunderstanding with my brother, this time I came to make it clear in person, and it will be okay if I say it." Li Shi wept and said: "Others are a little old-fashioned, but their hearts are good, and they won't do anything to be sorry for you, don't embarrass him." Li Mao smiled: "Brotherhood, how can I bear to do harm." Sister-in-law, don't worry. How could Li rest assured, and came to persuade Xue Rong again, Xue Rong forced himself to calm down, patted the back of her hand, and said with a smile: "You go and sleep with Ah Rong, we just talk casually." ”

With a little worry and concern, Li walked out of the suffocating house with heavy steps, and under the porch she looked out of the courtyard door, hesitated for a moment, and finally did nothing.

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