With interest, Li Shidao reviewed the trivial matters of two local petition rulings, and suddenly became impatient, he dropped the pen, and scolded angrily: "I also want me to make decisions for you in trivial matters, what am I doing with you!" ”

Li Fang shook his head and said: "If everything is unified, you can't do anything, I think it's better to delegate power." ”

Li Shidao glanced at him angrily, since the success of the army, after he gained real power, he became more and more impatient with Li Fang, the old man's hand stretched too long, talked too much, and his appetite was even better.

Wang Yichi came, dressed in a royal blue robe, his face was pale and bloodless. When he saw Li Shidao, he neither saluted nor spoke.

"Wearing a dead face on the big night, who are you scared?"

Li Shidao shouted loudly at Wang Yichi, Wang Yichi always wears a human skin mask on his face, and never shows his true face, this human skin mask is fine to look at during the day, but it is very terrifying at night.

Wang Yichi did not answer, and his words were always very few.

"Do you suspect him of fraud?" Li Shidao buried his body in a pile of papers, and asked the dead face on his back.

"I can't see anyone alive or dead, I have to be suspicious."

"It's all smashed into meatloaf."

"That's exactly what is suspicious."

"Humph!"

It was Wang Zhibang who expressed disdain for Wang Yichi's words.

May 13 is Jia An'an's birthday, and Li Shidao wants to kill Li Mao, and the beauty laughs.

Li Fang suggested hiring Wang Yichi to make a move, Wang Shiyuan's brothers are good at killing, and when they see money, they don't care about right and wrong, so they can do things with them, saving worry and effort. Wang Zhibang doesn't see it that way, Li Mao has now lost his big backer, and he has no soldiers, it is not a piece of cake to kill him, why bother to let others be majestic and destroy their own sharpness, and let others earn the bright gold and silver?

He took the initiative to ask Ying, and he went to kill Li Mao.

Li Shidao was dissatisfied with Li Fang's reliance on Wang Shiyuan's brothers for everything, especially with this Wang Yichi, and he deliberately frustrated Li Fang's spirit, so he changed his mind and let Wang Zhibang assassinate Li Mao.

Before that, the deposit for hiring the killer had been paid to Wang Shiyuan's brother Wang Yichi, Li Shidao felt that the other party would not do anything with the money, and he would inevitably suffer a loss, so he asked Wang Yichi to do it at the same time to have a double insurance.

Wang Zhibang met a group of Jianghu figures during his study tour in Chang'an, these people came to Ziqing with him, and met him as diners, and their assassination plan for Wang Zhibang was to design an accident, which could not only kill Li Mao, but also hide people's eyes. They first bought the craftsman, made hands and feet on the beam, and then bought the master of ceremonies, and persuaded Li Mao to stand under the beam and give a toast. Everything was ready, the house collapsed, and Li Maochen returned to the ground.

Wang Yichi's plan was very simple, send a killer close to Li Mao, stab him while he was drunk, and apply poison to the knife to ensure that the knife would be fatal.

Wang Zhibang's luck was better, and he won first, Wang Yichi was not convinced, so he slandered Li Mao's death and said that Li Mao's death was suspicious, which naturally made Wang Zhibang very unhappy.

The two of them were about to pinch in front of them, Li Fang coughed and said, "What Yichi said is reasonable, it's better to be cautious." ”

Li Shidao nodded and waved his hand: "Go to Xima Hall." ”

The origin of the name of Xima Hall is no longer known, when Li Shigu was in charge, it was a side hall for him to rest, occasionally used to meet guests, but rarely dealt with government affairs here. Although Li Shidao stole the military and political power of Ziqing through the mutiny, he still lacked a title, Li Shigu was still the nominal supreme commander of Ziqing, and his honor guard, robe, and public office Li Shidao had no right to use.

Although Li Shidao was indignant, he could only accept this fact and manipulate behind the scenes.

The current Xima Hall is the basis for him to control the political situation in Ziqing.

On the way to Ximatang, Li Shidao whispered to Li Fang to discuss the countermeasures to deal with the changes in Yizhou.

"Crunch", after a muffled sound, the courtyard door of Xima Hall closed.

Li Shidao, who was contemplating his eyebrows and thinking about the problem, was startled, he looked back, and muttered: "Brother is really, he spends money and spends money elsewhere, but his own house is so dilapidated." I'm going to replace it sooner or later. ”

Li Fang felt that something was wrong.

"What about Zhuang Jinwu?" He asked Wang Zhibang, who was at a loss and didn't know how to ask.

Zhuang Jinwu's role now is similar to that of Li Changshan in the past, and he is a close general. Li Shidao returned from the banquet of the Liaodong Shogunate, Zhuang Jinwu was ordered to clear the road, and how to clear the way to clear himself in the end.

A crossbow arrow suddenly appeared at the center of Wang Yichi's eyebrows, and Wang Yichi fell on his back, with no joy or sorrow on his face.

A few more muffled snorts, several of Li Shidao's personal guards were all shot to the ground, until this time Li Shidao did not notice something wrong, Zhang Huang shouted, Qingmo who was ambushed in the shadows jumped up and threw him to the ground, rode on his waist, grabbed a handful of soil and stuffed it into his mouth, twisted his arms, and tied a hemp rope.

Wang Zhibang trembled and pulled out his sword, and when he looked left and right, his wrist had been pierced by a feather arrow.

Li Fang seemed very calm, but he just sighed and closed his eyes to be killed.

Qingmo tied up Li Shidao, got up and walked in front of Li Fang, tightened the knife in his hand, waved his hand and slashed, Li Fang's head jumped up and fell.

When the overall situation was decided, Li Shigu Fang appeared and stepped out of Xima Hall, holding Zhuang Jinwu's head in his hand, followed by Gao Mu, Li Gongdu and Li Gon, the head of the copper tiger.

Gao Mu promised to help Li Shigu regain military power, and he suggested that Li Changshan and the Huangfu brothers lead an elite army to capture the military palace and capture Li Shidao and his comrades in one fell swoop.

Li Mao did not agree with Gao Mu's plan, although Li Changshan is now a soldier and horse envoy of the Ya Army, but he has no real power in his hands, and the Huangfu brothers are all in other places, and there will be changes in the time and months of delay, he suggested that five or six capable henchmen should be selected to enter the West Matang to kill Zhuang Jinwu first, and then Gao Mu invited Li Shidao, Li Fang, Li Gon, Li Gongdu and others to discuss the matter, to catch one by one, and succeed in the blink of an eye.

Li Shigu agreed with Li Mao's opinion, and he wrote the names of six people, who were in the military palace at the moment and were his confidants. Unlike Li Changshan and Huangfu brothers, these six people are very hidden and are not known to others, so when Li Shigu lost power, Li Changshan and others were demoted from the military palace one after another, but these six people were still nailed to the mansion and were waiting for the call at any time.

With Gao Mu's help, everyone came to Ximatang safely, and when Zhuang Jinwu came back, he was beheaded by Li Mao. Gao Mu used the reason of discussing the recovery of Yizhou to send people to inform Li Shidao, Li Fang, Li Gon, and Li Gongdu to come.

In the history of Ziqing, there are civil uprisings every year, and it is not uncommon for county officials to be killed when the county seat is occupied, but it is the first time that hundreds of officials at the state and county levels have been killed, and it is the first time that such a major event has occurred, and it is reasonable to discuss countermeasures overnight, and the four of them have never doubted it at all.

Li Gongdu did not participate in the banquet of the Liaodong Shogunate because he had to stay overnight, and Li Gon was nominally only a household in Dongping County, and his qualifications were not enough, so he did not participate in the banquet. After receiving Gao Mu's notice, the two rushed over one after another and fell into Li Mao's trap.

Li Shigu forgave the two of them one after another, and the two, like Gao Mu, repented of their mistakes and stood on the side of justice again.

Li Shigu picked up his tearful half-brother and said to Li Mao, Gao Mu, Li Gongdu and others: "There is no one in the world who is a sibling brother. At the age of fifteen, I took over the Jiexuan from the hands of the marshal, commanded the 100,000 troops of Pinglu, and managed the civil affairs of 72 counties in 12 prefectures of Ziqing.

"Shidao was born in a noble family like me, since he was a child, he didn't know the crops, he didn't know the people's sufferings, he didn't know the military affairs, and you mixed with the villains all day long, learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, those things were used for recreation or harmless, but they were useless for governing the army and the people. Outsiders scolded me for being greedy and lustful, and I admitted that I wanted another son in the * room every day.

"Ming'an is congenitally deficient, physically weak, sensitive and introverted and cowardly, he is by no means a general, and I will only harm him if I hand over military affairs to him. I am selfish and want to have another son, but unfortunately God is not satisfactory, I am destined to have only one son and one daughter. In this case, aren't you the only one of my dearest relatives in this world? If you really want to make a difference, how can I not do it?

"What have you done to me, I can not blame the past, for the friendship of all brothers, I will first hand over the wealth and power of Ziqing to you, and after you are proficient, I will hand over the government affairs to you, if you are really promising, the generals will nominate you as the commander in the future, if you can't serve the people, you can't govern the army, I force you to the position of the commander, that is not to fulfill you, but to harm you. Don't you really understand this truth? ”

Li Shidao wanted to say that I understood, but he had a handful of soil in his mouth, and he couldn't say it, and he didn't dare to spit it out in front of him, for fear that people would say that he was disrespectful to his brother and would be killed, so he could only shed tears.

After Li Shigu finished speaking, he swore to Li Mao, Gao Mu, Li Gongdu, and Li Gon: "I swear here today that after I die, I will never leave my children and grandchildren." The teacher is useful, you help him to be handsome, and the brother is unusable, so you can choose another good person to be handsome, and ensure that my brother is rich and noble, and you must not embarrass him. ”

Li Shidao cried loudly, and took advantage of the situation to spit out the soil in his mouth.

When the brothers cried bitterly, Wang Zhibang covered his injured wrist with his hand, endured the severe pain, and prepared to slip away. When Li Shidao launched an army to seize power that day, he patted Li Shigu's face and asked, "Uncle, did you ever think that there would be today?" "Now that I think about it, it is the rhythm of looking for death, now that the general trend is gone, don't you wait for Li Shigu to settle accounts with him?

As soon as he walked to the gate of the courtyard, he heard a loud "bang", sawdust flew wildly, and a wooden door turned over and smashed at him, scaring him into rolling on the spot, which could be avoided. The person who broke the door was a group of armor soldiers, and the person at the head was Liu Wu, the former soldier and horse envoy who was replaced by Li Changshan not long ago.

Liu Wu threw two heads in the courtyard, but they were the heads of Zhang Shuye and Pei Junyan, both of whom were Li Shidao's cronies, Zhang Shuye is currently the commander of the army on behalf of Li Shidao, and Pei Junyan is the governor of Yunzhou, the head of Tonghutou, and Li Shidao's highest-level supporter in Tonghutou.

"Zhang Shuye and Pei Junyan intended to rebel and have been killed by someone."

Wang Zhibang knew that something was wrong, turned around and ran to the side door, but he was hit by an arrow in the calf, Wang Zhibang fell to the ground, and screamed for his mother, his mother was the sister of Li Shigu and Li Shidao brothers.

Li Shigu snatched a copper hammer from the guard's hand, strode over with a meteor, stepped on Wang Zhibang's back, and scolded sharply: "It's you villain who provokes our brother's discord, how can I tolerate you?" ”

Wang Zhibang saw that the situation was not good, and crawled forward desperately, Li Shigu stepped on his back, picked up the copper hammer and smashed it, Wang Zhibang's head instantly became a blood gourd.

After killing Wang Zhibang, Li Shigu abandoned the bronze hammer on the ground, and ordered Li Mao and Liu Wusenran: "Those who provoke my brother's discord will be killed, and no one will be left." ”

When the sun rose again, the city of Yunzhou was once again quiet.

The silence was a little scary, and no one dared to mention what had happened last night, as if it had never happened. (Dissertation College)