Wu Ming's words made Xue Shao break out in a cold sweat!

It turned out that after the last time Li Duozuo escorted the first batch of grain and grass to Bingzhou and Li Chongyi went out of the city to sacrifice the army, Li Chongyi, who was already old, fell ill. In this way, the heavy burden of military affairs fell on Sima Wei Juyuan in Bingzhou.

In the bureaucratic system of the Tang Dynasty, Changshi was the adjutant of a state. The governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Office is generally held by the closest relatives of the imperial family, but generally does not go to the post, so Changshi becomes the de facto supreme governor.

Sima, in the Tang Dynasty, was nominally an official in charge of military affairs in a state, but in fact he was an idle official. Many of the Beijing officials who were demoted from Chang'an after losing power were appointed as Sima of Yuanzhou, and they did not have half of the real power to give Dianyulu, so they only had to eat and wait for death.

However, the Sima of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Prefecture is different, once there is a war in the north, the Sima of the Prefecture will have to take on a lot of ministries and hold a lot of power!

Wei Juyuan was born in the famous Jingzhao Wei clan. There is a saying that "Wei Du in the south of the city, go to the sky five feet", which has been used to describe the Wei family and the Du family in the south of Chang'an City, how prominent and glorious they are. Earlier, Li Shimin once married a Wei daughter and was named Wei Guifei; Speaking closer, the crown princess of Prince Li Xian was born in Chengnan Wei.

This Wei Juyuan was just a little-known petty official in Chang'an before. It is rare that Wei's daughter is married to the crown prince Li Xian, and in terms of seniority, Wei Juyuan is the uncle of Princess Wei. So Wei Juyuan immediately climbed relatives to find Princess Wei, and then through the relationship between Prince Li Xian, he mixed himself with a foreign official of Sima in the state.

Li Xian is named the crown prince, and he doesn't have much real power, so he can win a Sima for Wei Juyuan, and he probably does his best.

Generally speaking, foreign officials are of course inferior to Beijing officials, not to mention "Sima". But Wei Juyuan is really a bit far-sighted, he has long thought that once there is a war in the north, "Bingzhou Sima" will no longer be an idle official who eats idle food, and then it will be time to operate.

Facts have proved that Wei Juyuan's political speculation was right.

Wu Ming told Xue Shao that after Li Chongyi fell ill, although he had some control over major matters, most of the things were handed over to Wei Juyuan. Li Xiantong first came to Chadao, although he got a job in the Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou, but his foothold was unstable and his connections were not extensive. Coupled with the only big backer, his grandfather Li Chongyi fell ill, and Li Xiantong was even more difficult.

So Li Xiantong began to think of a way to make a fuss here in Wei Juyuan.

Wei Juyuan has a daughter, who is mediocre in appearance, domineering in temperament, and not simple in morality, and has not married at the age of twenty. Li Xiantong gave his wife a divorce, and took the initiative to propose to marry Wei's daughter and marry her as the main room. Wei Juyuan was of course very happy, plus Li Xiantong was born in Qianniu, and his appearance, posture, style, and words were very pleasing to women, and Wei's daughter fell in love with this merry boy as soon as she met.

hit it off, and Li Xiantong quickly married Wei's daughter and became Wei Juyuan's son-in-law. In this way, Li Xiantong quickly gained a firm foothold in Bingzhou, and he didn't even need to rely on his bedridden grandfather Li Chongyi.

Wei Juyuan is a little smart, but he is far inferior to Li Xiantong in the strategy city mansion, and he is almost led by the nose. In addition, with the fanning of Wei's daughter, Wei Juyuan is even more obedient to Li Xiantong, the "fast son-in-law who rides the dragon".

This led to the later Niu Ben in distress, Chi reported that he was detained, Li Xiantong detained Li Duozuo and hundreds of guards, and Chi mistakenly sent troops to rescue Shuozhou, and Li Xiantong went to Shuozhou to capture Xue Shao.

Li Xiantong planned many of these things, and then partnered with Wei Juyuan to deceive Li Chongyi's trust and give orders in the name of Li Chongyi.

Li Chongyi, as the Li Tang clan, is known as a virtuous name and has a very high prestige. This time, he was unexpectedly used by his most trusted deputy Wei Juyuan and his favorite grandson Li Xiantong, and he fell into a lot of infamy.

After hearing this, Xue Shao was really a little surprised and shocked. If Li Chongyi can still have a bottom line in doing things, then Wei Juyuan, who is bent on power, and Li Xiantong, who is ill-intentioned, will definitely not have these scruples.

It's no wonder that the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Prefecture can do so many things that "self-destruct the Great Wall"!

No wonder Pei Xingjian felt incredible and extremely disappointed by Li Chongyi's actions.

It turned out that Li Chongyi was all set aside and used!

Xiu Yuan matched, trapped his grandfather, and did everything he could, Li Xiantong was really vicious!

Xue Shao felt that the previous strategy might have to be changed temporarily. In order to take care of the overall situation, Xue Shao didn't want to tear his face with Li Xiantong at this time; But now, Li Chongyi, who is lying ill, has become a puppet, and everything is under the control of Wei Juyuan and Li Xiantong. This pair of Weng sons-in-law are embarrassed, God knows what other outrageous actions they have to do? If they make another break in the future war, it will be really fatal!

"Wu Ming, is there a way for me to meet Li Chongyi in person?" Xue Shao said.

Wu Ming didn't let Xue Shaozun call him a master, so that Xue Shao didn't have to treat him as a retainer, and Xue Shao would call him by his name.

"Difficult!" Wu Ming frowned and pondered, and said, "Li Xiantong personally took on the responsibility of taking care of Li Chongyi in the name of his grandson, and outsiders have nothing to say. The people who took care of Li Chongyi's bedside were Li Xiantong's henchmen and maidservants, and the sergeants guarding outside were all Wei Juyuan's diehards. These people surrounded Li Chongyi like an iron bucket, and I could only sneak in in the dark and listen quietly to some of their conversations. If you want to get close to Li Chongyi's side, it is impossible at all. ”

Xue Shao twisted his eyebrows and pondered for a long time.

"If there is a major matter, Li Chongyi must personally preside over it?" Xue Shaodao.

Wu Ming shook his head, "Generally speaking, Wei Juyuan or Li Xiantong will do it for everyone. ”

Xue Shao smiled slightly, "There is one thing, maybe they can't help it!" ”

"What?"

"We'll find out then!" Xue Shao raised his hand, "Let's go, go to Taiyuan!" ”

Xue Shao, Wu Ming, and Yuenu left the forest separately, and Xue Shao disguised himself as one of those eyeliner henchmen who avoided Li Xiantong, and pretended to be an ordinary passer-by and entered Taiyuan City, the seat of the state administration.

This is the land of Li Tang's Longxing and the northern capital of the Tang Dynasty. It has always been the northern political, economic, cultural and military center of the Tang Dynasty, and the city is quite prosperous. Xue Shao had no intention of appreciating any customs and customs, and found the meeting place agreed between Wu Ming and him in the crowd, in an inconspicuous house.

Wu Ming, an old scout who had been in the army for many years and had a lot of experience, rented a house in Taiyuan City as a public residence, and two or three other such secret residences in case of emergency.

The three holes of the cunning rabbit are the most suitable to describe Wu Ming.

Xue Shao first steadied himself and made sure that he had not been discovered by the sergeant of the state. This is the territory of Wei Juyuan and Li Xiantong, and no one knows how many henchmen they have planted in the city to find out all the suspicious people and suspicious things.

Then, Xue Shao decided to secretly go to Wei Yuanzhong once and tell him about these important clues that he had just learned.

Wei Yuanzhong is now just a marching Sima who supervises the army's discipline and examines various military cases, but his own job is to supervise the imperial history of the Imperial History Observatory. Although he is only an eight-rank petty official, he has the right to impeach hundreds of officials in the world, and the prime minister will be stunned when he sees the imperial history!

During the extraordinary period of the war, after nightfall, the city was forbidden in the city, every household closed the door and turned off the lights, and the soldiers who patrolled back and forth were endless, and the guard was very strict.

But this level of vigilance is like child's play for Xue Shao, the snitch who made trouble in Chang'an, the moon slave who dared to break into the imperial city with a single sword, and Wu Ming, the master of the moon slave.

The three of them were like ghosts in the dark night, quietly touching the official pavilion under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou.

Wei Yuanzhong came to serve the official position and lived in the official post as usual. I handed over the official document first, and I just waited for tomorrow's errand. When the three of them arrived at the official post, they found that the security here was very tight, and it didn't look like an ordinary guard at all, it was like a "mutiny", and Wei Yuanzhong was surrounded like an iron bucket. Even in places like the eaves of the vault roof, there is a hidden eyeliner that is stalking.

Obviously, Wei Juyuan and Li Xiantong were very jealous of Wei Yuanzhong, who suddenly arrived!

Seeing such a situation, Xue Shao's heart became more and more tense, and the situation was far more tense and complicated than I imagined. Merging the state, it is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, Wei Juyuan and Li Xiantong are very vigilant, and they are extremely strict with external prevention. God knows what other plans the two of them have in secret.

Do you still want to raise troops to rebel and become an independent country?!

Look for death!

The three of them observed inside and outside the official post for a while, and finally saw a gap in the guards, and Xue Shao jumped into Wei Yuanzhong's room from the window like a raccoon cat.

Wei Yuanzhong didn't sleep, just lay on the bed with his clothes. Hearing the slight noise, he neither panicked nor attacked, but sat up and looked at Xue Shao fixedly.

Xue Shao couldn't help but marvel, no wonder everyone praised Wei Yuanzhong for being "young and old", when he saw a thief in the room in the dark night, he actually didn't say a word, he was too calm!

"Brother Wei, I'm Xue Shao!" Xue Shao's concise five words made Wei Yuanzhong breathe a sigh of relief.

"Good." Wei Yuanzhong hurriedly got out of bed, asked Xue Shao to walk with him to a relatively hidden corner, and whispered, "I just know that you are coming!" ”

Xue Shao was slightly surprised, "Do you know the way?" ”

"After entering the city, I realized that the situation in the state of Ludao was far more complicated than I imagined." Wei Yuanzhong said in a very low voice, "On the surface, everything is normal and fine. But the actual situation is probably quite complicated and dangerous. You see, inside and outside my pavilion, there are several layers of ironclad guards inside and out. Bingzhou is so strict with the marching Sima and the imperial history of the imperial court, obviously there is a ghost in his heart! ”

"I'll tell you, what the hell do they have!"

So, Xue Shao told Wei Yuanzhong about the situation he learned from Wu Ming in 1510.

Wei Yuanzhong was taken aback after hearing this, "Li Xiantong is too inhumane, even his grandfather dares to frame him?" …… It seems that something big has really happened in Bingzhou, which even Pei Gong did not expect. Wei, as the imperial history of the imperial court, how could he stand by and watch! ”