Why didn't you detect it? Because he didn't want to be discovered by you, he ordered the three warships to come back later.

If you delay it, the time is not right? The Empress Dalai pursed her eyes, as if she was incredible, and said in a daze: "Under normal circumstances, whether it is your Datang ships going to the Wa Kingdom, or the Wa Guo's ships going to the Datang, how long will it take?" ”

Li Zhen, the king of Yue, faced with the superficial question of the princess, still replied coldly: "Twenty to thirty days, if you don't encounter strong storms and rains at sea." ”

"That's it, but when I was captured this time, it only took nine days for them to go from our Wa Kingdom to Datang, so it is understandable that you did not detect his warship." The princess said innocently.

"Is that true? How fast are those new warships? King Langya asked with both hands tightened, holding the armrest of the chair hard.

"Ah, it's fast, I don't have to lie to you."

"Then when will they arrive at Yangzhou Port?" Li Zhen, the king of Yue, stared at the expression of the princess and asked, "What is your purpose and requirements?" ”

"Early this morning, when the sun rose, it was when they arrived at the port of Yangzhou. My purpose is to ....... "The princess doesn't have to act in front of them, anyway, as long as she thinks of more than 20 million taels of silver, as well as shameful treaties such as land cession, she will be angry.

So he gritted his teeth and said: "Exempt the twenty-three million taels of silver that our Wa State owes to Datang, and ...... In the future, your warships will not be allowed to enter the Seto Inland Sea of our country. ”

"Seto Inland Sea? Where is that? King Cao had never heard of this name, so he asked strangely.

Li Zhen, the king of Yue, glanced at King Cao with some dissatisfaction, and then quietly stared at the beautiful face of the princess of Dalai, and said in a deep voice: "You mean that he conquered your kingdom with only five warships, and asked you to pay 23 million taels of silver?" And your two hundred warships and the soldiers of the Japanese Kingdom were all wiped out, and all five of my Datang warships came back intact? ”

"Yes, I don't want to believe it, but it's true, I was on your Datang battleship that night, and I witnessed it with my own eyes, and only a few masts and sails were broken."

"And where did the remaining two go?" Li Zhen, the king of Yue, grabbed the handrail and asked urgently.

"I don't know." The princess shook her head, and there was no need to pretend on the expression on her face, because she really didn't know that as soon as they arrived in Quanzhou, they changed ships and went to Hangzhou on Li Hong's order, and she really didn't know where the two warships went.

However, this did not prevent the princess from venting her dissatisfaction with Li Hong in front of these people: "That person is cunning and deceitful, the city government is very deep, suspicious, and shameless, and he never tells the same person all his plans, so no one knows what he thinks in his heart." ”

So what will he do next? Storming Yangzhou City? Or do you want to divide us from Li Tingshi? What was the purpose of his coming to Yangzhou alone? On the face of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, it was impossible to see whether he believed or did not believe the words of the princess.

This made the princess scold Li Hong again in her heart, and she didn't even run away with these people.

Looking at the looks of these people, you know that you may not be able to gain the trust of others in this experience, are the Tang people so smart? I've pretended to be very sincere, and I haven't shown any flaws.

The princess pursed her mouth and said with some dissatisfaction: "I'm just a captive, and I can't know so much, but I have heard it occasionally, and he is ready to take advantage of it...... Who is Li Jingye? He is going to take advantage of Li Jingye's attack on Runzhou and Jinling, and then join forces to conquer Yangzhou, and the rest is not clear. ”

"Didn't mention us?" Cao Wang Li Ming didn't believe that Li Hong could turn a blind eye to them, not to mention, there was another Li Xian here, he dared to enter Yangzhou alone, didn't he come for Li Xian?

"I don't know." The princess said shaking the rattle.

King Cao, King Yue, King Langya and Li Jingye glanced at each other, and the information given after the arrival of the Dalai princess was that they would be suspicious, and when the Dalai princess asked if Li Hong was captured alive by them, could he let His Majesty the Tang Emperor remove him from the crown prince, several people just looked at each other, and no one was willing to answer her thorny question.

But Li Jingye rolled his eyes, sneered and said, "Captured alive? What is the use of us taking him alive? He ...... alive. ”

"Dedication, we haven't made up our minds on this matter yet, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate." Li Zhen, the king of Yue, interrupted Li Jingye's words.

But in Li Jingye's opinion, this is enough, no matter whether the princess of Dalai is not sincere or pretended, these words are enough for King Cao and others to be tied to the same boat with him.

As soon as the princess left in disappointment, Wei Siwen hurriedly ran in and whispered a few words in Li Jingye's ear.

I saw Li Jingye smile coldly on his face, looked at a few princes who looked at him, and said in a cold voice: "Sure enough, as expected, as soon as I arrived in Yangzhou, I sent someone to the prison and robbed Chen Jingzhi." ”

"Aren't you worried that Chen Jingzhi will ...... the evidence of your association with Yang Zhirou and others." Li Chong, the king of Langya, muttered.

"Worried? Why worry? Even if there is no incriminating evidence in Chen Jingzhi's hands, will Prince Li Hong let go of any of us sitting here? Li Jingye said with a smile.

"Then why did you agree to Prince Li Hong to visit the prison? It can't be to give the prince a favor, right? Yue Wang Li Zhen asked calmly.

"Naturally not, Chen Jingzhi is like a chicken rib to me now, and it's a pity to discard it if I don't eat it, but if I let him go, I can figure it out, the crown prince Li Hong is indeed here for me, wouldn't it be worth it?" Li Jingye smiled, then got up and saluted a few people, and said: "Jingye has retired first, as for when to attack the city, when I go back to study it, I will send someone to tell a few princes, and ask the prince to be restless." ”

Li Jingye, who walked out of the mansion, the smile on his face disappeared without a trace in an instant, and after spitting at the mansion gate behind him, he said with some relief: "Don't care about Chen Jingzhi anymore, just treat it as a favor we gave him!" ”

"Yes, my lord, what do we do next?" Wei Siwen asked closely following Li Jingye's steps.

"After dawn, immediately gather all the Yangzhou government soldiers, since you want to do it, you will be a big one, they are unkind, don't blame us for being unjust. Except for the fake Li Xian who wants to be captured alive, if the others resist, they will be killed! When the time comes, it's a big deal to rely on the crown prince Li Hong. Li Jingye hurriedly got on the horse, since today's prince Li Hong entered the city, Li Jingye gave up riding a sedan chair and a carriage, but began to ride a horse.

Wei Siwen followed behind Li Jingye, and when he heard Li Jingye's cruel words, he was so frightened that he almost fell down from the back of the horse he had just climbed, looked at Li Jingye in shock and asked, "My lord, did you mean to capture King Cao alive?" ”

"Can't you see it now? They are going to use me to kill the crown prince Li Hong, once the prince Li Hong is dead, this account will be recorded on my head, think about it again, if the prince dies, who will be the first to rush to the government soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River who are not controlled by us? Isn't it coming at us yet? At that time, wouldn't it be even more difficult for us to plot against the world? Li Jingye glanced at the mansion viciously, with indescribable viciousness and resentment in his eyes.

These people came to Yangzhou with a fake Li Xian, they thought they were coming to cheer for themselves, but in the end, they didn't expect that they were ghosts, in order to support Li Xian to become the prince, they hit themselves with the idea.

At the beginning, he used Li Xian, but now he has replaced Li Xian to use him, this is a trick to move Jiangdong too ruthlessly, and the crime of killing the prince wants to make himself carry it, which is simply nonsense.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded in the night, Wei Siwen followed closely behind Li Jingye, and said urgently: "My lord, then why don't we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then reap the benefits from it?" ”

"It's impossible, the crown prince Li Hong won't give us time, since he dares to come to Yangzhou alone, and dares to rescue Chen Jingzhi as soon as possible without scruples, it means that there must be something to rely on behind him, the words of the princess of the Japanese country just now, you can believe it for eight or nine points, as I said, five warships have conquered the Japanese country, and now the morale is booming, if Li Hong doesn't use it, it will really be a missed opportunity." Li Jingye originally believed that Li Hong would take the waterway, so from the beginning, he did not plan to take the waterway to confront Li Hong, and all the dispatching and marching routes were completed by land.

And coupled with the words of the princess just now, this made Li Jingye believe even more that the waterway was full of Li Hong's army, and he was waiting for himself to take the waterway and wipe himself out.

Therefore, in Li Jingye's view, Li Hong's entry into Yangzhou City alone is likely to be a disguise, and it is likely that he will wait for Yangzhou to be in chaos, and if he does not wait for himself to surround Manjiangyuan, he will take a small boat out of the city, and then lure himself out of the city to pursue and annihilate himself with ambushes.

Wei Siwen was also confused by Li Jingye's analysis, he was not like Li Jingye, he heard the words of the princess just now, so for Li Jingye's determined attitude, in addition to believing, he could only believe it.

"And what are you going to do?" Wei Siwen jumped off the horse, followed Li Jingye and rushed into the Assassin's Mansion, and asked hurriedly behind him.

"Don't worry, the top priority is to find out how many soldiers in the city were bought by King Cao and King Yue, in addition to that one Zhichong Mansion, there are other Zhichong Mansions that were bought by them. Moreover, monitor the movements of the crown prince Li Hong, as long as he does not go out of Manjiangyuan, we will not move, and the top priority is to take down King Cao and others. Li Jingye looked at King Luo Bin, who was smiling and waiting for him in the mansion, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and was a little more steady.

Up to now, since King Luo Bin is still in the house, it means that his resentment against the prince Li Hong is still not gone, and he can't help but be a little proud of his own means, after the prince Li Hong came to Yangzhou for the first time and stayed for one night, he immediately promoted King Luo Bin to join the army, it seems that this plan is still good, and it has achieved the effect of buying people's hearts.