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"Alas!" Chen Dongshen was on the side, sighed faintly, stopped the two, and said, "Two generals, that Marquis Wu is deeply trusted by His Majesty, no matter what happens, he will never be fine." ”

Zhou Hongzuo was stunned for a moment and said, "This ......"

Li Hongji nodded and said: "General Chen's words are definitely not false, don't say anything else, just talk about the incident a few days ago, there is Xiao Siqing of Dali Temple to testify, it is obvious that Yang Lian is making trouble in the south of the city, but somehow, he blamed Prime Minister Sun for this matter. ”

Chen Keyan asked puzzledly: "It is reported that the witness suddenly overturned the original testimony and insisted that Prime Minister Sun was the main messenger behind the scenes. ”

This said to Li Hongji's sore spot, he still does not know why Wang Cheng suddenly rebelled, for this reason, he has secretly killed Wang Cheng's wife and children and threw them into a mass grave to vent his anger.

Li Hongji shook his head and said, "This matter has passed, so let's not mention him first." However, Yang Lian's influence in the DPRK and China is getting bigger and bigger, and now he is even more arrogant, openly beating ministers on the street, which is really arrogant. ”

Li Hongji's words made the Zhou brothers silent for a while, and Chen Keyan also touched his face and fell silent.

Chen Dong hurriedly raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Today's weather is quite good, Yan Wang is still good at drinking, don't mention these unhappy things." ”

"Good!" Li Hongji said, raised the wine glass, the Zhou brothers, Chen Keyan also raised the wine glass, several people ate and drank, full of wine and food, the Zhou brothers, Chen Keyan got up and left one after another, leaving only Li Hongji and Chen Dongshen, the king of Yan.

Li Hongji touched his chin, groaned for a long time, and said, "Judging from the performance of the three people just now, it seems that they are a little dissatisfied with Yang Lian. ”

"It seems that this is indeed the case, but this alone is still not enough to pull them into the camp of the Yan King." Chen Dongshen said.

Li Hongji stood up and said, "No matter what, this is the last chance. Li Hongji walked out quickly, he wanted to set up a bureau to involve these people.

In the mansion, Yang Lian picked up his pen and wrote a letter to Lin Renzhao. Since Lin Renzhao was appointed as the envoy of Suzhou Jiedu, the two have rarely had time to meet, as far as the situation is concerned, Lin Renzhao guards Suzhou, and has a great responsibility, but with the stabilization of the situation in the old land of Wu Yue, Lin Renzhao's sharp blade is not suitable for staying in Suzhou, only in the frontier, leading troops for the Tang Dynasty, can give full play to Lin Renzhao's talents.

The purpose of Yang Lian's letter is to ask Lin Renzhao's opinion, it can be seen from Li Jing's attitude that he is determined to go north to the Central Plains, although the timing is not good now, but this is a matter of time, Yang Lian plans to let Lin Renzhao go to the north, so he must first ask Lin Renzhao's opinion, and Yang Lian has a deeper meaning in it, this Jinling is about to change, he needs Lin Renzhao's help.

After Yang Lian finished writing the letter, when the pen and ink were dry, Zeng Yiling walked in, still with the same light and breezy appearance, but the words he said were not easy at all.

According to the news that Zeng Yiling has mastered, Li Hongji has been moving frequently recently, and there is obviously something wrong, she came to remind Yang Lian to pay attention to it, and she must not fall for Li Hongji.

Yang Lian nodded yes and asked about Wang Cheng. Only a very few people know about this matter, Wang Cheng is actually Zeng Yiling's subordinate, and usually appears as a businessman. Zeng Yiling originally planned to let Wang Cheng break into the interior of Yan Wang's party and try to steal more secrets, but because things changed, Zeng Yiling changed his decision.

Wang Cheng didn't die, his real wife and children didn't die, it was Zeng Yiling's other subordinates who were killed by King Yan, and it was too cruel to let them die, but Zeng Yiling understood that if you want to achieve great things, you have to sacrifice, although these people are dead, their families will be taken care of very well.

Since this matter was set up by Zeng Yiling, it is not surprising that Wang Cheng temporarily changed his words and splashed water on Sun Sheng's body instead. Because Wang Cheng confessed to the main messenger, the Son of Heaven was extremely gracious, spared Wang Cheng's life, and sentenced him to exile. However, Zeng Yiling has already made arrangements to rob Wang Cheng halfway, so that Wang Cheng not only does not have to suffer, but also makes Li Jing suspicious.

Sure enough, Wang Cheng was robbed on the way to Xuanzhou, and the officials who escorted the prisoners were also killed, and the body was thrown into the river.

When the news reached Dali Temple, Xiao Yan was furious, and he sent someone to investigate the case while reporting to the Criminal Department. Such a big thing soon reached Li Jing's ears.

Li Jing was very displeased, Wang Cheng was robbed, there must be some secret in this, in Li Jing's opinion, this is very likely to be done by King Yan. The reason is very simple, Wang Cheng was forced by the emperor's authority to confess the so-called mastermind behind this matter, Sun Sheng, which caused the Yan Wang family to suffer a great blow.

Although Li Jing did not blame Li Hongji, Sun Sheng lost his official position and was exiled, thinking that King Yan must be unhappy in his heart, especially the sudden change of words of resentful Wang Cheng, so it is very reasonable to rob Wang Cheng halfway and kill him.

Li Jing guessed so in his heart, but he didn't say it, but strictly ordered Xiao Yan to investigate the matter thoroughly. Xiao Yan got the order and intensified the search, and all states and counties drew images of Wang Cheng and posted a list to arrest him.

Yang Lian got the news at the first time, things went smoothly, although Li Hongji was squeezed out by Li Jing, and ordered him to rush to Jizhou to be his vassal king within a time limit, but such an ambitious person, let him go to Jizhou is not good, only get rid of him, Yang Lian will rest assured, King Qi can successfully ascend the throne as the emperor.

Wang Cheng's incident is just an introduction, how will things develop next? Yang Lian was waiting and planning to make a deployment in time.

Xiao Yan's side, after a few days of hard work, finally found a bloody corpse in the Xuanzhou jungle, because the Son of Heaven was already hot at this time, the corpse had rotted, especially the face had been hit, and it was even more unrecognizable.

The government invited a puppet to conduct an examination, this is a male corpse, the time of death is about three days ago, he was beaten on the head and died, because the deceased's body before death was looted, there is no object to show his identity, this case is very tricky.

Xiao Yan has a rich association, Wang Cheng disappeared in Xuanzhou, and then, the body was found in Xuanzhou, whether it was time or place, it was too much of a coincidence, Xiao Yan quickly sent someone to Xuanzhou for identification, and there was no way to check the body, so he searched for it in many ways where the body was found. After two days of hard work, evidence was finally found that proved who the body was.

After Xiao Yan got the news, he didn't report it to the Son of Heaven in time, he thought about it for a while, and then brought a war horse, and he wanted to rush to Yang's mansion.

In Yang's mansion, Yang Lian has already learned the news that the fake Wang Cheng has been discovered, as for the real one, he has gone to Yanzhou and is hidden among all living beings, if he is not deliberate, he will not be discovered at all. This is a game made by Yang Lian and Zeng Yiling, hoping to cause more commotion in Jinling, and when things get to this point, it depends on whether the fish can be baited.

"Master, Xiao Siqing of Dali Temple is visiting." Li Xiongxin came to tell him that now he is much more steady and looks younger than before.

Yang Lian and Zeng Yiling were discussing things at this time, and when they saw this, Yang Lian smiled and motioned to Zeng Yiling to retreat for a while, so as not to arouse Xiao Yan's vigilance. Zeng Yiling pursed her lips, and when she reached the screen, she sat down quietly.

"Xiao Siqing, please." Yang Lian said. With his identity, naturally there is no need to greet him, especially his relationship with Xiao Yan is inexplicable, he says that he is an enemy, it seems that he is not, but he is not a friend either.

Xiao Yan walked in quickly, saw Yang Lian sitting upright, his eyes flashed, and then he walked over with a smile, and said, "Congratulations to Wu Hou, congratulations to Wu Hou." ”

"Oh? Where does Xiao Siqing's so-called happiness come from? Yang Lian asked, and at the same time motioned for Xiao Yan to sit down, and asked people to serve fragrant tea.

Xiao Yan laughed twice and said, "The person who made perjury and tried to murder Wu Hou a few days ago, does Wu Hou still remember?" ”

"This person has bad intentions, Ben Hou naturally remembers. Xiao Siqing, wasn't he exiled to the frontier? Yang Lian pretended not to know.

Xiao Yan shook his head, and while speaking, Yu Guang swept over Yang Lian and said, "It's true that it's a frontier, but something went wrong with this matter." ”

"Oh? Could it be that this person has fled? Yang Lian asked.

"Wu Hou is right." Xiao Yan said with a smile.

Yang Lian was surprised and said, "Xiao Siqing, what's going on?" Wang Chengnai is an important prisoner, how could he let him escape? ”

Xiao Yan's face darkened, although Wang Cheng's body was found, but who killed him was questioned. The suspicion about King Yan is a suspicion after all, and none of this counts until there is no evidence that King Yan is the main messenger behind the scenes.

"According to my guess, this thing should have been done by King Yan." Xiao Yan said tentatively.

When Yang Lian heard this, his eyes lit up, he pondered for a moment, and asked, "Xiao Siqing, do you have evidence for this matter?" ”

"Although there is no evidence at present, King Yan has full motives." Xiao Yan said.

Yang Lian couldn't help but nodded, Li Hongji was indeed possible: "Xiao Siqing, what's going on with this matter, you might as well talk about it." ”

Xiao Yan saw that there was a play, so he hurriedly told what happened, and at the end, he said what he thought in his heart, Yang Lian groaned and did not rush to express his position.

Xiao Yan finished speaking and said, "Wu Hou, I was deceived and offended Wu Hou a few days ago. Now that I think about it, I was really wrong. I also hope that Lord Wu Hou will not remember the villain. ”

"Xiao Siqing is too worried, this matter, Xiao Siqing is within the scope of his duties, otherwise Ben Hou would not have recommended Xiao Siqing in the first place." Yang Lian said lightly.

Xiao Yan thought for a while and said, "Marquis Wu, now that King Yan has done this kind of thing, heaven will not tolerate it. Although I have the heart to deal with this matter, I have no evidence, and I hope that Wu Hou will help. ”

Yang Lian laughed and said: "Xiao Siqing, if it is said that there is a war, Ben Hou still has some ability, but when it comes to investigating the case, Ben Hou is not as good as Xiao Siqing." Ben Hou can't help with this matter. ”

Xiao Yan was very unwilling, he suddenly stood up, knelt on the ground, and said: "Wu Hou, the lower officials know that they were offended a few days ago, but now it is different from the past, and I still hope that Wu Hou Nian will save my life and save the lives of my wife and children in the same hall." ”

Yang Lian couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Xiao Siqing, why is this?" Could it be that someone dares to threaten you? ”

"Exactly!" Xiao Yan said.

Yang Lian stood up, stepped forward, helped Xiao Yan up, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Xiao Siqing, what is going on with this matter, can you tell me in detail, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, in this Jinling City, someone dares to openly threaten Dali Siqing, Ben Hou wants to see who is so bold!" ”

"Thank you Wu Hou!" Xiao Yan said gratefully, and then talked about last night's events.

Last night, Xiao Yan was sorting out the case, and with the identification of the deceased determined, it was time to collect relevant evidence and arrest the murderer. But just as he was packing up his things and was about to leave, a dagger flew in with a piece of paper stuck in it.

warned Xiao Yan on paper that this matter should not be pursued further, and it would be over. Wang Cheng fled because he was unwilling to serve in the frontier, so he killed the people who escorted him to serve, but then Wang Cheng's beasts in the forest were killed, and now that Wang Cheng is dead, this matter can be over, and no longer investigate.

In the letter, he vaguely said that if Xiao Yan continued to investigate, not only he would be killed, but even his family would be killed. As Xiao Yan spoke, he handed the letter to Yang Lian.

Yang Lian opened it to take a look, couldn't help frowning, pondered for a moment, and said, "I see." Xiao Siqing, in this Jinling, except for the Son of Heaven, no one can touch you. ”

"Thank you, Marquis Wu." Xiao Yan said busily.

"However, this letter alone cannot prove that this was done by King Yan." Yang Lian expressed the doubts in his heart.

Xiao Yan hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Wu Hou, the words on this letter are definitely written by King Yan, and the lower officials know his handwriting. ”

"Oh?" When Yang Lian heard this, he picked up the letter again and looked at it for a while, and at the end, he suddenly realized that he said, "No wonder Xiao Siqing insisted that it was King Yan who did it." However, based on this letter alone, it is said that King Yan made it, and His Majesty can't say it. ”

Xiao Yan nodded, he knew that this letter alone was not enough evidence, but if he couldn't bring down King Yan, he might not be able to live this life. Immediately begged for a while, Yang Lian thought about it, and immediately promised that he would secretly send someone to protect Xiao Yan's mansion.

Yang Lian comforted Xiao Yan for a while, saying that he would definitely not stand idly by for this matter, but it would take time to find a way to stop King Yan. Xiao Yan left with a thousand thanks,

Seeing that Xiao Yan was walking away, Zeng Yiling slowly walked out, saw the letter on the desk, picked it up, carefully looked at it for a while, and said: "This handwriting is really similar to Li Hongji's." ”

"Miss Zeng, have you seen Li Hongji's handwriting?" Yang Lian asked.

Zeng Yiling laughed, like a flower. Seeing that Xiao Yan was walking away, Zeng Yiling slowly walked out, saw the letter on the desk, picked it up, carefully looked at it for a while, and said: "This handwriting is really similar to Li Hongji's." ”

"Miss Zeng, have you seen Li Hongji's handwriting?" Yang Lian asked.

Zeng Yiling laughed, like a flower.