Zhao Ziliang looked at the invitation card in his hand repeatedly, thinking to himself what did Prince Li Heng mean? After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Ziliang roughly thought that the crown prince Li Heng should have no ill will towards him for the time being, you must know that the prince is now ordered to investigate him, if there is malicious intent, he will not send someone to send an invitation to invite him to the banquet, as for what Li Heng's intentions are, he can only know when he goes.

At noon, Zhao Ziliang took a few servants to the drunken immortal building in the city, and under the leadership of the shopkeeper, he went to a very elegant private room on the third floor, where the prince Li Heng was sitting in plain clothes, and there were several guards standing at the door.

Sitting with the crown prince was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man, who was dressed as a Confucian scholar, looking quite wise and free, and when he saw Zhao Ziliang, he immediately got up and greeted him: "But is General Zhao?" ”

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "It's Zhao, ・・・・・・ Your Excellency?" ”

I saw that this young Confucian also saluted: "In Xia Li Yu, the word Changyuan, add to wait for Zhao Hanlin, and walk in the East Palace!" ”

Li Mi? Zhao Ziliang was shocked, this person was terrible later, he served four generations of emperors, and they were all characters who existed as high-ranking staff. He hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Mr. Changyuan, disrespectful and disrespectful, I don't know if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in the middle room, and he has been waiting for the general for a long time! General please! Li Mi said and made a gesture of please.

Zhao Ziliang walked into the private room, and sure enough, he saw the crown prince Li Heng sitting in civilian clothes, and hurriedly saluted: "See His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Heng got up with a smile and helped Zhao Ziliang up, and said with a smile: "The general doesn't need to be polite, this is not a serious occasion, there is no need to be polite!" Mr. Changyuan, please instruct the shopkeeper to serve the food! ”

"No!" Li Mi agreed, and then walked to the door and sent a guard downstairs to call the shopkeeper to serve the food.

After the wine and food are served. Li Heng and Li Mi drank a few glasses in a row with Zhao Ziliang. While drinking and eating, chatting and asking some common words, Zhao Ziliang answered them one by one.

After three rounds of drinking, Li Mi replaced Li Heng and said, "Zhao Ziliang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invited the general to come over this time." I just want to get close to the general and get familiar with it, this time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was ordered to investigate several counts of impeachment of the generals by several imperial histories, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can be said to have spent a lot of heart, in the process of investigation, many people tried their best to slander the general, if it wasn't for His Royal Highness the Prince's discernment, maybe he would have been deceived by these people, and it would also bring a lot of trouble to the general. The general still hasn't paid much tribute to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? ”

"It should, it should!" Zhao Ziliang immediately picked up his wine glass and said to Li Heng: "Thank you His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for upholding justice for the last general, and the last general will respect His Royal Highness, do it first!" ”

Seeing this, Li Heng nodded with a smile and said: "The general has outstanding military achievements, strong martial arts, and has been very effective in governing the Zuo Jian guards and Zuo Jin Wuwei, and Gu appreciates it very much." First of all, most of the people in the court are mediocre and incompetent, and the father and emperor were deceived by the traitorous minister Li Linfu and others. So that the imperial court is becoming more and more smoky, and it is really necessary for General Zhao, an upright and loyal person, to clear the turbidity and rectify the atmosphere, although the general is now suspended from his post, he must not be discouraged! ”

Li Mi said on the side: "Yes, General Zhao, the investigation is over." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has figured out everything, and he will be able to report to His Majesty on the same day, and the General will soon be able to resume his duties! In the future, if the general has any difficulties and difficulties, he can come to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and His Royal Highness admires the general very much. I will not refuse! ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and arched his hand: "His Royal Highness the Prince's intentions, the end will understand!" His Royal Highness is the first heir to the throne of the Tang Dynasty, if the end will be a minister, it will inevitably be the head of His Royal Highness, but the last general is a military general, if he is too close to His Royal Highness, once he is stabbed to His Majesty, the end will be disposed of It doesn't matter, if it is implicated in His Royal Highness, it will be very unbeautiful, and now only His Royal Highness is far more wise than other princes among His Majesty's heirs, if His Royal Highness is suspicious of His Majesty because of the last general, the future of the Tang Dynasty is uncertain! In the future, as long as it does not endanger His Majesty, does not endanger the Datang Society, does not violate the laws and regulations of the Datang Dynasty, or is beneficial to the country, His Royal Highness will obey all the orders! ”

Listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, Li Heng and Li Mi glanced at each other, although the trip did not meet their expectations, but Zhao Ziliang said that they were very satisfied with this, Zhao Ziliang said that he would not get too close to them, but also said that under certain circumstances, he was still on Li Heng's side, at least without involving the emperor, Zhao Ziliang would definitely not help Li Linfu deal with him, as long as he was still the prince of the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Ziliang would not be unfavorable to him.

After Zhao Ziliang left, Li Heng asked Li Yu: "What does Mr. think of this Zhao Ziliang?" ”

Li Mi arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, it can be seen that Your Highness admires him very much, this person is a loyal and righteous person, but he can't win him over, but it is certain that he will not help His Highness's political enemies, for such a person, His Highness can't make enemies with him, and some things can even be done with his hands!" ”

Li Heng nodded, and said: "Lone is still a little worried, this person is jealous and hateful, upright, and Lone's subordinates have some shady things and businesses, if this person finds out, I am afraid that he will not show mercy to his subordinates, his Left Jin Wuwei Right Guard General's Mansion is in charge of this mess!" ”

Li Mi said: "Your Highness, can't you give up these things and business?" ”

Li Heng shook his head and said, "Not for the time being, which of those officials in the court is not greedy?" If you want to win them over, how can you do it without money? And the lonely East Palace has a lot of expenses, and it can't be played without money! ”

Hearing this, Li Mi said fiercely: "It's Li Linfu who has ruined the atmosphere of the imperial court over the years!" But Your Highness, if you continue to do the things and business that your Highness has in your hands, once the emperor finds out, Your Highness will be suspicious, this is a big thing because of a small loss, and those officials who can be bought by money are really reliable? If they were bribed by Li Linfu's gang at a critical moment, wouldn't they stab us in the back? ”

Li Heng was originally a person with very soft ears, but when he saw that Li Yu said so seriously, he was suddenly a little flustered, and hurriedly asked, "Then what should I do with Mr.'s intentions?" ”

Li Mi pondered for a moment and said: "Since Your Highness can't do anything for the time being, it's better to make a new arrangement, so that once something happens, you can cut off their contact with Your Highness in time, so that Your Highness can completely get rid of your involvement." Judging from what Zhao Ziliang did after he took office as the general of the Left Jin Wuwei and the Right Guard, he first carried out a strict purge of the soldiers below, and then carried out a large-scale cleanup and rectification of the generals and officials. Under his series of actions, the state of law and order in Chang'an County has been greatly improved, and the inference of the lower officials is that he is only afraid that there will be big moves next, and after rectifying the interior, Your Highness, please think. What's next for him? ”

Li Heng thought about it and said: "Now that the inside has been purged, the next step is to deal with those external factors that affect public security!" ”

"Not bad!" Li Mi nodded, and then said, "What are the external factors that affect law and order?" What are they? Those things and shady businesses under His Highness are only within the scope of his attack, of course, this is not only His Highness's strength is hit, but other people will also be affected, no wonder some people continue to impeach him. In fact, His Majesty's attitude has long been clear, he just wants to make a perfunctory appearance to those people, not really to treat Zhao Ziliang as such. Otherwise, His Majesty would not have said that he would maintain the rules set by Zhao Ziliang in the Right Guard General's Mansion."

Li Heng thought about it for a moment, and then agreed: "Okay, just do what Mr. said!" ”

"Li Jingzhong, go back to the palace!" Li Heng said and got up and walked outside.

"No!" Standing next to him, a white-faced middle-aged man who was nearly forty years old did not need to immediately agree, but the voice he made explained his identity, he was a eunuch.

After Zhao Ziliang left the Drunken Immortal Building, he kept thinking about the situation when he saw Li Heng just now and the contact with Li Heng. made Zhao Ziliang feel that Li Heng was too indecisive, and he was only in his thirties. The temples appeared white, which shows that he, the crown prince, is also very uncomfortable, and he can be described as walking on thin ice in the court, and it is extremely difficult.

was thinking about it, but saw the war horse Uli stop and looked up. It turned out that an old woman a few meters in front of her fell to the ground and couldn't get up, Zhao Ziliang saw it, and immediately jumped off the war horse and walked towards the old woman.

"Are you alright, old man?" Zhao Ziliang walked up to the old woman and squatted down and asked.

I saw the old woman moaning incessantly: "Oops, oops・・・・・・"

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly said: "Old man." I'll take you to Lang Zhong in the hospital to take a look, come, I'll help you up! ”

"Ouch, people are old and useless, thank you, this minister!" The old woman hummed and chirped, and slowly got up with Zhao Ziliang's support.

Just when Zhao Ziliang was about to turn around, the old woman suddenly had a dagger in her hand, and the dagger stabbed at Zhao Ziliang's abdomen at a very fast speed.

Zhao Ziliang didn't feel the murderous aura at all, so he was completely defenseless, just when the old woman suddenly started to leak the murderous aura, Zhao Ziliang felt that it was too late, the dagger was extremely sharp, and it successfully pierced through the clothes and pierced his abdomen.

Zhao Ziliang let out a muffled snort and smashed it with a punch, and although the old woman assassin tried his best to dodge, he was still hit in the shoulder, and the whole person was beaten a few meters away, opening her mouth and spitting out a mouthful of blood, she quickly got up and ran into the alley next to her.

"Ahh Some pedestrians saw the assassination scene just now, and saw blood flowing out of Zhao Ziliang's abdomen.

A few Hu Cong jumped off the war horse and ran over, Bai Xiaode said eagerly: "General, you are injured!" Quick, let's go to the hospital for treatment! ”

Zhao Ziliang covered his wound, gritted his teeth and said: "It's okay with this little flesh wound, I'm fine, leave two people, you take the others to chase the assassin, you must catch him for me!" ”

"No!"

・・・・・・The emergency whistle sounded, and a team of Zuo Jinwu guards patrolled the street quickly ran over, led by a lieutenant who knew Zhao Ziliang, and saw that he was assassinated, and was frightened, and immediately bowed down and said: "General, the subordinates are late for rescue, and they really deserve to die!" ”

Zhao Ziliang had beads of sweat on his forehead and waved his hand: "The assassin is disguised, it is a young woman, she has been injured in the left shoulder by General Ben, go and catch her, General Ben is fine!" ”

"No!" The lieutenant agreed, and immediately said to his soldiers: "Quickly notify all the soldiers in the vicinity, block all the intersections within a radius of two miles in the vicinity, strictly check the passers-by, and arrest anyone suspicious immediately, especially the young woman with an injury to her left shoulder!" ”

"Yes, Captain!" (To be continued.) )