Seeing the corpse, Li Jing frowned, judging from the appearance alone, the corpse had turned black, which showed how terrible the poison on the dagger was. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Li Jing ordered Gao Ze to go up to check, and sure enough, on the woman's arm, a tiger's claw was found.

This news made Li Jing angry in his heart, he naturally knew the source of the tiger's claws, King Yan was so stubborn, which made Li Jing very disappointed, and in addition, it made him feel that the dispute between King Qi and King Yan would not end in a short time.

King Yan has done this kind of thing several times, proving that King Yan has always been eyeing the position of the prince, and the people around him, Han Xizai, Chang Mengxi, and even Prime Minister Sun Sheng, who are the people who come up with such ghost ideas around him? Or maybe it's even King Yan's own thoughts?

Li Jing thought of Guo Rong again, he knew that Guo Rong and Yan Wang had a close relationship, but he didn't know how close the two were? King Yan can't be allowed to go on like this, otherwise, the Tang Dynasty, which has just made a noise, will fall into a situation of civil strife again.

Li Jing drove out Chang Mengxi, Han Xizai and others back then, and didn't let them stay in the capital, just because he didn't want the party struggle to become more and more intense, but a few years have passed, and this ordeal has not allowed the two to learn a lesson, and they are still tirelessly seeking the position of prince for King Yan. Instead, they tried to prop King Yan to power, and once they ascended the throne, they were the patriarchs of the new dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Jing couldn't help but sneer, Han Xizai was the former minister of the mansion when he was in the East Palace, Li Jing trusted the two so much, but the two of them were still like this, and they did not change their ways, which made Li Jing very dissatisfied. However, Li Jing didn't plan to make a noise about this matter, he wanted to observe and observe.

After thinking for a while, Li Jing ordered, and he urgently sent the so-called imperial doctor to the Yang Mansion to treat the injuries of Yang Lian, who did not exist, and at the same time, he secretly called his henchmen and sent people to monitor the Yan Wang's Mansion. King Yan's actions disappointed him too much.

Later, in the mansion, King Qi found Princess Huairou who was hidden under the soft couch. After Princess Huairou woke up, she didn't know anything about what happened, she only knew that she heard the sound of firecrackers, so she asked Green Dress to check the situation, and the palace maid suddenly had some anxiety at that time, so she hurriedly left for a while, and after that, Princess Huairou fainted.

After some investigation, King Qi found that there was a maid missing in the mansion, this maid was bought from the market by the housekeeper of the palace of King Qi, and the parents of the maid had to sell their daughter because they could not pay the tax. After so many years, the maid has changed from a fourteen-year-old girl to an eighteen-year-old flower girl, who knows that she will do such a thing?

Moreover, where did this woman learn this martial arts? After King Qi found out about this matter, he suddenly felt a chill on his back, which was terrible.

Li Jing summoned King Qi and Princess Huairou, told him what had happened, and told her that this matter must be kept secret, Princess Huairou knew that Yang Lian was not in Jinling, but in Jiangling, thousands of miles away, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Jiangling, Fei Yunshan looked at the mess all over the ground and frowned.

Ever since he sent Han Baozheng to show off his might in front of the Zhou camp with Guo Xin's head, he has been on guard against the possible counterattack of the Zhou army at any time. However, the execution of the soldiers was not enough, just yesterday, the Shu army camp was sneak attacked, the attack of the Zhou camp was very sudden, the Shu army itself was in chaos, and there were not many people killed by the Zhou army, but those who trampled on each other and died, which was twice as many as the soldiers who died in battle.

How can such an army fight? With the destruction of Wu Yue and the division of Chu, although there are still many forces in the world, the situation has been quite obvious, the overlord of the world is produced between the Tang Dynasty, the Great Zhou and the Shu State, the Great Zhou is strong in the army, but the food is insufficient, so after Guo Wei ascended the throne, he has been in the defensive stage, and even did not hesitate to send his son Guo Rong as a hostage, the purpose is to gain time to recuperate.

The Tang Dynasty, with the destruction of Wu Yue, proved that his military ability is not weak, although the destruction of Wu Yue emptied the treasury in the first war, but the land under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, most of them are fertile, especially in the area of Suzhou and Hangzhou, has become the land of fish and rice, and the two Huai since the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and Bashu are the two most important tax areas. Datang's predicament can only be temporary, and once it recovers, it will not be prosperous.

And Bashu, known as the country of abundance, wealth is naturally needless to say, but the mountains and rivers are jammed, surrounded by mountains, since ancient times no one has ever been able to occupy Bashu to dominate the world, for Shu, as soon as possible out of this land surrounded by mountains, or north to Guanzhong, or down the river, attack Jingxiang, is the best policy.

Guanzhong is now occupied by the Great Zhou, the Great Zhou army has a strong combat ability, and the Shu State directly competes with him for land, the Shu Emperor does not have this self-confidence, so he turns to bully Nanping, which is weaker than himself, if he occupies Nanping, the exit of the Yangtze River is firmly occupied by Shu, and there will be many more choices in the future. However, with the timely response of the Great Zhou, the reinforcements quickly arrived in Jiangling, although the number was small, it was enough to represent the attitude of the Great Zhou.

Shu State will not be able to take Jiangling for a while and a half, it will fall into passivity, Fei Yunshan originally wanted to use the head to provoke the generals of the Zhou army to fight, but in the end it failed, no, it should be said that it was successful, Zhou Xun's sneak attack last night proved this, but unfortunately, the Zhou army was always a sneak attack.

What to do in this situation? Fei Yunshan didn't think about it, but Meng Chang, the Son of Heaven, made a decision for him. The prince was killed by the Shu army on Wednesday, and the news came quickly, and Zhao Chongtao, as the capital eunuch, was extremely excited, and he immediately repaired a book and sent it to Chengdu. When Meng Chang got the news, he was naturally very excited, and on the one hand, he prepared a reward gift, escorted Jiangling, and rewarded the relevant soldiers, and on the other hand, he raised 30,000 troops again and rushed to the front line, so as to capture Jiangling in one fell swoop.

When the news of Shu's increase in troops came, Gao Baorong was greatly surprised, and he wrote several letters asking for help in a row, which made people send them to Kaifeng quickly. Guo Wei received the news, and his originally somewhat wavering heart was firm again, and he announced that he would send troops to Jiangling at the court meeting. In public and private, Jiangling can't fall into the hands of the Shu people, not to mention that the Shu people killed his son, how can this revenge not be avenged?

Shu and Zhou sharpened their knives, a big war was about to begin, Yang Lian got the news, and this time the mission to Jiangling was completed. Yang Lian didn't expect the task to be completed so quickly in advance, but Guo Xin's southward movement created conditions for Yang Lian.

After thinking for a while, Yang Lian decided to lead the troops to retreat, but before retreating, Yang Lian asked the soldiers to wear the armor of the Zhou army and plundered the Jiangling area for several days, and then quietly left For this sudden appearance of the Zhou army, not only Fei Yunshan was puzzled, Gao Baorong was puzzled, and even Gao Huaide and Han Tong couldn't figure out where this Zhou army suddenly appeared, but these people plundered everywhere in the name of avenging the three princes, so that Gao Huaide and Han Tong couldn't get out of it.

Yang Lian led his troops into Ezhou and temporarily stationed there, and he needed to observe the further situation. At this time, Yang Lian received a letter from Jinling, in which Zeng Yiling told Yang Lian what had happened recently.

Yang Lian didn't expect Li Hongji to dare to take risks and do this kind of thing under the nose of the Son of Heaven, Yang Lian felt that this matter was not so simple. After thinking for two hours, Yang Lian decided to evacuate Ezhou, he needed to appear in Jinling, otherwise Guo Rong would definitely suspect that there was something wrong with this operation, if Guo Wei knew, it was very likely that he would turn the spearhead to Datang, if that was the case, Yang Lian would lose more than he gained.

Yang Lian went first, through the waterway, down the river, Chen Tie took the Yanzhou soldiers into zero, back to Yanzhou, Chen Tie was very dissatisfied with this battle, the battle has just begun, and it is not yet fun, why did he retreat?

Yang Lian comforted him with good words, and said that the time to attack the Central Plains and destroy the Great Zhou is not far away, once the Northern Expedition, Yanzhou, Yunzhou and other places are the front line of the Zhou Dynasty, Yang Lian will definitely let Chen Tie be the vanguard officer and conquer the city.

Chen Tie got the promise, and then he became happy. The other soldiers were also broken into pieces, and gradually left Ezhou and returned to Jinling.

Yang Lian's boat traveled both day and moon, and the speed was very fast, and it only took five days to arrive in Jinling. In these five days, many things have happened, Shu and Zhou have gathered a large number of soldiers, and the vanguard of 3,000 people has rushed to Jiangling, receiving this news, Yang Lian is relieved.

What is now in front of Yang Lian is how to deal with Li Hongji, a difficult guy, and at this time, Yang Lian already knows that Li Hongji has a great relationship with Tiger Claw, so he is even more determined to get rid of Li Hongji. In the past, it was not that he would not get rid of it, but that he needed a good opportunity, after all, Li Hongji was the eldest son of the Son of Heaven, and if he didn't like it, he wouldn't necessarily kill him, Yang Lian would not make a small fuss, but would only kill with one blow.

With such thoughts, Yang Lian blended into Jinling City, he did not go to the imperial city first, but went straight to the mansion. In order not to attract attention, Yang Lian walked through the back door and knocked on the back door, Zhao Peng was very surprised when he saw Yang Lian.

When Fu Jinzhan saw Yang Lian, he immediately took him into the backyard, and sent someone to find Zeng Yiling back, and took advantage of this time to tell him about the situation in Jinling City. To Yang Lian's surprise, this time there was such a big thing in the Yang Mansion, and the Son of Heaven was unexpectedly calm, and he did not send anyone to investigate the cause and effect of this incident.

Such an attitude made Yang Lian think that the Son of Heaven must have known who the main messenger of this matter was, thinking of this, Yang Lian and Zeng Yiling discussed it, and at dusk, Yang Lian rushed to the imperial city.

Li Jing has been very hesitant recently, on the one hand, he has been unable to tolerate King Yan's behavior, and is determined to drive out the people around King Yan, so that King Yan will be alone, but Chang Mengxi and Han Xizai are old ministers who have followed him for many years, and they have a bit of a similar interest to him, and Li Jing, who misses the old love, can't bear to drive these people to the wilderness again.

He still remembered that after pardoning Han Xizai, after Han Xizai returned to Jinling, he wept bitterly on the ground and expressed remorse, but why did he do this? Could it be that I treated him badly enough that he thought this way?

Li Jing thought about it for several days, but he never paid attention, and at this time, Gao Ze came in a hurry and said that Wu Hou was back. Li Jing felt strange in his heart, why did Wu Hou come back? Isn't he in Gangneung? Li Jing couldn't help asking, "That Wu Hou?" After speaking, I couldn't help laughing, how many Wu Hou can there be?

Gao Ze also laughed, tentatively, and asked, "Your Majesty?" ”

"Bring him in, and let no one see him." Li Jing commanded.

"Whoa!" Gao Ze retreated, and after a while, Yang Lian came in with Gao Ze.

"Wechen has seen Your Majesty." Yang Lian bowed his hand.

"Hehe, Yang Aiqing is exempt!" Li Jing said, and said, "Yang Aiqing, why did you come back so quickly when you went out this time?" ”

"That's a blessing for Your Majesty!" Yang Lian smiled and detailed what happened in Jiangling this time, Li Jing's eyes widened, and with just a hundred people, he defeated more than 1,000 Zhou troops with camps, which was almost a fantasy. More importantly, the killing of the three princes of the Great Zhou made the situation between Shu and Zhou tense again.

The two sides gathered troops and horses to prepare for a big fight, and Li Jing knew a little about it, but he didn't understand the reason. Now it seems that Yang Lian has made a lot of contributions. Li Jing thought for a while and asked, "Yang Aiqing, you have made great achievements this time, but due to various relationships, I can't reward you clearly, don't you mind." ”

Yang Lian heard Li Jing say this, guessed something in his heart, and hurriedly said: "It is a blessing for Weichen to be able to serve the Tang Dynasty and His Majesty." ”

Li Jing laughed twice, Yang Lian was still so modest, Li Jing pondered for a moment, and said, "Yang Aiqing, have you ever gone home?" ”

"When Weichen entered the city, he hurried over." Yang Lian replied that at this time, he naturally would not tell the truth.

Li Jing coughed twice and said, "Yang Aiqing, speaking of which, this time I'm sorry for you." I know your temper, but I want to ask you for a favor. ”

"Your Majesty is like this, isn't it a torture to kill Wei Chen." Yang Lian was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly took two steps back, looking panicked.

Li Jing waved his hand and told what had happened in Jinling in the past few days, of course, Li Jing did not say who the main messenger of this incident was, if he really said it, this matter would not end well. So Li Jing just said that there was an accident this time, and I hope Yang Lian will not pursue it again. This was not explicitly stated, even if Yang Lian didn't know the real situation, he could guess the reason.

Yang Lian pretended to groan, and only then did he speak, and said: "Your Majesty, this time the matter is too strange, that tiger claw doesn't know whose subordinate it is, and he wants to assassinate Yu Weichen several times." If Weichen is alone, he is naturally not afraid, but now it is very different, even if he doesn't think about himself, he has to think about his family. If such a thing still happens in the future, if there is an accident in Huairou, Weichen, Weichen ......"

Yang Lian didn't say anything more, but Li Jing already understood, he paced and thought for a while, and said: "Yang Aiqing, don't worry about this matter, I will definitely find a way to solve it, and I won't let you, let alone Princess Huairou, be hurt." ”

Yang Lian saluted and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"That's it, you're running all the way, it's better to go back and rest early, Yang Aiqing, I will send someone to send you!" Li Jing said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yang Lian said.

Li Jing called Gao Ze and instructed him to prepare a carriage, and dispatched more than 30 guards to escort Yang Lian all the way back to his home.