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Shu Guogong Liu Yi hibernated in the mansion for nearly a year, and then gradually regained some vitality and began to receive guests in the mansion.

The rebellion led by Er Zhuji was put down before it started, and Zhu Manyue was forced to commit suicide...... The bad news that followed one after another has made Liu Yi feel like he is on pins and needles, but the bodyguard Zhang Zhongjian sent to him by Nan Chen caused trouble for him again, and was discovered when he sneaked into the Jin Palace's mansion to steal Yang Lihua's handwriting, and he didn't know where to flee after killing people, and the exposure of Zhang Zhongjian's identity directly threatened Liu Yi's safety. Forced into desperation, he had to take a risk, blame others, and lead Zhang Zhongjian's disaster to the prince's palace official Lu Ben, and he escaped by luck.

For a person like Liu Yi, what he is best at doing is how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages before danger comes, and do everything possible to protect himself, at the expense of all means and tricks.

Liu Yi knew very well in his heart that before the situation in the new dynasty stabilized, Yang Jian would not take the life of his former great hero unless he had to, so after trying his best to clear up his relationship with Zhang Zhongjian, the killer of Nan Chen, he wisely adopted the countermeasure of not coming out, and isolated himself from everyone including Liang Shiyan and Yu Wenxin by saying that he was ill and closing the door, hoping to seek Yang Jian's forgiveness for him in this way.

Even, a few months ago, when he heard that his ally Yu Wenxin had regained Yang Jian's role and assisted the crown prince Yang Yong to garrison Xianyang in preparation for trouble, he also held back the eagerness in his heart and did not dare to act rashly.

But this time the situation is different.

Liu Yi held a bronze Buddha the size of a pigeon's egg tightly in his palm, and sat in his bedroom with frowning eyebrows, and had to ponder how to survive the crisis in front of him.

The cause of the incident was early in the morning of the same day, Liu Yi got up and was surprised to find that a bronze Buddha had been placed next to his pillow at some point, and there was a note pressed under the bronze Buddha.

Could it be that Zhang Zhongjian sneaked back to his house last night? Liu Yi panicked, hurriedly reached out and picked up the note under the bronze Buddha, and looked at it intently.

There was only a short line written on the note: "Bodhisattva, Heavenly Prison, 戌字号." Shut down. ”

Liu Yi's hand holding the note shook involuntarily, he hurriedly rubbed his eyes, and read the few words on the note many times before he let out a long sigh and lay back on the bed.

Guan Zizai, this is a name that makes Liu Yi uncomfortable when he thinks of him.

As early as two years ago, Liu Yi was coldly supported by Yang Jian because he cared about his personal safety and refused to go to the former enemy to serve as a supervisor and face Wei Chi's rebels, so he secretly contacted the Southern Chen court through Zhang Jiling, the richest man in Guangling, and his son.

According to the situation at that time, although the military strength and national strength of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were greatly strengthened after the destruction of Qi, Emperor Xuan of the Southern Chen Dynasty took advantage of the rebellion launched by the three governors of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and sent the generals Wu Mingche and Xiao Maha to cross the river to the north, and captured Hushu, an important place in the north of the Yangtze River, and maintained an offensive posture against the Northern Zhou. As Liu Yi, who was snubbed by Yang Jian and was unwilling to stay at home from now on and just be a rich man, he secretly started to contact Nan Chen and leave a way out for himself in the future.

After Yang Jian founded the Sui Dynasty, in addition to the high-pressure measures of exterminating the royal family of the previous dynasty, he also focused on cleaning up all the merchants who came to Chang'an from the territory of Nanchen, and in this situation, Zhang Jiling had to leave Chang'an and return to Guangling.

Before he left, he not only entrusted his son Zhang Zhongjian to Liu Yi to take care of him, but also told Liu Yi a secret: in addition to him, Chen Shubao, the prince of Southern Chen, also installed an important person in Chang'an City: Guan Zizai, the deputy leader of Yanchao.

Zhang Jiling instructed Liu Yi that since he left, Guan Zizai would be the contact between Liu Yi and the Nanchen court, and if Liu Yi needed Nan Chen's help, he could get in touch with Guan Zizai through Zhang Zhongjian, and Guan Zizai would try to meet any requests he made.

Because Liu Yi stepped on two boats, he did not wholeheartedly expect the Nanchen court to bring him glory and wealth, and while secretly colluding with the Nanchen court, he put more of his hopes on forming an alliance with the former generals and opposing the great cause of the Sui and Zhou dynasties, so he never took the initiative to contact Guan Zizai.

Even so, out of curiosity, Liu Yi occasionally asked Zhang Zhongjian about some of the circumstances of Guan Zizai, such as Guan Zizai's status in the Nanchen court, what kind of face he was in Chang'an, his identity, etc., from Zhang Zhongjian's answer, Liu Yi relied on his years of experience accumulated in the palace to estimate that Zhang Zhongjian was most likely not directly controlled by Guan Zizai, but through other people to contact Guan Zizai. Even, Liu Yi suspected that Zhang Zhongjian had never seen Guan Zizai himself at all.

However, Zhang Zhongjian also leaked some important information about Yanchao and Guan Zizi to Liu Yi, such as Emperor Xuan of Nanchen Chen Chen believed in Buddhism, and Chen Shubao, the prince of Nanchen, was called Buddha by his nickname, and Yanchao was an important hidden force in Chen Shubao's own hands.

At that time, Liu Yi heard Zhang Zhongjian say this, and couldn't help but smile and ask him, "Oh? There are no birds in the goose's nest, only Buddhas and Bodhisattvas live in it, which is also interesting. Do you know how many bodhisattvas live in this goose's nest? ”

"How many bodhisattvas can there be, at most two or three." Zhang Zhongjian glanced at Liu Yi and replied recklessly, "I also know that the deputy leader is called the Great Bodhisattva, and in addition, there are one or two Dharma protectors, also known as the Bodhisattva......

Regarding the news that Yang Su captured Nanchen's important spy Bodhisattva in the Eastern Capital and handed it over to Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guogong, to escort him back to Beijing, although Liu Yi usually stayed at home, he had already learned from his family. What does it mean that Guan Zizai suddenly left such a note to himself today?

Out of caution, Liu Yi had destroyed the note and kept the contents of the note firmly in mind. He thought about it for a long time, and finally realized the true intention of Guan Zizai's letter to him: to ask him to bring the bronze Buddha in his hand to the Bodhisattva who was imprisoned in the prison cell of the Heavenly Prison!

Inexplicably, he had obviously found out where the Bodhisattva caught by Yang Su was being held, why didn't he send his subordinates in the goose's nest to bring this bronze Buddha to the Bodhisattva in the cell, but found himself as an outsider! Liu Yi couldn't help but feel deeply dissatisfied with Guan Zizai's behavior.

Of course, Liu Yi also understands that since Guan Zizai has found his head, then he must do it, otherwise, if nothing else, Guan Zizai only needs to write such a note and quietly put it on the pillow of the emperor, the queen, or the prince, and the glimmer of life that he has worked hard to close himself to at home for nearly a year will instantly turn into nothing.