At the beginning of night, the prosperity of Longcheng was swept away, and the armor-breaking army of ten people inspected suspicious people on the streets of Longcheng's major markets. When the major elders of the eight departments of Luofu entered Beijing, King Yong was ordered by the emperor to break the curfew of the night market of the Admiral's Mansion to ensure the safety of Longcheng and at the same time check suspicious people.

The main hall of Linze Palace was brightly lit, and after Du Pingye, who had been busy for a day, sent away Guan Gu and his party, he loosened his muscles and bones and lay on the soft collapse and looked at the major tribal emblems of the dragons flying and phoenixes dancing on the beams of the hall, the white cranes soaring into the sky, the divine dragons soaring for nine days, and the wolves rushing to the wasteland.

"Great Elder, everyone has been sent out." An old man of about sixty years old, with a thin body, his whole face was very bony and obvious, and a wisp of tea fragrance wafted from the bridge of his nose that was puffed up.

"The Shangguan Mansion also sent someone?" Du Pingye put his legs on the soft guardrail with a calm expression, and with a slight wave of his right hand, he retreated from the guards in the hall.

"Yes, according to our previous plan, the Yongwang Mansion, the Four Great Families, the Broken Army General's Mansion, the major dart bureaus, and the rest of the clans will be at the helm of Dragon City."

"Okay, it's not a loss, Brother He Liu, I don't have to worry about you doing things." Du Pingye sat up abruptly from the soft collapse, picked up a cup of tea and saluted He Liu, who bowed down.

He Liu also saluted, "The Great Elder has a good reputation. It is my duty to serve our Vientiane tribes. ”

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The protection in the north courtyard of Shangguan Mansion has been strengthened, and Huang Fujia even transferred all the elites of the shadow guard to the courtyard where Shangguan Junqian was located in the north courtyard. Gao Dongzi sat by the pond with a drunken face, "Come and drink, you're welcome." This is the imperial wine in the palace, and it's a pity not to drink it. ”

Du Pingye originally planned to leave Gao Dongzi in Linze Palace to take care of Yun Ruowu, but after Shangguan Gu explained the actual situation, Du Pingye also had to let him go, and asked His Majesty the Emperor to transfer a batch of imperial wine from the imperial wine garden and give it to them.

The corners of Gong Fuchen's mouth moved slightly, he waved his hand slightly, and said with a smile, "Mr. Dongzi, just drink, I have to patrol the hospital in the middle of the night." Tea can only be used instead of alcohol. ”

After returning home, Shangguan Gu was worried that the group of assassins who had infiltrated the Linze Palace would infiltrate the Shangguan Mansion again to target Gao Dongzi, so he ordered the guards of each court to strengthen the night patrol. In order not to have an accident, Gong Fuchen personally sat in the north courtyard, always accompanied by Gao Dongzi's side, and protected the other party at all times in the name of accompanying wine.

Gao Dongzi nodded, his cheeks flushed slightly, his mouth dripping with wine, and he said drowsily, "Knowing that Lord Gong is hard, I won't be difficult for you." ”

Before he finished speaking, Gao Dongzi got drunk and fell asleep on the sandalwood pillar of the pavilion. Gong Fuchen shook his head helplessly, and said with a dry smile, "You help Mr. Dongzi back to the room, and if there is anything, come to the young master's room immediately to report." ”

"Yes," the four guards outside the pavilion said respectfully.

Gong Fuchen got up and handed the teacup in his hand to the guard beside him, then left the pavilion by the pond and walked quickly in the direction of the north courtyard. The four guards supported Gao Dongzi, who was full of alcohol, and walked out of the attic of the other courtyard, and a few black shadows flashed under the corner of the woods in the distance, closely following behind the five people.

Gong Fuchen walked along the path in the north courtyard through several courtyard corridors and came to the gate of the courtyard where Shangguan Junqian lived. "Is the master still in the room?"

The guard standing in the courtyard near the arch of the courtyard shook his head, "The master just left. ”

"You all cheer up, if someone breaks in and affects the young master, I will not spare you." Gong Fuchen stopped and stood in the courtyard and shouted to everyone.

"Yes," the guards of the North Courtyard replied in a rough voice, and everyone cheered up, watching vigilantly in all directions of the courtyard, controlling every corner in their eyes.

Gong Fuchen's eyes swept over the dark corners of the courtyard, and instructed, "The dark corners in the courtyard should also be paid attention to at all times, and you must not let go of a corner." ”

"Palace Commander, are you here?" Huang Fujia was arranging for the shadow guards to hide in various key places in the room, and when he heard Gong Fuchen's voice in the courtyard, he hurriedly walked out.

"Well, you've worked hard." Gong Fuchen came to the wooden corridor outside the door, glanced left and right, walked quickly to the middle of the room, and then asked, "How is the young man's injury?" ”

"It's the same as before, just no more screams." Huangfu Jia bowed his head and whispered.

Gong Fuchen nodded, came to the inner room in the room, stood at the door and looked at the bed behind the screen, only to see Shangguan Junqian tightly wrapped in a medicinal cloth, and the two small servants in front of the medicine stove were concentrating on fanning the medicine mist.

"That's good, as long as the young master can get better, there will be one less worry in the master's heart. You guys are here to take care of it, and I'll go to the courtyard to have a look. ”

"Congratulations to the palace commander." Huang Fujia followed behind Gong Fuchen, came to the wooden corridor and arched his hand, and said softly.

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About three hours later, more than a dozen teams of black-clothed people climbed over the high wall on the west side of the palace and went directly along the mountain and stone path to Linze Palace. When the woods encountered several Vientiane tribal guards, they showed the ivory waist card on their waists and went directly to the main hall of Linze Palace.

The lights in the hall were still bright, and Du Pingye had no intention of resting, although he yawned a few times, he still lay flat on the soft collapse, and gently turned his right hand.

"Who?" He Liu heard movement outside the temple gate, and suddenly threw the teacup in his hand out quickly, and a tall and thin man dressed in black walked quickly into the candlelight in the darkness at the door, holding the teacup that flew out respectfully with both hands.

"Lord He, you're still so agile."

"It turned out to be Liming." He Liu looked at the tall and thin man who walked into the hall, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, he didn't expect the dead man of the Heavenly Machine Elephant to be so fast, and it only took three hours to find out the major forces in Dragon City.

A few steps forward from Ming, he returned the teacup in his hand to He Liu, the candlelight illuminated his half-clear face very clearly, and his right hand swiped back and forth over his short beard and whispered, "Great Elder, we are back." ”

The Celestial Elephant is the dead soldier agency of the Vientiane tribe, which is responsible for finding out information from all sides, similar to the Flying Eagle Riders of the Imperial Dynasty, but they have been hiding in the shadows. As the new pavilion master of the Heavenly Machine Elephant, Li Ming was secretly transferred to the southern realm before the Great Elder set off for Dragon City, and there were a large number of masters of the Heavenly Machine Elephant with him.

"What's the catch?" Du Pingye looked at his most proud protégé in front of him, and cast a look of resignation. Liming was not the best candidate for the pavilion master, but Du Pingye, as the Great Elder, united with the three most powerful elders of the Vientiane clan to push Liming to this position despite public opinion.

Li Ming stepped forward and came to the middle of the main hall, knelt down on one knee and said, "Except for the Yongwang Mansion, the Heavenly Machine Elephant has not been inquired into, and we have sent people to the rest of the forces." ”

"Any useful news?"

"Yongwang's Mansion?" He Liu's forehead was furrowed, as if he remembered something, and whispered to himself, could it be that they arranged this assassination, or that King Yong had something to do with the matter of Yuntian Sect.

Although Li Ming noticed the strange look on He Liu's face, when he heard Du Pingye's question, he arched his hand and continued, "Except for the Shangguan family, the other three families are the same as usual, and the major dart bureaus in charge of the Luofu land route have recently had a large number of fixed points, and they all have important things transported to Dragon City from various realms. ”

"It seems that the major clans are all trying to make a difference in Dragon City." Du Pingye clenched his hands into fists, stared at the inky floor, and said coldly.

Seeing Du Pingye's fierce gaze, Li Ming thought that he had said something wrong, so he was stunned for a moment, and then coughed dryly and whispered, "Great Elder? ”

Du Pingye came back to his senses, waved his hand to signal Liming to take a seat, and then asked, "What about the rudders of the other major clans in Dragon City?" ”

"I guess they're buying gifts overnight, after all, there are quite a few dignitaries in Dragon City. Everyone came prepared this time. He Liu shook his head lightly and said with a smile.

"That's right," Li Ming glanced at He Liu, and then said, "Just as Lord He Liu said, the rest of the major tribes will send out the gifts they have purchased, and take advantage of the night to send them to the six ministries of the DPRK and the officials at all levels into the mansion. ”

Du Pingye nodded, pointed to the teacup on Liming's side, and said softly, "Take a sip of tea first, this matter is not in a hurry." ”

"Thank you, Great Elder." Li Ming got up and arched his hand, sat down again and took a sip of tea, and asked, "Are we going to start preparing tomorrow?" ”

"The idea..."

"I've got a solution here." He Liu turned his head, a wicked smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and looked at Du Pingye.

"What do you think?"

"It's better to take advantage of the fact that the elders of the rest of the ministries haven't entered Beijing yet, and the Zhengqing of the six ministries and nine Qings..."

Du Ping nodded approvingly, patted his thigh with his right hand, and said with a smile, "Good idea, good idea." ”

"This matter has to be handled by Lao Liming himself."

"What?" Looking at the two of them puzzled, he asked suspiciously.

"Gifts don't have to be too expensive, just do what you like." He Liu got up and came to Liming's side, took out a booklet from his arms, bowed his head and continued, "Here are the preferences of the officials in Beijing, you can finish buying before nightfall tomorrow, and the Great Elder will visit in person." ”

"What" Liming was stunned, he took the booklet, and was surprised not that He Liu's booklet, but that the Great Elder would deign to visit the Liubu Jiuqing in Beijing.

Although the eight major tribes are the tribes of the Luofu Dynasty, they have always been in their respective feudal regions, and the affairs in the tribe have always been controlled by the Council of Elders, each tribe has four to nine elders to form the Council of Elders, and the number of people in different tribes is different. And these elders are equivalent to the princes of the imperial dynasty, and the status of the great elders is equivalent to the prison state.

"Yes, this will show the sincerity of our Vientiane tribe." Du Pingye paused for a moment, and laughed loudly, "Besides, I still have a trick." ”

"What's the trick?" He Liu and Liming asked at the same time.

"Yuntian Sect..."Du Pingye didn't say anything, but he had already hatched a bigger conspiracy in his heart, and all of this would happen on the way to Beijing from the rest of the major clans.

"We need to take action, the Great Elder just orders." Although Li Ming didn't know what Du Pingye's plans were, as a protégé, he supported him without hesitation.

"This can only be done by your celestial signs." Du Pingye waved his hand at Liming and motioned for him to come to his side.