At night, the wind and snow are falling, and a team of black-clothed people and horses are already lurking on both sides of the street, not far from Dali Temple.

The ice and snow fell, the gate of Dali Temple was tightly closed, and the soldiers of the forbidden army guarding the gate were patrolling all the time, but the guards here were not as strict as they were at the beginning, who would care about Li Congshan, but today His Majesty in the palace suddenly issued an edict to take good care of Li Congshan, the king of Zheng in prison.

In prison, Li Congshan, the king of Zheng, wore a shawl and wore a prison shirt with "prisoner" written on it, which was very sloppy. At this moment, he was sitting trembling in the corner of the cell, looking at the small snowflakes flying outside the window.

The cold wind blew in from the window, bringing snowflakes by the way, Li Congshan breathed a sigh of relief, and the white mist rose from his mouth, and disappeared into the air in an instant.

On such a day, Li Congshan doesn't know when it will be the end, maybe death is the end of him, Li Congshan still had the strength to scold Li Congqing at the beginning, but now Li Congqing has become the master of the Tang Dynasty, and his existence is a threat to him Li Congqing, and it won't be long before he can end his life as long as he has a white silk or a cup of poisoned wine given by the emperor.

Li Congshan was stunned for a while, there are still his family servants in this prison, if he dies, they will also be buried with him, this should be Li Congqing's style.

After a while, there was a sound of hurried footsteps in the distance, breaking the silence of the prison, only to see a cell boss carrying a bamboo basket in his hand, Li Congshan sniffed it, smelling how familiar this smell was, he had not eaten such delicious food for a long time.

When the cell boss arrived at the door of the cell, he immediately took out the key from his waist and opened the door of the cell.

"Yo, King Zheng has a good day today, Xiao Di has brought you delicious food and drink according to His Majesty's instructions, please King Zheng eat and drink a full meal, and it will not be in vain for the little brother to serve you for a few days in the end." The cell leader laughed, he had already arrived in front of Li Congshan, put all the baskets of food on the broken table in front of Li Congshan, and then took out the dishes and chopsticks in it one by one.

Li Congqing pulled his hair away, revealing a delicate but dirty face, he slowly got up from the corner, walked to the broken table, and used chopsticks to flick the dishes on this plate, "Hehe, this is not a severed head meal, it seems that I, Li Congshan, am going to die after all, but I will die early and late." No matter how good this dish is, I, Li Congshan, have no appetite anymore. ”

"This little bottom will not serve King Zheng Chitose." After the cell boss finished speaking, he stepped out of the prison door, locked the prison door, shook his head before leaving, and sighed, "God is really unfair, people are born as princes, how can we be a small people." ”

Li Congshan has started the dishes and chopsticks, at this time there is no point in discussing life and death, people live for a lifetime, it is enough to ask for a mouthful of food, after experiencing this catastrophe, Li Congshan has understood the true meaning of life.

"Good food, good wine, good food." Li Congshan pulled and ate and drank, and suddenly whimpered and cried, he lay on the broken table and cried.

After eating this sumptuous meal for a long time, there was no sound outside, only the sound of wind and snow whimpering, and Li Congshan's faint sobbing and crying.

It's the middle of the night, the hour of the hour, it's silent,

Suddenly, Li Congshan, who was lying on the table and was awakened by freezing, stood up, and he was shocked to hear soft footsteps outside, and soon after, several men in black appeared at the prison door.

"Who are you?" Li Congqing looked at the few people in front of him in astonishment, his neck shrunk back, and his body wanted to straighten up, but he unexpectedly encountered the cold and biting wall, Li Congshan seemed to be trembling again, he felt that his feet were weak and he couldn't move an inch.

"King Zheng, don't worry, we are not the ones who hurt you, we are here to save you tonight."

"Really?" When Li Congshan heard this, he didn't say much, maybe these people were the ones who rescued him, as long as there was any straw in front of him, he had to take the mission to pull it.

The man in black swung his sword, and the lock of the cell door was smashed open.

"Let's go." The man in black directly pulled up Li Congshan, who was standing in place, and picked up Li Congshan.

"Wait, and the family members and servants in my house." Li Congshan wanted to let go of the man's hand, but he was grabbed tightly by the man in black.

"It's too late, King Zheng will go first, and for the rest, our people will figure out a way."

"If you don't save it, I won't go out." Li Congshan refused to leave.

The man in black suddenly felt irritable, and he slapped Li Congqing directly on the back of his neck.

Li Congshan was stunned, but he saved a lot of trouble.

"Let's go, don't let those forbidden soldiers find out, and the task of rescuing his family will be handed over to Lao * Hu and you?"

Lao * Hu whispered, "Chen Guard, you can rest assured, this matter is wrapped up in my old * Hu." ”

The wind and snow were still falling, and heavy snow was falling from the sky.

After Li Congshan and other family members were rescued from Dali Temple, they were sent to the Yuanshan Temple outside the city through the secret passage of Qianjin Yixiaolou, the White Lotus Pavilion that once imprisoned Li Yu, the White Lotus Pavilion was in full bloom in the ice and snow, temporarily accommodating Li Congshan and others.

After Li Congshan learned that he and his family had been rescued, he was very happy in his heart, but now he didn't know which faction the people who rescued him, so they lived here in a daze.

The bell had already struck in the middle of the night, and it was not so loud in the snowy night, Zhao Dezhao was wearing a thick black cloak, and the abbot in the Yuanshan Temple was drinking tea.

The abbot in the Yuanshan Temple has never drunk such a tea that retains the original taste, and learned that Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, was brought from the West Mansion of Wu Yue Kingdom, and the abbot was from the West Mansion of Wu Yue Kingdom, and heard that this tea was called Longjing Tea, and the abbot nodded and said: "This is the taste of my hometown, but I don't know how to retain the fragrance of this tea?" ”

Zhao Dezhao said: "This tea is different from the usual drinking, it is fried, if the abbot likes it, Xiao Wang will send someone to the temple to send more." ”

The abbot smiled: "There is Lin Renzhao's army stationed on the east side of the Qinhuai River, I don't know what Chitose plans to do next?" ”

"The world does things all over the world, naturally someone will come to clean up Li Congqing, as for Lin Renzhao, he naturally has to use a method suitable for him to deal with it." Zhao Dezhao took a sip of tea, only to feel that there was a taste of his previous life left between his lips and teeth, "Okay, tell the abbot the truth." This Wu Yue Kingdom will soon send troops north, and the land of Jiangdong will not be very peaceful. ”

"King Wei Chitose is very good, the poor monk admires, if you need my Yuanshan Temple, my Yuanshan Temple will definitely help again."

"Abbot Lao has helped."

A hundred miles south of the Yuanshan Temple, the river of the Qinhuai River at this moment also seems very quiet, at this moment in the camp on the west side of Jurong, Ma Chengcheng has a gloomy face at the moment, sitting in the marching camp with a murderous look, and there are more than a dozen generals in front of him whose faces are blackened by the fire, and their arms and bodies are sporadically painted.

After listening to the generals report the casualties in the army, Ma Chengcheng's hands were curled up with his fingers because of anger, and he was already red at the moment, he glanced at the generals in the camp, and said angrily: "One hundred stone of grain and grass was destroyed, forty tents were destroyed, and our side suffered six hundred casualties. ”

"General, that's what the other party is using." He handed Ma Chunhui a swarthy object, he was afraid that it was poisonous, so he wrapped it in a silk scarf, respectfully placed it on Ma Chengcheng's table, and then stood back in place.

Ma Chengcheng picked up this thing, took it off the silk scarf directly, leaned in front of him, and suddenly smelled the smell on it.

Ma Chunhui immediately stopped: "General, this thing is probably poisonous, the general should just take a look." ”

"Huh." Ma Chengcheng wanted to laugh, because he had seen this thing in Jianghuai, Jiangyou and other places, but for these soldiers, this thing is indeed uncommon, and the imperial court will only use this thing at a critical time, it is said that in the battle of Runzhou, Lin Renzhao's army used a fire oil cylinder (also called fierce fire oil) when the wind direction changed abruptly, I saw him feign anger and said, "You group of waste, this is just gunpowder, what's the fuss." When Emperor Tang Ai was in the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Wangfan led the army to attack Yuzhang and burned down Longshamen, which was similar to this thing. And I have this thing in the Tang Dynasty, since Lin Renzhao has used this thing, tonight I will immediately ask His Majesty to send out a batch of 'flying fire' from the warehouse, and throw gunpowder bags with a stone thrower tomorrow, so that Lin Renzhao can taste the taste of this thing. After speaking, Ma Chengcheng laughed.

Ma Chunhui thought and said, "General, since this is the case, I will send the last general to gallop into the concert tonight, and please order gunpowder." ”

Ma Chengcheng said to Ma Chunhui and Li Han: "This will have this intention, Ma Dutou and Vice General Li will immediately ride into the play." ”

After saying that, the two of them went out of the marching tent, took their fast horses and immediately went to the south gate.

In the city, Li Congqing has not yet fallen asleep, the internal situation of the Tang Kingdom has made him unable to sleep, he is very worried in his heart, there is a rebel army of Lin Renzhao outside the city, and rumors are also spreading in the city, saying that the lord Li Yu is still alive.

Li Congqing dragged his head with his right hand, there was only Li Congqing and a chamberlain beside him in the huge palace, at this moment he raised his head and asked the chamberlain beside him: "Li Neishu, what time is it?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's time to be ugly now, Your Majesty should rest early."

Li Congqing sighed and said: "Well, there have been too many state affairs recently, and I can't sleep well, and I am planning to go to Dali Temple now, but tonight I feel uneasy, and I always feel that something is going to happen." ”

"Your Majesty, let's do it tomorrow, the palace gate is closed tonight, and the forbidden army is guarding the imperial city, so why should Your Majesty worry. The duty of the old slave is to persuade His Majesty to rest. ”

At this moment, someone suddenly broke into the palace outside the palace gate. I saw that it was the head of the forbidden army in armor, and a small chamberlain at the door immediately entered the temple to make a report.

Although the palace gate was closed, Li Congqing ordered to see it immediately for important matters such as military affairs.

"Your Majesty is in a hurry, and Li Congshan in the prison of Dali Temple was robbed."

The door of the hall was opened, and the wind and snow blew in, and Li Congqing obviously felt a chill in his body.

"What?" Li Congqing's blood surged, he got up suddenly, stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Li Neishou on the side helped him, Li Neishou said and touched Li Congqing's chest with his hand, making him feel comfortable breathing.

"What's going on?" Li Congqing knelt on the table, raised his head, stared at his two eyes, and asked the forbidden army.

This forbidden army arched his head, he didn't dare to look up at Li Congqing, after all, it was their forbidden army that was guarding the Dali Temple tonight, but people were robbed from under his nose, according to Li Congqing's character, it would not be a great thing, he was afraid that Li Congqing would blame, so he said: "Your Majesty, when the subordinates and others entered the Dali Temple, they saw that many soldiers of the forbidden army fell in a pool of blood, and the prison door was wide open, and we found that Li Congshan and other family members were robbed. ”

"Who snatched Li Congshan and the others under the nose of my Tang Forbidden Army, what clues did you find at the scene, and who did these do?" Li Congqing questioned, but what made him feel strange was that today he just mentioned King Zheng Li Congshan, but today King Zheng was robbed, this is not a coincidence at all, but someone did it deliberately, but Li Congqing didn't know who the other party was, he felt that it was Lin Renzhao's comrade, and he then said to the forbidden army, "You send more people, you must find Li Congshan." "Now I can only send more people to search for Li Congshan's traces in the city.

"Yes, please rest assured, Your Majesty, the last general has already sent someone to investigate this, but there is no Li Congqing, how should the battle be fought tomorrow?" The forbidden army asked again.

"Forget it." Li Congqing yawned, he squinted his eyes and said, "Tomorrow's things will be talked about tomorrow, today I am sleepy, you just need to do your part and serve my Datang well." ”

"Yes, the last general will retire."

Not long after the forbidden army left, two tall shadows appeared not far from the entrance of the hall, and these two were Ma Chunhui and Li Han, who were Ma Chengcheng's subordinates.

When Li Congqing saw another lieutenant general coming, he cheered up and immediately asked, "Which general are you subordinate to?" ”

After they saw Li Congqing, they immediately reported the military affairs of the night, "Back to Your Majesty, our infantry army on the west side of Jurong is waiting for Ma Chengcheng's subordinates, tonight Lin Renzhao led a part of the men and horses to attack at night, the enemy army used gunpowder, which caused a lot of losses for our army, this time I came to the palace to ask Your Majesty for gunpowder in the treasury." ”

"Gunpowder?" Li Congqing naturally knows the power of this gunpowder, but this gunpowder is very dangerous, and it will explode if you are not careful, and the craftsmen of the Ordnance Prison have been killed by this thing several times, "I will not use this thing easily until the critical time, but now that the traitors are like this, how can I not use it here?" ”

Ma Chunhui said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, that thing is too powerful, our army has suffered a lot of casualties tonight, and many tents, grain and grass and other baggage have also been destroyed, if the enemy continues to harass with this object, I am afraid that our army will immediately become a sieve." ”

"Isn't there an army of 30,000 on the west side of Jurong, why can't so many men and horses deal with Lin Renzhao's army? But this Lin Renzhao is also right, the person with the largest number of people is selected, I don't know what calculation he has in his heart? Li Congqing asked rhetorically.

"Your Majesty, it's useless for the last general and others, as long as Your Majesty sends us gunpowder, all this will be much easier."

"Well, I have made a decree, you go to the armory and other warehouses to get some."

After that, Ma Chunhui and Li Han immediately took Li Congqing's will to the ordnance supervisor and other warehouses.