August 24, morning

Wu Xiaowu successfully stole the token of Li Chongjin's troop transfer, and at this moment he left the Li Mansion with the token and handed the token to the snake.

"This is Li Chongjin's talisman for mobilizing soldiers and horses, you hurry up and hand him over to the young master!" Wu Xiaowu actually didn't know Zhao Dezhao's identity as the prince, he only knew that he was the young master of Changchun Hall.

"Little Fifth Brother, it's great that you have succeeded, I will definitely tell the young master for this credit."

On the same day, the snake slashed with the token and left Yangzhou non-stop and went to Chuzhou City, and then Wu Xiaowu returned to the Li Mansion and continued to be a small servant.

On the 24th, at midnight, the secret agent of Changchun Hall quietly infiltrated the military camp outside the city, and notified the warriors of the successful theft of the token, so that they could always pay attention to the generals around Li Chongjin, and the next task was handed over to Ye Seventeen, Camel and other twelve people.

According to the secret agent's whispering investigation, it was found that the two still have fathers, elders, wives and children in their families, all of whom are in Yangzhou City, so after Ye Qiqi and others discussed, they planned to attack the people around Li Chongjin Xiang Mei and Zhan Jing, and at the worst case, they would kidnap their relatives in the family as a threat, so that they could pretend to wear the same pants as Li Chongjin and break up Li Chongjin's bones behind his back, and Li Chongjin had better let him be captured alive or killed on the day of the rebellion.

A day and a half later, on the afternoon of August 26, the snake slasher successfully arrived in Chuzhou City, and then handed over the token to Zhao Dezhao safe and sound.

He saw Zhao Dezhao playing chess in the back garden, and reported: "The subordinates have fulfilled their mission and have stolen the token. ”

"That's right, this is Li Chongjin's talisman! This is the token I saw under Shouzhou City back then. Slash the snake, this time the token is stolen thanks to a few of you brothers. After returning to Beijing, I will definitely ask for merit and reward in front of my father. ”

"Thank you, young master. This theft of the token is thanks to the Wu Xiao Five brothers, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have succeeded for a while. ”

"I heard about this person from the Wuyongzi Dao Chief, and I will ask for a reward together when the time comes, I don't know where this person is now?"

"He is still in the Li Mansion now, but when His Highness went to look for him, he said that he was my friend, and now that he has changed his appearance, it is time to change his name and call him Wang Xiaowu."

"Get up. I'm going to leave tomorrow to visit Yangzhou City. ”

"It's too dangerous for the young master to do this, Yangzhou is a dangerous place, in case-"

"At this time, there is no need to discuss, you are ready to escort, tomorrow I only need to mobilize a thousand accompanying soldiers and horses, and the rest will stay in Chuzhou for the time being."

"Subordinates obey!"

The next day, Zhao Dezhao personally led a thousand soldiers and horses, as well as Wan Song, Zhao Xin and others, and the rest of the followers, went to Yangzhou to patrol, and sent people to inform Huainan Jiedu of the patrol Li Chongjin.

Li Chongjin Wenzhi's eldest son, Zhao Dezhao, the king of Liangjun, inspected Yangzhou City in the name of Qincha, and his heart staggered, but he heard that he only brought a thousand soldiers and horses, so his heart was not nervous.

At dusk on August 29, Qin Cha and his party have arrived outside Yangzhou City, the destination of Zhao Dezhao's trip is Yangzhou, after the Yangzhou City was burned down by the Tang Army, Guo Rong ordered to build a new Yangzhou City in the west of the city, and at this moment Yangzhou has restored its prosperous appearance after several years of peace.

Zhao Dezhao and others stopped outside the city, and then sent the minister who announced the decree to the Li Mansion in Yangzhou. And Li Chongjin had long known that Qin Cha and others were outside the city, but he deliberately delayed and gave him a dismount, so he was late.

"Your Highness, Li Chongjin is really arrogant, he actually asked His Highness to wait outside the city in person, how can I have an official like him in the Song Dynasty."

"Your Highness, is Li Chongjin going to rebel?"

"Lee Chongjin ......"

“……”

Several officials around Zhao Dezhao belittled Li Chongjin for his disobedience in front of him, and their mouths were spitting and the stars were flying.

Zhao Dezhao waved his hand, and then interrupted the angry words of the officials around him, and everyone around him quieted down, and he said: "Okay, everyone, Li Chongjin's mind is just to give me a dismissal, and he takes the position of Huainan Jiedu envoy and abides by his duty." And now the imperial court has given Li Chongjin an official and a knighthood, giving him a token to avoid death, which is the favor of the imperial court, and it makes sense for him to do this today. Everyone, please be calm. ”

Li Mansion, Li Chongjin, with the help of his subordinates, slowly put on the official uniform, as well as the official hat designed by Zhao Dezhao himself.

Li Chongjin hadn't worn that official hat for a long time since he left Kaifeng, so he didn't fit in all of a sudden.

He also instructed his subordinates to buy some items, food, clothing, housing and transportation, everything to consider, and then hired a chef from Guangwei Lou to cook Kaifeng's dishes.

After that, Li Chongjin drove out of Yangzhou by car, he saw a black oppression outside the city, a thousand soldiers guarded around the Qincha, and in the middle stood was the eldest son of today's emperor, Zhao Dezhao, the king of Liangjun, and there were several officials standing beside him.

"The minister has seen His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the emperor, please forgive your sins!" Li Chongjin did not call Zhao Dezhao the eldest son of the emperor, and wanted to overwhelm the other party from the language, which was a provocation, a disrespect for etiquette, and a provocation to the Great Song Dynasty.

And the surrounding officials saw Li Chongjin's rude expression, and they were all whispering and pointing. secretly scolded Li Chongjin as a courtier, but they didn't know their duty as a courtier, and they later planned to impeach Li Chongjin to Zhao Dezhao.

Li Chongjin's performance, Zhao Dezhao is not unaware, but now he can't press him, but let him first raise and then suppress, the higher he lifts, the worse he falls, and Li Chongjin is a person who is disloyal and unjust, sanctimonious, shameless, and virtuous, in Zhao Dezhao's eyes, Li Chongjin is nothing, and it is a big hazard to the Zhao family, so it must be eradicated as soon as possible. Now the day of his rebellion is not far away, so now it is time to appease him in front of everyone and give him candy to eat.

"General Li took time out of his busy schedule to greet him from afar, presumably because he was entangled in government affairs, General Li is really a good official who loves the people like a son! Back then, on the battlefield of Huainan, you were so heroic, conquering the city, fearless, and now it is even more amazing! Now Yangzhou is under the governance of General Li, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the road is not left behind, if I return to the capital in the future, I can suggest to my father that General Li be transferred to the capital as an official! ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the compliment! It's just that I, Li Chongjin, am used to staying in Huainan, and I have to run back to the capital in a good way, and it is very troublesome to come and go, so Your Highness doesn't have to bother. Li Chongjin replied shamelessly.

"How's that going to work? General Lee has already made great achievements under Emperor Sejong, and now he wants to let the imperial court reward him, and if Dezhao doesn't do this, it will make the minister feel cold! If my father doesn't know how to be sympathetic, I don't know if General Li will not be able to follow Li Shun's back road, then my Great Song Dynasty will be in danger, so a few more courtiers like General Li is the welfare of the Great Song Dynasty, no matter what, General Li will be ranked among the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Train, and General Li has been stationed in Yangzhou these years, it is really hard, and in the court, all the ministers are busy with government affairs every day, General Li has to share one or two for my Great Song Dynasty and the welfare of my Great Song people, so you must not shirk. ”

When Li Chongjin heard this, Zhao Dezhao's words seemed to mean something else, and what he wanted now was not an official position, but an imperial throne. And Zhao Dezhao this person, he finally realized his strength today, although he is young, but his mouth is very powerful, on the surface he is thinking for himself, but in fact he wants to lead himself to Kaifeng, to the end, and he has been used to seeing this kind of scheme, Guo Rong didn't do it like that back then, he transferred himself to Yangzhou, although there are soldiers and horses, but there is no food and grass, even if it is inconvenient to rebel. And he laid Liu Renzhan as a chess piece in Shouzhou to contain him.

It's just that although Guo Rong set Liu Renzhan as a chess piece, but now he can't imagine that Zhao Dezhao has already played chess pieces in Huainan back then, if Guo Rong knows, will he jump out of the mausoleum and strangle Zhao Dezhao.

And Zhao Dezhao just saved Liu Renzhan's life back then, and he never considered that Liu Renzhan had such great skills...... In Yangzhou City, Zhao Dezhao had already laid a net of heaven and earth, just waiting for Li Chongjin to rebel.

At this moment, Li Chongjin smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, the old minister is frail and sick, and it is not suitable to travel far, and I hope that His Highness will forgive his sins." ”

"General Li, most of the imperial doctors in the imperial court are masters of Xinglin, and when you go to Kaifeng, the road is smooth, and it will not delay your condition, and Dezhao is young, as your junior, I also hope that you will go to the capital to see a doctor and retire for the rest of your life, rather than being a hero in the twilight of your life, and you will be sick when you are old!"

"This ......" Li Chongjin has been overwhelmed by Zhao Dezhao's clever mouth, if he says more, it is just a superior in words, and he has already had a earth-shaking understanding of Zhao Dezhao's impression in his heart, although this person is young and cannot be underestimated, but he doesn't know how he is in other aspects?

Li Chongjin only inquired about some important things and people, and he would generally ignore Xiao Luoluo, and today he was completely willing to bow down above his words, but he said in his heart, in a few days, when I Li Chongjin raised troops, I will make you look good.

Zhao Dezhao had already grasped his thoughts, but his face was still happy.

"Your Highness, I have already asked people to clean up the mansion and go to the old minister's mansion at night, and the old minister will pick up the wind and wash the dust for His Highness!"

"Thank you, General Lee."

The battle of words and swords has ended, Zhao Dezhao and his party except for a thousand soldiers stationed in the Li Mansion, the officials live in the post station, and Wan Song and Zhao Xin are naturally accompanied by relatives.

After the dinner, Zhao Dezhao asked Li Chongjin not to accompany him, he planned to let Wan Song and Zhao Xin follow and walk around the back garden of the Li Mansion.

And Li Chongjin naturally couldn't ignore Zhao Dezhao's order, so he left, but he asked people to secretly follow Zhao Dezhao and a few people, wanting to find out if they knew that they were about to mutiny.

And those 1,000 soldiers were just taken by Zhao Dezhao to intimidate Li Chongjin casually, so that he would abide by his duty, and not act rashly, if he crossed the Lei Chi for half a step, what was hanging over his head would not be a knife, but tens of thousands of knives.

And that night, under the instructions of Zhao Dezhao, the snake slashed away from the Li Mansion and escaped into the bamboo forest.

Zhao Dezhao and the three of them wandered around the Li Mansion and saw that the moonlight was dark, incomplete, and overcast.

"Your Royal Highness, Li Chongjin is really extravagant, you see that the things entertained today are all delicacies, and he deliberately invited a chef from Guangwei Lou, doesn't he know ......?"

"Shhhh What I said today outside the city was only a warning to him, and he must have known what I meant, but he wanted to make sure that I did, so he sent someone to eavesdrop on it, and beware that the wall had ears. But luckily, I had planned it a long time ago. ”

"Yes!" Wan Song and Zhao Xin shut up and said nothing more.

The three of them walked around the garden for a while and then went back to their rooms.

And the person who followed him didn't hear the slightest flaw from the conversation between the three of them, so he still went back to tell Li Chongjin.

Seeing his cronies coming, Li Chongjin listened for a while, but he was also silent, and then asked this person to continue tomorrow, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

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Cutting the snake out of the bamboo forest, came to the barracks outside the city, Li Chong, informed him of the incident, and soon began to carry out a kidnapping plan with Ye 17 and 12 others.

Since that night, they were divided into two teams, infiltrated the homes of Li Chongjin and the two generals, and then kidnapped, and finally tied up all the families of Xiang Mei and Zhan Jing. Fortunately, there are not many people in Xiang Mei and Zhan Jing's family, otherwise it would be really difficult to tie up so many people.

Stay in the west of the city, a dense forest, and this place is another location of Changchun Hall, different from Lujia Lane, this place is back to the mountain, there are several dwellings, the location is more hidden, no one knows. And the rest of the people in Changchun Hall were already waiting here, whispering out of the house, and when he saw the kidnapper, he was amazed, and sighed that Ye Seventeen and the others were efficient, and then they were guarded by Whisper and others, and let Ye Seventeen and the twelve people go back to the barracks, and they returned to the barracks as if nothing happened.

And the next day, Xiang Mei and Zhan Jing suddenly found that their relatives were no longer at home, and then saw a letter of kidnapping, asking them to rush to the grove in the west of the city tonight, and not let others know, if others know, their families will not be safe.

And Xiang Mei and Zhan Jing were terrified, afraid that the other party would hurt their relatives, and they didn't know which force they had offended, so they didn't notify others. And this kidnapper doesn't want money, and he doesn't want anything else, which is really rare.