The reason why Li Hong gave Wei Chi Xunyan such an explanation was because he was going to hand over this operation to Di Renjie to plan and implement. After a while, he will conquer Tubo, attack Goryeo in the future, and then conquer the Western Continent in the future, so that Chang'an City must have a strong man to sit in the town, this candidate is Su Dingfang, because Su Dingfang has this ability and qualification, then Di Renjie is the think tank that Li Hong chose for Su Dingfang, with Di Renjie's plan, Su Dingfang's seat in Chang'an City, Li Hong will be much more relieved when he goes out to fight. And this time the task of using Liu Ju to design martial arts was handed over to Di Renjie, Li Hong just wanted to take the postgraduate examination for Di Renjie to see if he had the potential in this area, if so, Li Hong would focus on cultivating Di Renjie, if not, Li Hong would choose another person.

As for letting Yu Chi Xunyan assist Di Renjie, but letting Yu Chi Xunyan's Yu Linwei act alone, it was to prevent Yu Linwei from sitting on the throne and becoming an organization like Jinyiwei and Dongchang in the later Ming Dynasty.

Because there are so many ideas, Li Hong will take precautions.

In fact, he was not ignorant of Di Renjie's action, because he still had an eyeliner, and only with this eyeliner, he was not afraid of anything - this eyeliner was Guo Xiang.

When he figured out Guo Xiang's identity in Hezhou City, he gave Guo Xiang a choice, and it turned out that Guo Xiang did not choose him, but betrayed him, otherwise there would not be a scene of being besieged by Liu Ju on the small mountain road outside Qizhou City.

Therefore, when he returned to Chang'an City this time, Li Hong did not deal with Guo Xiang, but found Guo Xiang again after Liu Ju's traitors and asked Guo Xiang to help rescue Liu Ju.

At this time, Li Hong wanted to use Guo Xiang again to wipe out this group of remnants.

Just when Li Hong was thinking like this, suddenly Yan Zhuang walked into the study and said to him, "Your Highness, Chen Gong's successor has sent news that he has escorted Haojie back to Chang'an City. ”

Li Hong got up and said, "Let's go, let's go to Dali Temple to have a look." ”

"No!" Yan Zhuang received the order, followed behind Li Hong, and the two went out of the study.

Because Chang'an City is now in charge of Li Hong, no one dares to care where he wants to go.

Li Hong went to Dali Temple this time, and it was above board.

Therefore, along the way, not only the guards around him opened the way, but also the honor guards were all complete, and the scene was very spectacular.

Li Hong wanted to use Guo Xiang, so he took Guo Xiang and Bai Suzhen with him, just to let Guo Xiang meet Liu Ju and Haojie, so that when Liu Ju traitors knew Guo Xiang and asked Guo Xiang about Liu Ju's situation, Guo Xiang could answer.

As for bringing Bai Suzhen, it was purely to keep Guo Xiang from being suspicious.

Because Guo Xiang is not stupid, if Li Hong takes Guo Xiang to the Dali Temple Prison alone, can Guo Xiang not think about other aspects? With Bai Suzhen as a cover, Guo Xiang will be more or less vigilant. Only then will Li Hong implement his next plan.

When he arrived at Dali Temple, Di Renjie and Chen Gong had been waiting for him at the door for a long time.

Di Renjie returned to Dali Temple, and as soon as he saw Chen Gong escorting Hao Ming in front of him, he knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would come to Dali Temple, so he waited here with Chen Gong.

Li Hong got out of the carriage, Di Renjie and Chen Gong were just about to give him a salute, but they were stopped by him, "No need to be polite, let's go in and see Haojie." ”

"No!" Di Renjie and Chen Gong took the order and got out of the way, Li Hong was in front, they followed behind Li Hong, and the group walked into Dali Temple, and came to the prison of Dali Temple in a moment.

Visiting the prison of Dali Temple along the way, Li Hong knew why everyone said that once they entered Dali Temple, it would be difficult to come out.

Indeed, the guards of Dali Temple are very strict, and it is not something that ordinary people can escape.

Except, of course, people like Liu Ju.

Because of how huge Li Hong's strength is, Li Hong knows that the officials of the Tang Dynasty have Liu Ju's people, can Liu Ju not be strong?

Haojie was imprisoned in a clean room on the first floor of the Dali Temple Prison, when Li Hong walked in, he was sitting on the bed with his head down, and when he saw Li Hong, he was busy getting up, and was just about to prepare for strength, but was stopped by Li Hong.

"No, you're not an official of the Tang Dynasty, so why bother to behave?" Li Hong said in a cold tone.

Haojie wanted to speak and stopped.

In fact, Li Hong still admires Haojie.

This is not Haojie's slap on his ass, but Haojie's political achievements in Qizhou are very dazzling. Li Hong is very sorry for Haojie, if Haojie doesn't have this incident, he promises to promote Haojie and let Haojie do bigger and more beneficial things for the people.

It's a pity that Haojie still took the wrong path.

This made Li Hong very sad.

"Tell me, what do you think this time?" Li Hong asked in a light tone.

"Your Highness, Minister-Except for this time, I haven't done anything to be sorry for Datang." Haojie opened his mouth and said, it was obvious that his mental state was very poor now, and he couldn't let go of his speech.

"yes!" Li Hong sighed and said, "If it weren't for the revelation of this matter, Lone would still want to promote you and make you a bigger official, it's a pity..."

"Your Highness—" Haojie said in a more stern tone, "I don't want to do this either, but I can't help it, they forced me?" ”

"If you don't take their money, what can they do with you?" Li Hong coldly reprimanded.

"It's not that I want to take money, it's my wife—hey—" Haojie said, a look of pain on his face, and then stopped talking. Li Hong knew that Haojie had a secret in his heart, so he said, "Haojie, you know the purpose of Gu coming to see you, don't let Gu down this time, just tell me if you have any secrets in your heart." ”

"I didn't take their money, it was my wife who took their money, and I had no choice but to force them to join them." Haojie said bitterly, "Actually, this is their trick, using our family members to believe in Buddhism, when they go to the temple to burn incense, they instill all kinds of fallacies and heresies, so that they believe it and become their believers, and when we find out, we find that our family has joined them, and it is impossible to quit, so we can only compromise with them." ”

Nima!

After listening to Haojie's words, Li Hong was very surprised.

Liu Ju is really a genius, and he can think of this kind of method-

Li Hong really admires Liu Ju's talent.

"With your words, Lone will leave you behind." Li Hong was silent for a moment and said.

Haojie was moved for a while, and hurriedly knelt down and thanked, "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”

In fact, with his crime, it is enough to exterminate the three clans, and now that he just said such a little thing, Li Hong spared one of his child's lives, and Haojie was very grateful to Li Hong.

Walking out of Haojie's cell, Li Hong found that Yu Chi Xunyan also hurried over, Li Hong asked Chen Gong to narrate Haojie's words to Yu Chi Xunyan, and asked, "You should know what to do now, right?" ”

Wei Chi Xunyan immediately assured, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, with this information, the minister knows what to do." ”

Li Hong was very satisfied with Wei Chi Xunyan's intelligence, and nodded slightly, "Let's go, let's go see Liu Ju." ”

Lu Dongzan is not locked up here, with Lu Dongzan's identity, it is impossible for him to be locked up in prison when he arrives in Chang'an City, so he has to have a better place.

There are three floors in the prison of Dali Temple, and the bottom layer is for felons.

Liu Ju was held in a cell in the deepest part of the third floor.

When Li Hong and his entourage walked to Liu Ju's cell, they found that Liu Ju was sitting cross-legged on the ground chanting, his mentality was very good, and he was not anxious because he was imprisoned here and he would be beheaded.

Chen Gong saw that Liu Ju did not get up and salute because of Li Hong's arrival, and was about to step forward to scold, but was stopped by Li Hong.

Li Hong waited for Liu Ju to finish reciting the scriptures before he spoke, "Liu Ju, you are so elegant. ”

Liu Juju stood up and said to Li Hong, "Isn't it also very elegant for you to come to see me?" ”。

Li Hong smiled, Liu Ju is really not an ordinary person.

Liu Ju said, "Your Highness, what are you coming to see me for today?" ”

Li Hong smiled, "Let's see where you are locked up and see if you are safe." Because your strength is too great, I don't worry about you, I'm afraid that you will be rescued. ”

"Hahaha, are you scared too?" Liu Ju laughed and said, "With your bold actions when you fought with Lu Dongzan, dare to use your body as bait and let Lu Dongzan chase and kill you, and you will eat away at his army step by step, will you be afraid that my people will save me?" ”

"It's one thing to fight a war, it's another thing to engage in conspiracy and design, and it can't be mixed up." Li Hong said.

Liu Ju was stunned for a moment, but did not refute Li Hong again, and seemed to agree with his words.

"Now you're satisfied?" Liu Ju asked.

"Nope." Li Hong shook his head and said, "If you don't completely wipe out your people, you won't have a sense of security." ”

"Why?" Liu Ju asked.

"Because we can only live between the two of us." Li Hong replied.

"You're wrong." Liu Ju retorted.

"What's wrong?" Li Hong asked puzzled.

"I'm dead, there is another Liu Ju, another Liu Ju is dead, there will be another Liu Ju, Liu Ju will not die, the one who died is only the person who carries his mission, if you really want to kill Liu Ju, you will never be able to kill it." Liu Ju laughed and said, "Because the facts have proved that my ideal is right, and my ideal is right, the result is that there will be people who will continue to pursue it, and they will continue to pursue it..."

"Can you kill such a Liu Ju?" Liu Julang asked.

A flash of murderous intent flashed in Li Hong's eyes, and he said coldly, "If you want to say that you can kill it, will you believe it?" ”。

"I don't believe it." Liu Ju said affirmatively.

"But Lone really wants to do that." Li Hong said in a resolute tone.

"You think you can do it, but you can't." Liu Ju said domineeringly, "You are deceiving yourself now." ”

"Establish a state religion alone, eliminate the influence of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, and then destroy Tianzhu, you say it's okay to do this?" Li Hong said coldly.

"What?" Liu Ju was shocked, "You want to destroy Tianzhu?" ”

Buddhism is transmitted from Tianzhu, Taizong monk Xuanzang also went to Tianzhu to get scriptures, studied and studied. It can be said that in the hearts of Datang Buddhists, Tianzhu is the holy land of Buddhism, if Tianzhu is destroyed, the holy land in the hearts of Datang Buddhists does not exist, which will be a big blow to them, plus the establishment of the state religion, will Buddhism in Datang still have a foothold?

"Yes." Li Hong said domineeringly, "Lone wants to destroy Tianzhu." ”

"You can't do that! Li Hong, you can't do this! Suddenly, Liu Ju was not calm. Li Hong smiled, "Why can't Lone be like this?" ”

Liu Ju suddenly fell silent.

Indeed, he is the reincarnation of the Buddha, and Li Hong is the ancestor of the Tao. There was a constant struggle between the two, and only one person was in stock. Now that Li Hong is killing Liu Ju for his own sake, and then destroying Tianzhu, has he done anything wrong?

No.

Suddenly, Liu Ju stopped growling.

"Liu Ju, you can stay here with peace of mind, die the heart to go out, and also die the so-called ideal in your heart. As long as there is loneliness, it is impossible for you to use your eyes. After Li Hong finished speaking, he strode out of the cell.

After listening to Li Hong's words, Liu Ju's face turned pale and his expression was stiff and motionless.

This time, he was really shocked by Li Hong's words.

Leaving the prison and returning to Dali Temple, Di Renjie invited Li Hong to his study. The study is a forbidden place in Dali Temple, and it is strictly forbidden for idle people to enter. Li Hong asked Chen Gong to send two people to follow Bai Suzhen and Guo Xiang, and gave the two girls a little money to let them go to Chang'an City for a visit.

The two readily agreed.

When they left, Di Renjie asked, "Your Highness, can you let them leave like this?" ”

"The more careful we do, the more suspicious the enemy becomes, so why don't we be a little negligent?" Li Hong said with a smile. Di Renjie thought about it, so he didn't say anything more.

"This time, the matter of borrowing Liu Ju to attack the White Horse Temple in Luoyang will be handed over to the two of you." Li Hong said to Di Renjie and Wei Chi Xunyan, "Lone believes that you will not let Lone down, what do you say?" ”

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the minister will never let you down." Wei Chi replied.

"Di Qing, don't put pressure on yourself, I believe in you." Seeing that Di Renjie was silent, Li Hong encouraged.

Di Renjie was very touched by Li Hong's approachability, so he said, "Thank you, Your Highness, and please rest assured, Your Highness, the minister will definitely do his best." ”

"Okay." Li Hong nodded slightly, didn't say anything more, but left Dali Temple, he wanted to return to the East Palace immediately, and he wanted to convene Su Dingfang and Le Yanwei and other ministers to discuss the candidates for the Qizhou Assassin History. Qizhou Assassin Shi Haojie was arrested, and if he wanted to ask about the beheading, the position of Qizhou Assassin was vacant, and he had to choose someone to fill it immediately.

The reason why Li Hong was so anxious was that he was afraid that Empress Wu would be one step ahead of him, and he ordered to put his own people in the position of Qizhou Assassin.

Qizhou is not close to Chang'an City, but it is not far away, if Empress Wu arranges one of her henchmen in this position, it will be very uncomfortable for Li Hong, just like a fish in the throat.

……

Speaking of Bai Suzhen and Guo Xiang, Chen Gong sent two guards to follow them, Bai Suzhen and Guo Xiang left Dali Temple with the money and came to the West Market of Chang'an City.

The prosperity of the West Market exceeded Bai Suzhen and Guo Xiang's imagination, which made the two of them very happy, plus they had money to buy what they wanted, Guo Xiang and Bai Suzhen were very happy.

But at this moment, Guo Xiang saw a figure flashing not far away, and her expression froze, and she could no longer concentrate on shopping.

When Bai Suzhen saw this scene, she asked kindly, "Sister Guo Xiang, what's wrong with you, what's wrong?" ”

"I, my stomach hurts a little, I, I want to go-" Guo Xiang stopped when he wanted to speak. But Bai Suzhen understood what she said, so she said a few words to the two guards behind her, and the two guards nodded in agreement, and Guo Xiang left in a hurry.

Guo Xiang avoided the gaze of Bai Suzhen and the two guards, turned left and right, and caught up with a figure in a few moments.

With which figure, she came to a grocery store in the West Market.

When he entered the grocery store and saw the proprietress of the grocery store, Guo Xiang was stunned. Because she is none other than Wang Po. And the figure she saw was none other than his younger brother Guo Da.

"Sister-" When Guo Da saw Guo Xiang, he jumped forward and hugged Guo Xiang and cried, "Sister, where have you been these days, I miss you so much!" ”

"Brother, I miss you too." Listening to his younger brother's voice, Guo Xiang also cried.

When Wang Po saw this scene, she was very happy.

The deeper the relationship between Guo Xiang and Guo Da's sister and brother, the more she can control Guo Xiang to do things for herself.

Guo Xiang and Guo Da hugged each other and cried for a while, Guo Xiang knew that Wang Po had something to say to him, so he asked his younger brother to step aside.

"Let's go, let's go in and talk." Wang Po said to Guo Xiang that she asked Guo Da to look at the store, and she walked into the back room of the grocery store with Guo Xiang.

As soon as she walked into the room, Wang Po turned around and gave Guo Xiang a slap, "Dead slut, do you want to kill my mother?" ”

"Mother-in-law, what do you mean by that?" Guo Xiang covered his cheeks and asked in a panic.

"What do you mean? I also want to ask you what do you mean, did you make up the last message you gave me? Otherwise, why is it fake? Wang Po roared.

"Mother-in-law, I saw the last message in Li Hong's study, what I gave you is true, I really don't know if it's fake?" Guo Xiang said pitifully. Wang Po asked in disbelief, "What you said is true?" ”

Guo Xiang said pitifully, "Mother-in-law, Guo Da is in your hands, why should I lie to you?" ”

Wang Po thought of Guo Xiang's deep relationship with Guo Da's sister and brother, and then thought of Guo Xiang's words, she no longer doubted Guo Xiang. However, she was also very jealous, the information she sent last time was fake, which made Liu Ju deeply surrounded and captured by Li Hong. For this reason, his husband has been killed by the organization, and she was left behind to make meritorious contributions, because the organization knew that only she could contact Guo Xiang.

Therefore, Wang Po now knows her situation, so she also has to believe Guo Xiang.

After Wang Po informed Guo Xiang of what happened to her, Guo Xiang's face turned pale with fear. And after the Wang Po on the side saw Guo Xiang's expression, she was completely relieved, and she no longer believed that Guo Xiang deliberately cheated her last time.

"Guo Xiang, this time we have no way out!" Half-loud, Wang Po said to Guo Xiang in a low tone.

Guo Xiang was surprised, "Mother-in-law, what are you talking about?" ”

"This time, if we don't complete the mission, we will be executed by the organization, not only me, but you and your brother. You are in the palace, they may not be able to do it, but your brother is by my side, he can't escape. Wang Po continued.

"What?" When Guo Xiang heard this, she was already stupid, because she didn't expect that the matter would be so serious, and her younger brother would also be executed for this.

"Mother-in-law, what do they want us to do?" Guo Xiangqiang suppressed his worries and asked cautiously.

Wang Po said word by word, "Kill Li Hong!" ”