Lu Ping walked up to the third floor and saw Ma Yaozong in a private room, Ma Yaozong knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See General Lu for your humble duties!" ”

"Don't be so polite, let's talk about the assassination in Yongxian, Chang'an has spread, but unfortunately it is all kinds of rumors, I want to report to the Central Capital immediately." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Ma Yaozong nodded, and then told the assassination situation in Yongxian in detail, Lu Ping asked while listening, and soon figured out the ins and outs of this assassination case, he groaned and asked: "Cui Wenxiang and Li Yuanji actually didn't think about getting rid of you, the assassin?" ”

Ma Yaozong said with a smile: "This issue has also been considered, in fact, Cui Wenxiang has the intention to kill me, but Li Yuanji refuses, Cui Wenxiang does not dare to offend Li Yuanji, so he did not do it in Yongxian, the reason for this, I think there are two, one is that Li Yuan believes that the assassin is Huang Lu, the man in black, he is dead, so they think that the assassin has been wiped out, so they no longer suspect that there are other assassins, but more importantly, Li Yuanji has taken a fancy to my archery, and he also wants to make good use of my archery skills, such as shooting Li Shimin, so he resolutely refuses to kill me, and gave me three hundred taels of gold. ”

Ma Yaozong put the skin under his feet on the table, "This is the three hundred taels of gold that Li Yuanji rewarded me, and I dare not take it without permission, so I have come to hand it in." ”

"Li Yuanji's shot is really generous!"

Lu Ping smiled and said: "This question has been explained by the saint, if the intelligence scouts get outside, half of it will be for themselves, and half will be handed over for funds, and you will take one hundred and fifty taels." ”

"Thank you, General!"

Ma Yaozong accepted fifteen ingots of gold, and one hundred and fifty taels of gold in Chang'an could be exchanged for seven thousand five hundred yuan, which was considered a windfall, and Li Yuanji was willing to reward him with three hundred taels of gold, and he also valued him very much.

Lu Ping picked up another ingot of gold, looked at it, and asked, "What's the matter with the horseshoe gold?" How did Li Yuanji get it, did he cast it himself? ”

"It's not! The horseshoe gold of the Tang Dynasty was cast with the mold of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty cast a batch, about 10,000 taels, all of which were rewarded to the Dugu family, when Li Yuanji copied the Dugu family treasury, he was greedy for this batch of gold, the horseshoe gold of the Tang Dynasty and the horseshoe gold of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were exactly the same in appearance, but the number at the bottom was different, Cui Wenxiang chiseled the number at the bottom, and everyone thought it was the batch of horseshoe gold cast by the Tang Dynasty. ”

"What if the prince's five thousand taels of gold are in the East Palace? Isn't that exposed? ”

"Cui Wenxiang has already done an investigation in advance, the prince's five thousand gold was rewarded to the three armies at that time, and he didn't keep it at all, and all the witnesses have surrendered to Da Zhou in the Battle of Taiyuan."

Lu Ping had to praise: "I see, this Cui Wenxiang is very strategic, and he has a good grasp of the details." ”

"General, this Cui Wenxiang is indeed very powerful, he has been planning for several months, he is very well prepared, interlocking, completely leading the nose of the imperial court away, Li Jiancheng can't wash it even if he escapes into the Yellow River, if you want to deal with Li Yuanji, you must kill this Cui Wenxiang first."

Lu Ping nodded, "I understand, but before we kill him, we have to do our best to help Li Yuanji ascend the throne, this is the order of the Holy Lord, you must also resolutely carry out Li Yuanji's various orders, if you encounter misfortune, your family will get your merits." ”

Ma Yaozong nodded silently, he knew the risks he was facing, but he was mentally prepared to dedicate himself.

Ma Yaozong ate a bowl of noodles and left, and Lu Ping immediately wrote an eagle letter, put it in the red tube, and handed it to a confidant, "Go out of the city immediately and send it to Zhongdu with the eagle letter." ”

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Zhang Xuan received a pigeon letter from the military aircraft station when he inspected Donglai County, he immediately decided to terminate the inspection and return to Zhongdu, the situation was very delicate, Zhang Xuan must return to Beijing immediately, he immediately divided the troops into two routes, let Pei Zhizhi and the civilian officials take the Yellow River waterway by big boat, and he himself led 300 cavalry to the Zhongdu day and night.

Three days later, Zhang Xuan arrived in Zhongdu, all the way to Tiange, he didn't care about the fatigue of the journey, and immediately asked people to find Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

After a while, the guards reported at the door, "Your Majesty, they are here!" ”

"Let them in!"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui walked into the room quickly, and the two of them bowed and saluted, "Weichen see Your Majesty." ”

"Alright, alright, sit down!"

Fang Xuanling has been in the prime minister in October last year, and at the same time served as the secretary of the military department, Su Wei was reappointed as the Taishi, basically retired, Li Jing is also over seventy years old, and his health is not very good, Zhang Xuan let him serve as the Taibao, and recuperate at home, Chen Ling also retired from the phase, Zhang Xuan was named the Duke of Qi, the Prince Shaobao, and the three divisions of Kaifu Yitong, the Duke of Qi was Zhang Xuan's former title, and it was also a great honor to give him the Duke of Qi.

After satisfactorily resolving the phase alternation, Zhang Xuan immediately officially sealed Fang Xuanling, Yu Shinan and Yang Gongren as Xiangguo, plus the previous Wei Yunqi, Li Gang, Xiao Yu, and Lu Chu, so that the second Xiangguo of the Great Zhou Dynasty was formed, with a term of office of five years.

Du Ruhui took over Fang Xuanling's long history, and Ling Jing served as the military aircraft platform sacrificial wine, although Fang Xuanling no longer cared about the intelligence, Zhang Xuan still habitually asked him to come together to discuss.

"What is the situation in Chang'an now?" Jang Hyun asked.

Du Ruhui smiled slightly: "Just after the eagle letter sent to His Majesty, Weichen received a second letter, Li Yuan ordered to search the East Palace, and sent the prince Zhongyun Wang Qi to prison for interrogation, and at the same time there were more than a dozen East Palace officials who were arrested, and none of the East Palace officials who stayed in Chang'an were spared, and Weichen also heard that the search soldiers found more than a dozen steel needles under the bed in the prince's bedroom. ”

"Steel needles?" Zhang Xuan smiled: "Could it be that Li Jiancheng still stabs a villain in the palace?" ”

Du Ruhui nodded, "Li Yuan should think like this, he was extremely angry and beat the ten eunuchs and five palace maids in charge of the prince's bedroom to death, but Wei Chen felt that these steel needles may not be owned by Li Jiancheng." ”

"You mean Li Yuanji planted the stakes?"

Fang Xuanling next to him also smiled: "How can there be a reason why the villain took it away and the steel needle is still left?" However, this strategy is very clever, giving people a strong hint, Li Yuan will believe it if he doesn't believe it, it should be Cui Wenxiang's plan, this time Li Jiancheng's position as the crown prince is definitely not guaranteed, and it is good to be able to survive. ”

"Then did Li Jiancheng return to Beijing?"

"On the way back to Beijing, he walked very slowly, and Li Yuan sent someone to detain him and return to Beijing."

Zhang Xuan took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and suddenly asked, "Is there any news from Li Shimin?" ”

Du Ruhui shook his head, "There is no news, it seems that Li Yuan has completely forgotten him." ”

Zhang Xuan sneered, "This is called wanting to cover up Mizhang, the more he shows that he doesn't take Li Shimin in his heart, the more it shows that he cares a lot in his heart, if I am not mistaken, Li Yuan's next step is to consider how to cut Li Shimin's military power." ”

Fang Xuanling nodded, "Your Majesty is right, Li Yuan's idea of abolishing the crown prince has been around for a long time, this time whether the assassination was committed by Li Jiancheng or not, Li Yuan will seize this matter to implement his plan to abolish the prince, but this does not mean that he will give the crown prince to Li Shimin, on the contrary, he will never set up a prince again, and use the means of equalizing power to promote the infighting of the princes, so weakening Li Shimin's military power is the inevitable goal of the next step." ”

"Your Majesty, what should we do next?" Du Ruhui asked.

Zhang Xuan paced back and forth in the lobby with his hands in his hands, he pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Next, we will help Li Shimin and let him stay in Longyou." ”

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