Although he couldn't believe or wanted to believe that Emperor Yang of Sui had burped, for the sake of prudence, Li Mi still ordered the news to be strictly sealed, prohibiting all insiders from spreading the matter, and not allowing the generals and soldiers in the army and the Eastern Capital to know that this news had not yet had time to prove its true or false. - As for Ren Bi, the second envoy of Li who happened to be present, it is easy to do, and it doesn't matter if he is temporarily under house arrest.

Everyone was puzzled by Li Mi's arrangement, and asked one after another, "Duke Wei, why are you blocking the news?" Whether this news is true or not, it can boost the morale of our military and can also hit the morale of the official army in the Eastern Capital? ”

"I don't want to keep it a secret from our soldiers, nor do I want to keep it secret from the eastern capital Luoyang, I don't want Chen Yingliang's traitor to know about this too early, that traitor must have planted eyeliner in the area of the eastern capital Luoyang, if we publicize this news, it will definitely reach his ears in a few days."

Li Mi's face was extremely gloomy, and he said: "Chen Yingliang's thief has just turned his face with Yang Tong, if Yang Guang, the only one in the world who can restrain him, really dies suddenly, once he receives this news, he will inevitably use Yang Tong's immorality and suspicion of his subordinates, and he is not worthy of ascending the throne and succeeding to the throne, and he will support the emperor in Guanzhong to take sole power, including Qu Tutong and Zhang Long, who are important ministers in Guanzhong who hold military power, will also lose their allegiance to the emperor, and turn to recognize the emperor who submitted to Chen Yingliang's traitors, and it is difficult for Yang Tong to transfer and command any Guanzhong army. It is no longer possible to cut off or weaken this traitor by means of a decree. Therefore, we must not cheapen this traitor for nothing, and we must let him know as late as possible. ”

While everyone nodded silently, someone suddenly asked, "Duke Wei, but what's the use of doing this?" Even if we block this news, it is possible that Chen Yingliang's traitor will know about this matter through other channels, at most it will only be a few days later and a few days earlier, no matter how much we block, it will be useless? ”

Everyone followed the sound, and the person who saw the questioning was a nineteen-year-old young man, named Wang Xuance, who surrendered after being captured by Li Mi on the battlefield of Dahai Temple more than two years ago, and became Li Mi's account secretary. Seeing that Li Mi and everyone were looking at him, Wang Xuance hurriedly said: "The kid is curious, and if he is presumptuous, he also asks Duke Wei for forgiveness." ”

"It's very useful." Li Mi smiled and said: "Chen Yingliang's traitor didn't know about Yang Guang's death for a day, so he didn't dare to let go for a day, Yang Tong'er, who had already turned against him, could also continue to use the civil and military officials in Guanzhong Daxing who were still loyal to the tyrant Yang Guang to crusade and cut him off, which was far better than letting this traitor set up a new monarch and let go of his hands and feet." ”

Wang Xuance nodded, no longer silent, and Chai Xiaohe said again: "Duke Wei, you might as well secretly inform Yang Tong and Yuan Wen about this matter, let them know that the matter is urgent, and force them to hurry up and get rid of Chen Yingliang." Or the chief of the people, they may be able to come up with a new way to use the power in their hands to cut off Chen Yingliang's traitors. ”

Li Mi nodded slowly, and said: "Yes, Yang Tong and Yuan Wen can be allowed to know about it, but they can only let the two of them know, and Wang Shichong must not be allowed to know, that traitor is not a good person, and Chen Yingliang is a relative of Weng's son-in-law, so he has to prevent them from joining forces with Weng's son-in-law to usurp the Great Sui River." ”

"Duke Wei, if you don't mind, you can also let my right governor know about it." Ren Bi, who was sent by Li Er, said timidly: "The right governor of my family, resourceful and strategic, may also be able to use this opportunity to seize the opportunity and deal a fatal blow to Chen Yingliang's traitor." ”

Glancing at Ren Bi, Li Mi wanted to refuse, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly had a plan and hurriedly asked: "Doctor Ren, if the tyrant Yang Guang is really dead, and Yang Tong ascends the throne and becomes the emperor in the eastern capital, are you right governors willing to surrender to Yang Dong and accept Yang Dong's official appointment?" ”

"This ......, the lower officials don't know." Ren Bi shook his head, and then hurriedly added: "But there should be this possibility, after all, when our general first raised the army, it was only to support His Royal Highness the Acting King as the emperor, and he did not oppose Sui and stand on his own. ”

"Very well, you can send someone back to inform your right governor of this." Li Mi nodded with satisfaction, and said: "But you can't leave yourself, you have to stay so that you can contact Dongdu at any time." Besides, if he is willing to surrender to Yang Dong and accept Yang Dong's command, I have a plan to help him avenge the murder of his father and kill Chen Yingliang with his own hands! ”

"What is Gong Wei's plan?" Ren Bi hurriedly asked.

"Secretly join forces with Qu Tutong." Li Mi said coldly: "Let Qu Tutong go out to ask Chen Yingliang for help, and trick Chen Yingliang's traitor to personally lead the army to rescue him, and then on the battlefield of the two armies, the right governor of your family suddenly showed Yang Tong's edict, and Qu Tutong also suddenly defected, and if they want to take Chen Yingliang's thief's life, it will be as easy as a finger!" ”

"What a plan!" Ren Bi's joy was not trivial, and he said in surprise: "Wei Gong's clever plan, I think our right governor will definitely not refuse, but I don't know if Yang Tong's side is willing." ”

"He hates Chen Yingliang as a traitor more than you now, is there any reason for reluctance?" Li Mi replied with a sneer, and said, "Don't worry, as long as you are willing, Yang Tong's side, my envoy will naturally help you try his best to convince." ”

Ren Bi was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Li Milian, Wang Xuance, who was sitting in a corner of the room, had a calm face, but his heart was turning over the river and the sea, and said secretly: "What should I do?" Should the message be sent? And how can you send the news out? Now I don't have a reliable person around me? Hey, wait, how did I forget about him? I wish he was still there. ”

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The anti-Chen Fuliang alliance was established unconsciously, Li Mi and Li Er, who hated Chen Fuliang so much, hated that in order to take revenge, of course, they could do anything, and in order to kill Chen Fuliang, they could match the enemy who was at war and give advice, Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu were not much better there, so ......

Like Li Mi, when he heard the news that Emperor Yang of Sui might be dead, Yang Tong and Yuan Wen, who secretly received Li Mi's envoy Xu Shiyu, were also taken aback, and they all felt that such a thing could not happen, Xu Shiyu admitted that Li Mijun had indeed not finally confirmed the truth of this rumor, and reminded him: "His Royal Highness King Yue, Yuan Taifu, now our army is tightly sealing this news, what I am afraid of is that Chen Yingliang's traitors know about this and preemptively set up a puppet emperor in Guanzhong to seize the upper hand in righteousness, so Duke Wei hopes that you will also act cautiously." , don't leak the rumors and let Chen Yingliang know about the traitor. ”

Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu, who were in a state of confusion, nodded subconsciously together, and then Yuan Wendu actually thanked him: "Thank you Mr. Xu for telling me the news, if your army confirms the truth of the rumors of the Jiangdu mutiny, I hope to inform His Royal Highness King Yue, His Royal Highness will be thanked." ”

"Of course." Xu Shiyu nodded, and said very confidently: "Although our army is an enemy of the imperial court, it is not that it wants to rebel and rebel, but it is just unbearable to endure the tyranny and harshness, and kill all the corrupt officials and cool officials such as Chen Yingliang, and now Chen Yingliang traitor has failed the grace of the saint, and even tried to rebel and usurp power, and our army hates him even more, His Royal Highness the King of Yue is gentle and loving, His Royal Highness is generous, and he is determined to eradicate Chen Yingliang's traitor, and our army is naturally willing to help His Royal Highness." ”

For some reason, Xu Shiyu actually revealed some intentions to join forces with the Eastern Capital in his words according to Li Mi's request, but unfortunately Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu's conspiracy values and political values were slightly lower, not only did he not hear Xu Shiyu's voice, but after thanking him again, Yuan Wendu also expressed his concern to Yang Tong in front of Xu Shiyu, and said: "His Royal Highness King Yue, Master Li's reminder is very reasonable, Huangfu Wuyi and their design to capture Chen Yingliang was unsuccessful, if the news of Jiangdu's mutiny is true, Chen Yingliang also knew about this, and he would definitely choose one person from the Daxing royal family to support him as the emperor and take sole power. Regarding this matter, Your Highness, you have to guard against it. ”

Yang Tong was silent, frowning, only hating that he had been deceived by Chen Fuliang's hypocritical performance before, and Leng begged Emperor Yang of Sui to leave a super white-eyed wolf to serve as a guard in the Eastern Capital. Over there, Xu Shiyu saw that Yang Tong and Yuan Wen didn't understand the true meaning of his previous words at all, and it was not good to take the initiative to speak, so he had no choice but to take the opportunity to bring up another topic, and said: "His Royal Highness King Yue, Yuan Taifu, about this matter, Duke Wei has a clever plan that can help you punish Chen Yingliang as a traitor." ”

Saying that, Xu Shiyu hurriedly asked Li Mijian to let Yang Tong come forward to secretly recruit Li Er, let Li Er and Qu Tutong secretly join forces, and then let Qu Tutong come forward to lure Chen Fuliang to personally lead the army to Hedong for reinforcements, and suddenly turned against Chen Fuliang on the battlefield and killed Chen Fuliang who was caught off guard. Then, Xu Shiyu introduced: "His Royal Highness King Yue, our Duke Wei has already sent a fast horse to chase Guo Neishi, let him suspend his actions, if he is smooth, he should be able to catch up, even if he can't catch up, it doesn't matter, even if the old general Qu Tu has received the previous edict, it will definitely be too late to act, His Royal Highness can send another edict to order him to suspend his action, we can contact the old general Qu Tu for His Royal Highness." ”

Yang Tong and Yuan Wen were finally cautious this time, and first asked the chamberlain to invite Xu Shiyu to the side hall for a while, and then discussed whether to adopt Li Mi's poisonous plan. And although Li Mi's strategy has great operability, Yang Tong, who is actually very good, does not want to adopt it, and said to Yuan Wendu: "Yuan Qing, although Chen Yingliang is hateful, but he did not raise the flag to rebel after all, and there is a chance for him to rein in the precipice, if the rumors of the Jiangdu mutiny are true, and his grandfather has really been killed, then we need his strength more to avenge our grandfather and eradicate the rebellion in the world, Li Mi's plan is obviously to let us destroy the Great Wall, I think it can't be adopted, we should find another way to pull Chen Yingliang back to the right path." ”

"Your Highness, the matter has come to this, and it is impossible for Chen Yingliang to turn back." Yuan Wendu shook his head and pointed out: "If there is no matter of Huangfu Wuyi, then we may still have the possibility of pulling Chen Yingliang back to the right path, but now that His Highness has removed his military power and arrested him, he has already known to him, and under his deep hatred, he will definitely not accept Your Highness's orders again." Moreover, he was anti-early and exposed, and he was suspected of **** harem, raped the princess, and heard about the Jiangdu mutiny, so he would inevitably set up another court in Daxing to confront the Eastern Capital Court by force, and it would never be possible to support Your Highness to ascend the throne and become the emperor. ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Wendu paused, and said: "Li Mi's move is indeed ill-intentioned, and he wants to kill his enemy Chen Yingliang by the hand of His Royal Highness, but Chen Yingliang's talent and ability are far above him, and he is sitting on the danger of the mountains and rivers in Guanzhong, holding Yongfeng and Changping two warehouses, strong soldiers and horses, and sufficient grain and grass. The lesser of two evils, His Royal Highness still kills the more dangerous Chen Yingliang first, and then dispatches soldiers and horses from Guanzhong to the east to pacify Li Mi, which is the best policy. ”

Yang Tong was silent, and Yuan Wendu said again: "There is another point, Your Highness, you can also take the opportunity to absorb the remnants of Li Yuan, so that Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin and the two thieves can be used by Your Highness, if the war with Li Mi starts again in the future, Your Highness, you can mobilize them to attack Li Mi in the south, even if the second son can't defeat Li Mi, you can also consume a lot of his strength, and Your Highness can take advantage of the fisherman." ”

Yang Tong nodded slightly, frowned again and said: "But now that my grandfather was killed, it is just a rumor, Li Yuan's father and son killed the acting king, and the crime is not punishable, if this king only relies on one rumor, he will pardon them for capital crimes, give them official titles, and order them to join forces with Qu Tuqing to execute Chen Yingliang, whether it can succeed or not, if it is found out that the rumors are false in the future, and my grandfather is still alive, how can this king explain to my grandfather?" And how to explain to the world? ”

"It doesn't matter, the minister has a plan, you can get the best of both worlds." Yuan Wendu didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately smiled and said: "Your Highness might as well act like this, while secretly recruiting the Li family brothers, taking the opportunity to get in touch with Qu Tutong, and getting ready to do it, while waiting for news from Jiangdu and waiting for the change." ”

"If the rumors in Jiangdu are true, then Your Highness, you will immediately ascend the throne in the Eastern Capital and succeed to the throne, and Zhaobu Qu Tutong and the Li family brothers will act according to the plan, plan to kill Chen Yingliang, and mobilize the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong to save the Eastern Capital. If the matter of Jiangdu is false, then use the power of Li Mi to get in touch with His Majesty, explain the situation to His Majesty, explain the reason, and ask His Majesty for the holy will to take it, Li Yuan's old thief is dead, and the revenge of His Royal Highness the Acting King has been avenged, and the two sons of the Li family are not worried. ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Yang Tong finally nodded and said, "This plan is very good, so let's do it." ”

Finalized the idea, Yang Tong and Yuan Wen immediately summoned Xu Shiyu, agreed to contact and appease Li Er with the help of Li Mi, Xu Shiyu was overjoyed, and quickly said that Li Er's messenger Ren Bi was actually in Jinyong City, and was willing to meet Yang Tong to ask for appeasement, Yang Tong and Yuan Wen were even more happy to hear it, and after rewarding Xu Shiyu, he ordered Xu Shiyu to immediately go to Jinyong City to summon Ren Bi to meet, and when Xu Shiyu returned to Jinyong City to report to Li Mi about meeting Yang Tong and others, Li Mi laughed even more, Immediately sent someone to escort Ren Bi to the Imperial City of the Eastern Capital to meet Yang Tong. And this qiē operation is to keep it secret, whether it is Li Mi, Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu, they all deliberately avoid Wang Shichong, who is currently in charge of the defense of the outer city, and enter and exit the imperial city by going straight to the Longguang Gate outside the city, and Wang Shichong, who is desperately training the army, has never been aware of it.

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In this way, under Li Mi's personal matchmaking and matchmaking, the anti-Chen Fuliang alliance has quietly taken shape, although the alliance has not been openly concluded, a net full of stingers has still shrouded the head of Chen Fuliang, who is full of evil. However, what Li Mi never dreamed of was that the net against Chen Fuliang had certainly been opened as he wished, and a sharp dagger full of venom was also quietly pressed against his dazzle......

At the same time that Ren Bi quietly sneaked into the imperial city of the eastern capital to meet Yang Tong, Wang Xuance, who went out on leave, also led two Li Mi's personal soldiers, and came to the Pure Land Temple twenty miles south of the eastern capital.

Under the pretext of burning incense, Li Mi's personal soldiers who were deliberately brought as cover were left outside the door, Wang Xuance entered the Daxiong Hall alone, in front of the old Buddha statue, a young monk who was as young as Wang Xuance was chanting with his eyes closed, seeing the familiar figure of the monk, Wang Xuance was excited in his heart, but he did not open his mouth to call, stepped forward to incense the Buddha statue in a regular manner, saluted, and then sat on the futon on the side of the monk, and smiled at the young monk and said: "Senior monk, who is chanting today?" ”

Gently opening his eyes, the young monk did not turn his head to look at Wang Xuance, there was no abnormal look on his emaciated face, but he said calmly: "For the people of the world, may the war rest early and all beings will be at peace." ”

Glancing at the two personal soldiers he brought, and seeing that they had already arrived in the courtyard to play, Wang Xuance said: "I didn't expect you to leave yet, I have been worried that you have gone to Daxing and reunited with your brother." ”

"The lay brother did send someone to pick up the little monk, but the little monk was desperate." The young monk replied calmly, "Because the little monk knows, you will definitely come to look for the little monk." ”

"You know I'm going to come to you?" Wang Xuance asked curiously.

The young monk nodded and said in a low voice: "The poor monk knows that you are not a betrayer, and your benefactor also knows that you are not that kind of person, so he once came to the little monk and told the little monk that he had wiped out a trace of you in the Eastern Capital. ”

Wang Xuance's heart was surging again, and his right hand facing the hall quietly entered his sleeve, took out a letter, put it under the futon, and said in a low voice: "For him, please." ”

The young monk did not move, and said calmly, "Don't worry. ”

Wang Xuance smiled and asked the most redundant nonsense in the world throughout the ages, "The road is far away, the road is dangerous, are you not afraid?" ”

The young monk gently closed his eyes and resumed the Buddhist scriptures in a low voice. During the play, Wang Xuance said: "I didn't expect you to leave yet, I have been worried that you have gone to Daxing and reunited with your brother." ”

"The lay brother did send someone to pick up the little monk, but the little monk was desperate." The young monk replied calmly, "Because the little monk knows, you will definitely come to look for the little monk." ”

"You know I'm going to come to you?" Wang Xuance asked curiously.

The young monk nodded and said in a low voice: "The poor monk knows that you are not a betrayer, and your benefactor also knows that you are not that kind of person, so he once came to the little monk and told the little monk that he had wiped out a trace of you in the Eastern Capital. ”

Wang Xuance's heart was surging again, and his right hand facing the hall quietly entered his sleeve, took out a letter, put it under the futon, and said in a low voice: "For him, please." ”

The young monk did not move, and said calmly, "Don't worry. ”

Wang Xuance smiled and asked the most redundant nonsense in the world throughout the ages, "The road is far away, the road is dangerous, are you not afraid?" ”

The young monk gently closed his eyes and resumed the Buddhist scriptures in a low voice.