Outside the woods in the west of the capital, Yi Kongting looked at the three horsemen in the night lightly, knowing that the biggest crisis in his life appeared in front of him, he didn't care about his life and death, but he was worried that the four secret letters handed over to him by the emperor could not be sent to those four people in time.

Yi Kongting knew the weight of these four secret letters, which were His Majesty the Emperor's last plan before leaving, and they were related to the rise and fall of the imperial family in the future of Dayan, not only could these four secret letters not fall into the hands of these people, but they must be sent to the hands of those four people.

Among the three riders, one rode forward slowly, and under the night, the face covered by the hat looked dim and difficult to distinguish, but the voice seemed a little old: "Manager Yi, in the middle of the night, you went out of the city to the west, but you didn't know what you wanted to do?" If you have urgent matters to do, it is better to leave it to us to do it for you, and the Holy One can't do without you. ”

Yi Kongting said lightly: "The noses of your eagle dogs are more sensitive than those of dogs!" ”

"It's Mr. Yi who looks down on us." The man said calmly: "It is cunning that Mr. Yi is cunning in luring the enemy by air, but the contemptible eyesight is extremely strong, and he follows the horse's hoof prints to chase, but when he passes through the woods, he finds that the horse's hoof prints, which were originally very even, are suddenly much shallower, which is obviously that there are fewer people on the horse's back." ”

Yi Kongting put his hands in his hands, although his skill loss was huge, but if he was just facing a few ordinary martial artists, he would not be worried, but the person in front of him who spoke was obviously not an ordinary person.

And he understands very well that since the other party has sent people to chase him out of the capital, the people he has sent must be elite, and this old man with an old voice is obviously the leader of this group of people, even if his martial arts are not as good as when he was at his peak, but in the face of himself who only has two successes left, the opponent's chances of winning are definitely much higher.

"Manager Yi, don't talk nonsense, you go out of the city late at night, naturally you want to see someone, I'm afraid you still have something on you, we don't embarrass you, as long as you hand over something, we will never hurt you." The old man's voice was calm.

Yi Kongting shook his head and sighed: "Since you are chasing after you, you naturally already know that our family's skills have been damaged. Our family has nothing, only this life is left, and now, if our family still insists, I am afraid that even this life will be lost. ”

The other party smiled: "Manager Yi is really a handsome man who knows the current affairs!" Stretched out his hand: "Manager Yi, leave the things to me!" ”

"You have to be the talker." Yi Kongting said in a deep voice: "If you go back on your word, our family will not let you go even if you are ghosts!" ”

The old man nodded and said, "Manager Yi can rest assured." ”

Yi Kongting hesitated slightly, and finally reached into his arms, took out something, raised his hand violently, and counted the cold stars straight towards the old man, but the old man seemed to have expected it a long time ago, leaned back, turned sideways, and had slipped off the horse, his figure did not stop, and the moment he slid off the horse, the whole person was like an arrow off the string, and pounced on Yi Kongting, and said sharply: "I have long known that it is not so simple......!" ”

The two horsemen who followed the old man had already urged their horses forward, clenched the cold knife in their hands, and struck left and right.

Yi Kongting knew that today was a lot of bad luck, but his duty was to face the old man without fear, his right hand turned into a palm, and cut into the old man's fist.

The other party didn't put his fists back, his fists were touched, the bodies of both of them were shocked, and the tiger's mouth was faintly painful, and the old man had already shouted: "Sure enough, good ability!" "The other fist has already slammed in.

The two men with knives and hats didn't care about fighting too much or too little, and had already swung their knives forward from both sides.

Yi Kongting is one against three, if it was in the past, he would not be at a disadvantage, but after handing over today, it is full of dangers, if it is not for his strange martial arts skills to dodge and move, it will be difficult to deal with the three of them joining forces.

Not to mention the old man's martial arts, the kung fu of the two hats is not weak, and the three of them work together, and Yi Kongting is already at a disadvantage.

He knew that if he continued like this, it wouldn't be long before he would be defeated at the hands of these three people.

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"From this point of view, Han Aiqing believes that the assassination of Huanglin Yuan is a well-designed game." In the imperial garden of the imperial palace, the emperor was playing against Han Xuandao while seemingly talking about some topics peacefully, and from the faces of the two, there was no hostility at all, as if two chess friends were talking about their hearts.

"In the soul breaking strategy, the first step is to take the life of the saint, as long as the saint is killed, then there will be chaos in Beijing, and the entire Dayan will also be in chaos, this is the situation that the Ye and Wu families want to see. Therefore, under the guidance of Shangguan Qing, Ye Wuxun reorganized the army in Bozhou on the one hand, and ordered the family officials in Beijing to assassinate the saint and turn Yanjing City upside down. Han Xuandao said slowly: "The Soul Breaking Strategy was painstakingly planned by the Holy Lord, and he naturally knew the steps in it, and in order to make the strategy be implemented smoothly, the Holy Lord used the body of ten thousand gold as a bait to guide the beginning of the Soul Breaking Strategy. The saint went to the Huanglin Garden to hunt, it was the best opportunity for the Ye and Wu families to assassinate, the protector commander accepted the Ye family's wooing, and placed assassins in the escort team, it was done on the order of the saint, it was definitely not the protector who betrayed the saint, he died and was defeated, just to serve the saint! ”

The emperor's face did not change color, nor did he speak.

"As far as the minister knows, the commander of the escort army according to the orders of the saint, nominally to let his people be able to identify each other, so that those assassins have made marks on their bodies, in fact, the marks they identify each other just made them reveal their identities, the assassination of Huanglin Yuan sounds thrilling, and it is indeed after a fight, but everything is in the hands of the saint, and it is impossible for those assassins to pose a threat to the saint." Han Xuandao's two fingers gently twisted the chess pieces: "After those assassins were exterminated, the Holy Lord did not block the news at the first time, and even ordered the Guardian Commander to release the flying pigeon and spread the news of the assassination failure to the Ye family, and it was precisely because of this that the Ye and Wu families fought against the water, gathered their henchmen to block the Dongzhi Gate, intending to kill the saint in front of the Dongzhi Gate, but the soldiers of the Wolf Armor Battalion and the Volcano Battalion quickly arrived and smashed the conspiracy of the Ye and Wu families. In fact, the minister now also understands that His Royal Highness the Prince of the Wolf Armor Battalion Changdehou and the Volcano Battalion must have known in advance that the Ye and Wu rebels would work in Dongzhimen, so they had made preparations in advance, otherwise it would be impossible for the two battalions of zombies to arrive quickly and quell the rebellion in such a short period of time. He smiled indifferently, "The five major imperial forest camps in Yanjing, why are these two battalions appearing in Dongzhimen?" The reason is also very simple, Chang Dehou and the crown prince are both members of the royal family, and that plan is very important, and the saint can only be cautious and use people from the royal family to do this, so as not to leak the news! ”

"Han Aiqing is saying that I deliberately exposed a gap for the Ye and Wu families to carry out the assassination plan, so as to ignite the fire of the rebellion of the Ye and Wu families?" The Emperor smiled.

Han Xuandao nodded and said: "That's what the minister thinks, and the next thing, just as the saint expected, the assassination of Huanglin Yuan failed, and the first step taken by the Ye and Wu families ended in failure, but they had to raise the anti-flag and raise troops from Bozhou, Ye Wuxun finally ended up with a dead body and annihilation, he didn't know until he died, all this was given by the saint!" ”

"Ye Wuxun is also the head of the clan, and it is not surprising that he listens lightly and is gullible, so it is not surprising that he has this result." The emperor said lightly.

Han Xuandao smiled and said: "Actually, in the minister's opinion, Ye Wuxun is certainly credulous, but the reason is that this person has always been ambitious and arrogant. Sheng Shang performed a scene with Shangguan Qing at the beginning, arranged Shangguan Qing to enter Ye Wuxun's side as a secret son, and spent nearly ten years to gain Ye Wuxun's trust and finally offer a soul-breaking strategy, that is, he saw the weakness in Ye Wuxun's temperament, and knew that sooner or later he would be able to use the weakness in Ye Wuxun's character to do great things. At that time, the saint was still young, and he had such vision and calculation, with all due respect, the minister thought of it at night, and only felt chills all over his body, cold sweat broke out, and he couldn't sleep well. ”

The emperor sighed: "But I can't sleep well every night when I think of you big families around me, and my eyes are fierce." ”

"So when the Holy Lord was only the crown prince, he made up his mind to eliminate the Nine Great Families, and the Ye family was the first target chosen by the Holy One." Han Xuandao said softly: "Ye Wuxun is so happy, he is self-righteous, and he feels in his heart that with the strength of their Ye family, coupled with the Wu family, they must be invincible." And when Lord Shangguan offered the soul-breaking strategy, he must have exaggerated something, and he deliberately concealed many hidden dangers. He stroked his beard lightly and said lightly: "Lord Shangguan must tell him that when the saint dies and the ministers avoid chaos, the other major families will definitely fight together, and they must not form a joint force to deal with the Yewu coalition army." But Lord Shangguan would definitely not tell him that if the assassination failed and the saint was alive and well, then the Ye and Wu families could only raise troops, but the imperial court could raise the banner of the saint and unite the other major families to suppress them together. ”

The emperor said calmly: "Ye Wu raised troops, I naturally found an opportunity to exterminate them, and the other major families also wanted to take this opportunity to eradicate these two families. ”

"It is precisely because the saint has long been defeated when Ye Wu's army is raised, so he has already made arrangements for the future affairs of Bozhou, trained many officials in advance, and when Bozhou is certain, he will immediately be headed by Zhao Xiqiao, and even fill a large number of officials to go in, and hold Bozhou County in his hands as quickly as possible." Han Xuandao sat up straight and no longer bent, "Although the cabinet tried to arrange a lot of officials from the major families after that, they were quickly squeezed out by Zhao Xiqiao and his group, and even if there were those who remained, they had no real power. The minister carefully investigated, those officials who were excluded, the reasons are irrefutable, many of the reasons can be said to be extremely ingenious, the minister is very surprised in his heart, although the minister knows that Zhao Xiqiao is quite talented, but he did not expect his methods to be so clever. Back then, in the capital, Zhao Xiqiao was an official in the Yushitai, with an upright temperament and admirable sex, but when it comes to the skills of an official, it doesn't seem to be too clever, how did he get to Bozhou and become so shrewd? ”

"Since Han Aiqing said so, he must have found the answer!"

"Yes!" Han Xuandao nodded and said, "The minister doesn't dare to hide the saint, the minister has indeed found the answer." Bozhou County can now be held in the hands of the saint, and everyone thinks that it is Zhao Xiqiao's credit, but few people know that Zhao Xiqiao has a lot of credit, but the real hero is hidden behind Zhao Xiqiao. Zhao Xiqiao is vigorous and resolute, accumulating strength in Bozhou County, and his reputation is huge, but in summary, he is just a person who does things with a clear face, and there is someone else who really gives advice to hold Bozhou County for the saint! ”

"Who is it?"

"That person is still inconspicuous, and now he is hidden by Zhao Xiqiao's side!" Han Xuandao said word by word: "That Lord Shangguan, that Ye Wuxun's staff Li Xingzhi!" ”