The wine is good, the food is good, the mood is good, the atmosphere is naturally very good, although the two brothers have their own ghosts, but the wine is very refreshing, for a while "digging out the heart" of the exchange, with the "promise" of patting the chest, the guests and hosts are happy, a wine stunned from the noon to the moment when the sky will be darkened, then they each drunkenly went home.

"Your Highness."

"Lord Wang."

Mo Li and Na Long, who were sitting in the study and talking in a low voice, saw Li Zhen, who was supported by the guards and walked into the study, they hurriedly got up and said hello respectfully.

As soon as Li Zhen, who was originally full of alcohol and drunk, entered the study, the drunkenness on his face and the confusion in his eyes disappeared immediately, he glanced at the two strategists, waved his hand and signaled the two guards around him to retreat out, strode to the empty chair in the middle and sat down, and then smiled and pressed his hand and said: "The two gentlemen don't have to be like this, just sit down." ”

Although Li Zhen had a smile on his face, there was no slightest smile in his eyes, faintly revealing a murderous atmosphere, what is the meaning of this The two strategists know in their hearts, but the performance of the two is different - although Mo Li also participated in the formulation of the "hoe rape plan", he did not bear the main responsibility, although he was also a little nervous in his heart, but he never showed it, just smiled faintly, and sat down, but Nalong was different, this was the first time he fully presided over the "Rising Sun", The pressure on his shoulders was much greater, so he did not sit down as he said, but respectfully arched his hand and said, "Your Highness, everything has been arranged, can we start?" ”

Li Zhen looked up at the sky outside the window, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, then let's start, please leave everything to Mr." Naron said no more, bowed down, walked out of the study, and went straight to the house.

"Your Highness drank this wine to the fullest today, I think you have gained a lot?" After De Nalong went, Mo Li, who was leaning on the back of the chair, gently shook the feather fan in his hand and joked with a smile.

Speaking of today's harvest, Li Zhen was very satisfied, smiled and briefly said the results of the negotiations with Li Tai, and at the end, he said casually: "Mr. Mo, the matter of Shengzhou will be handled by this king, and the rest of the candidates for the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Industry will be decided by Mr. ”

Since Li Zhen rectified the printing industry, the price of books has been falling, and now, books are no longer valuable, with the popularization of books, followed by the vigorous rise of various private academies, without him, although the Tang Dynasty at this time opened the imperial examination, it is considered to give the scholars from the civilian background a step forward, but although the number of people admitted to each subject is quite a lot, but there are not many people who can actually be officials, most of them can only receive a meager rice given by the imperial court, which produces a social problem- At this time, the government of the Tang Dynasty was still in the hands of the gate valve family, and the dignitaries in the court were all born in the door valve, although it had been loosened a lot compared to the strict nine-product Zhongzheng system in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but for the Han scholars, it was still difficult to enter the court as an official, and the contradictions between the scholar class and the gate valve family had begun to appear. Wenhe Academy", but this academy never recruits students, but only focuses on cultivating outstanding abilities among the orphans from all over the world collected by the "Rising Sun", in addition to teaching Confucianism, there are many talented students who have learned the mathematics, physics and chemistry knowledge of Li Zhen sorted out from memory in his previous life.

Because of the low-key relationship, the fame of "Wenhe Academy" is not very famous in the various academies, but it is Li Zhen's hope for the future. ”

"That's good." Li Zhen nodded, looked thoughtfully at the night sky outside the window, was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Can you catch a big fish tonight?" ”

Mo Li shook the feather fan with a smile, and replied lightly: "Then it depends on what King Wei thinks?" ”

Yes, what does the fourth guy think? Li Zhen said no more, frowned, and fell into deep thought......

Two flowers bloom, one branch each, not to mention that Li Zhen is busy laying fishing nets, and Li Tai, the king of Wei, is also busy laying down the fishing line, planning to catch big fish - Liu Qi and Su Gan Chengji are certainly enough to bring down the prince, but there are two prerequisites, first, Li Zhen is really willing to hand over people, and second, the criminal department can pry open the mouth of Su Gan Chengji, there are many variables here, God knows if Li Zhen will change the hexagram, this is a major matter related to whether he can enter the East Palace, Li Tai can't afford to lose, he doesn't dare to pin his hopes entirely on Li Zhen's cooperation, in Li Tai's opinion, If you can hold Wang Ji in your hands, it will be different, as long as Wang Ji can speak, everything will be solved, besides, you can spend the least cost to get people into your own hands, so why not? What's better than dealing with Li Zhen, that profiteer, isn't it?

In the spacious study of the Wei Palace, Li Tai, who should have been drunk and unconscious, was sitting there at the moment, although his face was a little flushed after drinking, but his eyes were very clear, how could he have been a little drunk, without him, Li Zhen drank a lot, Li Tai was also a wine barrel, Li Zhen could act, Li Tai could naturally sing together, the brothers sang a big play, although they were a little tired, but the pride was the same, at this moment Li Zhen was waiting, Li Tai was also waiting, and even the signal of waiting was the same.

"Your Highness, the snake is out of the hole." Just when Li Tai was waiting a little anxiously, a palace guard strode in, and reported loudly with excitement on his face.

"Good!" Li Taiyi was so excited that he couldn't sit still immediately, he stood up, paced a few steps in the study, looked up at Su Miao, who had always sat steadily, hesitated slightly, and asked, "Uncle, can you start?" ”

Su Miao didn't say anything, he held the long beard on his chest, frowned and thought for a while, and then he sighed and said: "Okay, then let's start, even if it doesn't work, His Royal Highness King Yue will not turn his face with His Royal Highness in this extraordinary period, but he always feels that there are some strange things, His Royal Highness can order the temptation to be the main, and he must not devote himself to it, and once things are wrong, withdraw immediately." ”

Although Su Miao agreed to Li Tai's plan, but his words showed that he was not very confident in this matter, Li Tai's eyes were full of enthusiasm for imminent success, and he would not think too much, so he smiled and said: "Okay, then it's decided, pass the order, and go as planned!" ”

Chang'an City is very large, the population alone is as much as two million, there are many powerful and rich people, the most powerful people in the Tang Dynasty are generally concentrated in Chang'an, it can be said that the current Chang'an City is definitely the richest city in the world in this dynasty, but no matter how rich the place is always the existence of the poor, the west of the city is the slum area of Chang'an City, dirty and messy is secondary, the dragon and snake are mixed, even the government rarely comes forward to manage this place, there is a not too small yard near the area near Wayao Street, It was originally a side of the Du family in Beijing, but because of the proximity to the slums, it was worth a lot, as early as ten years ago, the mansion was sold to a businessman who came to Beijing from other places, and it was renamed "Sheng Yuan", perhaps because the mansion was too big, or maybe it was the reason why the businessman was rarely at home, this courtyard had never been repaired, and it had long been dilapidated, of course, there were naturally few people who came and went here, but now it is strange, since noon, there have been people entering this mansion, or groups of three or five, Or a group of more than a dozen people, all of them are big men, only to see people go in but never see people out, although the poor people in the surrounding area are a little curious, but they are busy for food and clothing, but they have no preference for meddlesomeness, and no one will care about what those people are doing.

At seven o'clock in the morning, it was already dark, and Chang'an City was brightly lit at the beginning of the lanterns, but there were only a few lanterns lit up in the "Sheng Garden", showing that there were still people here, but for the huge courtyard, these lanterns were just a few fireflies in the endless dark night, and they could not force the darkness back by half a minute, but set off the darkness of the dark night a little deeper, and the gloom of the dark night was quite scary, but for the more than 200 men in strong clothes gathered in three different courtyards at this moment, But it was not worth mentioning at all, these more than 200 people stood there quietly, not moving at all, not even talking to each other, all of them were waiting quietly.

In the main room of "Sheng Yuan", a dim oil lamp is lit weakly, in the dim light, Yan Cheng, Yan Hedong, and Yan Chun sit silently around the table, since the end of the fight to now, the three of them have maintained this posture for more than an hour, but except for the greetings when they first met, they never spoke, and no one asked each other what their tasks were, except because it was the rules of the organization, and because of the approaching storm, the big guys had no intention of talking more, just silently waiting for the orders to be handed down from above.

When the time was right, a sound of footsteps sounded, and the eagle in black walked into the room, and the three people sitting around the table suddenly moved at the same time, each stood up, and looked at the eagle at the same time, but they didn't ask, but their eyes showed the meaning of inquiry.

"Your Highness has an order, the action begins, and the three of them set off at the same time, act!" There was no trace of fluctuation on Yingda's cold face, he just said something calmly, ignoring what the three high-ranking people in the room would think, and as soon as the words fell, he turned around and walked out of the door. Yan Cheng and the other three looked at each other, silently rushed out, each ran to the courtyard where his subordinates were located, but for a moment, but listening to the sound of a carriage sounding, three identical carriages drove out of the "Sheng Garden", and then each ran in a different direction, more than 200 strong men divided into three roads, silently guarding the carriage to the distance, a moment later, the "Sheng Garden" in the lanterns were extinguished one by one, and the huge courtyard fell into absolute darkness, Except for the chirping of insects, there was not a single movement to be heard.

At the moment, the West Street of Chang'an City is still crowded, taking advantage of the fact that it has not rained a lot of people who go out to wander around today, the spacious West Street is crowded with people, Yan Chun, who is riding on a tall horse, is full of vigilance, constantly scanning the dynamics of the surroundings, commanding more than 40 subordinates who serve through the palace captain to move forward in the crowd with difficulty, with great effort, finally squeezed out of the West Street, turned onto the Rouge Lane leading to the East Street, only to pass through this alley, and then turn a street intersection, is the East Street where the Yue Wangfu is located.

Rouge Lane is not long, that is, more than thirty or forty zhang away, there are not many people on both sides, some of them are mostly tall outer walls of rich families, because it is not the main road, there are very few people, but well, the crowd is not necessarily dangerous, the appearance of silence does not mean safety, this is Yan Chun, who is the high-level of the "Rising Sun", is naturally clear, seeing that this lane is silent and no one, Yan Chun did not breathe a sigh of relief, but waved his hand to signal his subordinates to spread out in an all-round way, stay vigilant, and cautiously drew the long sword at his waist, The guards walked down the not-too-wide alley beside the carriage.

Silence, silence, except for the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps, there was no sound, although Yan Chun and the others walked extremely cautiously and slowly, but until they walked out of the alley, there was no accident. Seeing that after turning another street corner to reach the East Street where the Yue Wangfu is located, Yan Chun's heart that has always been carried by Yan Chun finally relaxed a lot, but at the moment when the whole team walked out of the alley and just stepped on the street, a change occurred - first a whistle sounded, and then in the sound of the bow Xuan, a burst of arrow feathers came down from the upstairs on both sides of the street, and more than a dozen people were shot in an instantAt the same time, several tea customers who were originally in the teahouse at the entrance of the street also drew their swords from under the tea table at the same time and rushed towards the carriage, and many black-clothed people on the rooftops on both sides of the street were jumping down, and the scene suddenly became a mess.

"Group A resists the enemy, and the rest of the people protect the carriage and rush out!" Yan Chun can become the high-level of the "Rising Sun" is not only because of the children of the Yan family, but also because he has made a lot of meritorious contributions over the years from birth and death, otherwise he would not be able to stand out among the large number of children of the Yan family......

At two o'clock, Yan Hedong led his troops out of Chang'an City through the west gate, along the official road outside the city wall, all the way to the south of the city, although it was delayed for some time on the West Street due to the crowd, but it was better to get out of Chang'an City before the closure of the city, and finally did not delay the matter, in order to regain the delayed time, as soon as he got out of the city, a group of people and horses accelerated the speed of the march, and hurriedly went straight to the "Lion Park".

Chang'an City is a prosperous place, the south gate is the place where the powerful gather in the court, but the west of the city is extremely desolate, the road is full of dense forests on both sides, not to mention the night, even during the day there are few pedestrians, at such a time, the dense forest under the cover of the night is a little more gloomy, occasionally there is a night owl's terrible cry, listening to it makes people chill, but for the more than 40 "rising sun" around the carriage, all this is nothing at all, no one has taken it to heart, everyone just blindly rushed forward, didn't pay attention to the things next to him, but unfortunately, trouble still came to the door - just when the group had just passed through a dense forest, they suddenly found that dozens of big men with prancing horses and spears on the official road in front of them stopped on the official road.

Although the black-clothed man never spoke, his body was full of violent murderous aura, and at first glance he was a master who rolled out of the battlefield, and Yan Hedong had seen it in the guards of the Yue Wang's Mansion, knowing that this group of people was not easy to get along with, and had the intention to retreat, but the problem was that at this time, the dense forest road behind him was narrow, and it was not easy for the carriage to turn around, and it was impossible for him to escape under the impact of the other party. Still waved his hand to signal his subordinates to set up a guard, took the spear from the victory hook, held the spear in his hand, stepped forward on his horse, and said in a loud voice: "Which way of friends is here, a certain Yan family Yan Hedong, how about asking a good friend to borrow a way?" ”

The masked man didn't move at all, and let the "Rising Sun" master complete the guard formation, and then the masked man took a few steps forward and said calmly: "Leave the carriage, get out, or die!" ”

Yan Hedong is Li Zhen's cousin, seven or eight years older than Li Zhen, but he has always admired Li Zhen's martial arts, and he has asked Li Zhen for benefits on weekdays, and what he has learned is also very extraordinary, and his kung fu is not under the general generals in the court. But if you can give it, you can pay it together? ”

Yan Hedong raised Li Zhen's banner out, but the masked man was unmoved, not only did he not answer, but with a gun in his hand, he kicked the horse's belly and killed Yan Hedong......

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