Taking a walk in the drizzle, walking the dog may be a rare enjoyment, and there is a unique style, but marching at night in the heavy rain is a headache and drudgery - the heavy clothes and armor soaked in the heavy rain are very uncomfortable to wear on the body, plus the vision is blocked, and the sight is only three or five steps, even if you want to march quickly, you are afraid that you can't get it, unless you plan to hit the corner of the street headlong and test your own ** strength, otherwise, It can only be difficult to grope forward in the rain curtain, and this kind of trek is so bitter.

The bitterness is a little bitter, but Li Zhen can still endure it, after all, Li Zhen practiced martial arts under Qin Qiong since he was small, what kind of suffering Li Zhen had suffered at that time, compared to the hardships he suffered at that time, the current march in the rain is really nothing, but the urgency in his heart makes Li Zhen a little uncomfortable, of course, Li Zhen is not anxious to rush to the palace as soon as possible, to be honest, even if there is no heavy rain, Li Zhen will not rush to the palace, the reason is very simple: first of all, the cards played by Hou Junji are all false moves, It's not the last killer feature, before seeing the overall layout of Hou Junji, Li Zhen doesn't want to act rashly, and if you fight a snake, you have to hit seven inches, right? Secondly, Li Zhen knows very well that the old man has a deep wariness of the princes in Beijing, and he has also arranged the corresponding backhand, beware of the princes taking advantage of the chaos, if he is in a hurry to rush to the palace, maybe the old man will not have some bad associations, if the other brothers come to a plot or something, maybe the board prepared by the old man in advance will be down, then Li Zhen doesn't want to try it, besides, the current team is still following the instability factor of the sixth child, God knows if that kid will have a wrong tendon, come to a black one, pit Li Zhen, this is also something that has to be guarded against, therefore, although Li Zhen led his troops to the palace in the rain, he was not very anxious to rush to the imperial city, what really made Li Zhen anxious was that Li Zhen still couldn't see where Hou Junji's back hand would be placed now.

Damn, the damn rain has finally stopped! Li Zhen stretched out his hand to wipe the rain off his face, and cursed secretly in his heart, just about to order the whole army to light the torches, but he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and Li Su, the king of Shu, had already led a few horsemen and horses to rush to the front with torches, and couldn't help but be vigilant, and secretly made a gesture, signaling Yan Eighteen and other personal guards to stay on guard, but he stopped on the side of the street, waiting for Li Su's arrival.

Li Su and Li Zhen are in general, they are wearing thick armor, the only difference is that Li Su did not wear a helmet, but wore a martial arts crown, at this time because of being soaked in heavy rain, it has already been a crown oblique divergence, coupled with a slightly rickety figure, it looks extremely embarrassed, no longer has the heroic spirit of the past, the original pale face is reflected by the bright light of the torch, it is as white as a ghost, and the eyes full of gloom showed a look of pain and struggle, looking at Li Zhen in a daze, and did not speak for a while.

Uh-huh, this kid is going to make up his mind? Li Zhen is a shrewd person, as soon as he saw the appearance of the sixth child, his heart moved, and he immediately guessed Li Zhen's mind - Li Zhen had hinted at Li Zhen before, but after beating Li Zhen and leading his troops to advance to the imperial city, Li Zhen never caught up with him, nor did he stay away, but he led his troops to follow behind Li Zhen's department, and they were only less than a hundred meters away from each other, which was also one of the reasons why Li Zhen did not urge the whole army to march urgently - Li Zhen was waiting, waiting for Li Zhen to make a final decision, of course, Li Zhen didn't expect to be able to subdue the sixth child, but was waiting for Li Zhen to confess some useful information, after all, Li Zhen was also a figure on Hou Junji's side before, even if he was not the core class, but the core secrets can still know some of them, if he can say it, it will undoubtedly be extremely helpful for Li Zhen's final decision, which is also the root reason why Li Zhen did not take Li Su, but revealed the hint of saving him.

Li Zhen didn't speak, Li Su didn't speak, the atmosphere seemed extremely weird and incomprehensible for a while, the two sides silently rode horses in place and stalemate for a while, Li Zhen suddenly seemed to be more than ten years old, sighed, waved his hand, and suddenly a sword light around him flashed out in the dark night, flashed quickly, and disappeared immediately, immediately attracting Yan Shibai and many other masters to draw their swords with a burst of "Qiang Chang", and the masters of the "Eagle Group" quickly jumped out, surrounding Li Su and others in the center, The sword pointed at the vital points around Li Su and the others like a forest, and at this moment of chaos, a person who was originally following Li Su suddenly shook his body, fell stiffly from the horse, and slammed heavily on the street full of stagnant water, kicked his legs, twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.

Oh, it seems that the sixth child has really made up his mind, interesting! Li Zhen's eyesight is very good, even if it is at night, but the lightning sword Li Zhen can still see very clearly - the person who shot is the mysterious woman named Ye Ningnan who had worked in Qizhou City, and the person she killed Li Zhen also recognized that it was Li Su's dog-headed military advisor Wang Fangdong, even if Li Su's true intentions were Li Zhen, he also guessed a seven, seven, eighty-eight - if Wang Fangdong and his person were not the hidden stakes of Hou Junji's side, they must also be the key person who mastered Li Su's relationship with Hou Junji, Li Su came to such a hand, The left and right are just showing their attitude, to inform Li Zhen that he has decided to draw a line with Hou Junji and his group. To tell the truth, although Ye Ningnan's sword was extremely abrupt and fierce, it was already very fierce, but in the eyes of Li Zhen, who had already achieved the true yang technique, it was nothing, and he could crack the killer sword with a wave of his hand, but Li Zhen did not stop it, but watched Ye Ningnan slash Wang Fangdong under the sword with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Stand down!" Li Zhen waved his hand, motioned to the masters of the "Eagle Group" to put away their swords, glanced at Li Zhen, who was seriously ill, and said very calmly: "Sixth brother, please!" As soon as the words fell, he turned his horse's head and walked towards the mouth of a small alley on the side of the street, Li Su shook his head with a wry smile, didn't say anything, pressed his hand, signaled that the guards around him didn't have to follow, and silently rode his horse to follow.

The brothers silently rode side by side for a while, and Li Yu said hoarsely: "The eighth brother wants to ask Shizi, so he can say hello, as long as the elder brother knows, he will say it together." His voice was full of exhaustion and depression.

Li Zhen wanted to know a lot of things, but he also understood that although Li Zhen said sincerely, he might not be able to tell all the things and the dishes, so he thought about it silently and asked very calmly: "Sixth brother, the younger brother has a few unknown places, and I also ask the sixth brother to give advice: First, although the seventh uncle and Hou Junji are both high-ranking people, the imperial court is not rich, and there are not many industries in the family, how can they have the huge financial resources to train so many soldiers and horses?" Second, since Uncle Seven dares to form an alliance with such an insidious person as Hou Junji, does he have any basis for fighting? Third, the younger brother wants to know how to deal with the wave of opposition from the government and the opposition if Uncle Seventh and others capture the palace? ”

Li Su was originally worried that Li Zhen would ask him how to hook up with Hou Junji and others, but he didn't expect Li Zhen to ask about those things at all, so he couldn't help laughing at himself, and then he settled down, and said in a deep voice: "The three questions of the eighth brother are not too knowledgeable about the truth, but he has heard some rumors, as for whether it is true or false, the elder brother is not sure, the eighth brother just listens to it." Having said this, Li Zhen stopped, glanced at Li Zhen, and saw that Li Zhen's face was calm, and he didn't have the slightest intention of asking at the street entrance, so he had to continue boringly: "Hou Junji has been tired of wars, whether it is the battle of destroying Tuguhun or the battle of destroying Gaochang, he has not collected the floating wealth of the two countries, and it is precisely for this reason that his father will send him to prison, this brother does not say, presumably the eighth brother also knew it early on, of course, those are all on the surface, even if Hou Junji can make a windfall, but it is not enough to maintain armaments, as far as my brother knows, The place where Hou Jun sets the military training is that the military expenses are all from the hands of the seventh uncle, hey, others don't know the details of the seventh uncle, but the elder brother knows a little, Chang'an's Wanhualou, Luoyang's Mingyue Tower, Jiangdu's Cuiyu Tower, and Yueyang's Qilin Building are all the property of the seventh uncle, hehe, the seventh uncle has money, although he can't compare to the eighth brother, the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, compared to his brother, he is very rich. ”

"What? Wanhualou is the property of Uncle Seven? Li Zhen was taken aback when he heard this, and asked in disbelief - the restaurants that Li Su said were extremely famous restaurants in the Tang Dynasty, and all the people who could enter and exit these restaurants were rich and noble, and the annual profits were frighteningly high, Li Zhen also sent someone to investigate the background of Wanhualou, but he could not find out the mysterious boss behind it.

"Well, that's right, although my brother doesn't have much evidence in his hands, he has indeed heard people talk about it." Li Su didn't say who he was listening to, but his tone was very affirmative.

Damn, that makes sense, hey, grandma's, with such a strong economic support, coupled with the old monkey's training ability, it is indeed not difficult to train an elite soldier, well, since Li Yuanchang dares to form an alliance with the old monkey, I am afraid that there is another basis for fighting, but it is not necessarily just the financial resources to control the old monkey's ambitions! Li Zhen pondered silently for a while, glanced at Li Su, and did not speak, but raised his hand and motioned for Li Su to continue.

Li Su nodded knowingly, and then said: "In addition to supporting Hou Junji's training, the seventh uncle also has a private army in his hands, and the specific situation is not very clear to my brother, but I know that there are many masters among them, and it is said that the seventh uncle also has a testament of the emperor in his hand, but my brother has never seen it, and I don't know whether it is true or false. ”

Edict? Hey, damn, there really is such a thing, well, the old man relied on forcing the palace to take the throne, and the emperor Li Yuan, who wanted to abdicate, must be extremely unwilling in his heart, plus Li Yuanchang has always been very favored by Li Yuan, and there is indeed a certain possibility of making a testament, even if this edict is not genuine, now it is dead and there is no proof, as long as Li Yuanchang can control our old man, and then play the card of the edict, it may not be able to suppress the Li kings who are ready to move in various places, after a big purge in the court, I'm afraid that it is really possible, and then use the dark power in my hands to get rid of Hou Junji, and then the big thing will naturally be decided, but the old monkey is not a very good person, but I am afraid that he also has other plans, hey, pull up the sixth, I'm afraid that it is Hou Junji's backhand, interesting, really interesting! Li Zhen thought of this, he had already figured out most of the tricks, and he had vaguely guessed where Hou Junji's back hand was, but some details still needed to be scrutinized, and he just wanted to ask the sixth child carefully, and suddenly saw that the sky at the end of the Xuanwu Gate of the palace suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly raised his head, and when he saw it, a gorgeous ceremonial flower bloomed in the night sky, and his heart moved suddenly, as if he remembered something.

Fireworks? This is a signal, but which side will it be? The strength of the old man is now in the palace, and the reinforcements outside are blocked everywhere, except for Lao Tzu's way, I am afraid that there may not be many reinforcements, this gift will not be put by the old man, then it can only be a signal from Hou Junji's side, huh? Signal? Previously, the west of the city, the north of the city, the east of the city, and the south of the city were almost changing at the same time, and it was impossible without a unified signal. Oh shit, shit! Such a simple thing Lao Tzu actually forgot! Li Zhen had already guessed where the general headquarters of Hou Junji and his gang was located - Wanhualou! In addition to the imperial palace, the only commanding height in the center of the city is Wanhualou, and Wanhualou is Li Yuanchang's industry, whether it is to send orders or signals, Wanhualou is the most ideal place.

"Eighth brother, ...... you" Li Su saw Li Zhen's strange face, and asked a little uneasily.

"Hehe, it's okay, the little brother just thought of something." Li Zhen came back to his senses, said with a smile, and then changed the conversation and said: "Sixth brother, now that the situation has become clearer, Hou Junji is only afraid that he will launch the final attack, and at this moment, it is the best policy to capture the thief and capture the king first, the younger brother must lead the army to the palace for reinforcements, and the sixth brother is willing to capture the seventh uncle and other thieves?" ”

The reason why Li Zhen handed over the good thing of capturing Li Yuanchang and others to Li Su was because of his considerations - capturing the thief chief is a great achievement, but it is not as good as the merit of escorting, this is one of them, and second, although Li Zhen has expressed his attitude, Li Zhen still can't rest assured, and he doesn't dare to take it with him. At least in the palace struggle after the fall of the prince can take advantage of the sixth is also a good deal, for such considerations, to give the credit of capturing the thief chief to the sixth, first, you can buy his heart, second, in Li Zhen's view, the sixth and Hou Junji and others hooked up with Li Shimin, if the sixth can have such a credit, although he can't break his guilt, but at least he will not end up like the prince or the fifth, it can be regarded as Li Zhen has fulfilled his brotherly affection, as for whether the sixth will betray in the future, Li Zhen does not care much.

"Is this true?" Although Li Zhen made up his mind to draw a clear line with Hou Junji and others, he was really unable to escape the punishment of the old man in his heart, and the reason why he followed Li Zhen was actually to make some war merits, so as to redeem his merits, but he didn't expect Li Zhen to put such a huge credit in front of him, and he couldn't believe his ears for a while, and asked in surprise and joy.

"Sixth brother Mingjian, the younger brother never lies, these two thieves are now in Wanhualou, well, although the sixth brother may not be able to capture Hou Junji, but it is a matter of nine out of ten to hold the seventh uncle, the younger brother sent Dou Fulin to lead a thousand feathers of the forest army to help, it will be done, without further ado, you and my brother must act immediately, go!" Li Zhen said no more, turned his horse's head and went straight to the front of the team that stopped on South Street, gave a loud order, and began to distribute men.

The ceremonial flowers above the Xuanwu Gate are dazzling in the night sky, and Chang'an City can easily take a look, Hou Junji, who has been standing at the window of Songyunxuan in Wanhualou for a long time, can see it clearly, and when the ceremonial flowers are lit up, Hou Junji's always tense face finally showed a smile, quickly turned around, walked a few steps, and bowed to Li Yuanchang, the king of Han who was sitting on the top and always restless, and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the event is decided, the ambush in the palace has been transferred out, and success or failure is in this move, Please give your majesty a general attack order, and the old minister will lead his army and horses to attack! ”

"Ah, good, great!" Li Yuanchang jumped up, paced back and forth excitedly, looked at Hou Junji, who was also very excited, took a deep breath and said, "Okay, come here, change the lantern!" As soon as Li Yuanchang's words fell, several of his own guards hurriedly carried a large yellow silk masked lantern to the attic and hung the lantern.

Li Yuanchang silently watched the guards around him busy, until the lantern had been hung, then walked down the steps, hurriedly walked to Hou Junji's side, bowed down and bowed his hand and said: "Hou Gong, everything is please, I will wait for Hou Gong's good news here, the battle array is in danger, Hou Gong must be more careful, I swear to the sky, if the big thing is done, I will not live up to Hou Gong, if I violate this oath, I will be hit by five thunders and die!" ”

Li Yuanchang spoke extremely sincerely, his eyes were full of tears of excitement, Hou Jun was moved to tears when he gathered, fell to his knees, and sobbed: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the old minister will do his best, and die for himself, Your Majesty cherishes it, and the old minister goes!" As soon as the words fell, he looked resolute, turned around and walked out of the door, and before going out, he didn't forget to turn around again, and bowed to Li Yuanchang who said goodbye with tears......

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