41. Suspicious

"Your analysis is very reasonable, the instability of the army's heart and the minister's heart is the real reason for the emperor's change of mind and resentment against the palace. ”

After Empress Zhang finished speaking, she pursed her lips and looked at Xue Yiliu with a smile, and there was a little doubt in her approving eyes. Recently, this Xue Shanggong's vision and strategy have really improved a lot, and it is a little unbelievable.

Xue Yiliu didn't say anything more, and hung her head in silence.

Empress Zhang saw that she didn't speak, and asked, "Since Xue Shanggong has this vision, how do you think we should deal with the next thing?"

"The slave thinks that we might as well think about it in a different way, for example, the current situation is changed to Li Mi, or whatever one of our opponents will think?"

"Hehe, I can't imagine that your mind is so exquisite, you might as well talk about it. ”

Queen Zhang closed her phoenix eyes slightly, looked at the girl in front of her, and suddenly added a sense of strangeness.

"Niangniang, the heart of the army, the heart of the minister, the heart of the prince and the brother, if you want to stabilize these people, there is only one person who is the most suitable at the moment, and that is the king of Guangping. ”

"......" Empress Zhang's face showed some unhappiness, and she was speechless, waiting for Xue Yiliu to finish speaking.

"Let's talk about the military heart first, these years to quell the rebellion, the king of Guangping is calm and resourceful, and his prestige in the army will only be higher than that of the king of Jianning, and the king of Guangping is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and the king of Jianning is only the deputy marshal side by side with Guo Ziyi.

As for the minister's heart, it is even simpler, there is already a group of civil ministers and military generals who are running in secret, supporting King Guangping as the crown prince, and now that King Jianning is gone, they will be even more determined to surround King Guangping.

As for those princes, princesses, and county lords, they are nothing more than thinking of their cold lips and teeth, and worrying about their titles and lives, as long as the emperor shows his reuse and favor to King Guangping at this time, the shadow of King Jianning being forced to commit suicide will soon disappear. ”

"You're right, you're not an outsider, I didn't sleep all night last night, and I'm worried about this. What do you say this King of Guangping can give him another reward? Now that he is a first-class prince who commands the world's soldiers and horses, he will not be able to put it—"

When Empress Zhang thought of the favor that the emperor might give to King Guangping next, she was immediately angry, bit her lip with hatred, and swallowed the words that had come to her mouth back into her stomach.

Xue Yiliu naturally understood what she meant by what she didn't finish, and immediately said: "Niangniang, when it comes to that time, we will be very passive. Now, all we have to do is stop this from happening. ”

Empress Zhang is pampered and arrogant, but she is just planning for her son, which is always much worse than the heroines of Wu Zetian, Empress Wei, and Princess Taiping of the previous dynasty. She thought that whether it was King Guangping or King Jianning, no matter which one she got rid of, her son would have one less competitor, but she didn't expect to cause a series of consequences.

She looked at Xue Yiliu, from her cheeks all the way to her eyes, she seemed to see an abyss. She didn't know whether to be happy or afraid, but she was sure that Xue Yiliu at this time was no longer the little maid who always looked aggrieved and swallowed her anger back then.

Empress Zhang was silent for a long time, and slowly asked, "It's time for the previous dynasty to retreat, right?"

A palace maid hurriedly came over outside the hall, knelt down and played: "Back to Niangniang, the eunuch from the previous dynasty has come to pass through, and the emperor has already retired from the court." ”

"Xue Shanggong, you personally go to the Xuanzheng Palace, and invite Lord Li Fuguo to come here. ”

Today's pilgrimage was not smooth.

Although the procuratorate suppressed the news of King Jianning's suicide, under the activities of King Guangping and others, yesterday, this matter still spread throughout the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and hundreds of officials were in an uproar for a while.

As everyone expected, as soon as the morning dawned on the DPRK, some officials began to attack one after another. What's more, several palace attendants directly pointed the finger at Li Fuguo and Empress Zhang, accusing that it was the harem that forced King Jianning to death, and whether King Jianning really planned to harm King Guangping is also dead.

The ministers didn't say a word, Su Zong was upset, and he retired early and moved to the Xuanzheng Palace.

Next to the Xuanzheng Palace, there is a warm pavilion. When he didn't have to wait in front of the emperor, Li Fuguo would rest here and review the folds.

Such a precedent was originally opened by Gao Lishi in the Kaiyuan period of Xuanzong, and this warm pavilion was also used by Gao Lishi.

Xuanzong once said: "When the wrestler is a wrestler, I will sleep steadily." ”

But all the excerpts in Chang'an, Luoyang, and even the state capitals in various places must be read by Gao Lishi, and then reported to Xuanzong, and some simple things he will deal with by himself.

At the beginning, he assisted the crown prince Li Heng to go north to Lingwu, and even ascended the throne as the emperor, Li Fuguo did make a lot of contributions, so he won the great favor and trust of Suzong, and gradually approached the center of power in the Tang Dynasty.

After Suzong recaptured the Daming Palace in Chang'an, this warm pavilion was naturally returned to Li Fuguo.

At this time, in the warm pavilion, Li Fuguo was sitting precariously, his face was very ugly. It wasn't for today's court meeting, but it was another thing that made him very unhappy.

Yesterday, the seven Western Regions BMWs that were abandoned outside Chang'an City were found not long after.

Last night, the other party sent someone to Li Fuguo's mansion and informed him of speculation that the horses would return alone and that the people who failed in the operation would be killed. There is no lack of accountability in the words.

"Master Li, it seems that the cooperation between us is becoming more and more insecure?"

"Hehe, I only need me and Shou'er to know about this matter, and even the things you want are sent by Shou'er himself. What about you? You actually sent seven or eight people and a few children to pick up the goods with great fanfare, because you were afraid that the people of the world would not know what you were doing?"

The visitor was speechless for a while, and after thinking about it, he said hesitantly: "This matter should be extremely secret. Both you and I may be the source of the leaked news, and the young master of my family sent me to remind Master Li that there are ghosts inside him. ”

"Hey, old fox, he's still worried about himself. Your people are dead, but the map is lost, and I hope that when your people die, at least keep their mouths tight enough, so as not to trouble us. ”

"This-I don't know who the other party is or how deep we can dig the news, but for a few of our people, the young master and I are confident. I believe it will not affect Lord Li. ”

"Hopefully. Also, although your action failed, the old man's things were really handed over to you, I hope you don't break your word, you still owe the old man a favor. ”

"Master Li, rest assured, we will naturally not repay this debt. As long as Master Li speaks, we can meet Lord Li's request at any time and repay this favor. ”

"The old man wants it now. ”

"It's—Lord Li, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it. ”

"One of Shou'er's arms is broken, and I want to ask your young master to spend some time to help Shou'er's arm recover. ”

"It's-"

The black scarf looked at the face, although he couldn't see the expression on his face, but it could be seen from his eyes that he was a little unwilling to believe the request made by Li Fuguo in front of him.

In fact, if you want to repay Li Fuguo's favor, the price of one arm is too small, even if he opens a vault, it is not too much for him to move it for three days and three nights.

I couldn't imagine that Helan Shou had such weight in Li Fuguo's mind, let alone that this treacherous and cunning old ghost would have a compassionate side to people.

"Why, can't it be done? I have heard that the young crow master also lost an arm, and then he recovered as before. ”

"No, that's not what I mean, I just admired Lord Li's love for his subordinates, which made me very moved. Rest assured, I will do my best to make this happen. ”

"So, thank you, sir. ”

"I just don't know if the broken arm is still there?"

Li Fuguo shook his head. At that time, Helan Shou was in a state of demonic fire yaksha, and after his arm was broken, the blood meridians were quickly scorched and could no longer be used.

And at that time, Helan Shou let it fall into the ice and snow, and never brought it back at all.

"In that case, I'm afraid it will take some time. ”

"How long?"

"It will take a month at the shortest. ”

"Can't it be faster?"

"Because we don't have the original arm, we need to find at least five more people with the same physique as Lord Helan before we can retrieve his arm. This requires that the conditions of blood, tendons, muscles, bones, etc. must be highly consistent, although Chang'an is large, it is also a needle in a haystack to find such five people. A month is already fast. ”

"Okay, the old man can wait. ”

"There are still some things that must be explained to Master Li in advance. ”

"Say it. ”

"Because it's not Lord Helan's own arm, there will always be some risks, even if it is taken back, it will never be as easy to use as his own arm. ”

"No problem. ”

"Okay, I'll go back and tell the young master of my family, and arrange the matter of connecting the bones for Lord Helan in parallel, once the arrangements are made, we will notify Lord Helan." ”

"In this case, I will thank you sir in advance. ”

"Well said. ”

The man in black saluted and withdrew, but he did not see any action.

After a while, I saw that the figure gradually blurred, turned into a wisp of green smoke, and slowly dissipated.

Seeing that the other party had a thorough news, Li Fuguo showed a disdainful and disgusted expression on his face, this is his bedroom, but he lets it come and go freely, and no one will feel good in his heart.

At this time, Li Fuguo was sitting in danger. Standing below is Helan Shou, and a cadre of cronies.

"Shou'er, what you went to do that day, they failed, the horses ran back, but the people were gone. ”

"Oh, when did it happen?"

"The night before yesterday. ”

"This, after the subordinates sent the things, they led people to Lintong the next day, and they have been dealing with King Jianning and others outside Lintong for two days, and they returned to Chang'an in the evening before yesterday, and they have been staying by the side of the adults at night, and they think carefully that nothing suspicious seems to have happened during this period. ”

"I believe in your ability to do things, and I believe in you even more. That incident, it is very likely that they screwed it up themselves. It's just that right now, King Jianning died suddenly, and the situation is urgent, even if it is you and me, we have to be very careful. ”

"The subordinates understand. ”

"In the past few days, what has happened to our people in the hall?"