Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Gambler
The air is dry in this season, coupled with the cold winter is coming, in Luoyang City, almost every household has prepared heating things, the night wind blows, but also fuels the fire, almost in just half an hour, the fire will envelop most of Luoyang City.
"Who set the fire!?" Luoyang, Cai Yong's mansion, Li Xuan discharged with one palm, his strength was in the air, blowing away the spreading fire, jumping onto the roof, looking around, as far as the eye could see, but there was a lot of fire.
"Back to the master, the source of the fire can no longer be verified, but it can be determined that there is another team of people and horses similar to the dark hall lurking in Luoyang City, and this fire is probably from their handiwork." The black shadow flashed, and the delicate figure of Qiandao Yue appeared in front of Li Xuan, and said in a deep voice.
"Similar to the Dark Hall?" Li Xuan narrowed his eyes, and his golden pupils looked around probingly, but the golden pupils of the emperor, who had been invincible in the past, returned in vain this time, and did not provide Li Xuan with too much valuable information, but he was even more vigilant in his heart.
Qiandaoyue's martial arts are not to be talked about, but the dark hall, which condenses the essence of various techniques such as ancient and modern Chinese and Japanese reconnaissance, espionage, and assassination, cannot even determine the true body of the other party, which is enough to show the terrifying infiltration ability of this team of people lurking in the dark.
"Master, what should we do now?" Qiandaoyue lowered her head and asked.
"Withdraw all the dark departments, except for the necessary stay, let the others withdraw from Luoyang for the time being." Li Xuan sighed lightly.
"Withdraw from Luoyang!?" Qiandaoyue raised her head, and under the black scarf, only two black jewel-like eyes were revealed, and she looked at Li Xuan with a little puzzlement.
"Well, withdraw from Luoyang, and the vacated people and horses will infiltrate Xuxian, Yecheng, Xiangyang, Wujun and Chengdu respectively." Li Xuan nodded, and Luoyang passed through this fire. There is no need to continue to keep a dilapidated Luoyang, Dong Zhuo must make some trade-offs at this time, his defense line is already too long, rather than sticking to this dilapidated Luoyang, it is better to shrink the force and concentrate on managing Xiliang and Sanfu. At the same time, dividing the Kwantung princes is the best option.
As for Chang'an, as the two major capitals in the world, the members of the dark department on the Chang'an side are no less than those in Luoyang, and there is no need to waste more dark hall elites here, but the next movements of the princes from all walks of life will become the main direction of the intelligence department's investigation.
"Yes." Qiandaoyue did not continue to ask, as a ninja slave, the master's order is a qiΔ, and it must be carried out thoroughly. Even if she is now beyond the special ninja and has reached the height that a ninja has never reached in reality, but in the law of ninjas, she is still a ninja slave who belongs to Li Xuan, from body to soul, it all belongs to Li Xuan!
"Boom~"
It didn't take long for the ground in Luoyang to start shaking. Those who live in Luoyang know that this is a sign of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. At the end of the street, the sound of swearing, screaming, and the clashing of weapons could be faintly heard.
Li Xuan's expression was cold, even if he didn't see it with his own eyes, he knew that Dong Zhuo's sanity was finally in the conspiracy and calculation of the family clan like moths to the fire again and again. is completely exhausted, and it can be imagined how Dong Zhuo, who is crazy, will take revenge on these big families.
"My lord, do you need to show your identity?" Shan Xiongxin flew in front of Li Xuan and looked at the end of the street. The Xiliang Iron Rider who appeared from the firelight asked in a deep voice.
"Not necessarily!" Li Xuan waved his hand: "No matter what, our identities and Dong Zhuo are now opposites, and it is not suitable for contact now, so leave this matter to my old father-in-law to deal with." β
Cai Yong did not participate in the coup d'Γ©tat, and secondly, he was a Confucian invited by Dong Zhuo, although he ignored the government and politics, but in today's Luoyang City, he has a pivotal position, even if it is an arrogant and domineering Xiliang Iron Cavalry, in the face of the angry Confucian, he can only be cautiously accompanied, and obediently withdraw from Cai's mansion.
"How is Yan'er?" Driving away the menacing Xiliang Iron Rider, Cai Yong came to the courtyard where Li Xuan was with a cold face, looking at Li Xuan with a leisurely face, and the anger that had just calmed down suddenly rose slowly.
"Father-in-law, don't worry, Yan'er is fine, but these days, I am always worried about the safety of my father-in-law, and this time I am begging me to take my father-in-law back." Li Xuan smiled.
"Take me back?" Cai Yong sneered and looked at Li Xuan: "Li Ziyang, don't tell the old man, you have worked hard to sneak into this Luoyang City, just for the old man, not to mention, tonight's Luoyang fire has nothing to do with you!?" β
"Uh...... This Luoyang fire really has nothing to do with the son-in-law. Li Xuan was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at Cai Yong with a wry smile, he didn't expect this basin to be detained on his head, and helplessly defended that he was just coming to see the excitement and make a fortune, and he was not prepared to make a storm in Luoyang at all, besides, is it really difficult to enter Luoyang?
"Humph!" Cai Yong blew his beard and glared, looked at Li Xuan and said, "If it weren't for the elusive ghosts around you, who else in Luoyang City would have such a skill?" β
Li Xuan secretly rolled his eyes, he really shouldn't have let the old man know about the storage of the dark hall, looked at Cai Yong and shook his head and said: "Uncle Yue doesn't believe it, I can't help it, but to break Dong Zhuo, it's not difficult, just secretly separate the relationship between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, Lu Bu is arrogant, disdain to communicate with ordinary generals, as a general, but he doesn't know how to forbear, even if the other generals under Dong Zhuo's account have little ability, but they have enough qualifications, and Dong Zhuo suppresses them in a short time, maybe nothing will happen, but if you want to provoke, it's not difficult, As long as Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo turn against each other, the Xiliang Army will be in civil strife, and it will never be difficult to kill Dong Zhuo, and it will not even require me to take action, so why would Xiao Xu bother to set fire to Luoyang? β
"You kid, you can see it clearly." Cai Yong glanced at Li Xuan with some surprise, he has been in the sea for a long time, how can Dong Zhuo's internal problems not be seen, but Dong Zhuo treats him with the courtesy of a countryman, and Cai Yong is a person, but he disdains to assassinate Dong Zhuo with conspiracies and tricks, because he has never thought about it.
"You really didn't do it?" In the end, Cai Yong glanced at Li Xuan suspiciously, Luoyang was destroyed, for Li Xuan, it was just a pity that this capital-level city was just a pity, but for Cai Yong, this city has a special meaning in his heart, his life, although ups and downs, but its core, but inseparable from this city, from the fame of his youth, to the ups and downs of the sea in middle age and now, this city, has too many memories for him.
Heaven is constant, everything in the world has its own rise and fall, but Cai Yong never wants to see this city destroyed in the hands of his son-in-law, which is also the most important reason for his anger, and now he knows that it was not Li Xuan's doing, but the guilt in his heart has dissipated most of it, and the rest is only a faint regret.
"Since you didn't do it, the old man is relieved, as for what you came to Luoyang, the old man is too lazy to care, Dong Zhuo treats me with the courtesy of a countryman, but at this time I can't leave him alone, although the abolition of the establishment is overstepping, but Dong Zhuo's actions are also for the sake of the Han family, and the fault is only that this person does not know himself." Shaking his head and sighing, Cai Yong glanced back at the blazing Luoyang City, turned around and walked to his room, his back in the firelight of the night, looking a little lonely and gloomy.
"Don't you know yourself?" Li Xuan shook his head, and did not agree with Cai Yong's opinion, Dong Zhuo is not ignorant of himself, but in his character, the gambler's component is too strong, he has enough ambition, but he does not have enough background to realize this ambition, so when the edict appeared in front of him, he chose to gamble on his own net worth and life, to bet on today's glory, as for tomorrow, living in this troubled world, who can really say what his tomorrow will be? Even Li Xuan, who has adventures, can't guarantee what his tomorrow will be.
Everyone is gambling, but it's just not as crazy as Dong Zhuo.
"Lord, the person you want, we have found it." Seeing Cai Yong leave, not long after, a dark hall warrior appeared in front of Li Xuan and said respectfully.
"Where are the people?" When Li Xuan heard this, his eyes lit up.
"I have been invited, and I am waiting for the Lord to summon me." The Dark Hall Warrior bowed.
"Lord, for this person, I lost a lot of Dark Hall warriors, is it worth it?" Shan Xiongxin frowned.
"Whether it's worth it or not, you won't know until you've seen it." Li Xuan said with some expectation: "There is nothing to do left and right, Xiongxin might as well accompany me to meet this person!" (To be continued......)