CHAPTER XVII
() Just when the three of them guessed the identity of this person, Li Yuyang's father walked up to Xuantian Pavilion with a scroll-like thing in his hand. As soon as Li Yuyang saw his father appear, he hurriedly stood up and stood aside with his hands down. Li Qiu glanced at his son, sat on the seat vacated by his son, handed over the things in his hand to Li Yuxuan, and greeted Tang Xu, who was also standing up opposite.
"Tang Xu, you're also there! How is Longjing? Is it okay? I know your mouth has always been very tricky. ”
Tang Xu smiled slightly.
Uncle Qiu laughed, the best Longjing is indeed worthy of its reputation, which opened the eyes of the little nephew. If you can drink such a pot every day, it will really be a race against the heavenly immortals!"
"I know your kid's temper, this is also brought by my friend, I don't usually drink tea, except for the pound of Xuan Tianlou, I have asked someone to wrap the remaining pound and put it in the front hall, and then we will finish dinner together, don't forget to take it away when you leave!"
"Uncle Qiu is still good to me!" Tang Xu rubbed his head, his expression was a little embarrassed, everyone knows that this kind of superb Longjing can be said to be more valuable than gems in the south of the mainland, and the tea is sold in two, and now give yourself a catty, which may be thousands of silver coins on the black market.
Just when Li Qiu and Tang Xu were talking about Xing, Li Yuxuan's face became more and more stern.
"Yu Yang, you and Tang Xu go out first, I have something to discuss with my second uncle!"
The tone was cold, it seemed that something had happened again, and it was very strict. Otherwise, he would not have left only his father, but separated himself from Tang Xu.
Li Yuyang glanced at his father meaningfully, and led Tang Xu out of Xuantian Pavilion.
Seeing the two of them walk out of Xuantian Pavilion, Li Yuxuan stood up from his chair and walked into the inner hall first, and Li Qiu also disappeared into the curtain after him.
Stepping into the inner hall, Li Yuxuan rotated a sword stand at the head of his bed with both hands. With the sound of the "turn", a secret door appeared on one of the walls, and two fish entered, and the secret door was closed again, and the sword frame automatically returned to its original appearance.
The place Li Yuxuan entered at this time was the place where the Li family's most core secret was really the darkroom.
Although it is named the darkroom, the night pearls the size of a dragon's eye on the surrounding walls illuminate the whole room very brightly. I saw that the room was surrounded by cabinets about one person high, and there were dozens of small drawers on each cabinet, and these drawers were stored in the information that the Li family had collected through various means over the years, and it was stored here in different categories. The darkroom can be said to be the intelligence storage center of the Li family. And the information that is eligible to be stored here is classified as top secret.
Li Yuxuan sat down behind a table in the corner of the room, and Li Qiu immediately sat down in a seat in front of the table.
"Second uncle, are you really sure that this material is 100% credible?" At this moment, Li Yuxuan's expression was obviously full of worry.
"I've sent someone from the new to investigate, but I think this material is very credible!"
Although Li Qiu understood that this answer was a big blow to the young patriarch, he still had to tell the truth.
Li Yuxuan put the materials in his hand on the table, and he fell into deep thought. And Li Qiu was also thinking about the impact of this matter on the Li family.
The entire darkroom was silent for a long time, but it was Li Yuxuan who broke the silence first.
"Second uncle, what should I do? If the two families can't go smoothly, it will directly affect our plan to seize the Luo Pingyuan. And, if the intelligence is correct, we will have to face an adversary who should be our ally. The pain on Li Yuxuan's face at this moment was by no means imaginable to ordinary people.
"Yu Xuan, nothing will be smooth sailing, we can only follow the trend, some things cannot be completed by ourselves. The most important thing now is to immediately define our next steps and work out what to do in the worst-case scenario. !”
Li Qiu's tone was heavy and his expression was cold and handsome.
At this moment, he knew very well how painful Li Yuxuan's heart was, but as the head of the clan, he had to temporarily suppress the pain in his heart to admit this cruel reality, and he needed to work out a careful plan with a cool head that could make the Li family retreat.
"Second uncle, I am now giving an order as the patriarch of the Li family!"
Li Yuxuan's face was solemn, but his tone was softened, obviously to calm the excitement in his heart.
When Li Qiu heard this, he immediately got up and stood aside.
In the Li clan rules, the patriarch is removed unless the triennial meeting of the family elders is passed. Otherwise, in peacetime, the patriarch will have supreme power and status in the family. Therefore, even as Li Yuxuan's elder, Li Qiu could only stand aside at this time. In the Li clan, except for the family elders, no one is allowed to sit on an equal footing with the patriarch. If Li Xia did not become a family elder after stepping down from the position of patriarch, then he could only stand by his son's side.
"One, inform my father as quickly as possible, and immediately rush back to the Carol Kingdom. Second, inform the elders stationed in the various places that they must arrive at Kefield within five days, and that the family elders meeting will be held in five days. Third, during the five days, all the clansmen who stayed in Kefield had to withdraw to the north of the kingdom, and after half a month they had to enter the Luoping Plain, and at the same time order the various family strongholds there to prepare the necessities of the people who had evacuated north. Fourth, the flying pigeon sent a message to Bollinger Pass, ordering the eyeliner here to spread the news of the impending invasion of Atbury. Fifth, convene the 'Dark Night Without a Trace' to be on standby, and make arrangements after the family elder meeting. ”
Li Qiu, who was on the side, wrote down these orders one by one, and was about to leave, when he was stopped by Li Yuxuan.
"Wait a minute!"
As if he had made a lot of determination, Li Yuxuan said a word, which made Li Qiu, who was nearly forty years old, stunned on the spot and at a loss.
"Ordered people to monitor the movements of the White Mansion for twelve hours a day, and the white clouds rose, and the white clouds rose...... and Bai Ruolan's whereabouts I want to know clearly, and send someone to keep an eye on the three of them. and Bai Ruofeng, even if he digs three feet into the ground, he must find him for me. At the same time, send people to keep an eye on all the routes to the north to Atbury, and if you find the whereabouts of the Bai clan, you will be killed!"
Li Yuxuan's tone was low and cold, although this was a very correct strategy, but through Li Yuxuan's mouth, it made Li Qiu, who was an uncle, feel terrified, it seems that this nephew of his was indeed as determined as his brother described back then, and he was ruthless, and he was the real hero in this troubled world.
After Li Yuxuan finished the above order, he took a deep breath, looked up and found that Li Qiu was stunned and did not leave immediately.
"Second uncle, you go out first! I want to be here alone for a while!"
When Li Qiu heard Li Yuxuan's words, he suddenly woke up from the shock, knowing that there were still many things to do by himself, so he turned around and left the dark room, leaving Li Yuxuan's lonely figure behind him.
Waiting for Li Qiu's figure to disappear through the secret door, Li Yuxuan picked up the material that had been placed on the table again.
On the top page of this material there is a few clear words:
"Report on the Investigation into the Assassination of Skoll, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Atterbury"