Zhang Liang died in battle, and Liu Shuyi's brothers died in battle.

When the news was transmitted back to Chang'an, the sensation caused can be imagined.

On this day, Chang'an, the palace of the king of Shu.

Yang Shidao and the others were all full of sorrow.

It's not that I'm grieving for Zhang Liang.

To be honest, if Zhang Liang dies or not, they don't care at all.

Moreover, everyone has already guessed Zhang Liang's ending, and what really makes them feel helpless is the death of Liu Shuyi's brother.

It's their line.

Their death in battle not only buried the strength of the Shu King family, but also set off the terrible Ming Dynasty.

In contrast, the judgment was made.

"Now this situation is extremely bad for us, once the news reaches Gaozhou, Your Majesty will be furious when he learns about it." Yang De said, sighing deeply, "Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have never suffered such a fiasco, and Your Majesty's anger can be imagined." ”

Zheng Xu, Lu Zhengju, Yang Shidao and others also felt the same way when they heard this.

As for Li Ke, he was much calmer, but he didn't say much.

"It's come to this, and it's useless to say more." On the side, Yang Shidao said, "Now that the situation is at stake for us, you should think carefully about how to solve the current crisis." ”

As he spoke, he set his eyes on Zheng Xu and the others, which clearly means that you should also be killed, right?

Seeing this scene, Li Ke also subconsciously looked at Zheng Xu and the others.

It's time for you to show sincerity.

"Doctor Zheng, now that the brothers of Lu Guogong have died in battle, I don't know if anyone of you can recommend them to take their position?" Li Ke said with a smile.

When Zheng Xu heard this, he was stunned.

He didn't understand what Li Ke meant, Li Ke wanted their scholars to fill this gap.

Don't look at their scholars, they are all scholarly heirlooms, but speaking of which, the Tang Dynasty is not the Later Song Dynasty.

At this time, the literati were all able to put pen to paper to settle the world, and martial arts could immediately determine the situation.

Going into battle to kill the enemy, for the literati of the Tang Dynasty, they are actually no strangers.

Take today's scholars as an example, although they are all literati, but the people who play elementary school are gentlemen and six arts.

Personal strength may not be comparable to the fierce generals in the army, but it is really not comparable to those literati of the weak Song Dynasty in later generations.

"This ......" Zheng Xu hesitated for a moment and said, "We still need to discuss one or two things among the Weichen Messenger Clan." ”

Li Ke nodded, and just as he was about to speak, a servant walked in and whispered in his ear.

"Your Highness, the fifth brother is here."

Hearing this, Li Ke immediately said: "You guys discuss first, this king has some small things that need to be dealt with." With that, Li Ke got up and left the hall with the servants.

"Where are the people?" Out of the hall, Li Ke asked.

The servant whispered, "In the secret room." ”

"Have you been discovered?" Li Ke continued to ask.

"Nope."

Li Ke nodded, and then walked towards the secret room.

Soon, when Li Ke walked into the secret room, he saw a cloaked man sitting in the secret room, silent.

Seeing Li Ke come in, the cloaked man stood up, bowed down and said, "I've seen Your Highness." ”

Li Ke waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, I've worked hard for you all these years, five ......"

Speaking of this, Li Ke shook his head and said, "Your name is really taking advantage of others, just tell me why you came here this time?" ”

He knew that if he didn't have anything important, he wouldn't have come to his house rashly.

"Da Zhao's changes, His Royal Highness must have known." "We mean, this is also an opportunity for Your Highness to start some of your previous plans." ”

"Are you ready?" When Li Ke heard this, he was also shocked.

Isn't that too fast?

"It's not about being prepared or not, but it's been a few years since I was prepared. Now, it's just a coincidence. The cloaked man smiled, "The little one has been dormant for so many years, this is the best time the little one has ever seen."

Now, the people that the Tang Emperor wants to clean up, the Ming Dynasty has helped him clean up, and now it is the time for His Royal Highness to show his ambitions. ”

"Including Liu Shuyi's brothers, who are also the people that my father wants to clean up?" Li Ke asked.

"From what we have, yes." The cloaked man said, "Otherwise, why does Your Highness think the Tang Emperor would suddenly use Brother Liu Shuyi?"

So this is not a bad thing for His Highness. ”

Li Ke nodded, if he said this, now is indeed the best time, although Taohe County lost, but for him, it is really not a bad thing.

Whether it is Liu Shuyi's brothers, Zhang Liang, or even Li Junxian, they are all the targets of his father and his own imperial brother.

These people, he can't recruit.

As for why the cloaked man knows these things better than him, hehe, people eat this bowl of rice.

"Do you remember the one who promised the king in the past?" Li Ke suddenly asked.

When the cloaked man heard this, he smiled and said: "Your Highness can rest assured, the promise given to His Highness in the past will not be broken, as long as His Highness can cooperate in the Tang Dynasty, it will definitely be as His Highness wishes in the future." ”

With that, the two discussed again, and after about an hour, Li Ke walked out of the secret room satisfied.

When Li Ke returned to the hall again, he looked at Zheng Xu and said with a smile: "Doctor Zheng, now that this king has reached the autumn of life and death, if the scholars can't give this king the greatest support, this king may really have to retreat."

Taking advantage of the fact that his face has not been completely torn now, this king will give in to the royal brother, bow his head, and be a prince of peace. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Xu's head was big.

Again?

"Your Highness shouldn't say that." Lu Zhengju saw Zheng Xu looking at him, so he stood up and said, sighed, and said, "Since we were determined to assist His Highness, who hasn't done their best?

Who dares to pass the buck?

Your Highness's words will chill people's hearts. ”

Of course, they have reservations, that's for sure.

Even now, it is impossible for them to bet all their treasures on Li Ke.

They weren't one person, they weren't a family, they were several peoples.

How is it possible to take such a big risk?

In case you can't have any!

"Lu Yushi is right, but this king has lost his words." Hearing this, Li Ke nodded, and said, "But everyone can see the current situation of this king, if it is at this time, everyone is still hiding, to be honest, we should discuss it as soon as possible, or we can break up."

At least one or two can be saved, right? ”

He can understand the reservations of each family, isn't this nonsense, if he is replaced, he will also have reservations.

And not alone, who dares to bet heavily?

"Your Highness is right." When Yang De heard this, he also hurriedly said, "Now that Taohe County has lost, everyone knows that if it is really careless, Your Majesty will be angry, and what we did before will be in vain." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone immediately stopped talking.

After Li Ke left before, they also talked about this topic, indeed, the current situation is indeed a little unfavorable for them and Li Ke.

It's just that they don't know that the current situation is actually deliberately done by those two under tacit understanding.

"Your Highness doesn't need to worry too much, the deaths of the Duke of Yun Guo and the Duke of Wulian County are actually His Majesty's intentions, and for us, it may not be a bad thing." Zheng Xu said at the right time, "In this way, if we ask the clan again, they all say that the broken ship still has three inches, and it is not yet the time to despair." ”

He was hinting to Li Ke not to give up at this time, they still had the strength to spare.

Not to mention, at this time, they were really worried that Li Ke would give up by himself, if this was the case, it would be a big trouble.

When Li Ke heard this, he smiled but didn't say anything, these guys, if they don't force it, they really can't dig out their background.

With a casual wave of his hand, he sent everyone away.

……

At the same time, the East Palace.

Fang Yiai laughed out loud.

"Well killed!" After a glass of wine, Fang Yiai shouted again, "Happy!

Zhang Liang under the cow, also today? ”

Before, they received news that when Uncle Sun Huai and others died in battle, they were furious one by one, and even prepared to slaughter the Zhang family, if it wasn't for the eldest grandson Chong moving out of the eldest grandson queen, it would be difficult for the Zhang family to follow in the footsteps of the Yin family back then.

Although they are not familiar with Uncle Sun Huai, they still met Uncle Sun Huai when he went to the Youth Army.

Even the military flag was found by Fang Yiai.

"Uncle Sun Huai, those guys are all good! I knew that this would be the case, and I should have kept them in the Cadet Army back then. Cheng Chuliang also sighed.

They didn't expect that those guys from Uncle Sun Huai would be so resolute.

"Yo, you guys, are you still celebrating?" Just as everyone was celebrating with their hands, the eldest grandson rushed to push the door in.

"Zhang Liang's old puppet is dead, so why don't you have a few more drinks?" Fang Yiai is a matter of course.

He and Zhang Liang don't have any personal grudges, it's just that this guy slaughtered Uncle Sun Huai and others, which made them a little indignant.

"Alright, now is not the time to drink." The eldest grandson sat down with a butt, and then said, "Didn't you go to slaughter the Yunguo Mansion before?" ”

"What, it's okay now?" When Fang Yiai heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He likes it.

He, like Wan Qipu, is a war maniac, and he really doesn't want to miss the opportunity to slaughter.

Eldest Sun Chong shook his head.

Seeing that the eldest grandson Chong shook his head, Fang Yiai said angrily: "What kind of fart do you have if you don't have this kind of opportunity?" ”

The eldest grandson Chong was not annoyed, this guy was like this, he picked up a glass of wine in front of him at the moment, splashed it on the ground, and muttered a little, then said: "The Yunguo Mansion can't move, but have you forgotten that the reason why the Yunguo Gong has today's fruit is for a reason?" ”

"Cause?"

Fang Yiai was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said dissatisfied, "Damn, let it go if you have a fart." ”

"You mean Yun Guogong's five hundred fake sons?" Cheng Chuliang heard the deep meaning.

When the eldest grandson Chong heard this, he glanced at Fang Yiai, and said with a smile: "Look at others, and then look at you?" ”

After despising the love of the house, the eldest grandson Chong said, "We received the news before, Zhang Liang has five hundred false sons, and there are still many people who did not go out with him, and now that Zhang Liang has died in battle, there is no need for these people to stay."

It is estimated that even if we don't do it, Your Majesty should do it. ”

"Kill these people useful?" Fang Yiai is not very interested.

These people are also the people of the earth chicken and the dog in his eyes, and he really doesn't have much interest in attacking these people.

Eldest Sun Chong smiled and said, "You, just follow orders, as for whether it is useful or not, it is not for you to think about it, the main thing is that you can't think about it."

Also, this is His Highness's dictation, not my arrangement. ”

He knew that he couldn't mobilize these guys, so he immediately moved Li Chengqian out.

Of course, he didn't know Li Chengqian's intention to do this, so he couldn't explain Fang Yiai's doubts.

"Since it is His Highness's explanation, then we will arrange it." Xue Rengui didn't have so many words, and he didn't hesitate when he heard the words.

Seeing this, Eldest Sun Chong arched his hand towards Xue Rengui and said, "Then trouble General Xue, someone will send news of those guys later." ”

After speaking, the eldest grandson rushed to get up and left.

He's busy now, where is the effort to be wasted here?

After he left, Fang Yiai looked at Cheng Chuliang, this guy is much smarter than him, he also wants to ask, what is His Highness's intention to do this, only by knowing His Highness's intentions, they know how far to go.

"What do you see me doing?" Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Cheng Chuliang said angrily, "What are Your Highness's intentions, where can I speculate?" ”

He found out that he was not good like this, and it didn't hurt to speculate about His Highness, and occasionally fall for it.

But once you make that impression, it's a big problem.

"Well, His Highness's intentions are not something we can speculate on at will." Seeing this, Xue Rengui said, "Since His Highness has arrangements in this regard, we will do it." ”

When Cheng Chuliang heard this, he glanced at Xue Rengui gratefully.

And Fang Yiai still said: "It's still wrong, since this highness's message is for our Changming army, why did Changsun Chong know that guy first?" ”

"You don't understand that?" This time, there was no need for Cheng Chuliang to explain, Li Jingren smiled and said, "The oracle was passed to the eldest grandson chong first, which can only explain one problem, that is, His Royal Highness had this arrangement early on, and just waited for Zhang Liang to be beheaded, so he asked the eldest grandson Chong to pass on the oracle."

As for why ......"

As he spoke, he looked at Fang Yiai, and the meaning of that look was clear, what kind of character do you have, you don't know yourself?

"Don't look at me like that......" Fang Yiai was upset when he saw it, and even said, "Since His Royal Highness has arranged it, then move, just kill a few of Zhang Liang's fake sons, it's really not very good, if you can kill a few of his sons, tsk......tsk"

"Don't mess around!" When Cheng Chuliang heard this, his head was big, "Zhang Liang's defeat in this battle is an insult to the Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty will inevitably punish him, if you give him a pot, Your Majesty has no place to put out the fire, be careful to vent the fire on you." ”

He was really worried that this guy didn't know what to do.

Obviously, today's Zhang family has fallen.

Even if he dies on the battlefield, there will be no good fruit to eat in the future.

At this time, angering the Tang Emperor for this is really more than worth the loss.

As for why His Royal Highness did something to Zhang Liang's fake sons, he still had some guesses, but it was just a guess.

"Alright, I understand." Fang Yiai waved his hand impatiently, but he didn't know what he was thinking about in his heart.

(End of chapter)