"For the first time indeed"

Li Zhen looked at the luxurious layout in the room, pointed to a green jade screen of rosewood next to him and said with a smile: "This screen alone is worthy of all my belongings." ”

"If Commander Li likes this screen, I'll give it to you. ”

"The prince said that he laughed, how can I win people's love?"

"A small screen is nothing, as long as Commander Li likes it, I can take anything in this mansion. ”

The two laughed a few words, the atmosphere slowly relaxed, Wu Sansi invited Li Zhen to sit down, a beautiful maid came in to serve them tea, Wu Sansi asked tentatively: "I heard that Commander Li seems to be very busy last night, as if he arrested someone?"

Li Zhen smiled and nodded: "Last night, a group of people were arrested, and they were people from the Goryeo Restoration Association, the prince should have heard of it."

"Isn't it the Korean Mutual Aid Association? No one in Luoyang knows, and some people say that they are bent on restoring the country, but these are just rumors after all, although some people use such rumors to impeach the Goguryeo people, but as far as I know, the Holy Lord has never taken such rumors seriously. ”

Although Wu Sansi didn't say it explicitly, in fact, he was hinting to Li Zhen that the last assassination of Xiangcheng, Li Zhen thought that it was done by the Goryeo Restoration Association, but in the end, it was not done, and the saint would not accept it easily.

Li Zhen smiled, "I got the exact evidence, I showed it to the saint last night, and the saint promised to send troops to arrest the warriors of the Restoration Congress, and now it is no longer a rumor."

"Oh-"

Wu Sansi's face was a little unnatural, and he asked again: "I don't know what the Goryeo Restoration Association has to do with me?"

"That's the problem, that Jian Dongxi confessed that they assassinated King Xiang because they were instructed by the prince, I was very angry, and asked him to rewrite his confession, how could the assassination of King Xiang be the instigation of the prince, it's just nonsense. ”

Wu Sansi's face was red and white for a while, how could he answer? After a while, he secretly gritted his teeth and said: "Commander Li is right, how can the assassination of King Xiang have something to do with me, it is better to hand over this person to me and let me ask him." ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly, "Although I think it's ridiculous, but what? I did find some things in Jian Dongxi's study, and asked the prince to take a look."

After speaking, he took out two letters and put them on the table, and pushed them to Wu Sansi, Wu Sansi's eyes suddenly widened, staring at the two letters, he trembled his hands to get the two letters, but Li Zhen picked up the letters and handed them to him very generously, "Anyway, this is just a copy, not an original, just take it."

"What do you want?" asked Wu Sansi as he gritted his teeth and asked with a blue veil on his forehead.

"Lord, I'll make it clear."

Li Zhen said lightly: "The letter is in my hands, all the evidence related to the prince is in my hands, and it is not impossible to return it to the prince, but I have one condition"

"Conditions?"

There was another glimmer of hope in Wu Sansi's heart, and his half-gray eyes stared at Li Zhen without blinking and asked, "Tell me, what conditions do you want?"

Li Zhen said to him in a low voice, Wu Sansi's face suddenly changed, "No" He categorically refused.

Li Zhen didn't speak, still drinking tea in a hurry, Wu Sansi's face slowly turned pale again, and he said after a while: "This matter...... Let me think about it."

"Of course, I have to give the prince a time to think about it, so if the prince thinks about it, it is okay to send someone to send me a message, but I said ugly things in front, the letter is in my hands, and I can only return it to the prince after the matter is over." ”

After speaking, Li Zhen got up and arched his hand and said, "Say goodbye first"

He turned around and walked away, Wu Sansi looked at his distant back, and after a while, he opened the letter with trembling hands

Wu Sansi returned to the inner study with a heavy heart, and after a while, Mr. Ming also hurried over, "Lord Wang, how is it?" he asked as soon as he entered the door.

Wu Sansi stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, and only after a while did he whisper: "What I was most worried about still happened, he got the letter and order I wrote to Jian Dongxi. ”

"Is this what he said?"

Wu Sansi sighed, "He gave me the copy, it's on the table, and the original is still in his hand." ”

Mr. Ming saw the letter on the table, he stepped forward to open the letter, read it in a hurry, and secretly complained in his heart, King Liang was really confused, how could such an important content be written into a letter, even if Li Zhen didn't get it, but for the Goguryeo people, he also got a handle

But at this point, he couldn't say anything more, he groaned and asked, "What does Li Zhen mean?"

"He negotiated terms with me, and was willing to return all the evidence to me, but on the condition that I help him bring down Lai Junchen. ”

Mr. Ming nodded, "As I expected, a clever strategy. ”

"Sir, think he's smart?"

"He knows very well that although the Holy Lord will be furious, he will not really punish the prince severely in the end, at most he will act like this, he knows that there will be this result, so he came to the prince to make a deal. ”

Wu Sansi said coldly: "Isn't he afraid that I will tell the Holy Lord that he is bullying the king?"

"Will the prince say it?"

Wu Sansi shook his head, he sat down tiredly, gently rubbed his temples with his index finger, and after a long while, he asked in a low voice, "Does Sir think I can make this deal with him?"

"This is up to the prince to make his own decision, I can only analyze it a little, I think this matter has mixed pros and cons, although the saint will not really punish the prince, but if this handle is obtained by Shangguan Wan'er, I'm afraid it's another matter, or the matter spreads, the prince will also become the target of the public, but if you agree to his conditions and help him bring down the Junchen, maybe the matter of the Xingtang Society will be over, and the prince has also lost a powerful alliance, so I don't know whether I should agree or not. ”

"Okay, let me think about it again. ”

Wu Sansi was very disappointed in his heart, he waved his hand, "Sir, stand down"

Mr. Ming bowed and slowly retreated, and Wu Sansi walked to the window with his hand in his hand, staring at the sky in the distance for a long time.

At noon, the Tang Emperor Wu Zetian met with the last king of Goguryeo, Gao Zang, who was under house arrest in Luoyang, and sternly questioned the matter of the restoration of the Goryeo Congress.

Wu Zetianxia ordered Jian Dongxi and more than 20 Goryeo Restoration Soldiers to be executed, and the hundreds of captured warriors were all sent to the Western Regions to fill the army.

It was only at this time that the news began to spread in Luoyang City, and people knew that the assassin who had assassinated King Xiang was actually a Goguryeo person, and the wine shop, the green building, the teaching workshop, and the teahouse were discussing this matter everywhere, although there were all kinds of absurd speculations, such as King Xiang hiding the princess of Goguryeo and so on.

But the mainstream speculation is much the same, basically thinking that the Goguryeo people want to provoke internal strife in the Tang Dynasty, so that they can take the opportunity to restore the country.

The Goguryeo people living in Luoyang City bowed their heads and walked in a hurry, for fear that they would become the target of the anger of the people of Luoyang.

Internal and external affairs, Li Zhen still completed all the formalities, he didn't sleep all night, and he was busy for most of the day, he was really a little exhausted, the room was very quiet, Li Zhen fell asleep on the table.

At this time, Zhang Li walked quickly, and the tea boy standing at the door sighed, pointed to the room, and said in a low voice: "The commander just fell asleep." ”

"Call him and say I have something important?"

"Is it Zhang Li?"

Li Zhen's voice came from the room, "Come in"

Zhang Li walked into the room quickly, and said apologetically, "I'm disturbing the commander's rest." ”

Li Zhen smiled, "It's okay, what's the matter?"

"Wu Sansi sent someone here, does the commander want to see him?"

Li Zhen nodded, "Bring him to me." ”

Zhang Li went out, and after a while, a burly man followed Zhang Li in, he stepped forward and saluted, "In Xia Liuying, see Commander Li"

Li Zhen heard about this person, one of the leaders of the Martial Arts Hall, so he smiled and said, "His Royal Highness King Liang asked you to bring something, do you have a letter?"

"There is only a message, and the prince asked me to tell Commander Li, and he fully accepted Commander Li's conditions. ”

Although he promised to help Wu Sansi find Huo Zhishan, he didn't do his best, but he just sent more than ten people to inquire about the news in various wine shops and inns in Luoyang, and he didn't even know that Huo Zhishan had been caught.

For Lai Junchen, finding evidence of the Xingtang Society is his urgent task, the saint only gave him a month, but he wasted half a month on Li Zhen, and still found nothing, Lai Junchen realized that he had gone in the wrong direction, and there would definitely be no gain from tracking down the Xingtang Society from Li Zhen, but if he tracked down Li Zhen from the Xingtang Society, he might find a flaw.

In the past few days, Lai Junchen has been eyeing Li Guangshun, the king of Yifeng, and he found that he can find a breakthrough from Li Guangshun.

Li Guangshun is the son of the former prince Li Xian, about 20 years old, handsome, beautiful and abnormal, Li Guangshun is especially fond of music, he is not only good at playing the piano and flute, he has raised a lot of musicians and singers, and even his most beloved concubine is also a famous pipa girl from the workshop.

At noon on this day, a young man walked out of the gate of the palace located in the cultivation workshop, the young man was not tall, his cheeks were thin, and he looked a little like a roe deer head, and the two janitors saw him come out, and hurriedly laughed and said: "Steward Yu is going out"

"There's something going on today, bring my horse over"

A family member galloped towards the stable, a moment led a red horse, the young man turned over on the horse, urged the horse to the door, the young man's name is Yu Ming, is the brother of Li Guangshun's favorite concubine, the younger sister was favored by the prince, Yu Ming also stained the light, became the third housekeeper of the palace, specializing in the management of musicians, dancers and singers.

Yu Ming's sister was born in the workshop, played the pipa very well, and was known as the first pipa girl in the gods, and was also favored by Li Guangshun, who loved music, and redeemed herself from the workshop for her, and married as a concubine.

Today he got a beauty difference, Li Guangshun asked him to go to the piano shop to buy thirty good pipa, Yu Ming used to buy musical instruments with the steward of the teaching workshop, he knew the oil and water in it, and more importantly, he knew Li Guangshun, he was a nerd, indulged in music all day long, and didn't ask about mundane things, even if he bought a musical instrument at three times the price, he wouldn't know.

Yu Ming rode a horse to Nanshi Lexing, he knew the shopkeeper of a musical instrument store, and went directly into the store, "Is the shopkeeper there?"

"Yo, isn't this the big butler Yu?

The shopkeeper is very good at talking, and with a slap on the back, Yu Ming immediately fluttered, of course it was his dream to become a big housekeeper, that is, to make a little money for musical instruments, and he could also be in charge of all the money and property in the palace, and the oil and water in it were simply fattening, but unfortunately the big housekeeper was left by Li Guangshun's father, and he couldn't shake it.

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm here to buy thirty pipas, I want to make a good pipa, is there any goods?"

"Yes, yes, please ask Steward Yu to come with me. ”

In fact, Yu Ming is more concerned about the price, which is related to the richness of his oil and water, but he still has to buy a good pipa, Li Guangshun is an expert, the quality of the pipa can't be hidden from him, as long as the quality is high, the price is easy to say.

Yu Mingxing rushed into a room with the shopkeeper, he thought this was a warehouse, but when he entered the house, he found that there were seven or eight big men standing in the room, all with their hands crossed on their chests, all with their faces full of flesh and fierce appearances, and an official in his thirties was sitting in the middle, looking at him with a smile.

He was startled, and hurriedly turned around to go out, but was pulled back by a big man like a chicken, and knelt him in front of the official, Yu Ming was so frightened that he asked, "Are you ...... Who?"

The official introduced himself with a smile: "I am here to Junchen, and I am here to wait for the arrival of the big housekeeper Yu."

When Yu Ming heard that this person was Lai Junchen, he was so frightened that he almost lost his soul, his legs were weak, and he sat on the ground, "You." What are you going to do?"

"I have a little thing and want to trouble Butler Yu to help, of course, I won't let you help in vain, don't you just want to get more benefits to help me do things, and ensure that you will wake up with a smile when you dream." ”

Maybe it was Lai Junchen's soft words, or maybe it was Lai Junchen's generous promise, Yu Ming slowly forgot about Lai Junchen's terribleness, and asked in a low voice: "I don't know what I need to do?"

Lai Junchen whispered a few words to him, Yu Ming shook his head again and again in fright, Lai Junchen's face suddenly sank, and gave several big men a look, and one big man grabbed the back of his neck and picked him up.

Another big man pulled out a sharp dagger and slowly resisted Yu Ming's lower body, and Lai Junchen said coldly: "If you say another 'no, word, I'll castrate you.'" ”