The sky gradually set to the west, bringing a large oblique shadow in the city.

It was dark in Taozhou, two quarters of an hour later than Chang'an.

In the hall, Li Xuan looked at the sand table, suddenly raised his head, looked at Qiu Zhenmu, and said directly: "Send someone to keep an eye on the state prison, if there is any disturbance over there, no matter who it is, kill immediately." ”

"Whoa!" Qiu Zhenmu turned around and walked to the side to give the order, and soon, a Qianniu guard ran out quickly.

Soon, another Qianniu Wei came in from outside and handed a short note to Qiu Zhenmu's hand.

Qiu Zhenmu immediately turned around, looked at Li Xuan, and said solemnly: "Lord Wang, the Qianniu Guards sent to the checkpoints in the west and south have arrived at the location and taken over the checkpoints and the resident guards...... There are no anomalies. ”

"No anomalies?" Li Xuan raised his head in surprise, frowned and asked, "What, isn't it true that the Tubo people haven't arrived in Taozhou until now?" ”

Qiu Zhenmu said in a low voice: "Could it be that they have already come, but they are just outside the field of vision of the level, and they have even sneaked around the state city, lurking in a certain manor, ready to go out at any time." ”

Taozhou has the internal response of the Tubo people, which is not a difficult thing to guess.

Traditionally, internal and external collusion is the easiest way to do things, and the Tibetan people certainly understand this.

Hearing what Qiu Zhenmu said, Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said: "If this is the case, then it will be good, this shows that the iron cavalry of the Tubo people has been divided into two, and the two forces, no matter how strong they are, are easy to be eaten by us; But the Tibetans should not be so stupid.

According to their style, once they detect our arrival, they will immediately attack Taozhou and capture the British king with sweeping momentum, which is their style. ”

"Perhaps, they have just descended from the plateau, and they are sleepy, and they are worried that it will be difficult to gain from rashly attacking the city, so they have to slow down a little, after all, the siege of the city, even if it is waited until night, it is okay." Qiu Zhenmu once again put forward an idea.

"There is some truth in what you say, but it doesn't have to be waiting for the night battle, they may be really tired." Li Xuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Smiling, Li Xuan looked up at Qiu Zhenmu and said, "You should know that when we climb the plateau, we may feel dizziness, nausea, fatigue, dyspnea and other symptoms due to the change of terrain, but in the same way, people who have been on the plateau all year round suddenly come to the bottom of the plateau, and they will also feel easily tired and weak because of the change in terrain, especially when they still cross the mountains and mountains and come with difficulty." ”

Plain reaction, drunken oxygen reaction.

Lintao is just south of the plateau, and this reaction is also the most likely to occur.

Li Xuan's expression became focused, and then said: "In addition, they are also worried about Yan Guogong in Hezhou and Heizhi Changzhi in Lintan, once they launch an offensive in Taozhou and cannot conquer it for a while, it is very easy for people to copy it from the back road, resulting in the annihilation of the whole army, which is not a strange thing." ”

Qiu Zhenmu raised her eyebrows, nodded slightly, and arched her hand: "What the prince said is reasonable. ”

"Either way, it's a good thing for us that they didn't launch a surprise attack before we were on hold." Li Xuan's expression was solemn, and then he said: "Okay, you go and rest now, and the two city gates in the southeast and southeast will be handed over to you to guard tonight." ”

"Whoa!" Qiu Zhenmu was immediately solemn, and then gave up his hand and left.

Although it is almost certain that the Tibetans will not attack tonight, if they really take it lightly because of this, then they really deserve to die.

The soldiers around were already busy, and Li Xuan had already returned to the inner room.

He also wants to rest for a while, there is a dinner tonight, I hope it is not a Hongmen banquet.

I don't know when, it was already dark.

Li Xuan opened her eyes, sat up from the bed, and asked directly, "How is the situation?" ”

A black shadow came out of the shadows, arched his hand and said: "Back to the prince, within the four borders of Taozhou, there is no trace of the Tubo elite horse, but at the time of yesterday, the defenders of Shangxiamen moved to the east of the Tao River for an hour, but after they came back, everything was fine. ”

"Someone's helping to clean up the mess!" Li Xuan nodded and said, "If this is the case, then the Tubo people should not have entered the four realms of Taozhou, they went to hide in the West Mountain." They came down from the mountain, and naturally they were most familiar with the mountain, so it was impossible to raid Taozhou tonight. ”

There is Tao River on the west side of Taozhou Prefecture City and the fields and mountains in the west are separated, the Tao River is not narrow, coupled with the checkpoints and wolf smoke arranged by Li Xuan, it would be strange if the Tubo people could kill silently.

"Command the city, keep an eye on those people's every move, this king wants tonight, don't think about a piece of news coming out of the city."

"Whoa!" The shadow retreated silently.

In the darkness, Li Xuan changed into a gold-silk robe on a black background, then picked up the Bafang Han Sword from one side, got up, and walked out of the inner room.

Looking at the people in the hall who were still busy, Li Xuan pressed the hilt of his sword and said: "Everywhere, half of them sleep in the first half of the night, and half of them sleep in the second half of the night, and they must not slack off." ”

Everyone was solemn: "Obey the military order!" ”

……

The warbler sings and the swallow dances, and the song and swallow dance are graceful.

A group of glamorous girls from the Western Regions danced in the courtyard, with long sleeves waving, belly rings trembling, footsteps tapping, smearing and flashing, and people who watched couldn't bear to turn their eyes.

Before you know it, the wine in the glass is empty.

At this moment, the aroma behind him was fragrant, and a maid was already holding a wine jug to fill the empty glass.

Li Xuan's expression was flat, he nodded slightly, and then raised his head casually.

Suddenly, his gaze froze, and on the other side, a trace of resentment flashed in the eyes of Yang Jin, who had joined the army in Taozhou Kucao, and Li Xuan subconsciously followed his gaze.

On the east side, King Lee Hsien sat upright.

A somewhat handsome girl wearing a tall cyan robe was pouring wine into Li Xian's wine glass.

Li Xian glanced up, his eyes couldn't help but be stunned, but then, he came back to his senses, and when he lowered his head, his face was slightly ugly.

But from a distance, it seems that Li Xian is a little embarrassed.

But at this moment, Li Xuan's eyes were extremely cold, and then, he lowered his head just like Li Xian.

Some people are really looking for death, and they don't even know how to find death.

Li Xuan sighed lightly in her heart, she didn't complain that person didn't care, she was really that Qiaoqian girl, today's dress, temperament and actions are quite similar to Zhao Qi.

Zhao Qi, the daughter of Zhao Huai, the general of Zuo Qianniuwei, and Princess Changle, the late princess of England.

Zhao Qi, Li Xian's deepest pain in his heart.

Although after Zhao Qi's death, Li Xian did not have much grief in the eyes of everyone on the surface, Li Xuan knew that in secret, no one was more remorseful than in his heart.

This can be seen by looking at how lazy and casual he became after the funeral of the emperor.

Now, although Li Xuan doesn't know who the Qiaoqian girl is, there is no doubt that she is dead.

Now, Li Xuan and Li Xian have too many secret guards sent by the Queen of Heaven staring in secret, if that girl appears next to Li Xian, then the Queen of Heaven will be even more annoyed, and Li Xian will definitely not allow such a woman to appear by his side.

Especially in his opinion, everything tonight was quite deliberately arranged.

Li Xuan's gaze fell on Yang Jin, who had also lowered his head on the other side, and a hint of playfulness flashed in his expression.

Interestingly, who is this woman, it makes Yang Jin so dissatisfied.

Li Xuan, a person who is a doctor of Taoism, can naturally see that the woman is still a virgin, and there will not be too deep a relationship between Yang Jin, who is in the middle of the year.

So, who exactly is she related to?

Li Xuan's gaze had just been retracted, and on the other side, Zhang Yungong put down his wine glass and asked for instructions: "Your Highness, in a few days, the heads of the families of Lanzhou and Ganzhou will come to visit, I don't know if we want to arrange a night banquet, and the place for this night banquet, is it placed in the Assassin's Mansion or the Marshal's Mansion?" ”

Li Xian raised his head and glanced at Li Xuan in some surprise, and saw that he bowed his head and was silent, so he turned his head to look at Zhang Yungong and said: "Just arrange it in the Assassin's Mansion, there are quite a lot of military aircraft in the Marshal's Mansion, and it is not suitable for a night banquet, besides, there are not so many cooks and dancers in the Marshal's Mansion, if you come at will, I am afraid that you will not be well entertained." ”

"It's the minister's misconsideration." Zhang Yungong hurriedly saluted apologetically.

Li Xian waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to be polite.

Zhang Yungong toasted a glass of wine in apology, then looked at Li Xuan again, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, I don't know if the date for the army to set off has been decided, and for the follow-up transfer of grain and grass, whether Taozhou will support Hezhou, and how much?" ”

Hezhou is in the west of Taozhou, under the plateau, against the Yellow River, you can go to Qinghai Hunan.

"The specific details still need to be determined by Lanzhou Pei Shangshu, as for supporting Hezhou, this king will go to Hezhou in a few days to meet with Yan Guogong, and the matter can be decided." After Li Xuan finished speaking, his heart immediately felt a sigh.

From Taozhou to Hezhou, you must pass through both sides of the Rouge River in the middle.

If someone ambushed him on both sides of the Rouge River, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The Tubo people have 3,000 cavalry, Li Xuan went to Hezhou, it must be impossible to lead too many cavalry, to that person, random cavalry of three or five hundred people, it is enough to kill him back and forth, at that time, someone will carry his head to the city of Taozhou, that ......

Li Xuan raised her head and looked at Zhang Yungong, her face was calm, and her eyes were already full of polite smiles.

None of the people in the audience noticed the abnormality.

The staggered selection of the guests is a joy.

Yang Jin, who was a little drunk, came out of the Thorn Shi Mansion, then sat in the carriage and slowly walked towards his mansion.

Suddenly, the carriage had just turned a corner, and suddenly there was a noise outside: "Who is it?" ”

Yang Jin wanted to open his eyes in a daze, but his mind was dull for a while, and at this moment, a cold knife suddenly pressed against his neck.

In an instant, Yang Jin shivered coldly, cold sweat broke out all over his body, and the alcohol completely woke up at once.

Looking at the man in black in front of him, Yang Jin said with a big tongue: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency ......"

"Yang joins the army!" The curtain of the car opened, and a familiar face appeared outside, and Yang Jin was shocked: "Nanchang...... King of Nanchang? ”

Li Xuan sat down on one side, then looked at Yang Jin calmly, and said in a low voice: "This king took the liberty to come to Yang to join the army today, there are a few things. ”

"Lord Wang, please speak." Yang Jin forced himself to calm down at this moment, but his heart was already beating rapidly.

Li Xuan nodded calmly, and then said: "At the dinner just now, the woman who poured wine for His Royal Highness the King of England, who is she, and what does it have to do with Yang joining the army?" ”

"You...... How did the prince know? Yang Jin's expression was shocked.

"The behavior of joining the army at the banquet tonight, although it is not obvious, but unfortunately, this king has seen it." Li Xuan's faint words made Yang Jin suddenly silent.

With a dejected smile, Yang Jin opened his mouth and said: "Don't hide it from the prince, that woman is the young daughter of Zhang Yuanjun, Qiniang Zhang Luer, she and my brother's son Yang Xuan had a marriage contract when she was young, and later she also agreed, and not long ago she was engaged to get married." ”

Li Xuan frowned and asked, "Why doesn't anyone outside know about this matter?" ”

Yang Jin said with a wry smile: "The same state is an official, and the Zhang family said that the impact is not good. ”

Li Xuan suddenly understood: "I see, presumably because of this, the Yang family agreed to the Zhang family to resell grain and grass, right?" ”

"Ahh Yang Jin's eyes were suddenly full of shock: "How did the prince ......?"

(End of chapter)