At the beginning of the hour, the heavens and the earth were dark.

In the Huangniwan military camp in Hezhou, soldiers patrolled back and forth with torches, and there was silence all around.

The deputy marshal made a big tent, Li Xuan lay flat on the bed, breathing steadily and rhythmically, as if he was asleep.

Suddenly, his eyes opened suddenly, and he didn't look at it, but said directly: "What's the matter?" ”

A figure walked out of the dark corner and said to Li Xuan: "Just last night, someone came into contact with the No. 2 dark pile, and half an hour ago, that person entered the Hezhou Thorn Mansion. ”

Li Xuan's eyes closed, and then they opened: "Is it the one that the Yuan family is not able to see?" ”

"Yes!" Li Mo stood solemnly.

Those old families have always had several branches, such as the Hedong Pei family, there are East Pei, West Pei, and Xima Pei.

Zongzheng Temple Qing Pei Guangxiao was born in the East Pei, Pei Xingjian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was born in the middle of Pei, and Pei Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was born in Xima Pei.

In the top family, each house branch can produce top talents, but the second-rate and third-rate families are much worse.

For example, the Longyou Yuan clan, the Yuan Ming branch, is now the assassin Shi in office, although the Yuan Xu branch is almost, but it is also in charge of the family's financial power, but in a family, only officials and wealth are not enough, but also soldiers.

There is a distinction between light and dark, and the bright one is the private soldier of the family, which is allowed by the imperial court and belongs to the village soldiers; The Dark One is the Dark Guard, who is active in the invisible corners all year round.

Even these people are no longer in the genealogical records of the family.

But this group of people has the most sophisticated killing weapons in this family, not because they are strong, but because they kill enough people.

And with the family behind them, and without being constrained by the clan rules and Tang laws, the wealth that these people can get is definitely considerable.

It is even possible to launder the money through the family.

However, these people have always belonged to those who bet on defeat in the political struggle of the imperial court, and although they are not tolerated by the family, some may also turn over in the future.

But the vast majority will disappear forever from the stage of history, which is cruel politics.

These family elites, even if they are removed from the family tree, are still elites, and the family will not give up easily, and they will make the best use of their talents.

And if you can be removed from the family tree, you can naturally be added back.

"Hongmen Banquet!" Li Xuan sighed lightly, and then said coldly: "How many of our people are there in the Assassin's Mansion now?" ”

"Three, but all on the periphery." Li Mo bowed his head slightly, it's not that he doesn't want to do more, but there is no way, his time in Hezhou is too short.

"Tell Yan Tao to immediately choose thirty good hands, all bow and crossbow, sneak into the Assassin's Mansion, find those people tonight, and then kill them all."

"Whoa!" Li Mo bowed down to receive the order.

Li Xuan's breathing was a little heavier, and then he continued: "There is also the No. 2 dark pile, since he has already made a move, then don't keep him, get rid of him." ”

"Whoa!" Li Mo bowed slightly, and then retreated into the darkness.

In the darkness, Li Xuan's eyes were bright, as bright as stars.

……

A gold-silk robe on a black background, the usual familiar attire, with a white jade crown on his head, a black belt around his waist, and a slender sword hilt buckle.

Li Xuan stood in front of the bronze mirror, his demeanor was so noble that people didn't dare to look up.

Standing beside him was Yu Ze.

Only Yu Ze.

"It's going to start tomorrow, the Yuan family is coming like this at this time, will they be crazy?" Yu Ze couldn't help frowning.

Li Xuan smiled lightly and said: "Of course the Yuan family is not crazy, because most of them don't know what happened, such as that Yuan Thorn Shi, and his cousin, who is used to enjoying power and wealth, it is not so easy to give up everything to fight for their lives, especially if we don't force it so hard, they don't need to do it, so the person who did it didn't tell anyone at all." ”

In Hezhou, although Li Xuan has done a lot and basically grasped the situation in Hezhou, he has no intention of seizing power.

For example, in the government affairs of Hezhou, he did not participate in anything other than the grain road.

What's more, he is leaving tomorrow, and Yuan Ming is crazy to attack him at this time.

Besides, is it so easy to attack Li Xuan?

In the entire Hezhou City, almost all corners are under Li Xuan's surveillance, and even the people in the Assassin's Mansion are under Li Xuan's surveillance, and Yuan Ming will mess around when he is crazy.

Once Li Xuan has something, although the right guard will not slaughter the entire Hezhou City, it is still no problem for the Hangzhou soldiers to slaughter the Assassin Mansion.

Li Xuan didn't believe that Yuan Ming couldn't see this clearly, and Yuan Xu was the same, the Yuan family's caravan was still making money, but it was just a little less.

Yuan Xu didn't dare to move, because all the people who had connections in his trade road had already been imprisoned, but fortunately, the internal connections revealed that these people were just imprisoned, and no one even interrogated them.

This meant that the king of Nanchang did not want to make a big move, and Yuan Xu immediately quieted down.

But in the entire Yuan family, there is one person who is really anxious.

The two veins of Yuan Ming and Yuan Xu at least have a serious future, but there are still people in the Yuan family who have been forced into a corner by Li Xuan.

All the open piles, news brokers, and dark piles of the Tubo people in Hezhou were all killed by Li Xuan, and even they are still actively investigating the existence of the dead piles, once the dead piles are exposed, the layout of the Tubo people in Hezhou will all be lost.

Among the Yuan family, there are people who have a deep, deep connection with the Tubo people.

Because they were the people who smuggled the most green salt in the entire river state, they transported the green salt from the plateau, and then through the operation of the Thorn Mansion, it was turned into legal salt and transported to all parts of the country.

The imperial court is happy to see this, after all, these illegal salt from Qinghai Lake enter the Tang Dynasty, which will increase the pressure on the people's salt and benefit the whole country.

But they ignored that there were a few people who walked on the plateau all year round who had nothing to do with the Tibetans.

Some are even directly spies of the Tubo people, after all, even the Tubo people need porcelain and tea from the Tang Dynasty, as well as ironware.

Although there are also iron ore on the plateau, and even they can obtain iron ore from Tianzhu and the Western Regions, the flame temperature on the plateau is dozens of degrees lower than that of the plain, coupled with the thin oxygen, Tubo has all kinds of problems in iron smelting, so most of the iron tools need to be purchased from Datang.

Iron ware is a prohibited item in the Tang Dynasty, and it is forbidden to sell it in Tibet and Turks.

But just as some people smuggle green salt, there are also people who smuggle iron into Tibet, which has huge benefits, and it has been repeatedly banned.

It is precisely because of this that Tubo has a deep impression of these people, and even threatens to control them in turn and becomes a sitting detective.

Li Jinxing and Li Xuan led a large army into Hezhou one after another, and the Tubo people didn't know that they were going to make a big move, and they had already ordered someone to steal the military plan of the Tang Dynasty.

However, before they could finish this, the 3,000 cavalry of the Brunzan Blade had all been lost in Taozhou.

The Tibetan side even sent a message hysterically, asking them to find the Brenzan Blade and rescue the Brenzan Blade, but before they could do anything, Li Xuan had already led people into Hezhou.

In just a few days, most of the Tubo intelligence system in Hezhou has been torn apart by Li Xuan, and it is scattered.

"Do you want Qiu Lang to follow today, or do you want Cui Ding to take someone there?" Yu Ze asked in a low voice, it was impossible for him to let Li Xuan take only a few people to take the risk.

Li Xuan smiled and said: "Let Cui Ding go with a team of Jin Wuwei, if you insist on Rui, you still have to look at Jin Wuwei, Brother Qiu will take Qianniu Wei to patrol the periphery, Li Yi will lead five hundred people to guard outside the city gate, and Dugu Zhonglang will guard the camp and be on guard at any time." ”

"What about me?"

"Just trouble Uncle Yu to sit in the central watchtower, and then dispatch, in the southeast, north, west, and watchtower, each arrange a team of crossbowmen." Speaking of this, Li Xuan said lightly: "After I entered the Assassin's Mansion, the entire Hezhou was curfew in advance, and people who were not ours appeared on the street, and they were all killed. ”

"What about Di Renjie and them?"

"Di Renjie has a token." Li Xuan shook his head, how could something happen to someone like Di Renjie, he had now hidden around the Assassin's Mansion.

"But in the Assassin's Mansion, there are still a lot of state officials and guards." Yu Ze was still a little worried.

Li Xuan waved his hand and said softly: "Don't worry, these catchers and guards won't do anything at all." ”

Yu Ze raised his eyebrows, as if he understood something.

Li Xuan looked up at the southwest direction and said softly, "I hope that tonight, everything will be over." ”

After speaking, Li Xuan turned around and strode towards the door.

……

Escorted by a team of Jin Wuwei, the black carriage crossed the central watchtower and headed towards the Assassin's Mansion.

When passing by a bustling neighborhood, there are a lot of fast catchers running back and forth.

Deep in the neighborhood, the east cross courtyard of a brothel has been burned to ashes at some point, and three corpses have been moved out of it.

The black carriage drove slowly, but in the light and darkness, he didn't know how many people looked at it in surprise and suspicion.

In the corner of the street, Di Renjie's brows furrowed, he had just touched a little tail, and the person had already been killed by Qianniuwei.

But even if this is true, then his other guess has also been confirmed.

A moment later, Di Renjie had already appeared outside the door of the Assassin's Mansion, watching Li Xuan walk into the Assassin's Mansion before turning around and walking towards the opposite side.

This time, what Di Renjie showed was the token of Hezhou Facao.

At the gate of the Assassin's Mansion, Yuan Wei followed behind Yuan Ming, dressed in a green robe, with a silver hoop and his hair, walking between them, although he was graceful, he was also somewhat shy.

Li Xuan glanced at him in surprise, then looked at Yuan Ming, smiled and said: "In the past few days, in the military documents, Erlang's official documents and letters have been written in a proper and compliant manner, and I think that in the future, even if it is the lock hall test of the Ministry of Officials, it should be easy to pass the test." ”

"His level is still much worse, and it's okay to occasionally touch a little unimportant things, but if you really want him to get in touch with those core contents, a mistake will likely cause the whole family to suffer." Yuan Ming invited Li Xuan in, and then shook his head directly, he knew too well the cruelty of the power struggle in the imperial court.

"This time the army conquered Tibet, the allocation of grain and grass in every place is very important, if you can master the mysteries, not to mention anything else, in the future, the members of the household department, Langzhong, are also competent, and even go further."

Above the middle of the Tobe Lang, it is the Tobe Squire.

The release of the household servant is the history of a state thorn.

Yuan Ming glanced at Yuan Wei, looking at Yuan Wei's expectant eyes, Yuan Ming's expression flashed, he looked at Li Xuan, and asked softly and casually: "Now that the war is imminent, the prince judges, what are the chances of my Datang winning this battle?" ”

Looking at Yuan Ming's solemn expression, Li Xuan's eyes flashed slightly, and then finally spoke: "The army fights, victory or defeat is only in a thought, no one can be 100% sure, if you have to say each other's strengths and weaknesses, this king can only say, the final war, the more later, the greater the chance of victory in the Tang Dynasty, and the less chance of victory in Tubo, the further forward, the smaller the chance of victory in Datang, and the greatest chance of victory in Tibet, this is the result." ”

Yuan Ming said with a solemn face: "Can we delay until that time?" ”

Li Xuan smiled lightly and said indifferently: "The Tubo people are more anxious than us. “

(End of chapter)