Luoyang, thick outside the door.

Thousands of black-armored cavalry spread out densely backwards, their long lances hanging obliquely, holding their breath and concentrating.

For a while, only the horse's hooves sounded softly, and the horse's nose was slightly panting.

There was no other sound.

Silently, the murderous aura is awe-inspiring.

Li Xuan stood in the street pavilion outside the city, calmly looking at the entire Luoyang City.

He knew that since he came back, he didn't know how many people in Luoyang City were staring at him.

When he was in Luoyang, he almost slaughtered the entire Guangli Fang.

went to Chang'an, and Xiao Tianzi died in his hands.

Now that he has returned to Luoyang, he has only one purpose, that is, Li Jingye.

In the whole of Luoyang, if someone has anything to do with Li Jingye at this time, then there is only one word he faces - death,

The butcher's knife was in Li Xuan's hand.

Li Xuan did not enter the city, but he had already given some people in Luoyang City a great shock.

……

A white carrier pigeon suddenly flew up from Luoyang City and flew to the west.

flew in the direction of Chang'an.

The sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded in the rear, and Zhao Gong quickly rushed over with a team of people.

"Da Lang, it was the carrier pigeon just now, which flew out of Cheng's house in Henan County, and the people who came from Chang'an before also entered Cheng's house in Henan County." Zhao Gong grabbed the horse and said the matter in a few words.

Li Xuan looked to the side, Zhou Qian nodded, and then quickly led people to chase in the direction where the carrier pigeon flew.

Carrier pigeons are not omnipotent, they can't travel long distances, they can't fly at night, they can't carry too much information......

There will even be people who deliberately intercept carrier pigeons, and once the secrets are leaked, there will be big trouble immediately.

But now, Li Xuan's people are blocked here, and the others don't dare to easily cross them to the west.

"Uncle, pass the order, from now on, all doors in Luoyang, within half an hour, are only allowed to enter and not leave, and no one is allowed to use carrier pigeons to send messages, and then Qianniuwei directly arrests the Henan County Cheng, raids the house, and sees if there are any other clues." Li Xuan looked at Zhao Gong.

Zhao Gong nodded and looked at Li Xuan: "What about you, Da Lang?" ”

"Li Jingye's business, let Da Lang do it, uncle, you can't do it well." A hint of worry flashed between Li Xuan's expressions.

Although Zhao Gong is a secret guard and is also quite trusted by the Empress Wu, this kind of thing will inevitably be retaliated against by countless people afterwards.

It's not that anyone really wants to target Zhao Gong for anything.

It's just that some people are deeply favored by Li Jingye, what Li Jingye asks them to do, they may not do it, but Li Jingye really has an accident, they will instead come up to plead and shout wronged.

will even verbally attack and attack the people who attacked Li Jingye.

Of course, these people are just pretending to be superficial, but if there are many such people, it is definitely a big trouble.

Li Xuan didn't care, but Zhao Gong might not be able to bear it.

"It doesn't matter." Zhao Gong could see Li Xuan's thoughts, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "Don't care, those people who are close to Li Jingye, just send people to visit a few more times afterwards, Uncle doesn't care about those people, one or two words of gossip will kill you, and sometimes it's not a bad thing to retreat." ”

Li Xuan raised his eyebrows, and immediately heard the other meanings in Zhao Gong's words.

Li Xian was deposed, and Li Xian came to power, which was destined.

If Li Xian still acts in the same style as Li Hong and Li Xian, then the conflict between him and Empress Wu is still indispensable.

At that time, if Zhao Gong was still at the forefront, he would inevitably become cannon fodder.

Just like Qiu Shenqi and Ming Chongyan before, they simply took advantage of this time to retreat and avoid the turmoil afterward.

"Okay." Li Xuan nodded in agreement, then looked up at Luoyang City on the side and said, "Then please ask Uncle to give an order to keep Luozhou Mansion on guard for half an hour, right?" ”

"Is half an hour enough?" Zhao Gong looked up to the west.

"Enough, half an hour is enough for us to get a head start."

……

The roaring sound of horses' hooves sounded on the mountain road south of the Wei River.

A magnificent temple appears at the end of the mountain road, Huashan Xiyue Temple.

Beyond the Xiyue Temple, the majestic five peaks of Mount Hua in the distance appear in the field of vision.

Towering thousands of thousands, the peaks are stacked and beautiful, standing on the surface of the ridge, as if cutting.

Pan back to the steep, the majestic middle earth, the high standard of the day, half of the wall of rain.

Huashan.

"Phew!" Li Xuan reined in his horses, and thousands of cavalry behind him stopped their horses at the same time, full of momentum.

Zhou Qian hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord Wang, the carrier pigeon has gone up to the North Peak." ”

"What about the real people of Huashan Temple?" Li Xuan's gaze fell on the few wizards behind him.

Xiyue Temple is a temple dedicated to the god of soldiers in Xiyue Huashan, King Jin.

The people who are in charge of guarding this place are all local shamans.

However, on the surface, these shamans are sacrifices of the temple, but in fact, they are inextricably linked to the Huashan Taoist Temple on the mountain.

After all, the Tang Dynasty ruled the world and the Daomen state religion.

"Worship the witch Zhou Song, I have seen the king of Nanchang." Wearing a black witch robe, a middle-aged witch priest in his early forties stepped forward and bowed to Li Xuan.

"This king asks, do you answer?" Li Xuan looked sideways at Zhou Song,

"Yes!"

"How many people are there in the mountains today, how much food is there, is there a water source?" Li Xuan's question was very direct.

After a slight pause, Zhou Song saluted and said: "There are now more than 240 people on the mountain, of which more than 40 people are real people and Taoist disciples from various Taoist temples on the mountain, and there are 200 people, who are armed and armored soldiers, and there are still people in Xiyue Temple just now, but they withdrew before the king came up." ”

Li Xuan nodded calmly, looked at the towering and steep Huashan Mountain in the distance, and said: "Since ancient times, Huashan has been a road, this sentence is correct, right?" ”

"Lord Yu, there is only one road, which is extremely difficult." Zhou Song nodded solemnly.

"There's no place to hang a rope down, right?" Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Zhou Song.

Zhou Song was slightly stunned, then gave up his hand and said: "Huashan is steep, strange rocks, if one or two people ignore life and death, take advantage of the night to go down, if you are prepared, it is difficult to say that you will not be able to come down." ”

"This king understands, but if you want to go down the mountain at night, I'm afraid the movement will be even bigger." Li Xuan smiled lightly.

"Yes, Huashan Mountain is more than 600 zhang high, extremely steep, going down the mountain at night, if you are not careful, you will be in danger of dying, you must be more careful." Zhou Song took a deep breath and looked solemn.

He had now gradually heard Li Xuan's thoughts.

"Before today, did you hear that someone came down directly from here without going through the mountain road?" Li Xuan's face became serious.

"Back to the prince, no." Zhou Song arched his hand and said: "In the short distance of the mountain road, it is true that ropes have been used to descend from the side of the mountain road, but after all, they have to return to the mountain road...... Huashan is too dangerous, the steep is the first in the world, and the prince will know it when he goes up. ”

"Hmm!" Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, looked to the side, and said: "Order, transfer 500 people to attack the mountain immediately, stop when it gets dark, and then block the mountain road; Zi Shi is attacking the mountain again, and when it is blocked, it will stop; At the right time, he attacked the mountain again, and the offensive was more ferocious until dawn. ”

"Whoa!" Zhou Qian immediately gave up, and then quickly arranged to go.

"Another 500 people are left, and traps are set up along the foot of the mountain, and all possible paths down the mountain are blocked." After a slight pause, Li Xuan looked up at Su Baotong beside him and said, "After you finish it, except for those who are left on duty, all of them will rest." ”

"Whoa!" Su Baotong did not hesitate at all, and immediately led people to arrange along the foot of the mountain.

The person on the top of the mountain is the living grandson of the British Duke Li Quan, and he has quite a true biography of Li Sui.

If it weren't for the fact that he was too good at acting and taking risks, I am afraid that Li Wei would not have personally written to him before his death to let him contact the army of the Sixteen Guards, and today everything has finally come true.

Li Xuan understands even more that Li Jingye's ambition is hidden deep in the deepest part of his own heart, and it has not been erased for more than 40 years.

Everyone has ambitions, but the vast majority of people will be smoothed out by reality little by little, but Li Jingye is different.

As Li Wei's grandson, no one in this world will help him smooth out this ambition.

Li Xian, Li Xian, Li Dan, and all three of them also have ambitions, but the identity of the emperor's parents gives them the qualifications to have such ambitions.

But Li Jingye did not have such an identity.

Maybe in Li Quan's heart, there is only one person who may really kill Li Jingye in the future.

Empress Wu.

……

The sound of fighting came from the foot of Huashan Mountain, but it was not intense.

Li Xuan did not come to the front of the battle in person, because he knew that Li Jingye must not be at the foot of the mountain at this moment.

He was at the top of the mountain, waiting for Li Xuan to attack it.

In the side hall on the east side of Xiyue Temple, looking at Li Xuan, who was writing the folds, Zhao Gong kept pacing back and forth.

Finally, he stopped, looked at Li Xuan and asked, "Da Lang, do you really think that Li Jingye is on the top of the mountain?" ”

"Why is Uncle so suspicious?" Li Xuan stopped writing in surprise and looked up at Zhao Gong.

Zhao Gong rubbed his hands a little uneasily, and said, "With Li Jingye's insidious cunning, will he not be on the top of the mountain, but hiding in this Xiyue Temple?" ”

"No, it won't." Li Xuan shook his head and said, "First, we came fast enough; Second, uncle, although you and I have not done many things, many things have been done by your secret guards, and all the places where people can be hidden in the entire Xiyue Temple have been searched; Three to ......"

"How?"

"Li Jingye wants to hide here, eating, drinking, and sleeping always has to be helped by someone, and even he can't be seen by others, so there is only one person who can help him."

"Zhou Song?" Zhao Gong immediately understood.

"Staring at Zhou Song and asking about the increase or decrease of meals in the room these days, there is basically a fixed number." After a slight pause, Li Xuan said softly: "Many things, as long as there are traces, then they will definitely be found, with Li Jingye's character, he doesn't dare to bet." ”

"Don't you dare to bet on what?"

"He didn't dare bet that his nephew would ignore the possibility that he was hiding here." Li Xuan smiled lightly, and then said: "Uncle may not know that the host of the first three generations here is not a person from Huashan Temple, but a person from Louguan Dao, and my nephew has just written a recital, please ask Your Majesty to transfer the real person of Louguan Dao to come here." ”

"What exactly do you want to do?" Zhao Gong looked at Li Xuan and asked, "Are you really going to block Li Jingye on this mountain?" ”

"Or else?" Li Xuan raised his head, looked at Zhao Gong seriously and said: "Li Jingye chose Huashan, it is nothing more than because Huashan is a road, it is difficult to go up and down, and ordinary people can easily attack the mountain, and they will inevitably end up in a fiasco, even if it is a nephew...... Perhaps, he is still designing some trap waiting for his nephew, so the nephew will not see him and suffocate him. ”

"According to the host, the grain on the mountain is enough for fifty people to eat for three months?"

"Li Jingye has two hundred people, that is to say, there are only two hundred and fifty people under the mountain to eat for eighteen days." After a slight pause, Li Xuan said seriously: "But Taoist disciples have never eaten much, two meals a day are enough, but the sergeant, I'm afraid that three meals a day is too little, and during the war, the consumption is even doubled, and it is a miracle to be able to eat for twelve days." ”

"You mean, within ten days, you'll be able to see the difference?" Zhao Gong stared at Li Xuan, and suddenly, he frowned and asked, "But Your Majesty only gave you three days." ”

"So tomorrow, after Uncle returns to Xi'an, Da Lang will let people storm for a day, and after that, he will completely destroy the only mountain road down the mountain."

Li Xuan looked at Zhao Gong and said seriously: "He can't come down, we can't go up, three months later, we will go up the mountain to collect his body, but the day after tomorrow, Da Lang can play Your Majesty, Li Jingye is dead." ”

(End of chapter)