The mist was thick and the morning was cold.

A stone house isolated on the top of the mountain, silently, has been monitoring the entire southeast mountain road.

Inside the stone house, heavy snoring was heard.

Two black figures flashed, and blood flashed in an instant.

The six guards lying in a row had their throats cut open in an instant.

Only the last guard opened his eyes at the moment of death, and saw the cold black armor in front of him clearly.

The cold blade slashed firmly through his throat, blood flowing through the sword, and at the same time taking away the last shred of life.

The Black-Armored Soldier stood up, then walked out of the stone house, and a red pennant was held aloft.

The next moment, the pennant waved.

On the mountain path down the mountain, countless black-armored cavalry armed with long lances flashed in an instant.

After the three hundred forwards, there were four hundred Chinese troops led by Li Xuan himself, and there were four hundred back-ups behind.

A whole thousand cavalry came to strangle the black market foundry in the mountains that I don't know how many.

……

Li Xuan was dressed in black clothes and black armor, with an indifferent expression, almost no different from the cavalry around him.

Only a little red tassel dotted the armor, indicating that his identity was different.

"Who would have thought that in the depths of this mountain, there would be a foundry." A voice sounded in Li Xuan's ears.

Li Xuan turned around, and it was Song Jing, who was also dressed in black and armor.

Song Jing of Henan County was dragged by Li Xuan to the depths of the mountain and came to clean up this secret foundry.

"One hundred pairs of armor in a year, five hundred pairs in five years, and a thousand pairs in ten years." Li Xuan looked at the west slightly, and then said calmly: "Whether it is Bingzhou or Shaanzhou, it is a place where the big clans of the family live, and it is normal to buy some armor for self-defense, and they have enough means to legalize these armors, but this foundry ......"

"Then they will have a way to die." Song Jing nodded, even if it was not involved in the Xiao family's rebellion, such a secret foundry was discovered by the imperial court, and it was immediately wiped out by the army, just like now.

"The battle armor that flows into the place is nothing, but the battle armor that flows into Luoyang, Chang'an, even if it is just a pair of armor of unknown origin, is enough to keep Chang'an Wannian, Luoyang, Henan, and the people of Dali Temple of the Criminal Department busy." Li Xuan looked up into the depths of the steep mountain wall, and the narrow road led straight to the middle of the deep mountain.

As long as you make a slight arrangement on the top of the mountain, no matter how many people pass below, there is only a dead end.

"These people really know how to choose places, deep in the mountains, twists and turns, and those who can come here are veterans." Song Jing sighed a little, if it weren't for the fact that the Xiao family had Xiao Dezhao who had been a soldier for many years, and there were quite a few soldiers who had retired from the army, then I am afraid they would not have found this place.

If the Xiao family can't find this place, it means that Li Xuan and they can't find this place either.

"Thousands of miles of mountains, lonely graves and desolate, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the last years of the former Sui Dynasty, I don't know how many fights occurred at the foot of the mountain, I don't know how many soldiers and people fled to the mountains, and there can be a place to live, and the earliest time I want to come here is from the hands of the remnants at that time."

Li Xuan frowned slightly, and said softly: "I just don't know who the master behind this place is?" ”

"Local families and officials in the court are indispensable, otherwise these places will not be able to cover up no matter what." A hint of fierceness flashed in Song Jing's eyes.

Such a foundry does not know how much black market trading it can support inside and out.

Black market transactions are inevitably covered by high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

Otherwise, do you really think that Chang'an Wannian, Henan Luoyang, and Jin Wuwei Qianniuwei all eat dry rice?

Only the master behind it is strong enough to dispel the attention of the government.

In the same way, only the owner behind it is strong enough that such a big deal can be preserved under the prying eyes and covetousness of others.

"Yes, in such a place, if Your Majesty knows the truth inside, I don't know how many people will fall to the ground because of this." Li Xuan nodded calmly.

"Who would have thought that the Xiao family would collude with King Yue and try to rebel in the imperial capital." A trace of disbelief still flashed across Song Jing's face.

Far away in the south of the Yangtze River, in Luoyang, Chang'an, King Yue, who doesn't even have much foundation, actually wants to rebel in Luoyang, which sounds ridiculous.

"The key is still Xiao Shilang's body." Li Xuan's expression was indifferent, and he analyzed straightforwardly: "Although Xiao Shilang didn't know anything about the current matter, but when it really came to the critical moment, he actually had no other choice when he put all the facts in front of him.

As long as the palace is occupied, the rest is a matter of transferring troops. ”

Song Jing nodded lightly, the squire of the military department, the weight of this position is far from what ordinary people can imagine.

In particular, Ouyang Tong is just the secretary of the military department, and Xiao Dezhao, who has not been the squire of the military department for many years, is familiar with it.

With his understanding of the world, he knows where to transfer troops from the most, and can stabilize the situation to the greatest extent.

"Moreover, the Xiao family is only one of them, there are also the Yan family and the Yang family, the Yan family is the mother family of the King of Yue, the reason why the Yan family was able to marry the Yang family back then was because Yan Rong, the grandfather of Concubine Yan De, the former governor of Youzhou in the Sui Dynasty, was once the general of Yang Hong, the former king of Sui Hejian and the general of the right guard, and the two families are very close." Li Xuan sighed lightly, but his eyes were cold.

The Yang family is equal to the mother family of King Yue.

At the moment, the case is far from over.

"King Yue conspired against him, and Xiao Decong, the chief of King Yue, naturally implicated the entire Xiao family, but King Yue himself contacted the Yan family, as well as the Yang family who was related to the Yan family."

Li Xuan turned to look at the southeast and said softly: "From Jiangnan to Luoyang, I don't know how many checkpoints along the way. ”

Song Jing bowed slightly, today's Tang Dynasty is not a calamity-ridden end times, but a real prosperous era.

I don't know how many capable officials along the way, just one of them can see that they are tired, and when they play the center, countless heads will immediately fall to the ground.

So before that, I don't know how many people need to buy it along the way, and it even extends all the way to Luoyang.

"These people, this time all of them must be found out, lest anyone rebel again." Li Xuan's fists clenched tightly.

Someone goes down, someone goes up.

Li Xuan's subordinates also have a chance.

Song Jing could see the bloody rain in the future, he turned his head to look at Li Xuan, and asked: "Lord Wang, many subordinates can see this matter in the middle, the only thing that I can't understand is why, why does King Yue want to rebel, and he wants to rebel at this time, in May, King Cao is not dead?" ”

Li Xuan glanced at Song Jing in surprise, and sure enough, he deserved to be a good face to be remembered in history in the future, and his eyes were really sharp.

Li Xuan nodded and said: "If you want to talk about the source of the matter, then everything has to start with the abolition of the prince Xian, when the abolition of the prince Xian rebelled, the matter was implicated in countless things, among which there were two people in the clan, Li Wei, King of Jiang, and Li Ming, King of Cao, one was abolished as a concubine, and the other was demoted to the king of Lingling County, although the matter ended here, it does not mean that it really ends here." ”

"So, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is actually also in the rebel gang of the abolished prince Xian?" Song Jing already understood what Li Xuan meant.

"Back then, he was not pursued by His Majesty, which means that there is no handle to be caught." Li Xuan sighed lightly and said: "Your Majesty actually deliberately did not pursue it back then, of course Brother Guangping is also there, many people have been completely let go by Your Majesty, although they can no longer be officials in a short period of time, but after all, they are safe and their families are safe." ”

Song Jing nodded seriously, the emperor's magnanimity made the whole world marvel and be grateful.

"But those who have ghosts in their hearts still have ghosts in their hearts." Li Xuan looked at the cliffs on both sides, and said softly: "Your Majesty has a wind disease, the world knows about it, but no one knows what the specific situation is, even this king is the same, if someone speculates about something in private, or someone reveals the wind from the palace, people's hearts will begin to stir." ”

Song Jing suddenly fell silent, in the final analysis, everything was due to the emperor's physical problems.

If the emperor is in good health, then naturally no one will suspect anything, but if the emperor is uneasy, someone will naturally do everything possible to inquire about the emperor's physical condition.

The secret valley in the distance was about to appear, Li Xuan looked at Song Jing, and finally said: "There is a sentence that only exists between you and me. ”

Song Jing glanced at the right guard cavalry who seemed to have heard nothing around him, nodded, and said, "Lord Wang, please speak." ”

"King Cao, maybe he was used by King Yue, but King Yue couldn't be used by others." Li Xuan broke the last layer of conjecture.

"Someone else, who?"

"Who knows, maybe it's other families, maybe it's other clan princes, like King Xu, the son of Concubine Xiao Shu." Li Xuan said softly: "The Xiao family instigated King Yue to act behind his back, if King Yue becomes a king, then they may become loyal ministers of King Yue, and at the same time, they can also collude with King Xu to oppose King Yue." ”

The corners of Song Jing's eyes jumped uncontrollably, he didn't expect that behind the countless conspiracies, there was a conspiracy.

Li Xuan smiled faintly and said: "If King Yue fails, then everything will naturally be borne by King Yue, but for the Xiao family, the best opportunity is for King Yue to remove all obstacles, and then the loyal ministers of the court will clean up King Yue, and finally welcome back King Xu." ”

Song Jing gave up his hand with a wry smile and said: "Don't tease Guangping anymore, no matter what happens, after all, it must be based on evidence, and personal speculation does not matter how it counts; If this is the case, then can Xia Guan guess that behind Xiao Decong, the chief of the Yue Dynasty, there are also people who are instigating or using him to do something, and this person may be the biggest conspirator in the whole matter. ”

Li Xuan looked at it in great surprise, then nodded, and said: "You can guess like this, because there is indeed such a possibility, but if there is such a possibility, then what will be the final purpose of this person using King Yue, King Cao, King Yongjiajun, and even colluding King Qi and King Yue?" ”

"Call yourself king, or clear the ......" Before Song Jing's words were finished, he was directly interrupted by Li Xuan: "We have arrived." ”

Song Jing looked up and saw that a hundred meters in front of him was the entrance to the valley.

Li Xuan raised his head instantly, and ordered coldly: "Rush!" ”

With a "boom", countless right guard cavalry had already rushed forward like a black tide.

However, as soon as he rushed to the entrance of the valley, the next moment, he heard a "boom", and a trench had appeared on both sides of the narrow road in the valley.

Dozens of right guards cavalry had fallen into it in an instant, and the incomparably miserable sound of horses came from the trench.

But by this time, more cavalry had already crossed directly over the trench and directly over the heads of the wounded cavalry.

Suddenly, dozens of arrows had been shot out from the front, and then accurately nailed to the chest of the black-armored cavalry, but did not penetrate the armor.

Before they could fire their bows again, the black cavalry had already swept past them.

The blood flowers exploded, and the Kuroshio tide infected.

……

Li Xuan rode on the horse, calmly looked at the killing in front of him, and then said lightly: "Today, we may be able to see who is capable of manipulating the conspiracy behind the Yang family and the Xiao family, behind the King of Yue and King Xu." ”

(End of chapter)