The clouds are thick, and the north wind is bleak.

Outside the Chunming Gate, more than a dozen carriages swayed towards the wharf.

Above Weishui, an official ship stopped on it.

The carriage stopped, and Wu Chenghe, who was dressed in a purple robe, came down expressionlessly.

Looking back, there were not many pedestrians around, and Wu Chengsi immediately landed his gaze on the city gate, his eyes shrunk, as if there was someone staring at him.

……

"Uncle, how many people do you say he has offended?" Li Xuan, dressed in a gold silk robe on a black background, stood behind the female wall of the Chunming Gate city wall, and squinted at Wu Chengji on the dock.

Zhao Gong stood in front of Li Xuan, sighed lightly, and said: "Over the years, even if he has been extremely restrained on the surface, but in secret, he is still terrifying. Chang'an is okay, leaving Chang'an, I don't know how many people have been ruined by him. ”

"Will the guards always protect him this time?" Li Xuan asked with some curiosity.

Zhao Gong immediately became vigilant, glared at Li Xuan, and said, "Da Lang, don't come nonsense. ”

Li Xuan smiled very calmly, waved his hand and said: "No, uncle, although the nephew has an ordinary relationship with Zhou Guogong, he is not enough to kill him, and this kind of thing is not something that the nephew can ask about." ”

Zhao Gong understood Li Xuan's subtext, sighed lightly, and said: "You should know that Your Majesty has a group of people in addition to Qianniuwei, secret guards and internal guards, and the same is true for the Queen of Heaven, this group of people will secretly stare at Wu Chenghe, save his life at a critical moment, and at the same time, they will also go to see how many people dare to kill him in this world." ”

Li Xuan nodded lightly, the emperor and the Empress Wu will not let people kill Wu Chenghei easily, the key is in the word easy.

Zhao Gong said that he would save his life at a critical moment, so what about at a non-critical moment.

Killing is always a matter of moments.

Bravely rushing to kill is just a puppet act, and the real masters have always been secretly raiding and assassinating.

In many cases, a dwarf assassin pretending to be a young child is the best means of killing.

"I heard that this time, Zhou Guogong's strength outside has been completely cleared, and his manpower in the mansion has also been arrested a lot by Qianniuwei. Li Xuan's gaze looked back at the dock.

"Although Cheng Hei has lost a lot of people these days, but in secret, he still has a group of people, who are responsible for the transportation of caravans, not in the mines, although the protection is not so thorough, but he is a Qincha, if the local states and counties let Qincha die within their jurisdiction, they don't want to have a good time."

Zhao Gong also looked at the dock and said softly: "I just hope that he will be quiet on this road and not be a demon." ”

"Hmm!" Li Xuan nodded lightly, and at this time, Yuan Wanqing, Su Liangsi, and Li Zhaode and others came to see off Wu Chenghei on behalf of each master.

Although Wu Chengsi had a stomach full of dissatisfaction, he could only press it in his stomach, and reluctantly smiled and thanked him.

Not to mention, whether it is Li Xian, Li Dan, Li Xuan, these characters behind them are not easy to mess with, that is, Yuan Wanqing, Su Liangsi, and Li Zhaode, they are all inextricably linked with the secret guards, and if they really offend them, although Wu Chengsi will not be assassinated, it is inevitable that he will be uncomfortable along the way.

The route set by the emperor for him was to go first from Henan, then to Hebei, and finally to Andong.

Immediately after arriving in Anton, there will be a secret decree appointing him to inspect Anton for a year.

Along the way, it seems to be a bad scenery, but in fact, it is also a warning to those who he has sinned that he has lost power.

Wu Chenghei, the queen's nephew, didn't do a good book of etiquette, but ran out of Anton to do an inspection, and it was still a year.

This is clearly telling them that Wu Chengji has lost power.

Among the risks, Wu Chengsi did not ask the Empress Wu, but the Empress Wu asked rhetorically, what did you do to offend so many people.

Wu Chenghe's next words could no longer be said, because once he said it, Empress Wu would directly dismiss him as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and demote him to a commoner.

Over the years, although Empress Wu didn't care about what he did outside, he was extremely strict with him in Chang'an.

It is precisely because of this that Wu Chengsi is decent in Chang'an, but outside, he doesn't know how many people have been harmed.

So this trip to the east, he had to go.

He is not without a chance, after all, he is a disaster relief and inspection of the imperial history, and the emperor did not exempt him from the Ministry of Rites, along the way, if there is really any explosive thorn, take the opportunity to wipe it.

"May him have a smooth journey." Li Xuan's expression calmed down, and he really didn't seem to care about Wu Chenghe's life or death.

Zhao Gong glanced at him in some surprise, and then asked, "Da Lang, where do you think he is most likely to encounter danger?" ”

"It's Anton." Li Xuan put his hands behind his back and said softly: "The front of the army is not like the place, if you really want to provoke the soldiers to mutiny, no one can save him." ”

The corners of Zhao Gong's eyes suddenly jumped, the place where the Andong Protectorate was located, and there were many of Liu Renliang's old departments.

If Li Xuan really wants to do something, Wu Chenghei will die.

Afterwards, he casually framed one of Wu Chenghei's harsh treatments, and even death was his own responsibility.

"And that's not all, on the other side of Anton, there is Silla who is ready to move, and the radical faction of Silla is never in the minority." Li Xuan bowed her head softly.

Zhao Gong's fists clenched suddenly, and after a long time, he spoke: "It seems that I have to give a warning to the Silla envoy." ”

"Forget it." Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "It's okay not to tell them, as soon as I said it, the Silla people had other thoughts, Your Majesty didn't want Andong to start a war again in the past two years." ”

Zhao Gong was silent, then looked up and looked at the Wei River in the distance, at this time, an official ship was slowly approaching the dock.

"Somebody is gone, somebody is coming." Zhao Gong's eyes were fixed on the Wei River.

"Oh?" Li Xuan was a little surprised, raised his head, and his gaze also fell on the newly arrived official ship.

I saw that the new official ship did not shy away from stopping next to Wu Chenghe's official ship, and finally stopped completely.

Almost instantly, the board of the boat was already on the dock, and immediately, a middle-aged man in his thirties wearing a green official robe, a white face and a light beard, and a cautious expression stepped down from the official boat.

Wu Chengsi has been frowning and staring at the official ship since he approached, until the other party stepped down from the boat and saw the other party's face clearly, Wu Chengsi was suddenly surprised and unbelievable, and then, his face was completely gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Goro." ”

"I've seen big brother!" Wu Sansi bowed heavily, and cautiously bowed his hand to Wu Chenghe: "Big brother, this is?" ”

"Why should Gorou pretend to be confused, and go east to inspect and relieve the disaster for his brother, but Gorou, when did you come back, why didn't there be any news before?" Even though Wu Chengsi tried his best to maintain solemnity, the taste of gnashing his teeth in his words was very heavy.

Although Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi are cousins, there are still several people in between.

Wu Chengsi is the eldest son of Wu Yuanshuang, the second brother of Empress Wu, but Wu Chengsi also has a younger brother Wu Chengye.

Wu Sansi is the son of Wu Yuanqing, the eldest brother of Empress Wu, and Wu Yuanqing has three sons, Wu Xiansi, Wu Zaisi, and Wu Sansi.

The reason why Wu Chengsi has been in the center of the court all these years is because Wu Chengsi is the oldest among the brothers.

As for the other Wu Chengye, Wu Xiansi, and Wu Zaisi, they died early.

It is also because of this that the relationship between Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi is not good.

Wu Sansi was jealous that Wu Chengsi could stand in the court, but Wu Chengsi looked down on Wu Sansi's feminine personality, and the two brothers had not had much contact over the years.

But today, the two brothers reunited in Chang'an.

……

Standing ten steps away from Wu Chenghei, Wu Sansi continued to arch his hand and said sincerely: "The younger brother was ten days ago, when Shehong received the holy decree and came to Chang'an to wait, he originally planned to be able to reunite with his brother after arriving in Chang'an, but he never thought that the younger brother had just arrived today, and the elder brother was leaving. ”

Wu Chengsi's face turned cold, but his heart couldn't help but sink.

Ten days ago, ten days ago, it happened to be the day after the destruction of the Bishan Foundry Camp.

It was at that time that the emperor knew the secret of Wu Chenghei over the years.

Wu Chengji was now almost certain that at that moment, the emperor had made up his mind to remove him.

Otherwise, he would not have ordered Wu Sansi to come back at that time.

Immediately, Wu Chenghe's face calmed down, looked to the side and said, "Come on, prepare two glasses of wine, I want Gorou to drink one." ”

"Whoa!" The subordinate on the side quickly got on the boat, then took a pot of wine from the boat, and then found two cups and brought them to Wu Chenghe.

"Goro." Wu Chengsi took down the wine glass by himself and waved his hand to send it to Wu Sansi.

Wu Sansi took the wine glass and looked at his brother, who had always been domineering, with a playful expression.

"There is misfortune in the sky, you and my brother have just met and will be separated; Heaven is very fortunate to be able to meet you and my brother today. Wu Chengsi raised his glass and said seriously: "My brother has been in Chang'an for many years, and I left today, I don't have much to say, only one sentence, please remember my brother." ”

Wu Sansi looked at Wu Chengsi, although he knew that his elder brother must have an ulterior calculation in the fake appearance in front of him, but he still seriously bowed his hand and said: "Foolish brother, listen to my brother's teachings." ”

"Think more about yourself in the future." After saying a word, Wu Chengsi drank all the wine in the cup.

Wu Sansi's expression suddenly became awe-inspiring, and then he nodded and said, "Foolish brother remembers." ”

"Good." Wu Chengsi raised his head and threw it hard, and the wine glass in his hand was thrown into the Weishui by him, and then slowly sank to the bottom of the river.

Turning around, Wu Chengsi arched his hand and said: "For the sake of my brother's experience, let the wine glass instead of my brother stay in Weihe to warn Wulang, my aunt must still be waiting for Wulang in the palace now, and I will not delay for my brother, and I should also set off for my brother, if there is a fluke in the sky, you and my brother will meet in the future, if the wind and clouds suddenly change, you and my brother will cherish each other." ”

When Wu Sansi heard this, his face changed instantly: "Why did my brother say this?" ”

Wu Chengsi shook his head, and then stepped onto the deck, and the guards and servants around him quickly followed, and in a short time they were all on the ship.

At this time, Wu Chengsi arched his hand and said: "Chang'an is deep, if Wulang has any questions in the future, you can write to inquire in detail, and my brother will reply immediately." ”

Wu Sansi was slightly stunned, and then immediately understood, Wu Chengsi still wanted to get information about Chang'an from his side.

But in an instant, Wu Sansi sincerely arched his hand and said: "Brother, don't worry, Gorou will definitely ask for advice at any time." ”

Wu Chengsi breathed a long sigh of relief, and then bowed down and said, "For the two sons who can't make it, please ask Gorou to take care of it." ”

"Good!" Wu Sansi nodded slightly, although he was a little surprised in his heart, he never thought that this was the last time the two brothers would see each other.

……

The white note was full of small characters, and Zhao Gong glanced at it and handed it to Li Xuan, and said at the same time: "Cheng Hei is still a little scheming. ”

Li Xuan glanced at it and smiled, shook his head and sighed: "The city head changes the Great King Banner, and the heir is gone to think twice, and there was Wu Minzhi earlier." ”

Zhao Gong immediately fell silent.

(End of chapter)