Zhuang Wenzhong's eyes were blindfolded, and he didn't know where he was being taken, but he knew that the warrior who escorted him was intercepted and killed on the way, but he was taken away by another group of people, and finally got out of the clutches of Lai Junchen.

At this time, he felt that he was pushed into a room, someone took off the black cloth covering his eyes, and his eyes suddenly brightened, and after a while, his eyes slowly adapted, only to see more than a dozen big men standing around, and there was a person sitting in front of him, looking at him coldly, Zhuang Wenzhong recognized this person, it was Li Zhen who was fighting side by side with him in Yangzhou.

"Is that you?" Zhuang Wen cried out again, it turned out that it was Li Zhen who intercepted and killed the warrior who came to Junchen.

"Untie his ropes"

An internal guard warrior used a knife to break the rope on Zhuang Wenzhong's hand, Zhuang Wenzhong rubbed his already numb wrist, and was very ashamed in his heart, he knew that he had given the gold medal to Wu Sansi and caused trouble.

"Captain Zhuang Du, please take a seat"

Although Li Zhen cut his rope and invited him to sit down, his tone was very cold, and he sighed solemnly and said, "Commander Li, I don't want to betray you, I just ...... I went to Beijing for a while, and I wanted to open up the joints, but when I heard that the Holy Lord was dissatisfied with me, I went to ask Wu Sansi——"

Li Zhen waved his hand to interrupt him, "The saint is dissatisfied with you because she doesn't know your counterinsurgency credit, Lin Taishou's detailed report has not been sent to the military department, but the saint has already read my report, I believe that she will not only punish you, but will also reward you, Zhuang Duwei is too anxious." ”

"Hey, I'm too scared, and I believe in Wu Sansi too much, as a result," Zhuang Wen was very painful and couldn't go on.

Li Zhen stared at him for a long time, gave the surrounding warriors a look, and asked them all to go down, only the two of them were left in the room, Li Zhen said slowly: "How did you confess to Junchen?"

Zhuang Wenzhong hurriedly waved his hand, "I didn't say anything to him, he ...... He hasn't had time to interrogate me yet, it should be today, in fact, I don't know anything, I only want to capture Li Yuanjia's logistics battalion, and I don't know that the commander has occupied Jiangyang County. ”

"But you gave Li Yuanjia's gold medal to Wu Sansi"

Zhuang Wenzhong's face showed remorse, and he sighed: "I don't know the meaning of that gold medal, if I knew, I wouldn't have given it to Wu Sansi easily, my life was almost lost on that gold medal, hate."

Li Zhen also knew that Zhuang Wenzhong didn't know anything, he just got the gold medal unintentionally, but Li Zhen knew very well that Zhuang Wenzhong was important to Lai Junchen, and Lai Junchen could use Zhuang Wenzhong to weave charges, tamper with facts, and associate himself with the gold medal.

Even Lai Junchen can ⊥ Zhuang Wenzhong falsely accuse Li Xian or Li Dan and Li Yuanjia secretly corresponding, after all, Zhuang Wenzhong is the governor of Yangzhou and participated in the pacification of Li Yuanjia's rebellion, and his testimony is quite convincing.

Li Zhen pondered for a moment and said: "Captain Zhuang, although I am very angry with you, but I, Li Zhen, am a person with clear grievances, I will not forget that you helped me in Yangzhou, so I rescued you from the hands of Lai Junchen, now I will find a place to hide you, and when this matter is over, I will let you go back to Yangzhou." ”

Zhuang Wen was secretly grateful in his heart, and he leaned over to salute and said: "Commander Li's life-saving grace, Zhuang Wenzhong remembers it in his heart. ”

Li Zhen then ordered the warrior to take Zhuang Wenzhong down,

At this time, Zhang Li walked in, and it was Zhang Li who led the warriors to take advantage of the chaos to snatch Zhuang Wenzhong back, and it was he who shot Lai Feng with an arrow in the one-man tall grass.

Zhang Li smiled: "I thought the commander wanted to kill him, but I didn't expect the commander to save him." ”

Li Zhen smiled and said: "When I was in Chengdu, if I could save Yang Pei, I would never kill him, after all, they are all local ministers, and the consequences of killing at will are very serious."

Of course, I can also kill Zhuang Wenzhong, but in this way, I and the Yangzhou officials will completely turn faces, but if we save Zhuang Wenzhong, we can also pull Lin Qing over from Wu Sansi, and the gains and losses in this are very clear in my heart. ”

Zhang Li gave a thumbs up and praised: "The commander has a long-term vision, and if he saves Zhuang Wenzhong, he will win over Lin Qing, this is a good deal, and I admire it."

"You don't pour me into the soup," Li Zhen said with a smile.

"Humble duty is not an exaggeration, today the commander calculated Lai Junchen's plan to lure the troops, and finally the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind, which is indeed a cut above Lai Junchen, but the humble post is worried that Lai Junchen will do whatever it takes next, which is not good for the commander. ”

Li Zhen nodded, "I have already thought of this, Lai Junchen began to keep an eye on my mansion, and he must have also stared at my eldest sister, so I sent her to Mingxiu Villa for temporary refuge, so that I have no worries." ”

Li Zhen walked to the window with his hands down, looked up at the sky and said slowly: "Let's let go of our hands and fight with Lai Junchen, and see who has the last laugh?"

In the Taiping Princess's Mansion, Zhang Quan, the deputy leader of the warriors of the Taiping Mansion, half-knelt on the ground, and reported in detail to the master, Princess Taiping, their failure to snatch Zhuang Wenzhong, and finally cried: "Humble and incompetent, not only failed to complete the task assigned by His Royal Highness, but also lost nineteen brothers, please punish Her Royal Highness the princess severely."

Princess Taiping couldn't say a word for a long time, and she actually fell into Junchen's trick to lure the troops, although Zhang Quan was indeed incompetent, but this decision was made by her, although she was angry in her heart, but she couldn't do it for a while.

At this time, Gao Jian next to him asked: "Brother Zhang just said that it was because of a special circumstance that distracted Lai Junchen's attention that you were able to break through successfully, what is the special circumstance?"

Zhang Quan thought for a while and said: "I didn't see it, but some brothers saw that it seemed that Zhuang Wenzhong had been robbed, and Lai Junchen yelled at the side of the carriage. ”

"Kidnapped?" Gao Jian frowned, "Are you sure?"

"There should be no mistake, I asked several brothers, and they all saw it. ”

Gao Jian and Princess Taiping glanced at each other, they understood almost at the same time, it is estimated that Li Zhen made a move and intercepted Zhuang Wenzhong.

Princess Taiping couldn't help but be a little annoyed, she lost her troops and lost her generals, but in the end, she actually cheapened Li Zhen, why didn't he help herself?

Gao Jian seemed to understand Princess Taiping's dissatisfaction, so he smiled slightly: "Li Zhen doesn't know that Her Royal Highness the princess is also meddling in the affairs of the Xingtang Society, if the princess can reveal a little to him before, maybe he will change his plan and cooperate with the princess's actions." ”

Princess Taiping waved her hand and asked Zhang Quan to retreat, Zhang Quan was released, hurriedly bowed, slowly retreated, and just walked to the door, Princess Taiping said to him coldly: "You are not doing well, don't think I will let you go, I will settle accounts with you later"

Zhang Quan's heart that he had just put down hung again, and he secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, Princess Taiping has always been ruthless in accountability, how could he think that she would let him go?

He was so helpless that he had to agree and retreat.

Gao Jian didn't dare to persuade Princess Taiping, nearly twenty brothers died, someone had to take responsibility, even if the princess had the courage to take responsibility, the people below would not want to escape, not to mention that she had never been a person who was harsh on herself.

Princess Taiping walked to the window with her hands in her hands, pondered for a long time before she said slowly: "Gao Lang, do you know why I have to be involved in this case?"

Gao Jian shook his head, "I don't know what I do."

"Because I went to Yangzhou once three years ago, signed my name on the Xingtang Society oath list, and pressed my handprint, now Lai Junchen seems to be dealing with Li Zhen on the surface, but I know in my heart that his fundamental goal is to deal with the Xingtang Society, and only by using the Xingtang Society case to completely defeat the Li royal family, Wu Sansi will have a chance to ascend to the throne, and he will be able to escape the liquidation when he comes to Junchen. ”

Princess Taiping looked back at Gao Jian, "I am also the Li royal family, how can I allow a despicable villain to ruin the honor of the Tang royal family so unscrupulously."

Gao Jian said calmly: "The princess is right, Lai Junchen is a mad dog who is mad, how many people he has ruined, and he fully supports the princess to take action against Lai Junchen." ”

Princess Taiping pondered for a moment, and then said, "I also want to use this opportunity to win over Li Zhen, how likely do you think it is?"

"I feel humiliated...... Frankly, he has his difficulties, and the possibilities are not too great, but he can give it a try. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Jian smiled slightly: "I am willing to talk to him again for the princess." ”

At night, in the small wine shop in Fushan Fang, Li Zhen met Gao Jian again, the two sat down, Li Zhen poured Gao Jian a full glass of wine and said with a smile: "I am alone at home these days, I basically eat out every day, and I rarely go home, it is also a coincidence, I happened to come back with something today, and I met Brother Gao." ”

"Looks like I'm lucky"

Gao Jian picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "I met Qiao Zhonglang yesterday, and he is very grateful to Commander Li for being willing to help him. ”

After a pause, Gao Jian said again: "Don't blame Commander Li, I have been friends with him for ten years, and we have nothing to talk about, except for me, he has never told anyone, and I am also tight-lipped with him." ”

Li Zhen sneered and said, "Does it also include Princess Taiping?"

Gao Jian nodded slowly, "Including her, I didn't tell her about this at all, Commander Li, not everything I will tell her." ”

Gao Jian's explanation made Li Zhen's heart feel a little more comfortable, "I understand, thank you Brother Gao for being honest, but I don't have an eyebrow about the case of Qiao Zhonglang's wife's disappearance for the time being, please tell Brother Gao and ask him not to be impatient."

"I know, I'll tell him. “

Gao Jian groaned and said: "Today I came to Commander Li for the sake of Princess Taiping, and there was a fierce battle on the official road to Beibi Mountain at noon today, Commander Li should know."

Of course, Li Zhen knew that Gao Jian came to find him for noon, and he only realized that the group of black-clothed warriors who tried to intercept the carriage were Princess Taiping's people after talking to Zhang Li in detail, and Li Zhen also knew that Princess Taiping would come to find him, so he specially went home tonight to wait.

Li Zhen smiled and said: "Today's noon incident is indeed an accident, I sent Zhang Li to wait for the opportunity to intercept Zhuang Wenzhong, and I didn't know that you were going to make a move, so I didn't give Zhang Li specific instructions, everything was decided by him when he came to the plane, I hope that the senior brother will tell Princess Taiping, I hope she can understand." ”

"I also persuaded her like this, in fact, it was because of your appearance that Zhang Quan was finally able to break out of the encirclement and not be wiped out, speaking of which, she should also thank Commander Li, I believe she can understand, but she is more willing to cooperate with Commander Li to deal with Lai Junchen together, I don't know what Commander Li wants?" Gao Jian asked Li Zhen tentatively.

Li Zhen didn't speak for a long time, he was silent for a long time and said: "Lai Junchen has seriously threatened the Li royal family, I believe that Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping will not stay out of the matter, I am very grateful for your honesty, and I am also willing to treat each other with sincerity, my original intention is to be very willing to cooperate with Her Royal Highness the Princess, but I have difficulties, I believe that Princess Taiping and Senior Brother understand in their hearts." ”

"Does Commander Li need to get the consent of the Shangguan Sheren?"

Li Zhen nodded silently, Gao Jian felt very helpless, although this result was in his expectation, but Li Zhen's clear statement still made him feel disappointed for a while, he pondered for a moment and said, "Has Commander Li asked the Shangguan Sheren?"

"I didn't ask her, but I'm sure she saw it clearly, and if she felt the need to cooperate with Princess Taiping, she would definitely give me some kind of hint, so there was no need to ask her, it would make her distrust me, but—"

Li Zhen deliberately stopped talking, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face, "With the intelligence of Senior Brother, you should know what I want to say next."

Gao Jian also laughed, "Commander Li is trying to say that some cooperation doesn't have to be shown, and it won't make Commander Li feel embarrassed, is that so?"

Li Zhen gave a thumbs up and praised: "It is worthy of being the first brain of Princess Taiping, which makes me deeply admired."

Gao Jian bowed slightly, thanking Li Zhen for his praise, but he didn't want to show too much modesty, this was originally a fact, Gao Jian smiled slightly: "Then can Commander Li tell me which direction he is going to deal with Junchen from?"

Li Zhen pondered for a long time and said: "I have thought about this issue repeatedly, and I decided to use the case of Qiao Zhizhi's wife as a breakthrough. ”

"I understand" Gao Jian stood up and arched his hand, "Thank you for Commander Li's honesty, I will tell the princess and ask her to do her best to cooperate with Commander Li." ”