Di Yan saw Li Zhen pull out the longbow, and suddenly understood Li Zhen's intentions, she wanted to stop it, but she hesitated at that moment, she knew that this opportunity was precious to Li Zhen, she didn't stop it in the end, but watched Yang Pei being killed by Li Zhen's arrow.

"You...... How can you do this?" Di Yan looked at him in surprise.

Li Zhen was expressionless, he quickly put the leather bag and bow and arrow on his back, and pulled Di Yan, "Get out of here first, and I'll explain to you when I get back."

At this time, Junchen's roar was already heard in the distance, Di Yan gritted his teeth, and followed Li Zhen to quickly run towards the backyard of the inn, and soon they jumped out of the backyard, burrowed into the woods, and accelerated their speed to run deep into the dense forest.

After more than an hour, they were already far away from the ambush official road, Di Yan shook off Li Zhen's hand, glared at him angrily, and said, "Why did you kill him?"

This is what Li Xian meant. Li Zhen said lightly: "He wrote me a note, there are only four words on it, kill it as soon as possible." ”

"But...... He held on, didn't he? No matter what kind of torture Lai Junchen used, he didn't open his mouth, how could you ...... Kill him" Di Yan was so hated that tears were about to come out.

"I know, I don't want to do it either, but it's a power struggle"

"Don't fight with me anything"

Di Yan shook off his hand and shouted, "He is my elder, my father's best friend, and he hugged me when I was a child. ”

Di Yan's tears finally welled up, "I thought we were here to save him, but you." But you killed him, have you considered my feelings?"

Di Yan lowered her head and cried, Li Zhen didn't disturb her, let her cry to her heart's content, and after a while, he said softly: "I know that he is your father's friend, and it is emotionally unacceptable, but this matter involves the fate of the Tang Dynasty, involving the lives of countless people, and you should understand that we can't save him, and we can't even let him see us, because this is the will of the female emperor, I can only shoot him, this is the only way, and it is also a relief for him, he fell into the hands of Lai Junchen and can't live."

Di Yan wiped away her tears, and the anger in her eyes slowly disappeared, in fact, she also knew that Li Zhen had no choice, although it was difficult to accept it emotionally, but she could only face the reality, she finally sighed lowly, "That." Well, just this thing you ...... Don't tell my father, we can't say it, or he'll be sad. ”

Li Zhen nodded silently, "I won't tell him." ”

At this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, Li Zhen turned around, only to see a faint fire hundreds of steps away, this is someone chasing him, at this time, he heard the roar of Lai Junchen again, "Be sure to catch them and catch the murderer"

Li Zhen pulled Di Yan, "Let's get out of here first, and then we'll talk about it later."

The two turned around and ran in the direction of Chengdu, running farther and farther, and gradually threw the pursuers away.

Soon after dawn, Li Zhen and Di Yan entered Chengdu City from the West Gate and came to the inn where they stored their horses.

After countless days of traveling, they were already exhausted, and at this time the mission was finally over, whether it was the result they wanted or not, they let go of their hearts, and the two of them went back to their rooms, lay down and began to sleep with their heads covered.

This sleep was enough until the afternoon, Li Zhen felt his nose itch for a while, he slowly opened his eyes, and saw that Di Yan had completely lost the sadness of yesterday, as if nothing had happened, and smiled and shook his braids and said, "Hey, when will the big lazy worm sleep?"

"How did you get in?" Li Zhen only felt a headache, and he pressed his forehead and asked.

"I'm right next door to you, of course I don't have to come in through the door."

Di Yan pointed to the open window, Li Zhen noticed that the afterglow of the sunset spilled into the room from the window, and he saw that Di Yan had completely let go of the entanglement of Yang Pei's death, and he actually felt that the sunset was so beautiful, "such a beautiful sunset"

He sat up with a smile and asked, "What time is it now?"

"Nonsense, didn't you see the sunset?"

Di Yan crooked his neck and smiled: "I got up at noon, and I went out for a walk alone." ”

"Oh, then why didn't you wake me up?"

"Wouldn't it be nice to let you sleep a little longer?" but I guess you're hungry now, do you want to go out with me to find something to eat?" Di Yan pulled him with a bright smile, "Hurry up"

Li Zhen's stomach also felt a rumbling, he quickly stood up and smiled: "It's a good idea to go out to eat, wait for me to clean up." ”

"Hurry up, I'll be waiting for you outside. ”

Di Yan got up and opened the door and went out, she waited outside for a while, Li Zhen cleaned up and came out, and asked with a smile, "Where are we going to eat?"

"Just follow me. ”

The two came to a small wine shop not far from the inn, Li Zhen saw that the façade was a little shabby, and the store didn't seem to be big, he couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, but Di Yan pulled into the wine shop and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I came here at noon, this mutton is very good, no worse than the big wine shop, and the wine is also very authentic, there is no so-called Jinshi Hong,." ”

Li Zhen entered the wine shop, only to see that there were not many people in the wine shop, but it could be seen that most of them were old customers, the bartender recognized Di Yan, and quickly and enthusiastically invited them to sit down at a table by the window, and asked with a smile on his face: "Does the girl still have the same dish as at noon?"

"Well, it's the same as noon, but it's doubled. ”

"Okay, I'll be right away. The bartender glanced at Li Zhen and walked quickly to the kitchen.

At this time, Di Yan smiled at Li Zhen in a low voice, "Do you want to know the news of Lai Junchen?"

"Have you inquired?"

"It's okay anyway."

Di Yan smiled mysteriously and said: "I went for a walk in the afternoon, and I saw Lai Junchen leave the official office with dozens of people in a hurry, I went to inquire again, and they did return to Luoyang." ”

At this time, the bartender served them wine and food, Di Yan poured him a glass of wine, and asked with a smile: "Seeing that you work so hard this time, do you plan to mix with King Luling in the future?"

Li Zhen then understood the reason why her mood suddenly improved, and she also saw that she was paving the road of King Luling, and it was estimated that as long as she didn't keep up with Guan Wan'er, she would be in a good mood.

Li Zhen drank a glass of wine and said with a smile: "The more back roads, the better, in fact, it is not necessary to mix with King Luling, it is also necessary to have a good relationship with King Xiang, in fact, it is just a sentence, take the Li Tang route, the farther away from the Wu family, the better." ”

"Then you say...... Who are the people who ambushed Junchen yesterday? Could it be that Wu Furong has caught up?"

Li Zhen shook his head, "It's not Wu Furong's people, I'm sure of this, in fact, I guessed who they are? It's the group of people who ambushed Dali Temple, but what their background is is still a mystery." ”

As soon as I said this, I heard a noise from the wine shop, "What good things will be in such a dilapidated place, let's change it"

"You don't know this, this stewed mutton is the most famous, I finally came to Chengdu for a trip, it's a pity not to taste it. ”

Li Zhen was slightly stunned, he heard that most of these people outside had Luoyang accents, and then, more than a dozen big men walked in from outside the wine shop, all of them looked like they were in their twenties and thirties, most of them looked fierce, and they were not good at first glance.

The leader is a man in his thirties, wearing a long sword at his waist, wearing a flat scarf, a long square face, thick eyebrows, and bulging eyes like crabs.

The shopkeeper panicked, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and the leader glanced at the guests in the lobby, although he saw Li Zhen, but Li Zhen and Di Yan were wearing masks, and he couldn't recognize them, so he pointed to an empty room and asked, "Is there anyone in there?"

"It's already booked"

"Go and sit in the room. “

The leader ignored the shopkeeper's words, and led a group of subordinates directly into the empty room and sat down, and the shopkeeper had no choice but to ask the bartender to order wine and food for them.

At this time, Li Zhen discovered the benefits of the dilapidated liquor store, and the conversation of a group of people in the room, his position could be heard clearly.

"Big brother, the person we want to save was shot to death, will we be punished when we go back to Beijing?"

"Shh ”

Li Zhen and Di Yan glanced at each other, and both of them showed surprise in their eyes, it was so coincidental that they met the group of people from last night in the tavern here.

Li Zhen picked up his wine glass and listened quietly to the conversation in the room.

"Big brother, let's not know, I mean that our business is not done, will the owner get angry and deduct our wages?"

"yes, we're all worried. The crowd gossiped.

"You can't help it, let's put it this way, let's do more than one business this time, the first two businesses we have succeeded, although the third business has not succeeded, but it has not failed, so we can get most of the money, maybe a little bit of deduction, but I think the owner still wants us to do business, will not care about this little money, anyway, the owner has the support of the richest man in Chang'an, I believe he will pay in full." ”

Everyone in the room immediately cheered, but Li Zhen squinted and drank the wine, he had already vaguely guessed who sent this group of people?

Yes, why are you so stupid, you forgot that Li Xian actually has a competitor in addition to Wu Sansi.

In the Liang Palace, Luoyang, Wu Sansi sat in the outer study, listening to the report of a subordinate who had just escaped from Chengdu with a cold gaze.

"Lord Qiqi, Wan Guojun had already recorded an additional confession of Yang Pei, but after he went to see Lai Junchen, his whereabouts were unknown, and he also asked Junchen's subordinates to come over, and they all unanimously said that they did not see Wan Guojun. ”

"Could it be that Wan Guojun really escaped without permission?" Wu Sansi asked coldly.

"Humble ...... Humble suspicion that Wan Guojun has died at the hands of Lai Junchen. ”

"What" Wu San stood up thoughtfully, this conclusion really shocked him, he stepped forward, looked at his subordinates fiercely and said, "Do you have any basis for saying this?"

"Because the lowly post originally made an appointment with Wan Guojun, and the lowly post entered Beijing first and sent the confession to His Royal Highness, Wan Guojun really had no reason to escape, and. He also heard that Lai Junchen's subordinates had burned one person to ashes, but who was the burner? ”

Wu Sansi sat down slowly, he believed the fact that his subordinates said, Wan Guojun had been secretly executed by Lai Junchen, just because Wan Guojun wanted to give himself a confession, which violated his interests in Lai Junchen, so in the eyes of his Lai Junchen, what are his own interests?

Wu Sansi was very angry in his heart, and couldn't help but slowly clench his fists, everyone said that Junchen was ruthless and unrighteous, he didn't believe it very much, and he had the heart to become an ally with him, but in the end he actually killed his own people, it seems that he was blind, and he actually believed in such a person.

"I see, you step back first"

Wu Sansi waved his hand, his subordinates retreated, Wu Sansi was upset for a while, he walked away for a while, and then ordered: "Quickly invite Mr. Ming to come and see me."

Not long after, Mr. Ming, who was thin and small, appeared at the door of the study, and he saluted: "Is the prince looking for me?"

"Sir, please come in"

Mr. Ming walked in slowly, Wu Sansi invited him to sit down, and let the maid serve tea, Mr. Ming smiled and said, "The prince seems to be a little worried?"

"Hey, don't bother me about coming to Junchen. ”

Wu Sansi repeated the narrative of his subordinates, and finally said: "Although my subordinates suspect that Lai Junchen killed Wan Guojun, there is always little evidence, I don't know what Mr. thinks of this matter?"

Mr. Ming pondered for a moment and said: "Wan Guojun has no reason to leave without permission, basically it is certain that he was killed by Lai Junchen, as for the reason for the extinction, there are many possibilities, but I personally tend to the judgment of the prince, that confession did touch the interests of Lai Junchen, and it should be for this reason to be killed." ”

Wu Sansi was furious, "Lai Junchen, this dog thing, dare to be so ungrateful"

"I told the prince before, the ambition of Lai Junchen is great, he is a dog in the name of the saint, but in fact he uses the name of the saint to seek personal interests, not only crazy money, but also ambitious, want to seek greater power, now the government and the opposition are all hated to the bone, the people's hearts are lost, the prince and his alliance is really a bit unwise. ”

Wu Sansi nodded silently, he also realized that his alliance with Lai Junchen was indeed a bit of a mistake, and he hurriedly asked, "Then according to Mr. Zhai, what should I do."

"I suggest that the prince impeach Lai Junchen"

"Impeach him for what?"

Mr. Ming smiled slightly: "Lai Junchen has made a lot of benefits in the case of Wu Chenghe, I heard Wu Yanxiu say that his father's best Luming Villa was extorted by Lai Junchen, and it was the property given to Wu Chengsi by the Holy Lord."

The prince impeached Lai Junchen for blackmailing Wu Chenghei, firstly, he could make up for the reputation of the prince among the courtiers, and secondly, he could establish prestige in the Wu family, especially the clansmen of Wu Chenghe's faction, and at the same time, he could also ⊥ Lai Junchen know the consequences of offending the prince, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone, why not do it?"