Envoys from various countries come to the court, although there are ministers and officials of Honglu Temple who are responsible for the reception, but the queen mother also knows that her team has real talent and scholars are not many, just talk about several major ministers, her brother can accompany the wine and play, and talk about poetry and endowment can not be competent, Mao Wei is born in the imperial examination, maybe he will not be laughed at by people for not learning and not learning, but there is no enough admirable talent, not to mention Yuan Dezhi and other officials from humble backgrounds, if Xie Raoping is here, he may be able to calm the scene, but unfortunately it is not too late to return to Beijing at this time, Therefore, the Queen Mother had to rely on Lu Li and Shao Guang as a group of rising stars.

Lu Li is responsible for his duties, and he will not be inexplicably fein, but he is afraid that even if he is slightly ill, with Lu Li's temperament, he will be strong, but this time he suddenly fell ill, how could he not let Eleven Niang worry about his body? Not to mention that He Zhan had already learned of Lu Li's physical condition at this time, and he was a little more anxious than Eleven Niang.

But when he rushed to the other garden where Lu Li lived, he saw that although his friend's eyebrows were frowning, he was still sitting peacefully, not like he was in a state of illness, so the anxiety in his heart slowly dissipated with that long breath, and he hurriedly asked why he was sick.

But I heard Lu Li say: "Today, I happened to see the person who entered the palace with Fu Xinju's envoy, and it was the person who secretly hurt me back then. ”

He Zhan hit the case hard: "Is it possible to be sure?" ”

"My life was almost lost in the hands of this person, even after many years, I will never be mistaken." Lu Li shook his head with a wry smile: "I'm not sure if this person still remembers me, just in case, I don't dare to be careless, at that time, I wanted to avoid meeting him, so I had to tell him." ”

At that time, Lu Li led his troops to destroy the truth for Zheng Ying, sneaked to Chuzi from Jiannan Road, and was seriously injured by this new killer in Tubo, if this person still knew Lu Li, Lu Li's trip to Tubo would not be able to conceal it, and the Queen Mother would inevitably think that he was going to the foreign world for the case of Cha Pei Zheng, then all Lu Li's disguises would be exposed, not to mention that years of hard work would be in vain, and it would lead to death.

Of course, He Zhan understood that the situation was critical, and couldn't help frowning: "Even if you say that you can avoid illness for a while, I can still turn around for you in a few days, but you can't continue to be so sick, not to mention that the new Turkic envoy is aggressive, Wei Shi is under threat, and he will inevitably hope that you can participate in one or two, maybe it will depend on you to deal with the new Turkic envoy, you have been sick for a long time, the Queen Mother may order the medical officer to diagnose and treat, and then you can't hide it." ”

"I can't say it, I have to be really sick, my body is already weak, toss it, I'm not afraid that I won't catch the cold."

HE Zhan: ......

Of course, I won't agree with Lu Li's self-injury: "You also know that you are weak and weak, and you can't raise yourself, and you still want to toss yourself?" Never! ”

It's the cold season, if a normal person has a cold, it may be difficult to be cured, let alone Lu Li, if there is really a good deal due to this disease, where to find regret medicine at that time?

He Zhan took the case: "The person who injured you is a close servant, which means that the new monarch is very important, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not make Chang'an again in the future. In my opinion, it is better to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so as to never suffer in the future! ”

"But although he is not a regular envoy, he is also an envoy and a close servant, if he is really assassinated at the border of the Great Zhou, I am afraid that the new Turks will not be relentless, and in the current situation, the Great Zhou can no longer make foreign enemies." Lu Li was worried and refused to damage the overall situation for his own sake.

"I have a way, I can blame Pan Yi, thanks to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, it is easy to find out that Pan is hiding in a nest of tenants in Beijing, because his identity is just an ordinary businessman, and it has not had much effect, so it has not been cleared, and it is just for my use." He Zhan said that he was about to make arrangements, but was stopped by Lu Li: "Don't be in a hurry, this matter is important, and you should discuss it with the fifth sister first." ”

Although He Zhan said it lightly, how could Lu Li not know that this matter was very risky, after all, it was to assassinate the members of the mission in Chang'an City, and if he was not careful, it would lead to greater disasters, but of course he also understood that Eleven Niang would definitely not agree with his plan, and there was no other way to do this, so he had to adopt He Zhan's plan.

Lu Li is planning to use the strategy of delaying the army, temporarily delaying today, as soon as He Zhan leaves, he will be "infected" with the wind and cold, when it is a fait accompli, naturally there is no need to take risks.

How "treacherous" is He Zhan, where can he be deceived by Lu Li? Although this matter does require the consent of Eleven Niang, and she can't make her own opinions, but before He Zhan left, he debunked Lu Li's plan with a word, and seriously threatened: "If Xuanzhi really wants to toss himself, I can't keep a secret for Xuanzhi anymore, and I will inevitably tell Fifth Sister Pei that you don't have a long life, and you will put out Xuanzhi's many painstaking efforts, if Fifth Sister knows that you are still planning for her everywhere at this point...... What kind of temperament is she, Xuanzhi must know, will she ignore Xuanzhi's deep affection and insist on marrying someone else? But if the fifth sister gives up the title of princess of Jin, it will be detrimental to the overall situation in the future, and the fifth sister will inevitably be in a dilemma, not to mention that if you are really at this time because of this matter, how will the fifth sister be sad and uneasy! ”

This is like holding Lu Li's fatal point, even if he can spare his life, he will never tolerate making Wu Dan embarrassed and sad because of him.

He Zhan said goodbye for a long time, and Lu Li sighed before he gave up his original plan.

He also said that Eleven Niang, who heard He Zhan tell about this emergency that day, made a decision without much hesitation: "The ambition of the new Turk wolf has been obvious, even if the queen mother is forced by the situation, she has no choice but to give the New Year's coin, sooner or later, the new Turk will also provoke war, since it can't be appeased, and the new Turk is the first to tear up the agreement, so why be afraid of evil?" The new Turks have always been enemies, and the Great Zhou has a bad relationship with them, so it cannot be said that they are new enemies. ”

The implication is, of course, to agree with He Zhan's actions.

"But I think it's strange that the new Turk monarch knew that the civil strife in the Great Zhou was intensifying, so why didn't he simply take this opportunity to capture Yunzhou and force Jin Shuo, but instead sent envoys to force the New Year's coins? The weight of Jinshuo can be compared to 200,000 taels of silver? This doubt was already secretly guessed when she heard Xu Xiu Neng mention the new envoy request, but of course she would not mention it to Xu Xiu Neng, and then reminded He Zhan: "According to my judgment, the new Turk monarch should have no intention of completely fighting with the Great Zhou at this time, maybe there is another plan, and the new Turk and the Northern Liao Yuan are incompatible, no matter which side occupies Jinshuo, it is unfavorable to the other party, and the strength of the new Turk at this time is not enough to launch a full-scale war with the Great Zhou, so this time asking for the New Year's coin, Xu really intends to take advantage of the fire to rob, to be more accurate, Xinju's attempt should be opportunistic, it depends on whether the Queen Mother will let him take advantage of his wishes, maybe even if the minister returns in vain, in a short time, there will be no more provocations from Xinju. ”

He Zhan's eyes lit up: "If it is really as you analyzed, once this plan succeeds, maybe it will worsen the relationship between Xinjue and Pan Wei and even Northern Liao?" ”

"The deceased is not the mastermind, but just an attendant, the queen mother handed over the Pan inter-ministerial tenants, which is enough to calm the anger of the new Turk monarch, as long as the new Turk monarch does not intend to completely fight with the Great Zhou at this time, even if it will not conflict with Pan Shun, there will be no damage to the Great Zhou, in other words, if the new Turkic monarch has decided to fight the Great Zhou with the Pan Liao coalition army, even if there is no accident, the situation will still deteriorate." Eleven Niang gritted her teeth: "Just do this, you have to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but ...... We must arrange carefully, and we must not make any mistakes, and we must not have any manpower. ”

Now that there is a resolution, of course, the matter of killing people is sooner rather than later, not to mention that He Zhan has already replied that the Queen Mother Lu Li's illness is not a big problem, and it will be better in three or two days, and the Queen Mother has also dispelled the idea of sending a medical officer to diagnose and treat, so this matter can only be concluded in the near future.

In fact, strictly speaking, the new Turk was a vassal of the Great Zhou Dynasty at this time, and those who came to congratulate could not be called envoys, and their identities should be similar to those sent by the envoys of various festivals, so the place of residence was not arranged by the Honglu Temple in the major inns, but should be placed in the Jinjuyuan, but it was just that the Xinju monarch did not send subordinate officials to Kyoto since the "minister", and the imperial court did not set up the Xinju Jinyuan in Beijing, so this time the Xinju delegation entered Beijing and had to be temporarily placed in the former Andong Jinyuan, which was originally set up for the Andong Governor's Office. Because the jurisdiction of Anton has been occupied by Pan Wei, the Anton Governor's Mansion has naturally long been under the control of the Great Zhou Imperial Court, and the Jinjuan in Beijing is like a real existence.

The arrangement of the New Turk mission here is also to distinguish it from the rest of the envoys, in fact, it is to pinch his nose and coax his eyes, to show that the New Turk is still a vassal of the Great Zhou, but the new Turkic monarch does not listen to the moderation of the Great Zhou at all, and I really don't know where the word vassal begins.

Compared with the envoys of various countries must obey the overall guidance of the officials of the Honglu Temple, under normal circumstances, they can not move freely, of course, they are like the Jinshou Changdan, the governor of the country has sent Zhou envoys to study and live in Beijing, and the Queen Mother has authorized it to "visit relatives and friends", but where to go to see who must be the prophet of the Honglu Temple, registered, there is still a certain degree of freedom. The special existence of Xinju is more privileged, and it can move freely in Chang'an, and it does not need to be reported for approval.

Of course, the Jinju Theater where they lived did not have the well-guarded requirements of the guest house, which alleviated a lot of difficulties for He Zhan's plan.

However, at this time, it was approaching New Year's Day, and the patrol was more rigorous than usual, if the curfew took advantage of the night to sneak attack, it was not conducive to timely escape, and the tenants of Pan Yi's nest were just using the identity of ordinary merchants as a cover, if it was unrealistic to say that they could break through the ban and assassinate at night, so this time the killing operation should not wait for the natural conditions of the night dark and high wind, and it must be carried out in broad daylight.

Fortunately, the envoys of the new Turks are not their own people, and they often go to Pingkangfang to hang out when they have nothing to do - who lets them live in the nearest convenient place, and Chongrenfang, where the Jinjuan is located, is just separated from Pingkangfang.

Many prostitutes in Pingkangfang have no precautions, and patrols during the day are more relaxed than at night, which is more conducive to assassination.

It's just that He Zhan has to be on duty, and this time the operation cannot be led by him personally, so he had to entrust his henchman Bai Yu, carefully selected twenty dead soldiers, and strive to succeed in one blow, the key is to evacuate in time, the arrangement of the route is particularly important, in case of emergency, you have to take the lead in setting up a place of refuge, Bai Yu in addition to directing the action, but also responsible for leading the pursuers to the tenants, the most important duty, no room for mistakes.

And Lu Li's other garden, because Xuanyang Fang, which is south of Pingkang Fang, was also classified as one of the refuge places by He Zhan, but when the two of them deployed the plan, no one thought that it was Lu Li's "refuge" that almost had an accident!