"Your Highness, now I can only ask you to be wronged, let's take shelter here for the time being, and wait for the opportunity."

In the Gunma Ridge in the north of Bianzhou City, there is a summer manor of high-ranking officials and nobles. This place is not far from the Hejin ferry, and the fast horse only needs half a day's journey.

Di Xian, who was ordered to block the area where King Huaiyang was killed, was leisurely drinking tea in the pavilion of the manor at this time, and sitting opposite him was Li Qiang, the king of Huaiyang, who should have had his head cut off!

I saw Li Jiong smile slightly, and said sadly: "It's okay." Compared with the great cause of social engineering, what is this grievance? It's just a pity that my stand-in who has been raised for many years has no choice but to be thrown away in the grove of Hejindu. ”

Di Xian smiled together: "Your Highness has great ambitions, and he has already planned many years ago, and Weichen really admires it." As for the stand-in, of course, it is necessary to play a role at such a critical time. ”

Li Kui bowed his head slightly, and asked Di Xian, "How is Master Lao's plan?" Xie Guang, did he take the bait? ”

"Not only Xie Guang took the bait, but even Li Bing also took the bait." Di Xianlang laughed and said: "Yesterday, Li Bing heard that the king of Huaiyang was killed, and he was so frightened on the spot that he lost his square inch, and he personally ordered to block the news. At the same time, Xie Guang finally adopted the suggestion of Lord Lao, and decided to secretly recruit Xie Biao's long sword army and the soldiers of the twelve prefectures to mobilize and assemble in the Bianzhou area. When your subordinates have successfully returned to the imperial capital and reported the attack to the court, we will immediately publicize the news of Xie Guang's rebellion through the internal response of the court. By that time......"

"At that time, my father must have been shocked and angry." Li Qiang said with a smile: "The imperial court can't bear it, and it must not immediately send troops to quell the rebellion?" When the imperial capital and Li Bing Xie Guang are both defeated, it will be the turn of this king to appear, ahahaha. ”

Seeing that he was happy, Di Xian hurriedly complimented him a few words, and then said lightly: "Your Highness, Weichen still has a very tricky matter at present, I'm afraid I have to bother you to support it." ”

"Oh? Why is General Di so polite? Li Jiong said with a big grin: "You are my person, you might as well say something directly." ”

Di Xian glanced at the guards around him, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, do you know that the East Palace has issued an edict before, asking Weichen to lead troops to block this large area nearby, and search for and capture the assassins who attacked the Huaiyang King's convoy. At present, within a radius of 100 miles, there are Xuanjia troops and local government soldiers everywhere, and they are looking for clues all over the mountains, so they ......"

Li Jiong didn't understand the meaning of Di Xian's words for a while, and still smiled with a smile on his face: "So what? ”

Di Xian's face was embarrassed: "Therefore, the five thousand guards who came here with you and were responsible for secretly protecting the safety of His Highness are really a bit difficult to do." ”

King Huaiyang was slightly stunned: "Then what do you mean?" ”

"The meaning of the minister is very simple." Di Xian calmly responded: "Your Highness, here you only need Weichen to send his cronies to guard the soldiers, horses, and horses, which is enough to ensure that His Highness is foolproof." And those of your royal soldiers, in order to avoid being accidentally discovered, it is better to leave here, so that it will be safer. ”

Hearing this, Li Kui's eyes rolled, and then he waved his hand again and again: "Hey, this is wrong." General Di, it's not that this king can't trust you. These 5,000 guards are all private soldiers secretly trained by the king, and they have been following them for many years, so they are very easy to call. Being in the territory of Xie Guangxuanjia's army, if there were no them by his side, this king would not dare to stay for even a moment. Although the general is assured, this manor is located in the depths of the Gunma Mountains, and although it is the property of this king, it has nothing to do with the Huaiyang royal mansion to the outside world. Moreover, there is a dense forest canyon in the back mountain, which is extremely hidden from the outside, and there is no problem in hiding thousands of troops and horses, and it will never be noticed, hahaha. ”

Di Xian knew that Li Kui had said so much, but in fact, he was still not at ease with him, and couldn't help but secretly scold King Huaiyang for being cunning like a fox and cowardly like a mouse. Seeing that it was difficult to convince the other party for a while, he had to give up for the time being, and said with a faint smile: "Since this is the case, then listen to Your Highness." But again, the more important things can be expected, the more cautious you must be. I hope that Your Highness will be calm for a while, hide your whereabouts, and wait for our good news here. ”

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"Your Highness, it's all been investigated." As soon as Di Xian said goodbye and left, Li Kui's cronies and Guanglu doctor Xiao Shao walked into the pavilion quickly and said: "Zhao Jing, the commander of the palace, was captured, and all his subordinates were detained in the Yanshi Mansion, and he himself let Li Bing take him to Bianzhou. According to the eyeliner report, Zhao Jing's bastard has confessed in full, saying that you instructed him to ambush the prince. Xie Guang's complaint will also be sent to the imperial capital at this time, and it is estimated that it will arrive tomorrow at the latest! ”

When Li Qiang heard this, he slapped the table and said viciously: "Zhao Jing wants to die!" In vain, the king still trusts him so much, he is such a soft egg, and he says the opposite! ”

Xiao Shao comforted: "Your Highness doesn't need to be angry, and there is no need to be angry with that kind of villain. Luckily, you've been prepared and have a hand in hand. When the palace was driving away from the imperial capital, His Royal Highness specially found someone to disguise himself as Zhao Jing, and asked him to pretend to be frightened and stumbled, collide with the guard of honor, and was scolded by you with twenty military sticks in public. Those ministers of the DPRK and China who came to see you off were all seen with their own eyes at the scene, which is enough to prove that Zhao Jing did not have the time to attack the crown prince at all. Therefore, he is not afraid of anti-water, we can say that Zhao Jing was later taken away by the Xuanjia Army, and under the torture, he deliberately framed His Highness in order to save his life. ”

Li Jiong nodded proudly: "Hmph, if you want to play with me, they are still far away." The only trouble is the 400 soldiers brought by Zhao Jing, and they must find a way to solve it as soon as possible. ”

Xiao Shao said: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the four hundred soldiers are all men and horses trained by us secretly, and they have nothing to do with the palace on the surface." In addition, the Zhichong Duwei of Yanshi Mansion happens to be the sworn brother of Luo Linyuan, the younger brother of the princess, and he has already taken refuge in our disciples. As soon as Weichen got the news, he immediately invited General Luo to go to Yanshi in person. When the time comes, all it takes is an unexpected fire to keep all mouths shut. ”

"Well, that's good!" Li Jiong stroked his palms and laughed: "Lao Xiao, you have worked hard, this matter has been done beautifully!" ”

Xiao Shao was praised by King Huaiyang, and immediately smiled, and said flatteringly: "This is all thanks to Your Highness." Just wait for the court and the East Palace to fight together, we can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger, and the fisherman will benefit! ”

Li Jiong was happy to hear this, laughed a few times, and then ordered: "Old Xiao, this king feels that this place is not suitable for a long time. Lao Jianhua and Di Xian, those two guys didn't have a good heart for Xie Guang, so why not for this king? Fang Cai Di Xian also planned to deceive me and promise to let his people replace our guards, which is really ill-intentioned. In this case, you quickly contact the leader of the Golden River Gang, and tonight the king will secretly move to their territory, and the garrison is still on guard here, and everything is as usual. I want to see, what kind of medicine is sold in Lao Jianhua's gourd? ”

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Murong Xue took advantage of Xie Guang and the others to bring up the matter of King Huaiyang again, hoping to persuade the crown prince Li Bing to change his mind.

After yesterday's deliberations, Murong Xue had been worried about the measures she had taken so far. Although he can understand Li Bing's embarrassment, but such a major event as the assassination of King Huaiyang was concealed and not reported, which was a major crime of bullying the king, and no one could escape the involvement when questioned afterwards.

Moreover, doesn't such a cover-up practice just prove that the prince is a major suspect in this matter?

Why bother to provoke this for no reason?

Li Bing actually understood the impropriety of this move, but he was helpless.

If you don't report it, once the emperor and uncle are investigated, he will definitely be responsible; However, if it is reported according to the truth, the imperial court will definitely send the three law divisions to investigate the case. According to the law, he and Xie Guang would naturally be temporarily stripped of all power.

The so-called lesser of two evils.

Li Bing weighed it left and right, and felt that it was better to hold down the matter first, and investigate it as soon as possible. If he can prove his innocence, the imperial court investigation will not take away his right to supervise the country and Xie Guang's military power, and everything can still be maintained as it is.

Otherwise, according to his judgment of Xie Guang, that guy would definitely choose to turn his face with the court again and rebel directly in order to keep the Xuanjia Army in his hand.

And this time is completely different from the original "Imperial Capital Incident". Li Jiong, the king of Huaiyang, as a dignified royal family, died unexplained on his Li Bing's territory, if he and Xie Guang launched a mutiny because of the investigation of the imperial court, it would be equivalent to immediately confirming the great crime of rebellion, and the Holy Religious Covenant would be invalid immediately.

At that time, looking at the whole world, the ghost is willing to stand up and support him.

Because of this, in order to avoid the worst situation, no matter how Murong Xue persuaded him, Li Bing always refused to nod.

He pondered for a long time and sighed: "Murong Xue, the truth you said is understood by this palace, but there is no way for this palace. Instead of trying to persuade me to report to the imperial capital, it is better to use my brains quickly and find out the real culprit behind the scenes, so that I and Mrs. Xie can stay out of the matter. I don't know if you have thought about it carefully, there are two people who are very suspicious of assassinating the King of Huaiyang. ”

Murong Xue's sword eyebrows tightened: "Who does His Highness suspect?" Xie Guang? ”

Li Bing shook his head: "Impossible, absolutely impossible." Killing Li Kui will not do Taifu any good. When the palace was attacked, of course he would take the opportunity to make trouble, the purpose was to exchange for some benefits, so the target of the attack was the imperial court, not Li Kui. After all, Xie Guang is not that stupid. ”

"That's true." Murong Xue agreed: "Although Xie Guang was very angry before, he didn't mess up. He planned to detain the King of Huaiyang under house arrest, but in fact, it was just to blackmail the imperial capital. ”

Li Bing bowed slightly: "That's right." Therefore, the two people mentioned by this palace do not include Mrs. Xie. Murong Xue, do you know Shen Lie? ”

Murong Xue chuckled in her heart, and hurriedly responded: "When I was in the imperial capital, the minister dealt with him, which is considered ...... Acquaintance. ”

Li Bing glanced at Murong Xue meaningfully: "So, do you think this will be done by the Reverse Scale Division?" ”

"Probably not," Murong Xue replied carefully: "Your Highness, although Shen Lie's methods are a little ruthless, with his minister's understanding of him, he is still measured in doing things against the long history. Attacking and killing the imperial family is impossible unless the emperor's will is obtained. Besides, he was in a similar situation to Xie Guang, so there was no benefit in doing so. ”

Li Bing was silent for a moment and nodded lightly: "Well, there is some truth, but it is still not enough to prove Shen Lie's innocence." Let's leave him aside for a moment, let's talk about another person. ”

Murong Xue was a little curious: "Forgive the minister for being stupid." I really can't guess, who else wants to kill the King of Huaiyang? ”

Li Bing sneered: "You say, could it be the King of Huaiyang himself?" ”