Li Jiangyao nodded: "Yes." Cheng Wen became the queen, and Wei Zixuan handed over Lianji to her, which was to force us to snatch people from the hands of the royal family and nobles; And now they are likely to turn around and let the Cheng family know that we rescued Lian Ji, which is tantamount to forcing the royal family and nobles to find us for someone. In short, Lao Jianhua must stiffen the relationship between the two sides before he will give up. ”

"What do you need me to do?" Xiahou Ninghan asked.

"With your ability to come and go, help me stare at Wei Zixuan." Li Jiangyao said in a deep voice: "Blind defense is too passive, not my style. Next, I'm going to take the initiative to attack so that those rats know that they know that they know that they are powerful! ”

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"Neishi, this is different from what we negotiated at the beginning!"

Cheng Dong put the wine cup on the table and said unceremoniously: "Hasn't that slut already been brought to the imperial capital?" Why was he robbed by Li Jiangyao again? ”

Because of his official status, Cheng Xi got closer to Wei Zixuan's family, so he hurriedly relieved Wei Peng and said: "Big brother, don't be in a hurry, and listen to the internal history to explain the situation carefully." ”

Wei Peng smiled awkwardly and arched his hand: "Young Guogong, we don't want such a thing to happen." If you want to blame, you can only blame that Li Jiangyao is too cunning, I don't know how to do it, I actually let him touch the place where Lianji was held, and killed many brothers on our side. ”

Cheng Xi asked, "What does Zuo Xiang think about now?" ”

"Zuo Xiang asked us to prepare with both hands." Wei Peng said: "One, we are still trying to search for Lian Ji's traces, as long as we have the opportunity, we will definitely arrest her back." Second, or wait until the eldest lady officially becomes the queen's mother, let's go directly to Li Jiangyao to ask for someone. ”

Cheng Dong glanced at his younger brother and said in an unkind tone: "If you have no evidence, how can you ask for someone from the other party?" Don't say that my sister is just a queen, even if she is an emperor, I'm afraid she can't ask Li Jiangyao for Lianji out of thin air. ”

Wei Peng smiled calmly: "Young Guogong, this is exactly the reason why the villain came to visit you today." ”

As he spoke, he took out a scroll and a token from his arms, and continued: "This token is the pass waist card of the Zhenjiang Army, numbered C-character 12. The A-word token is exclusive to the senior military attache above the commander of the Zhenjiang Army, and the B-word token represents the senior civilian officials of the Zhenjiang Military Government. The C character is specially distributed to the families of the military. The back of this sign is engraved with the owner's name, which is Renhime. ”

Cheng Dong took it and looked at it, without saying anything, Cheng Xi next to him asked, "What about this scroll?" What's inside? ”

Wei Peng introduced unhurriedly: "This is a confession collected by Zuo Xiang's order, which tells in detail about Lian Ji's various experiences after she defected to Li Jiangyao, including her helping Li Jiangyao assassinate the Turkic generals in the Battle of Zijin Pass. In addition, according to the spies, Dong Tianxing, the squire of the military department, had also seen Lian Ji with his own eyes and drank with her at the same table. ”

"Good! In this way, Li Jiangyao has no way to quibble! Cheng Xi smiled: "Just wait for the time to come, force him to hand over that slut!" ”

Cheng Dong was very dissatisfied with this. Before, everyone said that the person was handed over to the Cheng family by Wei Zixuan, but now it has become the Cheng family who came out to ask Li Jiangyao for someone.

Such a conflict is too direct and too intense, and the slightest carelessness may lead to a full-scale confrontation between the Zhenguo Mansion and the Zhenjiang Army. This was not the wisest thing to do for the traditional aristocracy.

Nobles can fight with the generals of the DPRK and China, but they must not run to the open and tear their faces to fight, so that the two sides will no longer have any room to turn around. This is the basic rule of the political game, and it is also the bottom line of the DPRK situation.

From Cheng Dong's point of view, as a traditional aristocrat, of course, he knows very well that tearing his face to fight is the next choice. However, after all, this matter involves his own revenge for killing his father, and he can't be cheeky and must be resolved by someone from the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion.

He thought for a moment, sighed lightly, and asked something else: "Neishi, how are things going on with my sister?" ”

Wei Peng knew that the other party was inquiring about the aftermath of the election, and said with a smile: "I was about to report to the Shaoguo Princess." The gold leaf anthology of the five nobles has been presented to the Imperial Palace, and the Emperor will summon them in the next few days. Judging by the left photo, Cheng Fu's promotion to the emperor's relatives and relatives is already a fixed number, and the villain congratulates the two uncles. ”

Cheng Xi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed his hand politely, while Cheng Dong said: "Forget it if you congratulate me, as soon as my sister ascends to the throne, she will immediately confront the generals of the DPRK and China, which may not be the blessing of the Cheng family." ”

Wei Peng couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "Why did the young prince say this? Isn't it a matter of course to seek justice for the old country? ”

Cheng Xi also nodded helpfully: "Yes, big brother." Regardless of whether our sister can become the Empress of the Holy Tang Dynasty or not, it is the duty of her father to avenge her father, whether he is Li Jiangyao or Wang Jiangyao, whoever protects the murderer Lian Ji is the enemy of our Cheng family! ”

Without waiting for Cheng Dong to speak, Wei Peng said again: "Young Guogong, in fact, you don't have to worry about Li Jiangyao's power at all. As for him, he is just a military leader, and he has some soldiers and horses, and he has never taken the court seriously. This point has touched the taboo of the emperor, and it is only a matter of time before he is cleaned up. If your Cheng family rushes to the front, not only will there be no danger, but you can also please the emperor and make him rely more on the Zhenguo Mansion in the future. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Dong sneered in his heart: With your little housekeeper, you also want to coax me? What rushes to the front is not dangerous, and what can make the emperor rely on it more. The conflict between the monarch and the general is nothing more than two outcomes. Either a complete rupture and a civil war; Either compromise and maintain stability.

In either case, the person caught in the middle is often the scapegoat that is most likely to be sacrificed.

Seeing that his brother was still not good, Cheng Xi hurriedly said: "Hey, let's not mention Li Jiangyao's house, Neishi, let's eat wine, come and come, you have worked hard, I will give you a glass." ”

Wei Peng also knew that Cheng Dong was still dissatisfied in his heart, but fortunately, there was a second member of the Cheng family who was close to Zuo Xiangfu next to him, so that things would not collapse on the spot. He hurriedly raised his wine glass, drank with Cheng Xi with a smile, and then praised the other party again and again.

To be honest, the sudden changes in Niujia Village did make Wei Zixuan and them feel troublesome. Until this point, they couldn't make a sure judgment as to who had taken that Renhime.

Let's talk about Li Jiangyao's side, although they have the strongest motive to rescue Lian Ji, they shouldn't kill all the people in the Tiger Brigade. Leaving a living witness makes it easier to deal with Lao Jianhua and Wei Zixuan, which is common sense.

Because of this, the tragic battle in Niujia Village may be someone else.

But in any case, the important bargaining chips had been lost, and Wei Zixuan immediately decided to incite the conflict between the Cheng family and the Zhenjiang Army according to the alternative plan drawn up in advance, and instead let the Zhenguo Mansion go directly to Li Jiangyao to ask for the murderer.

Wei Peng was drinking and chatting with the Cheng brothers, and at the same time secretly pondered in his heart: Now it seems that Cheng Dong, the son of the Cheng family, still has great scruples about Li Jiangyao, and the next thing may only rely on Cheng Xi, a fool, to play a role.

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Ge Shuxuan kidnapped Lianji and left Niujia Village, and turned his head into Xifeng Mountain. He originally planned to hide in the mountains, first make Lian Ji into a poisonous soldier, and then take revenge on Li Jiangyao and Xiahou Ninghan.

But I didn't expect that the Intelligence Department of the Zhenjiang Army came too quickly, especially since there were also masters who were good at tracking among them, and they almost caught up with Ge Shuxuan several times.

Ge Shuxuan had no choice but to keep shifting his position, and repeatedly set up suspicious formations to confuse the pursuers behind him.

In the end, he found that no matter how he made a move, he could never get rid of the people behind him. The guy was so angry that he simply stopped absconding, first hid Lianji in a remote cave, and then turned around and killed him.

Suddenly encountered the demon-like and murderous Ge Shuxuan, and the agents of the Intelligence Department were also quite surprised. But fortunately, they were prepared, and while fighting hard, they sent a signal to nearby partners to come for reinforcements.

Ge Shuxuan's attack was extremely ruthless, almost killing him, and the agents of the Intelligence Department suffered heavy casualties in the blink of an eye. However, their mission was not to arrest and kill each other, but to search and find targets. Therefore, the agents sacrificed their lives to fight each other, and the only purpose was to drag Ge Shuxuan as much as possible and buy time for his comrades.

Soon, a new group of agents arrived and immediately joined the fray. Although they also suffered heavy casualties, they also effectively trapped Ge Shuxuan, and before long, more and more intelligence divisions and white-robed troops rushed to further surround the hill where the other party was located.

Ge Shuxuan saw that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to him, and knew that the plan of raiding and killing would be difficult to work. If he continues to fight like this, his physical strength will eventually be exhausted, and no matter how powerful the poison smoke is, he may not be able to save his life.

So, with a roar, he spilled a large amount of poisonous smoke bombs, and took advantage of the chaos to jump out of the siege and flee to the cave where Lianji was hiding.

"Stop!" Ge Shuxuan put the ghost blade against Lian Ji's throat and said angrily: "If you dare to step forward again, I will kill her immediately!" ”

A white-robed military captain ordered his men to seal the entrance to the cave, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Let go of Lianji, we can consider sparing you from death!" ”

Ge Shuxuan showed an evil and ugly smile on his face: "Spare me not to die? Haha, what are you to make such a decision? Hurry up and go to your master, let Li Jiangyao come here to talk to me in person!" I know he's in the imperial capital. ”

The lieutenant was stunned when he heard this, and was about to open his mouth to scold, when the official of the Intelligence Department behind him reminded in a low voice: "My lord, let's inform Dadu Protector." It's about Miss Lianji's safety, I'm afraid we won't be able to be the master. Anyway, the monster can't run away now, so it doesn't hurt to wait a little longer, most of them have their own ways to clean him up. ”

The white-robed lieutenant thought for a while, nodded and agreed: "Okay, you send the news back to the imperial capital immediately, and I will be responsible for staring him to death." ”

The man from the Intelligence Division said yes, turned and walked away quickly.