Close to the south of Jishengtang is an inn that covers a large area, called Shifang Inn, the main source of this inn is the patients who come to seek medical treatment from all over the world, so that the inn has become a place where patients gather, although the source of customers is guaranteed, but ordinary people will not come here to stay in the hotel, they are afraid of being infected with diseases, and even the guys are willing to stay because they have opened double wages.

On the second floor of the inn is the westernmost room is an upper room, Di Yan has chartered this room for a day and a night, and the guys are not allowed to disturb, although Zhao Qiuniang feels that there is no problem with the Jishengtang Pharmacy and has gone back, but Di Yan is stubborn, and she wholeheartedly monitors the Jishengtang Pharmacy and refuses to go back to the post house to rest.

From this room, you can clearly see the atrium of the pharmacy, and the courtyard is currently deserted, and there is no one in sight.

The reason why Di Yan was persistent was because she had just overheard a man with a sword walking through the compound, followed by several black-clothed family members, although it was possible that the patient's family members, and the young people of the Tang Dynasty basically had swords, so they couldn't see anything abnormal.

But Di Yan relied on her unique intuition to women, she felt that this young man did not seem to come to see a doctor, but as if he was looking for someone, and soon after, the county lieutenant Pei Shunqing also walked into the pharmacy and walked in the direction of the young man just now, which made her even more suspicious.

At this time, she found that the young man came out of the inner courtyard just now, or a few people in black followed him, walking vigorously towards the outer courtyard, and after a while, the county lieutenant Pei Shunqing also came out, Di Yan's heart began to pound, she was already sure that the young man was coming to Pei Shunqing, they met in the pharmacy, and then left separately, there must be something wrong with this pharmacy.

Di Yan's heart became anxious, she no longer monitored the pharmacy, turned around and left the room, and walked quickly downstairs, when someone behind her smiled and said, "Is the girl going out?

Di Yan thought it was a buddy, she was just about to scold, but suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when she turned around, she saw Li Zhen standing behind her, "You." What are you doing here?" Di Yan asked in amazement.

Li Zhen smiled and said, "You haven't had dinner yet, I'll ask you to go to the restaurant next to you and sit down." ”

"Now is not the time to drink, you come with me"

Di Yan took Li Zhen back to the room, she pointed to the medicine shop outside the window and said, "Just now I found a young man with a sword secretly meeting the county lieutenant here, and I can see that the young man has good martial arts. ”

"Oh, are they still in the pharmacy?"

"Already gone, if you're a step late, you should be able to meet them at the gate. ”

Di Yan was very calm at this time, she stared at Li Zhen for a moment, and then asked, "Don't you want to take some measures?"

"If you're referring to the arrest of people in pharmacies, I don't think it's necessary. ”

"You-"

Li Zhen interrupted her, "This pharmacy was originally the property of Pei County Lieutenant, and he appeared in this pharmacy, I think it's normal, as for that young man, maybe he came to the pharmacy to find Pei County Lieutenant, but why do you think that he has bad intentions and wants to be unfavorable to King Luling?"

"Let's go"

Di Yan replied to him coldly, "I think we have completely different ideas, you don't need to stay here, if you want to eat, I will solve it myself." ”

Li Zhen looked at her silently for a moment, "I just hope you don't act rashly and don't disrupt my plans." ”

"Plan: What are your plans?"

Li Zhen smiled, "I can't tell you for the time being—"

"Get Out"

Di Yan suddenly got angry, pushed Li Zhen out of the door, and slammed the door shut.

Di Yan's chest rose and fell violently in anger, this damn guy actually had some plans to hide himself, "I don't want to hear what your plan is, what does your plan have to do with me?"

Di Yan heard that there seemed to be no movement outside, she suddenly opened the door again, and Li Zhen was no longer at the door.

"You-don't want me to help you again" Di Yan stomped her foot so aggrieved that tears were about to flow out.

Li Zhen returned to the post house and found the guard Han Zhiqi, "Captain Han, I want to discuss the arrangements for tonight's guards." ”

Han Zhiqi is very wary of Li Zhen, since he found out that Princess Wei trusts Li Zhen very much, he has always been uncomfortable with Li Zhen in his heart, and he is very worried that Li Zhen will take away the power and status that belongs to him.

"Commander Li is only responsible for the perimeter patrol, and I will arrange the guards of the prince and princess myself, and I don't care about Commander Li. ”

"But I want to warn you that Xiangcheng County is located on a major transportation route, and there are many people of unknown origin in the city, so you should be careful. ”

"I'll be careful, Commander Li should think carefully about how to arrange his subordinates."

Han Zhiqi coldly dropped a sentence, then turned around and walked towards the inner courtyard.

Li Zhen looked at his back and walked away, only then smiled faintly and returned to his courtyard.

The whole post station is divided into the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, of which the inner courtyard is composed of three courtyards, mainly for the distinguished guests to live, the layout is gorgeous, the residence is very comfortable, behind the inner courtyard is a small garden, and there is a pond covering an area of two or three acres, planted with lotus

Li Xian and his wife and their eldest son Li Chongrun lived in the inner courtyard, and 20 guards guarded the main courtyard where they lived.

There is a wall between the inner and outer courtyards, and Li Zhen led the inner guard warriors to live in the outer courtyard, responsible for protecting Li Xian's safety on the periphery.

The time gradually came to the third watch, the county was dark, the lights had long been extinguished, almost everyone fell asleep, and the post house was very quiet, and nothing unusual happened, but around the post house, there were black shadows patrolling back and forth from time to time, and the internal guard warriors who were in charge of the outer patrol at that time.

Li Zhen divided the thirty warriors into two teams, taking turns to be on duty in the middle of the night, Li Zhen himself was also patrolling around the post house, the moonlight was not bad tonight, the moonlight was bright, but there were large dark clouds in the sky at the same time, so that a full moon passed through the dark clouds from time to time, and the earth was also bright and dark.

"What is the Commander looking at?" Zhao Qiuniang slowly walked over and asked with a smile.

"I'm looking at the walls"

Li Zhen looked at the city wall not far away, the south side of the post station was close to the city wall, and even the city wall became a part of the post station, "If someone sneaks into the post house from the city wall, they can directly threaten the inner courtyard." ”

Zhao Qiuniang stared at the city wall for a moment and said: "There are soldiers patrolling the city wall, it is not so easy to go up, in fact, I am more worried about the backyard, if I am an assassin, I will choose to enter the inner courtyard from the back, only separated by a small garden." ”

"What's outside the backyard wall?" asked Li Zhen.

"It's a dwelling, I've sent someone to inspect it, and there's nothing wrong with it at the moment. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Qiuniang asked in a low voice, "Hasn't the little junior sister come back yet?"

Li Zhen shook her head, "She may be angry." ”

"Commander, do you think there will be an Assassin tonight?"

"I don't know, but if someone wants to attack King Luling, tonight is the last chance, tomorrow we are likely to go to Luyang Pass, and when there is an army to escort them, they will have no chance. ”

"Since tonight is so important, wouldn't it be wise for us to use only half of our men on patrol?"

Li Zhen smiled faintly: "There are still Han Zhiqi here, what are you worried about?"

Zhao Qiuniang suddenly understood what Li Zhen meant, and she whispered after half a sound: "But...... The risk of King Luling in this way is too great. ”

"He won't be at risk"

Li Zhen didn't want to talk about it anymore, he smiled and said, "I'll go to the inn to see if Di Nuxia has gained anything."

He turned around and walked quickly towards the inn hundreds of steps away, Zhao Qiuniang hurriedly ordered two of his subordinates, "Follow the commander"

The two internal guard warriors chased after Li Zhen who had already gone away, following him from a distance, Zhao Qiuniang sighed softly, she already fully understood Li Zhen's intentions, although it was said that wealth and wealth were in danger, but this was too risky.

Li Zhen soon came to the outside of the room where Di Yan lived in the Shifang Inn, he listened for a moment, there seemed to be no movement inside, and then knocked on the door gently, there was still no movement in the room, Li Zhen suddenly became a little worried, he took out an unusually sharp dagger, reached into the crack of the door and cut it hard, and the door bolt was cut off.

He pulled out his long sword and slowly pushed open the door, there was no light in the room, only the half-light and half-dark moonlight penetrated, making the room hazy, only to see Di Yan sitting against the wall, his head lowered, and the long sword in his hand had fallen loosely on the floor.

Li Zhen was startled, and hurriedly walked up, but saw that Di Yan was just asleep, Li Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, took the futon from the bed, and carefully covered her, at this time, Di Yan's body moved, but she woke up, "What time is it now?" she asked in a sleepy whisper.

"It's already the third shift, you go to bed and sleep, so you will get cold. ”

Di Yan was about to stand up, but her leg was numb, Li Zhen hurriedly helped her and helped her up, Di Yan only felt a headache, looked back at the pharmacy, it was already dark in the pharmacy, she was suddenly annoyed in her heart, something must have happened, but she fell asleep and missed it.

Li Zhen's meticulous care made a little anger disappear in Di Yan's heart, she pinched her aching forehead, and asked a little embarrassedly, "How is the post house?"

"It's calm at the moment, but I don't know if it can stay calm. ”

Di Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at Li Zhen and smiled: "Do you also admit that someone will plot against you?"

"I'm just suspicious, but there's no evidence, but I've also stepped up the guards at the inn, and I'm worried that something will happen at the height of the night, so I'm here to get you back. ”

"Let's go"

Di Yan took Li Zhen's arm and walked out, she was a little impatient, for fear that she would miss a wonderful scene, she was no longer interested in the pharmacy (falling asleep made her feel that she had lost an important clue), Li Zhen saw that she was in a better mood, he was also very happy in his heart, and the two of them rushed to the post house one after the other.